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Press Pass | Josh Allen: "We Have To Do Everything We Can To Do It, and That's Eliminating the Small Things" · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Did your uh Doug. Doug talked about needing to keep
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  Speaker 1: you guys positive, give you guys positive uh messaging. You know,
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  Speaker 1: how do you feel about you know, obviously there's the
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  Speaker 1: there's a negative of a loss, but you know, being
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  Speaker 1: able to keep you guys, you know, sort of in
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  Speaker 1: that positive mindset. You know, eight and six and everything
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  Speaker 1: in front of you. Where's your mind that with that?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: I thought it was a great message you gave to
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  Speaker 3: the team this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously that that's staying positive. We obviously know that we
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  Speaker 2: didn't play good enough. And you know that's where you
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  Speaker 2: hold yourself accountable for the things that you think, y well,
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  Speaker 2: things that you've done wrong, So we can build on
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  Speaker 2: the positive things that we have doing positive things that
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  Speaker 2: we have done, and correct the mistakes that the you
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  Speaker 2: know you've made. You know, I think there's a way
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  Speaker 2: to to find and improve on that. Uh. So I
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  Speaker 2: thought it was a great message and uh an and
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  Speaker 2: and I think it kind of gave a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people more spirits. You know, Obviously we don't wanna, you know,
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  Speaker 2: assify anything. Obviously, we lost the game. We don't matter
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  Speaker 2: if we played tough or whatever gritty. We lost the
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  Speaker 2: game at the end of the day. So uh, but
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  Speaker 2: to understand that there's you know, we still have a
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  Speaker 2: we're still in a great place, still in a great
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  Speaker 2: opportunity for us to to uh win this next one,
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  Speaker 2: and we have to do everything we can do it
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  Speaker 2: and that's eliminating the small things.
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  Speaker 1: How would was it the defense bounce back? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you guys limited Lamar in the running game for the most.
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  Speaker 3: Fart obviously three quarters. Uh. How good was it to
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  Speaker 3: bounce back after you know.
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  Speaker 1: The last couple of performances?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: If I mean, it's it's it's you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: it's up and downs because you know, you look at
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  Speaker 2: our performances from the performance that we had last week
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  Speaker 2: compared to this week was much better. Uh, the last
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  Speaker 2: two weeks actually compared to this week was much better.
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  Speaker 2: But then you know, when we're competing against another team,
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  Speaker 2: when you look at that defense and you look at
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  Speaker 2: that team help our team to zero points in the
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  Speaker 2: first half compared to us, it's like, was that good enough?
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  Speaker 3: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: So there's always you know, you know, we did good
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  Speaker 2: in this here we did better, we did better.
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  Speaker 3: But at the wean scheme of things. It wasn't enough
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  Speaker 3: to get the job done.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, it's a team sport and you know, everybody has
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  Speaker 2: to click and we understand that. But for us to
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  Speaker 2: do our parts a little bit better, there was still
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  Speaker 2: rooms to improve. But to see guys go out there
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  Speaker 2: and challenge themselves and I know coach coach Peterson and
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  Speaker 2: coach Calwell challenged us to see what type of character
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  Speaker 2: you know, are we gonna are we gonna bring this week?
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I think we all stood tall. But
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  Speaker 2: when you look at it again, you look at the
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  Speaker 2: other side of the ball. That was the number one
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  Speaker 2: defense in the league held our offense to zero points. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we had little mistakes here and there, held the team
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  Speaker 2: to zero points. You know, and we want to get
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  Speaker 2: to that part of playing great defense. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: we continue to do that, continue to grow, continue to
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  Speaker 2: get better, continue to be confident, continue to trust each other.
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  Speaker 3: You know this, I think we can get back to
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  Speaker 3: where we once were. It's hard to.
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  Speaker 4: Flush one and move on to the next one. It's
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  Speaker 4: been a couple of games.
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  Speaker 3: Like this in a row.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, it's d It definitely gets frustrating to
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  Speaker 2: a point, but you know, at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: you know you have to move on because l you know,
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  Speaker 2: obviously you keep dwelling on the past, and the past
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  Speaker 2: is gonna keep coming up.
