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Speaker 2: All right, let's do live on a Thursday edition to

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Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns Daily, brought to you by Bally Bett Sports

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Speaker 2: Betty partner of your Cleveland Browns Now Live in Ohio,

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Speaker 2: merely Bow and only Bow today on the program. So

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Speaker 2: apparently the smallpox has reached out to both z and

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Speaker 2: now Gibbie. Both have been hit hard by this. I

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Speaker 2: am on quarantine on the on the east side of town.

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Speaker 2: There are six foot walls keeping me away from the public.

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Speaker 2: So that's where we heart this point. We wish that well,

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Speaker 2: We hope they start feeling better. I was texting with

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Speaker 2: Zee earlier today. I asked him for a Zest level,

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Speaker 2: because he is always full Zest. Typically, this is a

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Speaker 2: guy who on the Zest meter runs at an eleven.

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Speaker 2: He was running at a two. He said that that

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Speaker 2: was an improvement from a zero. So I guess baby

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Speaker 2: steps along the way. So my comrades are wounded. They

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Speaker 2: are ill, and they are fighting back. In the meantime,

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Speaker 2: we press on. Jacksonville is here on Sunday in a

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Speaker 2: game that is quite frankly, folks, feeling like one you

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Speaker 2: gotta have, especially as you consider the limbo in which

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Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence is being in the game or not could

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Speaker 2: be if Lawrence doesn't play in this game. You're back

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Speaker 2: home after two games on the road. Currently, the Browns

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Speaker 2: are around a three point favorite on this one. This

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Speaker 2: is one you got to take care of. The magic

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Speaker 2: number here is ten. We've said that over and over again.

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Speaker 2: At one point when you looked at this thing and

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Speaker 2: you saw Chicago, you saw the Jets, you saw Cincinnati,

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Speaker 2: and you said, okay, well that's your path to ten

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Speaker 2: is right there because you sit at seven right now

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Speaker 2: that all of those are must wins, and they might

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Speaker 2: still all very well be must wins. But you do not,

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Speaker 2: I do not think want this coming down to Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: win or you're in Cincinnati. Feels very confident that they

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Speaker 2: They still have to play Kansas City, but other than that,

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Speaker 2: for them, it's manageable. It's Indianapolis, it's Minnesota after that.

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Speaker 2: So there is a lot of confidence in the way

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Speaker 2: can get to that game with nine wins already in

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Speaker 2: for that not to be the case. We got to

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Speaker 2: start stacking some wins and it starts this Sunday with

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Speaker 2: Jacksonville here at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Practice is earlier in

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Speaker 2: the day today than normal and will get some injury

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Speaker 2: updates for you guys as we As we continue on,

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Speaker 2: I can tell you that Amari Cooper still in concussion

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Speaker 2: protocol and David Njoku did not practice for this second

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Speaker 2: a knee chiefs. I mean he played with his face

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Speaker 2: burnt off. I'm certain that if it's possible for him

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Speaker 2: But once you're in the protocol, you have to first

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Speaker 2: the quarterback situation. Dorian Thompson Robinson is practicing but remains

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Speaker 2: and we will carry that for you live here on

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Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns Daily. I don't know if you get anything

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Speaker 2: have that for you just momentarily. I don't know if

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Speaker 2: and get to an understanding that it's very likely Joe

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Speaker 2: Flacco is going to play on Sunday. Now with that

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna talk to you.

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Speaker 6: Last week, you said Joe obviously has a lot left

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Speaker 7: What a cress you most about able to take the

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Speaker 8: Some Yeah, I'd say probably the third and fourteenth throw

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Speaker 8: to mar that was very impressive. That caught itself really,

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Speaker 8: and that's just a lot of throws he made, you know,

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Speaker 8: you see it. You know obviously can stretch the field

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Speaker 8: for sure, So uh real impressive for a guy to

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Speaker 7: You mentioned being able to stretch the field.

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Speaker 9: He thought that finally short and showed up the run

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Speaker 10: You think there's something that will carry forward that disability

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Speaker 8: Things up for the right game? Absolutely? Yeah, definitely. Will

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Speaker 8: it all plays together obviously, you know a little different

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Speaker 8: always going to play to our guy strengths. Whoever's in there.

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Speaker 11: Just taking a hit, absorbed or blow, you know, been

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Speaker 11: How much better do you think they'll.

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Speaker 3: Be this week?

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Speaker 8: A ton? I mean there were a handful of plays

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Speaker 8: just understanding the system, will we'll we'll clean that up.

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Speaker 13: So I'm kind of just peaking at his wristband a

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Speaker 8: That's play Collins always is difficult, you know, especially when

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Speaker 8: So you know, it's just a you know, the wristband

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Speaker 8: You know, he does a great job of learning the

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Speaker 8: by the way, it's risk band. So a lot of

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Speaker 8: times you'll see quarterbacks just refer to it, make sure

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Speaker 13: I mean, yesterday, like a lot of that play action

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean hits. That's how he grew up under center,

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Speaker 8: all the ball handling he's very familiar with. That's something

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Speaker 8: we definitely put a point of emphasis on, is making

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Speaker 6: A couple of crop passes in that game in LA, Well,

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Speaker 6: what do you think that common thread to that is

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Speaker 6: because you've been not you, but the team's been dropping

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Speaker 4: That you've been here.

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Speaker 8: Again, I don't think it's anything that we've done differently,

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Speaker 8: oh man, I got the drops right now. It's like

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Speaker 6: It has something to do with guys getting used to

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Speaker 3: All the time.

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Speaker 8: I don't think there's a huge difference of velocity from

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Speaker 11: It's just I know that you probably want to leave

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Speaker 11: it on the record. I mean, can you announce yet

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Speaker 8: Yeah, we're still working through all that, Mary kay. You

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Speaker 9: To be made that you know, you guys, I know

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Speaker 9: you can't untold the injury situation week week, but this

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Speaker 9: this has been an ongoing challenge for you guys this year,

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Speaker 9: when you're going through these weeks not knowing who your

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Speaker 4: Is that as big of a deal for you guys as.

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Speaker 10: Maybe outside the buildings.

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Speaker 4: Sometimes it gets.

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Speaker 8: Made out to be it's a big deal. Again, it

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Speaker 8: just it's it's our jobs as coaches again to put

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Speaker 8: the best situation, uh for success for him and for us.

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Speaker 8: So again it's it's uh honestly, after going through the

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Speaker 8: a bottom line business. We got to find a way

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Speaker 14: I just want to clarify you, so is Dorian still

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Speaker 2: the most it's just a strange room. They've got Pickett, Trubisky,

438
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Speaker 2: and Rudolph Mason. Rudolph has been there since twenty eighteen.

439
00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,960
Speaker 2: They drafted him in the third round in twenty eighteen

440
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Speaker 2: as a potential successor to Big Ben. Never came to

441
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,000
Speaker 2: fruition and so he's still there on that rosters. So

442
00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,040
Speaker 2: they have three of them in the AFC South. Obviously,

443
00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,320
Speaker 2: as you had there, it's cj and then it's Davis Mills,

444
00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,119
Speaker 2: so two draftable guys and then a veteran case Keenum

445
00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,159
Speaker 2: on that roster as well. Minshew backed up Richardson who

446
00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:43,320
Speaker 2: was originally the starter, and then Ellinger's there behind him.

447
00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,800
Speaker 2: It's Lawrence and Jacksonville with Bethard behind Tannehill was the starter,

448
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,639
Speaker 2: but then they drafted will Levison this year's draft than

449
00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,000
Speaker 2: Malik Willison the previous year's draft. If you just want

450
00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,480
Speaker 2: to simplify this to contenders, it's even more stark in

451
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Speaker 2: terms of it. In Denver it's Russell Wilson, and then

452
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Speaker 2: it's Jared's did him. In Kansas City it's Patrick Mahomes

453
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Speaker 2: and then it's Blaine Gabbard in boy Chargers heart to

454
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,359
Speaker 2: me even called him a contender, especially without z here,

455
00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,040
Speaker 2: I know how much he loves him. It's Herbert and

456
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Speaker 2: then it's Eastern stick. You got anything on an Eastern stick?

457
00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,920
Speaker 2: I don't, and I do college football all morning, all morning,

458
00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,600
Speaker 2: all year round. In the NFC, it's similar. It's Dak

459
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,919
Speaker 2: and then Cooper Rush another contender, Jalen Hurts, and then

460
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,359
Speaker 2: it's Marcus Mariota. See, guys, it's bargain basement stuff is

461
00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,840
Speaker 2: the way that this thing goes. It's very rare that

462
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:32,920
Speaker 2: you see a team with a that is paying for

463
00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,679
Speaker 2: a quality backup quarterback. I mean Dobbs is starting now

464
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,240
Speaker 2: in Minnesota, but he wasn't even there. Remember he starts

465
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,320
Speaker 2: the season here, then he goes to Arizona, then he

466
00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,159
Speaker 2: goes to Minnesota. So they didn't they didn't have anybody

467
00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,639
Speaker 2: in the roster. Nick Mullens was still on that roster.

468
00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,359
Speaker 2: The only other contenders are in the NFC West, and

469
00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,440
Speaker 2: you see similar stuff here. It's Purty starting in San Francisco,

470
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Speaker 2: but I remember last picking the draft, so they're not

471
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,560
Speaker 2: having to pay him a pretty penny to be able

472
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Speaker 2: to handle it. And then it's Darnold behind him, who's

473
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Speaker 2: bargain basement at that point. Kylember's back up as Clayton

474
00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:05,520
Speaker 2: Tune with the Rams, Remember they had Rippin, he started

475
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,080
Speaker 2: a game, sent him packing, and then they got wentz

476
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,080
Speaker 2: on the on the scrap heap to back up stafford

477
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,199
Speaker 2: in in Seattle. Rather it's you know, Smith and then

478
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,560
Speaker 2: Drew Locker, the acquired in the Russell Wilson trade. So

479
00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,639
Speaker 2: I think that kind of proves the way that the

480
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,840
Speaker 2: league views the quarterback position, which makes it all the

481
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Speaker 2: more stupefying that somebody like Joe Flacco, who's as competent

482
00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,000
Speaker 2: and quality as he is and you saw that in

483
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,639
Speaker 2: the game against the Rams, was just sitting there on

484
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 2: the scrap heap to be had. You benefit pretty big

485
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,600
Speaker 2: from that. You've got a guy now that I know personally,

486
00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,200
Speaker 2: and I know everybody in that room, feels very confident

487
00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,840
Speaker 2: in that they can get to ten wins with Joe Flacco.

