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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, you know, day to day, UM, getting
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  Speaker 1: treatment every day, you know, and um, just progressing in
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  Speaker 1: the right direction. No, No, we'll just keep him out today. UM,
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  Speaker 1: even though you know, temple wise it's more walk through tempo.
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  Speaker 1: He'll get all the metle reps uh today. But but
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  Speaker 1: nothing from the standpoint of you know, moving around. What's
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  Speaker 1: I mean obviously when it's your quarterback, there's any player,
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  Speaker 1: there's a level of concern. But you know, we still
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  Speaker 1: got several days you know, um before the game. But UM,
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  Speaker 1: you know he's uh, he's tough, UM, and uh he'll
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  Speaker 1: do everything he can I know in his power to
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  Speaker 1: try to try to be out there. But we'll just
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  Speaker 1: take it day by day. Confidence level and c J.
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  Speaker 1: Beethard Trevor can't go great. I'm you know, my confidence
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  Speaker 1: level is is high. You know in him what he's shown.
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  Speaker 1: He's a veteran guy. Um, he's been in these uh
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  Speaker 1: situations before in his career, so he's not it's not
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  Speaker 1: unfamiliar territory to him. Um, he's well versed in the
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  Speaker 1: offense and a lot of confidence in him. Hopeful when
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  Speaker 1: you got to back up that's experienced and filling in
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  Speaker 1: right yeah, it is. I mean we had that in Philly,
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  Speaker 1: you know, uh and everywhere I've been. I was one
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  Speaker 1: of those backup guys, you know, so I know I
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  Speaker 1: know the role oh too well. Trevor was pictured last night.
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  Speaker 1: He has like a black like soft cast on. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just curious that you can not a cast it's more
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  Speaker 1: of a just a protective shoe, um, is really what
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  Speaker 1: it is. And it's just to keep his foot mobilized
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  Speaker 1: or immobilized, you know right now, just for healing. When
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  Speaker 1: you do get him on the practice ship. What do
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  Speaker 1: you need to see from him to can be confidence
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  Speaker 1: that it might be where I mean you know, I
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  Speaker 1: mean obviously mobility, you know, just just to see him
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  Speaker 1: move around. But you know we're this far down the
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  Speaker 1: road that that. You know, he'll get all the mental reps,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he'll study the tape, he'll be prepared that way, um,
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  Speaker 1: but just you know the physical side of it, just
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  Speaker 1: just moving around. Game we've preferen for the Titans. Does
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  Speaker 1: it turnover at GM for them? Change how you prepare
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  Speaker 1: for this game at all? I mean I don't do that.
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  Speaker 1: We don't play the GM. Um. And some I'll tell
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you. This is a good football team now, um,
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  Speaker 1: and our guys better be better be prepared and very
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  Speaker 1: ready to go. Um they're they're well coached, you know. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I know very well well. Um you know they feed
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  Speaker 1: off of him and his his excitement, enthusiasm, and um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's a discipline group and um, it's a
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  Speaker 1: it's a it's very much like that at Baltimore type game.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be a sixty minute you know football game,
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  Speaker 1: is gonna be a physical football game. And and uh,
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  Speaker 1: our guys, uh, you know need to understand that. Oh
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  Speaker 1: I didn't read it, So I don't know. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: a what do you call it. I'm not that doctor
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  Speaker 1: that reads those things. I mean, it's just it's just toe.
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  Speaker 1: It's just you know, it's just big toe. It's the joint.
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  Speaker 1: And um, I guess technically speaking, it's a sprained toe,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Um whatever that means. You know, I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: the I wasn't the radiologist that that read the m R. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was a good example of a team kind of
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  Speaker 1: taken on the personality of their coach. Um, they definitely
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  Speaker 1: feed off of him, and uh, you know, much like
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  Speaker 1: last week with Detroit. I think they feed off their
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  Speaker 1: coach as well. And and this is this is no different.
