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Speaker 1: We've tried to be very smart about how you put

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Speaker 2: Now's the time of compete.

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Speaker 3: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show.

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Speaker 4: Tonight is your chance to get a detailed peak behind

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Speaker 4: the scenes from team headquarters in Berea and you'll find

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Speaker 4: out how the Browns are prepping for this week's game.

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Speaker 4: This is the University Hospital's Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Here

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Speaker 4: are your hosts Smith and Zegura and Giron Jerry.

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Speaker 5: Good evening and welcome into the Kevin Stefanski Show. All

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Speaker 5: along the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Nathan Zegura

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Speaker 5: and the three time, three time, three time Super Bowl

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Speaker 5: champion Gerrod Cherry with you here to talk about yours.

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Speaker 6: We're gonna give thanks. Actually it's Thanksgiving week.

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Speaker 5: Why not give thanks for your seven and three Cleveland

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Speaker 5: Browns and Gerrod, I know what it felt like to

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Speaker 5: me and the booth, the return of Jim, the return

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Speaker 5: of Nick Chubb. But only one person on this program

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Speaker 5: was down on the sidelines feeling the energy of the

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Speaker 5: like for you? You can start a pregame, take me

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Speaker 5: all the way through. What was that day like for you?

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Speaker 5: And what do you.

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Speaker 6: Think that day means for the Cleveland Browns?

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Speaker 7: Well, to start the game off, Nathan, it was certainly

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Speaker 7: something of a spectacle because you had the Browns and

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Speaker 7: you can sense the seriousness of the situation. And you

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Speaker 7: His pregame speech, Nathan my Man didn't have much to say,

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Speaker 6: You could feel it.

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Speaker 7: The decibels were certainly there, and it was just an exciting,

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Speaker 7: It wasn't prompting, he wasn't even on the football field,

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Speaker 7: you feel it. You are saying yourself, this is amazing.

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Speaker 7: The level of support that the fan as a given

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Speaker 7: DT hard because Lord knows we needed it. And then

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Speaker 7: the deepense the way they were playing. And I'm still

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Speaker 7: upset to the fact they didn't get that safety to

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Speaker 7: When you go back and look at it, it was a safety,

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Speaker 7: it's a second play. Was just as a firm yes,

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Speaker 5: I don't know about you. Down on the sideline. There

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Speaker 5: content of jim But my favorite part, Girod was, you know,

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Speaker 5: I appreciate that very much. It was fun. It was

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Speaker 7: You have no idea, man, how many people during the

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Speaker 6: So welcome back, my man.

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Speaker 7: So yes, you could certainly feel it, and it just

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Speaker 7: of people want to minimize what he's doing, Nathan, and

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Speaker 7: They had a confidence to one step back on that

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Speaker 7: And on top of that, couple of drops in there

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Speaker 6: They're always looking for reasons to complain.

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Speaker 5: It made this, in my mind, an inflection point, one

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Speaker 6: We're winning games that in the past.

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Speaker 7: And here's the thing, Nathan, is so important for those

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Speaker 7: You reinforce that, and you get guys to buy into

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Speaker 7: And that's where we're at right now, Nathan, and we

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Speaker 6: Need to just keep pushing and moving forward. You're exactly right.

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Speaker 5: The Browns now the fifth seed in the AFC, just

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Speaker 5: For the Browns, no injury reports until tomorrow, but Kevin

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Speaker 1: I feel like I have people in the building that

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Speaker 3: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show.

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Speaker 4: You're listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

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Speaker 5: Welcome back to the Kevin Stefanski Show. All along the

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Speaker 5: head coach of your seven and three Cleveland Browns, Kevin Stefanski. Wow,

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Speaker 5: what an emotional day, What a great day, because it

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Speaker 6: What's the first thing that comes to mind?

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Speaker 5: About this team, the city and everything that transpired on

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I thought it was hard fought.

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Speaker 1: I thought it's AFC North football, as physical as all

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Speaker 5: That's becoming a trend, needing all sixty minutes and the

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Speaker 8: You know, we talk a lot about resiliency.

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Speaker 5: What was that just kind of atmosphere, Like I've talked

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Speaker 5: surprised at how effectively he kind of did distribute the football.

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Speaker 5: There would have been around seventy five percent completions had

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Speaker 5: we done what we normally do out there.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, and you know that was part of the plan.

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Speaker 1: We felt like completions versus that group are premium. I mean,

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Speaker 1: any which way you can get him, because you know

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Speaker 1: it's a good defense. We know that they have good players,

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Speaker 1: so we felt like getting through progressions quickly, playing on

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Speaker 1: time with our feet. One sack and that many pass

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Speaker 1: attempts versus that defenses is really hard to do, hard

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Speaker 1: to do their rushers. So credit to the quarterback, the receivers,

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Speaker 1: tight ends for playing on time, and then the offensive line.

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Speaker 8: I thought they really battled throughout the day.