488
00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,480
Speaker 2: I think they think they could do a DTR too.

489
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Speaker 2: But there was a calming factor that Joe Flacco brought

490
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Speaker 2: to the game on Sunday, and I personally would like

491
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,480
Speaker 2: to see it continue. Practice. Just about you to wrap

492
00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,320
Speaker 2: up out in Berea. We will have some live podium

493
00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,600
Speaker 2: from you, hoping to hear from Joe Flacco, hoping to

494
00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,159
Speaker 2: hear potentially from Joel Botonio as well on Zach. That

495
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,520
Speaker 2: side of things, you will hear from your defensive coordinator,

496
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 2: Jim Schwartz. Been a bit of a rough patch here

497
00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,119
Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. We will get to that

498
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Speaker 2: as the program goes along. In addition to that, we

499
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Speaker 2: will go behind enemy lines in Jacksonville and our good

500
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Speaker 2: buddy Tyvas Powell will join us coming up. That'll hit

501
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Speaker 2: around two thirty three will be your hit time on

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512
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Speaker 2: as well. Down in Duval. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence back at practice.

513
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,920
Speaker 2: Didn't do every drill, but did warm up and do

514
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Speaker 2: some throwing. He's playing. He's absolutely playing in the game.

515
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Speaker 2: I mean, I think I'm sure that the Browns are

516
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,200
Speaker 2: playing that way. It is odd though that from a

517
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Speaker 2: line standpoint, it doesn't feel like that's reflected in the line.

518
00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,240
Speaker 2: So as as the Browns are still favored in with Lawrence,

519
00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,359
Speaker 2: I'm not sure that is the case. I'm sure that

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Speaker 2: that will continue to be the case based on that.

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Speaker 2: The one thing I did want to say from a

522
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Speaker 2: Jacksonville standpoint, they come into this one at eight and four.

523
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 2: They come into this one fresh off a loss to

524
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Speaker 2: Cincinnati on Monday Night football, so it's a short week.

525
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,479
Speaker 2: Their quarterback is a little bit hobbled. Remember he as

526
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 2: a consecutive start streak. That is, he's still in the

527
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,880
Speaker 2: middle of their neck. It's pretty tough. So they're here

528
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Speaker 2: Sunday than there jack They're Baltimore at home on Sunday

529
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Speaker 2: Night football. Then it's at Tampa Bay on Christmas Eve,

530
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,159
Speaker 2: it is at Ernst rather Carolina at home on New

531
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Speaker 2: Year's Eve, and they close the season at the Titans

532
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Speaker 2: on the seventh. Look all of these teams and there's

533
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Speaker 2: a jumble of them that are all kind of in

534
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Speaker 2: the mix for those wild card spots. Now, Jacksonville's different

535
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Speaker 2: in that the their goal primarily would be to win

536
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Speaker 2: the AFC South and get the seating that comes with that.

537
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Speaker 2: But no matter where you are, it does feel like

538
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,040
Speaker 2: it's a race to ten. If you get to ten wins,

539
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 2: that is kind of the sweet spot in terms of

540
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Speaker 2: a number to get to. So I would expect Trevor Lawrence,

541
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Speaker 2: if he's throwing and maybe he's not doing all the drills,

542
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Speaker 2: we're doing the most of them down there in North

543
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Speaker 2: Florida today. My hunches that you will see him on

544
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Speaker 2: Sunday at Cleveland Brown Stadium. One of the look, when

545
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Speaker 2: you're at this time of the season, you need every

546
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Speaker 2: facet to be clean and that includes the special teams unit.

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Speaker 2: Let's go back to the podium, bubbav Intro.

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Speaker 9: I'm just cue once it hits the ground the teams there,

549
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Speaker 9: do you hope you can catch it.

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00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,920
Speaker 5: Grab it off the bound, yes, Evans mishit. The ball

551
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,120
Speaker 5: was a short kick, came off the foot a little

552
00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,399
Speaker 5: bit funky. Ideally, we would have loved to fielded that

553
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Speaker 5: thing in the air because we had space to go,

554
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:26,320
Speaker 5: and unfortunately we didn't. And then, you know, coaching point

555
00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 5: on playing the bounce is ideally you'd like to be

556
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Speaker 5: about eight yards from the ball and square like head

557
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,080
Speaker 5: up on it and then if it if it kicks

558
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Speaker 5: right to then be able to field it. Otherwise, he said,

559
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Speaker 5: it was spinning in a funky direction, and it kind

560
00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 5: of was. You could see it on the on the replay.

561
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Speaker 5: But yeah, after that, get away from the ball because

562
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Speaker 5: you don't want anybody to have any like, you know,

563
00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,879
Speaker 5: contact that you don't want. So unfortunately we you know,

564
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Speaker 5: did not field the ball. I wish we would have

565
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Speaker 5: been able to.

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Speaker 7: How much improvement have you.

567
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Speaker 14: Seen out of the pump return game since games is

568
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Speaker 14: been over the last.

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Speaker 8: Couple of weeks.

570
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Speaker 5: I think it's been good. I think our interior has

571
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:04,719
Speaker 5: done a good job. I thought we're playing pretty well

572
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Speaker 5: on the perimeter. Have not had any penalties in recent weeks,

573
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Speaker 5: which is which is a positive thing. So we'll keep

574
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Speaker 5: emphasizing that. But he's done a good job of getting

575
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Speaker 5: downhill and you know, getting what he can get. And

576
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Speaker 5: I think we averaged like fifteen eight return last week,

577
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Speaker 5: which is good.

578
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Speaker 4: Just missed that opportunity which we would have loved to

579
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Speaker 4: have had.

580
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Speaker 5: You know, we probably get at least fifteen on that return,

581
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Speaker 5: maybe more and then now we get drive start on

582
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Speaker 5: the on the one two whatever it was, So that

583
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,359
Speaker 5: was unfortunate for us.

584
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Speaker 6: Well, we've talked about your emphasis on not getting those

585
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Speaker 6: holding or blocking in the back end, but I mean

586
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Speaker 6: all special teams coaches want that.

587
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Speaker 7: How do you what is your secret to such a

588
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Speaker 7: minimum number that you've adage.

589
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Speaker 4: No, I don't think it's I don't think there's any

590
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Speaker 4: secret to it.

591
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Speaker 5: I think it's you know, the emphasis that you put

592
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Speaker 5: on it, you know, each week, and then trying to

593
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,240
Speaker 5: educate our players on how the game is being officiated

594
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 5: and then support that with you know, clips from throughout

595
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Speaker 5: the league where other teams are making files, and then

596
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 5: you can kind of like understand how those calls are

597
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 5: being made. So I think our guys have a good

598
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 5: understanding on how we need to play and how we

599
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 5: need to play.

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Speaker 4: Clean penalties you've had on those returns on the return game.

601
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Speaker 4: I don't.

602
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Speaker 12: What kind of impact has he been able to bring

603
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Speaker 12: your team?

604
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Speaker 4: Mike Ford.

605
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Speaker 5: He brings a lot of energy, he brings a lot

606
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,400
Speaker 5: of speed, toughness. He's the kind of guy you want

607
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 5: to be able to coach and to you know, impact

608
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 5: your unit. Our guys gravitate towards Mike. He works, He

609
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 5: works hard week in week out, puts a lot into it,

610
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Speaker 5: prepared as well.

611
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Speaker 4: So he's he's done a nice job for us, been

612
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Speaker 4: a good spark.

613
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Speaker 12: How was he hard though?

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Speaker 8: This season?

615
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Speaker 4: Just who's that?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

617
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Speaker 4: I think he's done. I think he's done a nice job.

618
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Speaker 5: He's He's a guy that I've always liked watching on

619
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Speaker 5: crossover tape, have never really had the chance to go

620
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Speaker 5: against him. Consistently not being in like the same division

621
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Speaker 5: or anything like that. But he's he's done a really

622
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Speaker 5: good job for us. I think he's improved for sure

623
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Speaker 5: as the season's gone along. And he's a guy that

624
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Speaker 5: you know, we look at to, you know, give us

625
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Speaker 5: some you know, energy to that unit. He's really he's

626
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 5: he's an infectious player and uh I enjoy coaching.

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Speaker 10: Him along those lines.

628
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Speaker 13: I mean, how important are those like core kind of

629
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Speaker 13: guys who have that energy when you're a new coordinator

630
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Speaker 13: on this team and.

631
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Speaker 17: Trying to establish things, And how helpful.

632
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Speaker 4: Is he with just that intangible stuff?

633
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think, you know, I think that when we

634
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,480
Speaker 5: first started, it took a little bit longer to get that.

635
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Speaker 5: What is it the camaraderie amongst our our group, And now.

636
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 4: I feel like we have you know, I would say

637
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 4: good continuity within the unit.

638
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 5: You know, you have Matt Adams, Mike Ford, Jordan Kanash,

639
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 5: like Tony Fields, all those guys, Pierre Strong, all those

640
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,000
Speaker 5: guys have done a really good job and compliment each other. Well,

641
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 5: we're doing a I think we're doing a good job

642
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 5: of playing complimentary to each other within the within the unit,

643
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 5: and everybody feeding off of each other and playing team football.

644
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Speaker 4: So I think that's been good for our unit.

645
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Speaker 6: What stands out to you about this Jacksonville Special Teams?

646
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Speaker 4: You know, they're good, They're a good unit.

647
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Speaker 5: I've gone against this this team for the last five years,

648
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 5: being an indie in that same division. I've gone against

649
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 5: their coordinator both as a player and as a coach.

650
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Speaker 5: He does a nice job with them. I think they're

651
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Speaker 5: a tough I think they're a tough group. They've got

652
00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 5: some instinctive players and forty two win guard fifty seven Johnson.

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Speaker 4: Both those guys are really good players.

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Speaker 5: They have good specialist Brandon McManus as a veteran kicker

655
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Speaker 5: who's been in the league for a long time in Denver.

656
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Speaker 5: And then I think they're punters, one of the best

657
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 5: in the league. I think he's super talented. Uh Cook

658
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Speaker 5: number nine, he's he's he's he's very very impactful.

659
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Speaker 4: Player for them. So I think that he does a

660
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Speaker 4: really good job for them.

661
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Speaker 10: The weather who knows the many but Nney severer so

662
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Speaker 10: could be Yeah, you never know what you're gonna get here.

663
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Speaker 7: Do you have any different message for you guys?

664
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Speaker 6: Do you have any different coach points when it could

665
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Speaker 6: be an issue to the ten.