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  Speaker 1: This is that the same type of group. And you
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  Speaker 1: know they got they've got again. This team has been
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  Speaker 1: around a while. They got players that have played together
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  Speaker 1: for a long time. And and um, you know you
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  Speaker 1: see it. You see it on tape, um when you
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  Speaker 1: watch them, and uh again it's uh, it's it's a
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  Speaker 1: discipline group, solid group on both sides of the football.
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  Speaker 1: And and uh, you know, we have to have a
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  Speaker 1: great week every game, you know, lawyer, scrimmage type game?
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  Speaker 1: Is it more so with the Titans, who seemed to
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  Speaker 1: just have that smash mount personality about them on the
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  Speaker 1: offensive Really on both sides of the ball, I would agree. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think games like this the trenches, as
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  Speaker 1: they say, um, control the line of scrimmage becomes important. UM,
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  Speaker 1: and the ability to tackle you know Derek, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's a he's a big, physical running back and and
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna take all eleven defensively to to do that.
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  Speaker 1: And um, but it definitely starts both sides of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Offensive line controlling their D line and then of course
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  Speaker 1: you know our defensive line UM against their offensive line. Um,
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  Speaker 1: the trenches is uh is a big part of this game,
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  Speaker 1: pretty much a feaster famine back in all games, including
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  Speaker 1: including games with the Jaguars. What are you seeing on
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  Speaker 1: tape for the people that are just you know, that
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  Speaker 1: are holding them to like, you know, eighteen carries for
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  Speaker 1: forty seven yards as opposed to the ones that are
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  Speaker 1: for one. Well, I mean, you know, I think the
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  Speaker 1: first thing is you understand that they want to run
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  Speaker 1: the football, you know, and they pride themselves on that
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  Speaker 1: they do a great job of running the football. And
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  Speaker 1: so you see more people you know in and around
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  Speaker 1: the box. You're seeing you know, corners you know, having
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  Speaker 1: to tackle and you know, and that's what I mean
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  Speaker 1: by you know all eleven you know, um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: making making plays and and and supporting the run. Um.
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  Speaker 1: The one thing though that they've been able to do,
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  Speaker 1: you know a little bit is a little bit in
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  Speaker 1: the screen game you know, with him has come off
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  Speaker 1: of that with play action and screen to him, and
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  Speaker 1: he's been able to get some explosive you know carries
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  Speaker 1: that way, and and um, you know, they find they
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  Speaker 1: find enough ways to to get him the football, um,
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  Speaker 1: other than just handing it to him, and so, um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, that's why I think from a defensive standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: just understanding what they're trying to do, studying the film,
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  Speaker 1: you know, have a great week of practice in preparation,
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  Speaker 1: and go play your defense to be mentally on point
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  Speaker 1: after what happened last week, I hope so, uh, you know, UM,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna be my job this week to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that everybody's on point. You know that that was that's
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  Speaker 1: that's not who we are, you know last week, and
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  Speaker 1: and um, I know that's not who Tennessee is. You
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  Speaker 1: know that game they had last week. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: two teams that are probably a little upset, you know,
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  Speaker 1: coming together and it should be a good football game.
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  Speaker 1: Did you sense a sense of upset or frustration coming
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  Speaker 1: in on Monday or maybe like more of like a
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  Speaker 1: you need to prove it this week than previous weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it's necessarily need to prove it. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's the upset. I think disappointment. I think the embarrassment,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the that's what you put on film question,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and and that's for everybody, that's coaches, players,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's everybody, And um, that's the sense that that
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  Speaker 1: I felt Monday, And but you know, once you get
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  Speaker 1: through it and you focus on the next week's opponent,
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  Speaker 1: you put it behind you, You learn from it, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, get ready for another another opportunity. Not having
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  Speaker 1: on right because of the shoulder injury kind of I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure change the personnel a little bit knowing that, do
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  Speaker 1: we have to step in and maybe you couldn't slide
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  Speaker 1: Rationean as much. Um, when you look at the success
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  Speaker 1: you guys had in stopping the Ravens, do you go
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  Speaker 1: back on that as now you look to stop Derrick Henry? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know that's a that's uh, that was a big
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  Speaker 1: part of that game plan, you know that week, and
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  Speaker 1: and um, you know it's gonna have to be this
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  Speaker 1: we'd would were hopeful. I mean, you know ANDREI you know,
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  Speaker 1: Cisco is gonna be a day to day candidate again
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  Speaker 1: this week, and and um, you know, I I'm optimistic
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  Speaker 1: that he'll he'll go. Um, it did move some things
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  Speaker 1: around last week. It took you know, Andrew, and it
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  Speaker 1: took d T. Daniel Thomas playing defense a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more taken away from special teams. So it's sort of
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  Speaker 1: that domino effect on your football team, and it affects
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  Speaker 1: a lot of areas. So we're hopeful that that Cisco
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  Speaker 1: can go and and and you know again solidify that
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  Speaker 1: that secondary um, you know, Andrew will fill in when
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  Speaker 1: necessary or in three three safety packages and and uh,
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  Speaker 1: but it's the same type of mindset we had, you know,
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  Speaker 1: for for Baltimore. Would you assess the third corner spot
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  Speaker 1: right now? I know it's kind of been an evolving door.