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  Speaker 3: But you have to learn from your mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: I think this week communication was our was our problem
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  Speaker 2: in the last two weeks on the defensive side of
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  Speaker 2: the ball, and then this week we over the communicated
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  Speaker 2: we started in practice, flew around to the ball, communicated right,
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  Speaker 2: and it carried on to the game. So it's the
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  Speaker 2: little things that we want to correct in practice that
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  Speaker 2: we wanna improve on. You know, this week is more
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  Speaker 2: technique things. Okay, we can play this technique a little
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  Speaker 2: bit better. Let's focus on these these growing this aspect
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  Speaker 2: so when we do see it, we know how to
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  Speaker 2: handle it a little bit better. We could play faster,
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  Speaker 2: physical upfront and and really just attack more.
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  Speaker 3: You've used you used the term today and you hear
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  Speaker 3: it often coach saying about holding holding somebody accountable. That
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  Speaker 3: term a lot. What does that be?
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  Speaker 1: W W?
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  Speaker 3: What is the how is that man infest itself? Is
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  Speaker 3: it in team meetings?
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  Speaker 2: You're watching tape, somebody makes a mistake, Hey, it's time
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  Speaker 2: you gotta do that.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what what what do you What does it
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  Speaker 3: mean in your view to hold somebody account.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you really love and you really you
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  Speaker 2: really believe in a person next to you, when that
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  Speaker 2: person doesn't do what his job's supposed to do, you
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  Speaker 2: tell that. You let that person know instead of like
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  Speaker 2: wait until we get the film, Oh man, I should
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  Speaker 2: have told you, or oh you got to play that better.
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  Speaker 2: It's as soon as you see it, you address it.
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  Speaker 2: And I think this week we've held a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people accountable. Uh, we commune and that and that, and
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  Speaker 2: because it's nothing negative, you know in my ways, like yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the message may sound crazy, but it's the words that
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  Speaker 2: are coming out. It's all good intent. You know, we're
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  Speaker 2: in the heat of battle. Things are going to be said.
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  Speaker 2: But if you listen, and if we all listen with
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  Speaker 2: with that intentive, he don't want nothing bad for me.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we can all grow from that, and we
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  Speaker 2: trust each other, we love each other, and we can
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  Speaker 2: have these conversations.
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  Speaker 3: And now we just needed a little bit more all around.
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  Speaker 2: And that's where you see the leadership comes up and
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  Speaker 2: Doug talks about you know, we're a team, We're a
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  Speaker 2: player led team, and the guys in leadership roles need
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  Speaker 2: to take accountability for the guys around them and to
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  Speaker 2: motivate those guys to bring your butt on and catch up,
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  Speaker 2: so you know.
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  Speaker 1: Will handle the unknown of whether Trevor can play this
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  Speaker 1: week or not. Because this is not a need, this
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  Speaker 1: is not ain'kle, This is con cuntrict protocol.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we all want sixteen out there,
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  Speaker 2: but like it is what it is. It's the same
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  Speaker 2: thing like if Ray don't play the next personal obviously
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  Speaker 2: off quarterback and safety or whatever, but it's all equal
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  Speaker 2: opportunity out there. So I think whoever, if he does play,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's great. If he doesn't play, I think
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  Speaker 2: CJ or Nate, whoever trots out there for the first
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  Speaker 2: play of the game, it's gonna be prepared and ready
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  Speaker 2: to play. And if we can do that, if everybody's
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  Speaker 2: on the same page, nothing is really wavered. We can
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  Speaker 2: get into that groove. You know, we find a way
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  Speaker 2: to win this game. And that's what I'm excited about.
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  Speaker 2: You know, as a defense, we handle what we need
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  Speaker 2: to handle and we play great defense. The outcome is
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  Speaker 2: the outcome.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned Doug's messages lifting some spirits. I mean obviously
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  Speaker 4: things aren't great right now in your experience, how quickly
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  Speaker 4: can a locker room flip back to that confident, you know,
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  Speaker 4: high spirits that you guys were when you were on
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  Speaker 4: that winning street.
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  Speaker 2: You just gotta make your plays. You know, we talk about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, making the plays that come to you and
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  Speaker 2: being where your feet are. When when a play presents
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  Speaker 2: your way, you make that play, you get energy, you celebrate,
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  Speaker 2: We all celebrate.
