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Speaker 1: Coach. Welcome, Merry Christmas. How are you everything good? Good,

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Speaker 1: Steve Ben, Good to see you guys. How's it gone

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Speaker 1: doing good? This is a little like that back in

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Speaker 1: nineteen eighty nine when you told me I was the

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Speaker 1: defensive signal caller and I'm looking at you like You've

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Speaker 1: got to be crazy. Same thing. They let me host

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Speaker 1: this show today. I looked at the guy like, you

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Speaker 1: done this before. I don't remember if I've hosted or not.

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Speaker 1: You know, yeah, it's all just it's all just talk

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Speaker 1: on the way talk talk abou football exactly right, which

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Speaker 1: is which is all the topic right now, and especially

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Speaker 1: with the playoffs coming up, and your team had their

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Speaker 1: tenth straight AFC East championship and what they call it

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Speaker 1: a T shirt and hat day, and how how that guy?

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Speaker 1: How they feel afterwards for the guys in the locker room.

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Speaker 1: Felt good, Steve, Yeah, felt good. You know, we missed

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Speaker 1: chances the last couple of weeks, but you know, I

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Speaker 1: thought our team played competitively yesterday. We've got contributions in

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Speaker 1: all three areas offense, defense, special teams, so ran the ball,

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Speaker 1: had a lot of production got ahead, played well on defense,

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Speaker 1: upon returned, locked hunt special teams down a couple of punts,

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Speaker 1: gave our defensive field positions, so we had contributions from

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Speaker 1: all the units. Always room for improvement. Obviously, Buffalo is tough.

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Speaker 1: They turn the ball over on us a couple of times,

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Speaker 1: three times, so you know, we got to do a

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Speaker 1: better job of taking care of the ball. But overall,

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Speaker 1: you know, I thought we played well enough to win

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Speaker 1: and win divisions always an important goal. Bill, you said

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Speaker 1: yesterday after the game that there will be another time

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Speaker 1: for sentimentality about the ten straight division championships fifteen out

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Speaker 1: of eighteen, pretty incredible stuff to be getting compared to

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Speaker 1: the Atlanta Braves yesterday. But what about this year's team.

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Speaker 1: What about this year's team and their journey that they've

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Speaker 1: been on stands out to you. Well, these guys work hard,

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Speaker 1: they come to work every day. Again, it hasn't always

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Speaker 1: been perfect, but we cry to correct our mistakes, move on,

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Speaker 1: look look ahead, and keep positive attitude and keep trying

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Speaker 1: to get better. And they've done a great job of

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Speaker 1: happy for them. In the way they've competed, and um,

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Speaker 1: game for us, so we need to put our best

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Speaker 1: up for this week. And again, like you said, not

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Speaker 1: in the past, but our opportunities in front of us,

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Speaker 1: and we want to make the most of it. Is

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Speaker 1: it fair to say even if the results and the

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Speaker 1: record isn't always what you wanted to be, that you

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Speaker 1: still like you haven't had many problems with this year's teams.

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Speaker 1: And as far as the players and their effort and

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Speaker 1: some of the toughness they've shown. Yeah, they've worked hard,

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Speaker 1: they worked, they've asked they've done what we've asked them

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Speaker 1: to do. And you know, it's one thing we can

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Speaker 1: do a better job if I can do a better

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Speaker 1: job of us doing a better job of coaching. And

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Speaker 1: so if we can coach them better, then they'll play

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Speaker 1: it takes us. But but then you had sorry se

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Speaker 1: interesting comment after the game. You said this has been

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Speaker 1: a very challenging season. What what did you mean by that? Well,

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Speaker 1: every year's challenging. Um, they're they're great teams, great players.

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Speaker 1: Every game is a tough game. And if you don't,

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Speaker 1: go down every week. So, um, every every year, every

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Speaker 1: Football League. It's a very very competitive league, and you

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Speaker 1: know we have more challenges out of us. You talked

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Speaker 1: I mean, we'll talk about it. But certainly the players

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Speaker 1: how much more important and how how critical each game

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Speaker 1: And I'm not sure they'll they'll let their teammates know

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Speaker 1: That's the easiest for you guys. But have you ever

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Speaker 1: the running game came alive. Was that the idea going

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Speaker 1: So but we are able to to the second drive

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Speaker 1: But I thought Josh did a great job calling the game.

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Speaker 1: You know, Tom made some good checks on the line

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Speaker 1: And this was just my observation from up in the

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Speaker 1: five rushes for thirty yards. It looked like you guys

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Speaker 1: and I don't know if I've ever seen cornerbacks being

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Speaker 1: things we did, Ben, we try to give them a

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Speaker 1: They can you know, they knew who they're looking for.