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  Speaker 1: How would you assess? You know, it's I think it's improving.
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  Speaker 1: I think, um, you know, we did give up the
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  Speaker 1: one shot the other day, you know, you know three
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  Speaker 1: deep coverage that we should have, you know, just made
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  Speaker 1: a technique care on that. But you know, these guys
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  Speaker 1: are getting a little more comfortable and confident there. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we do have to I would prefer it to be
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  Speaker 1: one guy, you know obviously, and I think you know
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  Speaker 1: Mike would would be the same there and and so
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  Speaker 1: we're working through that. But you know, uh, these guys
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  Speaker 1: are getting valuable time, valuable reps, and I think they're improving.
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  Speaker 1: Franchise has never had a good record against the a
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  Speaker 1: f C South. Yeah, how important is this big picture
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  Speaker 1: for you in your first year to go wins an
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  Speaker 1: FC South. It's never been anyone but the Colt since
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  Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. You know, listen, it's it's it's important. It's important.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you gotta be able to win your division.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Um, you gotta be able to take care
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  Speaker 1: of you know, the business there. You know, this is
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  Speaker 1: a good division. Obviously Tennessee is on top right now
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  Speaker 1: and and everybody's chasing them, and um, it's just that's
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  Speaker 1: you know a lot of times too. Even in the offseason,
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  Speaker 1: you focus on your division opponents a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and then spend time sort of studying them. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: but when you get into the regular season, I do
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  Speaker 1: believe the mindset changes a little bit and there's a
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  Speaker 1: there is a sense of urgency, you know when when
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  Speaker 1: you play your division. And I know it was that way,
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  Speaker 1: you know when I was in the NFC East, you know,
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  Speaker 1: every time you played Giants, Washington and Dallas, it was
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  Speaker 1: that it was that way. And it's no different, you
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  Speaker 1: know here with with Houston and Indian and now Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: So that sets urgency and and um, you know you
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  Speaker 1: want to win every game, but but more importantly you
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  Speaker 1: want to you want to go to win your division?
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  Speaker 1: What do you may first build the Jaguars he built
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  Speaker 1: them to go get bee with the Steelers. Are the
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  Speaker 1: Titans that team in this division? Or the Colts are
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  Speaker 1: I mean they're the standard barrass or Well yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: mean I think I think you yeah, I think you know, Tennessee,
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of seasons has been been the team, right,
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  Speaker 1: They're the ones that have been kind of carrying the torch.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's the that's a team that we're
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  Speaker 1: all kind of chasing. You know. India's has been kind
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  Speaker 1: of in that second second spot there and um yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we're trying to we're trying to get there, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and we're trying to build it and and hopefully one
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  Speaker 1: day be be the ones that everybody else is kind
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  Speaker 1: of chasing. Big picture, the division looks like a mess.
