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Press Pass | Trevor Lawrence on BTJ Debut, Moving Forward to Home Opener · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: For a long time. What's his bounced back ability like
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: after a player like the other back. I mean he's
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: just the same. He's the same guy every day. You know.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't get too high or too low. That's something
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  Speaker 2: I love about him. Uh So, you know, I think
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: he's gonna respond great.
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  Speaker 1: He always has.
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  Speaker 2: Like you said, we shoot, we've played together for this
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: is year seven. I guess you're seven together. So of
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: course with both of us, we've seen each other, both
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  Speaker 2: have some some plays that we went back, and I
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  Speaker 2: think we both have a lot of confidence on one
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  Speaker 2: another to bounce back and you know what you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: get out of him. So yeah, I'm excited for him
• 0:38
  Speaker 2: both on.
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  Speaker 1: The Browns defense and how much do you go back
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  Speaker 1: to maybe last year's game with them to get rid
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  Speaker 1: of this one. Yeah, really good defense.
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  Speaker 2: They present a lot of challenges obviously just physical group.
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  Speaker 2: Look obviously the two edge guys they have, Miles Garrett,
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: it's Darius Smith. I mean, both those guys are great players.
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  Speaker 2: So obviously everybody knows Miles and what he can do.
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  Speaker 2: But it's it's more than just him, it's the whole defense.
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  Speaker 2: The scheme, they play fast, they know what they're doing.
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  Speaker 2: It's fairly simple. You know, they have some good pressure
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  Speaker 2: stuff that that's really good, But beyond that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's pretty simple.
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  Speaker 1: They just have really good players.
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  Speaker 2: They're well coached, they know where to be when to
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  Speaker 2: be there, their physical they're good at diagnosing plays, kind
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  Speaker 2: of beating you to spots. So there's a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: challenges they present and some of the stuff, obviously that
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  Speaker 2: last year we had the tape against him that we
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  Speaker 2: struggled with we want to improve on. You know, we
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: had our opportunities as well though, and didn't hit a
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  Speaker 2: lot of those plays. So whether it's run game, more
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  Speaker 2: pass games, so we know there's some opportunities. Obviously there
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  Speaker 2: are really good defense though, so there's gonna be some challenges.
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  Speaker 1: Brian, that seemed like Miami was already giving him a
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  Speaker 1: ton of respect. Real they don't like.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, just the type of player he is.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously I have no idea what Miami was
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  Speaker 2: thinking going in because he's he's rookie and not a
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  Speaker 2: ton of tape out there from the preseason. He made
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  Speaker 2: some he made some some splash plays here and there,
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  Speaker 2: but you don't have much to go off of but
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  Speaker 2: just to see how they would cover him, and Jalen
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  Speaker 2: followed him around a little bit and all that that deal.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't all the time, but you know, obviously they
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  Speaker 2: have a lot of respect for him. And then especially
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  Speaker 2: after that play early in the game when he ran
• 2:11
  Speaker 2: the posts over the top did a great job with
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  Speaker 2: the line against Jalen, I think they really had even
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  Speaker 2: more respect for him after that and that moving forward,
• 2:18
  Speaker 2: it kind of changes how you cover a guy like
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  Speaker 2: that the rest of the game when that happens early,
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  Speaker 2: So I think that's only gonna help us his ability.
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  Speaker 1: The cool thing about him is he's just no moments
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  Speaker 1: too big for him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's a gamer and just shows upright to
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  Speaker 2: play every time he goes out there. So that's exciting
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  Speaker 2: to see as a quarterback. Just some of the plays
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  Speaker 2: he made doesn't seem like a rookie at all. Has
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  Speaker 2: that quiet confidence about him and not always quiet like
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  Speaker 2: so I'm talking to Jalen after that. Playing the end
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  Speaker 2: zone was pretty cool. So that got us all juice
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  Speaker 2: and namped up. Just to see that competitive fire come out.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's awesome to see out of anybody, but
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  Speaker 2: especially a young guy like that with the confidence he has.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, now that I've been around him a lot,
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  Speaker 1: he's opened up a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: But definitely like on the field, you know, you haven't
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  Speaker 2: seen as much of that and that that came out
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  Speaker 2: when when the lights came on. So that's yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: love seeing that. I think that's I mean, that's half
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  Speaker 2: the battle of the sport. But especially like receiver dB,
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  Speaker 2: that confidence piece and having that fire like that's that's important.
