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Speaker 1: The Browns back in action on Thursday as they continue

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Speaker 1: to prepare for Week one and the Cincinnati Bengals. As

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Speaker 1: we get closer to game day, we start to see

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Speaker 1: the game week availability schedule play out, and on Thursdays

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Speaker 1: we hear from three players and the coordinators. I'm Jason

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Speaker 1: Gibbs and this is the from the Podium podcast. Before practice,

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Speaker 1: the players talked in the locker room. Wide receiver Amari

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Speaker 1: Cooper up first. He discussed how he's preparing to attack

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Speaker 1: the Bengals secondary and the changes we'll see in the

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Speaker 1: offense this season.

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Speaker 2: Did you get to the place that.

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Speaker 3: You wanted to be for the start of the seasons

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Speaker 3: A ten terms of what condition?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, condition health. I feel good. You know, I'm

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Speaker 2: ready to go.

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Speaker 4: I mean.

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Speaker 2: I was just full of the kansasity games.

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Speaker 3: Is good for you to get in the game, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think so, you know, just to get a feel

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Speaker 3: of playing in an actual game again. You know, the

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Speaker 3: offseason is long, and we between the the last game

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Speaker 3: of the season and between the first game of the

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Speaker 3: regular seasons pretty long layoff. You know, you know another

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Speaker 3: sports like basketball and stuff. You know they got Summer League.

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Speaker 3: You know, different type types of things to get uh

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Speaker 3: accustomed to actual games. So we have the preseason, Margue,

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Speaker 3: you saw a skipla come out.

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Speaker 5: When did you think about playing all three years to

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Speaker 5: drink teams in the three or four years.

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Speaker 2: I didn't think much of it, to be honest.

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Speaker 3: You know, we gotta play somebody and and also we

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Speaker 3: It doesn't really matter to me when we play 'em.

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Speaker 5: You know, you don't take their heads any h pressure

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Speaker 2: You know, I, like I said, the way my brain

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Speaker 3: We have to play 'em anyway at some point, so

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Speaker 3: it doesn't matter to me how it scrambled.

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Speaker 2: You know, we both get the same amount of uh

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Speaker 6: That's right.

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Speaker 7: So how close do you think the offense as a

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Speaker 7: murray convenient as good as it can be this year?

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Speaker 8: Uh?

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Speaker 3: You know, judging from a standpoint of not playing any

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Speaker 3: So uh, you know, I think we're looking good. I

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Speaker 3: think we got a lot of pieces in play, you know,

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Speaker 3: a lot of weapons on the outside.

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Speaker 2: Obviously the running game is very good.

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Speaker 3: So you know, uh, I got we got the pieces,

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Speaker 3: so we just gotta we just gotta really wait and see.

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Speaker 9: To be honestly, I'm ara the conveying football changes this

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Speaker 9: offseason being their secondary just the type of challenge facing

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Speaker 9: your team in Week one where maybe you don't have

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Speaker 9: a lot of film on their new personnel.

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Speaker 2: How the film there, make the film there?

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Speaker 3: You gonna find it, whether you gotta go back to

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Speaker 3: that we already know what you know obviously what we're

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Speaker 2: As far as UH scheme, and you know they kind

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Speaker 2: of have an did That's what football is about. You know,

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Speaker 2: we we know them, they know what s they're in

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Speaker 2: our division, so it's really not that many secrets. You

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Speaker 2: just gotta go out there next to Kut Tomar.

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Speaker 10: A lot of the UH talk has been on the

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Speaker 8: Do you feel like your guys just rehioting court is

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Speaker 8: getting over looked.

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Speaker 2: A little bit in this game? I I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I haven't really been UH focused on what the media

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Speaker 2: I can't righteously judge it. We're getting overlooked or not.

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Speaker 11: This is the secondary you think you can exploit.

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Speaker 3: I think I think think I can ever exploit at

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Speaker 3: every secondary. So that's kind of a a rhetorical question,

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Speaker 3: but mmy, of course, Yeah, Amara, do you feel like.

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Speaker 12: You have a pretty good idea of what the movements

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Speaker 7: Like when you guys put it out there so they

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Speaker 9: To count together?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would be lying up I said I didn't

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Speaker 3: we all get the game plan, you know, we y'all

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Speaker 2: We ever gotten that yet? But the you know, the

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Speaker 5: So if it's gonna is it explosive as you guys,

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Speaker 5: If it's gonna look and it's.

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Speaker 7: Gonna function as sufficiently.

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Speaker 13: As you play, are you is there some uncing.

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Speaker 2: Like that or something?

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Speaker 3: Like coach Avan said, I don't have a crystal ball though,

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Speaker 3: you know it's uh, I don't know. Uh, but I,

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Speaker 3: like I said before, you know, we we got the pieces.

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Speaker 2: I mean every team thinks that they have the pieces

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Speaker 2: of you know, we we practice world, we prepare well.

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Speaker 3: But w we'll just have to wait and see, you know,

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Speaker 4: Cool.

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Speaker 5: How much difference do you think people look from it

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Speaker 5: did last year?

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Speaker 2: Not from an execution.

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Speaker 2: U maybe formation?

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Speaker 14: Why is that?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 2: I'm sure coaches made you know, some tweets. Uh. That's

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Speaker 2: what it's all about, right, getting better from year to year.

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Speaker 3: Uh So some things were definitely be different, but a

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Speaker 2: I don't I don't know. You gotta ask Kevin Man.

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Speaker 2: Ask Kevin what he what he's doing, what he's.

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Speaker 1: Taking up up next. All Pro guard Joel Botonio talked

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Speaker 9: Children meant to have to shawn with you guys from

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Speaker 9: the get go this year any games and just have

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Speaker 10: Yeah, it's been good. You know, office has been his

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Speaker 4: Really good for him.

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Speaker 10: You know, I think he's building this confidence up and

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Speaker 10: we're confident at him to go out there and he performed.

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Speaker 2: We've been.

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Speaker 9: Kind of mine find you guys do up front to

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Speaker 11: How do how has that come along? Because you've gotten

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think we've worked on it a bunch. I

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Speaker 10: think with a mobile quarterback, there's always a little bit

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Speaker 10: you know what I mean. Obviously there's there's some uh,

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Speaker 11: But we're gonna work.

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Speaker 10: We're trying to hold our blocks forever and no one

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Speaker 10: you know, holding when he's you know, leaving the pockets

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Speaker 10: I think I think we're ready to go out there

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Speaker 2: How how do you inter.

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Speaker 8: Achieves?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think you know, from alignment perspective, we want

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Speaker 10: things all the time, so the play is never over,

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Speaker 10: and you got to make sure you're finishing your box.

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Speaker 10: Even if you know you think it's over, you got

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Speaker 9: No, we ask you about the contunity on the.

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Speaker 11: Back and being familiar with you if you have that

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Speaker 2: How much did that you guys have this?

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Speaker 10: Yeah, it's been big. You know, most of us have

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Speaker 11: He's got a lot of reps in and so it's

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Speaker 10: You know, you start to get to know the guy,

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Speaker 10: your play next to how they move, you know, communicate

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Speaker 11: You guys have done a lot of feeling. Getting to

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Speaker 9: And a third level of defenses has been a point

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Speaker 9: of emphasis when you look at some of that we've said, coach.

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Speaker 11: Defenses made to the offensive label this year.

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Speaker 9: How much more I'm important are those schemes techniques at

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Speaker 9: center up for you guys a turn?

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Speaker 10: I mean Coach Callahan, you know, I think finds a

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Speaker 10: But we've been working on at all, you know, and

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Speaker 10: I think it's important, you know, if if we can

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Speaker 10: we like that matchup a lot, and and.

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Speaker 11: It's been good.

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Speaker 10: We have a ton of variation, you know. I mean,

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Speaker 10: Our offense like bases, but we have a lot of

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Speaker 11: Talk to me a little bit about running against slider boxes.

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Speaker 11: It's an offensive line those box in line user. Do

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Speaker 2: Saying we've got the pieces. With all of your perspective

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Speaker 12: Is the most talented roster.

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Speaker 10: Like those are tough spots and we're we're picking for

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Speaker 11: Yeah, it's it's part of I think you learn.

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Speaker 2: How much do you keep.

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Speaker 4: He's in your head.

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Speaker 11: The fact that you play all tween divisions in the.

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Speaker 11: Know, extra day to get ready for for pit out.

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Speaker 15: Use a lot of empty in the preseason. It looks

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Speaker 15: You know, the ball's got to get out of the

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Speaker 10: I think we're we emergency, Like, I think the guys

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Speaker 10: But I think we're excited to get out there and

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Speaker 16: We feel like we match up very well with them.

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Speaker 2: What do you think it is with you guys?

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Speaker 11: Does that make this get more fun?

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Speaker 4: This is kind of what I feel.

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Speaker 12: Do you wear that like a badge of honor?

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Speaker 4: Oh for sure. I mean at the end of the day,

449
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Speaker 4: I'm just a competitor.

450
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Speaker 16: You know, whatever I can do out there, you know,

451
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Speaker 16: I play with a bunch of energy, a bunch of passion.

452
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Speaker 16: But I mean that's that's fine, you know, because we

453
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Speaker 16: we definitely talk, but you know we're gonna back it

454
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Speaker 16: up too.

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Speaker 2: So help you help with the energy?

456
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Speaker 4: Is it getting the other guy's head?

457
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Speaker 2: Like, what, what's the kind of.

458
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Speaker 11: The motivation behind it?

459
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Speaker 16: I kind of just do it just for passion, just

460
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Speaker 16: for my guys, honestly, you know, guys, seeing me out

461
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Speaker 16: there playing with a bunch of energy, I feel like

462
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Speaker 16: it'll arise the guys around me, you know who are

463
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Speaker 16: more you know, mild temper guys. So I kind of

464
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Speaker 16: talk just it's just what I'm used to, just the

465
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Speaker 16: passion and just to bring guys.

466
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Speaker 4: Along with me.

467
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Speaker 11: Is there like a little extra juice here? Guy, just

468
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Speaker 11: get a little wider when you line up and number.

469
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Speaker 2: Ones across from you.

