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Press Pass | Liam Coen Recaps Performance in Win vs. Chargers · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Co unavailable.
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  Speaker 2: Please raise your hand if you have a question. We
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  Speaker 2: can start with Justin then go to Jamal.
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  Speaker 3: Hey William, it seemed like yesterday you were able to
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  Speaker 3: open up the playbook a little bit and you guys
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  Speaker 3: were able to get some misdirection plays going and just
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  Speaker 3: things of that nature. How much fun do you have
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  Speaker 3: as a play caller when you're able to dial it
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  Speaker 3: up and trick the defense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the key was, you know, having been
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  Speaker 1: on schedule with no negative plays. Really we had two
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  Speaker 1: negative plays total on the day. I know it maybe
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  Speaker 1: looks like we've got asked this now two or three
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  Speaker 1: times that you know, new plays, and none of these
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  Speaker 1: plays were new. So there were plays that we've had
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  Speaker 1: on the call sheet or that we've been kind of
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  Speaker 1: having repping that you know, you can get off and
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  Speaker 1: you can get you know, on schedule and stay on
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  Speaker 1: schedule for extended period of times. Allowed us to be
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  Speaker 1: able to you know, execute some calls that we had
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  Speaker 1: ready to go and had practice for the last few weeks.
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  Speaker 1: So great job by the guys staying on schedule, playing physically,
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  Speaker 1: moving the chains, running the football the way we did.
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  Speaker 1: That definitely makes it more fun to be able to
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  Speaker 1: go call it and just you know, have the confidence
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  Speaker 1: as a play caller knowing that when you are executing
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  Speaker 1: at a high level, you know you don't it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: matter what the play is called. They're going to go
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  Speaker 1: and make it work. And a lot of that was
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  Speaker 1: showed up yesterday.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, Jim Wal followed by d Rock.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Liam, you said yesterday that the team plays better
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  Speaker 2: pissed off. Can you play pissed every week? Can you
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  Speaker 2: play pissed after a win?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean, I think ultimately we now owe it
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  Speaker 1: to each other to play that way for the rest
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  Speaker 1: you know, for the rest of the year as much
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  Speaker 1: as possible, right, and we'll see what the result is.
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  Speaker 1: Like that's got to be our mindset as a team,
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  Speaker 1: is like, we owe it to each other now to
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  Speaker 1: put that on tape as much as possible for the
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  Speaker 1: for the remainder of the season and let the results
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  Speaker 1: be what they may. And if we can approach it
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  Speaker 1: that way and find the you know, inner mindset every
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  Speaker 1: week that you have to get yourself in a position
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  Speaker 1: to go compete like that every week as a team,
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  Speaker 1: and each player has to get it get themselves there,
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  Speaker 1: and it's our jobs to get the units there, so
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  Speaker 1: hopefully we can understand that moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: And what have you seen from Tuton? That was the
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  Speaker 2: most work he's gotten. I mean, what do you do
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  Speaker 2: to earn your trust or was it just kind of
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  Speaker 2: riding the hot hand a little bit?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we were just both those guys were in and out.
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  Speaker 1: I mean we've ran it forty seven times, so you're
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  Speaker 1: just naturally not trying to put too much on one
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  Speaker 1: guy that you know one way or the other. So
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  Speaker 1: I thought, you know, Toot ran hard, he ran downhill
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  Speaker 1: a couple of third now runs got us vertical. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he did a really nice job. And then obviously so
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  Speaker 1: to TJ and Loquinn. But two guy has been practicing
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  Speaker 1: better and better and as much as we can continue
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  Speaker 1: to get him involved, the better our offenses. Thanks coach,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 4: The rock, followed by O'Halloran. A. Liam, are you enjoying
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  Speaker 4: the process of going through and learning about the team
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  Speaker 4: with each you know, situation new situation that they're in
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  Speaker 4: and you're in And what's been sort of the most
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  Speaker 4: interesting or rewarding part of that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that's part of the journey of being
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  Speaker 1: in this role and being in this you know organization right,
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  Speaker 1: Being in this opportunity is you're you're able to learn
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  Speaker 1: every week, and as we know in life, just like football,
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  Speaker 1: the best lessons usually come when you go through something hard,
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  Speaker 1: and so that not only helps us as as players
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  Speaker 1: and as coaches and as a team, but it helps
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  Speaker 1: us as people grow and learn, and that's ultimately what
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  Speaker 1: the essence of sport does. And so that is what
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  Speaker 1: we've talked about a lot, and for me personally in
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  Speaker 1: my first time doing this job, you're able to learn
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  Speaker 1: about the people you're associated with, the people that are
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  Speaker 1: in your building, the kind of players that you have,
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  Speaker 1: what they're made of, and you know what makes these
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  Speaker 1: guys respond and what helps them, you know, get to
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  Speaker 1: the place where we have to get to mentally to
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  Speaker 1: go play a game like that we just did, and
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  Speaker 1: you're finding new things about your team every week. So
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  Speaker 1: it is part of the journey. You want to be
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  Speaker 1: able to see that kind of level of execution and
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  Speaker 1: passion and energy every week. That's the standard. That's the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity we have, and that's the challenge of coaching and
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  Speaker 1: playing in the NFL is doing it week in and
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  Speaker 1: week out.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of the guys on this roster were here
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  Speaker 4: obviously last year when it was not great. Do you
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  Speaker 4: get a sense from those guys maybe a bigger appreciation
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  Speaker 4: for what's happening right now than maybe some of the
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  Speaker 4: other guys you never didn't go through that kind of stuff. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think a number of players, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I spoke to this past week that were on the
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  Speaker 1: team last year that we needed to have some just good, honest,
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  Speaker 1: open conversations throughout the week. And you know a number
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  Speaker 1: of those guys did respond this past week with the
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  Speaker 1: right you know, mindset, mentality and want to do right
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  Speaker 1: and want to help be a part of change and
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  Speaker 1: help be a part of what, you know, the reason
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  Speaker 1: why we continue to hopefully elevate and raise the standard here.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, I know, meaningful games, playing meaningful games
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  Speaker 1: in November and December earned opportunities, and the way that
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  Speaker 1: we go and approach each week is what gives us
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity and gives us that that right. And ultimately,
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  Speaker 1: I think everybody that's been here or that is here now, new,
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  Speaker 1: whatever rookies, free agents, I think we all see how
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  Speaker 1: we have to prepare and play for us to have success.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you, Shipley William.
