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  Speaker 1: The radio. Nice, okay, alright, good, Yeah, how are you
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  Speaker 1: feeling this week? You know, feeling fine, feeling good. Um,
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  Speaker 1: it's a big exciting week, you know, with the type
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  Speaker 1: of teams coming in here and um, you know, obviously
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  Speaker 1: you know, both teams coming off win and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a couple of days still till the game, but but
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  Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of preparation goes into it.
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  Speaker 1: They had a couple of injuries in the Texans games.
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  Speaker 1: They don't have to kind of reshuffle their offensive line
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  Speaker 1: and think Tyron maybe coming back. Um, what do you
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  Speaker 1: see from their line after kind of having to reshof something? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean just just that you know, Um, obviously we
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  Speaker 1: saw where you know, um, he's been been elevated and
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  Speaker 1: put back in the mix and so we'll see how
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  Speaker 1: that that plays out. And he's obviously a good player.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, Jason Peters has been there and been
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  Speaker 1: a veteran and knows the knows the ropes a little
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  Speaker 1: bit and knows what to do. And so they they've
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  Speaker 1: got answers, you know, um for that, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: you just gotta you just gotta can't worry too much
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  Speaker 1: about that. As much as worry about us getting getting
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  Speaker 1: prepared and uh, you know, taking taking uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: one day at a time, rhythm, the rhythm going would
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  Speaker 1: they play caller in the quarterback you do? It seems
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  Speaker 1: to be, you know, just getting better all the time.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you guys almost thinking alike now or you know,
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  Speaker 1: you feel like now you're common every play you call.
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  Speaker 1: It's something that Trevor connects to. Yeah, I mean it's
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  Speaker 1: getting it's getting better from the standpoint that you know,
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  Speaker 1: we have a lot of communications throughout the week. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I'm getting a better feel obviously for what he likes
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  Speaker 1: and what he's comfortable with, and so we we put
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  Speaker 1: game plans together that way too. So he has you
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  Speaker 1: know a lot of a lot of confidence in in
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  Speaker 1: the plays and what we're calling and um, but it
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  Speaker 1: just comes with time, you know, and understanding who he
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  Speaker 1: is and understanding kind of I guess my mindset to
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  Speaker 1: sometimes um and UM, you know, just it's it's a
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  Speaker 1: it's always a work in progress, you know, um each week.
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  Speaker 1: But but I do feel like he is really I guess,
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  Speaker 1: understanding kind of what we're trying to get done as
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  Speaker 1: an offense. And so if you think the same that
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  Speaker 1: definitely helps. And and and really you call a play
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  Speaker 1: and um, it may not be the best play at
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  Speaker 1: the time, but but you ask your quarterback to kind
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  Speaker 1: of bail you out and he's been able to do
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  Speaker 1: that and and um, you know it's just the complimentary
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  Speaker 1: aspect of it. Yeah, yeah, I mean it's it's an ankle,
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  Speaker 1: you know, high ankle, and um, you know he'll be
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  Speaker 1: he'll be day to day and when you've got the
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  Speaker 1: job that you know it's not a quick fix. No,
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  Speaker 1: and not that things aren't gonna be done overnight. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: three and a half months or whatever into this season.