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Speaker 16: Yeah, I would say that, but I would say all

471
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Speaker 16: three of their receivers. I mean, arguably they're one of

472
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Speaker 16: the best receiving corps in the league. So you know,

473
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Speaker 16: getting the opportunity to go against any one of those

474
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Speaker 16: guys is is special for me. And you know, every

475
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Speaker 16: single time I get a chance to go against one

476
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Speaker 16: of them, my eyes definitely get wide.

477
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Speaker 4: I'm ready to go.

478
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Speaker 18: Greg, How are you looking forward to seeing how this

479
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Speaker 18: whole defense comes together.

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Speaker 12: You guys really haven't played all together.

481
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Speaker 4: In preseason game or anything.

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Speaker 18: Are you very curious and anxious to see, uh what?

483
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Speaker 12: You actually have?

484
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Speaker 4: Super excited.

485
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Speaker 16: Even in that preseason game, we didn't have everybody cause

486
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Speaker 16: miles in play, and I think we we did a

487
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Speaker 16: great job. But at the end of the day, you know,

488
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Speaker 16: every all the work that we've been putting in since

489
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Speaker 16: the summer, we gotta put it all on display. So

490
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Speaker 16: I'm super excited to see, you know, what we're made

491
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Speaker 16: of this first week.

492
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Speaker 19: Is this first gave.

493
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Speaker 2: A good test to see what it does look like feel.

494
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Speaker 4: As as a complete Oh for sure.

495
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Speaker 16: I think this first game is definitely gonna say a

496
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Speaker 16: lot about you know, how hard we've worked, how how

497
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Speaker 16: hard we've prepared for this game and for this moment.

498
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Speaker 4: So I'm definitely super excited.

499
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Speaker 2: Which once you.

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Speaker 13: Touched on it already to play the matchups and how

501
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Speaker 13: well you bets match up against each other. But to

502
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Speaker 13: be like five and one against Burrow or poor and

503
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Speaker 13: one whatever it is, what about this team in particular

504
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Speaker 13: has like cause led you guys having so much success

505
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Speaker 13: against the Bagels?

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Speaker 16: You stud Yeah, once again, I just honestly believe it's

507
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Speaker 16: that match up piece. Like you know in the NFL,

508
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Speaker 16: you match up well with certain teams and things like that,

509
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Speaker 16: and I think this is one of our premiere, you

510
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Speaker 16: know matchups. So you know, we we take this game serious,

511
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Speaker 16: we take every game serious. But I just think our

512
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Speaker 16: matchup is in our favor. So we're super excited for.

513
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Speaker 9: Jim Schwartz has talked a lot about getting those guys

514
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Speaker 9: up front rotated, keeping their legs fresh, but also you

515
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Speaker 9: guys on the back end the same thing. Just how

516
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Speaker 9: how do you feel about that and and how much

517
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Speaker 9: fresh do you think that's better? As a players that

518
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Speaker 9: gonna make you get getting that rotation.

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Speaker 16: You know, we got guys, like I said, every single

520
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Speaker 16: time I'm up here, we got guys that can go

521
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Speaker 16: start on pretty much every other team in the NFL.

522
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Speaker 16: So you know, with the rotation rotation piece, like, I'm

523
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Speaker 16: not too worried about it, cause we got guys that

524
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Speaker 16: can come in and do the same thing that we

525
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Speaker 16: all doing. So we'll definitely keep guys fresh, keep guys

526
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Speaker 16: mentally fresh and things like that. So I'm super excited

527
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Speaker 16: to see what guys like Cam Mitchell and you know those.

528
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Speaker 4: Guys can do out there. So I'm super excited.

529
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Speaker 5: Because you guys play the Bengals choice a year The

530
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Speaker 5: fact that Jim is new at coordinator and his scheme

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Speaker 5: is style is different than what you guys said a

532
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Speaker 5: year ago. Hey, does that give you guys any kind

533
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Speaker 5: of the edge because the Bengals haven't seen you guys

534
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Speaker 5: playing that sistence?

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Speaker 16: Ah, for sure, definitely. You know, certain teams you're able

536
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Speaker 16: to get a good grasp. You know when your offensive

537
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Speaker 16: coordinator and defensive coordinators come back, Uh like ste fancy

538
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Speaker 16: hit on the head. You know, obviously they're gonna do

539
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Speaker 16: curve balls that we haven't seen. But you know, you're

540
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Speaker 16: always gonna go back to your bread and butter. I

541
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Speaker 16: mean when you haven't put you know a lot of

542
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Speaker 16: stuff on tape and things like that. We're gonna be

543
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Speaker 16: able to to do some things that they haven't seen

544
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Speaker 16: necessarily ever from usself. Uh, we're definitely super excited to

545
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Speaker 16: put that defense on display.

546
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Speaker 5: And do you think Joe's Do you expect Joe to

547
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Speaker 5: be any different with the cash stream, the fact that

548
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Speaker 5: he didn't get to practice a lot in training camp.

549
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Speaker 11: It's been since.

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Speaker 16: July, no Joe Burrow is one of those guys. I mean,

551
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Speaker 16: it's a few guys that he probably doesn't ever need

552
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Speaker 16: to practice really and can go out there and still

553
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Speaker 16: be you know, a top three, top one quarterback in

554
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Speaker 16: the NFL.

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Speaker 4: So nah, he'll definitely be full go and and ready

556
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Speaker 4: to go.

557
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Speaker 2: Is it hard to.

558
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Speaker 12: Believe that he's one in four against the Browns?

559
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Speaker 4: Nah, It's not really hard to believe.

560
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Speaker 16: Like I like keep saying, is just I feel like

561
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Speaker 16: that matchup aspect, we match up very well with them.

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Speaker 16: You know, they play us tough, We play them tough,

563
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Speaker 16: and you know, you could just feel the energy every

564
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Speaker 16: single time we play them. So definitely not you know,

565
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Speaker 16: super like like the belief isn't like in awe that

566
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Speaker 16: we're you know, for and one against them.

567
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Speaker 9: The expectations going into the season maybe like externally, not

568
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Speaker 9: a lot of national folks are talking about the Browns

569
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Speaker 9: as a contender, but it feels like within.

570
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Speaker 11: This locker room and.

571
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Speaker 9: You guys feel like you are just where do you

572
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Speaker 9: come out on the the expectations and and trying to.

573
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Speaker 4: Live up to them.

574
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Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean we like that we're exactly where we're

575
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Speaker 16: supposed to be. You know, you gotta earn respect from

576
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Speaker 16: the league. So we're exactly where we want to be

577
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Speaker 16: in exactly where we're supposed to be. Uh, we're gonna

578
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Speaker 16: prove it every single week, and it starts this week.

579
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Speaker 16: So uh, we're not too worried about, you know, the

580
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Speaker 16: external stuff. We keep everything internal. We know the capabilities

581
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Speaker 16: that we have and we're gonna try to reach those

582
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Speaker 16: every single game.

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Speaker 9: Great with the back and forth sea a fun part

584
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Speaker 9: of the matchup.

585
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Speaker 6: Who would you say to their.

586
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Speaker 12: Best trash offer?

587
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Speaker 16: Honestly, none of them really talked back to me, to

588
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Speaker 16: be honest.

589
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a lot one sided.

590
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Speaker 16: I kind of just be talking out there in general,

591
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Speaker 16: so it's kind of one sided.

592
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Speaker 4: But yeah, they'll say something here and there.

593
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Speaker 13: I mean the h handful of things. I know it

594
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Speaker 13: was last year, but that you were kind of talking

595
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Speaker 13: about that they said maybe last summer, Like do you

596
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Speaker 13: hang out of that stuffing like look at it for

597
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Speaker 13: motivation or is it just kind of like in.

598
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Speaker 16: The back of your mind that I guess, Yeah, I

599
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Speaker 16: keep receipts on everything. Any any way you can get

600
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Speaker 16: an edge any single game to just you know, elevate

601
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Speaker 16: your game, even that one percent more definitely always keep receipts.

602
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Speaker 9: I've been able to add any receipts this week.

603
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Speaker 16: Nah, I haven't been able. I've been I've been off

604
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Speaker 16: of a little bit of social media. I'm just ready

605
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Speaker 16: to get after a week one day.

606
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Speaker 13: Does it add to that edge getting to open up

607
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Speaker 13: at home with the fans against it like the.

608
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Speaker 2: Bengals, Is that you guys up more?

609
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Speaker 4: Oh? For sure.

610
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Speaker 16: Always say when we play at home, it's like we

611
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Speaker 16: got a twelve man on the field with us, So

612
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Speaker 16: you know, we're super excited. I feel like they got

613
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Speaker 16: to beat us and our fans, so we're definitely super

614
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Speaker 16: excited to you know, started off at home.

615
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Speaker 1: After the players finished, it was time to hear from

616
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Speaker 1: the coordinators. Special teams coordinator bubbav and Trone was the

617
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Speaker 1: first to go. He talked about getting new kicker Dustin

618
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Speaker 1: Hopkins acclimated to his new stadium and what the plans

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Speaker 1: are for the return game.

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Speaker 17: He's done well, he is getting comfortable with the operation.

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Speaker 17: You know, he's very particular. So those guys have done

622
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Speaker 17: a good job. They've worked really hard the last week

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Speaker 17: or so just getting that, you know, in a comfortable spot.

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Speaker 8: So it looks mechanics and nuances to that kicking game.

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Speaker 9: Is that a real challenge to get a guy up

626
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Speaker 9: to speed with that group in this just short of

627
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Speaker 9: a window.

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Speaker 17: No, I think just the communication is important amongst him

629
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Speaker 17: and Corey, you know, specifically on the on the on

630
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Speaker 17: where the ball needs to be placed and how it's

631
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Speaker 17: leaned and all that, all that type of stuff.

632
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Speaker 8: So it's been good.

633
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Speaker 12: Is it a tough transition for you to have to make.

634
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Speaker 13: A tough decision for you to have to you know,

635
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Speaker 13: be a part of to.

636
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Speaker 11: To move on from Kate and just say.