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Speaker 1: until it's like final. Right, any questions on that and

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Speaker 1: playing league discipline go to the league. They don't, they

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Speaker 1: don't go to the individual team, right. We Uh, watching

431
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Speaker 1: the uh the game yesterday, Brady had a couple of

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Speaker 1: interceptions the the one that was intended for Birdhead. Was

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Speaker 1: that an option route or was that a straight out

434
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Speaker 1: call on on his party? Yeah, we just we just

435
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Speaker 1: didn't didn't do a good job on that play. And

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Speaker 1: um so you know, from the coaching to the execution

437
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Speaker 1: to just the it's just one of those things that

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Speaker 1: we you know, we didn't do a good job on

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Speaker 1: obviously through a right to them and uh so we

440
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Speaker 1: got we had to do a better job there. That

441
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Speaker 1: was really just more of a lack of execution on

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Speaker 1: our part, you know, collectively as a team. Um, and

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Speaker 1: so well, you know, hopefully we can we can eliminate

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Speaker 1: that play. You took Brady out with about six and

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Speaker 1: a half minutes left or so. Uh, it seemed a

446
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Speaker 1: little early than other times. Was was that something that

447
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Speaker 1: uh that you just looked at the scoreboard or was

448
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Speaker 1: it just time to take Tom out and keep them safe?

449
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Speaker 1: I thought it was the right thing to do. Pill.

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Speaker 1: So today's Monday, and I think you gave the players

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Speaker 1: off today. So, um, what happens on? Like do they

452
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Speaker 1: still go through corrections? How does that work if they're

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Speaker 1: not coming into there? Are you able to still correct

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Speaker 1: the things from yesterday's game? Yeah? So the players come

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Speaker 1: in today that uh for treatment and to do some

456
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Speaker 1: um training and workout recovery and that kind of thing. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, with the players not coming in today, then

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Speaker 1: Wednesday will be a common nation of obviously getting ready

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Speaker 1: for the Jets during the Skinner report and the game plan,

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Speaker 1: but in conjunction with getting ready for the Jets, we'll

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Speaker 1: also work in some corrections from the Buffalo game, particularly

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Speaker 1: the ones that we feel would have a specific application

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Speaker 1: of the Jets, something that they do that's similar, or

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Speaker 1: you know, something that if we had a problem with

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Speaker 1: if we don't fix it, like a blitz that hurt

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Speaker 1: us or a certain pattern that hurt us, or something

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Speaker 1: like that, we would make sure that we would specifically

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Speaker 1: cover that as part of our preparation for the Jets,

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Speaker 1: because they could very easily just do the same thing

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Speaker 1: Buffalo did. So it'll be a combination of that on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: And I know tomorrow's Christmas, but the NFL clock stops

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Speaker 1: for knowing it's week seventeen. Tuesday's usually a big game

473
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Speaker 1: planning day for you guys. How you guys off tomorrow?

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Speaker 1: How you doing the work week this week? Well, we'll

475
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Speaker 1: do the majority of it today, so we treat it

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Speaker 1: today as kind of like a Tuesday from a staff standpoint,

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Speaker 1: and then we'll, you know, we'll be ready when the

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Speaker 1: players come in on Wednesday. Um, they'll be ready when

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Speaker 1: they come in on Wednesday from their recovery here over

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Speaker 1: the last two days. We've done this before. There've been

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Speaker 1: other times where we've we've not brought the players in

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Speaker 1: until Wednesday, and gives the coaching staff a little bit

483
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Speaker 1: extra time to prepare gives the players a little bit

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Speaker 1: extra time to to recover, and I think at this

485
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Speaker 1: time of year, UM sometimes that that extra time is

486
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Speaker 1: a little more valuable than, uh than coming in and

487
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Speaker 1: going through the film and you know, grinding through a

488
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Speaker 1: normal Monday after the game. It's certainly a place or both.

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Speaker 1: And we did that last week after the Pittsburgh game.

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Speaker 1: I just felt like that was the right thing to

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Speaker 1: do for this week. So what did the Jets bring

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Speaker 1: to the table. Well, first of all, they're really good

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Speaker 1: on special teams. Um, they have a you know, outstanding returner,

494
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Speaker 1: UM kickers had a great year. Uh. They've got good

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Speaker 1: coverage players, so they're strong there. M Arnold has seemed

496
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Speaker 1: to give them little a little juice offensively with Um

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Speaker 1: you know his play and you know overall, you know,

498
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Speaker 1: group of skill players. And defensively they're have two good corners,

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Speaker 1: you know with Johnson and Clayborne of course, and and

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Speaker 1: Adams as a force at safety. I have a good front,

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Speaker 1: you know, led by of course, Leonard Williams, one of

502
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Speaker 1: the top players in the league in his position. He's

503
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Speaker 1: a hard guy to handle. So they're they're strong. They're

504
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,880
Speaker 1: very strong team, physical, team, big team in a kicking game,

505
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Speaker 1: strong coverage team, strong blocking team with an excellent returner.

