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Speaker 1: I'm Taylor's Arzer and this is the OTP with Amy Wells.

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Speaker 1: I'm Taylor's Arzer. Head coach. Mike McCoy will join us

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Speaker 1: a little later in the show, as will Titans Radio's

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Speaker 1: Ret Brian and Will Bowling. It's the Thanksgiving edition of

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Speaker 1: Monday Night Titans a few days before Thanksgiving, but still counts.

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Speaker 2: It still counts, right, Oh, it totally still counts. We

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Speaker 2: are a big Thanksgiving people in my house, so I'm

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Speaker 2: very excited.

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Speaker 1: You know we are too, And let's just go ahead

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Speaker 1: and get this out of the way.

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Speaker 3: Hit it.

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Speaker 1: What is your feeling on turkey? Because it seems like

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Speaker 1: it's becoming more of a controversial topic as years have

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Speaker 1: gone on, and I don't know, maybe it's just in

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Speaker 1: my feeds more than ever this year people's feeling on

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Speaker 1: it and a lot of people saying they don't like it.

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Speaker 1: What is your feeling on turkey?

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Speaker 3: I mean, I.

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Speaker 2: Get it, like you have to have like a meat,

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Speaker 2: like you need some sort of a main course here,

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Speaker 2: so like turkey is what you should do, and we

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Speaker 2: have turkey. I essentially use it as a condiment, like

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Speaker 2: I'll sprinkle some turkey on my mashed potatoes. I'll sprinkle

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Speaker 2: some turkey on my dressing. But like, I'm not like

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Speaker 2: getting me a hunk of turkey and just eating it

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Speaker 2: like a like a barbarian. Like I'm not doing that.

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Speaker 2: I'm it kind of mixes in with everything else. But

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Speaker 2: like I'll make it.

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Speaker 3: I think there's.

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Speaker 2: Gonna be seven of us, eight of us, something like that,

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Speaker 2: and I got like six pounds of turkey.

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Speaker 3: It'll be fine.

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Speaker 1: Well, I don't have any problem with that. It's not

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Speaker 1: my favorite meat. I enjoy it, and I enjoy all

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Speaker 1: the things that you put on it. In fact, you

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Speaker 1: just said something and I have to give you a hug.

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Speaker 3: Why be hugging? Did I do?

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Speaker 1: You just said something. I'm really proud of you.

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Speaker 3: Oh did I say dressing?

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Speaker 1: You said dressing?

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Speaker 3: Well, yeah, that's what it is.

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Speaker 1: It is in the North. It is stuffing. But you

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Speaker 1: just said dressing.

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Speaker 3: From the North, friend.

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Speaker 1: And I'm really pro I'm really proud of you.

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Speaker 2: It made all your holiday dreams come bud Dad.

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Speaker 1: Well, and I will tell you the leftover Thanksgiving sandwich

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Speaker 1: on Friday and my daughter Katie shout out to Katie,

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Speaker 1: she makes a panini press. Oh yeah, with the turkey

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Speaker 1: the dressing cranberry.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and a press your mushit and you put the

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Speaker 2: gravy on top. Yeah, that's pretty legit.

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Speaker 4: I can't wait for it.

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Speaker 2: Uh So, I'm very excited to be cooking for my family.

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Speaker 2: I usually like will have everybody come to me because

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Speaker 2: we've got the children of it all. And so they

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Speaker 2: come to me and I cook and it's great. I

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Speaker 2: was informed by my three year old that she does

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Speaker 2: not want to partake in the meal. She just wants

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Speaker 2: to watch the parade, and we leave her alone. Okay,

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Speaker 2: is what I was told.

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Speaker 3: Leave me alone. You guys eat and I will watch

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Speaker 3: the parade.

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Speaker 2: Cool girl, you go, you know what, You're kind of

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Speaker 2: tricky anyway when it comes to eating, So you go.

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Speaker 3: Sit and watch the parade.

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Speaker 2: God, I will be cooking for those in my family

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Speaker 2: who choose to eat very good.

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Speaker 1: Well, yeah, we're very excited about Thanksgiving. We have some

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving memories with Ret Brian coming up a little bit later.

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Speaker 3: On Little Turkey Dance.

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Speaker 1: In Titans Time Machine. Yeah, very a very nice Titans

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Speaker 1: moment coming up in Titans Time Machine. Amy these games,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the you see the progress that

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Speaker 1: the Titans are making and they're making it against good teams.