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Speaker 5: Now that you won't have to face high Smith and

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Speaker 5: Watt again this season, hope at least not in the

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Speaker 5: regular season for sure, will you give some more longer

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Speaker 5: developing time for Djil to be able to push the

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Speaker 5: ball down the field, because it was I think it

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Speaker 5: was very smartly, wisely so quick game against this Steelers defense.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think we go into every game we say, right,

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Speaker 1: how do we win this one, and that's just our focus.

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Speaker 1: So you know, we turn your attention to Denver and

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Speaker 1: you look at them and you say, okay, what can

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Speaker 1: we do to move the ball? And we want to

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Speaker 1: move the ball and which way we can get the

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Speaker 1: ball into that end zone. So it's certainly a week

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Speaker 1: to week proposition based.

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Speaker 3: On what you're doing.

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Speaker 8: All right.

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Speaker 5: You mentionedd Wand earlier and he completely stifled TJ Watt

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Speaker 5: in the nineteen pass blocks snaps that he was out

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Speaker 5: there working one on one against him. I just am

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Speaker 5: curious because I thought I wondered this on the broadcast.

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Speaker 5: You say, Dwan, you're not healthy enough to play the

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Speaker 5: whole game, but you are healthy enough to go and

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Speaker 5: try to block a guy who's been the defensive player

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Speaker 5: of the year, which is it's funny when you think

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Speaker 5: about it in those terms, but he certainly was able

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Speaker 5: to do just that. What was kind of the thought

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Speaker 5: process in the role that you had for him, and

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Speaker 5: where do you see him going forward? Did coming out

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Speaker 5: of that mean he can go back to playing full time?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we were not sure if he was going to

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Speaker 1: make it really throughout that week, So he practiced a

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Speaker 1: little bit on Thursday, and Friday, and wanted to see

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Speaker 1: how we responded each one of those days as you're

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Speaker 1: dealing with a knee injury, and just felt like the

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Speaker 1: right thing was to not play him the entire game.

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Speaker 1: That just that's a lot of plays on a big

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Speaker 1: man with a with a.

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Speaker 8: Lower leg injury.

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Speaker 1: And you know, that's as everybody knows, that's he's a

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Speaker 1: plus pass protectory and that's what he's very good at.

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Speaker 1: He's becoming, you know, more of a complete player and

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Speaker 1: he's continuing to work.

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Speaker 8: But he didn't shy away from it.

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Speaker 1: He knew what the plan was, we knew how how

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Speaker 1: we're going to use him, and yeah, he didn't shy away.

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Speaker 8: And I give him credit for fighting to make it.

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Speaker 1: This is what these guys go through in a given

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Speaker 1: week to make it to Sunday is incredible and I

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Speaker 1: get to see it every single day. The work that

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Speaker 1: gets put in the in the training room, just around

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Speaker 1: the clock treatment, you push yourself through practice, and then

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Speaker 1: they make it to these games on Sunday.

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Speaker 8: I marvel at it.

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Speaker 6: Resilience.

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Speaker 5: It's a resilient bunch that you got here, Coach, There's

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Speaker 5: no doubt. Let's turn it over the defense another suffocating

507
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Speaker 5: performance save for one play really in this game completely

508
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Speaker 5: stifled the Pittsburgh Steelers. At this point, you're used to it,

509
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Speaker 5: you have the best seat in the house. But they're

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Speaker 5: doing again. It's historic what this team has been able

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Speaker 5: to do week in and week out.

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Speaker 1: It is and you know, it's the thing that's most

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Speaker 1: impressed with me. I mean, we play sound defense, and

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Speaker 1: we're not perfect, and of course there's things we can

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Speaker 1: clean up. But the effort, you know, we coach effort,

516
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Speaker 1: we demand effort, and to see our guys flying around

517
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Speaker 1: and Miles is a guy that comes to mind for me.

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Speaker 1: We know how great Miles is, obviously, but watch him

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Speaker 1: fly around, watch him in the run game, watch him

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Speaker 1: chase people down. That's the hallmark of our team. That's

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Speaker 1: a hallmark of our defense, is just flying around to

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Speaker 1: the football.

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Speaker 6: Give you an example of it.

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Speaker 5: I thought was maybe one of the plays of the game,

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Speaker 5: given what was going on side of five minutes, third

526
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Speaker 5: and fifteen, they run that screen out to Jalen Warren.

527
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Speaker 5: Zadarius has lined up between their left guard and left tackle.

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Speaker 5: Now he's running a stunt, fortunately, which is taking him

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Speaker 5: in that direction. But the recognition the hustle and the

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Speaker 5: finish to prevent a field goal opportunity. Doesn't make that tackle,

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Speaker 5: they're probably sending Chris Boswell out there, and he makes it.

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Speaker 5: Who knows that changes everything potentially in this game. That play,

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Speaker 5: to me, symbolized in many ways, Mike, cosm of the

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Speaker 5: whole season, that effort, that desire.

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Speaker 1: I can't tell you how big that play was, and

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Speaker 1: I knew it live how big it was. And he's

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Speaker 1: a big man running and again that's what we demand

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Speaker 1: of our guys. You run out of the stack when

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Speaker 1: it's a screen or it's a checkdown like that, and

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Speaker 1: he was relentless in his pursuit.