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Speaker 13: You know, you've got to make a change here.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean you build relationships with players and things

639
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Speaker 17: like that. As far as the kicking specifically, I've worked

640
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Speaker 17: with a number of specialists and kickers over the last

641
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Speaker 17: five years, you know, as a coordinator, So I've I

642
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Speaker 17: feel like I've had experience, you know in that regard.

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Speaker 17: So excited about Dustin and you know, his opportunity to

644
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Speaker 17: contribute to our our team.

645
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Speaker 20: What do you plan to do to try and fill

646
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Speaker 20: that void?

647
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean that was it was disappointing for him.

648
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Speaker 17: He had worked so hard to come back, you know,

649
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Speaker 17: from injury and obviously sustaining that in the k C

650
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Speaker 17: game was was heartbreaking, you know, for the for the kid,

651
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Speaker 17: because he had worked so hard to make it back.

652
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Speaker 4: You know.

653
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Speaker 17: And then you know, in football, you know, injuries are

654
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Speaker 17: gonna happen, and it's a part of the game and

655
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Speaker 17: we're ready for you know, to take that next step

656
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Speaker 17: and not replace him, but you know, someone else needs

657
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Speaker 17: to step up and you know, contribute to those units.

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Speaker 2: Yesterday, the but they got kicker inference.

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Speaker 17: We're gonna have our guys kick on different days at times,

660
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Speaker 17: you know, typically in a in a in a week

661
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Speaker 17: of work, Dustin's gonna kick on Thursday and Friday.

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Speaker 8: That's what he's done in his career.

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Speaker 17: So just try to keep him as comfortable as possible

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Speaker 17: with his process, and Lucas will kick on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

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Speaker 3: The reason that you kept.

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Speaker 8: The practice, I'm sorry, injury history.

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Speaker 2: The reason you guys kept the practice. Five teams.

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Speaker 17: You know, I think that we're always trying to improve

669
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Speaker 17: our roster in some capacity, whether it's as a specialist

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Speaker 17: or a young developmental player in a Big four setting.

671
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Speaker 17: So you know, we felt that it was a good

672
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,639
Speaker 17: opportunity to have that guy on the practice squad.

673
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 11: What do you like about Jerome FDA as.

674
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 8: A ticket Jerome does a lot of good things.

675
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:23,200
Speaker 17: He's got good vision, he's an aggressive runner, he's fast,

676
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 17: he's got good.

677
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 8: Contact balance, he's strong.

678
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 17: I think he's I think he's got some toughness to him.

679
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,080
Speaker 17: Every every Friday, and I shouldn't really say this now

680
00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,639
Speaker 17: because I hope none of the players see it, but

681
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 17: every Friday, I show a high school highlight film from

682
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 17: one of our players at the end of my meeting,

683
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,439
Speaker 17: just try to lighten it up a little bit. And

684
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 17: I'm going to show his tomorrow and it's probably the

685
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 17: best highlight film I've seen in the last six years.

686
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,919
Speaker 8: So excited to do that with Jerome.

687
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 13: I mean, when you have a younger player who has

688
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 13: to miss like an extended time in training camp, like

689
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 13: what's most important, Like obviously it's the second year here,

690
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 13: but to make sure he's staying on top of things,

691
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 13: and how have you seen him handle.

692
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,160
Speaker 2: That part of it? Yeah?

693
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 17: For I would say for ball handler specifically, like for us,

694
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 17: he's just got to get as many catches pre and

695
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 17: post practice, especially off the live foot.

696
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 8: That's important. He's done a good job of that.

697
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 17: Uh, since he's been back and you know, excited to

698
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,880
Speaker 17: be able to see him. You know, moving forward, young

699
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 17: guys like Diabate and Hickman, the undrafted guys that made it.

700
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,040
Speaker 11: What did you see in those guys as special teamers?

701
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 17: You know, I mean number one, they both made a

702
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 17: lot of plays, you know, so you want to have

703
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 17: playmakers on the field and some capacity, whether it's offense,

704
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 17: defense or special teams.

705
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 8: Both of those guys made an immediate impact.

706
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,760
Speaker 17: On defense when they had opportunities, and we're hoping that

707
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 17: they can as send and you know, contribute to our units.

708
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 5: How you're going to handle the fair catch rule and

709
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 5: they can change it all without having a.

710
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 10: Guy like.

711
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 4: No.

712
00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 17: I mean every every every game, every play, every situation

713
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 17: is different. You know, I'm not gonna really give you

714
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,840
Speaker 17: my strategy on how I see that going, but you

715
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 17: know we'll be prepared and our players will be prepared

716
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 17: to handle all the situations that arise throughout a game.

717
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 17: Throughout you know, you know, some type of whatever scenario

718
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 17: want to bring up, but we'll be we'll be prepared

719
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 17: and ready for whatever we need to do to handle

720
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 17: that particular situation.

721
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 2: Unusual that kickers nine years, it's never kicked.

722
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 20: The game.

723
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 8: Yeah, that particular game that is that is kind of

724
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 8: I didn't I didn't actually know.

725
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 2: That, how.

726
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 11: So it was it was good to be able to get.

727
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 8: Down there last week and and hit in the stadium.

728
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 17: That was his first time when that we had you know,

729
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 17: really like live operation and it was at the stadium,

730
00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 17: So that was good.

731
00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 8: He hit the ball well.

732
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 17: The thing that it works to his advantage just overalls

733
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 17: as a specialist as a kicker, even though he had

734
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 17: been in LA the last two years, he's been in

735
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 17: Washington the previous however many so he's kicked outside, he's

736
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 17: been in the elements. He understands, you know, win patterns

737
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 17: and win conditions, so that I think bodes to his

738
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 17: advantage and our advantage as far as you know, acquiring

739
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 17: guy this late in the game. So and he's a

740
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 17: true professional, he really is. He's worked really hard at

741
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 17: you know, getting comfortable with those guys.

742
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 8: So it's been good job.

743
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 13: What was it like to lose your number one returner

744
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 13: and then have to switch up your kickers in the final.

745
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:45,320
Speaker 8: Week of the camp.

746
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean things are going to happen, you know,

747
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 17: things happen in in sports and football.

748
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 8: And you just you gotta it's it's how you bounce.

749
00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 17: Back, It's how you it's how you uh, you know,

750
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 17: get back up off the ground, you know, and how

751
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 17: are we gonna make it right? So things happen in

752
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 17: a game. I mean there's guys go down in a game.

753
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 17: It's how are you gonna How are you gonna come back?

754
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 17: How are you gonna you know, respond? So I feel

755
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 17: like this is some adversity, you know, with our team,

756
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 17: and we gotta we gotta come back and come back

757
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 17: fighting Donovan, I mean, Donovan has been the primary returner

758
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 17: back there. We have other guys that can do it,

759
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 17: so you know, we're always going to go with the

760
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 17: best available, you know, depending on their offensive and defensive availability.

761
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 12: So I'm sure you.

762
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 5: Got geeked up as a player for Sunday. So how's

763
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 5: it different as a coach or do you get geeked up?

764
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 2: Just in a different way?

765
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 8: It's different.

766
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 17: I feel like as a as a player, you have

767
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 17: more like true nerves going into a game.

768
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 8: It's just it's different.

769
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 17: You know, as a coach, you feel you feel confident

770
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 17: as long as you prepare well, Like I feel like

771
00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:00,040
Speaker 17: I prepare well. I feel confident in my ability to

772
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 17: get my players in the right position. But then you're

773
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 17: kind of at the mercy of them. You know, you

774
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 17: don't have any real control over the performance. You're just

775
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 17: trusting in them that they've prepared well and have practiced well,

776
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 17: and you've put them and trained them in specific situations.

777
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 8: So there's definitely differences.

778
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 17: I would say that like me me personally, I got

779
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 17: more nervous for games as a player.

780
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 19: You like about Donovan as a punk returner? What what skills?

781
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 19: What about his skill set?

782
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 17: Like I've been around a good number of ball handlers,

783
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 17: punt returners, you know, guys like Dani Amandola, Julian Edelman.

784
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 8: That really tracked.

785
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 17: They all those guys did a really good job of

786
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 17: tracking the ball in the air right and adjusting. Like

787
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 17: I think the Donovan's judgment is excellent. I think he's

788
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 17: got really good hands. He does a pretty good job

789
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 17: setting up on the ball. Very very reliable ball handler.

790
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 19: So following up on that, I mean one of his

791
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 19: big things on offense as a receiver is contested catches.

792
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 2: Is there sort of a.

793
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 19: I mean, does that sort of go hand in hand?

794
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 17: I would say yeah, because I think the contested catches

795
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 17: thing is obviously I mean, you have to have good

796
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 17: He's got good body or you know, he uses good

797
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 17: body position to be able to put himself in a

798
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 17: position to make those plays. He's got strong hands and

799
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 17: then being able to judge the ball in the air

800
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 17: and track the ball in the air.

801
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 8: So I think that that's obviously a trait that he has.

802
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 8: It's it's pretty good.

803
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 2: So you know, the.

804
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 18: Numbers of your pies during the preseason games, I don't know,

805
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,040
Speaker 18: But did they improve from that first game in camera?

806
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 12: Yeah?

807
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 8: I think so.

808
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 17: I think a lot of the penalties happened with a

809
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 17: lot of young players. I feel like we have done

810
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 17: a good job on teams and throughout our roster of

811
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 17: expressing how important it is to play a clean game,

812
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 17: make good decisions at the point of attack, not make

813
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 17: dumb penalties, don't do dumb things that are.

814
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 8: Going to hurt your football team.

815
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 17: So and really, I think a lot of the results

816
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 17: of penalties are you're you're using bad technique, bad footwork,

817
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 17: you know, you're not in the right spot. So and

818
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 17: then just telling our guys like we want to make

819
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 17: good decisions.

820
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 2: Is it to have.

821
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 5: Core guys on your units to be to have a

822
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 5: special teams.

823
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:33,439
Speaker 14: That you want.

824
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 5: And who would you say are like your core guys

825
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,240
Speaker 5: like the mad Adams and most kinds of gays.

826
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean, I would say the guys that don't

827
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 17: play really that have like starting roles offensively and defensively.

