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Speaker 1: Good afternoon. Look excited for the opportunity to get into

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Speaker 1: the regular season. I think the guys are ready to go.

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Speaker 1: I had a conversation with them this morning about how

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Speaker 1: is a high awareness game and it's always like that

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Speaker 1: at the beginning part of the season. I know everyone

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Speaker 1: basic things over and over and over again. We'll see

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Speaker 1: some things that we don't see on film, and once

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Speaker 1: again it's just a it's a huge awareness game. But

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Speaker 1: excited for the opportunity. I think, like I said earlier,

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Speaker 1: I think the guys are ready to go. Well, we'll

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Speaker 1: be ready to go. I should say, what do you

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Speaker 1: need to do as a team well to get out

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Speaker 1: of there when we win? Yeah, I think we have

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Speaker 1: I think we need to, you know, play well on

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Speaker 1: special teams as well. But it's about the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: It's about controlling the line of scrimmage and controlling the game.

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Speaker 1: They have a look, they have a high powered team.

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Speaker 1: They have a high powered offense, and I think the

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Speaker 1: Those guys play very aggressive and we have to be

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Speaker 2: What you mean by a high awareness team?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so when I talk about awareness, like the the

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Speaker 1: most important thing, you know, starts with down and distance.

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Speaker 1: What's the score in the game, where's the quarterback, where's

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Speaker 1: the type, like all the who's in the game. Where

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Speaker 1: And then again, how would you describe is as depressing? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: You know, Lou, you know those guys they send, you know,

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Speaker 3: Saw a lot of Tai Kawan to Mario ty.

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Speaker 4: Jam and kJ How do you plan out in did

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Speaker 4: So can you rely on the.

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Speaker 1: Look, they offer you know, great insights on both sides

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Speaker 3: Maybe a week or.

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Speaker 4: So week training camp sort of challenge for Shiet Dallas.

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Speaker 4: We're talking about the secondary general what you mentioned in

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Speaker 4: On Monday, you talked about, you know, there's still things that.

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Speaker 3: You're learning, kind of learning on the on the fly

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Speaker 1: I couldn't put my finger on just you know one thing.

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Speaker 1: Every day is different. I had had a great conversation

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Speaker 2: Polden said, the combines, we're going back outsideously that you know,

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Speaker 2: part of its approach is to prioritize playing time for

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Speaker 1: Year moving forward. Yeah, we're definitely aligned in that, and

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Speaker 1: the week as far as the process concern But once again,

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Speaker 3: Stop off from your strategy when it comes to development.

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Speaker 1: I think that's one of the best things they've done

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Speaker 3: How difficult is it prepared for the Bengals offense when

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Speaker 1: Chase is going to be like, Yeah, it's very difficult.

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Speaker 1: I've told our guys we're going to prepare like he's playing.

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Speaker 1: he's a look a premier player in this league without

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Speaker 2: What did you see from that specific piece of your

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Speaker 1: I would say on both sides of the ball during

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Speaker 2: Coach, you'll see out of your quarterback that's a.

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Speaker 1: Good game for him. The number the number one thing

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Speaker 1: I just want to see the offense put drives together.

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Speaker 2: When it comes to this Beangals defensive front, do you

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Speaker 2: Trey Hendrickson what's made him such a prolific player.

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Speaker 1: On the past, I said one thing about Trey, uh Trey,

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Speaker 2: I know in the years past, deal the team wouldn't

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Speaker 1: There was a lot of work we look at those teams,

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Speaker 2: Jalen both in this what you see from him up.

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Speaker 4: You remember getting ready for your first game as a lawyer,

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Speaker 2: Now you go through the preseason.

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Speaker 3: What have you learned the most heading into this game

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Speaker 2: Ahead, Thanks so polite.

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Speaker 1: Has this been a drastic.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say, look as far as personnel. We're

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Speaker 1: always trying to get better players now from a scheme standpoint,

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Speaker 1: and I guess this will be an educational series for

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Speaker 2: This is almost two years ago the last seconds saw

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Speaker 2: do you remember about that matchup and specifically your game

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say defensively, you know, third down was

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Speaker 4: You might just struggling to protect the ball. What have

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Speaker 4: Kobe as avoided turnovers? Yeah, what have you seen from him?

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Speaker 4: And throught the years of why he's gonna protect?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, going back, you know to the spring,

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Speaker 1: he's played out there and uh hopefully you know we

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Speaker 1: can talk about this after the game. There's no turnovers, no,

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Speaker 2: Rights, we'll be the same way beside across the pre

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be some form of that. We're still kind

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Speaker 4: Though you've gone through the experience and having this season.

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Speaker 2: I actually coming back to following this year rape.

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Speaker 4: One who's doing that and for the second time.

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Speaker 2: He's gator course to us a few years.

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Speaker 1: What have you seen from him in this time here?

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Speaker 1: Gusspec that version right now, break out, he.

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Speaker 1: I would say, personally for me, I went through that

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Speaker 1: I would say he's always been a leader since the

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Speaker 1: I went through that. Other than what things your marquis, Yeah, look,

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Speaker 1: this guy's a great competitor. You see him going up,

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Speaker 1: So that's the one non physical thing I would say

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Speaker 1: I think it's Look, I would say toughness. For me,

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Speaker 1: you can see if your team is tough or not.

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Speaker 1: And then secondly, I would say, you know, after seeing

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Speaker 1: it's been great. And that unit is led by Dave

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Speaker 1: Andrews is one of the toughest guys I've been around.

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Speaker 4: You mentioned the Bengals with their pressure packages, but with

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean kind of hit on it already. It's

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Speaker 1: you know, you don't know where these guys are coming from.

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Speaker 1: That's it. Then that's a hard thing, you know. I

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