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Speaker 1: It's the Demico Ryans Podcast, brought to you by AMIG Bank,

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Speaker 1: the official business bank of the Houston Texans. Let's go

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Speaker 1: joining us in studios head coach Tamiko, Ryan's coach.

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Speaker 2: How's it going, Good to see you.

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Speaker 3: Good to see you guys as well.

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Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgiving week. We'll get to that in a moment.

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Speaker 1: Let's review a little bit about what happened against Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: And I know you want the guys playing loose and

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Speaker 1: making plays like they did. How do you balance that

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Speaker 1: out with trying to correct some of the mistakes at

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Speaker 1: the same time but keep that big play making ability?

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Speaker 4: And we had a lot of you know, explosive plays

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Speaker 4: being made. I mean, no bigger Damien opening the game

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Speaker 4: with a big return what we wanted to do in

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Speaker 4: the return game We knew it was therefore, so for

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Speaker 4: him to get the explosive kay to get the touchdown.

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Speaker 3: What a way to open the game. There are a

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Speaker 3: lot more.

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Speaker 4: Explosive plays we made with Nico with Tank like, we

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Speaker 4: have the explosive playmakers, right, we can protect it and

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Speaker 4: give us the opportunity to have those plays, but we

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Speaker 4: just have to make sure we clean up all the

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Speaker 4: things in between and all those things. When it comes

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Speaker 4: to the mistakes and things that happened for us, it's

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Speaker 4: all things that.

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Speaker 3: We can control.

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Speaker 4: And I'm encouraged by when I watched the tape and

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Speaker 4: showing our guys, like every thing that happened that was

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Speaker 4: a negative, it was something that we did to ourselves.

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Speaker 4: It wasn't anything. No slight to the Titans. They did

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Speaker 4: a good job of finishing and winning the game. But

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Speaker 4: a lot of the things we can control, we can

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Speaker 4: clean up, and we have to clean it up moving forward.

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Speaker 4: And I'm excited to see our guys, you know, take

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Speaker 4: ownership of it and make it happen in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 5: Coach to Neil Hunter. The last two games, five sacks,

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Speaker 5: eight TFLs maybe so something along those lines. Has been

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Speaker 5: an unbelievable performance. What he's given you off the edge

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Speaker 5: when you went back and watched the film, Was it

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Speaker 5: as dominant on film as it looked from what we

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Speaker 5: were watching it live? Did it look that dominant the

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Speaker 5: way he played yesterday?

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Speaker 4: This was the Nil's best game he's had thus far

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Speaker 4: this year. It was extremely dominant. And that's what I

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Speaker 4: love to be highlighting right today. It's just the performance

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Speaker 4: that he had, like the rushes that he had. Not

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Speaker 4: only the rushes, everybody sees the sacks and those things

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Speaker 4: that happen, but and the way he played in the

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Speaker 4: run game, the way his effort to the football, it

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Speaker 4: was just a phenomenal effort by him, phenomenal game by him.

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Speaker 4: Would love to be giving him a game ball right

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Speaker 4: now for what he did. But he continues to wreck

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Speaker 4: havoc for us and just man so excited to have

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Speaker 4: him on our side. Such a great signing for us,

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Speaker 4: and he's shown up and proving to be that impact

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Speaker 4: player that we knew he was.

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Speaker 6: Along those lines.

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Speaker 5: Coach, how are you seeing teams start to adjust for him?

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Speaker 5: Because obviously you've got other guys that can get to

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Speaker 5: the quarterback as well from a lot of spots. But

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Speaker 5: how are you seeing teams change? Okay, that's fifty five. Okay,

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Speaker 5: we got to do some different things to maybe account

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Speaker 5: for him.

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Speaker 4: Well, we try to move those guys around a lot.

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Speaker 4: We try to move the niel and wheel the different size.