828
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 17: I think that those you have those backups in those

829
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 17: key positions. Typically, I would say, like amongst the league,

830
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 17: you know, most of your core is going to come

831
00:34:54,560 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 17: from defensive positions, linebackers, you know, the third, fourth, fifth safety, uh,

832
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 17: the fifth corner on the roster. You know, hopefully you

833
00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 17: can have some offensive players that contribute in some capacity,

834
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 17: whether it's you know, the third running back. You know,

835
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 17: hopefully you can have a tight end contribute like Harrison

836
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 17: Bryant helps us out.

837
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 8: So that's like that's a positive.

838
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 17: Because then when you get those contributions from the offensive positions,

839
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 17: then it pulls a little bit back off the defense.

840
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 17: When you don't have contributions from offensive players, if you

841
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 17: don't have a running back that it really does much.

842
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:30,759
Speaker 17: If you don't have a tight end, then it's really

843
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 17: stressing those defensive positions and you may need to have

844
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 17: you may need to carry another defensive player to the

845
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 17: game to do so. So guys that can do multiple things.

846
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 17: Position flexibility is a big thing, you know. Acquiring Pierre

847
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 17: Strong was was it was a good thing for us

848
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 17: because he had special teams experience, uh in New England.

849
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 17: So I think that that's definitely that's value, that's having value.

850
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 19: From the bubble.

851
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 18: How is the message from over the summer if they're

852
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 18: trying to make mats for themselves and earns off of

853
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 18: the scene, how that translate now as you approach the

854
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 18: regular season in Week one.

855
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 17: Yeah, we've I mean coach Theefanski and I we've we've

856
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 17: definitely hit our guys hard on you know, special teams,

857
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 17: especially like if you want to contribute, you've got to

858
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 17: be able to have our role on special teams. Even

859
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 17: our starters have a role. You know, you may be

860
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 17: a corner that starts on our punt return unit, or

861
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 17: starts on our field goal block unit, whatever it is.

862
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,880
Speaker 17: Everybody has some type of role. And I think that

863
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,800
Speaker 17: these young guys are realizing now, especially that the roster's

864
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 17: been cut down, that you know, they may not be

865
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 17: seeing as much offensive or defensive opportunities as they had

866
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 17: hoped and now they're hoping and wishing, and you know

867
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 17: that they had these special teams opportunities. So and when

868
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 17: you make plays on teams, then you know it go,

869
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 17: it's it's noticed. And then a lot of times you're

870
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,799
Speaker 17: going to get more opportunities offensively and defensively.

871
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 19: For you to be back out.

872
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 21: There at Cleveland Brown Stadium.

873
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 13: I mean, have you thought about that, what it's going

874
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,040
Speaker 13: to be like when all the you.

875
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 9: Know, the fans are there and the lights are on,

876
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 9: and might you be running up and down the sidelines

877
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:12,399
Speaker 9: or how do.

878
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 11: You think this is going to go for you?

879
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 17: I'm excited, I'm I'm definitely excited about this opportunity. I'm

880
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 17: excited for our team and our season. UH want to

881
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 17: be able to help our team win in any way,

882
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:22,800
Speaker 17: shape or form.

883
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,640
Speaker 8: So going to do my best to put our.

884
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 17: Players in position to make plays and it'll be exciting

885
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 17: when we're making them.

886
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 2: Touchdown. Last year, I think probably less than that kickoff returns.

887
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 2: Why is that happening?

888
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 8: Is how many kickoff returns were there?

889
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 12: Not sure?

890
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 2: I thought it was less than three.

891
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 17: Right, Yeah, I would say I would have to credit

892
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 17: some of the some of that, like as far as

893
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:54,360
Speaker 17: the pump return stuff to the specialists, you know, the

894
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,879
Speaker 17: punters are doing a good job of placing the ball

895
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,359
Speaker 17: with hang time. You know, there's a lot of there's

896
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 17: a lot of really good punters in the league currently,

897
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:08,359
Speaker 17: coverage units have probably been better. And then as far

898
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 17: as kickoff returns, not not exactly sure. I think, and

899
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 17: I'll reiterate this too, I think that the I think

900
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 17: that that play is.

901
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,919
Speaker 8: A safe play. I really do.

902
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 17: I think it is a safe play, just after you know,

903
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 17: going back through a lot of film over the last

904
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 17: you know, six months or whatever it's been, I think

905
00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 17: that that is a safe play. And I'm excited to

906
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 17: be able to to coach it up this year.

907
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:33,320
Speaker 2: Go back to the returners.

908
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 13: Given his versatility and all the things he can do,

909
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 13: could Elijah moreby in play as a returner at some point?

910
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 17: Yeah, So Elijah, Elijah definitely works his ball handling. He

911
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 17: catches punts every day. He did it in college, So

912
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 17: if we need him, he'll be ready to roll.

913
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:59,360
Speaker 1: After Bubba offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt addressed the media

914
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: before prank. He gave some insight into how much DeShawn

915
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,479
Speaker 1: Watson has grown since last season. And how the team

916
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: is prepping for the Bengals defense.

917
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 5: Can you just talk a little bit about how you've

918
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 5: seen Deshaun progress throughout the three season You come along

919
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 5: with everything you guys are.

920
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 13: Asking him to do this.

921
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 7: Sure, yeah, no, I think he's done a great job.

922
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 7: Much more comfortable than where he had been in the past,

923
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 7: you know, an off season to kind of understand the

924
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 7: offense and figure out how we're trying.

925
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 14: To scheme things up.

926
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 7: I think he has great understanding for that now really

927
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 7: dove in took ownership of it, and really, for me,

928
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,280
Speaker 7: it was the last few practices of the mini camp

929
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 7: where like, okay, this guy's different than he was you

930
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 7: know earlier times on the practice field, really lit up

931
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 7: and started to really command the offense and understand everything

932
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 7: we were asking him to do.

933
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 19: Getting Murkis back when to help open things up with

934
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 19: that offense.

935
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 14: In the past year. That's an area that we like.

936
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 7: You know, he gives you great speed, great experience as

937
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 7: a player, has made a ton of plays in the

938
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 7: league and having that that ability to run through defenses

939
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 7: and push the the coverage deeper is obviously going to

940
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 7: help any team. But not only is he fast, He's

941
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 7: also a very good receiver, so we'll use him in

942
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:14,879
Speaker 7: multiple ways.

943
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 5: Offense have more potential to be more versatile week to

944
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 5: week because of the different.

945
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 14: Personal we have now, I think so.

946
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,480
Speaker 7: I think that's one of the things we always strive

947
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,279
Speaker 7: to do offensively, is to stay multiple and versatile and

948
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 7: make you know, teams defend multiple looks, multiple personnel groupings,

949
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 7: multiple formations as part of our system, and that's how

950
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,720
Speaker 7: we you know, we've started it, so I do believe.

951
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 14: So you know, we'll see how it goes.

952
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 7: Every every year is different with injuries and the things

953
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 7: that come with the football season. But I feel like

954
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,439
Speaker 7: we have the pieces where if we need to change

955
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 7: and go in a different direction, we had that available.

956
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 5: We had a really strong camp in preseason. What how

957
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 5: did you see him improve from previous completely?

958
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 7: Yeah, Dave's obviously a talented player, one of the top wise,

959
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 7: I pined opinion. I mean, he can do both in

960
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 7: the run game and what he does in the past

961
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 7: games exceptional as well.

962
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,479
Speaker 14: He's another guy just continues to grow.

963
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 7: This is his fourth year now in the system, so

964
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,520
Speaker 7: his understanding and knowledge, you know, of what we ask.

965
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,240
Speaker 14: Him to do. You know, he's improved as a route runner.

966
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 7: He's caught the ball extremely well for us, and then

967
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 7: when he blocks, he's as physical as there is in

968
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 7: the league.

969
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 14: So he's he's.

970
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,239
Speaker 7: Really had a strong camp and really the last couple

971
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 7: of years has really come on as a top why

972
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 7: in the league of.

973
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:28,439
Speaker 18: Empty formation in the preseason games, and of course wasn't

974
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 18: all of the Shawn sure dtr are allowed to But

975
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,319
Speaker 18: is that kind of a concession to something that show warns.

976
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 14: No, I don't think so. I think we all want it.

977
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 7: I think you know, he obviously, his strengths are when

978
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 7: you get people spread out, his ability to move in

979
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 7: the pocket and create when things don't work out or

980
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,760
Speaker 7: if he decides to take off with the ball, that gives.

981
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 14: You more space to do so.

982
00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:52,240
Speaker 7: But we've always been a pretty heavy, you know, empty

983
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 7: formation team before him. I think we'll see it as much,

984
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 7: if not maybe a little more, a little less. But

985
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,479
Speaker 7: that's nothing that you know, we've decided to do because

986
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 7: of DeShawn. I think we've always been that way and

987
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 7: it'll just play to his strengths.

988
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 6: Chubb is on the field more and so he's on

989
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 6: a lot of scrimmage more than he's in the past.

990
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 7: Oh, I think Nick will be just fine, you know,

991
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:16,880
Speaker 7: whether it's the ball in his hands out of the

992
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,439
Speaker 7: backfield as a receiver or handed it to him, whether

993
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 7: we're under in the shotgun. I think Nickel fit in well.

994
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,760
Speaker 7: He's uh. His skill set. He's not just a dot runner,

995
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,959
Speaker 7: you know, he's not an under center just wide zone runner.

996
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 14: He can do a lot of different things, you know.

997
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 7: And and the way he gets ready for the for

998
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 7: the season in the off season, with his training, his

999
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,399
Speaker 7: ability to run with the football. I feel good about

1000
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 7: throwing it to him, handed it to him from the gun.

1001
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 7: They were under under.

1002
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 19: Center missing most of camp with the hamstring injury.

1003
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,920
Speaker 8: Did that alter your plans.

1004
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 5: On what you can do at.

1005
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,320
Speaker 13: Your third down back?

1006
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 14: No, I don't think so.

1007
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:49,719
Speaker 7: I mean we we uh, you know, we envisioned him

1008
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:52,399
Speaker 7: getting more planning time kind of in the cream roll

1009
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 7: last year third downs than spelling. Nick spent a lot

1010
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 7: of time with him in the meeting room on some

1011
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 7: of the things that come up on third down. From

1012
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 7: protection standpoint, he's very sharp. He hasn't missed a beat

1013
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 7: since he's been back, and all those meetings we've had.

