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Speaker 1: Nelson, Thanks for taking the time to talk with us.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling? I feel great, man, Thank you

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Speaker 1: for asking. Yeah, good to see you back out on

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Speaker 1: the field. What is your first reaction to a playoff

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Speaker 1: matchup with the Buffalo Bills and what that challenge represents?

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm excited for the opportunity, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think it's something that we understand. A few people get

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Speaker 1: so for us, I'm excited for this opportunity, and you know,

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Speaker 1: the proprotected preparation is key for this one. Nelson, can

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Speaker 1: you give us a feel for what the mood is

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Speaker 1: like in there today and sort of how you guys

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Speaker 1: are I don't know, turning the page or refilling the tank,

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Speaker 1: going through the process to take whatever happened yesterday and

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Speaker 1: move forward. Yeah, you know, you face the reality of

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Speaker 1: what happened yesterday, but you also, you know, embrace the

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Speaker 1: reality of what's in front of you. You know, this

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Speaker 1: is the playoffs we're all at and even slate with

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to write whatever history we want to write.

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Speaker 1: My next question, Dan Roach, and I would encourage anybody

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Speaker 1: for me else. Hi Nelson, good to see that you're

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Speaker 1: Just a thought kind of following up what Mike was

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Speaker 1: asking is what's the mentality now? What's the shift from

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Speaker 1: regular season into playoffs amongst you guys, And how excited

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Speaker 1: are you to have the opportunity in hostile territory of

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Speaker 1: a third game in Buffalo where you guys know how

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Speaker 1: to play in Buffalo. What's kind of like that whole

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Speaker 1: mentality going through your mind as you get ready for it. Well,

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Speaker 1: first of all, you know, getting this opportunity to play

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Speaker 1: because you know it is didn't given to everybody, So

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Speaker 1: that that's the first thing. I think we all have

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Speaker 1: a level of appreciation for this opportunity. And the second

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Speaker 1: is we know we're going to gainst a quality opponent

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Speaker 1: and preparations focus and just a true competitiveness, in my opinion,

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Speaker 1: is what's needed. And are you ready to handle the

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Speaker 1: weather conditions? You guys seem to have the You're gonna

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Speaker 1: what whatever the weather is and whether it is you know,

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Speaker 1: we're we're blessed to have an opportunity to play a game,

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Speaker 1: and you know that's what you got to embrace right there.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you. Next question, Evil is Our Fault

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Speaker 1: by Mike Priest. Hey Nelson, Good to see you back

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Speaker 1: out there and healthy. I just wanted to ask you

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Speaker 1: over the course of the season, you know, from where

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Speaker 1: You know, I think our relationship is one that I'm

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm happy with because you know, for him

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Speaker 1: And I have a level of appreciation for that. And

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Speaker 1: you know, we just got to continue to work hard

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Speaker 1: Not Next question Mike Chrias Falban de Quarter Randall Nelson

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Speaker 1: Just just to build off that topic. Mac was so

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Speaker 1: you're close with him. What have you observed from him

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Speaker 1: in terms of just how hard he's taking these results

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Speaker 1: And I think that that's very humbling and also very

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Speaker 1: about him. It looks like we do two final questions

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Speaker 1: the concussion kept you out for quite a while. Was

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Speaker 1: excited about that. Great. Thank you, thank you, And last question,

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Speaker 1: So obviously I wasn't able to get those reps, but

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Speaker 1: help ball as well, if you Um wat's been said

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Speaker 1: And is and then and the relationship with a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: reward that question? Yeah, that was a really bad question. Um,

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