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  Speaker 5: A couple for you. But you guys ran middle toss
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  Speaker 5: a couple of times to both to ETN. What do
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  Speaker 5: you like about that play? The options it gives them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it just gets the ball back a little bit
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  Speaker 1: deeper to them immediately get you know, gets the ball
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  Speaker 1: in their hands with more depth than just maybe a
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  Speaker 1: handoff does sometimes. And now it gives the defense maybe
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  Speaker 1: an illusion that it's going wider than it is, and
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  Speaker 1: it was able to then kind of wind back as
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  Speaker 1: it was designed as a tight zone run, so you know,
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  Speaker 1: it helps get the second and third level maybe a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more lateral with the motion that was kind
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  Speaker 1: of associated with it, and then bringing the other tight
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  Speaker 1: end back across to create some misdirection inside to make
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  Speaker 1: their eyes get a little bit dirtier than maybe you're
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  Speaker 1: really making it. So it was definitely a good job
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  Speaker 1: by our offensive line coaches and run game guys kind
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  Speaker 1: of coming up with a scheme and the players going
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  Speaker 1: and executing at a high level.
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  Speaker 5: Last one for me, you got Ezra Cleveland back yesterday.
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  Speaker 5: How oppressed have you been with his level of play?
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  Speaker 5: It be just his overall toughness playing through his injury.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, really proud Ezra. We needed him, he responded. He's violent,
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  Speaker 1: he wants to play, He's explosive. He's one of our
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  Speaker 1: most explosive players on the team. He showed that in
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  Speaker 1: the offseason workouts. You know, Ezra wants to play with
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  Speaker 1: a mean streak and kind of beach in a phone booth,
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  Speaker 1: and he has the opportunity to do that. He can
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  Speaker 1: beat at the second level, and he had some great
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  Speaker 1: finishes on some runs down the field, especially late in
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  Speaker 1: that game on the last drive where he's finishing guys
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  Speaker 1: about five seven yards down the field. So need of
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  Speaker 1: them stepped up in a big way and going to
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  Speaker 1: continue to need that moving forward from Ezra right will
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  Speaker 1: thank you, she A Liam, thanks for doing this. What
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  Speaker 1: did you guys see throughout the week? And Danny and
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  Speaker 1: BJ to you know, kind of want them to be
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  Speaker 1: in that expanded role, and then what did you see
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  Speaker 1: from them yesterday after he went back there to tell
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Danny bj Quinn Morris, it's the epitome of
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  Speaker 1: what you want your organ your team to be is
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  Speaker 1: guys earning the right through via special teams, playing their
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  Speaker 1: asses off on special teams, doing their job in practice,
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  Speaker 1: doing their job every day, earning the opportunities on special teams,
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  Speaker 1: playing well, and then earning opportunity to impact the game
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  Speaker 1: on Sundays on offense or defense. I mean, that's that's it,
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  Speaker 1: That's what it should be, that's how it has to be,
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  Speaker 1: and that's how you earn time here. And those guys
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  Speaker 1: have earned it. They've earned it in practice every single
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  Speaker 1: day and it showed up on Sunday where these guys
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  Speaker 1: are impacting the game in a positive way and they
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  Speaker 1: earned those opportunities and that's where you know, our team
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  Speaker 1: needs to continue to build off of excellence.
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  Speaker 2: Tony Wiggins, nor.
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  Speaker 6: Coach, thanks for taking my question. With some of the
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  Speaker 6: guys like Anton and BT and Jordan on the sideline
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  Speaker 6: watching that yesterday, have you spoken to any of them
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  Speaker 6: about exactly how they can re ingratiate themselves into the
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  Speaker 6: lineup and all they're excited about.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think those guys they're trying to
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  Speaker 1: get back. I know they both were trying to get
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  Speaker 1: back in the fray this week. And we'll take it
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  Speaker 1: day by day and week by week with those guys,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, I think they saw, you know, a team
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  Speaker 1: that they obviously want to be associated with, they want
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  Speaker 1: to be involved in, they want to go help make
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  Speaker 1: plays for and you know, do it for four quarters.
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  Speaker 1: And ultimately that message is going to continue to be
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  Speaker 1: sent throughout the locker room and spread throughout this building
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  Speaker 1: is that, hey man, we've got to play pissed off
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  Speaker 1: and efficient and execute like that for four quarters everybody.
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  Speaker 1: That's the standard, and ultimately, if you're not able to
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  Speaker 1: do that, then hey, that's the case.
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  Speaker 3: It is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: But everybody, I think wants to be involved as much
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  Speaker 1: as those guys do as well.