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• 0:03
  Speaker 1: How's a playoff week.
• 0:04
  Speaker 2: Field feels good.
• 0:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we're definitely grateful to be in this opportunity. But
• 0:11
  Speaker 3: for us, it's another week too, you know, especially with
• 0:14
  Speaker 3: the game being in Jacksonville Sunday at one.
• 0:16
  Speaker 2: You know, it's the same schedules.
• 0:18
  Speaker 3: So we're looking forward to this opportunity, and you know,
• 0:21
  Speaker 3: we worked hard to get to this point.
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: So I guess a lot of the guys were saying
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: it feels like that's great, but we still got kind
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: of got work to do.
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  Speaker 2: Is that kind of your attitude? Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, we know the AFC South Championship was never the goal.
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  Speaker 3: That's a byproduct of us and where we want to go,
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  Speaker 3: but we're not overlooking that. That's that's a great accomplishment.
• 0:41
  Speaker 3: Thirteen wins, great accomplishment. This team has had a lot
• 0:45
  Speaker 3: of special moments, and for us, it's just looking forward
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  Speaker 3: to continue building on those special moments, finding ways to
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  Speaker 3: get better each week and understanding the goals right in
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  Speaker 3: front of us. But it's one game at a time,
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  Speaker 3: and we got a really good opponent coming in and
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  Speaker 3: you know, you gotta go one and know, so that's
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  Speaker 3: our goal this week. Defense a great deal, Yeah, that
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  Speaker 3: was you know, one of our goals stopping to run
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  Speaker 3: is uh, you know, one of the three main goals
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  Speaker 3: in our defense. And so for us to do that
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  Speaker 3: knowing you know, as good as we play too, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we feel like we could have played a lot better too.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, we're definitely proud of the effort. And I
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  Speaker 3: mean it's a team that's a team ar corners you
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  Speaker 3: gotta tackle obviously, it starts up front. Linebackers gott to
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  Speaker 3: fit the gaps correctly, so you know, defensively, that's something
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  Speaker 3: that you know, we're definitely proud of and looking forward
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  Speaker 3: to continue and finding ways to get better in the
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  Speaker 3: run game.
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  Speaker 1: I think you've been in a similar situation playing big
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  Speaker 1: games like this a few years ago. How can the
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  Speaker 1: experience kind of help you guys prepare verse on that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, like you said, those of us who are here,
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  Speaker 3: it's a lot of new guys, but I think you
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  Speaker 3: know this team specifically, you know, we have you know,
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  Speaker 3: good leadership from the guys the core that's been here,
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  Speaker 3: but also just as team in general, everybody's so focused
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  Speaker 3: and dialed in. I don't see anybody allowing this game
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  Speaker 3: to be bigger than what it is. It's obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a big game for the franchise, but for us, it's
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  Speaker 3: attacking the process. And I'm sure we're gonna come out
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  Speaker 3: and ready to play with the right energy, understanding that
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  Speaker 3: this is a big time game.
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  Speaker 2: But it's a big game because it's the next game.
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  Speaker 1: So I looked at I just kept on actually looking
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  Speaker 1: at that. And most of the guys that are not
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  Speaker 1: all that the team brought in have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: playoff experience, Eric Barham said, Eric Murray, And so the
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  Speaker 1: team as a whole is not devoid of experience.
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  Speaker 2: You've got a lot of guys.
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  Speaker 1: They were on a team two years or three years ago,
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  Speaker 1: plus a lot of guys are brought in the half experience.
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  Speaker 1: So do you think that the young guys will get
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  Speaker 1: a lot of wisdom this week and had to.
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  Speaker 2: Deal with this, Oh for sure, for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the guys you know that haven't been in those
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  Speaker 3: playoff environments, you know, we talked about it, We've been
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  Speaker 3: talked about just understanding, you know, what playoffs are going
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  Speaker 3: to be like. And you know, for us, I mean
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  Speaker 3: I think everybody knows, you know, what this is going
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  Speaker 3: to be, what this experience is going to feel like,
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  Speaker 3: it's just a matter of getting to the game. It's like, okay, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: this is the playoffs, but we just keep preaching at
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  Speaker 3: the end of the day, it's it's it's football, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's another opportunity we get to go play football. I
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  Speaker 3: think the outside wants to make it elevated, and for us,
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  Speaker 3: it's about, you know, having a mentality that every game
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  Speaker 3: has been a playoff game for us, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: first game of the year, it's the same mindset. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we just have another opportunity to go out and play
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  Speaker 3: this game. It shouldn't be for the young guys, any pressure,
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  Speaker 3: any edit pressure. For us, it's just about attacking the
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  Speaker 3: process and finding a way to go play a best
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  Speaker 3: ball on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: You spent a whole season with coach camp Down. What's
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  Speaker 2: he been like over the course of the year.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, same same guy. You know, it came
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  Speaker 3: in passionate. You know, held us to a standard and
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  Speaker 3: the standard has always been the standard. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: he's a guy that loves on his players. You know
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  Speaker 3: he's gonna get on you whenever. You know, he expects
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  Speaker 3: more out of you and he's holding you to that standard.
