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Press Pass | Ryan Nielsen on LBs, Maason Smith & More Ahead of Bills · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Take coach, how after looking at film at Monterrey Brown, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: did you come away with a little bit better in
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  Speaker 1: persson of how he played in the game? And is
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  Speaker 1: this what you need to see from him?
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  Speaker 2: Played really well? What a game.
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  Speaker 3: I mean he was all over the place, making tackles
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  Speaker 3: type coverage.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he was everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: It was really good to see confidence. You could see
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  Speaker 3: his confidence grow throughout the game. Confident in his abilities
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  Speaker 3: press coverage, played some.
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  Speaker 2: Off cover two. I mean he was in the right spot.
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  Speaker 2: Really good game, really good game.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, look for him, he came in the building,
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  Speaker 3: uh last couple of days, and his his I mean
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  Speaker 3: just the look on his face was, you know, really good.
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  Speaker 3: And and uh so continue to see that from him,
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  Speaker 3: you know, day in and day out, and and he
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  Speaker 3: does a great job and just focus on himself, like
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  Speaker 3: his fundamental techniques.
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  Speaker 2: It's just how he practices.
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  Speaker 3: So there wasn't a surprise that he played like that
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  Speaker 3: because that's what we saw him do in camp and
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  Speaker 3: in practice. So but continue to see him get better.
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  Speaker 2: What makes shosh Allen just such a challenge with.
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  Speaker 3: Then motor motor I mean it's a it's NonStop and
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  Speaker 3: and Josh's smart player, so that that's a combination that
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  Speaker 3: it is tough. He's always going, always running, pass rush,
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  Speaker 3: you know, run defense. The last couple of games that
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  Speaker 3: run defense was pretty good, you know, on the edge
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  Speaker 3: making some plays.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, he can rush with power.
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  Speaker 3: He's added a few pounds you know, in some strength,
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  Speaker 3: so that's helping him. But he's got the quickness and
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  Speaker 3: suddenness to get on the edge hand rushes. Bill Sho
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  Speaker 3: has done a great job with you know, the repertoire
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  Speaker 3: of what he's working with and those two guys working
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  Speaker 3: together has been really good. So just continue to see him,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and we've changed the scheme just a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's not dropping as much more rushing and
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  Speaker 3: so that's there's some some things with him that continue
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  Speaker 3: to get better.
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  Speaker 2: But very pleased so far.
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  Speaker 3: I know Buffalo has aid like they want to make
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  Speaker 3: an emphasis on having there Josh Allen running a little.
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  Speaker 2: Bit less getting ball out of his hand quicker. Are
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  Speaker 2: you're seeing that on tape. Yeah, he's doing a really
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  Speaker 2: good job.
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  Speaker 3: They've done really good job with the scheme in terms
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  Speaker 3: of first and second down passing, quick throws, completions. You
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  Speaker 3: see his completion percentage up, getting the ball out of
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  Speaker 3: his hands. Offensive lines doing a good job getting on
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  Speaker 3: and protection, you know, aggressively setting the D line so
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  Speaker 3: you don't see as many bells getting batted down. They've
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  Speaker 3: done a good job in the boundary passing game, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the option routes, stack routes, things like this, and then
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  Speaker 3: to the fields he's getting the ball. He's doing really
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  Speaker 3: good job reading the coverage, like he knows exactly where
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  Speaker 3: to go to the ball right now.
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  Speaker 2: So it's gonna be a good challenge with.
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  Speaker 4: Tarnell savage versatility.
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  Speaker 3: How much does having or not having him on the
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  Speaker 3: field change what you want to do. It does, Look,
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  Speaker 3: you always want to have good players, and he's a
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  Speaker 3: good player, but last week didn't feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: next man up, you know, and Jerry went out there
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  Speaker 3: and he performed pretty well as well as the group thought.
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  Speaker 3: We covered really really well last week. But having him
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  Speaker 3: back like it's, hey, now we got it. You know,
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  Speaker 3: it's another guy out there's a good player and allows
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  Speaker 3: some other guys to free up and personnel packages.
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  Speaker 2: And do things like that.
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  Speaker 3: So we never want to lose a guy for a
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  Speaker 3: game or two games or whatever. It is, but happy
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  Speaker 3: to have him back and get him back into the
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  Speaker 3: role and routine of playing football, and we'll see him
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  Speaker 3: out there on Monday.
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  Speaker 2: To what extent is the Bills often different in terms
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  Speaker 2: of trying to slow it down with They don't have
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  Speaker 2: Gave Davis there, they don't have bigs there. So how
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  Speaker 2: different is it than what we saw last year? Not
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  Speaker 2: a ton.
