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  Speaker 1: Trevor, how do you start getting Jacoby more involved? I
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  Speaker 1: think he only has three targets this year.
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  Speaker 2: How do you get him in on the action?
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  Speaker 1: I think that's something that is obviously important. He's a
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  Speaker 1: great player. We've seen how he's impacted our offense since
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  Speaker 1: he's been here. I think that does take some work
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  Speaker 1: as far as some intentionality in doing that, but also
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  Speaker 1: sometimes that happens in certain games where it just doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: find a certain guy for whatever reason. So I'm not
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  Speaker 1: necessarily as concerned about a game or two as far
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  Speaker 1: as going forward into the whole season. But yeah, definitely
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  Speaker 1: got to give him more opportunities. He can do a lot.
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  Speaker 1: He's a really great route runner, gets open, understands things.
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  Speaker 1: He knows what we're doing schematically. I trust him like
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  Speaker 1: you guys have seen. So I think that is definitely
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  Speaker 1: something that's important for us as an offense.
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  Speaker 3: With the same thought, Parker has been able to record
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  Speaker 3: 80 or more yards in each.
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  Speaker 1: Of the last six games. What is it about him
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  Speaker 1: that keeps him so consistent? I think there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things. Obviously, he's super talented. Slow back up. He's
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  Speaker 1: super talented. He gets open, creates separation. He's a really
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  Speaker 1: good route runner, great ball skills, can make contested catches.
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  Speaker 1: I think all those things are part of it. I
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  Speaker 1: trust him. Our chemistry has grown more and more over
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  Speaker 1: the past year of just him being put in a
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  Speaker 1: lot of different situations and excelling and winning his one-on-ones.
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  Speaker 1: I think all those things kind of play into that.
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  Speaker 1: And then obviously early in the season, these first two games,
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  Speaker 1: he's kind of had the hot hand and that's just
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  Speaker 1: kind of been the way it's gone. And we got
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  Speaker 1: to do a better job of getting everybody involved. And
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  Speaker 1: that's obviously me as a part of that and continuing
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  Speaker 1: to give guys opportunities. But Parker's done a great job
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  Speaker 1: and it's going to, The offense is going to run
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  Speaker 1: through everyone at some point, though. It's not just a
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  Speaker 1: one-man show, and I think everyone on our team knows that.
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  Speaker 1: Parker knows that. All the guys know that, that we
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  Speaker 1: need everybody, and it's going to be everyone's time at
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  Speaker 1: some point. But, yeah, I think he's built a lot
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  Speaker 1: of trust with me, and I can depend on him,
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  Speaker 1: and the way he practices every day, the communication that
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  Speaker 1: we have. I mean, there's a lot of trust there,
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  Speaker 1: so I think that's a big part of it. What
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  Speaker 1: can you learn about this team from how you guys
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  Speaker 1: respond this week? I think it's football is how you respond.
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  Speaker 1: That's what it's all about, and We all know that
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  Speaker 1: if it's not your first season, it's the NFL. You're
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  Speaker 1: going to play some good teams. You're going to have
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  Speaker 1: some tough losses. You've got to be able to respond
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  Speaker 1: the next week. That says everything you need to know
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  Speaker 1: about your team. I'm confident that we're going to respond
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  Speaker 1: and that we're going to be ready to go against
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  Speaker 1: New England. That's what good teams do. You bounce back
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  Speaker 1: and play better than you did the week before. Like
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  Speaker 1: we said last week, it comes down to a few plays.
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  Speaker 1: We've just got to execute a little bit better. Even
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  Speaker 1: though I didn't feel like we played well at all
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  Speaker 1: on offense. We still had our opportunities to win the
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  Speaker 1: game last week. So how do we just make some changes, improve,
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  Speaker 1: and then make those plays down the stretch that we
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  Speaker 1: need to make to go close out the game? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think they just play really well together. Seems like
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  Speaker 1: they're really tied in, really from the front all the
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  Speaker 1: way to the secondary. They fly around. They play really,
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  Speaker 1: really hard. And then they do a really good job
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  Speaker 1: up front. The D-line, they're working. They're constantly moving, creating
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  Speaker 1: some pressure, even without bringing pressure. And I think that
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  Speaker 1: their back end, obviously, they can cover. They've got really
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  Speaker 1: good cover guys, can play a lot of man. They're sticky.
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  Speaker 1: And it creates some tight windows for the quarterbacks. And
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  Speaker 1: I think it's all– the scheme is really good, too,
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  Speaker 1: and the guys know it. And I think that's one
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  Speaker 1: thing you notice when you watch the tape is there's
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  Speaker 1: not a ton of missed assignments or guys in the
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  Speaker 1: wrong spot or guys running wide open that are free.
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  Speaker 1: I think that that's– it's really tied into what they're
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  Speaker 1: doing and the guys know what's going on.
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  Speaker 3: Denver had a.
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  Speaker 2: Very talented defensive front, generating pressure.
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  Speaker 1: It's safe to say New England is similar in that regard.