666
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Speaker 4: No.

667
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Speaker 5: I mean we we've played in some weather games this year,

668
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Speaker 5: and you know the opener against Cincinnati, we had reigned

669
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Speaker 5: in that game, so our guys will be ready to go.

670
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Speaker 14: I know thing he's happening in obviously a game, But

671
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Speaker 14: he did Dustin come talk to you at all or

672
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Speaker 14: like you guys have.

673
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Speaker 5: Conversations after the missed pat We just need to we

674
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 5: need to convert, we really do. He needs We need

675
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 5: to do a better job of really just focusing on

676
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 5: making that kick and doing everything we can to have

677
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 5: the best mechanics, the best finish, can't can't miss that opportunity.

678
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 5: We needed to be able to convert there. That hurt

679
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 5: our team, and yeah, it was unfortunate.

680
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 10: Was there any come in.

681
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 14: Alleys with what he on that kick in the money

682
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Speaker 14: missed in Baltimore in terms of what in on those kicks.

683
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Speaker 4: I don't think so.

684
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Speaker 5: I think you know, each every every play, every kick

685
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 5: is different. We're playing in a controlled environment inside where

686
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Speaker 5: there's really not a lot of I mean, there is

687
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 5: open air in that stadium, but it's not anything that

688
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 5: would affect anything like that. I think we just got

689
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 5: to do a better job of finishing on the kick

690
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Speaker 5: and really focusing on our mechanics.

691
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Speaker 2: All right, that's a Bobba ventrone from the podium from

692
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Speaker 2: earlier this morning. Now let's go live out to Maria

693
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Speaker 2: Denzel Ward addressing the media after practicing for the second day,

694
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Speaker 2: let's go there.

695
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Speaker 15: Now, just be a lot, I said, we put a

696
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 15: lot of great tape out there on film. We got

697
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 15: the ability to be elite, elite defense in this league,

698
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 15: and we just got to play to who we are.

699
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 15: Gotta play fast, gotta play with that swag out there

700
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,719
Speaker 15: and play complimentary ball. So I think we'll get back

701
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 15: to who we are and help our offense. I'll help

702
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 15: special teams to help the same.

703
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 18: Windlis is obviously December, it's you know, the make or

704
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 18: break time of the year for teams that are competing

705
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 18: for playoffs spots. Can you draw from the twenty twenty season.

706
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 18: I know it was real abnormal with the COVID protocols

707
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 18: and stuff like that, But can that experience.

708
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Speaker 3: What's win.

709
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Speaker 10: Help you this time around as you go through another playoff.

710
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 4: Chase here, Yeah, to a certain extent.

711
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 15: I mean every year you're gonna be faced with a

712
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 15: lot of adversity and just gotta try to find ways

713
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 15: to overcome it and ultimately find a way to get

714
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 15: a win. That's always the goal each week is to

715
00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 15: go want to know and get a win. But yeah,

716
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 15: just final way to overcome that adversity.

717
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 4: But I think we're capable of doing that.

718
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Speaker 11: Last thing that I saw at PFF had you as

719
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 11: like the gumbling.

720
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 2: Around single coverage.

721
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Speaker 11: Do you feel like you're having your best season in sage?

722
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 15: I do, Honestly, I feel like I am having one

723
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,240
Speaker 15: of my better seasons, definitely in man and man coverage.

724
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 15: But I count that to Coach Schwartz, my position coaches,

725
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 15: and the D line being able to get a lot

726
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 15: of pressure on the quarterbacks and the back end. We've

727
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 15: been playing a great conflimary ball when I've been out there,

728
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 15: and they've been doing a great job helping me out

729
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 15: and putting me in great positions to make plays on

730
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 15: the ball and just being a great position really, so

731
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Speaker 15: I feel I have been doing pretty well in that aspect,

732
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 15: but it's it's a lot goes into that and how

733
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 15: I'm able to get necessarily one of the best man

734
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 15: and man coverages that Russians they're putting a lot of

735
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 15: pressure on that quarterback, making them get that ball out

736
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 15: pretty quick so I don't have to cover too long

737
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 15: back there.

738
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Speaker 17: Obviously, this is ultimate team. You know, back loses with

739
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Speaker 17: you out defense having orbit his struggles. How much tride

740
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Speaker 17: are you taking.

741
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Speaker 2: You normally give him a boost you know you get

742
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,280
Speaker 2: back out there. Yeah, I take a lot of product

743
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 2: in that.

744
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 15: I try to be that spark and be that big

745
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 15: energy and playmaking guy out there as best as I

746
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 15: can and doing with whatever I can to help my

747
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 15: team win. So it's just it's been hard for me

748
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 15: and hurt and just being out for my guys. I

749
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 15: want to be there, so just feeling like I've been

750
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 15: kind of letting them down, but just trying to fight

751
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 15: to get back out there with those guys as like

752
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 15: that's the goal. But just trying to do my best

753
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 15: I can and be myself and help this team win.

754
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 19: And you have a cute concussions you need to shugdering

755
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 19: this stage of your career. What is your attitude about

756
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 19: the way You're like, you're not gonna change anything to

757
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:03,919
Speaker 19: where you play the way you can't.

758
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Speaker 15: Man, I feel I'm I'm anna playmaking. I'm gonna playmaking corner,

759
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 15: and I feel like my team needs me and I

760
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 15: need myself.

761
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Speaker 3: I need this game.

762
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Speaker 2: I love playing this game.

763
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Speaker 15: And I mean, injuries are gonna happen.

764
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Speaker 7: Something's gonna happen.

765
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Speaker 15: Like I said, I had a few concussions, but I'm

766
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 15: not too worried about that. Like I did my research

767
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 15: and everything on that and overcome those. And I mean

768
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,359
Speaker 15: hurt my shoulder a little bit, but I mean that's

769
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Speaker 15: just how the game goes. Sometimes you just gotta try

770
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Speaker 15: to find a way to continue to stay on top

771
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 15: of my body and everything. And and once maybe I

772
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Speaker 15: do go out, get back as fast as I can

773
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Speaker 15: and get back out there. But it's definitely not gonna

774
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Speaker 15: affect the way I play the game. I feel like

775
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 15: when I'm out there, I just do what I can

776
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 15: to help my team win, and that's playing fast and

777
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 15: physical and being who I am.

778
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Speaker 11: You say you feel like if you're team now, you know,

779
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 11: why would you feel that way when you're obviously out

780
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Speaker 11: with everything you can't do anything about it. You have

781
00:35:58,120 --> 00:35:59,839
Speaker 11: been so hard to get back.

782
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 15: Yeah, I just I just want to be out there

783
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 15: with my guys. That's it. I know the team needs me,

784
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 15: and I just I just want to be out there

785
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 15: with them, out there fighting with them and trying to

786
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 15: fight for the playoffs.

787
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Speaker 4: So that's the.

788
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Speaker 15: Biggest thing when I say I feel like I'm kind

789
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 15: of letting them down. You know, if stuff happened, that's life.

790
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 15: Things are gonna happen, and you're gonna be faced with

791
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 15: situations where you may be out and may not be

792
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 15: able to do certain things. But just trying to be

793
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,839
Speaker 15: the best men I could be and uh, if I'm

794
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 15: out being a great coach coach on the sideline and

795
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,359
Speaker 15: helping those guys out as best as I can. But uh,

796
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 15: I know for me personally in this situation is best

797
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,359
Speaker 15: for me to be out on that field and then

798
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Speaker 15: on the sideline as a coach.

799
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Speaker 17: Bengel A power from when you said dealing with injuries

800
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 17: straight when you're out there. We know that you play

801
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 17: the pro Bowl level, but it has been something you

802
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 17: have to repeatedly overcome and come back and come back.

803
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 4: What keeps you going?

804
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Speaker 17: What keeps your head up when you're dealing with that

805
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 17: over and over and over.

806
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 15: Yeah, I mean I understand that the injuries are going

807
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 15: to happen.

808
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 4: Something's gonna happen.

809
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 10: That's football.

810
00:36:56,880 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 15: I think I just compared it to life. So every

811
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:01,879
Speaker 15: everything is not gonna be perfect in life, and things

812
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 15: are going to happen, but it's about how you respond

813
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 15: and how you overcome it. So I take a lot

814
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 15: of pride in and being able to fight back and

815
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 15: regardless of the circumstance of being able to come back

816
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 15: and execute at a high level of play, and I'm

817
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,839
Speaker 15: still doing my job. So I said that that's life.

818
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 15: Stuffing is going to happen in life, but just being

819
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 15: able to overcome in the.

820
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Speaker 11: Beginning that it may have been something to do with

821
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 11: it with your LABORO. Was it something sort of structural

822
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 11: that you've been dealing.

823
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 15: I'm not gonna disclose any uh, any sort of injuries

824
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 15: or of that. So, but I'm feeling a lot better

825
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 15: and just looking forward to get back with the guys.

826
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Speaker 10: Thank you, guys.

827
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Speaker 2: There's been some word at the podium out in Berea feeling,

828
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 2: but it's just better when he's there. The last two

829
00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,359
Speaker 2: weeks we've seen it. You lose a guy who's playing

830
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 2: at an all pro level, and I agree with him.

831
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Speaker 2: I think it's this is the best cornerback play that

832
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 2: he has played in his career right now, and it's

833
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,800
Speaker 2: an absolute game changer for our defense when he's in

834
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 2: the mix. When you think about it's the butterfly effect too,

835
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,800
Speaker 2: because him and Emerson as the one in one A

836
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 2: that's as good as you're going to find in the league.

837
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 2: That allows Greg to be in that slot, although sometimes

838
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 2: Denzil goes in there too, But all of a sudden,

839
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 2: you take an all pro guy out, obviously, mixed with

840
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 2: the fact that that Miles is playing kind of half

841
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,320
Speaker 2: with an arm and that leads to some of the

842
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 2: breaks we've seen defensively. The guy that we believe will

843
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,480
Speaker 2: be in charges me speaking, not the team this weekend

844
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,839
Speaker 2: in terms of your field general. Joe Flacco, let's head

845
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 2: back out to Bria now for his presser.

846
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Speaker 10: It all to kind of break myself in. So the

847
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 10: last every week kind of gets you a little bit

848
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 10: more comfortable. But I don't really think it's necessarily the process.

849
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 10: I think it's just kind of now getting with the

850
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 10: individual guys and getting the feel for, you know, the

851
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 10: little details more so than the big picture plan. Is

852
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,359
Speaker 10: there an area where you look at the first game

853
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 10: and say, this is where you could take a jump

854
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 10: in the second game. Yeah, you know, listen, in the

855
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 10: first game, it was really not a very physical game

856
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 10: for me. I think our offensive line did a great job.