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Speaker 4: But what you see teams do is they'll try to

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Speaker 4: try to call chip them. So they'll try to give

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Speaker 4: a little bit. But even sometimes on the chips, you know,

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Speaker 4: we kind of convert those chips into a game on

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Speaker 4: the inside, and Daniel and Will have been doing a

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Speaker 4: really good job of not allowing the chip just to

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Speaker 4: stall their rush. But they're still continuing to press forward

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Speaker 4: and get after the quarterback, even though we're seeing a

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Speaker 4: lot more chips than we've seen earlier in the year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're able to get all those sacks, coach, but

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Speaker 1: I know you want to do a better job against

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Speaker 1: the run by and large. So what were some of

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Speaker 1: the difficulties you were having in that aspect.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, in the run game, where you know Pauler got

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Speaker 4: out on us, a lot of the runs were on

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Speaker 4: the perimeter where we have to set the edge much better.

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Speaker 4: And a lot of those runs they did a good

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Speaker 4: job schematically pinning our defensive end. And now they're getting

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Speaker 4: the rest of the other ten defenders. And so we

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Speaker 4: got a couple of runs out like that, and a

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Speaker 4: couple of the inside runs we just didn't tackle well.

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Speaker 4: One we had we were backed up, we had Pollard,

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Speaker 4: I mean tackle behind the line of scrimmage, and there

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Speaker 4: was just felt like there was just a little let

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Speaker 4: thought the other guy made the play. But as I

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Speaker 4: try to teach our guys, you always have to finish,

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Speaker 4: like you make sure you wrap up security tackle and

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Speaker 4: make sure we finish him. So some mistackles there and

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Speaker 4: we can clean up, and some perimeter runs where he

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Speaker 4: got the.

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Speaker 3: Edge on us.

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Speaker 5: Coach, I don't know what I'm about to say is

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Speaker 5: a good thing or a bad thing, but I'll let

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Speaker 5: you kind of wrong with it. Will Levis threw for

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Speaker 5: two hundred and seventy eight yards yesterday. One hundred and

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Speaker 5: ninety eight of those yards came on.

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Speaker 2: Four pass plays.

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Speaker 5: So he had those four completions and you gave us

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Speaker 5: some big poss plays, but basically the rest of the

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Speaker 5: game he had eighty yards passing. How do you kind

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Speaker 5: of look at something like that where he did get

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Speaker 5: some explosive plays, but basically everything else with the rush

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Speaker 5: and with some of the coverage, you're really hold the

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Speaker 5: eighty yards if you don't have those plays. Fortunately he

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Speaker 5: did have those plays.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he did have those plays. And I give credit

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Speaker 4: to Levis. That was his strong suit of throwing the

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Speaker 4: But we give up one touchdown there once they cross midfield.

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Speaker 4: I mean, we got a guy running free. Our coverage

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Speaker 4: isn't right, We're not deep enough on the inside and

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Speaker 4: the guy is free on our safety and another one

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Speaker 4: on third down. We get him in the third and

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Speaker 4: long situation and you know where's Ridley running across the field.

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Speaker 4: Like the rush there, that was the one player Our

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Speaker 4: rush wasn't as effective, like probably one of our worst

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Speaker 4: rushes of the game. From a D line perspective, gave

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Speaker 4: Levis a little bit more time. He puts the ball

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Speaker 3: So most of those plays.

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Speaker 4: Try to give him credit, But a lot of those

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Speaker 4: are things where we just have to be in better

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Speaker 1: You mentioned it in the game with the big kickoff return,

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Speaker 1: then you find Stover right away in the end zone.

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Speaker 1: Great to see the rookie get his first career touchdown

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Speaker 1: and all of that. Great start to that game. And

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Speaker 1: CJ made numerous other good throws in the game. But

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Speaker 1: sometimes obviously it wasn't there as far as it was

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Speaker 1: it pass protection or just the opportunities didn't present themselves

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Speaker 1: in the passing game to score as much as you

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Speaker 1: wanted to, and.