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Speaker 8: But a absolutely humongous play.

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Speaker 1: For where we were literally in the field position battle,

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Speaker 1: but where we were in that game. For him to

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Speaker 1: make a play was a key to the game.

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Speaker 5: Don't show up his sacks, but what he did to

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Speaker 5: Lamar Jackson on that last drive in the hole on

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Speaker 5: the quarterback design run and then to chase him down

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Speaker 5: to the sideline get the ball back, and then their

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Speaker 5: phenomenal stuff. All right, seven and three, turn the page.

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Speaker 5: As you mentioned, Denver, Bronco is gonna be a long

551
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Speaker 5: road trip here heading out to the West Coast Broncos.

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Speaker 5: Then the rams for this team coming off all the emotion,

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Speaker 5: how do you kind of refocus No One, you got

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Speaker 5: Thanksgiving and all that to deal with to take on

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Speaker 5: a Broncos team that is suddenly surging now at five

556
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Speaker 5: and five.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, that's what we do. We put the

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Speaker 1: blinders on. They tell me it's Thanksgiving this week. You know,

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Speaker 1: that's kind of our mentality. We don't really concern ourselves

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Speaker 1: with what's going on on the outside. We know we

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Speaker 1: have a job to do and this is a good

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Speaker 1: team and they've won four in a row. I think

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Speaker 1: that's the most the biggest winning streak in the league

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Speaker 1: right now. So they're talented. We have our work cut

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Speaker 1: out for us, but that's really where the focus goes.

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Speaker 1: It goes back to our work.

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Speaker 6: They were on Sunday Night Football.

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Speaker 5: Don't know if you got a chance to watch some

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Speaker 5: of that game, but it feels like, you know, they're able.

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Speaker 5: Rust is able to kind of navigate this more of

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Speaker 5: a short passing game. They're doing well there, and then

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Speaker 5: their defense has been playing pretty well.

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Speaker 6: Also. What stands out to you about this Denver Broncos team.

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Speaker 8: Taking the ball away.

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Speaker 1: I mean they've done a great job in in these

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Speaker 1: four games of taking the all away interceptions.

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Speaker 8: They're stripping at the ball and it's a tough place

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Speaker 8: to play. They've they've won these games.

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Speaker 1: I think it's three out of the last four, maybe

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Speaker 1: at home, so they're playing well at home as well.

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Speaker 5: All Right, Thanksgiving, you said you're not that into it, anything,

582
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Speaker 5: any traditions, anything exciting that you really look forward to

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Speaker 5: on Thanksgiving Day.

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Speaker 1: I mean, what we do here, and I'm sure it's

585
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Speaker 1: every place in the NFL. You get your work done

586
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Speaker 1: early so you can get out of the building as

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Speaker 1: quickly as possible. So we'll move meetings up. We'll have

588
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Speaker 1: a little bit shorter meetings, a little bit shorter practice,

589
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Speaker 1: and then it's like the ndy five hundred, getting out

590
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Speaker 1: of here and trying to get home as quickly as

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Speaker 1: you can, just to be with family. So I have

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Speaker 1: family in town, Well, I'll be sitting on the couch,

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Speaker 1: the TV will be watching me, and just being around

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Speaker 1: the kids is what's most important.

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Speaker 5: Coach, thank you so much. Congrats on the big win.

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Speaker 5: Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. And I got

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Speaker 5: to say, for a lot of people, it's fun watching

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Speaker 5: in these post games. Now getting a little bit more

599
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Speaker 5: fired up each and every week. Love to see it.

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Speaker 5: Congrats on the big win.

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Speaker 8: I appreciate it. Thanks Nathan.

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Speaker 5: All Right, we'll be back to more the Kevin Stefanski

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Speaker 5: Show on the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: For me, I'm just trying to make the right decision

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Speaker 1: for each of our players.

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Speaker 4: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to

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Speaker 4: the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

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Speaker 5: Welcome back to the Kevin Stefanski Show all along the

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Speaker 5: University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Joined now by an

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Speaker 5: elite corner, an elite human, and a great friend of

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Speaker 5: this program, the.

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Speaker 6: One and only MJ Emerson. MJ.

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Speaker 5: What a win on Sunday over the Pittsburgh Steelers thirteen

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Speaker 5: to ten. You guys battle, But I want to go

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Speaker 5: back to pregame because I know how it affected me.

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Speaker 5: I know how it affected seventy thousand people, But how

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Speaker 5: did it affect you guys on the field. To see

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Speaker 5: Nick Chubb come out and get that ovation, and then

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Speaker 5: Jim Donovan comes out after beating cancer smashes the guitar.

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Speaker 5: The place is going completely insane. Could you guys feel that, Like,

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Speaker 5: what was it like on the sideline for you players

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Speaker 5: when all that was going on.

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Speaker 9: A lot of emotion is going on, you know, one

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Speaker 9: of the biggest games of a year, you know, cousin

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Speaker 9: this game obviously AFCED opponent.

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Speaker 2: I'm the AFC opponent.