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  Speaker 1: One team like fire GM field team already fire type
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  Speaker 1: coach teams lost seven in a row. You guys, do
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  Speaker 1: you feel like big big picture like you guys aren't
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  Speaker 1: as far as far as you see any was showing again.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you know, i'd like to say yes, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think we're you know, we're not light years away,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we're close. Um, you know, this season is
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  Speaker 1: different a couple of games, but it's not you know,
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  Speaker 1: and in all things that we can we can control
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  Speaker 1: and and and improve. But you know, do I do
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  Speaker 1: I believe that we still have an opportunity I do?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I do. UM, I also be that the
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  Speaker 1: players believe that. You know. And look, it's it's we
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  Speaker 1: say this all the time that you know, control what
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  Speaker 1: you can control, right, Um, it's about us prepared to win. Um.
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  Speaker 1: And and just just keep it keep it simple, you know,
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  Speaker 1: keep it simple. And you can't worry about the outside world.
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  Speaker 1: You can't worry about what people are saying about you.
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  Speaker 1: You just gotta put your head down and go to
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  Speaker 1: work and and and try to improve each week. This
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  Speaker 1: one was closed to do and do or die congetuously.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, you're you're running out opportunities, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and and um, you know, we got five games, three
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  Speaker 1: division opponents, and you know, two games against the same team.
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  Speaker 1: So I mean, yeah, you're you're looking, you're looking up
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  Speaker 1: and going, you know, you're running out of chances. Last
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  Speaker 1: one on Trevor if he doesn't practice all week and
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  Speaker 1: he's still funny. I believe so yeah, I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: think at some point this week he'll probably see the
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  Speaker 1: practice field. But but again, we've got time, you know, um,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, I want to make sure that he's he
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  Speaker 1: feels comfortable and he's you know, physically ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: Did you have any additional conversations with Mike or the
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  Speaker 1: defensive staff at all after last week's performance other than
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  Speaker 1: our normal conversations on Monday? Um, you know, we talked
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  Speaker 1: a lot about you know, different personnel groupings, packages, We talked,
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  Speaker 1: you know, um, the play. We talk you know a lot,
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  Speaker 1: and and it's nothing out of the ordinary, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to have those conversations and and just to kind of
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  Speaker 1: see one how they felt versus how I felt and
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  Speaker 1: bring that all together and and um, you know, come
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  Speaker 1: up with another another plan this week to try to
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  Speaker 1: win a game. You kind of look at last week
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  Speaker 1: as a one off, not a case of like issues
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  Speaker 1: that have been simmering that came to the forefront, or
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  Speaker 1: is it a level of both? Um, gosh, I mean
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit of both. But I
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  Speaker 1: do think it's one of those games that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: that one off, you know that you just put it
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  Speaker 1: in the trash can and light it on fire and
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  Speaker 1: forget about it, you know, and move on. And you
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  Speaker 1: know you don't want too many of those every season, Um,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, sometimes there's that one that kind of
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  Speaker 1: gets you. And uh, hopefully that was our one, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And and you know, and I'm confident to our guys
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  Speaker 1: they'll respond, they'll they they they're embarrassed honestly there you know,
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  Speaker 1: they know, they understand. And I don't have to sit
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  Speaker 1: there and pointed out you know, um schedual professional and
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  Speaker 1: and um, you know they want to get back on
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  Speaker 1: track an you change. And last question, how do you
• 13:36
  Speaker 1: prep this week ONRN defense? It's just I know you
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  Speaker 1: don't want to put too much on that Yon's game,
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  Speaker 1: but just how you guys might prepare. Now, I'm a
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  Speaker 1: big believer inconsistency, you know, and you just listen it.
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  Speaker 1: Preparation just comes down to, you know, taking it from
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  Speaker 1: the classroom to the practice field, right, executing the first
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  Speaker 1: instact today, first and second down based game plan today,
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  Speaker 1: make the make the corrections in the afternoon, come back tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: You've you've got a couple of days, right, so, um,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to change your process, you know. But
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  Speaker 1: you do maybe have to focus in a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more understand again, like we mentioned, the sense of urgency
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  Speaker 1: of what this week means, you know, um, to the team,
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  Speaker 1: to the organization and and um you know, just again,
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  Speaker 1: just put your head down and go to work.