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BONUS: Arthur Smith On Preparing A New QB To Play · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: We got another football bonus show for you. Going to
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  Speaker 1: let you hear a little bit from Ohio State offensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: Arthur Smith. He certainly has some interesting views on things.
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  Speaker 1: He's not necessarily as gregarious as Matt Patricia, but you
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  Speaker 1: sometimes get some interesting perspectives from him as well. He
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  Speaker 1: talks a little bit more frequently about his NFL experience
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  Speaker 1: and relates things around that. So kind of an interesting,
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  Speaker 1: different look at things. He was asked about the timetable
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  Speaker 1: to get running back Jacoby Jackson back from a foot
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  Speaker 1: injury and then whether they're going to be leaning more
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  Speaker 1: on the run game without Julian saying a round.
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  Speaker 2: We'll just have to see on that with Jacoby, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, whoever's ready. I mean, everybody, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: obviously unfortunate, and it's an unfortunate part of the game,
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  Speaker 2: but the expectations don't change. And, you know, history's been
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  Speaker 2: written by that, you know, when things like this happen.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you can look at that banner up there.
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  Speaker 2: What was it, 2014? Countless Super Bowl runs, whatever. Like,
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  Speaker 2: the expectations didn't change. And so... You just try to
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  Speaker 2: play to the strengths of your offense. And regardless of
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  Speaker 2: who's out there, certainly whatever quarterback you have, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you could have Aaron Rodgers or Peyton Manning out there
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  Speaker 2: or whoever, and you still need a good run game.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what we'll lean into the strength of our team.
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  Speaker 2: It may change some things up. We'll see. We've got
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  Speaker 2: two weeks to prepare, but that's our job.
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  Speaker 1: Well, he didn't answer the question about Jacoby Jackson in
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  Speaker 1: any real detail in his timetable to get back. He
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  Speaker 1: was asked about Austin Cereveld as well in the timetable
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  Speaker 1: to get him back, but not a lot of answer there.
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  Speaker 1: But when Austin Cereveld comes back, who does he feel
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  Speaker 1: are the two best tackles they have on the roster?
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  Speaker 2: Well, a couple things. I'm not sure on the timeline.
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  Speaker 2: I know Coach hit that with the injuries. I just
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  Speaker 2: wait to tell me who's out there. Again, I think
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  Speaker 2: different times I mean we've had three guys play pretty
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  Speaker 2: decent and so we'll see in the time you know
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  Speaker 2: that may take care of it itself so we'll just
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  Speaker 2: have to see you know we've had guys like I
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  Speaker 2: feel like we've got six I don't want to say
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  Speaker 2: because my kids are seven starters on the offensive line
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  Speaker 2: really you know with Jake Cook so we'll see how
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  Speaker 2: that plays out.
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  Speaker 1: Assuming it's Luke Fahey who starts for the Buckeyes this
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  Speaker 1: weekend this is going to be a very inexperienced quarterback
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  Speaker 1: at this level But of course, that's not entirely new
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  Speaker 1: to Arthur Smith. He talked about Desmond Ritter, who he
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  Speaker 1: had with the Falcons playing as a rookie. But what
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  Speaker 1: goes into preparing someone like that to succeed and adapting
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  Speaker 1: what you're doing to whatever they can do at the moment?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you always want to adapt to whoever's
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  Speaker 2: back there, you know, just and that's been with every
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  Speaker 2: quarterback that I've had between, you know, Marcus and Ryan
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  Speaker 2: to Matt Ryan to to Marcus again, to Dez, to
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  Speaker 2: Taylor Heineke, to Aaron, to Mason Rudolph, to Will Howard
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  Speaker 2: before he broke his finger in camp. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's your job. You know, it's not just like here's
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  Speaker 2: the playbook. It's one size fits all. I mean, you've
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  Speaker 2: got to adapt. The situation can change, obviously, in game
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  Speaker 2: or week to week. And that's what you try to
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  Speaker 2: prepare for. I mean, things happen. I mean, it's the
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  Speaker 2: same thing with wideouts. I mean, you could lose a
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  Speaker 2: couple and a guy that didn't think he's going to
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  Speaker 2: play a lot has to step up and they better
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  Speaker 2: be ready. whether you're playing at Indiana or you're playing
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  Speaker 2: at USC. So you certainly adapt. I mean, you're not
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  Speaker 2: going to ask, like I wouldn't ask another receiver to
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  Speaker 2: do some of the stuff that we asked Jeremiah to
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  Speaker 2: do right now. So that's not fair to them. It's
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  Speaker 2: the same thing with backs. You know, you don't ask
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  Speaker 2: somebody to replicate. Oh yeah, go do it just like
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  Speaker 2: Derrick Henry did or Bijan, whoever that is. And so you,
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  Speaker 2: you got to understand your players and you got to
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  Speaker 2: adapt and play to your strengths.