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Speaker 9: And oh man, we just wanted to go put on

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Speaker 9: the shoe for our fans, you know, whenever we're at home,

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Speaker 9: you know, we want to hold the crown and uh

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Speaker 9: and do what's right. You know, let's get the bigger

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Speaker 9: you know, for you know, for everybody you know in

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Speaker 9: the facity and you know, all the fans you know.

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Speaker 3: Around the world.

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Speaker 9: So that felt great, man, just seeing Chubb and I

635
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Speaker 9: was just motivation and you know, uh in gym situation,

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Speaker 9: smashing the guitar and it was just fun.

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Speaker 2: It was electric. The fans was really loud.

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Speaker 9: It's probably the loudest game I was a part of,

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Speaker 9: I feel like since I was a Cleveland Brown And

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Speaker 9: it was just amazing.

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Speaker 5: So we'll talk pretty game now, We're gonna talk post game,

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Speaker 5: then we'll talk game after the game. What was that

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Speaker 5: scene like, the emotion you over there on the sideline

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Speaker 5: with DTR which was an awesome moment.

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Speaker 6: What was that feeling like.

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Speaker 5: After the sixty minute war you guys went to with

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Speaker 5: the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Man, it was a great feeling.

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Speaker 9: Uh, it just felt like, you know, a breakthrough, you know,

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Speaker 9: as a win we needed as a team. And then

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Speaker 9: we just keep building, you know, step by step, one

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Speaker 9: game at a time, and uh, you know.

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Speaker 2: We got a right future.

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Speaker 9: You know, we just gotta stay with each other, you know,

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Speaker 9: stay closed, keep each other motivated and don't wor rary,

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Speaker 9: you know, and doing what's right. And now my emotions

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Speaker 9: just kind of took over.

658
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Speaker 2: Honestly.

659
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Speaker 9: I spoke to him and I kind of forgot I

660
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 9: was micd up in a sense. I honestly, I just

661
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:13,639
Speaker 9: just told them how I felt, you know, and I

662
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 9: told them I was proud of you know, and we

663
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:16,199
Speaker 9: gonna need them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

665
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Speaker 6: Absolutely.

666
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 5: And when you did on that last drive four for

667
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 5: four leads the team down, he got emotional. And I

668
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,120
Speaker 5: love what you said to him. You said, you want cry, man,

669
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,160
Speaker 5: cry like you deserve. This is beautiful. There's a movie

670
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 5: called Big Lebowski, which is older than you are, and

671
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,480
Speaker 5: one of the lines and that is that strong men

672
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:31,880
Speaker 5: also cry and it's the truth.

673
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 6: See I'm gett emotional. I get emotional.

674
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,600
Speaker 5: It's awesome because that's what you guys put so much

675
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 5: into these games. And I don't think people realize how

676
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 5: much you guys put into it to have those moments

677
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 5: where it comes through you win because one play could

678
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,760
Speaker 5: be the difference between winning or losing that you guys

679
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 5: executed enough to win the game. It is an outpouring emotion.

680
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 5: Then you guys are feeling it from the crowd. You're

681
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 5: walking back, it's pure joy. You're giving your gloves. The

682
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 5: kids they're losing their minds, going crazy. How fun is that?

683
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 5: Like how crazy is to think of when you were

684
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 5: a little kid, if you know, the star cornerback of

685
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 5: the team you grew up love and came over and

686
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 5: gave you your gloves like what you.

687
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 6: Would have done.

688
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 5: And then now you're that guy that's given the gloves

689
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 5: and they're like that kid was like losing his mind.

690
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 9: Man, it's just a blessing and I don't take it

691
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:14,720
Speaker 9: for granted, you know, and just thankful, you know, to

692
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 9: be here and in this situation with this team, you know,

693
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 9: and with the guys who got around and just in

694
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 9: fight it.

695
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Speaker 5: It is exciting. You guys have now won five out

696
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 5: of the last six games. You guys have done a

697
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 5: lot of them in rather dramatic fashion. Arizona was the

698
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 5: one where it was more of a no stress yeah,

699
00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 5: which was nice. But when you guys go out there,

700
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 5: let's talk about this defense. There are two plays I

701
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 5: want to talk about. The first one, third and fifteen

702
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 5: there at the forty five, and they had scored ten

703
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 5: unanswered at that point. They get ten yards on that play,

704
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 5: not a first sound, but they probably get to kick

705
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 5: a field goal, and that could change the field, the vibe,

706
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 5: all of it, because would be the first time we

707
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 5: trailed when you go on as a guy in your

708
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 5: second year and they put that tape on it and

709
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 5: you see Zadarius Smith running a stunt, not breaking stride,

710
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 5: seeing it and chasing it down, knowing that if a

711
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 5: veteran who was lined up over the left guard doesn't

712
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 5: make that play on the right sideline, maybe they do

713
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 5: kick a field goal. Maybe it's a different outcome, but

714
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 5: he's doing it even at this stage in his career.