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  Speaker 1: Was there anything you learned from that Denver tape.
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  Speaker 3: In regards to operating under pressure that you're hoping to
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  Speaker 3: carry over into the New England game?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's my job just to be able to play
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  Speaker 1: well even when there is some pressure. It's the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: There's really good pass rushers. There's good defenses. And just
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  Speaker 1: continuing to make plays, but not play outside of myself.
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  Speaker 1: I thought There were some good examples and some bad
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  Speaker 1: examples on Sunday of doing that at times, making some
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  Speaker 1: plays under pressure, and then at times maybe trying to
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  Speaker 1: do a little too much on a couple plays. So
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  Speaker 1: I think there's always things to learn from and improve on,
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  Speaker 1: and I know I've got to do that just to
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  Speaker 1: keep giving us chances to win, just keep getting the
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  Speaker 1: ball in the right guy's hand, taking what the defense
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  Speaker 1: gives me and continuing to play that way. So I
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  Speaker 1: think that there's some examples of both that I can
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  Speaker 1: learn from. No, no, that was all I had.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, the importance of, of being able to run the
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  Speaker 2: ball and the women's only given up eight first downs
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  Speaker 2: all year against the run.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think every single game, I mean, it sounds cliche.
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  Speaker 1: That's the, that's a huge part of the plan is
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  Speaker 1: to run the ball. And I think defensively, that's the
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  Speaker 1: huge part of their game plan is to stop the run.
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  Speaker 1: And I think where our defense is probably talking about
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  Speaker 1: the same thing about their offense and vice versa. So it's,
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  Speaker 1: everyone's talking about the same stuff and you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: put together the best plan to go run the ball effectively. Um,
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  Speaker 1: and it's a good, it's good run defense. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we got to find ways to still be effective and
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  Speaker 1: run the ball, you know, who knows, maybe it won't
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  Speaker 1: be for two 50, but we still got to be
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  Speaker 1: able to run it. And I got faith that our
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  Speaker 1: plan and our guys can get it done. And we'll
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  Speaker 1: see obviously how it shakes out Sunday and see what
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  Speaker 1: we got to do to win. I think just the
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  Speaker 1: consistency obviously is getting more action. Um, and I think
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  Speaker 1: we're going to lean on him more and more. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's done some great things and just his vision
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  Speaker 1: seems like he's seeing it well. Um, I think he's
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  Speaker 1: a guy, too, the more settled in he gets and
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  Speaker 1: kind of gets in a rhythm and routine, kind of
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  Speaker 1: like most guys, honestly. That's football. It helps to get
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  Speaker 1: settled in. I think he sees it better and better
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  Speaker 1: and breaks a lot of tackles, has that speed. Would
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  Speaker 1: love to see him crease one here soon, see that speed,
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  Speaker 1: because he can fly. So I think that's coming. So
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  Speaker 1: we've just got to keep trusting it and giving him opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's doing a great job.
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  Speaker 2: Did you think you had some opportunity to run at
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  Speaker 2: all against Denver, and how intentional is that from your standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: or is it just kind of natural instinct over the
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  Speaker 2: years when you do take off?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think it's the rush. It depends a
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  Speaker 1: lot of that, of where the lanes are. Is there lanes?
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  Speaker 1: That's a big part of it. I think the timing
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  Speaker 1: of the concepts you're running, you know, where the pressure
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  Speaker 1: is coming from, all those different things play into it.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know if I can answer that based
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  Speaker 1: on the whole game. I mean, maybe, maybe there was
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity or two where I could have, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously as a quarterback, I'm trying to, to beat some
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  Speaker 1: pressures and stuff with my arm first. And that's kind
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  Speaker 1: of where, what I'm thinking. Um, and some, some plays
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  Speaker 1: where you have, you know, seven man pro you're, you're
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  Speaker 1: feeling pretty good back there. So you're really looking to
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  Speaker 1: pick apart some of the pressures with, with the ball. So, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think maybe a play or two here
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  Speaker 1: and there. That's always a huge part of the game
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  Speaker 1: that I would like to be a factor because I
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  Speaker 1: do think it makes the defense– it makes it harder
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  Speaker 1: on the defense. But it's always a balance of you
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  Speaker 1: don't want to abandon what you're doing on offense just
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  Speaker 1: to try to scramble when there's something that could be
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  Speaker 1: there and you're trying to get through your progression. So
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  Speaker 1: I think that's something that you just have to feel out. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, maybe not a ton of opportunities last Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not that way every game. There is going
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  Speaker 1: to be opportunities. So I think continuing to trust the
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  Speaker 1: guys up front and the lanes that they're opening up And, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be a big part of our offense.