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Speaker 4: We had, we had a lot of opportunities, and you know,

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Speaker 4: when it came down to it in a passing game,

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Speaker 4: like there are some misses that we would like to

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Speaker 4: the two turnop, like, we would like to have those

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Speaker 4: CJ to day app I trust that he'll make those

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Speaker 4: throws one hundred percent at a time. I'll put him

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Speaker 4: back in the same situation again, and I know he'll

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Speaker 4: make those throwscause I believe in who he is as

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Speaker 4: has as a quarterback leading our team. So some unfortunate

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Speaker 4: mistakes that happened there with the ball placement, but uh,

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Speaker 4: you know, for us, and I tell you keep going right,

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Speaker 4: you keep going that after you keep on and keep

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Speaker 4: playing aggressive and we'll make those story. I thought the

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Speaker 4: olon did a good job for protecting for the most part.

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Speaker 4: We had a couple you know, missus there, we got

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Speaker 4: b but for the most part we held up in

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Speaker 5: The last couple of games we've had Nico back, and

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Speaker 5: unfortunately for the second straight game he is he has

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Speaker 5: a touchdown called back. But it just just feels better

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Speaker 5: when he's in the line of them.

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Speaker 6: Because he can make he can catch that dig route.

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Speaker 5: He caught it probably about the twenty yard line and

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Speaker 5: it's like boom, he at the boosters and he was

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Speaker 6: And also you have to lead. Of course there's a

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Speaker 6: penalty on that play.

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Speaker 5: But what is he what is he giving your offense

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Speaker 5: being back, not just the numbers, but just being out

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Speaker 5: there in the threat that he possesses against the defense.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's gonna garner the attention of two guys, Like

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Speaker 4: they have to make sure they account for Nico. Man,

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Speaker 4: people fall asleep on how fast Nico is. Like he's

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Speaker 4: he's a big receiver, big target, but man, he has

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Speaker 4: he has wills so he can roll and they's just

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Speaker 4: having that thread of the deep playability. It opens up

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Speaker 4: a lot of the intermediate throws in the middle of

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Speaker 4: the field that we were able to connect on, like

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Speaker 4: we caught one with Tink going across the middle. So

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Speaker 4: Nico just opens up the entire offense, and not only

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Speaker 4: the deep threat, but you can give him a screen

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Speaker 4: and he can take that to the house as well.

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Speaker 4: It's just an unbelievable talent means having an outstanding year.

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Speaker 4: We just got to make sure his touchdowns count. Let's

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Speaker 4: not hurt ourselves. Make sure his touchdowns count by just

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Speaker 4: playing cleaning football.

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Speaker 1: You talked about the running game in your press conference

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Speaker 1: a little bit, Coach, and is it kind of a

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Speaker 1: chicken and egg thing. You got to be better on

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Speaker 1: third down so you get more opportunities to run the football,

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Speaker 1: get more snaps, more attempts at it.

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Speaker 2: Is it that kind of thing in a way?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it is.

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Speaker 4: When we're running the football, like, we have to be

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Speaker 4: able to control the line of scrimmage, and yesterday they

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Speaker 4: we did not control the line of scrimmage right. We

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Speaker 4: wanted to press the ball outside. We didn't handle the

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Speaker 4: saw Joe putting foot in the ground and cutting back, Well,

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Speaker 4: we're cutting back right into the teeth of their defense,

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Speaker 4: into the strong part of their defense where both of

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Speaker 4: their dtackles are. So you know we're not gonna have

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Speaker 4: a lot running versus those two guys. So we just

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Speaker 4: did to execute on the edge a proper way, and

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Speaker 4: we didn't stay on the second level well enough. We

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Speaker 4: didn't sustain our blocks, and now you end up you're

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Speaker 4: you're fighting that uphill battle again because now you have

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Speaker 4: to run deeper routes, you have to protect a little

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Speaker 4: in coverage and it's hard to win those down. So

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Speaker 4: This is extremely tough, And I'm not letting this one go.

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Speaker 3: So I want this to sit.