715
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Speaker 9: Oh man, I just salute those guys. We say, as

716
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 9: a defense, they already engine. You know, we all run

717
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 9: to the ball of a three hundred pounds, two hundred

718
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 9: and seventy pounds two sixty five. You know, lineman can

719
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Speaker 9: run to the ball and also we can't also, you know,

720
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Speaker 9: and I tell my hat off to him.

721
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Speaker 2: If if he don't make that.

722
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Speaker 9: Play, you know, it's the game could be easy different,

723
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Speaker 9: you know, So big, big shout out to Zee.

724
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:32,120
Speaker 2: That one.

725
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 6: Get a lot of love in the film room today.

726
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, we most definitely gave him his standing ovation today.

727
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 6: I love it. I love that and deservedly so.

728
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 5: And then I want to go they get the ball back,

729
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 5: you guys go three plays fifteen seconds, three incompletions. The

730
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 5: last one they came at you mistake. What was that

731
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,280
Speaker 5: like for the defense to kind of have that moment

732
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 5: get it back? And I was like, now we're not

733
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 5: even thinking overtime. Now we're thinking we're getting into DTR

734
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 5: He's going to go win, which is exactly what he did.

735
00:30:56,320 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 2: Man. Just whatever it takes, whatever taste. Man, we work

736
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 2: so hard.

737
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 9: We believe in each other, you know, we trust, we

738
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,479
Speaker 9: trust the process, and we knew, you know, to win

739
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 9: that game, we had to make a key stop and

740
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 9: that three and out and it was really fast. Got

741
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 9: it back for the offense, you know, and DTR put

742
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 9: something together especially you know, so and de Hop topped

743
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 9: it off. But I just want to say, you know,

744
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 9: this defense, Uh, it's relentless, resilient warriors, you know, responsible,

745
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 9: you know, and we just want to win.

746
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:29,920
Speaker 2: So we all just work together, you know, do whatever

747
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 2: to win.

748
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 5: Every week, somebody else steps up. Everyone Milelse steps up

749
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 5: every week. But every week it feels like somebody else's right, yeah,

750
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 5: everybody else. But you've all had your great moments, right,

751
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 5: and it feels like you guys all celebrate that you

752
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 5: love it, and you have that belief in your fellow

753
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 5: brother that like, if they come to me, I'm making

754
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 5: the play. If they go over there, they're gonna make

755
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 5: the play.

756
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 9: Rights as it should be, you know, And uh, I

757
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 9: feel like that's what makes this defense. So I would

758
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 9: say great, It's what make this defense so great is

759
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 9: you know, we lean on each other and we hold

760
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 9: each other accountable. So it's like, if they come at me,

761
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 9: I'm gonna make the play. And if they come at you,

762
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 9: you better make it.

763
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 2: You know. Yeah, you're gonna hear about it. And just

764
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 2: it's just that standard.

765
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 5: You know, two things real quick, d Hop. Did you

766
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 5: look what were you're thinking or were you like this

767
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 5: is good?

768
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 6: Did you know what?

769
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 9: I'm gonna be honest. The Baltimore game, I was like,

770
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 9: you know, kind on the edge. I was a little

771
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 9: nervous about that one. I don't know a little longer,

772
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 9: but this game, I was just like, yeah, we got

773
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 9: this one.

774
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 2: Liked Hop.

775
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm very confident in him at this point, Like,

776
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 9: you know, he's you know, he's very clutch.

777
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 6: I love it.

778
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 5: Second thing, I've heard that you have not been delivered

779
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:35,400
Speaker 5: your merse. I talked to Greg about this last week.

780
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 5: I'm a little disappointed with him.

781
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 6: Because he told me he's trying to rewrite the bet.

782
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 9: Yeah, he's trying to rewrite the bet. So, uh, we're

783
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 9: gonna see, We're gonna see.

784
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 6: I'm gonna tell you give you some advice or so.

785
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 5: In golf, when you play a bet, once you've won

786
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 5: the first bet, people can they can press so they

787
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 5: can add a second bet to it. So you could say, fine,

788
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 5: you want to make a season long bet. You're still

789
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 5: in the lead there by the way to the one,

790
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 5: but you have to the first about it.

791
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 6: It has to be acknowledged.

792
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 2: Can't.

793
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 5: We can't just throw that. We can't change it after

794
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 5: the fact. This is outrageous.

795
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 9: Yeah, he was saying like he might buy missile cologne

796
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 9: to him like he so he want to do you know,

797
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 9: he want to be cheap and Dan try to get

798
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 9: me at the end of the year. But nah, I

799
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 9: need I need my bag. I'm the title. Yeah, you're

800
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 9: out a tele Oh.

801
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 5: I did tell him and we will continue the campaign

802
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 5: justice from Jamerson. Don't you worry about it. You're gonna

803
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 5: get that merse. That's exactly right, MJ. Thanks so much man,

804
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 5: thanks for being us. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family,

805
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 5: and great season so far and excited to see which

806
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 5: guys do out.

807
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 6: There in Denver.

808
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 2: It's say you have a blasday.

809
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 5: We'll be back to break down the Browns and the

810
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 5: Broncos match up next on The Kevin Stefanski Show, all

811
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Speaker 5: along the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network.