1014
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 7: I feel very confident with him in there as a

1015
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 7: as a protector and a ball carrier, whether it's first

1016
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 7: second with they're downee.

1017
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 19: What makes the Bengals defense so good?

1018
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:18,239
Speaker 7: You know, I've been around Blu a lot. I got

1019
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 7: a lot of respect for Lou. I think it's one

1020
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 7: of the top coordinators in the league. The thing that

1021
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 7: lou will do will show you different things, you know,

1022
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 7: much like punch and CounterPunch. You know, you'll you'll get

1023
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 7: different looks, You'll get the same look over and over

1024
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 7: with two or three different variations of that look. I

1025
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,799
Speaker 7: think he does a nice job at keeping you off

1026
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,319
Speaker 7: guard and keeping you guessing, you know.

1027
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 14: But then they play hard, you know.

1028
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 7: Obviously it's a defense that that finishes really well.

1029
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 14: It's a big motor, you know, a challenge.

1030
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 7: For us to play at our level and you know

1031
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 7: with our finish and our ability to play to the

1032
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,479
Speaker 7: echo with the whistle has been something we've talked about all.

1033
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,960
Speaker 5: Week, particularly true with their d ends against your tackle.

1034
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,759
Speaker 7: Absolutely, there was a play where I think they got

1035
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 7: a hit or a sackle on Jacobi last year where

1036
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 7: he moved around in the pocket and we kind of,

1037
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 7: you know, let the time clock expire, you know, We've

1038
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:05,960
Speaker 7: talked a lot about that, but those two edge rushers,

1039
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:07,719
Speaker 7: you know, they're going to go to the till the

1040
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 7: end of the whistle. So we have to you know,

1041
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 7: mindset is we're going to play it, you know, to

1042
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 7: the echo of the whistle as well. Infinity and pass protection,

1043
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 7: doesn't matter how long we got to hold him out,

1044
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:17,439
Speaker 7: the mad minute, all.

1045
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 14: Those things that goes into it.

1046
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,720
Speaker 7: But you know, as we grow and learn more about

1047
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 7: the Shawn, you know, his ability to break tackles within

1048
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 7: the pocket, extend plays, it really heightens our awareness as

1049
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 7: an offensive line to continue to fight until the play

1050
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:30,719
Speaker 7: is finally over.

1051
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 20: Five guys up front, you know, pull in and get

1052
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 20: into that second third level of the defense has been

1053
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 20: so instrumental offensively for you just because of the Shawn's

1054
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 20: ability to extend plays in that. How do you think

1055
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 20: that that group has adjusted to dealing with that and

1056
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 20: not you know, getting caught down field, not holding things

1057
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:52,040
Speaker 20: like that.

1058
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:53,280
Speaker 14: It's tough.

1059
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:55,279
Speaker 7: You know, I'm not going to lion say I've ever

1060
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 7: played offensive line, but I can imagine when you got

1061
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 7: a guy locked up and all of a sudden he

1062
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 7: starts to react opposi where you think the quarterback is

1063
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 7: it's training, you know, Coach Callay and coach Peters, those

1064
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 7: guys do a great job. You know, at some point

1065
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 7: you just got to let go. You know, we would

1066
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 7: rather take you know, a guy that got loose late

1067
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 7: in the down as opposed to a ten yard holding penalty.

1068
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 7: So some of the things we learn to adjust and

1069
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 7: adapt to Deshaun's play style.

1070
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,840
Speaker 13: It's like Elijah running and Deshaun running.

1071
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 21: Do you have to kind of not live in.

1072
00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,879
Speaker 13: Your fears and just go out and run your game

1073
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 13: and not worry about them getting hurt.

1074
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think we've always thought about it. This way

1075
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,160
Speaker 7: is never to play scared. That's you know, that's never

1076
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 7: a healthy way to do things in this league. So

1077
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:38,479
Speaker 7: we'll go out and play and guys will make plays

1078
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 7: when they're there, and you know we'll be smart. You know,

1079
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 7: he'll be smart when he does have the ball in

1080
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 7: his hands and when to get down and how to

1081
00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:44,959
Speaker 7: get down.

1082
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:46,960
Speaker 14: But that's nothing we're afraid of.

1083
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:48,800
Speaker 20: You.

1084
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 13: When you're to be able to put.

1085
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 18: It all out there, you had to go over the

1086
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 18: first couple of weeks in the season for you.

1087
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 2: How do you balance the exciting of wanting to put a.

1088
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,120
Speaker 21: Work trip down on the field to top opponent and

1089
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:01,880
Speaker 21: knowing that it.

1090
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:03,879
Speaker 13: Might take some time to lay it all out there.

1091
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's the hard part as a coach. You know,

1092
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,319
Speaker 7: there's two things that kill coaches in that opener, and

1093
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,879
Speaker 7: that's time and tape. So you have all the time

1094
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 7: in the world and you're had all the tape to

1095
00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 7: watch them, so you start chasing ghost. You start doing

1096
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 7: a lot of things that normally you won't have time

1097
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 7: to do during the normal season. So, you know, Kevin's

1098
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 7: done a great job of letting us know as a

1099
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,040
Speaker 7: staff that we need to keep this plan tight. It's

1100
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 7: about execution and it's about finish. It's not really about

1101
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:28,399
Speaker 7: the scheme so much. It's just how well we can

1102
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:29,760
Speaker 7: operate within the scheme.

1103
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 2: We're on the opposite sideline. Obviously, you want to keep

1104
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:34,720
Speaker 2: them off the field as.

1105
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 14: Much as possible.

1106
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 2: At the same time, you have so many.

1107
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 4: Explosive weapons at your disposal.

1108
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 19: If you picture this game being more of a shootout

1109
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:43,160
Speaker 19: or you.

1110
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 11: Know, how do you kind of balance that schematically with keeping.

1111
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 2: Him off the field and being explosive at the same time.

1112
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,680
Speaker 7: Yeah, it doesn't matter who the quarterback is on the

1113
00:46:50,719 --> 00:46:53,440
Speaker 7: other side. Quite honestly, our goal is to possess the

1114
00:46:53,440 --> 00:46:55,440
Speaker 7: ball and finish in the end zone. So that's converting

1115
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 7: on third down. That's all the little things of situational football.

1116
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:01,440
Speaker 7: Really doesn't matter who we're playing offensively, our mindset is

1117
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 7: a let's convert on third down, let's win situational football

1118
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 7: short yardage, and when we get down in the red zone,

1119
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:08,919
Speaker 7: let's end up with seven on the board. So really

1120
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 7: not even thought about it from a standpoint of who's

1121
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,759
Speaker 7: on the other side. That's just the way we operate here.

1122
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,319
Speaker 20: It was, you know, tight ends and fullbacks and that

1123
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 20: now you know, this is year four, full back not

1124
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,440
Speaker 20: not nearly as important. There's not even one on the

1125
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:28,000
Speaker 20: roster right, you know, David's kind of your your number

1126
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 20: one tight end. There just touch the evolution that you

1127
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:35,200
Speaker 20: guys have made offensively here, coming in with one philosophy

1128
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 20: and now you're you know, having.

1129
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:38,840
Speaker 12: To fit with the person.

1130
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 7: I mean, that's the that's the story of coaching, right,

1131
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 7: adjusting adapt to the players that you have and putting

1132
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 7: them in the best position to be successful. And I

1133
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 7: think that's just kind of how we've evolved offensively. You know,

1134
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,640
Speaker 7: we're not stuck in this certain system. You know, we

1135
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:54,239
Speaker 7: can be multiple versatile with different people out there. So

1136
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 7: I think that's one of the things that's the strength

1137
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 7: of ours.

1138
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,720
Speaker 13: I know with the Shawn, like when Kevin or basically

1139
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 13: anyone talks about him like the ball junkie, aspect of

1140
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:03,759
Speaker 13: his personality comes up. I guess have you seen that

1141
00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 13: like rub off on some of the rest of the offense.

1142
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, And I think he leads by example for starters.

1143
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 7: I think he loves football, that's evident. He sees it

1144
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 7: extremely well when he sit and talk ball and watch film.

1145
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,239
Speaker 7: I mean, he has a great vision of what he

1146
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 7: sees in front of him, and then the little things

1147
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 7: he does on the side, bringing the guys in, having

1148
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:22,800
Speaker 7: those extra meetings where he runs and directs the meetings.

1149
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:24,640
Speaker 7: I think he got to follow a leader like that

1150
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 7: perception out there.

1151
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:29,640
Speaker 19: Not really sure exactly where it came from or how it.

1152
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 9: Came that he didn't have a very good camp or

1153
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 9: he didn't look good at times during training camp.

1154
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 21: You know, what do you say to that.

1155
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 7: I would say it probably came back from the red

1156
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 7: zone periods against our defense. Everybody can admit that's one

1157
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,400
Speaker 7: of the hardest drills in football, so we like that.

1158
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 7: It's hard, there's not a lot of space, and we're

1159
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 7: not running the football, so it makes it tough on him.

1160
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 7: So but you know, all that training again is going

1161
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 7: to pay dividends in the end.

1162
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:55,880
Speaker 14: Those weren't the best drills offensively for us.

1163
00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:58,520
Speaker 7: Again, we didn't scheme what we were trying to do

1164
00:48:58,560 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 7: to beat that that defense. We were trying to work

1165
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 7: on our craft and work on our our scheme that

1166
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 7: we have in in that areas. So I would say

1167
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,840
Speaker 7: that's not true in that regards, but I can definitely

1168
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 7: see how that would look to the.

1169
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:10,040
Speaker 14: Outside of world.

1170
00:49:10,040 --> 00:49:11,920
Speaker 7: As you watch a lot of those tight red zone

1171
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:13,879
Speaker 7: seven on sevens where you might have two or three

1172
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 7: completions out of say six or eight, you know it

1173
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:19,280
Speaker 7: may look like that. But again, that's really the hardest

1174
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:20,880
Speaker 7: drill of the day for the quarterback is a.

1175
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 14: Seven on seven of the red zone and.

