WEBVTT - Press Conference: Carson Wentz September 23

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<v Speaker 1>First game back. Just take us through how you felt

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<v Speaker 1>getting back on the field and how do you evaluate

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<v Speaker 1>your blood. I mean, I felt good, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>felt good to find them be out there. It's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a long time coming, obviously, a lot of excitement,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of emotions. But um, coming out the way

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<v Speaker 1>we did with that hot star going right down the field, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>going some no huddle tempo. I felt good, feel good

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<v Speaker 1>that no huddle and tempo. Is that something you requested?

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<v Speaker 1>What did that give you, guys to at the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>of the Yeah, Doug and I talked about it early

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<v Speaker 1>in the week and UM thought it would be something

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<v Speaker 1>just kind of get get me, started to get the

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<v Speaker 1>off and started to get us all starting fast, um,

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<v Speaker 1>and and he trusted us with it, and obviously the

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<v Speaker 1>result was a good one. The turnovers in the game

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the game, did you attribute those

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<v Speaker 1>to rust or just or decision making? This decision making?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean the interception, the guy made a great play.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's a it's a routway throw. It's all

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<v Speaker 1>the time, and uh, he just he just read it right,

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<v Speaker 1>it well, and I gotta I gotta be smart with

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<v Speaker 1>that one. Um. Another one's unfortunate stepping up in the

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<v Speaker 1>pocket getting it hit. Um. You know you gotta clean

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<v Speaker 1>up those things. Obviously. You never want an interception, fumbles,

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<v Speaker 1>especially um when you're backed up like we were put

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<v Speaker 1>our defense in a couple of tough situations. But they

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<v Speaker 1>stepped up and played a played a good football game. Drive.

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<v Speaker 1>Every team plays, and a lot of them. You guys

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<v Speaker 1>were behind the sticks. A few players said that you

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<v Speaker 1>brought them together at one point and said, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>had boards encouragement. I guess what were was the message

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to convey to the guys there. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean just in the middle of a drive, especially in

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<v Speaker 1>that situation, you know, I think it was just we

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<v Speaker 1>had the sack and then the whole thing, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it was, and it was all of a sudden second

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty or something like that, and I just told

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<v Speaker 1>the guys, let's get half of this. Let's get at

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<v Speaker 1>least half of this, get us in a thirdain manageable, um,

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<v Speaker 1>and just stay together. Everyone's kind of, you know, all

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<v Speaker 1>up in arms over the whole thing or whatever it was.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, they just stayed together, Let's stay on track,

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<v Speaker 1>and next play we had the holding defensive holding, pick

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<v Speaker 1>up the first down, and then we were rolling. We

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<v Speaker 1>get very many big plays today. Was I with the

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<v Speaker 1>frustrations set in at all or did you just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of expect that coming yet? You know? That's I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>credit the Colts defense on that, honestly. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>thought they played, um did some things different than we

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<v Speaker 1>saw on film and really just forced us to drive.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they played a lot of soft zone coverage

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<v Speaker 1>and forced us to take a lot of things underneath.

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<v Speaker 1>So so really credit the Colts defense and UM. At

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, we just played our game and we

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<v Speaker 1>put people in the right spots. Obviously you saw us

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of two and three tight end personnels

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<v Speaker 1>out there, so um, that's kind of part of the

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<v Speaker 1>game plan. Knowing what the Colts like to do not

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<v Speaker 1>at all. Didn't sec reporter when you made that dive

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<v Speaker 1>first down? Can you describe that play and is that

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<v Speaker 1>indicative of your willingness to play with the same a

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<v Speaker 1>band and you played with before you got hurt. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I thought it was just a normal scramble

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<v Speaker 1>to me. You know, obviously made a guy miss in

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<v Speaker 1>the pocket, and um, it's all the first down marker

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<v Speaker 1>and do for a pretty standard standard for him. What

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<v Speaker 1>did Alice got her street of it? Yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 1>I think with Dallas, Um, he's showed me first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a smart football player throughout training camp. Um, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you know, being able to go the no huddle stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm getting him in different situations, get him in

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<v Speaker 1>different spots, UM making calls, the line checks at the line.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he was very instinctive and good football player.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously Um came up big with a couple of plays.

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<v Speaker 1>Managing emotions lead up to this game up ter, it

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<v Speaker 1>was such a much ants. Yeah, I thought I thought

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<v Speaker 1>it went pretty well. You know, I thought obviously emotions

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<v Speaker 1>were running high from the moment I woke up this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>But um, you know, for me, I was just putting

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<v Speaker 1>on worship music and just getting in the zone like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I just felt like another game at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the day. Able to get your first hit today and

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<v Speaker 1>getting you bounced right back up. How the nerves calmed down.

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<v Speaker 1>It felt great, felt great. The running game help you today.