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  Speaker 1: What was it about Luke Fahey that put him in
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  Speaker 1: a position to be QB2 as a true freshman and
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  Speaker 1: now potentially a the next man up at the starting position.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I think there's strengths to both him
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  Speaker 2: and Davian, um, you know, and Luke in particular, you know, the,
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  Speaker 2: the way that Luke prepares and then the way, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he he's for a guy that is young, he has
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  Speaker 2: a pro mindset. I mean, it's just from the jump,
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  Speaker 2: what's been impressive about him. I know he wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: highly recruited guy, but, uh, he understands how to play
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  Speaker 2: the position. He puts a lot of work into it. Um,
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  Speaker 2: I think he operates at a high level. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they both have strengths. That's why they're here at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: And they're different players. And so we've got two weeks
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  Speaker 2: to kind of figure it out. But I'm excited for
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity for both of them. It's unfortunate what happened. But, again,
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  Speaker 2: the ball's going to get kicked off at, what is it,
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  Speaker 2: 730 if they announced it? 430, whatever. So 430 Pacific,
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  Speaker 2: that ball's getting kicked off. And we're going to go
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  Speaker 2: out there with the expectation to win and play at
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  Speaker 2: a high level.
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  Speaker 1: What kind of an impact do the practice reps that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to see from Luke Fahey and Tavian St.
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  Speaker 1: Clair this week have on the decision on who's going
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  Speaker 1: to start? And then they've got to talk about adapting
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  Speaker 1: the plan and the game plan and the offense to
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  Speaker 1: the strengths of the new starter. And then you're going
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  Speaker 1: to hear a quick follow-up on what Tavian St. Clair's
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  Speaker 1: strengths are.
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  Speaker 2: Not necessarily because, I mean, the plan will put in,
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  Speaker 2: you know, again, both those guys have two weeks to prepare.
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  Speaker 2: Understand they're not Julian. You're not asking them to be Julian.
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  Speaker 2: You're asking them to be them themselves and we got
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  Speaker 2: to prepare and we got to obviously anytime you're playing
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  Speaker 2: with a young guy I mean it could be like
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  Speaker 2: I said you could put Joe Montana in there as
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  Speaker 2: a as a I said rookie first year player second
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  Speaker 2: year player and you still have to adapt to his
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  Speaker 2: strengths and understand that and then we we have other
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  Speaker 2: experience you know that's where the leadership has to step
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  Speaker 2: up I mean we have experience up front on the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line in the receiver room like you've got to
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  Speaker 2: feel that as well And so it's really, it's all
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  Speaker 2: 11 of us. I mean, for us to be successful,
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  Speaker 2: we all have to do our job at a high
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  Speaker 2: level and that's everybody across the board. And we'll play
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  Speaker 2: good football if we do that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Davin's obviously got a big arm. I mean, he's another
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  Speaker 2: guy that can extend plays. He's a big person in
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  Speaker 2: the pocket, right? They're a little bit different players. Both
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  Speaker 2: have strengths that you like. And so again, both of
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  Speaker 2: them in, mid-season, things that we do well, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's what they've been practicing too. And then maybe it's
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of what you call with them, things that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're used to, and there's some things we
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  Speaker 2: may add or, you know, change up, certainly. And we've
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  Speaker 2: done that week to week anyways, regardless of what we're playing.