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Speaker 1: You know, you think about the last three teams they've played,

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Speaker 1: all now have winning records. So the LA Chargers, the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans who beat the Buffalo Bills the other night.

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Speaker 1: They're now six and five on the season. Yep, Seattle

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Speaker 1: Seahawks look like a playoff team as well. The Titans

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Speaker 1: are going up against some strong opposition and they are

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Speaker 1: right there all three of these games, which makes it

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know how you feel, but

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Speaker 2: I don't know about that, because I'm enjoying watching the

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Speaker 2: improvement week over week. I'm enjoying seeing measurable, like pretty

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Speaker 2: I really like. And doing it against really good talent.

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Speaker 2: I mean, holy smokes. We spent a week talking about

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Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks are coming to town. Their defense is great.

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Speaker 2: They're good, like at every level of defense, they are great.

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Speaker 2: They're stacked, they've got great depth.

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Speaker 3: And you know what happened.

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Speaker 2: Cam Moore went out there and said, all right, fine,

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Speaker 2: I'm still gonna have statistically one of the best games

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Speaker 2: of the year. I'm still going to get my first

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Speaker 2: rushing touchdown of the season. Like I'm gonna use my

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Speaker 2: arm I mean, you use my legs. I'm gonna use

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Speaker 2: whatever it takes to move this team down the field.

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Speaker 2: So like, okay, it was great competition, but like with

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Speaker 2: the measuring stick, you've got to feel good about that performance.

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Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, And I thought it was Cam's best game

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Speaker 1: as bro And I really love the way that he

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Speaker 1: used his legs in the game, not only to get

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Speaker 1: and have a rushing touchdown the game, but the threat

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Speaker 1: of him running when he scrambles, the stress that puts

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Speaker 1: love that. I love that. I love Chim d k

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Speaker 1: is an all pro. I mean, this guy is leading

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Speaker 1: the NFL in all purpose yards. We have another punt

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Speaker 1: return for touchdown that we call in the game, and

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Speaker 1: then also he had another touchdown on offense. It's great

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Speaker 1: to see some guys that have been on the practice

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Speaker 1: squad most of the year, James Proche and Xavier Rostreppo

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Speaker 1: both step up and play well in the game and

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Speaker 1: get multiple catches. Kevin Winston is really coming on on defense,

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Speaker 1: making a ton of tackles. So make no mistake, I'm

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Speaker 1: very excited about the future. I really am. I am

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Speaker 1: of the belief that because of what we're watching right now,

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Speaker 1: it is going to truly pay off for the Titans

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Speaker 1: in the future. I just want to win those games.

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Speaker 2: Though I respect the no moral victories game like I

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Speaker 2: get it, like you want to win the game, flat

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Speaker 2: out win it.

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Speaker 3: Home is at the forefront of all we do.

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Speaker 3: I get that. Yes, I understand that feeling. Okay, I'm

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Speaker 3: trying to be silver lining well.

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Speaker 1: But you're right. I mean there is silver lining. You know,

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Speaker 1: there isn't I realize and Coach McCoy will be in

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Speaker 1: here and he'll say, we should have won the game.

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Speaker 1: We need to win the game. That's what he's going

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Speaker 1: to say. I know he's going to say that, and

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Speaker 1: that's what the players are going to say that. But

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Speaker 1: I do think if you're looking at this objectively, you

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Speaker 1: would say the way the Titans are playing right now

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Speaker 1: is going to pop. It's going to pay off for

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Speaker 1: them in twenty twenty five against any of the six

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Speaker 1: certainly going to pay off in twenty twenty six and beyond.

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Speaker 3: Oh absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I mean the foundation of this team is real, and

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Speaker 2: that I think is what's the most encouraging, not only

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Speaker 2: for finishing out this season, because listen, things are coming

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Speaker 2: together here and yes, we want the wins. We want

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Speaker 2: to do all that, I understand, but in terms of

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Speaker 2: again the measurable progress and week over week, there's a

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Speaker 2: real chance the Titans could get a couple of these

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Speaker 3: Then you take into the off season.

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Speaker 4: That's right.

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Speaker 3: You know exactly where you need to keep building.

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Speaker 2: You know exactly what this team needs to look like

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Speaker 2: as you're heading into the off season where you've got

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Speaker 2: a lot of cap room.