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  Speaker 1: Do you like where this where this team is that
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  Speaker 1: I know you'd like to have probably a couple more
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  Speaker 1: wins in the back shore, but from a development standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: probably standpoint, could you assess where where you are right
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  Speaker 1: now and whether you like where you are? I do
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  Speaker 1: like where we're at, Um, you know, yet as you said,
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  Speaker 1: wins and losses are different, but but where the team
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  Speaker 1: is mentally, uh, at this time of the year, where
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  Speaker 1: the team is physically, this time of the year, where
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  Speaker 1: the team is I think from a health standpoint, this
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  Speaker 1: time of year, all those things are pluses for us
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, one of the things that I
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  Speaker 1: think for me, it's just you know, this this group,
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  Speaker 1: the way we practice during the week, the way they practice,
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  Speaker 1: I should say, during the week, how they prepare and
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  Speaker 1: and and get themselves ready to play. Um. That And
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  Speaker 1: that's what you want to see as a head coach,
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  Speaker 1: right is, guys aren't shutting down. Guys are you know
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  Speaker 1: the games even we've lost, we're we're in into the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter and and playing hard to the end. And um,
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  Speaker 1: guys are disappointed when that happens. And and so for me,
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  Speaker 1: you know, UM, I like where I like where I
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  Speaker 1: guess the the mental side of things we're at, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with this football team right now, when you were learning
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  Speaker 1: through the hiring process, how difficult was it was it
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  Speaker 1: for you to stay patient because it quite frankly, it
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  Speaker 1: was one of the longest hiring process from start to
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  Speaker 1: finish in the history of the NFL. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: but you know what team and teams should do their
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  Speaker 1: due diligence obviously, um, and and it should take a
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  Speaker 1: little time, you know. But but at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I can't worry too much about that. I
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  Speaker 1: was still kind of preparing for hopefully an opportunity you know,
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  Speaker 1: during that time, and um still stay in touch with
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  Speaker 1: you know, like Trent, you know over the weeks and
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  Speaker 1: and um, you know, the communication was always open and
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  Speaker 1: and um just fortunately all worked out like this was
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity you were kind of had your heart set
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  Speaker 1: you know it. Yeah, I mean it was when you
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  Speaker 1: look at the team and and obviously the quarterback position
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  Speaker 1: you know is key, and and um the young the
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  Speaker 1: young roster and the talent. I mean, yeah, it was.
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  Speaker 1: It was definitely intriguing the text and the defense was
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  Speaker 1: able to give it VOTs some issues. Last week, Mike
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  Speaker 1: mccarthteven said if he was the jag Worth defensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: he'd play a similar scheme. How much of that do
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  Speaker 1: you actually take and try and implement or do you
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  Speaker 1: just kind of go out and do what the defense
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  Speaker 1: has kind of been doing. I mean, you gotta you
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  Speaker 1: gotta play the art. You know, played our strength obviously,
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  Speaker 1: and and yeah you can you can probably take some
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  Speaker 1: some things away from, you know, from that game. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, um, I think the things that that that
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  Speaker 1: you look at to what what our defense did this
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  Speaker 1: past week is you know, you've got to be able
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  Speaker 1: to create that pressure and create the takeaways, right. I
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  Speaker 1: mean that that that just goes without saying. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: again we're facing another good run offense, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: team that can run the football and and with another
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  Speaker 1: good offensive line. So it's gonna take you know, like
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  Speaker 1: last week is going to take all the eleven you know,
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  Speaker 1: to to try to slow down the run game. And
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  Speaker 1: and um, it's it's a challenge. You know it's a challenge.
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  Speaker 1: But you know we we look at games each week
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  Speaker 1: same way we do. You know, when we say we
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  Speaker 1: look at you know, Dallas's defense, what did an offense
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  Speaker 1: do right that we're studying and and what we're the
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  Speaker 1: good things. But at the end of the day, you
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  Speaker 1: have to focus on you know, our players are scheme
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  Speaker 1: and and making sure that that you know, we've got
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  Speaker 1: our guys in the right spots of a problem. That
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  Speaker 1: cowboy defense being what kind of players, Michael person. The
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  Speaker 1: defense is very disruptive. Um, you know, tops in the
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  Speaker 1: league and sacks and takeaways and you know they want
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  Speaker 1: to get you in third down and lets let him
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  Speaker 1: and you know DeMarcus Lawrence just just rush. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: these are two good edge rushers they've always they've always
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  Speaker 1: had you know, good ed rusher, edge rushers, and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Michael Parsons is one of the best we've seen,
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  Speaker 1: you know, all season long. And he's he's quick, he's explosive, Um,
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  Speaker 1: his motor never stops. You know, he's relentless to the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, those are all the things you see on
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  Speaker 1: on tape, you know. And when you watch these guys play,
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  Speaker 1: and you know de Marcus Lawrence is the same way.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's he's he's that type of player. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's he's physical, Um, you can get off the ball, UM,
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  Speaker 1: disruptive and and these two guys are are a challenge,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a load to can't go on Sunday. How
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  Speaker 1: much the loss is that for you guys, especially knowing
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  Speaker 1: it seems like he really turned the form this last weekend. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, anytime you lose a starter, potentially,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I mean, that's gonna that's gonna take a
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  Speaker 1: little bit away from you know, your offense or defense.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, he's really starting to play better, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as the season's progressed and doing different things. And you
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  Speaker 1: saw you know this past week. You know, him playing
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  Speaker 1: with his hand in the ground, you know, coming off
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  Speaker 1: the ball a little bit more and just feeling comfortable
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  Speaker 1: with with the scheme. And and um, but you know
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  Speaker 1: what it's always gonna be if that happens. If that's
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  Speaker 1: the case, then it's the next man up mentality, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And and uh, if it's you know, if that's Art
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  Speaker 1: and Key, if that's you know, Calebon Chason, whoever's gonna
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  Speaker 1: you know, fill that role. You know, Um, I'm just
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  Speaker 1: gonna be ready to go, you and ready to play.
