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Jalen Milroe On His Performance In The Preseason Finale · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: You've used the word decisive to describe what you need
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  Speaker 1: to do. How do you feel you're decisive tonight?
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  Speaker 2: I think no matter what play it was, doing what
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  Speaker 2: it was called, whether it's a passing game, running game,
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  Speaker 2: ensuring that our offense is going in the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: Seeing it, ripping it, going through progressions, leading the guys.
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  Speaker 2: Decisive is a multitude of ways, especially in this game,
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  Speaker 2: but that was definitely the point of emphasis going into
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  Speaker 2: this game, being decisive and And that was something that
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  Speaker 2: we talked about for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Throwing out of your own end zone, the 40-yarder, Cody White,
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  Speaker 1: how much.
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  Speaker 3: Did that get you going? How much was that?
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  Speaker 2: This is something I've been doing. It's something when Coach
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  Speaker 2: called it, I was excited. I knew we had the
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  Speaker 2: right look to be able to take a chance at Cody.
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  Speaker 2: But he did a really good job running the route.
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  Speaker 2: We had another receiver grab down that defender so we
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  Speaker 2: were able to throw it. And so it was a
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  Speaker 2: lot of guys playing, especially the communication that it takes
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  Speaker 2: to be backed up on your own And to be
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  Speaker 2: able to have sound protection, go through progressions, get the
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  Speaker 2: ball there.
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  Speaker 3: It takes all 11 guys.
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  Speaker 2: And it was evident when it comes to communication up front,
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  Speaker 2: the back, ensuring his responsibility, and then our guys making
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  Speaker 2: a play in the passing game. So I was happy
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  Speaker 2: about the guys detailing our responsibility and not worrying about
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  Speaker 2: the external factors of being pinned on our own and
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  Speaker 2: just being able to get out of it.
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  Speaker 3: How did you like about how you improved during camp? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a grind, man.
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  Speaker 2: Coming into the NFL, putting my best foot forward, going
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  Speaker 2: through different phases of camp, going through games.
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  Speaker 3: Man, you learn a lot. You see a lot.
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  Speaker 2: We played a multitude of defenses, seen a lot. And
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  Speaker 2: so that's only going to allow me to improve.
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  Speaker 3: I'm excited. I'm hungry to.
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  Speaker 2: Get an opportunity to keep on competing, keep on getting better,
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  Speaker 2: and earn the chance to keep on improving. That's what
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  Speaker 2: it's about. Be better than you were game one, game two,
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  Speaker 2: game three. And so every opportunity that we have as
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  Speaker 2: a group to get better, I'm going to try to
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  Speaker 2: do that as much as possible. So I was just
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  Speaker 2: happy to be able to take the field with my
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  Speaker 2: teammates and them trusting in me and just seeing the
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  Speaker 2: joy that I had on the field.
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  Speaker 1: We asked you the same thing in Green Bay last summer.
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  Speaker 1: How beneficial is NFL to get a whole game, an
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  Speaker 1: ebb and flow of the game, adjustments at halftime and.
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  Speaker 3: All of that? Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: You know, to be able to get in the flow,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's very important, especially at the quarterback position.
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  Speaker 2: And especially going the duration of a whole game, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you see A lot of highs, you see a lot
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  Speaker 2: of lows. You see a lot of things that comes
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  Speaker 2: at you, you know, throughout a whole game. And so
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  Speaker 2: that was so important to get this another opportunity to keep.
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  Speaker 3: On growing, keep on growing, keep on getting better, and
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  Speaker 3: just not getting complacent, man.
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  Speaker 2: These are great reps that I'm getting, and it's going
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  Speaker 2: to allow me to be better even in the future.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm just taking it day by day and ensuring that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this year I'm better than I was last
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  Speaker 2: year and just keep on growing that confidence, keep on
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  Speaker 2: growing the trust of the coaching staff, and just keep
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  Speaker 2: putting my best foot forward.
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  Speaker 1: How do you feel you're better this year than last,
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  Speaker 1: than 12 months ago?
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  Speaker 3: Decisive.
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  Speaker 2: That's the key word, decisive. The preparation that it takes
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  Speaker 2: to play quarterback at this level. And then also, man,
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  Speaker 2: like the trust that I have from the coaches that
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  Speaker 2: put me out on the field. Like to be able
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  Speaker 2: to get a whole game to yourself, that's trust. That's
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  Speaker 2: trust of the coaches believing in me, having my back,
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  Speaker 2: talking through the game plan. And so, man, just to
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  Speaker 2: be able to have the trust of Coach McDonald Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Snyder.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's something I appreciate a lot. And so,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just every opportunity I get to build, get better,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to do so. So I'm really going to
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  Speaker 2: attack when we get back to Seattle, be able to
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  Speaker 2: have practices and attack it and be where my feet are.