812
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: I feel like I have people in the building that

813
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: can tell me the truth, and I think that's really

814
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: important because I don't want this to be a place

815
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Speaker 1: where I don't get the truth from our guys.

816
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 3: This is the coach Kevin Stefanski show.

817
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 4: You're listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network.

818
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 4: Here are your hosts, Nathan Segura and you're Rod.

819
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Speaker 6: Cherry Brown's fans.

820
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Speaker 5: From until December thirty, first, visit your local grocery store

821
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822
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825
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Speaker 5: Bacon and Beer to learn more, and remember, if you drink,

826
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:16,919
Speaker 5: don't drive, decide to ride, enjoy responsibly. Nathan Segera back

827
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 5: with Gerrod Cherry and Jerrod. I gotta tell you something.

828
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 5: I don't know if you've seen the video yet of

829
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 5: the MJ micd up the four minutes. I love that kid.

830
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 5: I think he's become not only a Pro Bowl caliber cornerback.

831
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 5: I think he's becoming a leader. I think his attitude

832
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 5: is infectious. He's made big plays this year. He's got

833
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 5: the two interceptions already. When you see a guy develop

834
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 5: and blossom like that in his second year, it's a

835
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 5: great thing for an organization.

836
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Speaker 6: What have you seen from MJ Emerson?

837
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 2: Oh?

838
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,200
Speaker 7: Well, it starts going back to the first training can't

839
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 7: be participated in Nathan. You can see there was something

840
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 7: special there because he let it be known early that

841
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 7: I'm not your typical rookie. I'm not coming out here

842
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 7: playing scared. I don't care if you're a veteran. I'm

843
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 7: getting after you. And then that transfer it to the

844
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 7: pl fields on Sundays and Tuesdays and Thursdays. I guess

845
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 7: because of the preseason games in the schedule, but I've

846
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 7: been nothing but impressed with him. I love how he

847
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 7: plays a game, I love how he competes, and I

848
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 7: love his attitude. I love the type of teammates is

849
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 7: he is because I saw that what he said to

850
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 7: dtr Yeah, go ahead, man, let your emotion unfold. Be

851
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 7: who you are, express yourself.

852
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 6: You earn this.

853
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 7: People doubted you, didn't think you could do it, but

854
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 7: you prove them wrong, so let's go. So yeah, I

855
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 7: love all of that represents. So yes, I certainly saw it,

856
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 7: and I walked away from it proud. And you know

857
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 7: how you have your certain guys that you that you

858
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 7: find early on in the embassy of their career. He's

859
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:39,919
Speaker 7: that guy for me in a way, just like that's

860
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 7: a guy who's jersey I would rock because I love

861
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 7: what he represents.

862
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 5: Agreed, I love mj Emerson. He is awesome, awesome guy,

863
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 5: so I had to drop the big Lebowski line on him.

864
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 5: Strong men also cry and love to see what he's

865
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 5: been doing out there. All right, let's turn our attention

866
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 5: out to the Denver Broncos. Five and five this season,

867
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 5: and in some ways they're one of the hottest teams

868
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,400
Speaker 5: in the NFL, and other ways, when you kind of

869
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 5: go and look at it, you're saying they're doing what

870
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 5: the Steelers were doing earlier in with a little bit

871
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 5: of smoking mirrors, taking the football away.

872
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 6: They've won four straight.

873
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 5: Against the Vikings, for example, they were out gained by

874
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 5: one hundred yards offensively, they were just two of twelve

875
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 5: on third down, but they had three takeaways. They were

876
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 5: out possessed thirty five minutes to twenty five. But again, takeaways.

877
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 5: That wins everything. We talked about it last week. That's

878
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 5: the number one equalizer and that is how the Denver

879
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 5: Broncos have gone on this four game win winning streak

880
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 5: that'd seen him beat the Vikings. Last week they beat

881
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 5: the Bills. Now they missed the field goal at the

882
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 5: end of the game, twelve men on the field for

883
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 5: the Bills, they get to kick it again.

884
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 6: They win.

885
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 5: They beat the Chiefs twenty four to nineteen. They beat

886
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 5: the Packers nineteen to seven. They've won three straight games

887
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 5: at home. But this is a team not great on offense.

888
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 5: Feels like a good matchup for our defense. But if

889
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,879
Speaker 5: Russell Wilson is doing anything this year, Drod, he's being

890
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,399
Speaker 5: very efficient. But it feels to me like the turns

891
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 5: are the key, and if the Browns can avoid those,

892
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 5: they should be able to go and beat the Denver Broncos.

