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Press Pass | Coach Pederson on Injuries, Fight After Trevor's Hit & Week 13 Performances · Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Y y y. You still wanna send, you know, ah
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  Speaker 1: a positive, good message to to your team that that
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  Speaker 1: we're still we're still fighting, you know, to the end.
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  Speaker 1: Still got five games on the schedule. Obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll see, but you know, we gotta be smart too
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  Speaker 1: for the for his you know, his long term health as.
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  Speaker 2: Well, goug.
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  Speaker 3: There's this kind of narrative out there, a little bit
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  Speaker 3: uh on fantasy even some media, that the team didn't
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  Speaker 3: do enough to retaliate to the second half and everything,
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  Speaker 3: and I'm just wondering, you know, I I the flip
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  Speaker 3: side of that is maybe if they did, then.
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  Speaker 2: It'd be called undisciplined or something.
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  Speaker 3: But you know what was you know, in the initial
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  Speaker 3: emotional aftermath right after they hit it, it's probably understandable
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  Speaker 3: that the guys rallied around him. But after that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you know, is it a different year or where I
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  Speaker 3: that's that doesn't happen, especially when you still had a
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  Speaker 3: chance to win the game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I you know, I definitely appreciate how our
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  Speaker 1: team responded, you know, I mean protecting the quarterback and.
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  Speaker 2: And all of that.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, you hate to see it escalate to where it went,
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  Speaker 1: but you know the second half of the football game too.
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  Speaker 1: There the officials basically warned both teams it was a
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  Speaker 1: no tolerance. It was a zero tolerance you know in
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  Speaker 1: the second half. So if there was anything that transpired,
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  Speaker 1: that player was going to be you know, ejected as well. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I thought, I thought both teams you know,
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  Speaker 1: played the second half as they should.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it was a tough, physical football game.
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  Speaker 1: In the second half, and and there you know, there
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  Speaker 1: wasn't anything anything that escalated from you know, from that
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  Speaker 1: hit in the first half.
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  Speaker 3: Savage shouldn't Tyson.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Savage ankle returned to play, you know, should be
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  Speaker 1: should be fine. It'll be day to day. Tyson's the
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  Speaker 1: same thing. Tyson will be day to day with his squad,
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  Speaker 1: you know this week left Yeah, just soorns.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and then one griefs a couple of players when
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  Speaker 3: Parker came out, is he okay?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he just fell kind of face down the one time,
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  Speaker 1: I believe on a second second down, you know, kind
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  Speaker 1: of landed on his kind of his face shoulder area,
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  Speaker 1: you know, but came out, got checked on, went back
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  Speaker 1: in spine.
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  Speaker 3: Did you see some really good things out of mac yesterday,
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  Speaker 3: especially under the circumstances where he had no idea he's
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  Speaker 3: gonna be playing. And then uh, Brian got more involved
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  Speaker 3: in the offense.
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday, and and of course he was talking more.
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  Speaker 3: About the ones he dropped than the plays he did make.
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  Speaker 3: But but Mac and Brian's play that occurs.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Mac, Mac played played well, got us back in
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  Speaker 1: the game, did some really nice things, stood in the pocket,
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  Speaker 1: played tough scrambles. Just what he asked if your backup
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  Speaker 1: quarterback to do, just run the offense. And he did
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  Speaker 1: a nice job, did a nice job there. I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: love to have that throw to BT, you know back
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  Speaker 1: and just overthrew that one. He had another touchdown I
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  Speaker 1: think to Parker kind of threw that high. So he'd
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  Speaker 1: love to have those back, you know. And then BT,
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  Speaker 1: you know, again, going into the football game, you make
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  Speaker 1: a make a conscious effort to try to get him
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  Speaker 1: targets and and and get you know, the ball in
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  Speaker 1: his hands because he could be explosive. And we were
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  Speaker 1: able to do that really with him and Parker. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, BT's hard on himself. He's gonna he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: remember the one he dropped too, you know. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: but but I think about the ones that we missed,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you think about the couple of deep throws
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  Speaker 1: that we had opportunities to again execute and have some
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  Speaker 1: explosives there. But I thought BT played played really well.