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  Speaker 3: And we feed off of that energy. We feed off
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  Speaker 3: of that momentum, and that's what we need more of,
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  Speaker 3: you know.
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  Speaker 2: And on every side of the but DT special teams
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  Speaker 2: play that was a huge play, backed up on the
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  Speaker 2: three yard line and to get a returner, he's going
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  Speaker 2: to get two people, and to to to make a
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  Speaker 2: play for zero yard game, that is an incredible play
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  Speaker 2: and that gave us momentum. So let's feed off of
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  Speaker 2: that energy, you know, little things like that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: r makes a big play, Travis makes a big run.
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  Speaker 2: You know, move the sticks, Move the sticks. V makes
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  Speaker 2: a big play. Move the sticks. As a defense, they're
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  Speaker 2: moving the ball. Even if they don't score, then we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna be putting a great position to get field position.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, okay back then, yes, Uh, but you know
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  Speaker 2: it's all about momentum, you know, catch a momentum and
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  Speaker 2: just riding that wave.
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  Speaker 3: That's all it is. And we know we have to
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  Speaker 3: do a better job on that.
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  Speaker 2: And once we hit our wave, man, and we have
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  Speaker 2: to believe trust in each other, have confidence in each other,
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  Speaker 2: and we can play with that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think we'll put ourselves in the best position.
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  Speaker 1: At the moment.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, when you your time.
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  Speaker 3: To franchise thinking about it too much, I gotta stop
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  Speaker 3: thinking about it.
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  Speaker 4: What is that?
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  Speaker 3: I gotta stop thinking about it. Just go play out
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  Speaker 3: there and play football.
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  Speaker 1: About Draymond d Wagn's playing last night, obviously.
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  Speaker 3: Chasing you see it.
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  Speaker 1: You're asked about him all the time. Is that is
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  Speaker 1: most complete game?
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  Speaker 3: And what do you see from him on stretch run?
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  Speaker 2: I think sh I mean no, I think Tray can
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  Speaker 2: play better, you know, and I hopefully if he was
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  Speaker 2: up here say anything, I hopefully he can say he
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  Speaker 2: can play better, you know, But to consistency to areas
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  Speaker 2: improved each week, you know, those are the signs that
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  Speaker 2: we need for him to take those steps.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I always say the best players need to
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  Speaker 2: make the best plays, and he's one of our best
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  Speaker 2: players on defense and he has to make plays and
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  Speaker 2: we expect that from him. We're never surprised when he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't make a play. You know, when he does make
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  Speaker 2: a play, we just expect more. Just like people with me,
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  Speaker 2: they expect me to make those plays. And when my
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  Speaker 2: player play comes to me, I'm gonna make it. Same
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  Speaker 2: way with Tray when his play comes, he has to
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  Speaker 2: make it.
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  Speaker 3: Ray.
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  Speaker 2: When his play came, he makes his play. Four Yer, Devin,
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  Speaker 2: all our guys man. So you know, for him, he
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  Speaker 2: just played his part in the in the system that
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  Speaker 2: he was meant to do. Uh, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: there's still room to improve, you know, and that's another
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  Speaker 2: way of holding each other accountable. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it was one player where I thought he
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  Speaker 3: didn't do it right. And you know, for me, I
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  Speaker 3: seen what I saw, so I got on him. But
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  Speaker 3: it wasn't it wasn't the message what I was saying.
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  Speaker 2: It was the It was the words I was coming
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  Speaker 2: out because this is something that we practiced, something that
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  Speaker 2: we did. But then once he explained it to me,
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  Speaker 2: we kind of you know dialogue. Then it was like, okay, well,
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  Speaker 2: next time you do it, then let's do it like that.
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  Speaker 2: And then everything he was just he was just free,
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  Speaker 2: you know. So uh, it's just little things like that,
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  Speaker 2: you know. But I love him, you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 2: And I'm gonna tell him right, tell him, you know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean, because I wanted to be great, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we continue to have that trust within each other,
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  Speaker 2: have w have that trust within your group, have that
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  Speaker 2: trust within your unit. And now hopefully that can carry
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  Speaker 2: on and they can show in the offensive side of
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  Speaker 2: the ball you have that one person keep making plays
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  Speaker 2: and make it plays and just trust.
