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- 0:00Speaker 1: Could you talk a little bit about even despite the
- 0:02Speaker 1: fumbles that Trevor did have today, could you talk about
- 0:05Speaker 1: about his toughness and you know, getting some really clutched
- 0:08Speaker 1: sideline throws to Ridley as well.
- 0:10Speaker 2: Yeah, Trevor played extremely tough today and physical and you
- 0:13Speaker 2: know he's he's done that all season, he's done that before.
- 0:17Speaker 2: Obviously a great leader that way. Uh, you know, and
- 0:21Speaker 2: he does, you know, he does what it takes, you know,
- 0:23Speaker 2: to to win that down. And you know he had
- 0:26Speaker 2: to use his legs today. He played you know, he
- 0:29Speaker 2: played physical as well. It's a couple of couple of
- 0:30Speaker 2: weeks in a row.
- 0:32Speaker 1: I saw you pumping the fist to the crowd. I
- 0:35Speaker 1: was assuming it was somebody you knew.
- 0:37Speaker 2: And my friends that were sitting up there, the only
- 0:40Speaker 2: only five people I had here.
- 0:43Speaker 1: After a game. I just I just wanted to did
- 0:45Speaker 1: this this game, this opponent.
- 0:47Speaker 2: You don't follow me very much, then extra win. I
- 0:54Speaker 2: think that you know, listen, these games are emotional, man,
- 0:57Speaker 2: They're hard fought. Both teams are are are you know, straining.
- 1:01Speaker 2: The players are straining, Guys are putting their bodies on
- 1:04Speaker 2: the line, and coaches, you know, and the whole thing.
- 1:07Speaker 2: And obviously we're not out there playing, but we're part
- 1:10Speaker 2: of it, you know, and we feel it and we
- 1:12Speaker 2: feel the emotion, and it's okay to let your emotion
- 1:15Speaker 2: and your you know, everything show every now and then.
- 1:17Speaker 2: And I know I try to keep things in too much,
- 1:19Speaker 2: but maybe I should show that emotion a little bit more.
- 1:21Speaker 2: But I was very proud of our guys the way
- 1:23Speaker 2: they hung in there, you know, for sixty sixty minutes
- 1:27Speaker 2: in this football game. So I'll fis pump after every
- 1:31Speaker 2: one of those.
- 1:33Speaker 1: Thirty two yard completion on third down and six from Trevor.
- 1:36Speaker 1: When he threw the ball up there, Cam wasn't there.
- 1:38Speaker 1: The pressure was coming, and that seems as big a
- 1:40Speaker 1: play as any in the entire panic.
- 1:42Speaker 2: You know, it's it's again, It's it's the offense, it's Trevor,
- 1:46Speaker 2: it's Cow, it's everybody being on the same page. It's
- 1:49Speaker 2: our offensive staff preparing our guys for situations like that,
- 1:52Speaker 2: Mike McCoy having Trevor ready in those situations to make
- 1:55Speaker 2: that call, you know, to see the blitz to audible
- 1:59Speaker 2: the out, great throw, great catch. You know, we needed
- 2:03Speaker 2: it to really, you know, maybe not ice the game,
- 2:07Speaker 2: but at least at least help us win this football game.
- 2:09Speaker 1: It seemed from about six minutes left in the second
- 2:12Speaker 1: quarters that the Bills were a surgeon, that they were
- 2:14Speaker 1: grabbing momentum previous check where teams wouldn't have held it all.
- 2:18Speaker 1: What happened today? What was the mindset that that kept
- 2:21Speaker 1: them in it? And they haven't answered for everything.
- 2:25Speaker 2: I think I think it's it's just the credit to
- 2:26Speaker 2: the players. Defense has the offenses back, offense has the
- 2:31Speaker 2: defensive back, special teams both and I just think that
- 2:34Speaker 2: that's that's where that's where, you know, the difference was
- 2:39Speaker 2: with the players and you know, offensive struggles in the
- 2:41Speaker 2: second quarter, we missed opportunities to kick some field goals,
- 2:44Speaker 2: we took points off the board, which we can't do.
- 2:47Speaker 2: But defense went out there and and you know, held
- 2:49Speaker 2: them to seven points in the first half and and
- 2:51Speaker 2: really did an outstanding job. And again, you know, credit
- 2:54Speaker 2: credit the players. They really understood this type of game.
- 2:58Speaker 2: We as a team, I think are figuring out, you
- 3:02Speaker 2: know that that we're very capable of winning these types
- 3:06Speaker 2: of games, and this is a this is a step
- 3:09Speaker 2: in that direction.