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  Speaker 1: Him and Parker both played really well. I did hit
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  Speaker 1: the Trevor take exacerbate the shoulder injury at all, Burnt, No,
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  Speaker 1: that didn't.
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  Speaker 4: Get any further damage.
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  Speaker 2: No play into your decision on what to do with them, right, I.
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  Speaker 1: Mean you got to take it all into consideration, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, make a make a smart choice,
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  Speaker 1: make a you know, make a headsy sort of determination
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  Speaker 1: with him and his health. And then obviously you know
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  Speaker 1: where we are as a team right now.
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  Speaker 4: As he responded, Jeffer just to the amount and he's
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  Speaker 4: had stacked up the last two years, just responded to
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  Speaker 4: have be get it out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he obviously.
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  Speaker 1: He plays the game, you know, in a manner that
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  Speaker 1: that you can appreciate.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: It's a tough, physical sport, and you know, the quarterback
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  Speaker 1: position is gonna get going to get hit, and and
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  Speaker 1: he's a you know, he's a mobile guy, and he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna run and and you know he was in a.
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  Speaker 2: Position you have today to protect himself.
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  Speaker 1: He was going to slide and get down and and
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  Speaker 1: which he did.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, but.
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  Speaker 1: He he you know, you have conversations every year you're like, hey, okay,
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  Speaker 1: we gotta you know, do a better job of sliding,
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  Speaker 1: a better job getting out of bounds, throw the ball away,
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  Speaker 1: just live to you know, lived to punt, lived to
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  Speaker 1: play another down, all those all those different you know,
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  Speaker 1: conversations come up and and you know, but it's you
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  Speaker 1: don't like to see it, you know, with your quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the amount of injuries. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: he bounces right back. He's he's tough. He's tough mentally,
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  Speaker 1: he's tough physically. He does a great job, you know,
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  Speaker 1: getting himself ready to go again when when the time
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  Speaker 1: comes and and you know, he definitely wants to be
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  Speaker 1: out there with his teammates.
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  Speaker 4: Is there somebody on the staff who steps up and
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  Speaker 4: kind of takes over coach Max Dudi's or is this
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  Speaker 4: kind of a comprehensive.
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  Speaker 2: Effort and rest that's a little both right now.
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  Speaker 1: You know, first of all, let me just say with Jerry,
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  Speaker 1: appreciate you know what he did with that running back room.
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  Speaker 1: Did a great job coming in and and getting those
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  Speaker 1: guys prepared each week, and and and wish him nothing,
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  Speaker 1: nothing but the best. This will be a great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for Jerry, you know, to be a head coach again
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  Speaker 1: in college football and and you know, get that program,
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  Speaker 1: get that program going, and excited to watch him, you
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  Speaker 1: know there. And then internally, you know, Tyler Tettleton, who's
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  Speaker 1: been in that room before, We're gonna just sort of
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  Speaker 1: give him some some running back responsibilities. He's he's coached
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  Speaker 1: him a little bit on the side of the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of years, been in that room, understands what we're
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  Speaker 1: doing offensively, So we'll spread it out a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: but Tyler will be the main focal point there.
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  Speaker 4: Opportunity for Tyler.
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  Speaker 1: I am, I am, and I think he and and
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  Speaker 1: Jamel are two guys that, you know, be a great
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  Speaker 1: opportunity with with the workload and being able to you know,
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  Speaker 1: spread it out and and handle that position.
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  Speaker 2: Tyler will be the point person in there.
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  Speaker 1: But but it'll be be a good opportunity to you know,
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  Speaker 1: for him these next couple of weeks to really have
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  Speaker 1: a position group and and coach them and and uh
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  Speaker 1: and lead lead those guys good.
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  Speaker 2: The only where the guy's heads are after this morning
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  Speaker 2: meeting with them this morning, I mean going.
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  Speaker 1: Into the game, obviously you know the division was still
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  Speaker 1: it wouldn't reach.