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Speaker 4: I want this this thing all week for our guys,

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Speaker 4: But for them, they may have some more wrinkles. But

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Speaker 5: And now you're facing him again, Trevor Lawrence hasn't played

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Speaker 5: You talked about this in your press conference, and I

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Speaker 5: How important is for is it for us coaching staff

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Speaker 4: You have to overcome that mental fatigue of you're doing

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Speaker 3: So we work those issue plays and so we hang out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Monday meeting like today is very quiet.

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Speaker 4: It's very quiet meeting today, where you know, I go

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Speaker 4: Play, highlighting the good things that happen and also highlighting

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Speaker 3: So I go through and highlight that today.

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Speaker 4: We're going kind of around the league and we're seeing

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Speaker 4: But it's it's always tough as a player. You know

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Speaker 3: Like just think about what it like.

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Speaker 4: I know everybody understands the mistakes, and I don't try

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Speaker 1: Going on the road is one thing, and you've been

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Speaker 4: Excited to get on the road, Excited to get on

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Speaker 3: We have to clean up.

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Speaker 4: All of our issues right and make sure we go

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Speaker 4: If we do that, that travels on the road, right,

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Speaker 3: Going on the road.

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Speaker 4: We ran the ball well for whatever reason it's been

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Speaker 5: And we're back outside on grass, which is something we

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Speaker 6: It's really rare in the NFL.

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Speaker 5: Now, coach, you mentioned your press conference, you're earlier in

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Speaker 6: What what is lost with Jalen?

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Speaker 4: in the run like being a nickel and being able

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Speaker 4: to fit in the run fit. The way he fits

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Speaker 4: in a run fit is just you know, you don't

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Speaker 4: see that much. Most people are trying to keep him

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Speaker 4: out of the run fit, but I'm trying to get

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Speaker 4: Jalen into the action as much as possible. He's just

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Speaker 4: been such a dynamic playmaker for us all throughout the year.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, we had to pick up the slack there,

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Speaker 4: and it's gonna be tough. It's because how active he was,

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Speaker 4: and you know just how instrumental he was to just

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Speaker 4: how our scheme started to shift and change throughout the year.

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Speaker 3: So we'll pick it up.

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Speaker 4: We'll pick it up and try to hold it down

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Speaker 4: for him as as long as he needs to be

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Speaker 4: out well.

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Speaker 3: Man, praying for Jalen to have a speed of recovery.

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Speaker 1: So somebody's gonna have to step up. And you have

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Speaker 1: this a lot where you have to either elevate a

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Speaker 1: guy from the practice squad or a dress. A guy

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Speaker 1: might not normally dress or hasn't dressed that often. How

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Speaker 1: do you deal with those guys? What do you say

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Speaker 1: to them? Because the guy might be disappointed he's not

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Speaker 1: playing this week, but he's got to be ready because

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Speaker 1: he might play next week. A guy the practice squad

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Speaker 1: could be elevated Tommy TOGII as a sack in the

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Speaker 1: game against the Titans.

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Speaker 2: How do you address those guys?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, address him is everybody has to be ready. Like

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Speaker 4: I always tell our guys practice squad, you're not just

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Speaker 4: a practice player, like you're one play away from being

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Speaker 4: in and playing, just like Tommy was. And Tommy has

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Speaker 4: been playing really good for us, right And it's is

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Speaker 4: you can never relax. And that's the main message to

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Speaker 4: all of our guys. You can never relax because it

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Speaker 4: may just be your moment and you won't know if

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Speaker 4: you're ready for that moment until you get thrust into

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Speaker 4: the moment and the bright lights are on.

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Speaker 3: But it's not.

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Speaker 4: I mean I always try to let our guys know,

481
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Speaker 4: like any given moment, everybody prepares like you're a starter

482
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Speaker 4: because you are a starter. And our guys have taken

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Speaker 4: that mindset and their role and sometimes you don't even

484
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Speaker 4: know as the week goes on. Sometimes guys have nicks

485
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Speaker 4: and injuries throughout the week, and it may change at

486
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Speaker 4: the last minute. It may change on Friday, all right,

487
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Speaker 4: if a guy's getting elevated or a guy's not. So

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Speaker 4: you don't I don't know, they don't know. So we

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Speaker 4: don't have time to worry about.