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  Speaker 1: When Julian Sane went down, I think a lot of
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State fans were probably thinking, oh no, what does
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  Speaker 1: that mean for the season? But of course, when you're
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  Speaker 1: a coach, there's a human side of that as well,
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  Speaker 1: because Julian Sane is someone who you've spent a whole
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  Speaker 1: lot of time around and built a very personal relationship with.
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  Speaker 1: So what is the human side of that moment when
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  Speaker 1: you see your starting quarterback go down, the reaction to
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  Speaker 1: that happening to Julian, and then the drama at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the game?
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean, there's obviously a human side to it,
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  Speaker 2: but again, that clock's running. And so, I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: situation can change in a blink of an eye. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I just experienced that. your mind, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's where it's on. It's on the next play. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's nothing I could do about it. I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: got to get going. And obviously there's some mistakes we
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  Speaker 2: made that we got to get cleaned up regardless of
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  Speaker 2: who's out there at quarterback. And that wasn't just on
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback either. So you're on, I mean, even that
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  Speaker 2: last series, like I'm not watching the defense. Like you're
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  Speaker 2: preparing like a four minute or two minute, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to go, to go, win or tie the game. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's where your mind's going. You're not watching the game
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  Speaker 2: down there. So you're, you know, a lot of communication,
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  Speaker 2: you know, talking through situational football. And then I did,
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  Speaker 2: I did happen to see the last play, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of game stop there. And there it was on
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  Speaker 2: that fourth down. But that's where your mind always has
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  Speaker 2: to be on. I mean, you have to have contingency plans. Like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: your tackle goes out and we, you know, you have
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  Speaker 2: a snap. The center has to go out because of
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  Speaker 2: the helmet rule. Okay. You get in a critical situation.
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  Speaker 2: Your backup's got to be ready. You get the, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the snaps on the sideline. I mean, Those are tough lessons, too.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're just a microcosm one time. We lost
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  Speaker 2: a center for a play. We were in a third down.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody gets the snaps on their center, and he goes
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  Speaker 2: in there and shotgun. This happened in Baltimore a couple
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  Speaker 2: years ago, and the first snap just sails over his head.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're like, well, for the rest of my career,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to get snaps on their center and in shotgun.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you just, you learn some tough lessons over here,
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  Speaker 2: so your mind just has to be on the next.
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  Speaker 1: Is there maybe a little bit of a sense of
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  Speaker 1: increased urgency from those young quarterbacks now that they know
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  Speaker 1: that they really are the next guys up?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, it's real. I mean, you tell stories
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  Speaker 2: for days. I mean, in the NFL, it was like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you wake up on Sunday, and a guy
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  Speaker 2: thinks he's not playing, and something happens, and you're active,
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  Speaker 2: and you've got to go, and there's a million stories
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  Speaker 2: like that. And the same thing here. You know, you're
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  Speaker 2: a play away, and the reality of the moment hits you.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's what you try to prepare for. You
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  Speaker 2: try to teach them through history, and then, unfortunately, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it happens, and you're ready to go because the show's
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  Speaker 2: moving on.
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  Speaker 1: How much does that QB injury to Julian say in
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  Speaker 1: changed the practice plan and their approach this week.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, when you have a situation like this and you've
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  Speaker 2: got to get, you know, that's where, I mean, you
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  Speaker 2: look at it a bunch of ways. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: guess the good news is we are on a bye,
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  Speaker 2: so it's not, you know, we don't have to play
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  Speaker 2: this Saturday. So it gives you a little more time
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  Speaker 2: and you can kind of slow down, kind of assess
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  Speaker 2: what you normally would have anyways. Here we are just
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  Speaker 2: past the halfway point of the regular season. You know,
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  Speaker 2: things that we think we're doing well, things that we
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  Speaker 2: need to kind of lean into or, you know, get
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  Speaker 2: cleaned up. And then when you're dealing with a quarterback
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  Speaker 2: situation now, yeah, certainly it would change a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of your approach. But the big picture of mine, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you can do both. And so, yeah, absolutely, it would
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  Speaker 2: change your approach.
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