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Speaker 1: Bill talked about those defense being one of the better

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Speaker 1: of little bag. Yeah, very tough. I agree, it's uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, they've been ranked up there for for a

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Speaker 1: So it's a challenging part. They have a good friend,

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Speaker 1: very good at linebacker, very good in the secondary, play

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Speaker 1: the past well, tough, physical, stout defense, well coached, fundamentally sound.

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Speaker 1: They play well at home. It's a great environment, so

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Speaker 1: it's pretty tough. It's pretty tough. It's a great challenge.

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Speaker 1: They're three and out, off to a great start. They

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Speaker 1: got a very good football team, and it's a it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be really great environment for football. They're gonna challenge us.

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Speaker 1: We have to be you know, it's be a tough game.

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Speaker 1: We faced and we're gonna have to play a great game.

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Speaker 1: Twice how much you are playing in an environment they're

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Speaker 1: their wholesome dreads. Yeah, that's when you go on the

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Speaker 1: that because that's a lot of what that that's about

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Speaker 1: you going there with hovermany got you know, forty six active,

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Speaker 1: a few fans in the crowd. But um, I think

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Speaker 1: that's pretty cool. So to go on the road and

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Speaker 1: the NFL is tough, and certainly early in the game, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, after their pregame tailgate when they're a little

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Speaker 1: They're pretty loud, and if you know, we gotta go

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Speaker 1: a good job of this year. That's that's really important

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Speaker 1: this week today, no surprise, right, I mean, his toughness

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Speaker 1: he's I said out the game, you know, he's he's

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Speaker 1: he just does so many things for us, and he's

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Speaker 1: definitely noticeable for all of us. So hopefully he can

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Speaker 1: So he's got to prepare for both. I don't mention

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Speaker 1: today that the builds are not a game playing defense.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna do what they do or do it as

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Speaker 1: they always have, you know, some some changeups. I would

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Speaker 1: So what they do works, and what they do is,

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Speaker 1: you know, people are accounted for. You know, there's gaps

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Speaker 1: So everyone's happy for Phil. Nobody deserves it more than him,

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Speaker 1: and he's going to need to keep doing it. You know.

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Speaker 1: great teammate. I mean, he's everything you look for in

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Speaker 1: his energy. Everything we asked him to do is so selfless.

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Speaker 1: What kind of challenges does the Bill's defense present when

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Speaker 1: What does that give you in terms of creating a relationship,

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Speaker 1: when everyone on offense is kind of down there together,

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Speaker 1: you know, you get quite a bit of time together.

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Speaker 1: So it's just, you know, part of being in a

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Speaker 1: locker room. I think all the guys, I think the

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Speaker 1: very comfortable place for a lot of guys. You know,

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Speaker 1: we kind of feel like we're all in there together

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Speaker 1: and just you know, a team and trying to learn

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Speaker 1: job on Sunday. So exactly, I don't know. Man, it

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Speaker 1: was a gift. It's pretty sweet. Where's your hydration? I

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Speaker 1: got my water bottle? You got your or coffee? Got nothing? Nothing?

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Speaker 1: Who's got water in here? Water smart? Thank you guys,

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Speaker 1: Thank youre guys, thank you, thank you. H