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  Speaker 3: Y'all flashed kind of throughout that first half. How good
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  Speaker 3: is that touchdown drive to cap it off? Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 3: the point of every drive, man, like getting that box.
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  Speaker 2: Whether it's a field goal, whether it's flipping field position,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's scoring, that's the goal every drive. And so
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  Speaker 2: just to see the guys on the sideline communicate, and
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  Speaker 2: that's something that's a point of emphasis, is the communication
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  Speaker 2: aspect of on the sideline, gathering our thoughts of what
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  Speaker 2: we saw the previous drive and be able to build
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  Speaker 2: when we get our next opportunity. And so it's all
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  Speaker 2: about opportunity. Every opportunity we have on the field, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to try to score. We're going to try to
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  Speaker 2: put our best foot forward. And so to be able
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  Speaker 2: to have that, that was definitely big for us.
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  Speaker 3: With decisiveness, what do you feel like has helped you
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  Speaker 3: in being more decisive?
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  Speaker 2: Year one being a backup, seeing football in different lenses
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  Speaker 2: of not playing right away.
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  Speaker 3: That allowed me to grow as a player.
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  Speaker 2: That allowed me to grow, understand what's necessary and what
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  Speaker 2: right looks like. We did a really good job on offense.
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  Speaker 2: It was big for me to learn, learn, grow, not
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  Speaker 2: get complacent. We had opportunities where I was getting one
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  Speaker 2: reps against the one defense. So as a young player,
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  Speaker 2: seeing those different looks and seeing how well our defense did,
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  Speaker 2: that's what allowed me to grow and get better. And
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  Speaker 2: especially going into having my first offseason and being able
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  Speaker 2: to build during that time frame. So that's where the
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  Speaker 2: decisiveness comes from, is the confidence level that grows when
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  Speaker 2: you have more reps and more reps.
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  Speaker 1: National Sunday night, Coach McDonald after the game said that
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  Speaker 1: you were pretty upset with how it went. How much
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  Speaker 1: better do you feel tonight going now into the regular
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  Speaker 1: season of tonight's performance?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, like the intent is to win, no matter how.
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  Speaker 2: Ugly it looks, the goal every single week is to win.
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  Speaker 2: No matter if I played my best game last week,
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  Speaker 2: I'm still going to be disappointed we didn't come out victorious.
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  Speaker 2: It's a production-based business for sure, but every opportunity we
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  Speaker 2: have on the field, our goal is to win and
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  Speaker 2: attack it. No matter if I play really well, don't
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  Speaker 2: play well, the goal is to win. As a quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: you try to put your best foot forward, and there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of plays that I want back from the
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  Speaker 2: previous games, some plays I want this game as well,
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  Speaker 2: but it's just the competitive nature that I have that
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  Speaker 2: I want to continue to get better and win.
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  Speaker 3: Win is the important thing for our football team.
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  Speaker 1: There was a lot of explosive plays, Cody White, Manuel, Elijah.
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  Speaker 3: What did you like out of your receivers and tight
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  Speaker 3: ends tonight?
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  Speaker 2: Those guys grind their tails off, man. The thing about receivers, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's only one football, right? There's only one football, but
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  Speaker 2: the confidence that they have on a football field, the
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  Speaker 2: the detail ordinance that they have during the week, the
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  Speaker 2: trust I have in those guys, it makes it easy.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it makes it easy on my end when
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  Speaker 2: I have great receivers that I'm around that's making plays.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they're making contested catches.
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  Speaker 3: They're grinding.
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  Speaker 2: They're pushing through the week, man. Like they are a
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  Speaker 2: group that deserves, you know, credit for the amount of
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  Speaker 2: hard work that they put during the week. And so
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  Speaker 2: it was fun to take the field with those guys
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  Speaker 2: because they're ready, they were passionate, they were hungry, and
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  Speaker 2: you could see it as they played.
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  Speaker 3: Anything else? What was the intensity like in that last round?
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  Speaker 2: Coach McDonald mentioned that once they got to the two-minute one,
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  Speaker 2: it kind of throttled down.
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  Speaker 3: Just what was it like? Were y'all looking for that win?
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  Speaker 2: Situational awareness. You know, you can lose sight of that
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  Speaker 2: when playing in those situations.
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  Speaker 3: That's number one. Number two is finishing with the ball.
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  Speaker 3: I think that was key for us.
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  Speaker 2: And number three, the communication from play caller to quarterback
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  Speaker 2: of ensuring, you know, what's necessary, what are we doing
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  Speaker 2: in this drive.
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  Speaker 3: And it was doubt. It was doubt, the communication aspect
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  Speaker 3: of it.
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  Speaker 2: And so we're just finishing with the ball in our
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  Speaker 2: hands and making sure that we had an opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: win the game.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Jalen, thank you. Thank you.