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  Speaker 3: And then he's gonna lift you up when he sees
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  Speaker 3: that you're doing it. Well, he's just a guy that
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  Speaker 3: cares about the game. You can see how much he
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  Speaker 3: loves the game of football, and that's a beautiful thing
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  Speaker 3: to see and that resonates with coaches and players, and
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  Speaker 3: I mean he's just he's coming and done a great
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  Speaker 3: job with everybody. And we're definitely as a defense and
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  Speaker 3: really as a team, you know, grateful for all the
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  Speaker 3: things that he's done, and we're definitely looking forward to
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  Speaker 3: making more memories this year. I mean, stop the run,
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  Speaker 3: limit big, limit explosives, and create takeaways. I think in
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  Speaker 3: that it's just being very detailed, you know, with each level, eyes, feet, hands, violent, finished.
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  Speaker 3: He always preaches that, and so for us, it's every
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  Speaker 3: rep having those fundamentals.
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  Speaker 2: You know, at every level. So that is the standard.
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  Speaker 3: It's just executing doing your job with great fundamentals and
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  Speaker 3: technique every play.
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  Speaker 2: That's the standard. Soon after you guys got together the
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  Speaker 2: first nine.
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  Speaker 4: You guys over your lifts.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean this defense or this team, oh defense, Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 3: I think you know, it starts with camp obviously and
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  Speaker 3: the message he preaches, and then over time you start
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  Speaker 3: to see like, okay, you know, how is he gonna
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  Speaker 3: coach us as players? What is he asking us to do?
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  Speaker 3: Doesn't make sense? Does it fit each guy's kind of
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  Speaker 3: plays out? Does it fit us as a whole? Over time,
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  Speaker 3: you really start to see it unfold as you stack practices,
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  Speaker 3: you know, stack stack weeks, so you really start to
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  Speaker 3: see that early on the O t as and then
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  Speaker 3: none of it really means anything until you get the
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  Speaker 3: pads on. So midway through training camp, when when you
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  Speaker 3: see us, especially competing against Coach Cohen's offense and our offense,
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  Speaker 3: you see, you know, a lot of really good stuff,
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  Speaker 3: and progressively it just builds.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean he's just a great athlete. He's obviously an
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  Speaker 3: experienced quarterback. He can put the ball anywhorry once. I mean, shoot,
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  Speaker 3: you won the MVP last year for a reason. So
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  Speaker 3: he presents challenges to everybody at every level. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he can break the pocket, extend plays, he can obviously
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  Speaker 3: do it with his legs on the ground, and you
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  Speaker 3: know he can attack vertically, so I mean he can.
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  Speaker 3: He's one of the best in the business. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he can beat you in every way. So for us,
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  Speaker 3: it's it's about team defense, you know, making sure that
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  Speaker 3: the pocket is strong. Obviously we're sticking in coverage. We
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  Speaker 3: gotta have a great plan for him because he's a
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  Speaker 3: great competitor.
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  Speaker 1: Do you revisit the game from last year against him?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it wasn't great defensively.
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  Speaker 3: You know, there's just a lot out there that you know,
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  Speaker 3: you gotta be better in those situations. And you know
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  Speaker 3: that's obviously the goal of this year is to be
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  Speaker 3: in the right spots all throughout and making sure, like
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  Speaker 3: I said, sticking and coverage, tight pocket and ultimately, you know,
• 7:01
  Speaker 3: they're number one rushing offense versus number one rushing defense,
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  Speaker 3: So that's gonna be a big part of the game
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  Speaker 3: as well. You know, it's gonna be a really really
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  Speaker 3: fun matchup. I think as a football fan, you know
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  Speaker 3: this is gonna be, you know, a great matchup, and
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  Speaker 3: so I'm excited to be a part of it.
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  Speaker 2: I know you're still in the middle of it, but
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  Speaker 2: have you have a chance to reflect on how special
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  Speaker 2: this season was for you?
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  Speaker 3: Not really just because you know we're still playing like
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  Speaker 3: it's it's we're in the heat of it now, this
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  Speaker 3: is started the playoffs, like this is really when it matters,
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  Speaker 3: and so just just dialed in and locked in. Obviously
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  Speaker 3: we've accomplished a lot as a team and it's been great.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously I've had success as well, and that's been great.