1176
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 9: Compete feel when you're watching those, do you you set

1177
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:30,960
Speaker 9: three how much do you set the results aside and

1178
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:34,839
Speaker 9: really look at what's actually happening in the play as

1179
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:37,680
Speaker 9: far as maybe the Christmas of the routes that were.

1180
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:38,879
Speaker 20: Being running and things like that.

1181
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 7: I mean that's what we coach off of, you know,

1182
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 7: we always want to try to be perfect in everything

1183
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 7: we do. Again, we ran a lot of the same

1184
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:49,319
Speaker 7: type of concepts against them. Not not worried about what

1185
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 7: happened there during training camp. I thought we got a

1186
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:54,480
Speaker 7: lot of great workout of it. You know, the defense

1187
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 7: got better, we got better. So it was a win

1188
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:56,960
Speaker 7: win for both sides.

1189
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 2: Last year ended for Mari with that injury. Does he

1190
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:03,600
Speaker 2: look like he's back to the guy that started the year? Yeah?

1191
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:05,879
Speaker 7: Really, it's and it's it's uh man, what a tough

1192
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 7: guy he was to stick it out last year for us.

1193
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:10,360
Speaker 7: I'm just thinking about the you know, you watch the

1194
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:12,479
Speaker 7: games from early in the year and since he played

1195
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 7: him here in Halloween and the guy that was out.

1196
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:16,400
Speaker 14: There compared to the guy that.

1197
00:50:16,120 --> 00:50:17,839
Speaker 7: That came on the field, you know, attribute to him

1198
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 7: to fight through and battle for his brothers. But uh,

1199
00:50:20,239 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 7: you know, he he he looks like he's back to

1200
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 7: the oldo Mari right now after the injury.

1201
00:50:26,120 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 19: Being a rookie, how much of you see him sort

1202
00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:32,400
Speaker 19: of absorb more as as this has gone on, and

1203
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 19: how much more is he kind of had put on

1204
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:38,360
Speaker 19: his plate as as as you've gotten closer to to somebody.

1205
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,239
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's a lot, you know, for for a rookie

1206
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 7: to come in, especially in the system where you never

1207
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:44,320
Speaker 7: really got in a huddle. So the communication, the verbal

1208
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:46,759
Speaker 7: information that was delivered in the huddles new to him.

1209
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:47,400
Speaker 14: So he's growing.

1210
00:50:47,560 --> 00:50:49,759
Speaker 7: I thought he had an excellent camp, uh for a

1211
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 7: young guy, and he'll be instrumental.

1212
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:52,799
Speaker 14: For us throughout the course of the season as well.

1213
00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 14: You know, he's a big guy.

1214
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 7: He's got great uh past gills, he can catch the ball,

1215
00:50:57,760 --> 00:50:59,200
Speaker 7: great body control, all the things that.

1216
00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:02,680
Speaker 1: He did last Defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, who met with

1217
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: the media after practice, told us the two stats he

1218
00:51:06,040 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: cares about the most on defense and the challenges that

1219
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:12,760
Speaker 1: Bengals offense provides Joe Burra.

1220
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:15,920
Speaker 2: To play where the challenges.

1221
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:22,760
Speaker 21: Yeah, very accurate quarterback. That's been one of his hallmarks. Accurate,

1222
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:27,320
Speaker 21: has some movement ability, He's tough. He you know, he

1223
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:31,439
Speaker 21: can move around in the pocket. He plays alive, very

1224
00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 21: good accuracy, and those who his playmakers are he's afraid.

1225
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:35,240
Speaker 12: He's not afraid to throw.

1226
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:38,600
Speaker 21: It to any of the eligibles on the field.

1227
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 12: Those three receivers also how them with each other.

1228
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:47,560
Speaker 21: Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think that's just the way

1229
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,240
Speaker 21: it goes. You know, I got a lot of respect

1230
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:52,520
Speaker 21: for Boyd and in the slot. He's done it a

1231
00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 21: long time. He's a strong.

1232
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 12: Player, he's he's a veteran player.

1233
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,719
Speaker 21: And then you know Higgins and Chase. I mean, those

1234
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 21: guys are are tough outs on the outside part of

1235
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 21: the field, but you know, sort of different things. You know,

1236
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 21: they can both go up and get the ball, they

1237
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,400
Speaker 21: can both body you, they can both run after the catch.

1238
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 21: And you know, I think that when it's all said

1239
00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 21: and done, that's gonna be one of the keys to

1240
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:15,879
Speaker 21: this game is is how well we do with.

1241
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:17,759
Speaker 12: Run after the catch with their receivers.

1242
00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:20,560
Speaker 21: Oh, you know, every everybody, everybody wants to think it's

1243
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:23,160
Speaker 21: all plays down the field, but you know, five yard

1244
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 21: completions that they run for twenty five, you know, can

1245
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:29,680
Speaker 21: be just as you know, damaging to a defense.

1246
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:38,040
Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean, we we're built.

1247
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:38,799
Speaker 12: That way for sure.

1248
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 21: You know, with with guys in our division and teams

1249
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:45,239
Speaker 21: in our division, you know, Andrew and and Kevin and

1250
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:48,080
Speaker 21: you know, everybody has has done a really good job

1251
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:52,880
Speaker 21: of making sure we match up well versus versus our opponents.

1252
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:57,280
Speaker 6: Runs or one of the four and one gs grow

1253
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:02,319
Speaker 6: is contributed that milesier just right, you shit, So they

1254
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:05,320
Speaker 6: add Aline over when you were yours.

1255
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 2: How do you the dynamic or works out.

1256
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:07,920
Speaker 4: In the front.

1257
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:12,680
Speaker 21: Well, we added Obo also in Dalvin, you know, so

1258
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:15,960
Speaker 21: let's not you know, let's not overlook those guys too.

1259
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:17,839
Speaker 12: It's gonna be a team game. It's never a one

1260
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:18,520
Speaker 12: on one game.

1261
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:22,400
Speaker 21: Obviously, guys like Joe Burrow or or great individual players,

1262
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:26,240
Speaker 21: guys like Miles or great individual players. But nobody stands alone.

1263
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:29,960
Speaker 21: They're all dependent on everybody else. And part of Miles's

1264
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,800
Speaker 21: ability to succeed is gonna depend on our corner's ability

1265
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 21: to cover.

1266
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 12: We talked about those receivers and.

1267
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:38,719
Speaker 21: If they're getting open quickly, you know, and Burrough's throwing

1268
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,160
Speaker 21: the ball quickly, that can negate your pass rush. So

1269
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:45,080
Speaker 21: it's a combination of all those things, you know. You know,

1270
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:48,000
Speaker 21: like I said, no no player stands alone.

1271
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:48,440
Speaker 4: You know.

1272
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:50,839
Speaker 21: We we gotta have a good team effort, but we need

1273
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:53,279
Speaker 21: our our good individual players to play good.

1274
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:54,239
Speaker 12: Also, it's a big game.

1275
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:57,560
Speaker 21: Openers are always big game, and we gotta come ready

1276
00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:58,120
Speaker 21: on Sunday.

1277
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:01,120
Speaker 6: So you do you do you do think that your

1278
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:02,960
Speaker 6: defense is point right, there's not.

1279
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:08,120
Speaker 21: Supposed to be, but been that long huh, But yeah,

1280
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:11,520
Speaker 21: given a low profile, how much uh, how far.

1281
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:13,439
Speaker 1: As your union comes since then?

1282
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:16,920
Speaker 21: And how who do you do and how how your

1283
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 21: own Ye know, there's always uncertainty with an opener, you know,

1284
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,000
Speaker 21: you there's so many things that will come up, you know,

1285
00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:26,560
Speaker 21: I mean, and you know, you know I a lot

1286
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:30,040
Speaker 21: of times, you know, the opener, A lot of well

1287
00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:32,919
Speaker 21: laid plans can go awry. You know, somebody goes down

1288
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:36,040
Speaker 21: with cramps, or you know, something happens, or the opponent

1289
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:39,360
Speaker 21: comes out featuring something that they had never shown before,

1290
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:42,520
Speaker 21: you know, so you know, it's all part and parcel.

1291
00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 12: Physically, I think we're ready.

1292
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 21: You know, and you know, and I think that we

1293
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:50,279
Speaker 21: made some progress in camp and in preseason games. But

1294
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:54,120
Speaker 21: there's nothing going against you know, a team that's you know,

1295
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,319
Speaker 21: that's at the top of your division, that's scheming to

1296
00:54:57,440 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 21: beat you, and you know, in the game, the games count,

1297
00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 21: the games mean something, so you know, we'll be up

1298
00:55:04,640 --> 00:55:07,080
Speaker 21: for the challenge. But it is gonna be a great challenge,

1299
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:09,239
Speaker 21: and uh, we're gonna need our home field. We were

1300
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:11,799
Speaker 21: practicing today with the crowd noise, you know, and that's

1301
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 21: gonna make it hard on sensy. It can, it can

1302
00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:18,920
Speaker 21: be challenging for us with communication, but that's a that's

1303
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,879
Speaker 21: a small price to pay to affecting the opponent. And

1304
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:24,080
Speaker 21: you know, we come out with a win, our our

1305
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,680
Speaker 21: fans will have a lot to do with that. You know,

1306
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:28,320
Speaker 21: they'll be they they know what time it is to

1307
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,320
Speaker 21: our fans know it's not preseason anymore.

1308
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 12: They'll be there for us.

1309
00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:34,719
Speaker 9: Yeah, when you uh, when you tell us about your

1310
00:55:34,760 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 9: defense early if you mentioned that.

1311
00:55:37,640 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 5: Uh, it's by guys playing off each other, not just

1312
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:45,120
Speaker 5: worrying about their own responsibility. So my question is does

1313
00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:48,240
Speaker 5: that leave you, uh, leave your defense.

1314
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 18: Vulnerable at all?

1315
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,440
Speaker 16: And they're not just worry about their own responsibility.

1316
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,440
Speaker 21: Oh no, they all have responsibilities within. But you know

1317
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:59,000
Speaker 21: it it's probably a little bit jeff like an offensive line, right,

1318
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:01,360
Speaker 21: you know, I mean, it's it's about the operation of

1319
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:04,120
Speaker 21: the group and knowing how the guys play next to you.