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  Speaker 1: So it was cool to see it come out.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned on Sunday that you had to you felt
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  Speaker 2: like you had to make plays on that last drive.
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  Speaker 2: After watching it back, what more couldju Wo have done?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, there's a couple plays went back from the game
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  Speaker 2: I thought overall, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I did the right thing with the ball. I was accurate.
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  Speaker 2: There were some things I liked that I did and
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  Speaker 2: that we did as an offense. But it's probably two
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  Speaker 2: plays that stick out to me. Early in the game,
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  Speaker 2: it was like a third and twenty three or something.
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  Speaker 2: I should have just checked it down, probably don't get
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  Speaker 2: the first down, but taking care of the ball, doing
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  Speaker 2: the right thing. I tried to kind of force one
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  Speaker 2: fit one in early to Evan that hit off the
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  Speaker 2: safety's hands, Like that's when I went back. And then
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  Speaker 2: the second down, that last drive, we're an empty again.
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  Speaker 2: I just tried to try to excel all my read
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  Speaker 2: a little bit too much and I should have just
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  Speaker 2: stuck to my rules and you know, took it easy
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  Speaker 2: completion and kept it in third and manageable and tried
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  Speaker 2: to scramble and went right into a game with the
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  Speaker 2: d N. So that sacks on me, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: kind of ran right into the game that they did
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  Speaker 2: up front. So those are the two main plays, honestly
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  Speaker 2: that I feel like I went back and that I
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  Speaker 2: could have done something better with. And there's a few
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  Speaker 2: other plays too. It could be a little bit more accurate,
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  Speaker 2: do some other things, but those are the ones that
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  Speaker 2: really stick out to me. So that was really more
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  Speaker 2: what I'm meant as, especially on that second down on
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  Speaker 2: the last drive of I felt like I could have
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  Speaker 2: definitely gotten a completion and kept us in third and
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  Speaker 2: manageable instead of getting us into third.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know what it was eleven twelve, I
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  Speaker 1: forget what it was, but something like that. What was
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  Speaker 1: it like your first game with Mitch Mortz.
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  Speaker 2: It was great. The communication was awesome. I thought the really,
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  Speaker 2: the whole excuse metus worked out. I'm still out of
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  Speaker 2: breath a little bit, but I thought the whole group
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  Speaker 2: up front did a great job. Protection was really good,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that that was a bright spot for us
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  Speaker 1: for sure.
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  Speaker 2: And obviously Mitch's leading the group up there, and I
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  Speaker 2: thought he did an awesome job.
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  Speaker 1: Was physical, communicated.
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  Speaker 2: Really well Clearly on the road, it was loud at times,
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  Speaker 2: and there was a couple I think one or two
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  Speaker 2: delay games, and those are on me. I got to
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  Speaker 2: move a little bit faster and communicate faster. But as
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  Speaker 2: far as him, you know, I thought he did a
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  Speaker 2: great job and was very decisive on what he wanted
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  Speaker 2: to do. With Brad Thomas Junior and Gabe Davis being
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  Speaker 2: two new receivers, did it give you more confidence in
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  Speaker 2: that connection and chemistry going out there and having some success.
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  Speaker 1: Throwing the football to them, definitely? You know.
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  Speaker 2: You look at obviously played a lot of football with
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  Speaker 2: Christian Evan, Travis Parker came along strong last year at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the year, but you look at Gabe
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  Speaker 2: and and Brian, those are the two new guys that
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  Speaker 2: weren't here, So that's something you want to see, is
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  Speaker 2: just that chemistry and all that. It was great in
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  Speaker 2: week one and we had to continue to build off
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  Speaker 2: of it. You know, it doesn't surprise me at all,
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  Speaker 2: just because we put a lot of work in. I've
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  Speaker 2: seen him in practice, and those guys are just gamers,
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  Speaker 2: both of them, honestly. You know they'll go out and
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  Speaker 2: make the play. So doesn't surprise me at all. And
• 6:02
  Speaker 2: it's it's great having those guys and them impacting the
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  Speaker 2: game and contributing this early in the system and getting comfortable.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's awesome. It's just going to keep.