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Speaker 1: UM an explosive team offensively, They've hung up some some

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Speaker 1: big numbers here over the course of the season. I'm

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Speaker 1: on Sundays, I'm usually watching you guys, so I haven't

509
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Speaker 1: watched too much Jets, but I watched them when they

510
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Speaker 1: played the Texans a couple of Saturdays ago. Darnald made

511
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Speaker 1: some pretty good throws. M just curious your thoughts and

512
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Speaker 1: how much you've watched him, what you've seen in so far.

513
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Speaker 1: Very talented player. He's big, strong, kids, strong in the pocket,

514
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Speaker 1: can run, he's athletic, can extend the play, but he's

515
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Speaker 1: got a great arm and can make all the throws.

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Speaker 1: He can throw the comebacks, throw the ball down the

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Speaker 1: field as a good touch on the underneath routes, and

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Speaker 1: can definitely you know, stand there in the pocket and

519
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,159
Speaker 1: and you know, just throw the ball flat footed. He

520
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Speaker 1: doesn't need a lot of room. But he's also athletic

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Speaker 1: enough to extend plays and give the receivers a little

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Speaker 1: bit extra time to get open. So, UM, I think

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Speaker 1: you know the combination of darn Old M account as

524
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Speaker 1: a veteran guy kind of like Buffalo had with Anderson

525
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 1: now and and Alan um that you can kind of

526
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Speaker 1: see those guys getting better every week. Um, young quarterbacks

527
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Speaker 1: with a lot of talent, not only the playing time

528
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 1: and not only the coaching that they're getting from their

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Speaker 1: their coaching staff, but also the veteran quarterback at their

530
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Speaker 1: position that is, you know, hard counts and um, you know,

531
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Speaker 1: decision making at the line of scrimmage before the play, coverage, recognition,

532
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Speaker 1: going to the right place with the ball. You just

533
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Speaker 1: kind of see him getting better every week. And Darnold's

534
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:56,200
Speaker 1: certainly done that. Allan did it last week. You can

535
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Speaker 1: just you could see him improving every week. So, um,

536
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Speaker 1: you know, those guys are gonna be good players. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Darnold and that tight end Herndon looked like two guys

538
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Speaker 1: that are going to be tough for you guys to

539
00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:10,919
Speaker 1: handle for some years. Now, Well maybe I think it

540
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 1: one day at a time, that's right. Yeah, you know

541
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Speaker 1: the tight end looks pretty good too. Absolutely. No, that's

542
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,959
Speaker 1: a well balanced team between the backs, the tight end,

543
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Speaker 1: the receiver's quarterback. Again, they they have a lot of

544
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Speaker 1: good have a lot of good players, all right, Bill,

545
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Speaker 1: I think we gotta wrap things up here with team

546
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Speaker 1: drive of the Week. I picked out two. You tell

547
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Speaker 1: me which one you think was better. There was that

548
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Speaker 1: eighty eight yard touchdown drive that Edelman capped off, but

549
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Speaker 1: I left the first touchdown drive five plays fifty five

550
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Speaker 1: yards and you didn't have to pass the ball once.

551
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Speaker 1: I was pretty impressive to run the ball down the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: all right, let's go with that one. Then we'll go

553
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Speaker 1: We'll go that touchdown, the five run touchdown drive. Well,

554
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Speaker 1: what did you like the most about that drive? Just

555
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,399
Speaker 1: you know, it was good to be physical and be

556
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Speaker 1: able to create some space. I thought we ran well

557
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Speaker 1: with the ball at CP and so many both made

558
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 1: after they could have been tackled. They made extra yards

559
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Speaker 1: on their own. But we did a good job of

560
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Speaker 1: getting them started so they could, you know, get get

561
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Speaker 1: going and have a chance. And then when they had

562
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: a chance, they were able to build on and take

563
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,359
Speaker 1: advantage of. It's always good to run the ball in

564
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Speaker 1: the end zone. Um, So that was that was a

565
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Speaker 1: positive coach. Merry Christmas, Happy holidays. I know you're a

566
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Speaker 1: big family guy and and uh, these holidays are a

567
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 1: big part of your life too, And I just want

568
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,680
Speaker 1: to from my family to your family. Happy holidays. And

569
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Speaker 1: I've had at least half a dozen fans when I

570
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,679
Speaker 1: told him I was gonna be on here with you

571
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,400
Speaker 1: to wish you the same thing. So Merry Christmas and

572
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,400
Speaker 1: have a good season. Yeah. Thanks, They appreciate it. Ben. Yeah,

573
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Speaker 1: great to be on today, and happy holidays to all

574
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Speaker 1: the listeners and um, you know, thanks thanks for listening

575
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: and supporting us. And hopefully we can continue to you know,

576
00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: extend this season and play well and you know, still

577
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 1: a lot of football in front of us, and we're

578
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 1: gonna do our best to make the most of our opportunities.

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Speaker 1: Looking forward to it. Thanks coach, Okay, thanks see, Thanks Ben,

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Speaker 1: Thank you