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Speaker 1: So Ellen. Seagull Fall by Chris Ryan. I don't tell

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Speaker 1: you how you're doing. You're doing all, thank you. I

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Speaker 1: want to ask you a little bit about building the

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Speaker 1: foundation of the defense as you think about last night.

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Speaker 1: Were there plays that you guys are able to execute

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Speaker 1: last night to completion that maybe, thinking back a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago, you couldn't have done that? And is

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Speaker 1: that how you measure where you are in terms of

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Speaker 1: going forward? I think that you can obviously tell that

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Speaker 1: as a defense we're starting to grow together and starting

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Speaker 1: to not really forming identity or whatever, but I think

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Speaker 1: we're startingly finally starting to get to where we're playing,

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Speaker 1: where we know where we need to be playing. UM.

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Speaker 1: I don't I hope that answers a question. Just okay,

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Speaker 1: I'll get more said. Were there plays last night that

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Speaker 1: you made as a defense that maybe, as you think back,

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Speaker 1: you couldn't have made a couple of weeks ago, or

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Speaker 1: didn't make a couple of weeks ago. UM? I couldn't

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Speaker 1: answer that. UM. I know I could tell you that

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Speaker 1: there was plays that we didn't make in the past

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Speaker 1: that um, we obviously felt that we should have made.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, UM, I feel like, Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: in hindsight, that's what you would say after every game.

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Speaker 1: But um, you know, I'll just follow it up again

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Speaker 1: with just saying that, uh that we all feel like

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Speaker 1: we're moving in the right direction and we're we're we're

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Speaker 1: doing the right things. We just uh needed needed a

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Speaker 1: little bit more continuity, no problem. Next question Chris Ryan,

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Speaker 1: followed by Mike Reece. Hey, Dante, do you feel like

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Speaker 1: you this defense is playing your winning football at this

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Speaker 1: point in time where you kind of have that foundation,

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Speaker 1: but it's gonna just building upon it? Could you ask

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Speaker 1: that first part of gam So do you feel like

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Speaker 1: you guys are playing your winning football right now where

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Speaker 1: you're the defense in the spot where you're you're giving

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Speaker 1: your team a chance to win? Um? Uh, you know

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Speaker 1: the job of a defense is to keep the to

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Speaker 1: to not let their pussing team score. So, UM, you

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Speaker 1: know anytime that you know we can come in we

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Speaker 1: play a really good team, a really good offense like

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Speaker 1: we played and um, you know, slow those guys down

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Speaker 1: and limit a lot of a lot of the big

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Speaker 1: shots and big plays. Um that you know that that

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Speaker 1: the offense is like they come accustomed to. Um, you

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Speaker 1: know we feel like we we're kind of you know,

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Speaker 1: doing our job. But um, anytime you can stop the

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Speaker 1: big plays and you know if they get down the

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Speaker 1: red zone and you can play good in the red

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Speaker 1: red area and and you know, make guys kick field goals. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know we that's that's you know, part of winning football.

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Speaker 1: And Matthew g Don's been a player, has been so

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Speaker 1: fun to watch so far. UM. How would you describe

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Speaker 1: him as a player and what he's brought to the

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Speaker 1: defense and also as a person. Uh, just a great dude.

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Speaker 1: I love him. Um. You know, ever since he's got here,

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Speaker 1: he's always u one inclined to work hard and one

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Speaker 1: who's kind of really led by example. Um as far

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Speaker 1: as you know, whether it be you know, wanting to

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Speaker 1: do extra workouts or wanting to do extra drills or

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Speaker 1: something after practice. Um, and it goes to show that

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Speaker 1: you know, a lot of guys see that and pick

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Speaker 1: up on it and feed off of it. And more

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Speaker 1: or less off the field, but on the field too

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Speaker 1: especially UM, you know, whenever you need a good rush

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Speaker 1: and a good spark on defense or a momentum swing.

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Speaker 1: You know, Judy has been showing up for us and um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm glad that I can call him a teammate. Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Our next question, Mike, base and encouraging, and we also

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Speaker 1: raise a hand if you have a question for Dante.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Stacy. Dante, how are you doing today? You doing?

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Speaker 1: Mike good? Good? I had two UM and the first

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Speaker 1: is UM one about like sort of human emotion, right,

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Speaker 1: And so we're coming off You're coming off a game

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Speaker 1: against the defending Super Bowl champions, Brady, just a lot

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Speaker 1: of and you felt the energy I'm sure last night

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Speaker 1: in the stadium, and now you're gonna turn the page

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Speaker 1: to a road game against the Texans, and I think

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Speaker 1: human emotion might be to exhale, you know, or at

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Speaker 1: least from my perspective, how do you resist that? If

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Speaker 1: that is you know, how do you fight that, Dante?

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Speaker 1: If that is indeed something that is reality from your view? Oh?

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Speaker 1: Point blank and simple. I mean, I mean we don't

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Speaker 1: have the record or the the comfort to to want

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Speaker 1: to exhale. I mean if anything, UM, you know, playing

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Speaker 1: against UM a team is good, you know, like you said,

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Speaker 1: super Bowl champs last year, and UM obviously a really

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Speaker 1: good team this year, both you know, offensively and defensively.

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Speaker 1: Their stacked, um, and you know to come you know,

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Speaker 1: fall short or whatever. Um, you don't you don't really

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Speaker 1: exhale off of that. You know, you want to build

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Speaker 1: off of that. You know, each week, you know, we

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Speaker 1: feel like we've gotten better. You know, we've um maybe

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Speaker 1: not you know, one hundred percent better you know, each week,

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Speaker 1: but we've gotten better and those are the things that

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Speaker 1: that count. You know, you want to get better each week.

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Speaker 1: So um, you know, not happy or comfortable with obviously

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Speaker 1: with the record, but with the work and the hard

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Speaker 1: work and the grit and the museums did everybody's show

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Speaker 1: him and it's it's you know, it brings energy if anything.

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Speaker 1: And then my other one was on just your your

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Speaker 1: impressions of Jelani Tavai if I'm saying it right. He's

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Speaker 1: been up the last two weeks from the practice, but

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Speaker 1: played a little more on defense last week, not just

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Speaker 1: I think he had like one snap yesterday. What has

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Speaker 1: it been like just working with him and what have

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Speaker 1: you noticed about him as he's sort of been more

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Speaker 1: part of what you guys are doing on game day,

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Speaker 1: you know in the linebacker group. Just a really smart dude. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think if if anything. He might be

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Speaker 1: one of the guys who who you know, ask maybe

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Speaker 1: not necessarily may old questions, but really ask a lot

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Speaker 1: of the older guys, maybe guys that kind of been

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Speaker 1: in the system a little bit longer. Um. Obviously with

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Speaker 1: little bit, uh, he has some knowledge of, you know,

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Speaker 1: what we do and how we like to do it. UM.

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Speaker 1: So I mean he's a really smart kid. He works

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Speaker 1: really hard, um and just you know, and I enjoy,

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Speaker 1: you know, having him around. Thank you, Jante, Thanks anyone