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  Speaker 2: Growing resiliency over the years.
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  Speaker 1: You feel like this is an easy way that funds
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  Speaker 1: back from you feel like it's done, it's.
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  Speaker 2: Over washed, moving on. Yeah, I mean that's that's uh.
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  Speaker 2: I mean that's kind of the whole that's this league.
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  Speaker 2: It happens, I mean, it's sucks and you want to
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  Speaker 2: do everything you can to not let it happen. And
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  Speaker 2: one hundred percent we should have won the game. Self
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  Speaker 2: inflicted things, that's why that's why we lost, and we
• 6:36
  Speaker 2: gave it away in our opinion, but we know that
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  Speaker 2: and you can't do that in this league, and that's
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  Speaker 2: where credit Miami. They made the place. So you can't
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  Speaker 2: ever take anything away from another team because we've been
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  Speaker 2: in that same position where we've won games like that,
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  Speaker 2: so we know where we're at. You know, it's week one.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, every game is important, so we don't take
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  Speaker 2: it lightly. But we also understand it is a long
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  Speaker 2: season and we have a lot of confidence in our
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  Speaker 2: team and the group we have, and we do need
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  Speaker 2: to improve and not make those mistakes and not can
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  Speaker 2: need to make those mistakes.
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  Speaker 1: There were some some.
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  Speaker 2: Things in the game where we have to get better,
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  Speaker 2: but I also think you know, if you watch the
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  Speaker 2: game and you really look at it play for play,
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of bright spots. We did a
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  Speaker 2: lot of good things and moving forward, that gives us
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  Speaker 2: a lot of confidence. So that's stuff that we're gonna correct,
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna fix, and we have to so you can't
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  Speaker 2: take it lightly. You have to be really intentional this
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  Speaker 2: week to improve and learn from those things. But at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, it is the NFL and
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  Speaker 2: you got to move on. If you're still thinking about
• 7:26
  Speaker 2: how the game went on Sunday. On Wednesday, we're trying
• 7:28
  Speaker 2: to get ready for the Browns.
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  Speaker 1: We can't.
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  Speaker 2: We can't be thinking about the Dolphins anymore. Yeah, you can't.
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  Speaker 2: You can't get it's the same thing. Don't get too
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  Speaker 2: high or too low, you know you can't. You can't
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  Speaker 2: be down on the dumps too much and beat yourself
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  Speaker 2: up and let it affect your confidence. But you also
• 7:45
  Speaker 2: can't try to do too much and try to make
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  Speaker 2: every of course, you try to make every play, but
• 7:50
  Speaker 2: go out of you know your responsibility and your job
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  Speaker 2: to make every play and do too much. Just you know,
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  Speaker 2: play your game, trust your coaching, trust our system, talking offensively,
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  Speaker 2: and it'll come to you. I feel like we have
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  Speaker 2: a great plan, a great process, and you just have
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  Speaker 2: to keep trusting it. You know, we were in we
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  Speaker 2: were in position to win this game, and because of
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  Speaker 2: a great week of prep, and obviously we didn't make
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  Speaker 2: a couple of plays down the stretch.
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  Speaker 1: That's what happened, as simple as that. And you move
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  Speaker 1: on to the next week. A terrible amount of stats
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  Speaker 1: in the second half, you can playing a fourth quarter. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: is that partially the reason why it just started out
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  Speaker 1: that Brian Thomas just to get any targets and second
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  Speaker 1: half because sometimes it just it just happens. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm serreing it's hot, but you know, I'm sure there's
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  Speaker 1: no intention. Yeah, I'm going to play stars, Okay, I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to target this guy at this point.
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean you you obviously there's it's I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's a full range of stuff. There's there's some there's
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  Speaker 2: some plays where, yeah, you might be trying to take
• 8:42
  Speaker 2: a shot to a certain guy and you're hoping that
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  Speaker 2: that's the guy that's open because that's what you want,
• 8:46
  Speaker 2: but you got to progress through it and it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: work out that way.
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  Speaker 1: That happened plenty in the game, and every week that happens.
