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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I pulled a little Oki Doki. I

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Speaker 1: talked about not liking playing on Thursday. It was a

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Speaker 1: headline everywhere and we were really locked in all week

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Speaker 1: to come out here and get a win. So, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think this team has showed a lot

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Speaker 1: of resilience. Just continues the battle, you know this week,

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Speaker 1: like I spoke about earlier, you know, no practice, no

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Speaker 1: real practices, but just grinding through the film. You know.

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Speaker 1: Our goal all week was like, let's see if we

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Speaker 1: could out prepare them. Let's continue to watch film together,

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Speaker 1: let's study while we're down here. The games a night game,

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Speaker 1: and I think guys really took that challenge, and guys

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Speaker 1: knew what they were doing a little bit, knew what

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Speaker 1: we needed to do. Um. And it was a full

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Speaker 1: sixty minute game. You know. Even the way we could

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Speaker 1: close it out defensively was great. That's how you want

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Speaker 1: to end game. So we just gotta continue to build on,

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Speaker 1: you know, what we're doing well and then fixed things

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Speaker 1: we aren't doing well. That was that was That was

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Speaker 1: two things. That was Doug jam and jam and Pitt's

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Speaker 1: doing a great job. And then you know, looking at

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Speaker 1: the pictures on the sideline as Matt Ryan's throwing the

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Speaker 1: ball high and Bentley are hitting them. Um. And I

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Speaker 1: think that's been the story for us. You know, in

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Speaker 1: the passing game, interceptions have come from great pressure. Almost

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Speaker 1: every interception we've had when you look back through it,

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Speaker 1: somebody's hitting the quarterback. Somebody's causing the pressure. Um. And

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Speaker 1: I think that's how we need to play as a defense.

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Speaker 1: When we can play like that, it's gonna be tough

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Speaker 1: to beat us. Yeah, I mean we know that's something

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Speaker 1: that we rely on. I would say, not just as

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Speaker 1: a defense, offense and defense. You know, our old line

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Speaker 1: and D line take a lot of pride in trying

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Speaker 1: to dominate the line of scrimmage, and um, I think

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Speaker 1: the games that we've won, in the games that have

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Speaker 1: went well for us, that's what you see. You see

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Speaker 1: our old line and D line really control the game

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Speaker 1: up front, and I think from that it opens up

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Speaker 1: the rest of the game. And I think that's what

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Speaker 1: we've seen so far. When we can stop the run

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Speaker 1: on early downs and get to some of our packages

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Speaker 1: and calls and our rush upfront and third down, we've

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Speaker 1: been able to have success. So I was just gonna

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Speaker 1: continue to do those things, and it starts with being physical,

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Speaker 1: it just continues to grow. Um. You know, I think

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Speaker 1: anytime you bringing a pretty big group of free agents,

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Speaker 1: and I would say, you know, kind of big name

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Speaker 1: free agents, guys who have had success other places, you

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Speaker 1: don't always know how that's gonna work. And I think

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Speaker 1: for us, you know, it was a great job obviously

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Speaker 1: bringing in talent, but also personality and character. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think all these guys that have come in this year,

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Speaker 1: and I would count you know, like Kate kV and

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Speaker 1: Big Trent coming back, it's just meshed so well. You know,

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Speaker 1: you look at Judah laughing at joking with everybody. You

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Speaker 1: look at our receiver and corps. It looks like they've

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Speaker 1: played together for like the last four or five years.

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Speaker 1: It are hopping and jumping around. So um, I think

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Speaker 1: that has a lot to do with it. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's not just the talent and playing better and XS

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Speaker 1: and those. It's actually building the relationships, learning you know

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Speaker 1: what each other does well, and then it ultimately turns

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Speaker 1: into playing for the guy next to you. You know

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Speaker 1: his purpose you know, is why and it makes you

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Speaker 1: give more. And I think that's what we've seen throughout

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Speaker 1: the preparation throughout that week, and it shows up on

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Speaker 1: game day. I mean, let's see, let's see if we

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Speaker 1: can play here more. I don't know, it's ultimately, like

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Speaker 1: I said, it comes down to preparation. You know, we

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Speaker 1: play against some good teams here, and playing against Matt Ryan,

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Speaker 1: who's one of the best in the game, has been

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Speaker 1: that way for a while. Um, you know, it's never easy,

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Speaker 1: but you know, I think that's the preparation as guys

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Speaker 1: being locked in throughout the whole game, anticipating what might

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Speaker 1: come next. And I think we got a lot of guys,

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Speaker 1: guys who are either veterans or even our young guys

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Speaker 1: turning into veterans. And as an older guy twelve years in,

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Speaker 1: it's been a lot of fun to watch these guys

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Speaker 1: grow and develop. Appreciate it.