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  Speaker 3: But it's the playoffs and you know that's that's the focus.
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  Speaker 4: Like you almost not.
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  Speaker 3: Dare, Yeah, you can't. You can't forget about James Cook.
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  Speaker 3: He's obviously a great player, led the league in rushing.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it's just a really good back. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, it's a number one rush defense for
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  Speaker 3: his number one rush offense, and he's obviously a huge
• 8:08
  Speaker 3: part of what they do in the running game. So
• 8:11
  Speaker 3: you know, everybody's got to be gap sound and it's
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  Speaker 3: just another week. We're facing a great rushing attack that
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  Speaker 3: that we got to be on our p's and q's
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  Speaker 3: every every play. Corners got to be ready to tackle.
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  Speaker 3: Second and third level obviously has to be ready to tackle,
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  Speaker 3: and it all starts up front.
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  Speaker 1: So how different of a feeling is it this year
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  Speaker 1: than the same time last year.
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  Speaker 3: It's a it's a great feeling. This time last year
• 8:36
  Speaker 3: we were obviously, you know, packing our our lockers up.
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  Speaker 3: Now even you know, headed into to last week, you
• 8:44
  Speaker 3: knew you had more ball aheaded you. It's like, man,
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  Speaker 3: this season is not even close to being over in
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  Speaker 3: our eyes. So you know, it's a great feeling. It's
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  Speaker 3: something we worked for. But at the same time, it's
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  Speaker 3: starting to really heat up now, so nothing has to change.
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  Speaker 2: It's just more so.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you got to take bands every day.
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  Speaker 5: But we have such a great group of understanding each other,
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  Speaker 5: understanding what we're trying to get done, Understanding what Sean,
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  Speaker 5: Clee and Trevor are coaching, and.
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  Speaker 4: The intent of all the plays that He's.
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  Speaker 5: Done a great job of letting us kind of figure
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  Speaker 5: out what works best for us and as individuals and
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  Speaker 5: then in turn as a unit. So I think together
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  Speaker 5: all those things working together has given us the best
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  Speaker 5: opportunity to grow like we have this year.
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  Speaker 4: Very good.
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  Speaker 5: He's really fun to he's really fun to play for.
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  Speaker 5: We want to go a guy, We want to go
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  Speaker 5: play for all those guys, And in the room, it's
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  Speaker 5: just it's a it's a great energy we have in
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  Speaker 5: that line room.
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  Speaker 4: How would you describe the optics?
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  Speaker 5: It's exciting, It does it definitely does kick off a
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  Speaker 5: little bit, but you know, this is where exactly where
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  Speaker 5: you want to be. This is why we play the game,
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  Speaker 5: is to get to this opportunity, and like it's just
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  Speaker 5: another opportunity, it's the next one. It's the most important one.
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  Speaker 5: And we have to do everything we can this week
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  Speaker 5: like we've done all year to put ourselves in the
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  Speaker 5: best position to win this game, through our technique and fundamentals,
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  Speaker 5: to our planning, through our preparation. Like I said, those
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  Speaker 5: are those are the things that are gonna matther more.
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  Speaker 4: Now you favor or best raid a GC throw travel
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  Speaker 4: this year time, guys.
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  Speaker 5: First, it's definitely been consistent over the course of the year,
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  Speaker 5: and it's been really cool to see because you know,
• 10:34
  Speaker 5: when I got here and he was I think I've
• 10:37
  Speaker 5: either told you guys before, maybe he has or I'm
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  Speaker 5: sure someone has. The amount of time he spent this
• 10:41
  Speaker 5: offseason here to learn this offense, to get a handle
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  Speaker 5: on it with all the stuff that goes on that
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  Speaker 5: you see, all the shifts, all the motions, all the cans,
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  Speaker 5: all the protection changes, I mean, there's a lot.
• 10:50
  Speaker 4: He has a lot on his plate throughout this year.
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  Speaker 5: He's done such an excellent job of just handling it
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  Speaker 5: constantly and handling it better and better and better each week.
• 10:59
  Speaker 5: I think these last few weeks, obviously you guys have
• 11:03
  Speaker 5: everyone's seeing him playing really well, and that's that's who
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  Speaker 5: he is, that's what he's about. But for us, the
• 11:09
  Speaker 5: calmness at the line of scrimmage, I think handling some
• 11:11
  Speaker 5: of those protection checks. I mean there's like five or
• 11:14
  Speaker 5: six unbelievable examples in the Colts gave of him getting
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  Speaker 5: to get into different plays, getting to the checks we
• 11:19
  Speaker 5: need to get to, then beating beating the blitz, making
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  Speaker 5: a play. Those things are very hard to do. That's
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  Speaker 5: high level ball, and he's done an excellent job at it.