1320
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 12: I probably mean a little bit more like that.

1321
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:09,879
Speaker 21: It's not it's you know, you know basketball A lot

1322
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:12,680
Speaker 21: of times I'm I'm I don't know a lot about basketball,

1323
00:56:12,719 --> 00:56:15,719
Speaker 21: and it sort of blows my mind. But when when

1324
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:19,399
Speaker 21: they when they run the triangle, I can't understand it,

1325
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:21,799
Speaker 21: you know, and it looks like a mess out there,

1326
00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:24,239
Speaker 21: but there they know what spots they got to get

1327
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 21: to and they know if this happens, then this happens,

1328
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 21: and this is how you play off that. I think

1329
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:32,480
Speaker 21: I'd probably put our guys a little bit more of that.

1330
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:36,480
Speaker 21: You know, it's it's within the scheme. It's not just

1331
00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:39,560
Speaker 21: eleven guys doing their own thing. It's within the scheme.

1332
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:42,280
Speaker 21: But you know, when you're rushing the passer, you gotta

1333
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:45,439
Speaker 21: you gotta, you got to play off the guy next

1334
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:47,359
Speaker 21: to you a lot of times because he might get

1335
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 21: the center slide and he's wide and now you got

1336
00:56:50,120 --> 00:56:50,799
Speaker 21: to make him right.

1337
00:56:50,920 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 12: It's the same thing with a linebacker. You know, if

1338
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:53,800
Speaker 12: you if I got.

1339
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:57,719
Speaker 21: The B gap, but you know Miles season opening and

1340
00:56:57,760 --> 00:56:59,440
Speaker 21: he takes the B gap, I gotta be able to

1341
00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:01,040
Speaker 21: replace him to the next gap.

1342
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:03,040
Speaker 12: So i'd i'd probably put it.

1343
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:06,320
Speaker 21: A little bit more into that. As you know, your

1344
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:13,479
Speaker 21: your your collaborating as opposed to just you know, doing

1345
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:14,040
Speaker 21: your own thing.

1346
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:15,160
Speaker 12: We're not doing our own thing.

1347
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:18,280
Speaker 21: It's well organized, but we also give the players freedom

1348
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:20,439
Speaker 21: to be able to to free up and make plays.

1349
00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:21,760
Speaker 12: We don't want robots out there.

1350
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 5: When you talk about the unknowns of the over, do

1351
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:26,440
Speaker 5: you feel like there's an element of surprise?

1352
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 8: Do you?

1353
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:28,160
Speaker 2: I know, you've been in the leagal one.

1354
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:31,080
Speaker 12: Type of first game with this year, and I guess

1355
00:57:31,240 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 12: liv'r home. Yeah, I don't know. You know, they'll have

1356
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:36,400
Speaker 12: new stuff. We'll have new stuff.

1357
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 21: You know, when it's all said and done, it's you know,

1358
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 21: who who puts their players in the best position, who

1359
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:45,640
Speaker 21: executes the best you know, I think that's who makes

1360
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:47,800
Speaker 21: the players when they come to 'em that it'll it'll

1361
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:50,760
Speaker 21: come down to that as opposed to us coming out

1362
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:52,680
Speaker 21: with some new rink or them coming out with a

1363
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:54,760
Speaker 21: new rinkle. It does add something to it, and obviously

1364
00:57:54,800 --> 00:57:59,240
Speaker 21: it's important the game. I'd say probably sideline adjustments are

1365
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:03,000
Speaker 21: more important n in openers and games like this, then

1366
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:04,120
Speaker 21: they are a lot of the.

1367
00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:06,120
Speaker 12: Rest of the game because it's like, Okay, this.

1368
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 21: Was verified from film, or hey, this is something you know,

1369
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:12,880
Speaker 21: this is something new. You know, everybody always talks about

1370
00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 21: halftime adjustments, but you guys know, there's no such thing

1371
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:16,400
Speaker 21: as halftime adjustments.

1372
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:16,520
Speaker 12: Hous.

1373
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:20,320
Speaker 21: Adjustments are made after every series and sometimes within series,

1374
00:58:21,040 --> 00:58:29,080
Speaker 21: your adjustment as it goes Hey, yeah, you know, I

1375
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:31,840
Speaker 21: don't really wanna talk about depth chart because I'd stress

1376
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:34,840
Speaker 21: to the players that w you know, depth chart is

1377
00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:37,800
Speaker 21: is just for guys in the media and things like that.

1378
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:40,840
Speaker 21: You know, you guys will figure it out after a while.

1379
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:44,160
Speaker 21: I don't wanna I don't wanna preempt everybody. If if

1380
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:46,880
Speaker 21: keV wants to m talk about depth chart, you know.

1381
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:47,920
Speaker 12: Leave it to the head coach.

1382
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:48,120
Speaker 2: There.

1383
00:58:50,640 --> 00:59:00,480
Speaker 9: All those injuries ut out kind of road routine, you know.

1384
00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:03,240
Speaker 21: I I don't wanna speak on injuries. They didn't play

1385
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:07,120
Speaker 21: in the preseason, you know, I think that's probably more

1386
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:10,720
Speaker 21: of I don't wan say concerned, but that's the that's

1387
00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:13,400
Speaker 21: where they are right now, as opposed to like I,

1388
00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:15,520
Speaker 21: I don't see those guys as injured. I just see

1389
00:59:15,560 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 21: them as players. They just haven't played in the preseason yet.

1390
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 21: So you know, we'll manage a lot of things as.

1391
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 12: The game goes on.

1392
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:26,400
Speaker 21: You know, we'll adjust to a lot of things depending

1393
00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 21: on how many reps we play, how the game's going.

1394
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:31,080
Speaker 21: There could be a lot of different ways we go

1395
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:35,200
Speaker 21: with substitutions and and play time and things like that.

1396
00:59:35,360 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 12: But you know, I, well, we'll just manage you like

1397
00:59:39,600 --> 00:59:41,040
Speaker 12: when it comes time to game time.

1398
00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:44,240
Speaker 21: There's no such thing as injured players, right, There's nobody

1399
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:46,680
Speaker 21: that's out there like, you know, hey, that guy's you know,

1400
00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,480
Speaker 21: got a sore hamstring, or that guy's got a sore shoulder.

1401
00:59:49,960 --> 00:59:51,800
Speaker 21: You know, they're still gonna run to you the same way,

1402
00:59:51,840 --> 00:59:53,600
Speaker 21: and they're still gonna try to run past you the

1403
00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:54,080
Speaker 21: same way.

1404
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:56,240
Speaker 12: So we'll get the guys out.

1405
00:59:56,120 --> 00:59:58,920
Speaker 21: There that can do their job and and be ready

1406
00:59:58,920 --> 00:59:59,160
Speaker 21: to go.

1407
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 5: Oh so that's the line is during the pre season

1408
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:06,840
Speaker 5: that was without line was not haggle with the equation.

1409
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:09,360
Speaker 8: Do you feel like this could be the.

1410
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:10,960
Speaker 4: Best defensive line you have coached?

1411
01:00:12,800 --> 01:00:15,160
Speaker 21: I don't know that that. That standard's pretty high. I

1412
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:16,800
Speaker 21: mean this group, I there's a lot of things I

1413
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 21: like about this group. You know, I've been I've been

1414
01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:23,200
Speaker 21: very fortunate in my career to be around some great

1415
01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:26,120
Speaker 21: defensive lines, and you know, we tried to put 'em

1416
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:30,720
Speaker 21: in really good positions to let them use their their skills.

1417
01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:31,440
Speaker 12: And and things like that.

1418
01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:36,080
Speaker 21: It's a very d line friendly scheme. But yeah, let's

1419
01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:38,120
Speaker 21: leave comparisons until the end.

1420
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:38,560
Speaker 12: Of the year.

1421
01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:41,640
Speaker 21: We haven't played a game yet, so let's you know,

1422
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:43,640
Speaker 21: let's not put anybody in the Hall of Fame just yet.

1423
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:47,720
Speaker 12: Bill Parcells, I gotta acknowledge that. And that's a a

1424
01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 12: stolen from Bill Parcells. That's one of his famous ones.

1425
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,360
Speaker 19: Did you when you talk a lot about your defense

1426
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:57,440
Speaker 19: gets the past, but you see the run defense evolve

1427
01:00:57,560 --> 01:00:59,240
Speaker 19: and improved as.

1428
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:04,560
Speaker 21: As Yeah, you know, I mean again, you know, things

1429
01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:06,200
Speaker 21: in preseason are pretty vanilla.

1430
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 12: You know, it's it, it's it's really hard to say,

1431
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,280
Speaker 12: you know, And and how well we do.

1432
01:01:13,760 --> 01:01:17,240
Speaker 21: On Sunday and throughout seventeen games this year and hopefully

1433
01:01:17,280 --> 01:01:21,480
Speaker 21: more than seventeen games. You know, it'll it'll be with

1434
01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:26,040
Speaker 21: you know, how we progress through the season, how we

1435
01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 21: develop into the schemes we're playing, how we you know,

1436
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:32,280
Speaker 21: you know, I I I think I've said this before.

1437
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:34,120
Speaker 21: A lot of a lot of coaches say good teams

1438
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:35,920
Speaker 21: improve over the course of the season.

1439
01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:37,560
Speaker 12: I think that good teams find.

1440
01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:39,400
Speaker 21: Out who they are over the course of the season,

1441
01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:42,880
Speaker 21: and what they do is they they they trend to

1442
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:47,360
Speaker 21: you know, funnel into a personality as a season, you

1443
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:49,520
Speaker 21: know what that personality's gonna be right now.

1444
01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 14: I don't know.

1445
01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:52,919
Speaker 12: An I have an idea, but I don't know for sure.

1446
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:56,000
Speaker 21: My job as a play caller, my job as coordinator

1447
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:59,080
Speaker 21: is to very quickly find out what our guys are

1448
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:01,080
Speaker 21: good at and to try to put them.

1449
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:01,920
Speaker 12: In those positions.