893
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 7: You absolutely nailed it, Nathan, because as I've watched them,

894
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 7: I'm studying them and I'm saying to myself, this is

895
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 7: the Pittsburgh Steels redo in that And don't get me wrong,

896
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,399
Speaker 7: they have big play capability on the defensive society ball,

897
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 7: especially heins the turnovers that we're talking about. That gives

898
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 7: that offense a shortened field and opportunities. But they make

899
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 7: players on offense too, And Russ is playing a much

900
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 7: better brand of football than he did last year, and

901
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,319
Speaker 7: I think he's starting to be more accepted and appreciated

902
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 7: by his teammates now, so that makes a difference. But

903
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 7: I say all that to say the following, this team

904
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 7: is more than beatable. If you don't beat yourself, you

905
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 7: can beat this football team. And that's exactly what took

906
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:45,799
Speaker 7: place on Sunday night with the Vikings. The Vikings had

907
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 7: no business losing that football game. They dominated it for

908
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 7: the most part. But if you're gonna make mistakes in

909
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,359
Speaker 7: crucial situations and turn the ball over, you don't find

910
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 7: yourself losing football games. So you cannot give this game

911
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,040
Speaker 7: to this football team because they will take it. And

912
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 7: I have to give them credit for this. After they

913
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 7: got b what seventy to twenty by miamiep yep, I

914
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 7: said season over with, but they didn't say that, so

915
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 7: they got some resiliency about them as well. They're not

916
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,360
Speaker 7: gonna lay over. And if the Broncos right now, you

917
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 7: know what you're saying, we win this guys. We are

918
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 7: certainly in the hunt and in a playoff bound and

919
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 7: turning our season around, and we want to be those guys.

920
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 7: Don't let them be those guys on you. And here's

921
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 7: the hard part about this week. It's Thanksgiving. It's so

922
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 7: easy to say, well, we're playing a lesser opponent, but

923
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 7: thank God that they've been winning games, because we can't

924
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 7: take that approach, because this could have been a trap

925
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 7: game where you have a situation when it's Thanksgiving, you

926
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 7: say to yourself, Ah, you know what, I'm gonna spend

927
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 7: more time with the family. I understand it's the season,

928
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 7: not gonna study as much, may stay out or up

929
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 7: later than I normally would doing the course of a

930
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:50,399
Speaker 7: work week because it's Thanksgiving. But with this team having

931
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:53,879
Speaker 7: won four in a row and working on whatever they're

932
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 7: working on, it's one of the situations where you say

933
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 7: to yourself, you cannot rest on your laurels. You gotta

934
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 7: take this team serious because they do have playmakers on

935
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 7: both sides of the ball. But make no mistakes about it,

936
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 7: they certainly can't be beat and we have the recipe

937
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 7: for because we did it last week.

938
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 6: You're exactly right, Russell Wilson.

939
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 5: You mentioned this year he's been playing better sixty nine

940
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 5: percent completions, nineteen touchdowns, four picks, rating of one zero

941
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:18,879
Speaker 5: four point three.

942
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 6: But they're not throwing a ton.

943
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 5: Last week's the first game he's been over two hundred

944
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 5: yards since the beginning of October late September. They're not

945
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,080
Speaker 5: throwing it a lot at home though he's taking care

946
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 5: of the football. Twelve touchdowns, only one pick, and the

947
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 5: turnovers are gonna tell the story in this game for

948
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 5: the Cleveland Browns. You know, you look at this this offense,

949
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 5: Russell Wilson, Cortland, Sutton. I remember the last time we

950
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 5: were in Denver. They have guys to your point that

951
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 5: absolutely can make plays. Javonte Williams can make plays on you,

952
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 5: Jerry Judy can make plays on you. Rusk can make

953
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 5: plays on you. But this feels to me like a

954
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,240
Speaker 5: game in which Kevin Stefanci's probably gonna have a somewhat

955
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 5: similar game plan to this past week because if you

956
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,359
Speaker 5: take care of the football, it feels like think your

957
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 5: defense is gonna be able to shut them.

958
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 7: Down right exactly, and you can't give up the big plays,

959
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 7: and the defense is getting after them and putting pressure

960
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 7: on them, then they'll have turn and create turnovers. Then

961
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 7: it flips it because ultimately we wanted to be in

962
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 7: a situation where we're getting after Russell Wilson and destroying him.

963
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 7: Because if you go back to the teams that have

964
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 7: early on in the season when they were losing games.

965
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,280
Speaker 7: That's exactly what you saw, just him and a duress

966
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 7: in the office able to do absolutely nothing. And our

967
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 7: defense possesses that capability, but it's gonna fall on our

968
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 7: offense to do what take care of the football.

969
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,840
Speaker 6: And I believe too, you can run on this football

970
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:32,479
Speaker 6: team as well.

971
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,399
Speaker 5: Yes, you certainly can. I mean if if you look

972
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,720
Speaker 5: at it and you say, well, Russ has been sacked

973
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,720
Speaker 5: seventeen times in the last five games. This Cleveland Brown's defense,

974
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 5: they can absolutely get after the Denver Broncos and their

975
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 5: offense when we come back, our final thoughts come in

976
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 5: your way here as we get ready for the Browns

977
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 5: and the Broncos. Seven and three Cleveland Browns, five and

978
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 5: five Denver Broncos, a chance get another AFC win and

979
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 5: put yourself in a great puzz position for not only

980
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 5: just the postseason, but this division and for of course

981
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,279
Speaker 5: the number one seed in the AFC. Plus stock up

982
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 5: and step up. That's all coming your way when we

983
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,360
Speaker 5: return for the final segment here on the Kevin Stefanski

984
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,280
Speaker 5: Show on the University Hospital's Cleveland Browns Radio network.