- 3:10Speaker 1: Organization to come over here, have this historic trip and
- 3:14Speaker 1: come out of this with two victories and a lot
- 3:17Speaker 1: of ways change your early season. Where this where this
- 3:19Speaker 1: year might go.
- 3:21Speaker 2: I think it's big. It's big for our organization. It's big.
- 3:23Speaker 2: H You know, we came over here one and two
- 3:26Speaker 2: and we're going back three and two and and But again, listen,
- 3:31Speaker 2: it's two ball games, it's one ball game, whatever it
- 3:33Speaker 2: might be. You know, we're five yen. We We've got
- 3:35Speaker 2: plenty of football ahead of us, a lot of work
- 3:37Speaker 2: ahead of us. We got this travel kind of a
- 3:39Speaker 2: short week, you know, but it is it's great to
- 3:41Speaker 2: come over here because we have a lot of fans here,
- 3:44Speaker 2: the organization, our are, our owner, mister Kahn. Obviously we
- 3:47Speaker 2: all enjoyed coming here. We spent ten ten days here,
- 3:50Speaker 2: uh two great places, the Grove and Hanbury Manor. We're
- 3:53Speaker 2: outstanding for us and and just proud of our our
- 3:57Speaker 2: entire organization, our our team for how we handled it.
- 4:00Speaker 2: The injuries Jones, they I don't know they specifically yet.
- 4:06Speaker 2: I think it's still the same injury he had from
- 4:09Speaker 2: a couple weeks ago. So we'll see where he's at.
- 4:13Speaker 2: About Barker little, I believe just a knee at this point,
- 4:17Speaker 2: but I don't have any further updates until probably we
- 4:19Speaker 2: get back to the States and and do some more
- 4:21Speaker 2: investigation there. Cam was an elbow. I think he's gonna
- 4:25Speaker 2: be fine as we go. Calvin obviously got hit the
- 4:30Speaker 2: one time in the head. He he, you know, did that,
- 4:33Speaker 2: went through the whole protocol on the sideline, was checked
- 4:35Speaker 2: out clear and went back in the game. So and
- 4:37Speaker 2: and Trevor was just cramping late in the game. We
- 4:39Speaker 2: had a couple of that got warm down there on
- 4:41Speaker 2: that turf and everything. So other than that, I think
- 4:44Speaker 2: we came out okay.
- 4:45Speaker 1: Then was last week spoke about a mixed crowd.
- 4:50Speaker 2: Did it feel a lot more like a natural road game?
- 4:53Speaker 1: This week?
- 4:54Speaker 2: One hundred percent. Bill's Mafia was full effect today. They
- 4:59Speaker 2: had a great, great fan base. It did feel like
- 5:01Speaker 2: a road game for us. And you know, our guys
- 5:04Speaker 2: handled the crowd noise extremely well. We had to mix
- 5:06Speaker 2: up some of our cadences, go between normal vocal cadences
- 5:11Speaker 2: and silent cadences throughout the game. And again guys handled
- 5:14Speaker 2: that well. On the beafon the pass to call late
- 5:18Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter, dying bolt, if that was quite
- 5:19Speaker 2: a half decision. What was your take on that late
- 5:22Speaker 2: in the game that Yeah, you know, it's hard for
- 5:24Speaker 2: me to express any opinion right now until I really
- 5:27Speaker 2: look at the film, look at the TV copy, and
- 5:29Speaker 2: then I can make a better assessment of that. Obviously,
- 5:32Speaker 2: you know it's a fag. It's a foul during the game,
- 5:35Speaker 2: and you know we've got to be more aware of
- 5:36Speaker 2: that obviously and coach that a little bit better. But
- 5:39Speaker 2: until I really evaluate those, it's hard to make a
- 5:42Speaker 2: comment at this time.
- 5:44Speaker 1: Been talking about the offense, and I've noticed for your
- 5:46Speaker 1: art today you need to talk about defense. If it
- 5:48Speaker 1: was a thirty five points three games in a row,
- 5:50Speaker 1: it's a really impressive you to keep it to twenty
- 5:52Speaker 1: and how impressed I know you've really touched upon it.
- 5:55Speaker 1: Great view to elaborators. I've been your defense played outstanding today.
