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Press Pass | Jaguars Players Discuss Dominant Showing vs. Patriots · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: First off, man, what was the focus this week for
• 0:02
  Speaker 1: you guys to go out there and stop the run?
• 0:04
  Speaker 2: You know, it was the same as every other week, bro.
• 0:06
  Speaker 2: We got to put it together, and that's what we
• 0:08
  Speaker 2: did today.
• 0:10
  Speaker 3: Devon, what did you see when the ball came out?
• 0:12
  Speaker 3: Did you actually see the ball come out of Drake's hand? Absolutely. Yeah,
• 0:16
  Speaker 3: I was a little surprised. Were you surprised it came
• 0:19
  Speaker 3: out that easy?
• 0:20
  Speaker 4: Absolutely.
• 0:21
  Speaker 3: And obviously, next off, get on the ball. Oh, yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 5: Can you talk about how the interior defensive linemen, how
• 0:28
  Speaker 5: they played today?
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: We played pretty stopped today. We could have gone through
• 0:32
  Speaker 2: the quarterback a little bit more, but we're playing hard today.
• 0:38
  Speaker 3: You guys are able to produce three turnovers.
• 0:41
  Speaker 6: How big was that trying to stop the one, especially
• 0:42
  Speaker 6: the one right before the half where they were in
• 0:44
  Speaker 6: the red zone on the two-yard line?
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: That's absolutely what we talk about each week, winning the
• 0:48
  Speaker 2: turnover margin, and that's what we went out and did.
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: Talk about the second half.
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  Speaker 3: You guys, you know, last week had an opportunity to
• 0:55
  Speaker 3: close the door.
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: Talk about the mentality going into the second half this year.
• 0:58
  Speaker 2: You know, it was our primary focus after last week
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: trying to learn our lesson about that. We wanted to
• 1:03
  Speaker 2: finish the game, and we went out there and dominated
• 1:06
  Speaker 2: the second quarter. Well, second half, I mean.
• 1:08
  Speaker 4: You loaded up the stat sheet today, got yourself a sack,
• 1:10
  Speaker 4: a forced fumble, a fumble recovery. Is it rewarding seeing
• 1:12
  Speaker 4: your hard work come into fruition?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I just give all the glory
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  Speaker 2: to God, man.
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  Speaker 4: I mean.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, I'm not doing this by myself, and that's all
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  Speaker 2: I can really say.
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  Speaker 3: You guys don't allow a touchdown. It's been a while
• 1:24
  Speaker 3: since you guys have been able to do that. How
• 1:25
  Speaker 3: good does that feel on the defensive side?
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: I mean, this just proves that we're doing our job.
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: Everybody's being where they're supposed to be, and we're playing hard.
• 1:32
  Speaker 5: Devon, you had a great year last year, but how
• 1:34
  Speaker 5: well are you playing right now? And I guess how
• 1:36
  Speaker 5: nice is it to contribute to some splash plays where
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  Speaker 5: people notice you a bit?
• 1:40
  Speaker 2: It's always great, but like I said, bro, I'm just
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  Speaker 2: trying to give glory to God and You know, he's
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  Speaker 2: putting me in these positions, and I'm just taking advantage
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  Speaker 2: of it.
• 1:49
  Speaker 5: You guys have been so resilient after losses with this regime.
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  Speaker 3: Why is that kind of one of your things?
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  Speaker 2: It's really a cultural thing around here. I mean, yeah,
• 2:00
  Speaker 2: you might lose some games here and there, but we
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: always want to bounce back. We always play physical. We
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  Speaker 2: always want to dominate our opponent. After a loss like that, especially,
• 2:08
  Speaker 2: it was the main emphasis this week.
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  Speaker 5: I know you had one week at a time, but
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  Speaker 5: how critical was this one? How pivotal to get 2-1
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  Speaker 5: with a long road ahead?
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  Speaker 2: It's always critical. We try to win every single game
• 2:20
  Speaker 2: we go out here and play. This was no different.