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  Speaker 4: And now.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't meet with them today. I gave them, I
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  Speaker 1: gave them. All they had to do today was just
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  Speaker 1: basically come in, get their lift treatment, all that kind
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  Speaker 1: of stuff. I didn't meet with them today. I won't
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  Speaker 1: meet with them tomorrow. Seeing my Wednesday, just want them
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  Speaker 1: to kind of, you know, clear their heads of this
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  Speaker 1: one and and really let's focus on focus on you know,
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  Speaker 1: Tennessee this week and and these next five. But I'll
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  Speaker 1: say this after the game, I mean that's a it's
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  Speaker 1: a locker room. That's you know, they're they're hurting, they're disappointed, frustrated,
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  Speaker 1: they're scratching their heads like like we all are trying
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  Speaker 1: to figure this thing out. And you know, uh, but
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  Speaker 1: it's a resilient group too. You know, they'll bounce back
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  Speaker 1: on Wednesday. They'll they'll prepare, you know for Tennessee, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the division game, you know, on the road, all that stuff,
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  Speaker 1: and and they'll bounce back. So you know, a couple
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  Speaker 1: of days here to kind of think about it, put
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  Speaker 1: it behind us and move forward.
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  Speaker 3: I forgetting to go back and watch you know, Walker
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  Speaker 3: little get in this contract. How do you perform you know,
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  Speaker 3: responding to that deal.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he's responded great. Again.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Houston has really two really good edge rushers.
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  Speaker 1: And and again you know, I don't I don't think
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  Speaker 1: they got near the quarterback. You know, Uh one time
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  Speaker 1: I think they got to hit on on Mac spun
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  Speaker 1: out of a block that Brenton had. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: guys are gonna make plays like that. But other than that,
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  Speaker 1: I thought, you know, Walker did an outstanding job yesterday
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  Speaker 1: both in the past and run game, and and excited
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  Speaker 1: for him, excited for him and his family for this opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: you know, uh, to to have this extension and and
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  Speaker 1: lock him up for the next several years. And and
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  Speaker 1: but he responded well.
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  Speaker 2: Doug Zero clash that you.
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  Speaker 3: For alsha here that you think would be appropriate in
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  Speaker 3: terms of suspension X.
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  Speaker 2: Number of games?
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  Speaker 3: Is that what would make you that maybe the team
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  Speaker 3: feel satisfied that the NFL issued an appropriate measure.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm I'm not gonna really comment on that.
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  Speaker 1: I think I think the league is going to handle
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  Speaker 1: these situations as they come up. I mean, just look
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  Speaker 1: at what happened even in college football, you know, some
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  Speaker 1: of these rivalry games and things that nature over the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: It's just it's unfortunate because it escalates to a to
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  Speaker 1: a level that that doesn't need to be on the field.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we hold ourselves to a high regard.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we're in the National Football League, Defend the Shield,
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  Speaker 1: all that stuff, and and we just we got to
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  Speaker 1: figure out a way as a league, I think, to
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  Speaker 1: somehow minimize or at least get these plays out of
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  Speaker 1: the game if possible. But you know, it's it's up
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  Speaker 1: to the NFL obviously, the players Association, you know, to
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  Speaker 1: to determine what's going to happen. But you know, at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, I've got to keep coaching our guys.
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  Speaker 1: And you know Njarian was you know, kicked out of
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  Speaker 1: the game as well, so I got to you know,
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  Speaker 1: deal with him and and have conversation with him, and
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  Speaker 1: we just again, emotions run high. It's a division game,
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  Speaker 1: it's a must win for us obviously for them too.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's putting their best foot forward, and it's just it's
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  Speaker 1: something you just don't like to see on any I
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  Speaker 1: don't care the quarterback, running back, it doesn't matter, receiver.
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  Speaker 1: You just don't like to see these types of plays
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  Speaker 1: you know made them in the game.
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  Speaker 4: Do you anticipate any potential further punishment for Jaria?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, obviously, you know, I'll I'll
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  Speaker 1: look at it and and and you know, go back
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  Speaker 1: and watch everything and make a determination on that. I
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  Speaker 1: know the league will step in and you know, find
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  Speaker 1: him and whoever else you know, we'll we'll probably you know,
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  Speaker 1: get fine letters or whatever.
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  Speaker 2: But and maybe that's all, maybe
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  Speaker 1: Because that's gonna be a significant hit, you know, I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, coming down from the NFL, So that might
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  Speaker 1: be punishment enough.