857
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 10: I think there was just times where you know, I

858
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 10: threw the ball away, which is is good. But at

859
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 10: the same time, I there was a couple of different

860
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,959
Speaker 10: times that maybe, you know, I could have moved, maybe

861
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 10: drug to play out a little bit more, did certain

862
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 10: things like that. And then there were a couple of

863
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 10: plays where it was just like the little details of

864
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Speaker 10: whatever that play may have been. There may have been

865
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Speaker 10: two or three plays where you know that kind of

866
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 10: I lost it for a second, you know, and we

867
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 10: didn't do you know, we threw an incompletion or whatever.

868
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 10: So you know, those are probably two areas that we

869
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 10: can I can get a little better.

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00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:30,320
Speaker 19: This time away affected your decisions more than anything physical.

871
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,399
Speaker 10: Well, like I said, I think it was a very

872
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 10: I guess it was a very easy first game in

873
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 10: terms of the physicality for me. So I don't know

874
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,919
Speaker 10: if it's like a great measure of how my body

875
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 10: is necessarily going to react to the physical nature of it.

876
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 10: But I mean, I listen, I know that I'm not

877
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 10: in my twenties anymore, but you know, thirty eight isn't

878
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,239
Speaker 10: super old in the real world, so I feel like

879
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 10: I've done a good job keep myself in shape. But

880
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 10: anytime you go and step on that field, and any

881
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 10: any year, really for a quarterback, it's kind of weak

882
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 10: to weak how your body feels physically, just because you're

883
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 10: not in the middle of the line banging heads every

884
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,879
Speaker 10: single play. It really comes down to how many times

885
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,240
Speaker 10: did you get you know, did you land on that ground?

886
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 19: And I kind of been just throwing the ball and

887
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 19: executing play fakes.

888
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 10: I mean that was not a crop. No, you know,

889
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 10: I made sure I kept my arm in good enough

890
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 10: shape and all that other stuff. You know, there's definitely

891
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 10: an element to it that's like riding a bike. You

892
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 10: just get back out there and start doing it. You're

893
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 10: telling us no training camps.

894
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 4: Could be right.

895
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 7: You can run off the couch and do what you

896
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 7: gotta do.

897
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 3: Listen.

898
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,800
Speaker 10: I there's definitely parts of training camp I enjoy, and

899
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 10: there's definitely parts of training camp that I can't say

900
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 10: I was too disappointed on missing out on. I'm sure

901
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 10: a lot of veterans will probably tell you, oh, we

902
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 10: don't need a training camp, Let's just start the season,

903
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 10: But there's more to it than that. I don't think

904
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 10: this is ideal. I think you'd I think you'd definitely

905
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 10: like to, you know, kind of rev up a little

906
00:40:58,800 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 10: bit and get yourself going.

907
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 13: Just and Kevin and Alex how sharp you were on

908
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 13: all the little nuances and the play action, you know,

909
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 13: hand position, all that stuff. That stuff I'll come back naturally.

910
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 13: Or is that stuff you really needed to work on

911
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:10,479
Speaker 13: and this we could get ready?

912
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 10: I think how I do it, it comes back naturally

913
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 10: for the most part. You know, you don't realize how

914
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:18,439
Speaker 10: much of that stuff is also relying on the back

915
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 10: and the line, firing off in the back, rolling over

916
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 10: and making sure that he's you know, as wide as

917
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 10: he needs to be or as tight as he needs

918
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 10: to be. And then obviously with each different coaching staff

919
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 10: they have little different nuances on how they do those

920
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 10: things and how it sets up this play versus that play. So,

921
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 10: like I said, the way I've done it, yeah, it

922
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 10: comes back pretty naturally. But there's always a little bit

923
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 10: of different ways that coaches coach it that I need

924
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:43,800
Speaker 10: to get up to speed a little bit on which.

925
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,640
Speaker 14: Are puging a lot in your career?

926
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 6: Is this place more difficult than others in bad weather

927
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 6: because you guys did finish some.

928
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 8: Bad weather, you know, on the s.

929
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 10: I think when you play in this division, which I

930
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 10: have most of my career, you just you just have

931
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 10: to get used to the fact that that's going to

932
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 10: be the case, and both teams have to deal with it.

933
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 10: And I don't think anybody I don't care how long

934
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 10: and how much you tell yourself that you love playing

935
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 10: in this kind of stuff and try to convince yourself

936
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 10: that you can do it. I don't think anybody loves it.

937
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 10: But you get used to doing it and you have

938
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 10: your ways. I mean, I remember back in the day

939
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 10: coaches made you wear the long studs. And you know,

940
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,880
Speaker 10: fields have gotten better over the last fifteen years, but

941
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 10: that's still a factor. You know, you can see out

942
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 10: in the practice field, like you you want to be

943
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 10: able to have guys, I would think, more so than

944
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,399
Speaker 10: the ball and all that, it's footing and it's getting

945
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 10: guys feet in the ground so that they can confidently

946
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 10: run routes and put their feet in the ground.

947
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 19: Since you went with the team and the playing it

948
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 19: off the chase, so what are your feeling health and

949
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 19: the responsibility.

950
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 14: You know that you shoulders of this game.

951
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 3: The game.

952
00:42:55,000 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 10: Yeah, listen, I h It's invigorating. For sure, it's exciting.

953
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 10: This is what you want. There's always things like when

954
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 10: you're sitting by yourself and you're running through things in

955
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 10: your head, there's always things that you're going to think about,

956
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 10: and that's why it is so important. And you always

957
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 10: hear people say just stay in the moment, be where

958
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 10: you are, and that's the biggest uh. That's one of

959
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 10: the biggest challenges for probably professional athletes, is to try

960
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 10: to stay in the moment as much as you can

961
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 10: and just worry about today, doing this interview, tomorrow, after this,

962
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:27,880
Speaker 10: going and taking care of my body and going into

963
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 10: the meeting room. And if you let your mind wander

964
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 10: five days from now, four days from now, three days

965
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 10: from now, you're just doing yourself such a disservice, and

966
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 10: more importantly, you're doing your team a disservice because you

967
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 10: don't want to think about outcomes. You want to think

968
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 10: about doing your job and everybody else doing their job

969
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 10: side by side, and letting everything else take care of yourself.

970
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:53,240
Speaker 7: Remember Marie Cooper still in the concussion protocol.

971
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,880
Speaker 11: How much are you're really hoping you can rally and

972
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 11: then get out there and help you guys out this weekend.

973
00:43:58,280 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 3: Yeah.

974
00:43:58,480 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 10: I think we talked a little bit after the game

975
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 10: about he's a special player. He definitely pops off the

976
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 10: screen at you and just the way he runs his

977
00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:09,080
Speaker 10: routes and catches the football. So I'm really rooting for

978
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 10: him to get out there and help this team out.

979
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 10: He's a big deal.

980
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 14: Joe.

981
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 18: You complete a past I think the nine different receivers,

982
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,000
Speaker 18: But just you know, stepping in here, what have you

983
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 18: learned about this group of receivers and how challenging it

984
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,759
Speaker 18: is it for you having to learn that volume of

985
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 18: guys and just maybe the different ways they they like

986
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 18: catching footballs.

987
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 10: I think for me, ultimately, when it gets to game day,

988
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,800
Speaker 10: I'm able to kind of put that stuff aside and

989
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,440
Speaker 10: just go play in rhythm and trust the fact that

990
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 10: those guys are going to be in the spot they are,

991
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,839
Speaker 10: and not stressed about the fact that I haven't thrown

992
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 10: to them for a ton of time. The thing I've

993
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 10: learned about these guys so far is that they put

994
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,359
Speaker 10: their head down and they work, and they're a great

995
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 10: receiving group in that way. Just wanting to get extra throws,

996
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,040
Speaker 10: and then when we're at practice, just committing to what

997
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:02,960
Speaker 10: we're doing and going out there and working hard at

998
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 10: doing it. I think it's a really well led group.

999
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,879
Speaker 10: They just look they seemed to be mature and even

1000
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 10: though there was a handful of young guys in there,

1001
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 10: so I really just like the way they work and

1002
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 10: approach the deck.

1003
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 7: Other things.

1004
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 19: You have more wins in this stadium than any opposing

1005
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:20,919
Speaker 19: you were that show.

1006
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 10: You figure, well, yeah, hopefully I can get another one

1007
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 10: this weekend.

1008
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:28,400
Speaker 4: And you know, see what happens here.

1009
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:35,880
Speaker 14: So you and Elijah obviously had a relationship prior to

1010
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 14: to you you get in here and on Sunday, you know,

1011
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 14: you turned them.

1012
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 10: Like twelve times.

1013
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 7: It was that just sort of in the flow or

1014
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 7: or how much you know, Yeah, it was you know listen.

1015
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 10: I think also when Amari goes damn and he gets

1016
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,479
Speaker 10: put in that position, you're you're going to be putting

1017
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 10: in some spots where you have individuals and if you're

1018
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,080
Speaker 10: one on one, you're going to be the guy that's

1019
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 10: called on. So yeah, it wasn't like I was going

1020
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 10: out and targeting Elijah because my kids said, hey, in

1021
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:07,920
Speaker 10: New York. He was awesome and you got to keep

1022
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 10: drawing to him. You know, it's just kind of where

1023
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 10: it took me.

1024
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 12: And you know.

1025
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 5: Today, so with being such a legend in MVP level

1026
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 5: quarterback six six, do we do we get to see any.

1027
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,160
Speaker 2: Like rollout plays running to.

1028
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:26,239
Speaker 3: See any of that?

1029
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 10: I don't know.

1030
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:34,760
Speaker 11: Ask you about Trevor watats practice today in Jack Sprels.

1031
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 11: So he returned to practice.

1032
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 4: What does it?

1033
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 20: You know, does that kind of ramch it up.

1034
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 11: The you know, the intensity of the game a little bit,

1035
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 11: knowing that you might be going up against one of

1036
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:45,959
Speaker 11: the best quarterbacks right.

1037
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,799
Speaker 10: Now in the NFL. I, Like I said, you can't

1038
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 10: look forward to that. Uh, you have to stay in

1039
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 10: the moment. But credit to him. I mean, listen, this

1040
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 10: league is about being tough and showing up for your

1041
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 10: team on Sundays. So if that's what he's trying to

1042
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,840
Speaker 10: do and getting out there and this is this is

1043
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 10: one of those steps, is going out there and practicing today,

1044
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,120
Speaker 10: and you know, so that's all I would say is

1045
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 10: it's a credit to him being able to get back

1046
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 10: out there and and and show up for his team.