• 2:24
  Speaker 4: New England backed up inside their own five-yard line. Of course,
• 2:27
  Speaker 4: you want to bring that pressure. You looked like a
• 2:28
  Speaker 4: man on a mission getting into the backfield. Can you
• 2:30
  Speaker 4: take us through that sack that you.
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  Speaker 2: Got on that play? You know, I was just trying
• 2:32
  Speaker 2: to go and kind of opened up for me right
• 2:34
  Speaker 2: in the middle, and I tried to take advantage of it.
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  Speaker 4: Were you surprised at how open of a lane you
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  Speaker 4: had for yourself on that play?
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  Speaker 2: Not really. I kind of thought it was going to happen,
• 2:42
  Speaker 2: but then it happened.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, okay, cool.
• 2:45
  Speaker 5: You made a lot of big plays, man.
• 2:48
  Speaker 3: How nice of a grab was that?
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  Speaker 7: It was definitely a cool play to make. But most importantly,
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  Speaker 7: how we responded was the best part. So we want
• 2:57
  Speaker 7: to keep that rolling and how we started, and we
• 2:59
  Speaker 7: just want to finish games.
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  Speaker 3: How did you make that game?
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  Speaker 7: Can you take us through that play?
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  Speaker 3: There was a lot going on there.
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  Speaker 5: I think you got interfered with, and then that thing
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  Speaker 5: was basically almost.
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  Speaker 3: On the ground.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, that was crazy. Most importantly, I mean, just that play,
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  Speaker 7: I wasn't even thinking I was about to get it,
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  Speaker 7: but run every route to win. Trevor trusted me to
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  Speaker 7: cross-face and make the play, and we made the play.
• 3:18
  Speaker 5: Big difference between this week and last week, guys making
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  Speaker 5: plays like that in the big situations.
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  Speaker 4: For sure.
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  Speaker 7: That's what it's all about. Like I said, we attacked
• 3:25
  Speaker 7: this week, focusing on just the response and focusing just
• 3:31
  Speaker 7: on practice.
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  Speaker 3: And Liam said we were ready. We were ready. Marco,
• 3:35
  Speaker 3: a lot of talk this week about spreading the ball around.
• 3:38
  Speaker 1: How do you feel like you guys did that on
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: offense today compared to last week?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a lot of shell coverage, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of one-high.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, they mixed it up, played a lot of zeroes,
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  Speaker 7: a lot of just spot-drop zones. So running the ball
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  Speaker 7: was good for us today, and we did a good–
• 3:51
  Speaker 7: it was a great running day and a lot of
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  Speaker 7: guys making crazy catches. So that's all we can ask
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  Speaker 7: for for our offense, come out here and just put
• 3:58
  Speaker 7: points up and go ahead and get this win.
• 4:00
  Speaker 5: How helpful is it as an offense just to have
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  Speaker 5: so many different guys that you can go to on
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  Speaker 5: any given day?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, it makes it tough on defensive coordinators. I mean,
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  Speaker 7: you don't know who's about to get the ball here.
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  Speaker 7: And whoever gets the ball, they're going to make the play.
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  Speaker 7: So it's been cool to see, and run game's been good,
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  Speaker 7: pass game's been good. We just want to keep that rolling.
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  Speaker 3: We've been talking about Travis ever since he got drafted.
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  Speaker 5: How cool, I guess, to see him make a play
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  Speaker 5: and a big-time play in that spot?
• 4:24
  Speaker 7: I mean, you know, he was excited, and the celebration
• 4:27
  Speaker 7: was cool, and just seeing just the excitement he brings.
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  Speaker 7: You know, he brings that energy each and every day.
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  Speaker 7: So when he makes a play, he's earned it.
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  Speaker 3: About this place, man. You guys have been rolling at home.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, more.
• 4:38
  Speaker 6: Than 34 plus points, I think, in like five or
• 4:39
  Speaker 6: six straight.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, we love it here, man. So, just coming here,
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  Speaker 7: being able to represent, I mean, we put a lot
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  Speaker 7: of work in. Heat is here, so let's keep it rolling.
• 4:50
  Speaker 8: Parker, when did you start feeling like you guys were
• 4:52
  Speaker 8: at a very comfortable place in this game?