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Speaker 3: Are you ready? Did you prepare all week?

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Speaker 4: No, you're taking the same notes in a meeting, just

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Speaker 4: as if you were a starter.

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Speaker 3: And we'll see on Saturday.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes the guy, Hey, we got to elevate this guy

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Speaker 4: on Saturday?

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Speaker 3: Is he ready to go?

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Speaker 2: Get on the plane?

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Speaker 5: You know what, let's go this we've reached now one

499
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Speaker 5: of I don't know. It can be a magical time

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Speaker 5: of year can also be a difficult time of year

501
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Speaker 5: because it's the holiday season. Thanksgiving is this week. Some

502
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Speaker 5: great holidays are happening over the next how many ever weeks.

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Speaker 2: Well, we also got a job to do.

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Speaker 5: You gotta go out there and play football, you gotta coach.

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00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,960
Speaker 5: We got to do our jobs. How tough does this

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Speaker 5: time of year become because of the holidays and families

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Speaker 5: and all the different get togethers and all that kind

508
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Speaker 5: of stuff. Does it become more difficult or you kind

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Speaker 5: of welcome to challenge In some respects.

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Speaker 4: It is difficult. I mean to be honest, it is

511
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Speaker 4: a difficult time because it's such a distraction, Right, you

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Speaker 4: have family in town or whatever the case, it's a

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Speaker 4: distraction to guys because our week really doesn't change, Like

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Speaker 4: it's just like we have another game and prepare for

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Speaker 4: and what I don't want our guys or coaches to

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Speaker 4: get this tracked it with the holidays and try to

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Speaker 4: make that bigger than it needs to be. Like the

518
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Speaker 4: big game for us, the big holiday for us is

519
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Speaker 4: next Sunday in Jacksonville, Like that's my holiday, and I

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Speaker 4: want our guys to have that mindset to prepare the

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Speaker 4: same way. Our preparation doesn't change, Like we'll adjust our schedule.

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Speaker 4: Of course, I'm not just oblivious to the fact that

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Speaker 4: it's Thanksgiving. I want guys to spend that time with

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Speaker 4: their families, right, so we'll we'll cut our guys loose

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Speaker 4: after practice, right.

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Speaker 3: To give them the afternoon to hang with their families.

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Speaker 4: But it's also like, don't overeat, don't stay up too late,

528
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Speaker 4: like all those like you still have to show up

529
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Speaker 4: on Sunday, your families going back home wherever they coming

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Speaker 4: out of town, and you got to go perform on

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Speaker 4: Sunday at a high level. So don't overdo it on

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Speaker 4: Thursday and allow that to affect you.

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Speaker 1: All right, Speaking of which, the Abergy Bank asked Coach

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Speaker 1: question an other week. Now, last year we asked you

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Speaker 1: what your favorite dish was, Okay, which I forgot already,

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Speaker 1: so I'm sorry about that.

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Speaker 2: So refresh our memory.

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Speaker 4: Favorite Thanksgiving things probably sweet potato castle.

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Speaker 2: Roll okay, beautiful.

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Speaker 1: But this year we're going to ask you to replace

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Speaker 1: turkey on the table. You're replacing the starting quarterback of

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving turkey.

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Speaker 2: What else would you serve.

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Speaker 4: If you had to Coach, if I had to replace

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Speaker 4: the turkey, Let's get some I guess you go with

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Speaker 4: the ham, you go with the honey bake ham, or

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Speaker 4: you go with some man. I would love some jerk

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Speaker 4: chicken that would go. Really, that would be awesome? Can

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Speaker 4: we do that?

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Speaker 2: I'd rather have that, I would the week. That's awesome.

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Speaker 6: Barbecue, Yeah, brisk brisket brisk.

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Speaker 3: You can never go with here in Texas every day

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Speaker 3: of the week.

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Speaker 2: Coach, thanks for the time, Good luck, thank you.

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Speaker 3: Guys enjoying