1047
00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 19: How long did it take with Donah, Yeah, I can't

1048
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 19: make you.

1049
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:21,439
Speaker 12: Pass on a knowledge that's anything pos his team.

1050
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:22,759
Speaker 4: I don't know.

1051
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:24,920
Speaker 10: I think there's probably times early on where you were

1052
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 10: able to do it really well in times where you

1053
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:30,799
Speaker 10: just weren't. You know, it's not you know, it's something

1054
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:34,160
Speaker 10: that you constantly have to be on and and it's

1055
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 10: just part of that mental game and having that kind

1056
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,239
Speaker 10: of like routine that you go throughout the week that

1057
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:45,120
Speaker 10: keeps you, you know, keeps you on track. You don't

1058
00:47:45,120 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 10: have a routine, then you're always going to kind of

1059
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:49,440
Speaker 10: be floating around. So we remember your last trip to

1060
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:51,880
Speaker 10: Brown Stadium right with the Jets, but you were here

1061
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:52,920
Speaker 10: so many times at the ratings.

1062
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 4: What stands out watch like, if.

1063
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,400
Speaker 10: There's some memories from those chips, they really stand out

1064
00:47:57,400 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 10: to you trying to think, uh, I remember, I remember

1065
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 10: my rookie year here for whatever reason. Listen the thing

1066
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,360
Speaker 10: that playing in this division and coming here. You know

1067
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 10: it's not an indoor stadium. It's an old school not

1068
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 10: an old school obviously, but it's a grass field outdoors.

1069
00:48:20,239 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 10: You feel the city of Cleveland, you usually have some

1070
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,239
Speaker 10: kind of weather so you know where you are. And

1071
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,320
Speaker 10: I don't know, it's definitely that's the way you like it.

1072
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:33,640
Speaker 10: You smell the grass, you just it just feels like football.

1073
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:36,800
Speaker 10: And that's kind of this whole division is like that

1074
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 10: to a certain extent. So I don't know, that's kind

1075
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:44,440
Speaker 10: of the always the stadiums that have kind of attracted,

1076
00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 10: you know, been attractive to myself is like when you

1077
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 10: can go out there and, like I said, smell the

1078
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 10: grass and feel like it's football weather. And that's the

1079
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 10: time of the year we're in. We're in December and

1080
00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:53,719
Speaker 10: we're in Cleveland, and it should be a.

1081
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:54,000
Speaker 3: Lot of fun.

1082
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 2: There's Joe Flacco at the podium. There was a voice

1083
00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 2: that I think I'd heard before, but not too typically

1084
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:02,759
Speaker 2: in the press corps. And and we we headed on

1085
00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 2: the Twisted Tea hot Line now and potentially a burgeoning reporter,

1086
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 2: Elijah Moore joining us. You're looking for a second profession there, buddy.

1087
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 2: That was you asking mister Flack of the questions.

1088
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,440
Speaker 3: Was it yes? Their yes, sir?

1089
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:17,120
Speaker 2: That's fun, right?

1090
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 3: What is it?

1091
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 2: I mean, you think to yourself like you're going to

1092
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 2: run into Joe. You get you come to Cleveland in

1093
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:23,520
Speaker 2: the offseason. We're thrilled to have you, and all of

1094
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 2: a sudden, a guy who you spent a year with

1095
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 2: is is starting quarterback and there's you guys are back together.

1096
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:30,239
Speaker 2: It's the craziest damn thing.

1097
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,959
Speaker 20: Yeah, man, you know that's definitely the league.

1098
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:34,920
Speaker 3: Man, that's life.

1099
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 20: Again to play out stript I.

1100
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:42,000
Speaker 3: Get to see his Yeah, what did it?

1101
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 2: What was it like seeing especially the way he started

1102
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:48,080
Speaker 2: the game? An absolute missile to to Amari Like, this

1103
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 2: is a guy who was he's He had told us

1104
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 2: in the lead up to him playing over the weekend

1105
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 2: that you know he's thrown in the backyards to his kids. Uh,

1106
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:56,880
Speaker 2: certainly didn't look that way to us. What did it

1107
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:58,120
Speaker 2: look like to you? Ground level?

1108
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 3: Look?

1109
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 20: It looked it looked pretty much the same way.

1110
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 3: Man.

1111
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:05,239
Speaker 20: He was dicing it up. He looked super comfortable out there. Joe,

1112
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,200
Speaker 20: like I said on in my last interview, you know,

1113
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,480
Speaker 20: Joe has this calmness to him, this type of swag

1114
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 20: that I think that gains everybody together because you have

1115
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 20: the confidence that he just got it all under control.

1116
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,359
Speaker 20: You know, even in crucial moments. You know, he's he's

1117
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 20: like never high and he's never low. He's always the same.

1118
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:22,800
Speaker 14: You know.

1119
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 2: The word that I used earlier this week to describe

1120
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 2: it was he's a pro, right, I mean sometimes he's

1121
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 2: just a professional.

1122
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 20: Exactly exactly what he is.

1123
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:35,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, And so when you have one of those, you

1124
00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 2: have stability. You guys coming home after a long road trip.

1125
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,080
Speaker 2: Obviously you're out in Denver and then you stay out

1126
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:42,560
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles and play the game against the Rams,

1127
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 2: and obviously it doesn't go the way that you guys

1128
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 2: were hoping for it to go. But nevertheless, you come

1129
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:49,759
Speaker 2: back to this one seven and five, all of the

1130
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,400
Speaker 2: goals are still in front of this team. What has

1131
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 2: it been like to get back home. What of these

1132
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,800
Speaker 2: first two practices this week felt like in terms of

1133
00:50:57,840 --> 00:50:59,440
Speaker 2: preparation for Jacksonville.

1134
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 20: Yeah, I mean definitely along along flight home on the

1135
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 20: other side of the world, it felt like. But but

1136
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,279
Speaker 20: you know, the the week focused, you know, so far

1137
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:11,239
Speaker 20: has been great. You know, I feel like that's really

1138
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,319
Speaker 20: all we needed. You know, after you know, a loss,

1139
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:15,759
Speaker 20: you know, you can't really dwell too much on it,

1140
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:17,480
Speaker 20: even if you win or lose. You know, Coach kind

1141
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,320
Speaker 20: of teases us just to flush it down toilet because

1142
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:21,839
Speaker 20: it's really about this week coming up. So I feel

1143
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:23,719
Speaker 20: like that's what everyone's doing. You know, we're focusing on

1144
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,160
Speaker 20: the now, and we're putting our bestselk forward for this.

1145
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:29,240
Speaker 2: You know, Sunday you we we talked a lot about

1146
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:32,080
Speaker 2: you and and that connection with with Joe.

1147
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:32,560
Speaker 13: Uh.

1148
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:36,840
Speaker 2: That obviously played out in Sunday's game. Of course, we

1149
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:40,000
Speaker 2: don't know about Maris still in concussion protocol. But if

1150
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:42,839
Speaker 2: a bigger role is called on and you're called upon

1151
00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:44,479
Speaker 2: for that bigger role, how ready are.

1152
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:44,800
Speaker 3: You for it?

1153
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:48,160
Speaker 20: I feel like I'm as ready as I can be.

1154
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:50,319
Speaker 20: You know, I put my bestl for it every every

1155
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,640
Speaker 20: single day, you know, if a Mario was here or not.

1156
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:55,040
Speaker 20: You know, so I think that that's what everybody in

1157
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,920
Speaker 20: the room and on on our team tries to do,

1158
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 20: you know, put ourselves in the best position, do you guys?

1159
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:02,200
Speaker 8: I know that.

1160
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:04,359
Speaker 2: You know we use that word professional to talk about

1161
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 2: Joe and it's all you guys, right. I mean, this

1162
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 2: is the business, is the league. Like injuries happen, Guys

1163
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:10,120
Speaker 2: come in, guys come out.

1164
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 3: Uh.

1165
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:13,719
Speaker 2: This team has has suffered so many catastrophic injuries, so

1166
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 2: many big injuries, and yet I still anytime you guys

1167
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,080
Speaker 2: take the field, it feels like there's still complete belief

1168
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:21,920
Speaker 2: no matter what has happened that you're going to go

1169
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,360
Speaker 2: out there and handle your business. In terms of the

1170
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,360
Speaker 2: chemistry of this team, the closeness of this team, what

1171
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,160
Speaker 2: are you seeing as a guy who's who's new to

1172
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:29,720
Speaker 2: the operation.

1173
00:52:31,280 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 20: Yeah, I mean I just got here, and personally, I've

1174
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:37,759
Speaker 20: never been as close to these teammates that I've been

1175
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:40,680
Speaker 20: on any team in my entire life. College, a little

1176
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:43,359
Speaker 20: you know, little little league, and even in my first

1177
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:46,640
Speaker 20: couple of years in the league, nothing compares to to

1178
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 20: the this specific team I'm on now. I don't know

1179
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 20: the reason why. I just feel as if I feel

1180
00:52:53,120 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 20: like we all just jail as far as personalities, and

1181
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 20: we're making a you know, we make an attempt to

1182
00:52:57,719 --> 00:53:00,399
Speaker 20: go hard for each other, you know so, and something

1183
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:04,080
Speaker 20: that's been reoccurring throughout the whole locker room that everyone says,

1184
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:06,160
Speaker 20: you know, so, I feel like we just fight for

1185
00:53:06,239 --> 00:53:08,719
Speaker 20: each other. You know. It's there's nothing like going out

1186
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 20: there and you know, imagine if each one of your

1187
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 20: fam members was lining up next to you, you know

1188
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 20: you're gonna go hard.

1189
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:15,600
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1190
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:17,960
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you know. The other thing about it is

1191
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:20,560
Speaker 2: is and you said that personalities, and it struck me

1192
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:22,279
Speaker 2: because this team is full of a lot of really

1193
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:26,480
Speaker 2: confident individuals, and it feels like you guys feed off

1194
00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:29,320
Speaker 2: each other. Certainly the receiver and dB rooms feed off each.

1195
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:34,480
Speaker 20: Other nice, especially us. Yeah, definitely, Yeah, there's a lot.