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Speaker 3: Yes, and you've got probably a pretty decent opportunity.

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Speaker 2: With a lot of draft picks to be picking some

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Speaker 2: really strong talent heading into the twenty sixth season.

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Speaker 1: Well said, and I do think that, well, I know

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Speaker 1: the entire front office and the coaching staff would tell you,

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Speaker 1: the players would tell you those wins are vital to

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Speaker 1: close calls. I do think that you know what you

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Speaker 1: just described about all the things to be excited about

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Speaker 1: for the future. I think is also probably part of

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Speaker 1: the reason why they're not closing the deal yet is

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Speaker 1: because they're learning how to do that. You know, when

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Speaker 1: how to become a winner, and a lot of times

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Speaker 1: when you rely on a bunch of first and second

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Speaker 1: year players, these sort of things are going to happen

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Speaker 1: where you're losing a lot of one score games. But

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Speaker 1: once you become a second year, third year, and fourth

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Speaker 1: year player, you win all those games.

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Speaker 2: As this team grows up together, you see that margin

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Speaker 2: things start to change and get more efficient, more precise

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Speaker 2: less sloppy. You won't have ten penalties in a game

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Speaker 2: like things like that. You know, you start to try

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Speaker 2: those things where people are just making mistakes because they're

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Speaker 2: figuring it out and they're still learning to I mean,

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Speaker 2: Keith Bulk says it all the time. They're nobody's trying

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Speaker 2: to mess up like that is. That's not what they're

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Speaker 2: actively attempting to do. Everybody is doing their best to

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Speaker 2: play clean football. It's about learning how to do that consistently.

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Speaker 1: The game starts with a nine plus minute drive.

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Speaker 2: Take your time, boys, take your time, the get out there,

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Speaker 2: hang out for a while.

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Speaker 1: The beautiful The Seahawks didn't touch the football until there

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Speaker 1: was just over five minutes to go in the first quarter.

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Speaker 1: It really was. It was a lot of fun to see.

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Speaker 1: It ended up with Joey slide chip shot fuel goal,

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Speaker 1: so you get some points on the board. I know

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Speaker 1: you wanted a touchdown, but you get some points on

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Speaker 1: the board. But that was that was fun to watch.

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Speaker 1: Then you had some real adversity in the middle of

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Speaker 1: and you're thinking, Okay, this one might get away from you,

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Speaker 1: and then Jim DK ninety yards to the house.

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Speaker 2: The guy just keeps going. And you know what I

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Speaker 2: like about Chim DK. I had a conversation with him

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Speaker 3: You just ran ninety yards.

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Speaker 3: Tighten Up.

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Speaker 1: Coach, I know it's such a fine line winning and

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's it's all about winning. And I think every

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the first drive of the game last over

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Speaker 5: Driving the ball down there and we end up in

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Speaker 1: Do you believe that your team believes they can compete

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Speaker 1: How about cam Ward's performance, Coach Summer saying that it's

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Speaker 1: And when he didn't take off and run, he still

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Speaker 5: Like, yeah, that was a great play on his part.

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Speaker 1: And then another rookie continues to be one of the

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Speaker 5: all year long in the return game and you just

442
00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,000
Speaker 5: you watch how the return team blocked for him, the

443
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,960
Speaker 5: other ten guys in the field and just being smart,

444
00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,720
Speaker 5: you know, and when you get big returns like that,

445
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:01,560
Speaker 5: of times you look out there and that flags on

446
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:03,639
Speaker 5: the ground because someone did a little too much. But

447
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,520
Speaker 5: just give all eleven guys credit. And I think everybody

448
00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,720
Speaker 5: knows now in our kicking game that if you just

449
00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,199
Speaker 5: do your job a little better, you know, week in

450
00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,400
Speaker 5: and week out, he's gonna make that big play from

451
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,879
Speaker 5: time to time. And then you know, give Van all

452
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 5: the credit in the world for picking on the touchdown

453
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,720
Speaker 5: down there, going in there score at the end, did

454
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,760
Speaker 5: a great job the release, going down, picking the guy

455
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Speaker 5: names a layup.

456
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Speaker 4: We need more of those. Those are the easy ones.

457
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Speaker 1: I want to ask you one more thing about special

458
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Speaker 1: teams because I know that you're a huge John Bones

459
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Speaker 1: Fossil fan. Who isn't if you're around this team. He's

460
00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,439
Speaker 1: just so filled with all this energy and confidence. What

461
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Speaker 1: kind of coaches he coach? Well, why does he make

462
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Speaker 1: such a difference.