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  Speaker 2: And then there's a lot of just drop back stuff
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  Speaker 2: or it's quick game or whatever, and I'm just getting
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  Speaker 2: it too. If it's zone, I'm getting in two hours
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  Speaker 2: open and it's not always going to be you never
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  Speaker 2: know who it's going to be, So those happen. And
• 9:02
  Speaker 2: then there's definitely plays where, like I said, you're trying
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  Speaker 2: to get it to either him or Gabe or Christian
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  Speaker 2: or Evan or whatever, and it just doesn't work out
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  Speaker 2: for whatever reason. Maybe it's a different coverage, maybe you
• 9:11
  Speaker 2: get to a run play. So many factors go into it,
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  Speaker 2: so it's a lot harder to just It's not like
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: we're not trying to get guys the ball. Also think
• 9:20
  Speaker 2: in the second half we had so many three and
• 9:21
  Speaker 2: outs because we couldn't stay on the field, so we
• 9:23
  Speaker 2: didn't get many plays. In general, I think we ran
• 9:26
  Speaker 2: fifty ish plays in the game, So it's tough. That's
• 9:29
  Speaker 2: not the goal for us. We want to run a
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  Speaker 2: lot more plays than that keep our defense off the field.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, when you have all those three and outs,
• 9:35
  Speaker 2: you can't ever settle in and really get in a
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  Speaker 2: rhythm like we did on the long drive when we
• 9:40
  Speaker 2: were backed up in the second half, we got a
• 9:41
  Speaker 2: great drive going, got in a rhythm and that was
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  Speaker 2: really the only one. So you know, we got to
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  Speaker 2: stay on the field, is the main thing.
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  Speaker 1: Brian beda kench against Kansas City and pre season, everybody
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  Speaker 1: who celebrates on the sideline, everybody seems feed you enjoying
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  Speaker 1: the fact that he jen What does that say about
• 9:58
  Speaker 1: the way your relationship is with him? So like a
• 10:01
  Speaker 1: you're proud of your little brother. Yeah, I mean I
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: think it's just.
• 10:08
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's obviously we gotta we have an
• 10:11
  Speaker 2: older let's say not really old, but an older group
• 10:14
  Speaker 2: of some veteran guys. And you look at Evan's been
• 10:16
  Speaker 2: league while Christian Gabe myself, I'm getting there now, played
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  Speaker 2: a lot of football at this point in my career,
• 10:22
  Speaker 2: and just see, so a young guy comes in and
• 10:25
  Speaker 2: you know, I think the biggest thing too, is you
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  Speaker 2: know the type of player he is, and we've seen
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  Speaker 2: it on the field, and we know what he can
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  Speaker 2: be and what he's becoming already. So you want to
• 10:33
  Speaker 2: see him make all those plays. And then also his
• 10:36
  Speaker 2: personality go with it. He's a quieter guy, kind of unassuming,
• 10:39
  Speaker 2: and then he goes out there and just balls out
• 10:42
  Speaker 2: and like he'll talk a little trash and some of
• 10:43
  Speaker 2: that stuff's a little unexpected, so you get you get
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  Speaker 2: excited seeing that. So I think it's awesome. And just
• 10:49
  Speaker 2: I like the way he carries himself. You know, he's
• 10:50
  Speaker 2: always like this. He just never never flinches. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I think he's He's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: To get home last year, how important is to project
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  Speaker 1: old Field? Super important?
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: You got to win at home, you know, not just
• 11:04
  Speaker 2: because you got to win the games to give yourself
• 11:06
  Speaker 2: a shot at the end of the season, to get
• 11:08
  Speaker 2: to where you want to go, but also for our
• 11:10
  Speaker 2: fans and our fan base, and we want the stadium
• 11:13
  Speaker 2: to be packed. We want to have a home field advantage,
• 11:15
  Speaker 2: and when we're winning, we get that towards the middle
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  Speaker 2: and end of the season, and when when we're struggling
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, we've noticed that we don't necessarily get that.
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  Speaker 2: So that's you know, we got to put a good
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  Speaker 2: product out there, and we got to play well at
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  Speaker 2: home for our fans, and obviously that's huge for us,
• 11:28
  Speaker 2: and we want to win here and we want this
• 11:30
  Speaker 2: to be a really difficult place to play, and obviously
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: it is it has been in the past at times,
• 11:35
  Speaker 2: but we want it every week to be a tough
• 11:37
  Speaker 2: environment to come into and to bet it's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: really hard