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  Speaker 3: They're committed to running the football, so you're seeing them
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  Speaker 3: a higher percentage of runs and they're running the ball
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  Speaker 3: really well, so it's making it second and manageable. You're
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  Speaker 3: seeing a lot of second and four, second and five.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they getting five six yards a clip in
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  Speaker 3: the run game, committed to the run, so it's a
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  Speaker 3: fifty little bit more balanced. And then the passing game,
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  Speaker 3: you're seeing more quick throws in ar lead that you're
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  Speaker 3: not seeing as many negative plays that they may have
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  Speaker 3: had in the past, and so they're very efficient on
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  Speaker 3: first down, second down, and then they're getting into third
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  Speaker 3: and manageables or second down conversions. You know, when you
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  Speaker 3: watch last game, I don't think there was a third
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  Speaker 3: down until like play fourteen in the game, so it
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  Speaker 3: was first down, second out, first down, second I mean
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  Speaker 3: they're moving the ball down the field, and so the
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  Speaker 3: efficiency of the offense and getting the ball out of
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  Speaker 3: Josh's hands, and you know, the quick passing and then.
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  Speaker 2: The committed to the wrong game, they run the ball
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  Speaker 2: really well.
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  Speaker 3: It's gonna be a good challenge. Yeah, that's and then
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  Speaker 3: the other thing. Look and everybody knows like he's a
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  Speaker 3: dynamic play extender. I mean it's he's all over the
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  Speaker 3: place and you're you're watching him do the things that
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  Speaker 3: he's you know, he's so confident when he gets out
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  Speaker 3: of the pocket. He you know, he can make a
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  Speaker 3: first down running or find a guy late back over
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  Speaker 3: the middle. And he's got such a strong arm he
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  Speaker 3: can make all the throws. So that combination makes him
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  Speaker 3: very hard to defend.
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  Speaker 4: Is there a benefit of having Koye take snaps off
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  Speaker 4: other than rest?
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  Speaker 2: Is that home Petrel or those other guys with a
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  Speaker 2: couple of things. Of course, it does.
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  Speaker 3: Such a long season and when you look at the
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  Speaker 3: body of work, keeps him fresher in the in the
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  Speaker 3: end of the game as well, which helps. And then
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  Speaker 3: the other guys have deserved the reps, Like we're not
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  Speaker 3: just giving guys reps that don't deserve the reps. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Ventreil and Chad have had good camp. They put them
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  Speaker 3: out there. Ventro made a play on the toss last
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  Speaker 3: game into our sideline. It was a third down and
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  Speaker 3: four play. He comes shot out and knocks him out
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  Speaker 3: of bounce, creates the fourth and one. Like So, those
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  Speaker 3: guys are deserving you see in Chad and Coverage, sure Tackler,
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  Speaker 3: they're deserving of the reps that they're getting.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's it's.
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  Speaker 3: Creating a nice competition within the group. It's getting some
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  Speaker 3: of those you know, Devin and and Foyer a little
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  Speaker 3: bit of rest into late in the game, getting in there,
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  Speaker 3: and then for the longevity of the season, you just
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  Speaker 3: never know. And so you know what you're gonna get
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  Speaker 3: if you know the guy has to go down or
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  Speaker 3: you know, play in the end of game or something
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  Speaker 3: like that, and that those other guys have had meaningful snaps,
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  Speaker 3: you know.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a good combination.
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  Speaker 4: He's been relatively quiet so far for them through two games.
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  Speaker 2: You know, what kind of challenge does he presented that
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  Speaker 2: position for them.
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  Speaker 3: He's a savvy receiver, really savvy receiver. He understands leverage
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  Speaker 3: really well. He's he's gonna be he's a tough matchup,
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  Speaker 3: Like he's strong at the catch point. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's got good speed and he's a big body. So
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  Speaker 3: there's a you know, there's a we're gonna have to
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  Speaker 3: cover him really well, I'll tell you what. And he's
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  Speaker 3: a pretty good blocker too. You see him on the
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  Speaker 3: backside of some runs making some big blocks for some
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  Speaker 3: cutbacks and things like that. So, uh, it's it's gonna
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  Speaker 3: be a good challenge for sure.
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  Speaker 4: You've seen him from Mason Smith in terms of responding.
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  Speaker 3: For not getting a very good, very good like he's
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  Speaker 3: he's he's in the right mindset. Very excited about him
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  Speaker 3: in his future. He said he had a good practice yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: Like he responded exactly how you'd want him to respond.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he took it where you know it was
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  Speaker 3: an attack on him. Uh, you know, we got to
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  Speaker 3: get better and and we're going to do everything we
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  Speaker 3: can to get better and to get out there and play.