985
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: May I'm just trying to make the right decision for

986
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:17,720
Speaker 1: each of our players.

987
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 4: This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. You're listening to

988
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 4: the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network.

989
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,800
Speaker 5: The Rolling Stones Live Stones Tour twenty four Hackney Diamonds

990
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 5: will be at Cleveland Brown Stadium on Saturday, June the fifteenth.

991
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 5: Tickets go on sale Friday, December first. Visit Cleveland Browns

992
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 5: dot com slash Rolling Stones for more information. All right, Gerrod,

993
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 5: time for a little stock up, step up going in

994
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 5: the Broncos game. Whose stock is up for you with

995
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:46,720
Speaker 5: the Cleveland Browns.

996
00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 7: Ah, it's really simple, my man dtr heck of a win,

997
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 7: heck of a game. Way to bounce back from an interception,

998
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 7: not to get yourself distracted from it in the process,

999
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 7: to go out there and take care of business.

1000
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,799
Speaker 6: So his stock is certainly up for me. It's going

1001
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 6: to be Dwan Jones.

1002
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 5: You know, you say you get to play limited duty,

1003
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 5: and that limited duty means you have to try to

1004
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 5: slow down TJ Watt rushing the quarterback, and he was

1005
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 5: able to do that and neutralize him.

1006
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 6: That was huge.

1007
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 5: That's one of the reasons why he had time to

1008
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 5: make those throws on that final drive so DT Dwan

1009
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,760
Speaker 5: Jones stock way up plus just a great kid. He's awesome.

1010
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 5: He's out the Cleveland Food Bank today. We got a

1011
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 5: chance to talk with him. Great, great kid. All right,

1012
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 5: who's Scott a step up for you? It's really simple.

1013
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 7: Anybody who is responsible for catching passes from dtr you

1014
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 7: can't afford those drops.

1015
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,319
Speaker 6: We all have to step up.

1016
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 5: Yeah, and I'm going to go with a kind of

1017
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 5: two things. And one, just everybody on offense take care

1018
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 5: of the football. You've got to do that. If you

1019
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 5: do that, you will beat this Denver Broncos team. And

1020
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 5: then you know, kind of more big picture. Got to

1021
00:42:44,040 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 5: get that ground game going again. It struggled against the

1022
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,759
Speaker 5: Pittsburgh Steelers. Got to get that ground game going here

1023
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 5: against the Denver Broncos. All right, girod Thanksgiving coming up?

1024
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 5: What's your favorite? The turkey decides?

1025
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 6: What do you love?

1026
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:56,879
Speaker 8: Ah?

1027
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,359
Speaker 7: Man, I love the turkey. Matter of fact, I'm about

1028
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 7: to fry a too, So'm all about that. So yeah, man,

1029
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 7: I got the peanut all about ready, warm it up,

1030
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,320
Speaker 7: get it going to a nice three seventy five four hundred.

1031
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,399
Speaker 6: Drop that bad boy in there, let it go, Let

1032
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 6: it go be careful, Gerard. Obviously when you drop it

1033
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:14,800
Speaker 6: about seven times, dog, Oh.

1034
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,719
Speaker 5: So you're good. You're a veteran, A veteran. I love it.

1035
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 5: I love it all right. Coming up on Sunday, it's

1036
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,040
Speaker 5: remember late start out on the West, not quite the

1037
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 5: West Coast, but in the Rocky Mountains. From twelve to

1038
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 5: two it's Cleveland Brown's Game Day with Ken Carmen and

1039
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 5: Gerrod Sherry. From two to four the Cleveland Browns kickoff

1040
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 5: show with Andy Baskin, Tyvis Powell, and Ken Carmen. And

1041
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 5: at four o'clock kickoff the Browns and Broncos from in

1042
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 5: power Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado.

1043
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:42,879
Speaker 6: So that's what's coming your way.

1044
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 5: Seven to three Browns five and five Denver Broncos. As

1045
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 5: we said, a chance to get to eight and three,

1046
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 5: which is exactly where the Baltimore Ravens are right now,

1047
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 5: at eight and three, and at eight and three, the

1048
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 5: Baltimore Ravens are atop the AFC North and they are

1049
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 5: the number one seed in the AFC right now, they

1050
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 5: would have home field advantage of the.

1051
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 6: Browns can match that. Oh baby, let's go big.

1052
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 5: Thank you tonight to our coordinating producer Meredith Kine, as

1053
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 5: well as our Stefanski Show intern the Great UNO. You've

1054
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 5: been listening to The Kevin Stefanski Show all along the

1055
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 5: University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's radio network.

1056
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,319
Speaker 4: You've been listening to the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. Join

1057
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 4: us next week at this time for more from the

1058
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 4: head coach of the Cleveland Browns.

1059
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1060
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1061
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1062
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