1196
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:37,000
Speaker 2: There's a lot between that one there, And I do

1197
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:39,840
Speaker 2: think that there's so many similar there's so many similarities

1198
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 2: that I think leads to that kind of everyone rowing

1199
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:43,920
Speaker 2: in the same direction. This is a big one. Obviously

1200
00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:48,520
Speaker 2: on Sunday against Jacksonville, Trevor Lawrence did practice today. My

1201
00:53:48,640 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 2: hunches he'll play who knows, we'll we'll find out later,

1202
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:53,160
Speaker 2: but he did practice was limited. Uh, it's a big

1203
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,840
Speaker 2: challenge with their offense and some of the challenges that

1204
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,840
Speaker 2: they prevent provide. Our defense ought to be up to that.

1205
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,200
Speaker 2: But in terms of as you look at their defensive

1206
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:03,279
Speaker 2: matchups for you guys, are there things that you guys

1207
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:05,279
Speaker 2: think you can take advantage of? And what do you

1208
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:06,719
Speaker 2: think the plan will be this week?

1209
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:11,319
Speaker 20: The plan is the same as it is every single week.

1210
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:14,040
Speaker 20: You know, I feel like if we do lose, it's

1211
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:16,040
Speaker 20: just us beating us. You know, when you cut the

1212
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:19,000
Speaker 20: film on and you go over the corrections, it's just

1213
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:22,080
Speaker 20: us being detailed and execution. You know that's really odd.

1214
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:26,000
Speaker 20: Is football is, as you know, not just what everyone

1215
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 20: thinks thinks it is. It is pits, cats run around.

1216
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:29,600
Speaker 20: It's not that there's a lot of things that have

1217
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:33,080
Speaker 20: to go right every single play between eleven people. So

1218
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,200
Speaker 20: we're just working on that mess, as you know, as

1219
00:54:36,280 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 20: much as we can to get that as consistent as

1220
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:38,920
Speaker 20: we can.

1221
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:41,800
Speaker 2: Elijah, thank you so much for the time, buddy, and

1222
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:44,600
Speaker 2: just hold off until I retire before you get into

1223
00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:50,560
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1224
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:53,120
Speaker 2: Thanks buddy. Elijah Moore joining us on the on the

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00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:55,359
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1241
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Speaker 2: enemy lines on the Jacksonville side of things, and there

1242
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,160
Speaker 2: could be something very big out of that from a

1243
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:55,719
Speaker 2: news standpoint. Trevor Lawrence, of course, franchise quarterback of the Jaguars,

1244
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,160
Speaker 2: who has started every game since he has been a

1245
00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:01,200
Speaker 2: part of that organization, was injured in the game on

1246
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:05,120
Speaker 2: Monday Night football against Cincinnati. It looked gruesome, but he

1247
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:07,120
Speaker 2: had a press conference earlier in this week there was

1248
00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 2: no boot on that ankle, and then in the practice

1249
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:13,080
Speaker 2: that has taken place today down in Jacksonville, he was

1250
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:17,239
Speaker 2: a participant now not a full participant, but a participant nevertheless,

1251
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,880
Speaker 2: and so that will certainly help their chances and be

1252
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:23,360
Speaker 2: a very different game plan for us to prepare for

1253
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:26,200
Speaker 2: had he not been there. Christian Kirk was hurting the

1254
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:27,360
Speaker 2: game as well against Cincinnati.

1255
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:27,800
Speaker 12: He will not.

1256
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 2: He's on IR and he has done so.

1257
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:30,040
Speaker 8: They will.

1258
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:33,000
Speaker 2: They have some wounded as well, but among the wounded

1259
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,319
Speaker 2: will not be Trevor Lawrence. Now, as far as your

1260
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:39,839
Speaker 2: Browns are concerned and the injury report, Amari Cooper still

1261
00:56:39,880 --> 00:56:42,960
Speaker 2: in concussion protocol, no practice out of him today. The

1262
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:46,360
Speaker 2: Chief David Djoku dnp on him. That is a knee

1263
00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:49,279
Speaker 2: coop where at that one you're a prisoner of the

1264
00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,640
Speaker 2: concussion protocol. So we'll just see what happens with that

1265
00:56:51,840 --> 00:56:54,520
Speaker 2: and how long he could potentially be out. But there's

1266
00:56:54,560 --> 00:56:56,680
Speaker 2: nothing you could do to speed that process up. That is,

1267
00:56:57,000 --> 00:56:59,040
Speaker 2: once you're in that protocol, you're in it until you

1268
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 2: can test your way out of that. As for Chief,

1269
00:57:02,920 --> 00:57:05,600
Speaker 2: the knee injury, I do not believe that it is

1270
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:09,080
Speaker 2: anything solid, anything serious. Rather that isn't scores or anything

1271
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,520
Speaker 2: like that, but just feeling like there's a pretty good

1272
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:13,799
Speaker 2: chance that a guy who went through what he went

1273
00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 2: through already that this is probably feels more like rest.

1274
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:20,000
Speaker 2: Remember it is always the Friday practices, especially with the

1275
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 2: veterans that we're paying attention to. Those are the practices

1276
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:27,160
Speaker 2: where if a vet participates in that one, that's when

1277
00:57:27,160 --> 00:57:29,520
Speaker 2: you know there go if they miss the Friday Every

1278
00:57:29,560 --> 00:57:31,920
Speaker 2: once in a while on a Saturday, you can you

1279
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:34,080
Speaker 2: can find your way back. That happens from time to time,

1280
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 2: but largely it's the Friday practice you'll be paying attention to.

1281
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:39,960
Speaker 2: And that's the one we'll be paying attention to tomorrow

1282
00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:41,760
Speaker 2: here on the program in terms of who is in

1283
00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,760
Speaker 2: and who is out for a really a monumental game

1284
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:48,600
Speaker 2: against Jacksonville for your Cleveland Browns on Sunday at the

1285
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:51,600
Speaker 2: quarterback position. We heard from Joe Flacco live here on

1286
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 2: the program. Is a calming presence. You heard from Elijah

1287
00:57:54,680 --> 00:57:56,920
Speaker 2: Moore right after it as well, his his former teammate

1288
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:00,120
Speaker 2: with the Jets. And it's just probably the way all

1289
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:04,280
Speaker 2: of you felt watching it. The first snaps, the first throws,

1290
00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:06,360
Speaker 2: the first dropbacks, it was just like, Okay, it's a pro.

1291
00:58:06,920 --> 00:58:10,160
Speaker 2: It's a professional quarterback, and that's what Joe Flacco is.

1292
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:13,040
Speaker 2: And with the update on DTR being that he is

1293
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:16,880
Speaker 2: practicing but still in concussion protocol, so today he threw

1294
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:20,040
Speaker 2: to practice squad guys. PJ. Walker did that as well,

1295
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:23,360
Speaker 2: but it's still not clear to concussion protocol. We had

1296
00:58:23,480 --> 00:58:26,480
Speaker 2: Alex Van pelt on earlier in the program, and he

1297
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:29,480
Speaker 2: articulated that there was it was his belief. He wasn't

1298
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:31,840
Speaker 2: concrete in this, but it was his belief that Dorian

1299
00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:35,440
Speaker 2: Thompson Robinson still needed one more kind of benchmark to

1300
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 2: clear before he could return to practice as a full

1301
00:58:39,240 --> 00:58:42,240
Speaker 2: time participant. And while they will not officially name a

1302
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:46,479
Speaker 2: starter until that has taken place, I think it's pretty

1303
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:49,320
Speaker 2: clear that Joe Flacco is probably going to be your

1304
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:51,720
Speaker 2: guy on Sunday, and quite frankly, I think that's the

1305
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 2: right choice. It was I said that on Monday after

1306
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:57,280
Speaker 2: watching him play against the Rams. My words, not the organizations.

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Speaker 2: It's just a different level and the stated goal for

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Speaker 2: this team, which has been walking wounded really since the

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Speaker 2: start of the season. You know, once you have that

1310
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:10,800
Speaker 2: second major catastrophic injury, you lose Conklin and Chubb early,

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00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 2: and then once you have the Deshaun injury, you know,

1312
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,320
Speaker 2: you say to yourself, Okay, let's make the playoffs, like

1313
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Speaker 2: that's the goal. Let's go make the playoffs. Super Bowl

1314
00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:21,120
Speaker 2: is another conversation. If Watson doesn't get hurt, that's a

1315
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:24,920
Speaker 2: more realistic conversation that we're having. But once that injury happens,

1316
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:26,760
Speaker 2: you say let's make the postseason. And once you get

1317
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:28,880
Speaker 2: in the dance, the defense is good enough you make

1318
00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:31,320
Speaker 2: a couple of plays. Who knows to me from what

1319
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:34,200
Speaker 2: I saw Sunday in Los Angeles, Joe Flacco gives you

1320
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:37,840
Speaker 2: the best possible opportunity to do that. He is a

1321
00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:41,400
Speaker 2: steadying hand. And it'll also allows Kevin Stefanski, I think,

1322
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:43,880
Speaker 2: to call the type of offense that he is very

1323
00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:46,760
Speaker 2: comfortable with. This is under center. This is the play

1324
00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,600
Speaker 2: action game. This is the deep shots, the intermediate stuff.

1325
00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:52,240
Speaker 2: This is the stuff that he ran in Minnesota. And

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00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:55,600
Speaker 2: this is all offense that Joe Flacco absolutely loves and

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00:59:55,800 --> 00:59:58,360
Speaker 2: thrives in. And if you listen to his press conference

1328
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,600
Speaker 2: live here on the program, you certainly heard how comfortable

1329
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Speaker 2: he was, the calming presence that he was, and that

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Speaker 2: ought to make you feel good by the time you

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Speaker 2: get to a game here on Sunday at one against

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Speaker 2: the Jacksonville Jaguars. As for Jacksonville and their injury report

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Speaker 2: and their mindset coming in, we will go behind enemy

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Speaker 2: let's head behind Enemy Lines ESPN NFL Nation reporter Mike

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01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:02,320
Speaker 2: Derocco joining us on the Twisted he Hard Iced Tea hotline. Mike,

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01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,040
Speaker 2: thank you so much for your time. I guess the

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Speaker 2: one hundred million dollar question is Trevor Lawrence's ankle. How's

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01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:09,880
Speaker 2: how's it going? What's what's the sense down there on

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01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 2: his availability for Sunday.

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Speaker 12: Well, he returned to practice today on a limited basis.

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Speaker 3: He didn't practice yesterday.

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01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:18,080
Speaker 12: We just got off the practice field for the media viewing,

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01:01:18,120 --> 01:01:19,680
Speaker 12: I don't know about an hour ago, and he was

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01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 12: out there participating in the warm ups, did a few drills,

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01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:24,880
Speaker 12: not all of them, but did throw the ball.