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  Speaker 3: And so see a very bright future for him and
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  Speaker 3: he has the right mindset to be a very good
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  Speaker 3: player in this league.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes you hear guys say turnovers coming, bunch.
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  Speaker 4: Do you think it's just a case of once you
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  Speaker 4: kind of get one opens.
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  Speaker 3: Up and I tell you, we had the ball in
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  Speaker 3: the goal line last week, the ball popped out, Devin
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  Speaker 3: made a heck of a play, you know, and we've
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  Speaker 3: just got to get off a block. Sometimes timing being
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  Speaker 3: in the right spot at the right time, that would
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  Speaker 3: been a huge play in the.
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  Speaker 2: Game, right.
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  Speaker 3: So we're working on It's been a point of emphasis,
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  Speaker 3: a point of emphasis every single week, every single day.
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  Speaker 3: We're you know, but and you're seeing punch outs. I'll
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  Speaker 3: tell you one of our better guys are doing is
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  Speaker 3: for you.
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  Speaker 2: I mean he's always punching at the ball.
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  Speaker 3: I mean he's uh, it's it's conscious, you know, ball
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  Speaker 3: awareness and things like that. And yes, it's sometimes it
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  Speaker 3: just takes one, you know. So we're just we're staying
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  Speaker 3: positive with it. You know, we'd love to have about
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  Speaker 3: eight or nine a game, you know, but let's let's
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  Speaker 3: get one and go from there.
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  Speaker 4: I was good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Devon's doing good.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's he's uh, you know, we're playing him
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more in the middle, which is you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's in the box, he's coming downhill.
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  Speaker 2: As a physical player. Good in coverage.
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  Speaker 3: I tell you, one of the things, and this was,
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  Speaker 3: you know, kind of one of the deals is he
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  Speaker 3: has a lot of ball production in the passing game.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of PBUs and and tip balls and
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  Speaker 3: altered passes because he's around where the the catch point
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  Speaker 3: is or he's rushing and he gets a hand up
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  Speaker 3: and things like that, so he is affecting the ball
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  Speaker 3: ball disruption.
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  Speaker 4: Ronald Darby obviously being a starter coming into your defense
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  Speaker 4: this year, how you felt like he's played during the
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  Speaker 4: first two weeks. Did he have an opportunity he thought
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  Speaker 4: to get get an interception on that first drive on
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  Speaker 4: the sideline.
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  Speaker 2: Would have liked him, would have liked him too.
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  Speaker 3: But you know sometime I mean he's right there and
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  Speaker 3: when you slow the play down, his hands are right there,
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  Speaker 3: and it's just one of those you know, catch point battle,
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  Speaker 3: you know, where they're battling for the ball and and
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  Speaker 3: they didn't bounce our way, you know, and next time
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  Speaker 3: it will, you know, just keep playing. Uh, he's he's
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  Speaker 3: a very positive player. He's great with the younger guys. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he's in the right spot all the time. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you're seeing this, you know. Last I thought he took
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  Speaker 3: a step from game one to Game two, he played
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  Speaker 3: a little bit better, you know. Uh, but I think
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  Speaker 3: the overall package for him, he's got speed, he's got awareness,
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  Speaker 3: he's he's played in the league for a long time,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and here's another guy that was out just
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  Speaker 3: for a few plays, and Trey Prince got in, and
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  Speaker 3: so we've you know, we're we're working that rotation where
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  Speaker 3: at the end of the game, maybe he's got five
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  Speaker 3: or ten plays off and he set a sixty plays,
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  Speaker 3: he plays fifty, you know, and that matters in the
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  Speaker 3: long run.
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  Speaker 2: So but very positive with the guy.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's he's a really good football player, a
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  Speaker 3: great teammate. Nothing but good things to say about him.
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  Speaker 4: Have you gotten enough from Cisco and Antonio to start
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  Speaker 4: the year safety play?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so, Like we're doing pretty good back there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's a good time, physical, physical. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Antonio is a younger player. You know, he's going through
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of the Hey i'm playing now national fall,
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  Speaker 3: I'm a starter. It takes a little time sometimes, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And Francisco police with what he's doing. You know, he
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  Speaker 3: had the one well there's one play. You know, if
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  Speaker 3: you take the one play, you can't do that, but
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  Speaker 3: if you take it out, he's had a pretty good
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  Speaker 3: couple of games.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome right,