463
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Speaker 4: Well, I think bones it's do both. It's just the relationships.

464
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:47,920
Speaker 5: Relationships with the players, and the players understand that these

465
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 5: guys are trying to do everything they possibly can to

466
00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 5: put the players in a business to be successful, and

467
00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,400
Speaker 5: they do it the right way. They're very positive every day,

468
00:21:55,840 --> 00:22:00,040
Speaker 5: they're energetic, they bring the juice every single day, and

469
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,959
Speaker 5: and they're great football coaches, but even better people.

470
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Speaker 4: You know.

471
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Speaker 5: It's just they care about you in the playoffs, that's

472
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:08,240
Speaker 5: why the players play so.

473
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Speaker 4: Hard for him.

474
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Speaker 1: You had a couple of guys that were elevated from

475
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Speaker 1: the practice squad in recent weeks. Mason Kinsey's been out

476
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Speaker 1: there now for a couple of weeks. James Prochet has

477
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Speaker 1: been elevated to the active roster and made a number

478
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Speaker 1: of big time catches in the game. And Xavier Ristrepo

479
00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,360
Speaker 1: had his first couple of catches in the National Football League.

480
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Speaker 1: What do you think about all those.

481
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Speaker 4: Guys, Well, it's this is what the NFL is all about.

482
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Speaker 5: When you get an opportunity to make the most of

483
00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,000
Speaker 5: it and all those guys you mentioned in so many

484
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Speaker 5: others that have worked so hard this year and we're

485
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,280
Speaker 5: playing a bunch of young guys and we've been developing

486
00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,600
Speaker 5: players and you know the growth of the football team

487
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 5: over the years, and you just want those guys. You know,

488
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:48,920
Speaker 5: as a coach, you look at you said, hey, you

489
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,159
Speaker 5: want everybody to play, but that doesn't always happen. And

490
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Speaker 5: then it's like, okay, when you get your opportunity, make

491
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Speaker 5: the most of it. And it just shows how hard

492
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Speaker 5: those guys have worked and the type of teammates that

493
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Speaker 5: they are.

494
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Speaker 4: It says a lot about them.

495
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Speaker 1: A couple other things to mention from this past game, coach,

496
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Speaker 1: before we look at the Jacksonville Jaguars defensively, Kevin Winston

497
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,679
Speaker 1: and Marcus Harris, two rookies have been I guess pressed

498
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Speaker 1: into action if you will, in part due to injuries,

499
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Speaker 1: but also due to their great performance. How did you

500
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Speaker 1: think they did?

501
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Speaker 5: They did a nice job. You know that they're still learning.

502
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Speaker 5: You're going to say that to all the players in

503
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Speaker 5: the team. There's a player too you look back at

504
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Speaker 5: and say.

505
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Speaker 4: Got it. Yeah, you know I could have helped a.

506
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,880
Speaker 5: Teammate do certain things eliminate a certain type of play

507
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,199
Speaker 5: that might have happened. But you know, you see Marcus

508
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 5: early on got the hands on the ball early on

509
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,199
Speaker 5: in the quick little outroute there in the slot that

510
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,200
Speaker 5: very easily could have gone the other way. And it's

511
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 5: just that you see them playing faster week in and

512
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,359
Speaker 5: week out, and that's just because it's experience and their

513
00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,119
Speaker 5: coaches have done a great job getting them prepared.

514
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Speaker 1: You weren't able to get the Titans were not able

515
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Speaker 1: to get a lot of pressure early in the game,

516
00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 1: but that changed in the second half. Why is that?

517
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Speaker 4: I think it?

518
00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:58,720
Speaker 5: You know, you know, what are they trying to do offensively?

519
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,879
Speaker 5: You know in his system? You know they want to

520
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 5: get the ball out their hand quickly, and they have

521
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 5: the good play. You know, they've got a great running game.

522
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,679
Speaker 5: And so it's just as the as the game goes on,

523
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 5: you get a feel for the game, how you're rushing,

524
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 5: what they're doing. Is there certain more pressures here and there?