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Speaker 3: So you know, they thought that.

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Speaker 12: The injury wasn't as bad as it first initially appeared,

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Speaker 12: and now it looks like there's a chance he made play. Personally,

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01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 12: I think he's going to play, and I thought that

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Speaker 12: actually yesterday or Wednesday when he walked into the media

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Speaker 12: room for his interview without a boot or anything on

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Speaker 12: his right ankle. But is like a little compression wrap.

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Speaker 2: Mike, I'm watching her on TV. You're at the stadium

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Speaker 2: when that happens on Monday, and I mean, you're we've lost.

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Speaker 2: We've had several catastrophic injuries around here, but you're thinking

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Speaker 2: has to be like the rest of us, that my god,

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Speaker 2: is it done.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 12: Unfortunately, we've dealt you know, those of us in the

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Speaker 12: media have dealt with with that twice before. You know,

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Speaker 12: earlier this year he had a you know, as left

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Speaker 12: knee was twisted against the Colts I think in Week

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01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:16,160
Speaker 12: six and it looked really bad, and then he played

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Speaker 12: four days later against the Saints. And then last year,

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Speaker 12: you know, against Detroit, he hurt his toe that looked

1376
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Speaker 12: really bad, but then he came back in the second half,

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Speaker 12: played the rest of the game. And you know, in

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Speaker 12: neither case did he missed a start or anything the

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Speaker 12: following weeks. So you know, it looked bad initially, you know,

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Speaker 12: and then he's getting helped into the tunnel. He didn't

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Speaker 12: want the cart, and he's walking up the tunnel, and

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Speaker 12: the cameras catch and walking up the tunnel and he's

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Speaker 12: limpen and all that other stuff. So yeah, it looked really,

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Speaker 12: really bad. But later that night, you know, you start

1385
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Speaker 12: hearing stuff that it's not as bad as they originally thought.

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Speaker 12: So either he's got like some Wolverine thing going on

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01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:54,400
Speaker 12: there from the X Men or maybe Deadpool. I'm not

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Speaker 12: really sure how you want to work it. People around

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Speaker 12: here are you know, the fans around here, or convinced

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Speaker 12: he's a miracle worker or he's got some sort of

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01:03:02,760 --> 01:03:04,720
Speaker 12: tiger blood in him or something. I don't know, but

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Speaker 12: you know, it's it's been interesting this week, that's for sure.

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Speaker 2: Well it's appropriate because he was drafted to be a superhero, right,

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's the idea when you land somebody like him,

1395
01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:16,400
Speaker 2: is that is that that's what you're getting out of him.

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Speaker 2: He's been largely great this year after just the fact

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Speaker 2: that he survived that rookie year tells you a lot

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Speaker 2: about about him and the type of player he can be.

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Speaker 2: As you've witnessed him now with the stability that comes

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Speaker 2: with that that operation. What are you seeing?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, you see the growth that you would hoped you

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01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:39,360
Speaker 12: would have seen going into year two. You saw it,

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Speaker 12: you know, growing into year three. Just because obviously, essentially

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Speaker 12: last year was his rookie season. He's got a head

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Speaker 12: coach now that played the position, that understands what it

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Speaker 12: takes to play the position in the NFL. And he's

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Speaker 12: a very good offensive mind. So you know, he's still

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Speaker 12: not where he needs to be. Obviously, that's going to

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Speaker 12: take time. Everybody just thinks, you know, okay, well, the

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Speaker 12: second year system. You know, the guy's going to take off.

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Speaker 12: And he has played really, really well for the most

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Speaker 12: part this year. He was on his way to a

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Speaker 12: phenomenal game against the Bengals would have been the highest

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Speaker 12: grated passing the game of his career before he got hurt.

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Speaker 12: You know, the thing that you just want to see

1416
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Speaker 12: him do is be a little bit more consistent at times,

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Speaker 12: take care of the ball a little bit better in

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Speaker 12: terms of fumble because he has had an issue with that,

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Speaker 12: and you know he's an aggressive thrower. I mean, he's

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Speaker 12: going to try and fit the ball into some spots

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Speaker 12: that maybe some other guys won't and he has the arm,

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Speaker 12: strength and talent to do it. But there's also still,

1423
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Speaker 12: you know, the times where it's like, hey, you know,

1424
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,280
Speaker 12: instead of trying to make that longer, deeper, throw take

1425
01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:43,680
Speaker 12: the check down and let's move the chains. You know,

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01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:46,040
Speaker 12: that's I think a big area where he's gonna, you know,

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Speaker 12: need to continue to grow. But you know, look, it's

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Speaker 12: clear that this is the guy that they're building around,

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Speaker 12: and this is the guy that feel like they can

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Speaker 12: win a Super Bowl with. They're gonna work on an

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Speaker 12: extension with him in the offseason and see if they

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Speaker 12: can get something done there. So every is looking up

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Speaker 12: here in Jacksonville, which is not something you could say

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01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:06,439
Speaker 12: around this franchise very often for the last twenty five years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been, it's it's certainly it's a good collection

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Speaker 2: of talent. The Kirk injury on Monday is a painful one, though,

1437
01:05:13,120 --> 01:05:15,600
Speaker 2: of course, how will they how will they you know,

1438
01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:17,720
Speaker 2: try to play. Obviously you got to move on. We've

1439
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:19,520
Speaker 2: learned that up here with all the injuries we have,

1440
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Speaker 2: but he was somebody who was very stable for that offense.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, you know, it'll be more Parker Washington, the rookie

1442
01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:30,080
Speaker 12: who kind of came in and uh, you know, subbed

1443
01:05:30,080 --> 01:05:32,360
Speaker 12: out for for Kirk when Kirk got hurt the other night.

1444
01:05:33,440 --> 01:05:35,040
Speaker 12: And what you get with the rookie is you get

1445
01:05:35,040 --> 01:05:37,800
Speaker 12: good and bad. You get him making an unbelievable catch

1446
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:39,360
Speaker 12: in the back of the end zone on a ball

1447
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Speaker 12: that Trevor Lawrence probably shouldn't have thrown, you know, for

1448
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Speaker 12: a touchdown. But then you also get him running the

1449
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:48,400
Speaker 12: wrong route, not reading the coverage correctly. And he's the

1450
01:05:49,080 --> 01:05:51,120
Speaker 12: reason Trevor Lawrence held on to the ball and the

1451
01:05:51,160 --> 01:05:53,800
Speaker 12: play got hurt. He wanted to go to Parker Washington

1452
01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:55,480
Speaker 12: in the slot, who was you know, had a free

1453
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:59,080
Speaker 12: release and was uncovered and Washington never turned around, and

1454
01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:00,920
Speaker 12: you know, Lawrence to hold the ball and then he

1455
01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:04,680
Speaker 12: gets stepped on by his left tackle and you know,

1456
01:06:04,800 --> 01:06:07,640
Speaker 12: the ankle injury happened. So you kind of get a

1457
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:10,600
Speaker 12: bunch of you have to rely on rookies, You're going

1458
01:06:10,640 --> 01:06:12,280
Speaker 12: to get some of that stuff there. But I also

1459
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:14,800
Speaker 12: think that they'll move Evan Ingram around a lot more,

1460
01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 12: put him in the slot a lot more, and see

1461
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:19,880
Speaker 12: what he can give you there to create some matchup issues.

1462
01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:23,520
Speaker 12: But Shill Ridley's on the outside. Zay Jones. They need

1463
01:06:23,640 --> 01:06:27,320
Speaker 12: him to be a little bit more productive going forward. Certainly,

1464
01:06:27,680 --> 01:06:30,720
Speaker 12: you know he's playing through a knee injury there and

1465
01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:33,400
Speaker 12: he hasn't really looked like himself the last couple of weeks,

1466
01:06:33,440 --> 01:06:36,800
Speaker 12: so it's a big loss. Kirk was his guy. I

1467
01:06:36,840 --> 01:06:39,280
Speaker 12: mean they're close off the field. He's the guy he

1468
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:42,520
Speaker 12: trusted the most. So it's going to take a little

1469
01:06:42,520 --> 01:06:44,960
Speaker 12: bit of an adjustment in this offense. But you know,

1470
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:47,400
Speaker 12: Etn is still there, and you know, like I said,

1471
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:49,360
Speaker 12: those other receivers there and England can be a real

1472
01:06:49,400 --> 01:06:51,520
Speaker 12: big problem for teams, So I think that's where they'll

1473
01:06:51,560 --> 01:06:53,200
Speaker 12: go more than anything else.

1474
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Speaker 2: Now, I'll tell you this now on a Thursday in

1475
01:06:57,120 --> 01:06:59,160
Speaker 2: the middle of the afternoon, acknowledge that this could change

1476
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,080
Speaker 2: seven times. Why it's time we get to Sunday, because

1477
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:02,760
Speaker 2: that's how our weather is here up on the lake.

1478
01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:05,680
Speaker 2: But it appears that it's going to be a rain

1479
01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:10,160
Speaker 2: into snow situation with with some wins ten miles sustained

1480
01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:13,200
Speaker 2: and then upwards at twenty five. If that is the case,

1481
01:07:13,240 --> 01:07:17,520
Speaker 2: and it's a sloppy track, a cold track is you

1482
01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:19,800
Speaker 2: look at some of the rushing rushing stats. Can this

1483
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:23,600
Speaker 2: offense be physical against one of the more physical defenses

1484
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:24,120
Speaker 2: in the league.

1485
01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:29,840
Speaker 12: You know they can, but they haven't done it consistently,

1486
01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:32,439
Speaker 12: you know, and they may not have their starting left

1487
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:34,520
Speaker 12: tackle who is really their number two left tackle, and

1488
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:38,280
Speaker 12: Walker Little he's got a handstring injury. They're not exactly

1489
01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:41,200
Speaker 12: the most physical group in the middle with the two

1490
01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:44,280
Speaker 12: guards and the center Luke Portner. Brandon Sheriff is a

1491
01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:47,120
Speaker 12: former All Pro, but he's not anywhere close to the

1492
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:49,960
Speaker 12: level that he was before and he's playing her you know,

1493
01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:52,480
Speaker 12: their issue, one of their issues on offense has been

1494
01:07:52,760 --> 01:07:55,000
Speaker 12: short yardage and the ability to get pushed on the

1495
01:07:55,560 --> 01:07:58,480
Speaker 12: offensive line. So, you know, they've been pretty good in

1496
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:00,880
Speaker 12: pass protection the last three weeks, but you know, the

1497
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:03,320
Speaker 12: run game is sort of sputtered a little bit. They're

1498
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:06,920
Speaker 12: better when they try and run on the edge than

1499
01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:08,200
Speaker 12: they are when they're trying to.