1450
01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:05,200
Speaker 21: And you know that That's why I think teams improve

1451
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:07,840
Speaker 21: over the course of the season. They find their personality,

1452
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:09,480
Speaker 21: they find what they're good at.

1453
01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:12,080
Speaker 12: Maybe it's not what I'm expecting.

1454
01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:15,480
Speaker 21: Maybe it is, you know, maybe there's you know, there's

1455
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:18,200
Speaker 21: injuries and it's a plan D. But you know, that's

1456
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:21,720
Speaker 21: our job is to is to find our personality, find

1457
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:24,280
Speaker 21: our stride, find out what fits us the best, what

1458
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:27,000
Speaker 21: we're good at, and to accentuate that. I've never been

1459
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:31,040
Speaker 21: around a good team who are a good defense. They

1460
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:34,360
Speaker 21: didn't have a personality. And now I'm not just talking

1461
01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:37,480
Speaker 21: about their place style. I'm talking about like what they

1462
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:39,800
Speaker 21: did well and you go, you can go back and look,

1463
01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:40,760
Speaker 21: you know, eighty.

1464
01:02:40,480 --> 01:02:42,480
Speaker 12: Five Bears, it was blitz in every play.

1465
01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:46,800
Speaker 21: And you know, Tampa with you know, with Warren Sapp

1466
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:51,400
Speaker 21: and Bronde Barber and you know, although Derek Brooks and

1467
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:53,600
Speaker 21: all they played Tampa too every snap. I mean, they

1468
01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:55,400
Speaker 21: were so good at it. They named it after them,

1469
01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:58,320
Speaker 21: you know, and that's all they did. You know, Seattle

1470
01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:00,640
Speaker 21: was a top defense in the league for a few years.

1471
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:03,120
Speaker 21: All they did was play single high and challenge guys.

1472
01:03:03,160 --> 01:03:06,240
Speaker 21: And you know, back in the mid two thousands, Miami

1473
01:03:06,400 --> 01:03:09,960
Speaker 21: was a tough out on defense. Pascertain Sam Madison, they had,

1474
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,520
Speaker 21: you know, they had good pass rushers.

1475
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:14,200
Speaker 12: You know, they were they were really good.

1476
01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:16,920
Speaker 21: They played they played the same defense stand near every

1477
01:03:17,120 --> 01:03:21,160
Speaker 21: every snap. And what all those teams did is they

1478
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:25,120
Speaker 21: they found out what they were good at and they executed.

1479
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:27,600
Speaker 12: That very very well. They had wrinkles, they had different

1480
01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:28,480
Speaker 12: things here and there.

1481
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:32,600
Speaker 21: But I think that that's probably our biggest challenge is

1482
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:37,240
Speaker 21: as we go is finding out who we are and

1483
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:42,080
Speaker 21: you know, and and to accentuate that. So that's that's

1484
01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:45,080
Speaker 21: probably that's probably the biggest thing we got.

1485
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:47,720
Speaker 12: You know, you're always going to be alert or you're

1486
01:03:47,720 --> 01:03:49,000
Speaker 12: always going to be an.

1487
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:51,920
Speaker 21: Eye toward an opponent, right, and you're going to adjust

1488
01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,560
Speaker 21: your things to an opponent. But you know, if you're

1489
01:03:54,760 --> 01:03:57,440
Speaker 21: if you're a great offense or a great defense, you

1490
01:03:57,560 --> 01:04:00,920
Speaker 21: do what you do right and you you you take

1491
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:03,640
Speaker 21: the approach of you know, look, they gotta deal with us.

1492
01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:06,080
Speaker 21: So we're not you know, I I don't know if

1493
01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:08,280
Speaker 21: we're there yet. And honestly, you know, this is gonna

1494
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:10,680
Speaker 21: be the first game. But my job is to get

1495
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:11,080
Speaker 21: us there.

1496
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 18: How did you surprise work?

1497
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:17,960
Speaker 21: Yeah, I don't talk about injuries. We'll let uh, We'll

1498
01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:19,840
Speaker 21: let keV talk about those if he wants to.

1499
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:21,280
Speaker 11: At You'm speaking.

1500
01:04:21,040 --> 01:04:24,680
Speaker 9: Personality energy, really getting after them one day at the Greenbrier.

1501
01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:27,120
Speaker 12: That's a that's surprising.

1502
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:31,200
Speaker 9: How how do you feel like your group has taken

1503
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:32,240
Speaker 9: to your coach side?

1504
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:34,840
Speaker 21: Yeah, you know, I'm not everybody's cup of tea, but

1505
01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:38,560
Speaker 21: it's all business, you know, And and I hope that

1506
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:41,200
Speaker 21: I'm the guy that's cheering as much as I am,

1507
01:04:41,640 --> 01:04:44,040
Speaker 21: you know, you know, bringing some fire.

1508
01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:46,640
Speaker 12: You know, it's an urgent business. We have to be

1509
01:04:46,760 --> 01:04:47,400
Speaker 12: ready to go.

1510
01:04:47,520 --> 01:04:49,880
Speaker 21: But you know, I would hope that you would see

1511
01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:53,240
Speaker 21: you know, me congratuating guys after after a play.

1512
01:04:53,520 --> 01:04:55,800
Speaker 12: You know that was as one of his just you know,

1513
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:57,080
Speaker 12: comes to mind.

1514
01:04:57,760 --> 01:05:00,640
Speaker 21: That rookie Watkins made a great catch again against us,

1515
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:03,360
Speaker 21: you know, and it had to be recognized it was

1516
01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:06,560
Speaker 21: against our defense, and you know, we lost a snap

1517
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:09,000
Speaker 21: and everything else. But I had to go high five

1518
01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:10,840
Speaker 21: him that was it was great. And then you know,

1519
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:14,040
Speaker 21: when you keep it business and you keep it enthusiastic

1520
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:17,440
Speaker 21: and stuff like that. You know, I'm not just out there,

1521
01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:20,240
Speaker 21: you know, ragging on people being a jerk for no reason.

1522
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:23,440
Speaker 21: It's performance based business. If they're performing, if they're not performing,

1523
01:05:23,560 --> 01:05:25,960
Speaker 21: up the par I'm not gonna sit around.

1524
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:28,360
Speaker 12: And not say anything. I mean, my job is to

1525
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:29,280
Speaker 12: make sure it's right.

1526
01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:34,280
Speaker 21: And you know, sometimes ruffled feathers, you know, can help

1527
01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:37,720
Speaker 21: a guy perform, you know. So you know what, if

1528
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:41,360
Speaker 21: you're thin skinned, defense in the NFL is not the

1529
01:05:41,440 --> 01:05:43,400
Speaker 21: business for you. You know, you got to go find

1530
01:05:43,400 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 21: something else to do. If your thin skin is a

1531
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:57,760
Speaker 21: tough business. Games they keep stats on preseason games. Yeah, yeah,

1532
01:05:57,760 --> 01:06:03,040
Speaker 21: that's crazy, that's crazy. I'd say I've had I've had

1533
01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:05,400
Speaker 21: some defenses. I think going back I think two thousand

1534
01:06:05,400 --> 01:06:08,120
Speaker 21: and two, maybe three in Tennessee, we were in the

1535
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:09,880
Speaker 21: twenties at the time.

1536
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:11,560
Speaker 12: It was like the high the lowest.

1537
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:12,000
Speaker 11: For a long time.

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Speaker 21: New England a couple of years ago tried to set

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Speaker 21: a record. I mean they were incredible, you know. I

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Speaker 21: let me let me put it this way. What we're

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Speaker 21: gonna try to do is to keep our third down

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Speaker 21: percentage good enough that we win the game. And and

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Speaker 21: we'll keep our eye on on that stuff, you know.

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Speaker 12: And and and here's the thing.

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Speaker 21: If we come out of a game we talked about

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Speaker 21: our d line, we called to talk about our corners

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Speaker 21: and takes. If we come out of a game with

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Speaker 21: no sacks, but the ball's got to come out so

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Speaker 21: quick and they can't make any yards passing, and we

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Speaker 21: win the.

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Speaker 12: Game, Roger check love it.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 21: If we come out of the game with no interceptions,

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Speaker 21: but the quarterbacks getting sacked because he's you know.

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Speaker 12: Got nobody to throw to man, we'll we'll take that.

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Speaker 21: You know, this is an ultimate team sport, and and

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Speaker 21: we want to celebrate guys' ability to make plays, and

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Speaker 21: we want we want all our players to have individual success,

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Speaker 21: but the bottom line is team success. And whether we

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Speaker 21: win three to nothing or we win forty three to

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Speaker 21: forty two, we'll take it. You know, I might not

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Speaker 21: sleep as good after the forty three to forty two,

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Speaker 21: but you know, this is this is a this is

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Speaker 21: a bottom line business, and we're gonna try to do

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Speaker 21: whatever we can to win the game. Now to your question,

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Speaker 21: third down is very important to us, right, red zone,

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Speaker 21: red zone very important to us. Takeaways. You know, you'll

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Speaker 21: hear me say the stats that mean the most to

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Speaker 21: me are points allowed and takeaways because our job keep

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Speaker 21: the points down and give the ball.

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Speaker 12: Back to the offense.

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Speaker 21: And the way you keep points down is you stop drives.

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Speaker 21: And one of the ways you stop drives is on

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Speaker 21: third downs, so you know those kind of things. Red

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Speaker 21: zone takes points off the board. You get a red

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Speaker 21: zone stop, you you know, potentially taking four.

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Speaker 12: Points off the board, maybe seven.

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Speaker 21: You turn the ball over, not only do you get

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Speaker 21: the ball back, but general you put your offense in

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Speaker 21: good position or you score yourself on defense. You saw

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Speaker 21: that from our guys this year when it's all said

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Speaker 21: and on, our job.

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Speaker 12: Is to limit points and our job is to get

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Speaker 12: the ball back.

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Speaker 21: Anything else is good for you know, for you guys

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Speaker 21: to write about, it's good for you.

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Speaker 12: Know, fans to talk about. But our job, we're gonna

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Speaker 12: keep our eye.

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Speaker 21: On trying to win the game and trying to keep

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Speaker 21: points down and trying to put our offense in good position.

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