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  Speaker 1: We're going playing with his hand in the ground. Is
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  Speaker 1: it just seemed like maybe more of a comfort leaving
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  Speaker 1: for him because we we did back in college. That
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  Speaker 1: and that and I think his you know, his explosion,
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  Speaker 1: you know, coming off the ball the way he can,
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  Speaker 1: he can, he can you know, his that one step
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  Speaker 1: quickness and power and his length I think is um
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  Speaker 1: beneficial to being in a three point stand sometimes. And um, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's just something that you know, we gotta we gotta
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  Speaker 1: continue to help develop, you know as we go. And
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  Speaker 1: then what's what's the messaging for the offensive line against
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  Speaker 1: a guy like Michael Parsons Because it seems like they
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  Speaker 1: don't just rush him off the edge. Don't move them
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  Speaker 1: even inside sometimes I just gotta understand where he is,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Um they do move him around a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: and um, and just understanding where he is. It's just
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  Speaker 1: it's no different than you know, trying to stop a
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  Speaker 1: good running attack. Right, it's all hands on deck. And
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  Speaker 1: in the same way with with you know, good pass rushers.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta you know, you gotta have tight ends help out.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta have guards and tackles help out. You know,
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  Speaker 1: backs have got to help out. So there's there's uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of that all hands on deck offensively too,
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  Speaker 1: you know, against guys like that. What can you say
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  Speaker 1: about how do offensive line is kind of developed with
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  Speaker 1: the course of this season. I think I saw they
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  Speaker 1: set the franchise record for most games without Zego sax Aloud.
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  Speaker 1: I thought, you're gonna go the other way, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it says a lot. I mean, these guys work hard together,
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  Speaker 1: they practice well. Um, you know, it starts with Luke
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  Speaker 1: inside with communication and and uh spreads from there, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and and really all five guys have played played
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  Speaker 1: really well, played solid and consistent and and that's what
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  Speaker 1: you can ask, you know of your offensive line to
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  Speaker 1: do and um, you know, they pride themselves on trying
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  Speaker 1: to keep the quarterback clean if possible, on pace to
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  Speaker 1: have one of the best receiving seasons by a tight
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  Speaker 1: end in Jack's history. Um, was he a better blocker
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  Speaker 1: than you anticipated when you got him here? First look
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  Speaker 1: at um, I think, yeah, but I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think the more I've had him here, Yeah, he's
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  Speaker 1: he's definitely a really good blocker. You know, he's not
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  Speaker 1: a big guy, you know, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: he he prides himself and he wants to be physical
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  Speaker 1: and he does whatever it takes to to win, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and if it means one week he has to block,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to do that. And UM, now I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: that because then he'll have a game like Sunday where
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  Speaker 1: we get to throw him the football and that's kind
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  Speaker 1: of the reward. Um. But yeah, he's he's turned himself
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  Speaker 1: into a, you know, a really good blocker, and it's
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  Speaker 1: just because of his own effort and determination. Like one
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  Speaker 1: year proven deal. So when you have a guy in
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  Speaker 1: that situation where you kind of were wondering, hey, you
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  Speaker 1: know what if he's not getting the ball, we may
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  Speaker 1: get like, hey, why am I not getting the ball
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  Speaker 1: kind of thing? Or did you kind of know that
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  Speaker 1: he would be like what you talked about now just
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  Speaker 1: kind of new you know a little bit about him,
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  Speaker 1: you know when we were you know, obviously going after
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  Speaker 1: him in free agency and kind of the type of
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  Speaker 1: person he is, some type of character he is, and
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  Speaker 1: he's such an unselfish guy, you know, and and just
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  Speaker 1: he gives them of himself to the team and his
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  Speaker 1: teammates and and uh again you know, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: he does whatever it takes to win a game. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he doesn't get he doesn't get bent out
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  Speaker 1: of shape if he gets one target or eleven targets.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's he's the same guy every week. And
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  Speaker 1: up on Chad. And then also how did you think
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  Speaker 1: back and starting lineup? Yeah, U Chad, Chad should be
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  Speaker 1: out there today and get him get him moving. So
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  Speaker 1: that would be good to get him back out there.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought Devin played probably one of his better games. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know this past weekend things things felt a little
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  Speaker 1: bit slower, you know for him being able to process
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  Speaker 1: and and and really do a nice job. I think
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  Speaker 1: he had you know what seven or eight tackles. I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, combined and uh just did a nice job,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and he can he can build off that.
