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Press Pass | C.J. Beathard: "Guys Were Locked In From Early in the Week and It Showed Out There on the Field Today" · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: It's been it's been three years, but you know, it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't feel like three years. I think, Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you're rolling throughout seasons, they just fly by. I
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  Speaker 1: don't feel like it's my seventh year in the league either.
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  Speaker 1: I look back at some of these rookies and stuff,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm like, yeah, I'm much older than you guys,
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  Speaker 1: and reality and football you know terms I am. And
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  Speaker 1: it's just kind of weird. But yeah, I know, it
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  Speaker 1: felt young again out there. Felt like a kid out there.
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  Speaker 1: Get to play and run around and.
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  Speaker 2: And and uh and play football was fun.
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  Speaker 3: And one of the toughest challenges for you is receiving
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  Speaker 3: Corey keeps losing guys on there, and then you lost
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  Speaker 3: Agnew on that big play. How were you able to
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  Speaker 3: try to adjust to, you know, with what you had
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  Speaker 3: at this point.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's just the guys.
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  Speaker 1: They work hard all week, you know, getting reps, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Tim and Elijah, those guys that that had to step
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  Speaker 1: up in the situation when AG went down, Uh, just
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  Speaker 1: to work. I think they put in each week, and
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 2: I trust those guys.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of those guys that I've got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of reps with on the scout team over the last
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  Speaker 1: several weeks. So I got a lot of rest with
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  Speaker 1: those guys. But you know, having having Calvin and Evan
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  Speaker 1: in there and and Travis and you know, those starters
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  Speaker 1: that have been in there for a while, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you kind of lean on those guys. You know, Evan,
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  Speaker 1: you know, shout out to him, congratulations he you know,
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  Speaker 1: ate tight end all time to go over one hundred
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  Speaker 1: receptions and uh, that's that's huge. And just having him
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  Speaker 1: in there as a you know, I guess I crutch
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  Speaker 1: to lean on sometimes is nice.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, see, Joh, I know, anyone obviously feels good,
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  Speaker 4: but just under the circumstances of this one, the woes
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  Speaker 4: at stake snapping a four game one Streek, what did
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  Speaker 4: it feel like to go and and get this one?
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  Speaker 2: It's huge?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think all week we've been in a
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  Speaker 1: little slump the weeks before, losing four straight, but all
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  Speaker 1: week we went this week knowing with a lot of energy,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that what this game meant and what the next
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  Speaker 1: week meant means, uh, knowing that we needed to get
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  Speaker 1: this one.
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  Speaker 2: I thought the guy's played great.
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  Speaker 1: It started on Monday or Tuesday and practice when we
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  Speaker 1: came out there with a ton of energy enthusiasm, you know,
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  Speaker 1: one of the better weeks of practice we've had, I
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  Speaker 1: think just from an energy energy standpoint, So guys were
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  Speaker 1: locked in from from early in the week and it
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  Speaker 1: showed out there on the field today.
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  Speaker 5: Ceejay, you got the majority of the practice reps the
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  Speaker 5: last two weeks and three of the last four weeks.
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  Speaker 5: How much did that play into your efficiency today and
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  Speaker 5: your comfort level with the players on the on the
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  Speaker 5: offense a lot?
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  Speaker 1: You know, it definitely helped a lot having banked those
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  Speaker 1: reps with guys like Calvin and Evan because they moved
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  Speaker 1: so differently than some other guys just in the league,
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  Speaker 1: and it was nice having practice with them for really
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  Speaker 1: the last several weeks, getting reps and routes on air,
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  Speaker 1: one on ones, all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that was definitely beneficial.
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  Speaker 5: And along those lines, it's winning in next week in Nashville,
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  Speaker 5: And how much did today do you think would help
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  Speaker 5: you if you have to start next week because Trevor
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  Speaker 5: shoulder doesn't allow him to play.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, just I think just from a confidence standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: not only for myself, but as a team, I think
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  Speaker 1: winning this game in Rome in the fashion that we
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  Speaker 1: did defense, playing well, offense, playing fishing, moving the ball,
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  Speaker 1: running the ball, I think that'll hopefully give us a
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  Speaker 1: momentum going in the next week. And we know, we
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  Speaker 1: know we've been here before, We've been there last year
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  Speaker 1: is kind of the same situation. So you know, if
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  Speaker 1: if if I have to go next week, I'll be
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  Speaker 1: ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, yeah, c.
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  Speaker 6: J, did you get any coaching after you had that
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  Speaker 6: little brief spell in a blue tenth about Hey, your
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  Speaker 6: backup is the guy who's been here for three days.
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  Speaker 6: Please don't put yourself in arms way anymore, because yeah,
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  Speaker 6: scrambling after that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely.
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  Speaker 1: You know they were telling me not to take any
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  Speaker 1: more here, it's good down, all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I think we actually had a zone read on the
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  Speaker 1: next third down. Impressed standing in the head set. He's like, hey,
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  Speaker 1: do not keep the ball, hand the ball off, no
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  Speaker 1: matter what. So you know that's what I did. And
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  Speaker 1: but you know, overall, I though the guys protected great
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  Speaker 1: and and did what they needed.
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  Speaker 2: To do get to win.
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  Speaker 6: And how important was it for you coming into this
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  Speaker 6: game watching the defense and seeing the kind of performance
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  Speaker 6: they put on today, just making it so much easier
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  Speaker 6: for you guys on offense, taking the pressure off.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, when the defense is playing like that, it takes
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  Speaker 1: so much pressure off the offense and off a quarterback
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  Speaker 1: to feel like you have to press and do this
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  Speaker 1: and do that. So, you know, we you know, obviously
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  Speaker 1: we'd like to be better on the red zone, but
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  Speaker 1: when your defense is playing like that, it's not the
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  Speaker 1: worst thing. Just kicking field goals and taking care of
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  Speaker 1: the football. We kind of knew all week we wanted
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  Speaker 1: to protect the ball and just you know, move the
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  Speaker 1: ball and put up points, and that's what we did.
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  Speaker 1: The defense played played great, you know, so so hats
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  Speaker 1: off to those guys, and hats off the Josh for
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  Speaker 1: you know, getting this three sacks today and getting that records.
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  Speaker 2: That's a big deal and that's that's awesome.