• 11:26
  Speaker 3: I remember you mentioned earlier this season how much you
• 11:28
  Speaker 3: enjoyed Williams team meetings, But how fun is the postgame
• 11:31
  Speaker 3: locker room, especially one.
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  Speaker 5: That was one of the best, One of the most
• 11:36
  Speaker 5: fun post games locker rooms I've been in for sure,
• 11:39
  Speaker 5: especially Trevor's grills.
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  Speaker 4: That was that was the best part.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, I was seeing it every day on the
• 11:45
  Speaker 5: internet and I was loving it. I was posting I
• 11:48
  Speaker 5: was part of that. I think it's I think it's awesome.
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  Speaker 5: So I don't know who came up with that or
• 11:52
  Speaker 5: how they did it, but that was a great play
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  Speaker 5: by them. I'm sure, I'm sure everyone sure, everyone's got
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  Speaker 5: them now. I haven't seen myself yet. I try to
• 12:04
  Speaker 5: stay away from there. No one's searching my no one's
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  Speaker 5: searching me for AI though, I'll just keep posting the
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  Speaker 5: Trevor Ones.
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  Speaker 4: Good.
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  Speaker 2: How helpful is that this game is in your backyard
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  Speaker 2: this week? I mean the postseason.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the ramp up, but you don't have to
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: worry about going on the road and traveling this week.
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  Speaker 4: Huge.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, that's this is where I think that home
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  Speaker 5: field advantage is the biggest thing ever in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I know it's gonna be riley. I know
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  Speaker 4: that people are excited.
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  Speaker 5: I don't think we have to tell them that we
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  Speaker 5: need them there because they know it and they're gonna
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  Speaker 5: be ready. All the fans are gonna be ready. They're
• 12:36
  Speaker 5: gonna have a great time. But those playoff atmospheres, I mean,
• 12:38
  Speaker 5: that's that's exciting stuff. That that feels good. And when
• 12:41
  Speaker 5: you come in when you have a home game and
• 12:45
  Speaker 5: as an offensive player, you're on the sideline while their
• 12:48
  Speaker 5: offense is out there and it's loud, You're like, this
• 12:49
  Speaker 5: is this is great?
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  Speaker 4: Because I know.
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  Speaker 5: How bad that sucks for them, and so like, I'm
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  Speaker 5: glad that they have to deal with it right now.
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  Speaker 1: Celebration it looked like you were doing when they gave
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  Speaker 1: a golf clap.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, oh, I didn't know that celebration was coming. He
• 13:04
  Speaker 5: was clearing everyone out the way. I didn't know what
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  Speaker 5: was going on, and I saw him tee it up.
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  Speaker 5: So yeah, golf clap.
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  Speaker 3: You were the only one that responded, Accordingly, everybody else
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  Speaker 3: lost their mind.
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  Speaker 4: No, that was fun. That was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Last year.
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  Speaker 5: Last year, you mean just in general, or like the
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  Speaker 5: whole post game thing. I mean just kind of like
• 13:34
  Speaker 5: always would come around, just dap everybody up, say a
• 13:38
  Speaker 5: great job, and then we kind of see the war. Obviously,
• 13:40
  Speaker 5: he wasn't like the one giving the speeches or anything,
• 13:42
  Speaker 5: so he didn't see him too much, not like that's
• 13:44
  Speaker 5: always like the head guys deal. No, I wouldn't have surprised.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, I didn't know how he was gonna handle it.
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  Speaker 5: I guess I wasn't really thinking about it either. But
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  Speaker 5: obviously you know he's he's hyped, he's emotional, and that's
• 13:58
  Speaker 5: those even that first first one that uh that Panthers
• 14:01
  Speaker 5: went obviously that was first one as a head coach.
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  Speaker 5: That was a big deal all the way back to then,
• 14:04
  Speaker 5: and we've had a lot since then. That one was
• 14:06
  Speaker 5: obviously yesterday was pretty sweet, and it's been it's been
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  Speaker 5: cool to see you and this is now.
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  Speaker 4: Everyone's kind of waiting for it. We know it's coming, and.
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  Speaker 5: When you have a game like that that means that much, uh,
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  Speaker 5: And we're all there waiting knowing, knowing we're about to
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  Speaker 5: pop it off.
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  Speaker 4: It's it's fun, awesome. Thank you guys.