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<v Speaker 1>It looked like that was a real focused effort to Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean the running game was huge. You know, we

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<v Speaker 1>had a lot of UM no huddle kind of checks

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<v Speaker 1>at the line based on what we were getting coverage wise,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were playing a lot of soft um zone coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, the running game helped us slot in

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<v Speaker 1>the passing game. And um, you know, obviously we're down

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit with scrolls and a gie out, so

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<v Speaker 1>um getting Windale getting you know, Josh Adams going, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Corey. I think those those guys all stepped up

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<v Speaker 1>and played a good football game. All the skill spots

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<v Speaker 1>were pretty far down the dead chart. What effect is

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<v Speaker 1>it is that having one on the offensive role? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I think that's that's just kind of football.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's part of football. And then I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's where where good coaching comes into playing and getting

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<v Speaker 1>our best guys out there. You know, obviously you saw

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<v Speaker 1>us a lot with with two and three tight end

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<v Speaker 1>personnel out there tonight, um, and I think that just

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<v Speaker 1>was indicative of those injuries and just um finding a

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<v Speaker 1>way to to just um, get our best guys on

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<v Speaker 1>the field. And um, you know, coaches has a great

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<v Speaker 1>job always just scheming things up, getting the right guys

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<v Speaker 1>in the right positions, and so unfortunately you don't you

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<v Speaker 1>don't want injuries but at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>you got to adapt with them, and I think coach

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<v Speaker 1>has done a good job of that. Get said trouble

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<v Speaker 1>getting the ball to Agilor, But on that last drive,

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<v Speaker 1>two third down conversions out of him, you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>both were with yards after the cash. What were the plays?

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<v Speaker 1>You have a third and five and there's a third nine,

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<v Speaker 1>And what did he do to make this possible? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean at the end of the day, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Nelson today obviously didn't get it get a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>going early, and um, that's just part of it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not something by any by schemer design. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just their coverage. And um, like I said, we

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<v Speaker 1>had to take some things underneath, and um, the tight ends,

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<v Speaker 1>all of them kind of stepped up and played it.

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<v Speaker 1>Played a good football game, and um, you know on

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<v Speaker 1>third downs, I mean those ones late in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson just always has a feeling and being in the

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<v Speaker 1>right spot. And so, um, he's a guy you know,

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<v Speaker 1>especially like him and Zach are two of the main

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<v Speaker 1>targets that we look far on third down and um,

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<v Speaker 1>those he stepped up there at the end car watching

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<v Speaker 1>your defense stop him in the red zone. How much

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<v Speaker 1>of that fire your offense up? Yeah. I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>think we both feed off each other, you know, offensively. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>Seeing our defense just continually step up late in games

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<v Speaker 1>like they have, UM, even going back to last year

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<v Speaker 1>and then the first game of the year, UM today, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>just that that gives us a lot of UM energy

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<v Speaker 1>and excitement on the on the offensive side, and knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that if we just put one together now that defense

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<v Speaker 1>is going to get ahold And that's what they did.

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<v Speaker 1>Or a hit, but you took where you said, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>shoot unrelieved. Now I know I can I know I

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<v Speaker 1>can do this. There are a couple of times where

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<v Speaker 1>you got hit. A couple of scrambles you've made, a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times you were very elusive in the pocket, left, right, left, forward,

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<v Speaker 1>that sort of thing. Did any of those register like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>that's great? Um? Not really, you know, because at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the day, I've been doing so much in practice,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whether whether you guys saw it in training

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<v Speaker 1>camp or I was off to the side with the

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<v Speaker 1>trainers or whoever, I've been doing so much of that

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<v Speaker 1>stuff for a while now. Obviously getting hit was new,

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<v Speaker 1>but I felt like felt like riding a bike, getting

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<v Speaker 1>hit and popping back up again. Your team means have

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned different times in practice, different places where they said

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<v Speaker 1>on my Carson's packed, there's gonna be no limitations. Was

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<v Speaker 1>there a play like that for you in the past

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<v Speaker 1>whatever three to four weeks, I don't think so, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing really sticks out. You know, it was a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of going against the defense As a scout team quarterback,

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<v Speaker 1>I was a little new for me, but um, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I just I felt good for a while. I was

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<v Speaker 1>just good to finally get out there to get this

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<v Speaker 1>first one. All the way for me, how much was

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<v Speaker 1>afore they get this first one done and then just

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<v Speaker 1>out back one focus? I mean it was huge. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously it's huge to just pick up a win in

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<v Speaker 1>a hard fought game with some some tough conditions out there. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>guys really rallied around each other. Uh, the resilience, I

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was huge. Today. You know, we had, like

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about that long drive at the end, we

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<v Speaker 1>had some really unfortunate situations we were in in second

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<v Speaker 1>and extra long third downs. Uh, the fourth downs. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a couple of things, and um, guys just stayed

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<v Speaker 1>together and then the defense stepping up at the end.

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<v Speaker 1>That was huge for us to get us back on track.

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<v Speaker 1>So you mentioned a soft stone a couple of times.

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<v Speaker 1>Looked like a lot of cover too. This was an

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<v Speaker 1>emotional game for you. It's nine plus months, is it was?

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<v Speaker 1>It kind of a little bit harder to not want

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<v Speaker 1>to press and you seeing that cover to it. Not really,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I like to think I'm a tun off

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<v Speaker 1>as a player to just take what they give me.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously they had some um that that might have fooled me,

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<v Speaker 1>um coverage wise and kind of tricked me a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's football. That's football, and that comes with it,

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<v Speaker 1>and um, you know that's that's a good defense over there.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anything that you were curious about that you

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<v Speaker 1>how you would respond that today's told you? Or I

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<v Speaker 1>think you learn that you did not know this point?

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<v Speaker 1>Not really, you know, not really. I think once I

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<v Speaker 1>got back out there, got that first incompletion out of

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<v Speaker 1>the way, kind of threw that one down the field

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<v Speaker 1>a little aggressively. We were rolling from there. Thanks. Thanks, Thanks,