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Speaker 1: Hey, Leard, I just wanted to start off by asking you, Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, what's what's sort of been the mood on

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Speaker 1: the team here with the with the testing situation going

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Speaker 1: on and there was a lot of false false positives.

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Speaker 1: Um uh you know you guys kind of hold your

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Speaker 1: breath every time you go into that trailer. Uh. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean I think it's an unfortunate Um. You know

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Speaker 1: that some people have tested positive or false positives or

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Speaker 1: whatever the case may be. But I think we have

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Speaker 1: some experience with um, you know, COVID stuff going on

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Speaker 1: all of last year. You know, we had to get

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Speaker 1: tested every day. We do virtual meetings at times having

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Speaker 1: no fans. Um. So I think we've dealt with some

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Speaker 1: of these things before. Um So, I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: because we have experience, we know not to let that

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Speaker 1: be a distraction throughout the week. Is this is this

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Speaker 1: a week where you say, then I'm glad I got

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Speaker 1: that vaccine, just not only to protect yourself, but to

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Speaker 1: protect your you know, it's easier to come back from

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Speaker 1: it if you if you're a close contact or something

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Speaker 1: like that within the legal rules. Yeah. Sure, UM, like

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Speaker 1: I've heard you, you you can still catch it with the

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Speaker 1: vaccination obviously, but um, you know they say that, you know,

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Speaker 1: the symptoms are out as bad. Um. You know, at

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Speaker 1: the same time, I'm you know, everyone has their freedom

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Speaker 1: to do whatever they want to do, um, whether they

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Speaker 1: get it or not. But you know, I guess I

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Speaker 1: am a little more excited that I got it. Oh

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Speaker 1: maybe Leonard, could you take me back to the Panthers

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Speaker 1: game a couple of weeks ago and what it was

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Speaker 1: like once you guys started playing well and the crowd

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Speaker 1: got behind you and they were, you know, cheering instead

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Speaker 1: of booing, which they had been for you know, the

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Speaker 1: previous couple of games. What that Uh did that feel

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Speaker 1: like a home field advantage to you? And you know,

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Speaker 1: just how different is that emotion when that's the reaction

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Speaker 1: from that fans versus what you were experiencing previously. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: I didn't think too much about the fans situation. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, I was more excited to see, um, the

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Speaker 1: way we started the game and the way we ended

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Speaker 1: the game and everything in between. Um. You know, coach

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Speaker 1: Joge talks about as a lot, and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think I'm pretty similar in that aspect, where you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm observing. I'm observing to my teammates and my coaches,

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Speaker 1: and I've just seen how you know, throughout that game,

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Speaker 1: it felt like we knew that we were going to

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Speaker 1: win it, and um, you know, guys were playing in

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Speaker 1: that way. You know, guys were making less mistakes, They're

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Speaker 1: capitalizing on opportunities that were coming their way, and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, we were celebrating together as a team, and

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Speaker 1: we just had a lot of infectious, uh energy and

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Speaker 1: contagious energy going on. Do you think it's coincidence that

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Speaker 1: now if I talk to you about the Chiefs game

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Speaker 1: or the Seahawks game last year, at some of the

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Speaker 1: better games for this team that's been on the road,

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Speaker 1: does this team have a road warrior mindset? Or is it?

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Speaker 1: Is it? Uh, what's the word I'm on? Coincidence? Honestly,

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Speaker 1: I haven't looked into it too much to know if

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Speaker 1: it's a road warrior type of mindset or if it's coincidence.

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Speaker 1: But uh, you know, I think we do like stepping

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Speaker 1: up the vallenges, whether that's a challenge to us or

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Speaker 1: not being on a road game or not. Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think we're definitely a type of team that you know,

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Speaker 1: we want to step up to the play and step

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Speaker 1: up to a challenge. All right, Leonard, Obviously you guys

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Speaker 1: had had a big play last week that was degated

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Speaker 1: by a an off sized penalty. Um, you know who

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Speaker 1: who was that on? Not not O Shane specifically, But

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Speaker 1: I mean is that a player? Is that a player responsibility?

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Speaker 1: Is that a coach responsibility to you know who? Who's

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Speaker 1: to blame for penalties like that? I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: as a player, we always want to point out ourselves,

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Speaker 1: you know, is if we're gonna point out someone to blame. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, if I jumped offside, I'm obviously within myself.

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Speaker 1: There's no one else's fault for moving besides my own,

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Speaker 1: you know. Um. But at the same time, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna learn from that situation. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: we definitely work on situational football and knowing that there

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Speaker 1: could possibly be hard counting that situation. Um. And it's

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Speaker 1: obviously those type of small mistakes get blown up even

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Speaker 1: more um as the game, you know, gets closer to

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Speaker 1: off size earlier in the in the game that didn't

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Speaker 1: get blown up as much because the defense was allowed

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Speaker 1: to get off the field. Um, his was blown up

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Speaker 1: because it was you know, possibly one of the you

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Speaker 1: know last places of the game, and and it's obviously

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Speaker 1: a bigger situation. So it just it looks different, you know.

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Speaker 1: And uh, you know, I think as a team and

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Speaker 1: as coaches and as players, we just need to uh

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Speaker 1: learn and grow from these situations. And if I can

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Speaker 1: just ask a sort of a big picture question. You know,

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Speaker 1: we're about halfway through this through the schedule. What do

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Speaker 1: you want? What do you want to see from this

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Speaker 1: team in the in the second half? What are you

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Speaker 1: looking for? Um, the same thing kind of coach Judge

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Speaker 1: told us, Uh, you know, I think it was against

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Speaker 1: the Rams when we when we're down pretty bad at halftime.

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Speaker 1: You know, he wanted to see guys, uh you know,

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Speaker 1: keep fighting, no quit and um, you obviously don't want

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Speaker 1: to compare. But similar to last year, I think we

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Speaker 1: had that same type of mindset of of not quitting

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Speaker 1: and keep fighting, and you know, we ended up being

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Speaker 1: you know, one game away from you know, going to

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. So I think if we continue to fight,

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Speaker 1: knowing that this is a long season and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: our best football is ahead of us and uh, you

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Speaker 1: know this is the time to try to make a

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Speaker 1: run one more for the top. Gnavan. Uh, well, know,

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Speaker 1: is it hard? I don't know how to properly ask

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Speaker 1: this question, but is it hard to be a football player?

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Speaker 1: You talked about not being distracted by the COVID, but

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Speaker 1: you guys have that issue. They have the issue of

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Speaker 1: Henry Rugs. I mean, does society kind of get into

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Speaker 1: football too much? I mean, how do you keep everything separate?

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's hard to uh, tech society

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Speaker 1: out of foot ball because in the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: we're still humans. You know, we still deal with everyday

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Speaker 1: human problems. Um. You know, people have mental disorders, mental

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Speaker 1: health issues. UM, people have you know, family situations going on,

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Speaker 1: they have friends situations going on, you know, whatever you have. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know, COVID situation. Now, like every human is dealing

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Speaker 1: with in the world, we deal with it as well.

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Speaker 1: I think because we're in the spotlight. UM, you see

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Speaker 1: it more, you know. Um, I'm sure there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of situations you know that have happened to us, that

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Speaker 1: happens to everyday people, and it gets you know, it's

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Speaker 1: more heightened because we're in the spotlight