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  Speaker 3: Each other, have confidence, and you know, go out there
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  Speaker 3: and play fast.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Couple questions.
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  Speaker 4: I was gonna ask him what.
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  Speaker 3: Was he about? To Aks as well? How about ask
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  Speaker 3: you this? At at what point he does it start
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  Speaker 3: becoming a problem And it's the same things every week.
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  Speaker 3: That's a great question. Why you ain't ain't nobody asks that.
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  Speaker 1: That one right there?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he asks one of them on the spot.
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  Speaker 3: So hey, you know, we all have a job to do.
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  Speaker 2: If your job is if your job listen, defense side,
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  Speaker 2: you go, when that ball goes, I'm go a second earlier,
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  Speaker 2: I go second late. When that ball snaps, you go
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  Speaker 2: eliminate that area coverage wise, you know, I can't really
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  Speaker 2: I can't really get uh a defensive penality, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all that offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: If we got a cadence, you stick to that cadence.
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  Speaker 2: I mean obviously you know they you know, we may
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  Speaker 2: play against defensive fronts that are you know, defensive guys
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  Speaker 2: that that are very dominant, and you wanna get that advantage.
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  Speaker 2: But uh, we gonna have to hone into that. It's
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  Speaker 2: it's those little mistakes. It's those you know, good drive,
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  Speaker 2: good drive, good drive a man, And that's the moment
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  Speaker 2: where we have to blow up when something like that
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  Speaker 2: does happen. We have to find that playmaker. We have
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  Speaker 2: to find that go to. We gotta find that spark.
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  Speaker 2: Heck I man, I yeah, I don't never say that.
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  Speaker 3: We gotta find that spark. And that's where we hold
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  Speaker 3: each other accountable. And that's what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: Somebody elite is leaderships all around this team, and when
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  Speaker 2: one person makes that mistake, don't let it keep happening.
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  Speaker 2: And it's up to that person, and it's up to
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  Speaker 2: me as well. You know, I'm a leader on this
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  Speaker 2: team too. So if I see something like that happens
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  Speaker 2: there's no more because I want to win the super Bowl,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and we can't make mistakes like these each week,
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  Speaker 2: once a game or or once every four games.
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  Speaker 3: Cool, like it's football.
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  Speaker 2: Things happen, but when it's a continuous thing, that becomes
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  Speaker 2: a problem, and those are problems that we can't have.
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  Speaker 3: And it starts in practice.
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  Speaker 2: I think coach, you know, coach you know emphasizes practice
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  Speaker 2: makes perfect. When we communicate in practice, we over communicate.
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  Speaker 2: When we run to the ball, it shows up and
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  Speaker 2: it shows up on shows up in a game. So
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  Speaker 2: when we make these little mistakes in practice and we
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  Speaker 2: all see it, it's all a little anticipation. So when
• 12:52
  Speaker 2: we have clean start having clean practices and everybody starts
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  Speaker 2: being what they need to be, then we'll start seeing
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  Speaker 2: a really those that we need. But like I said, man,
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  Speaker 2: we need that spark. J I'm so happy Jamal got back,
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  Speaker 2: like because he's that spark. You know, when nothing's going
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  Speaker 2: and we needed somebody to make a play, he's the
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  Speaker 2: guy who's gonna make the play. He's gonna get the ball,
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  Speaker 2: he's gonna go And you know that's momentum. That's another momentum.
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  Speaker 2: You know, what do you have twenty yards or something
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  Speaker 2: like that. Put the offensie up.
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  Speaker 3: Seventeen. That's huge.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's that's two first downs two two two
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  Speaker 2: and in the little three you know first downs.
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  Speaker 3: That's huge.
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  Speaker 2: Uh So, you know, we got the playmakers, we got
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  Speaker 2: the players, we got everything that we need to to
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  Speaker 2: be a great team. But it's like we say, it's
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  Speaker 2: a little mistakes that we keep making, and it starts
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  Speaker 2: in practice, and it starts with the leadership. And if
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  Speaker 2: we can continue to to harp on that again, hold
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  Speaker 2: each other accountable seriously and and and get that message
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  Speaker 2: out there, then we'll start taking his next turn. But
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  Speaker 2: if we don't do that, then we'll still be making
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  Speaker 2: the same of the mistakes that we've been making now