525
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Speaker 5: How do you attack them? Just you know, there's they

526
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Speaker 5: kind of that sometimes the pressures, it's like a lot

527
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,480
Speaker 5: of other things in the game, they kind of come

528
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,359
Speaker 5: in bunches. You know, you get on a roll, you

529
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Speaker 5: get a couple of pressures and actually, you know it's

530
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 5: two or three series in a row, you get there.

531
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Speaker 5: And there's other times where you know, early in the game,

532
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:28,920
Speaker 5: the guy's getting the ball out of the hand to

533
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Speaker 5: get rhythm, and so it takes a little longer sometimes

534
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Speaker 5: get you know, get after the quarterback.

535
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Speaker 1: As you look at the rest of the season, coach,

536
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Speaker 1: what do you think are the biggest things that must

537
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Speaker 1: happen in order for this team to go from a

538
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,120
Speaker 1: close loss to a victory.

539
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Speaker 5: Well, number one, you got to limit the penalties. The

540
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,160
Speaker 5: past couple of weeks we had way too many penalties

541
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Speaker 5: to be successful, especially against the teams we're playing. That

542
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:51,400
Speaker 5: that that's where it all starts, because it's hard enough

543
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 5: in this business. But you don't want to give any

544
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 5: free yards. And then situationally, you know, defense continue to

545
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,480
Speaker 5: play and they're ready. Like the other day, the two

546
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,040
Speaker 5: big stops, they had a couple of big stops. You

547
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 5: have in the red area. Offensively, scoring when you get

548
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 5: in the red area, and just overall being more efficient

549
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,200
Speaker 5: for sixty minutes in all phases. And you know, offensive

550
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:10,760
Speaker 5: we got to run the ball better. You know, last

551
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 5: two weeks we haven't run the ball anywhere close to

552
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,400
Speaker 5: our standard, and there's for a number of different reasons,

553
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,600
Speaker 5: but offensively, you got to be able to run.

554
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:20,919
Speaker 4: The football in this league. So that's a big.

555
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,680
Speaker 1: One and I know that that will be a tall

556
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 1: task against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who you play next, and

557
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 1: you get to play them twice in these last six games.

558
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Speaker 1: You were there, yeah, last year with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

559
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,400
Speaker 1: How we talked to you about the Chargers and how

560
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,159
Speaker 1: meaningful it was to be a head coach for the

561
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Speaker 1: Chargers and how grateful you were for your time there.

562
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Speaker 1: Tell us about your time in Jacksonville.

563
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Speaker 5: We had a great three years in there. Can't thank

564
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Speaker 5: Doug Peterson for bring me on board back there in

565
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 5: twenty twenty two. You know, we made the great run

566
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,359
Speaker 5: there at the end of the year, got in the

567
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 5: playoffs and beat the Chargers. Unfortunately lost the next round

568
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,919
Speaker 5: but to Kansas City. But you know, I had a

569
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 5: great time coaching Trevor Lawrence, such a talent to player,

570
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,720
Speaker 5: a lot of great players there. They're very talented on

571
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 5: defense and just you know, from Shod and everybody down

572
00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 5: from top down, just great people. And I was grateful

573
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Speaker 5: to have the opportunity to work for him for three

574
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 5: years and look forward to seeing a lot of them

575
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 5: on Sunday.

576
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Speaker 1: I know you're going to watch some tape this week

577
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:21,440
Speaker 1: on the Jaguars. Defensively, it seems to be a team defense.

578
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 1: It's not necessarily the one or two guys that get

579
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 1: a lot of attention, kind of like the Seattle Seahawks are.

580
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,199
Speaker 5: Yeah, they're very talented and obviously having been there for

581
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 5: three years, know a lot about them, whether it's players

582
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 5: that were there before I was there or players that

583
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:40,040
Speaker 5: we drafted there, but very talented, good depth, and well coached.

584
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then offensively, you just mentioned Trevor Lawrence, one

585
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 1: of the better people in the National Football League, let alone,

586
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 1: so incredibly talented, and he's his college teammate and his

587
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 1: pro teammate as well in Travis etn. They both went

588
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 1: to Clemson and had a lot of success there, winning

589
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,359
Speaker 1: national championship, and obviously it's continued in the pros.

590
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, there are two very talented players. Great guys, work

591
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,600
Speaker 5: extremely hard, love the game, and have been very successful

592
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:09,400
Speaker 5: early on in their career.

593
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Speaker 4: They're only going to get.