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  Speaker 3: Was there a moment? Was there a point there?
• 4:58
  Speaker 7: Man, it starts with the preparation, how we started this week, man.
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  Speaker 7: That's when... We felt like the response was happening, and
• 5:05
  Speaker 7: we came out here and executed well, and we just
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  Speaker 7: want to keep that rolling, keep that momentum going.
• 5:10
  Speaker 4: Prior to your diving catch, you had an almost equally
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  Speaker 4: impressive catch on that jump ball. Of course, it gets
• 5:14
  Speaker 4: called back for the penalty, but when you went back
• 5:16
  Speaker 4: to the huddle, were you saying to yourself, I'm going
• 5:17
  Speaker 4: to get this one back, or was that just the
• 5:19
  Speaker 4: heat of the moment type of thing?
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  Speaker 3: Man, just be ready for each moment.
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  Speaker 7: That's how I attack each play. So, you know, ran
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  Speaker 7: a corner route, made the play, saw a flag on
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  Speaker 7: the ground, said, okay, back. Just go to the next play.
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  Speaker 7: We came out there, treffed through another pass, got to
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  Speaker 7: make that play now.
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  Speaker 3: Parker, how about just that drive? I mean, they had
• 5:36
  Speaker 3: missed a field goal.
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  Speaker 5: Game's still very much in the balance.
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  Speaker 1: I think it was 8.42 off the clock.
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  Speaker 5: And even though you got backed up a couple of times,
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  Speaker 5: I mean, is that what good teams do? That kind
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  Speaker 5: of drive?
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  Speaker 7: I mean, it's just about next play mentality. And like
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  Speaker 7: I said, we knew we were coming in playing a
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  Speaker 7: great team. So we weren't going to let up.
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  Speaker 3: Last week we.
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  Speaker 7: Talked about how we may have lost that momentum coming
• 6:00
  Speaker 7: out of halftime. We wanted to make sure that we
• 6:02
  Speaker 7: just responded. I felt like we did a great job today,
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  Speaker 7: and we just want to keep that going.
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  Speaker 4: Josh Cameron's role in this offense continues to grow with
• 6:09
  Speaker 4: each week. Being a fellow sixth-round receiver at the position,
• 6:13
  Speaker 4: how proud are you of him and his performances and
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  Speaker 4: his role growing in this offense?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I told the guys, man, prepare each week. You're
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  Speaker 7: going to be that guy. That's all they've done, him
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  Speaker 7: and CJ. Josh has been doing a great job each week.
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  Speaker 7: And he's earned all the opportunities he's getting and all
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  Speaker 7: the plays he's making. We know he can make them.
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  Speaker 7: He makes them each and every day at practice. So
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  Speaker 7: that's what happens in game day, too.
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  Speaker 1: Turning into a contested catch specialist, Parker, how are you
• 6:40
  Speaker 1: able to come down in traffic with all those balls, man?
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  Speaker 7: All I can say is just practice how you play.
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  Speaker 7: So I attack each day like it's a game. And
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  Speaker 7: when I get those opportunities, I got to make them.
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  Speaker 7: Seeing the football on the air, no matter if it's contested,
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  Speaker 7: pass interference, we've got to make the play. That was
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  Speaker 7: a big-time play, and I want to keep doing that.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 6: It felt great. Obviously, that's the first one of the
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  Speaker 6: season for me. Big shout-out to Jarion. I want to
• 7:12
  Speaker 6: give him a shout-out. He got that interception, got us
• 7:14
  Speaker 6: down to, I think it was a.
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  Speaker 3: 4 or 5.
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  Speaker 2: Made it easy on us.
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  Speaker 6: I just knew when Trevor called the play that, Before
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  Speaker 6: he even called it, he said, hey, we've got to
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  Speaker 6: punch it in here. So I knew it was a run,
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  Speaker 6: but a big shout out to the guys up front.
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  Speaker 6: They did their job all day and did it at
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  Speaker 6: a high level, and I got much appreciation for them guys.
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  Speaker 8: How important was it to own this week after what
• 7:36
  Speaker 8: happened in the second half last?