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  Speaker 1: Do you go back and look at any of the
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  Speaker 1: Titans games from earlier in your career, given the scheme
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  Speaker 1: is probably going to be similar? Yeah, I haven't yet. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: we have a lot of inventory with, you know, last
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  Speaker 1: season and this year and the couple games that they
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  Speaker 1: played this year. But, you know, I think obviously our
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  Speaker 1: staff has done a little bit of that. And we
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  Speaker 1: talked about some of the stuff that has been carryover
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  Speaker 1: in our plan that we might have done. because we
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  Speaker 1: have so much tape of me playing against Tennessee when
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  Speaker 1: Brable was there. So there is some of that, and
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  Speaker 1: I can't say I've gone back and watched necessarily all
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  Speaker 1: those games, watching more of the New England scheme and
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  Speaker 1: the guys they have now. But, yeah, definitely there's some
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  Speaker 1: of that carryover.
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  Speaker 2: You were so good against the Blitz last year, specifically
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  Speaker 2: in that Denver game.
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  Speaker 3: Do you feel like this past week was an anomaly
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  Speaker 3: where you want to be against the next remain?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, definitely want to. definitely want to play
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  Speaker 1: better offensively just in general and throw the ball better
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  Speaker 1: and be more um efficient more exposed all those things
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  Speaker 1: so yeah i i feel confident in our group and
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  Speaker 1: our plan um every week i felt good about our
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  Speaker 1: plan last week we just didn't necessarily execute it the
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  Speaker 1: best and there's obviously some things in the plan that
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  Speaker 1: we will adjust moving forward but it all ties together
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  Speaker 1: right we gotta we gotta make a few more plays
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  Speaker 1: and um it's not perfect every sunday so i i
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  Speaker 1: feel confident in our group and our prep that we'll
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  Speaker 1: be ready to go and as we move forward and
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  Speaker 1: see more and more pressure like everyone wants to do
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  Speaker 1: on third down. Now that's just a, that's just what
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  Speaker 1: people do. So I mean, I'm sure we'll, we'll see,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, to, to answer your question. Sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: think that and it doesn't happen and, and you never
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  Speaker 1: know exactly what the other team's thinking. So I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: we're going to see some pressure Sunday, no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: So what versions of that couldn't tell you right now,
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  Speaker 1: but we're preparing for everything and we'll have a good plan.
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  Speaker 3: Trevor, just the idea of, especially with Zach Allen last week,
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  Speaker 3: the game wrecker for Denver, how much of last week
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  Speaker 3: and the pressure do you just chalk up to, hey,
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  Speaker 3: they had a wrecking machine in the middle of the
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  Speaker 3: line of scrimmage versus, hey, there are things that Denver
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  Speaker 3: did that New England might also try to replicate?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think as far as the, when
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  Speaker 1: it's not pressure and it's a guy just winning a one-on-one,
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  Speaker 1: that's football and that's the That's the hard part about
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  Speaker 1: the game is there's really good players everywhere, so you
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  Speaker 1: can have stuff schemed up, and then a guy can
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  Speaker 1: make a play on defense, and it's tough. You've got
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  Speaker 1: to be able to adjust, and you've got to be
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  Speaker 1: able to account for that. We talked about using my legs,
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  Speaker 1: being able to scramble some, getting the ball out. That's
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  Speaker 1: going to happen at times. Then there's things schematically that
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  Speaker 1: we'll look at that's, hey, this is a problem. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: we didn't have a great plan for this and we
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  Speaker 1: need to be ready for if another team does it,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's pressures or coverage or anything. All that stuff
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  Speaker 1: is looked at and we talk about it after every
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  Speaker 1: game and say, I think our staff is really good
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  Speaker 1: if there are things that they feel like they didn't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily prepare us the best for, they call it out
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  Speaker 1: and they say it to us, which I think is
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  Speaker 1: really cool. And not to say that happens often, but
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  Speaker 1: I think that's something that we do talk about and
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  Speaker 1: we all know, hey, when this comes up again, we'll
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  Speaker 1: be ready for it. So, yeah, I think it's obviously
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  Speaker 1: guys are going to make plays up front, though, on
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  Speaker 1: both sides of the ball. Our guys do a great
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  Speaker 1: job a lot of times up front, and sometimes the
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  Speaker 1: rush is going to win, and we've got to get
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  Speaker 1: the ball out and make plays, too. Atrius mentioned Jacoby earlier,
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  Speaker 1: but Brent Strange has also only seen five targets through
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  Speaker 1: the first couple games.
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  Speaker 3: Liam had mentioned you guys might try to get them
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  Speaker 3: more involved early in the game.
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  Speaker 1: How much of an effort are you making to get
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  Speaker 1: those two going this week? Yeah, and they're a huge
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  Speaker 1: part of our offense, so that's going to be obviously important.
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  Speaker 1: And there's stuff every– it's not like we've been avoiding
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  Speaker 1: throwing them the ball in the plan. I felt like
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  Speaker 1: the last two weeks we've had stuff in the plan
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  Speaker 1: for them. So– We've got a game to play Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm not going to lay out the game plan
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  Speaker 1: up here in front of everybody else, but it's important,
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  Speaker 1: and those guys are great players. I know they both
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  Speaker 1: understand the role they have in our offense, and they're
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  Speaker 1: going to have an impact moving forward, so I'm not
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  Speaker 1: too concerned with it.