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- 0:00Speaker 1: Right first NFL byewaing for you. So what did you
- 0:02Speaker 1: get into and how much was work? How much was
- 0:05Speaker 1: kind of getting away from.
- 0:08Speaker 2: I just went back home, chilled for a little bit,
- 0:10Speaker 2: was able to go to the game Saturday night.
- 0:13Speaker 3: That was really it.
- 0:14Speaker 2: I was really just went home and chill when did
- 0:16Speaker 2: a little a hunting Friday, Friday morning and Saturday morning.
- 0:20Speaker 2: That was it. That was really about it.
- 0:22Speaker 1: And to get away from the game for a little bit.
- 0:24Speaker 1: That's what Doug Peterson talked about last day. Let's just
- 0:26Speaker 1: get everybody out of here, refresh. Has that worked? What
- 0:29Speaker 1: does it felt like today?
- 0:30Speaker 2: Yeah? I feel like everybody came back refreshed, came back
- 0:33Speaker 2: with a mindset, just finished this thing off strong as
- 0:36Speaker 2: possible and just go out there and do the best
- 0:38Speaker 2: that we can do.
- 0:39Speaker 3: Finish strong.
- 0:40Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, what's the What are some changes you guys
- 0:42Speaker 1: can make, like as an offense as a whole to
- 0:45Speaker 1: finish this thing strong the next five weeks.
- 0:47Speaker 2: Just come out starts game, starting starting games faster, just
- 0:51Speaker 2: being better with the little things, being more technical about
- 0:55Speaker 2: everything that we do, and just coming out and just
- 0:58Speaker 2: starting faster.
- 0:59Speaker 3: Yeah, fru did you.
- 1:00Speaker 4: Like look over the first part of your season at
- 1:03Speaker 4: all and and look at film of it?
- 1:05Speaker 3: Or was it just like a complete and total breakaway?
- 1:07Speaker 1: Uh?
- 1:08Speaker 2: I would say it was a complete total breakaway. Yeah.
- 1:10Speaker 4: I mean that's kind of what everybody needed though, right,
- 1:12Speaker 4: like just totally get away from football.
- 1:14Speaker 2: Yeah, nah, for sure. Uh Uh we been going at
- 1:16Speaker 2: it for eleven weeks straight. Uh it felt good to
- 1:18Speaker 2: be able to uh take a break. Uh just relax
- 1:21Speaker 2: for a second and come back in today. Uh let
- 1:23Speaker 2: me just get back focused, uh finish the season? I
- 1:26Speaker 2: was strong.
- 1:27Speaker 3: Was there a mention? Was there a mention today of like,
- 1:29Speaker 3: you guys aren't out of it?
- 1:31Speaker 2: Yeah? For sure?
- 1:32Speaker 4: So what does that feel like that at two and
- 1:33Speaker 4: nine you still give yourselves a chance here down the stretch.
- 1:36Speaker 1: Uh?
- 1:37Speaker 2: Me personally, I feel like, uh I'm never out of
- 1:39Speaker 2: a fight. Uh. I come in on the same mindset
- 1:42Speaker 2: each and never dare to fight til the end. And
- 1:44Speaker 2: uh just see where that takes me. Uh So I me, personally,
- 1:47Speaker 2: I feel like we never never out of the fight,
- 1:49Speaker 2: and uh I feel like everybody in the locker room
- 1:51Speaker 2: came came in with that same mindset, just wanted to
- 1:53Speaker 2: finish off strong. Uh just see where that takes.
- 1:55Speaker 3: Us favorite Thanksgiving food.
- 1:58Speaker 2: Uh, I gotta go, I gotta go. Yeah, kenyas are.
- 2:03Speaker 3: Dressing turkey or ham, depends.
- 2:06Speaker 2: Some people's turkey be kind of dry the turkey. If
- 2:10Speaker 2: this is a good turkey, I prefer turkey. Yeah.
- 2:17Speaker 3: How is the reception at the game for you? Seeing
- 2:20Speaker 3: all your former teammates?
- 2:21Speaker 2: It was cool just to be able to go back
- 2:23Speaker 2: and see all my former teammates. Uh, just be able
- 2:26Speaker 2: to talk to them, talk to coach Kelly. Yeah, it
- 2:28Speaker 2: was super cool. M everybody talking about to buy a
- 2:31Speaker 2: week was at the right time. What does what does
- 2:33Speaker 2: that even mean?
- 2:34Speaker 3: Is it? Is that a real thing? Is there?
- 2:36Speaker 1: What's the feeling in the building today?
- 2:38Speaker 3: It's just good to get away.
- 2:40Speaker 4: I mean, honestly, we not myself, but these guys have
- 2:44Speaker 4: been at it since.
- 2:47Speaker 3: August and that's a long time, and.
- 2:50Speaker 4: Just you gain a lot of perspective when you take
- 2:52Speaker 4: a step back and and get away from it and
- 2:55Speaker 4: take some time off.
- 2:55Speaker 3: So I think that's what it means collectively for sure.
- 2:59Speaker 1: To nine record, But you see the division, the standings
- 3:02Speaker 1: and all that we've seen what this team has done
- 3:04Speaker 1: in years past. It's tough to replicate that. But there's
- 3:08Speaker 1: an example of this team doing it before. How much
- 3:11Speaker 1: has that talked about or are we way too far
- 3:13Speaker 1: away from that kind of stuff.
- 3:14Speaker 4: We're just gonna go try to win sixth straight. That's
- 3:16Speaker 4: the only thing we can do so and it's possible.
- 3:21Speaker 4: I mean, like I said, I've been on bad teams here.
- 3:24Speaker 4: It's not a bad team at all. It's a really
- 3:25Speaker 4: talented team, really good players, and it's the NFL. Welcome
- 3:30Speaker 4: to the NFL. So I'm excited for this game. We're
- 3:33Speaker 4: all excited for this game.
- 3:35Speaker 3: We got.
- 3:36Speaker 4: You know, haven't had much success against these guys in
- 3:39Speaker 4: Jacksonville and that shouldn't be a thing. So excited to
- 3:43Speaker 4: go out there and play in front of our fans
- 3:44Speaker 4: this week.
- 3:46Speaker 1: Where does this defense begin to turn the tide the
- 3:50Speaker 1: last six weeks? I mean, we know the rankings and
- 3:52Speaker 1: everything that's gone on defensively this year. What's the first
- 3:55Speaker 1: step to kind of improve down the stretch.
- 4:00Speaker 4: You could say so many things, but I think it's
- 4:02Speaker 4: just a collective effort in that huddle, looking at each
- 4:07Speaker 4: other and being together and a collective effort.
- 4:11Speaker 3: To stop the other team. You know what I mean.
- 4:13Speaker 4: And you could look at x's and O's do all
- 4:15Speaker 4: this and all that, but it's it really comes down
- 4:18Speaker 4: to that.
- 4:19Speaker 1: And then having a home crowd here Thanksgiving weekend.
- 4:21Speaker 3: A lot going on.
- 4:22Speaker 1: We you see the record, but being home and winning
- 4:25Speaker 1: in this place still matters, right and having that support.
- 4:28Speaker 4: No doubt, absolutely, And we have great fans through the
- 4:30Speaker 4: good and the bad, and division game, and again you
- 4:34Speaker 4: never know, you never know. Crazier things have happened, So
- 4:37Speaker 4: I just gotta go get this one to start