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  Speaker 6: I mean, I think it was very important. We thought
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  Speaker 6: last week we didn't have our best prep, and we
• 7:44
  Speaker 6: just started with us first day back at practice on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 3: It's just attack it. Attack every day.
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  Speaker 6: Attack it the same. We couldn't wait for Friday to
• 7:56
  Speaker 6: have a good practice or to just expect that we
• 8:00
  Speaker 6: were going to come out here and win the game.
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  Speaker 6: Had a great week of prep and obviously got back
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  Speaker 6: on track.
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  Speaker 8: That's what Parker was saying as well about when did
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  Speaker 8: it all start for you and he said right there
• 8:12
  Speaker 8: that first day of practice.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the first day.
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  Speaker 6: We knew it right after that game that we kind
• 8:17
  Speaker 6: of not only beat ourselves but We didn't have the
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  Speaker 6: best week. It was a huge emphasis this week, and
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  Speaker 6: it'll roll over to next week. Same mindset.
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  Speaker 4: You have a real knack for picking up those gritty yards.
• 8:29
  Speaker 4: When you're lowering your shoulder pads and you're getting dirty
• 8:32
  Speaker 4: in the trenches, is that something that you're looking forward
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  Speaker 4: to each opportunity?
• 8:35
  Speaker 3: Of course.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, it's kind of the thing I do, you know. And, again,
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  Speaker 6: it was one of those coaching points of, you know,
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  Speaker 6: last two weeks I've been running super high. It's like,
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  Speaker 6: you know, you can do big things if you get
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  Speaker 6: your pads down and You know, it came to the
• 8:52
  Speaker 6: sideline after the first, I think it was the first,
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  Speaker 6: second drive for me. And, you know, some gritty yards,
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  Speaker 6: as you would say. But, you know, it was all good. But, again,
• 9:02
  Speaker 6: shout out to.
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  Speaker 2: The whole line, man.
• 9:03
  Speaker 4: Considering your prior familiarity with Liam from your time in college,
• 9:06
  Speaker 4: is it easier for you and all to have that
• 9:08
  Speaker 4: give and take? Like, when he gives you criticism, is
• 9:10
  Speaker 4: it easy to receive it from him considering your previous
• 9:13
  Speaker 4: time with one another?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I think, you know, I know how he coaches,
• 9:17
  Speaker 6: and he knows how I need to be coached. That
• 9:20
  Speaker 6: was like a big part of the connection we had
• 9:22
  Speaker 6: at Kentucky. And when I got here, I just, you know,
• 9:26
  Speaker 6: I wasn't locked in as much as I wanted to be.
• 9:31
  Speaker 6: That's because I had an injury during OTAs. But, you know,
• 9:36
  Speaker 6: when I came back, there was like, hey, you got
• 9:38
  Speaker 6: to read this out. It's not the same as we
• 9:40
  Speaker 6: used to run it. But, you know, big shout out
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  Speaker 6: to Liam. You know, he trusted me to get me here.
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  Speaker 6: And hopefully we keep that connection going.
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  Speaker 3: Just isolated backside by myself. Nine times out of ten, that's.
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  Speaker 9: Where the ball is going.
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  Speaker 3: So I just felt like I had to win.
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  Speaker 8: It seemed like you guys were just having a lot
• 9:56
  Speaker 8: of fun out there today. Travis got his first interception.
• 10:00
  Speaker 8: You with the interception. Got set up for another touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: What was that like?
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  Speaker 8: I mean, was it kind of an emphasis to say, hey,
• 10:06
  Speaker 8: let's get back to what we know best and have
• 10:08
  Speaker 8: fun doing so?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I just think DNA showed up. Like the things
• 10:12
  Speaker 3: that we practiced. And we truly, like, love each other.
• 10:14
  Speaker 3: Like we're really close. Like, you know what I'm saying?
• 10:17
  Speaker 3: It's like a true brotherhood.
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  Speaker 5: For us.
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  Speaker 9: Our practices be hard, and I think we're hard on
• 10:22
  Speaker 9: each other, and I think that just kind of brings
• 10:24
  Speaker 9: the best out of each other. We're really hard on
• 10:26
  Speaker 9: each other every room, especially the corner room. We're really
• 10:30
  Speaker 9: hard on each other, so I just think in a
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  Speaker 9: game like this, our DNA showed up.