594
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Speaker 1: Better, Okay, as we finish up in these last couple

595
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 1: of minutes, I want to turn the page to something

596
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: else here, and since we're in the season of gratitude

597
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: right now and giving thanks and it's Thanksgiving, I'd like

598
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Speaker 1: to go back to the very beginning with you and

599
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,120
Speaker 1: what you're most thankful for with football. How did your

600
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: love affair with football begin?

601
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:28,920
Speaker 4: Coach?

602
00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 5: Well, I always played as a young kid. You know,

603
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 5: I got back in the Pop Warner days. I was

604
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:38,760
Speaker 5: eight years old when I first got in and it

605
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 5: was the first year they allowed eight year olds to

606
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 5: play in Nevado, California, where I grew up. And so

607
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 5: I've always loved the game of playing football, and you know,

608
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,679
Speaker 5: I was always I played three sports through high school

609
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 5: and everything to a certain point in time until after

610
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 5: my sophomore year, and then I stopped playing baseball and

611
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 5: just played basketball and football. And then I obviously went

612
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 5: on and played college football at Long Beach State and

613
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 5: then the University of Utah, and then I chased a

614
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 5: dream for a number of years trying to play in

615
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 5: the NFL, or played up in the CFL, played in

616
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,640
Speaker 5: the World Leagues. I kind of went all over the place.

617
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,120
Speaker 5: So I was kind of the journeyman that never really

618
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 5: stuck anywhere. And I was very fortunate to George Seiffert

619
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 5: to give me a call in two thousand in Carolina,

620
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 5: and I thought it was actually a prank of someone

621
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,159
Speaker 5: pranking me, because Bill Musgrave was calling me and he

622
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 5: went to school at Oregon with Matt Labouni, a guy

623
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 5: I went to high school with. And then I've been

624
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:31,240
Speaker 5: very fortunate to coach in the NFL since two thousand

625
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 5: through some great organizations, and I'm just so grateful for

626
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 5: the relationships you build, you know, over time, and it's

627
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 5: not just the Sundays, but it's it's the during the year,

628
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 5: during the season, it's getting to know players.

629
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Speaker 4: You know, Jake.

630
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 5: Diloman I, you know, we spent a number of years

631
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 5: together in Carolyin. I still vocation with him in the

632
00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 5: summers to this day. So it's just I'm grateful for

633
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 5: the opportunity to just work with great organizations in the NFL,

634
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,920
Speaker 5: to be one of thirty two. There's only thirty two

635
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 5: teams here, and so it's an amazing opportunity. I'm just

636
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 5: so grateful just for the relationships I built with people

637
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 5: and the opportunity to still be in the game.

638
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: Of football and you have a lot of thanks I

639
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: can see it in your face, and that's a wonderful thing,

640
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 1: all the things that football has given you. And you know,

641
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving Day, it's just one of the best things

642
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: in the world is family, food and football.

643
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 5: Well, it's kind of amazing when you sit there on

644
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 5: Thanksgiving Day and you watch the three games that are played,

645
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 5: and it hits me every year you think about everything

646
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 5: I have to this point in time is because of

647
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 5: football when you think of career wise, and that's all

648
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 5: I've ever done.

649
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 4: And it's like, my wife, my kids, and I were so.

650
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 5: Fortunate to be where we are today because of the

651
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 5: game of football. And it's like, this is what I

652
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 5: do for a living. This is unbelievable. It's like I'm

653
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 5: the luckiest person in the world.

654
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 4: And I love it. I love it.

655
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 5: You know, even in these tough times that we're going

656
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 5: through right now, you're just so thankful for the opportunity

657
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,200
Speaker 5: you have to be in the NFL and coach these

658
00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 5: great players, work with great people like yourself and everybody

659
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 5: else in this organization, and you're just it's unbelievable. It's

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Speaker 5: like you kind of just look at it and say, Wow,

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Speaker 5: you know we've got this is pretty damn nice.

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Speaker 1: That's awesome, and it's really cool to hear you say

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Speaker 1: that for somebody that's been a quarter of a century

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League. And I do think that

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Speaker 1: that sort of attitude is going to pay off big

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Speaker 1: time for the Titans in the future because of your

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Speaker 1: love and because of your commitment to the Titans this year.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, coach. I'm thankful for you.

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Speaker 4: Thank you very much. Appreciate everything.

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Speaker 1: As Doe, I'm Taylor Zarzer. This has been the OTP