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  Speaker 1: What are your expectations that Chad can go, How he'll
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  Speaker 1: slit those reps? I think I think it'll be similar
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  Speaker 1: that you know, we had the last last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I think you think Chad, if he's healthy, can Can
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  Speaker 1: would get the nod you know, starting and then Devin
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  Speaker 1: would be um, you know, the backup for the role
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  Speaker 1: player and try to get them both in the football game,
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  Speaker 1: you know when you can't. You talked about Parsons, You
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  Speaker 1: talked about Lawrence. What does digs? What stands out about
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  Speaker 1: him when you watch doubts his tape? Um, this guy's
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  Speaker 1: long and athletic and run um great ball skills, you know,
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  Speaker 1: former receiver playing dB and and so he thinks like
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  Speaker 1: a receiver sometimes and anticipates well, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: you see why teams um don't throw his way, and
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  Speaker 1: then when they do, you see why he's got so
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  Speaker 1: many you know, interceptions and and PPUs and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: He's just just a smart player, you know. And and
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  Speaker 1: um again you know he's he's matched. You know, guys
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  Speaker 1: like justin Jefferson, you know, and and um, he's done
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  Speaker 1: well against you know, players like that. He rises to
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  Speaker 1: the challenge. You see the confidence in him. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a good, good young player has done a good taking
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  Speaker 1: care of the ball. Do you think a chess match
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  Speaker 1: against a dB like that is a good way to
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  Speaker 1: kind of see how much he's off this season? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but you know we're not going to force the issue.
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  Speaker 1: You know, We're not gonna you know, just say hey,
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  Speaker 1: let's go try to throw over there and see, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if we can make it happen. I mean, you just
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  Speaker 1: kind of let things unfold. But you know, when you play,
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  Speaker 1: when you play good defenses, they're gonna have good players.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a this is a really good challenge
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  Speaker 1: for our offense, you know this week, And and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be thinking electric atmosphere with the crowd.
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  Speaker 1: You know that's expected here and and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys travel well. I've been a part
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  Speaker 1: of these games for you know a while, and they
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  Speaker 1: travel well, their fans do, and should be should be
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  Speaker 1: fun against the past rush line you're going to see
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday, I mean, averaging sixty seven yards of game
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. What do you need? You
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  Speaker 1: need more? You need more, you need you need more,
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  Speaker 1: You need more out of out of the run game. UM,
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  Speaker 1: you know you probably need that h thirty yards. You
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  Speaker 1: know you need to somehow slow the pass rushdown. You've
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  Speaker 1: you've got to be able to do that. And you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: you know sometimes even the mindset of playing ball control,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and keeping the ball out of their hands.
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  Speaker 1: It's an explosive offense. And you know, not only running
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  Speaker 1: the football but deck you know it can be can
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  Speaker 1: be dynamic throwing the ball. So but we just need
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  Speaker 1: we just need more, you know, out of our guys,
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  Speaker 1: they understand that. Um, we have played and you're always
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  Speaker 1: going to play teams that are you know, really good
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  Speaker 1: run defensive stopping units, which we've had the last couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks. This is another one that you know is
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  Speaker 1: doing a pretty good job in the in the run game.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, we just gotta we just gotta maybe
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  Speaker 1: call a few more, um, and then execute a little
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  Speaker 1: bit better. Thanks all right, guys, Thanks