- 5:58Speaker 2: But yeah, I meant in our defense two weeks in
- 6:01Speaker 2: a row, my hat's off. Mike McCoy, Mike mc caldwell,
- 6:06Speaker 2: Mike Caldwell and the staff just the way they've prepared
- 6:10Speaker 2: our players, the way the players have embraced the game plans,
- 6:13Speaker 2: the way they practiced during the week and then and
- 6:15Speaker 2: then go out and play. You know, the physical style
- 6:18Speaker 2: that they're capable of playing. It's just really things are
- 6:21Speaker 2: beginning to kind of gel for them, you know, as
- 6:23Speaker 2: a unit and creating takeaways obviously, and you know, again
- 6:29Speaker 2: this is two weeks in a row. They did it
- 6:31Speaker 2: last week in Atlanta, kind of keeping the offense in
- 6:34Speaker 2: the game, and then again today keeping the offense sort
- 6:36Speaker 2: of in the game. Just a great performance by our defense.
- 6:40Speaker 1: At the beginning seemed pretty flat. Do you feel like
- 6:43Speaker 1: you've had a little bit of an advantage having been
- 6:47Speaker 1: here for the week prior.
- 6:49Speaker 2: It's hard to speak for them, obviously, but I know,
- 6:51Speaker 2: I know our guys we're in, we're in. We're in,
- 6:53Speaker 2: you know, really good, really good position health wise. Uh,
- 6:56Speaker 2: they felt energetic and they felt good to be here.
- 7:00Speaker 2: Ask me that question. In seven days after we go back.
- 7:03Speaker 2: It's a challenge. That's the next challenge for us, right
- 7:05Speaker 2: with the time change going back and all that. But
- 7:08Speaker 2: I did feel like our guys were ready to go,
- 7:11Speaker 2: you know, and you know, the ten days over here
- 7:13Speaker 2: were good for us.
- 7:15Speaker 1: Play in two go to the United States, and that
- 7:20Speaker 1: it's better for.
- 7:24Speaker 2: I think it. I think it's I think it's relatively
- 7:27Speaker 2: safe to say that that we'll probably each year, probably
- 7:30Speaker 2: play two games over here. I don't know that. I
- 7:32Speaker 2: don't have a crystal ball. I hope the rest of
- 7:35Speaker 2: the league, you know, plays two games over here at
- 7:37Speaker 2: some point.
- 7:38Speaker 1: Uh.
- 7:39Speaker 2: But you know, again, it was good for us and
- 7:41Speaker 2: it was good to get out of Jacksonville at that time.
- 7:43Speaker 2: We needed to I think bond a little bit as
- 7:46Speaker 2: a football team. And we've done that, and now we
- 7:49Speaker 2: get to go back with two wins. And and you know,
- 7:52Speaker 2: we got a big AFC South matchup next week.
- 7:55Speaker 1: I could you choose to play the game next week
- 7:58Speaker 1: because they could have a bide week.
- 7:59Speaker 2: But yeah, you know, it's we're still so early in
- 8:04Speaker 2: the season after five games to take the buy this early,
- 8:08Speaker 2: and and it's a long season, a lot of a
- 8:11Speaker 2: lot of football left, and so I feel like, if
- 8:13Speaker 2: you know, if you can push, if you can push
- 8:16Speaker 2: your buy towards the middle of the year, you know,
- 8:18Speaker 2: it might benefit you. But I'll do I'll do my part,
- 8:22Speaker 2: you know, to help our team recover this week coming up,
- 8:24Speaker 2: and but yet still making sure that they're prepared mentally
- 8:27Speaker 2: h for the Colts next weekend. We have ten days.
- 8:31Speaker 1: How has that helped you bund more as a team.
- 8:34Speaker 2: You know, I think we're we're in the hotel together.
- 8:36Speaker 2: You know, we're we're seeing each other down the hallways,
- 8:39Speaker 2: we're walking to practice together. The players are together, they're
- 8:42Speaker 2: going to dinners during the night, they're hanging out during
- 8:45Speaker 2: the week. You know, coaches are doing the same thing.
- 8:48Speaker 2: It's just it just keeps guys closer, right, and and
- 8:52Speaker 2: you kind of get to know people a little bit
- 8:53Speaker 2: more and and you know, so that's that's positive, right,
- 8:57Speaker 2: that's positive when when you can do that, and I
- 8:59Speaker 2: think courage the players to to you know, be around
- 9:02Speaker 2: each other as much as possible, go grab dinner or
- 9:05Speaker 2: you know, if they wanted to go swimming, to go
- 9:08Speaker 2: swimming or whatever, it might be at the hotel, and
- 9:11Speaker 2: you know, it just, uh, it keeps them close and
- 9:13Speaker 2: and you know that's what we're gonna need, you know
- 9:15Speaker 2: as the season progresses. Thank you, guys,