• 10:33
  Speaker 8: You expect to win every week, but 35-6 today, were
• 10:37
  Speaker 8: you surprised by what the outcome turned.
• 10:39
  Speaker 3: Out to be? No, not at all. These are the
• 10:41
  Speaker 3: things we practice.
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  Speaker 9: If we play how we start the game, the entire game,
• 10:46
  Speaker 9: I don't really think nobody will be able to beat us.
• 10:48
  Speaker 5: Jerry, what's about the makeup of this team, this locker
• 10:51
  Speaker 5: room that allows you guys to punch back? I mean,
• 10:53
  Speaker 5: last week wasn't good by your standard, and this is
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  Speaker 5: the response. But we've seen it now over the last
• 10:58
  Speaker 5: couple years.
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  Speaker 3: I just think it's real love, like true love for
• 11:02
  Speaker 3: each other.
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  Speaker 9: And I think Liam does a great job of harping
• 11:05
  Speaker 9: on us being together, playing together. And a week like
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  Speaker 9: last week, you know what I'm saying, what we went through,
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  Speaker 9: Our DNA didn't show up. It wasn't even a physical thing.
• 11:14
  Speaker 3: They didn't physically just whoop us.
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  Speaker 9: It was a lot of MAs, mental things that we
• 11:18
  Speaker 9: went through. Everybody had something to say about it, but
• 11:21
  Speaker 9: we just stuck together.
• 11:23
  Speaker 3: Had a great week of practice in the resort. Drake's
• 11:25
  Speaker 3: been struggling a bit.
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  Speaker 5: Can you sense that out there when things start snowballing?
• 11:29
  Speaker 5: Were you guys a little bit sharks?
• 11:35
  Speaker 3: Personally, I feel like when we own, everybody's struggling.
• 11:37
  Speaker 9: I don't I can't personally speak on his situation or
• 11:41
  Speaker 9: whatever he's got going on, but if we do what
• 11:43
  Speaker 9: we're supposed to do, it's supposed to look like that.
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: Three turnovers this week from the CB room. You talked
• 11:47
  Speaker 1: about that. What went into the preparation for you guys
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: this week?
• 11:50
  Speaker 3: Stop thinking. It's like get back to doing what we're doing.
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  Speaker 9: I think everybody out there was just trying to force
• 11:55
  Speaker 9: a play and go make a play that we weren't
• 11:57
  Speaker 9: focusing on our technique and what we're supposed to be doing.
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  Speaker 3: So I just think this week it was just let
• 12:01
  Speaker 3: it play free. Just do what you do. Just be you,
• 12:04
  Speaker 3: and if you mess up, just mess up fast. Got
• 12:06
  Speaker 3: to get in the box all the time with Travis.
• 12:09
  Speaker 3: What does that play do for him to make.
• 12:11
  Speaker 9: A play like that?
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  Speaker 3: I think that was big.
• 12:12
  Speaker 9: Obviously, he ain't played football in, I think, a year
• 12:14
  Speaker 9: and some change. I think he needed that for himself.
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  Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 9: Obviously, he's a very confident guy. I'm not saying it
• 12:20
  Speaker 9: like that. But I just think, you know what I'm saying, internally,
• 12:23
  Speaker 9: as a corner, you make that first play, get that
• 12:24
  Speaker 9: first pick. It's like, okay, I'm back. I'm back to
• 12:27
  Speaker 9: doing what I do. And obviously, you see the talent.
• 12:28
  Speaker 9: He's a one-of-a-kind talent. It's good that we have three
• 12:31
  Speaker 9: corners that can play at a high level. So I
• 12:33
  Speaker 9: think we're all bought into that and You know what
• 12:36
  Speaker 9: I'm saying? We're excited when each other make a play.
• 12:37
  Speaker 3: Should you have scored?
• 12:38
  Speaker 9: I definitely should have scored. Well, if Trayvon blocked, maybe
• 12:41
  Speaker 9: I could get his...