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01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:09,360
Speaker 3: Run between the tackles.

1501
01:08:09,560 --> 01:08:11,800
Speaker 12: So what I think you'll see too or some wide

1502
01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:15,040
Speaker 12: receiver screens, some quick passes which are essentially run and

1503
01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:16,879
Speaker 12: they'll try and make their hay in the Brown.

1504
01:08:16,720 --> 01:08:17,280
Speaker 3: Game that way.

1505
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:23,160
Speaker 2: Defensively, this Jaguars outfit twenty fourth overall thirtieth against the pass.

1506
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:27,160
Speaker 2: We're obviously a mash unit offensively, with Flacco likely going

1507
01:08:27,200 --> 01:08:29,880
Speaker 2: to be the starting quarterback this week and Amari Cooper

1508
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:31,439
Speaker 2: could be out and obviously played much of the year

1509
01:08:31,479 --> 01:08:34,679
Speaker 2: without Chubb and Jack Conklin, Jedrick Will, so many starters out.

1510
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:37,000
Speaker 2: I'm looking at some of the names on this though,

1511
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:39,280
Speaker 2: and it's kind of a college football who's who of

1512
01:08:39,439 --> 01:08:42,479
Speaker 2: former stars. Give me a little bit of a breakdown

1513
01:08:42,800 --> 01:08:46,120
Speaker 2: on what has happened defensively for this Jaguars outfit and

1514
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:46,920
Speaker 2: maybe what hasn't.

1515
01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:51,200
Speaker 12: When they've been rolling, they've been getting turnovers. You know,

1516
01:08:51,240 --> 01:08:53,400
Speaker 12: they led the league in turnovers to the first month,

1517
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:55,400
Speaker 12: month and a half of the season, and that's dried

1518
01:08:55,520 --> 01:08:59,559
Speaker 12: up a little bit. Their pass rush outside of Josh

1519
01:08:59,640 --> 01:09:05,639
Speaker 12: Allen has been just okay, nothing special. You know, Toye

1520
01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:09,400
Speaker 12: Luikin and Devin Lloyd, the linebackers. It's a huge difference

1521
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,200
Speaker 12: in those two from last year to this year.

1522
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:14,840
Speaker 3: You know, Lloyd last year was so lost.

1523
01:09:14,800 --> 01:09:16,960
Speaker 12: And got so confused over what he was seeing. He

1524
01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:20,200
Speaker 12: got bench two or three times a Luikin still led

1525
01:09:20,240 --> 01:09:21,920
Speaker 12: the league in tackles, but had to spend a lot

1526
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:23,840
Speaker 12: of his time trying to make sure that Lloyd was

1527
01:09:23,880 --> 01:09:25,920
Speaker 12: lined up correctly and knew what his keys were and

1528
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:28,479
Speaker 12: knew where he was going. This year, he's been able

1529
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 12: to play a lot more free and he's made some

1530
01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:33,640
Speaker 12: more big plays. He had a touchdown, you know, a

1531
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:36,920
Speaker 12: couple of weeks ago, so he's he started to start

1532
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:39,360
Speaker 12: and make those making the big plays that you know,

1533
01:09:39,479 --> 01:09:42,920
Speaker 12: he basically admitted last year that, yeah, I led the

1534
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:44,760
Speaker 12: league in tacks. I got to start making some more

1535
01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:48,760
Speaker 12: big plays. The secondary has been hit or miss yea,

1536
01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:52,080
Speaker 12: to be honest with you, you know, Andre Cisco got

1537
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:56,040
Speaker 12: has a tendency to get out of position at times.

1538
01:09:56,360 --> 01:09:58,880
Speaker 12: He was out of position last week on the long

1539
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:03,160
Speaker 12: touchdowns in to March. Jase Tyson Campbell has been battling

1540
01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:06,519
Speaker 12: a hamstring injury and now a quad injury, and he

1541
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:09,160
Speaker 12: hasn't played at the same level he played last year.

1542
01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:12,479
Speaker 12: So if there's a weakness where you can attack, it's

1543
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:15,840
Speaker 12: definitely that secondary. So you know, Joe Flacco has the

1544
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:18,280
Speaker 12: time to get downfield. I think there'll be some place

1545
01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:19,000
Speaker 12: for him to make.

1546
01:10:19,439 --> 01:10:23,240
Speaker 2: All right, very good stuff. There just one big picture one. Uh,

1547
01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:26,640
Speaker 2: Mike just I'm always curious the business of it and

1548
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:28,519
Speaker 2: we could be having to do a new stadium up

1549
01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:32,960
Speaker 2: here in relatively short order. Uh, keep reading things back

1550
01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:35,280
Speaker 2: and forth in terms of an eventual stadium down there

1551
01:10:35,280 --> 01:10:37,439
Speaker 2: in Jacksonville and new stadium, Where are they with that

1552
01:10:37,760 --> 01:10:40,519
Speaker 2: and how tricky if all is that process going?

1553
01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:45,120
Speaker 12: You know, they've had some meetings with with the city

1554
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:48,720
Speaker 12: and the city council members, you know, to kind of

1555
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:52,720
Speaker 12: discuss stuff. Their their goal, the JAG's goal is to

1556
01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:56,320
Speaker 12: have something sort of at least frameworked in time to

1557
01:10:56,439 --> 01:10:59,519
Speaker 12: take to the owners meetings in March and then to

1558
01:10:59,560 --> 01:11:01,439
Speaker 12: be able to is then a full deal at the

1559
01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:04,599
Speaker 12: ones in May. So you know, I don't know if

1560
01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:08,759
Speaker 12: that's realistic, but you know there's a lot of stuff

1561
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:10,400
Speaker 12: that still has to be worked out. Where are they

1562
01:11:10,479 --> 01:11:13,200
Speaker 12: going to play? The new mayor doesn't want the team

1563
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:16,120
Speaker 12: not playing in Jacksonville for a year, so hey, or

1564
01:11:16,240 --> 01:11:17,840
Speaker 12: for two years so ken? Is there a way to

1565
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:23,280
Speaker 12: do this with renovations with only them missing one year here?

1566
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:25,320
Speaker 12: So there's a lot of moving parts to kind of

1567
01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:29,840
Speaker 12: still figure out. But you know, there's optimism on both

1568
01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:32,919
Speaker 12: sides that they'll get something done. And you know, in reality,

1569
01:11:33,040 --> 01:11:36,040
Speaker 12: if if the city doesn't come to an agreement with

1570
01:11:36,120 --> 01:11:38,680
Speaker 12: the Jaguars, and I'm not sure the Jaguars are going

1571
01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:42,200
Speaker 12: to be here beyond twenty four twenty five. That'll be

1572
01:11:42,280 --> 01:11:44,519
Speaker 12: something that they'll have to they'll really have to seriously

1573
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:48,880
Speaker 12: look at because this stadium is you know, it's it's

1574
01:11:49,080 --> 01:11:52,479
Speaker 12: had some minor renovations since it opened in ninety five,

1575
01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:55,840
Speaker 12: but it you know, anyone who's spent any time walking

1576
01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:57,680
Speaker 12: in the bowels of a stadium that needs a lot

1577
01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:00,680
Speaker 12: of work, you can smell it, you can see it,

1578
01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:02,520
Speaker 12: and that's where they are with this franchise.

1579
01:12:03,360 --> 01:12:05,040
Speaker 2: I was there a long time ago for a Florida

1580
01:12:05,120 --> 01:12:07,640
Speaker 2: Georgia game in like five oh six. I remember it.

1581
01:12:07,720 --> 01:12:10,479
Speaker 2: Certainly well. Been to Jaguars games there. Yeah, I mean

1582
01:12:10,520 --> 01:12:13,360
Speaker 2: it's it's been a while, so certainly we'll be something

1583
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:15,200
Speaker 2: to watch there, and that's an interesting timeline with twenty

1584
01:12:15,240 --> 01:12:17,760
Speaker 2: four to twenty five. Mike Safe travels up here. Thank

1585
01:12:17,800 --> 01:12:19,759
Speaker 2: you so much with you for your time and forgiving

1586
01:12:19,800 --> 01:12:20,760
Speaker 2: us a little bit of it today.

1587
01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:24,040
Speaker 3: Oh I appreciate you having me. Thanks a lot, all right.

1588
01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:27,519
Speaker 2: That's Mike Derocco on the Twisted Tea Hotline ESPN NFL

1589
01:12:27,640 --> 01:12:31,799
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1590
01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:34,639
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Speaker 2: All right, let's head out on the Twisted Tea Hotline.

1603
01:13:20,400 --> 01:13:22,439
Speaker 2: Let me ask you something, mister Powell. How long do

1604
01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:24,080
Speaker 2: I get to go through all the accolades with you?

1605
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:26,400
Speaker 2: Every time I got to bring you on. There's seventeen

1606
01:13:26,520 --> 01:13:28,519
Speaker 2: things I got to mention. We got to talk about

1607
01:13:28,640 --> 01:13:33,080
Speaker 2: National Championship Game MVP, host of seventy five shows. At

1608
01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:34,759
Speaker 2: some point, can I just can it just be Tymas

1609
01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:36,960
Speaker 2: Powell on the Twisted Tea Hotline, like everyone knows who

1610
01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:37,240
Speaker 2: you are.

1611
01:13:38,560 --> 01:13:40,960
Speaker 3: Well, you know, it depends on what platform we all.

1612
01:13:41,080 --> 01:13:44,479
Speaker 3: But today I'll go for this is Typus power who

1613
01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:47,280
Speaker 3: You could catch him on the Browns pre and postgame

1614
01:13:47,400 --> 01:13:50,479
Speaker 3: show where he does a great job to analyze him today.

1615
01:13:51,120 --> 01:13:52,479
Speaker 3: That that pounds really good.

1616
01:13:53,280 --> 01:13:54,920
Speaker 2: That's a good That is a good job you do.

1617
01:13:55,160 --> 01:13:57,360
Speaker 2: You do a good job analyzing the game. Hey man,

1618
01:13:57,439 --> 01:13:59,519
Speaker 2: this was uh, this is a two game. This is

1619
01:13:59,560 --> 01:14:01,960
Speaker 2: a two game kind of almost felt like a two

1620
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:04,439
Speaker 2: week road trip, right because the team stayed out there

1621
01:14:04,439 --> 01:14:07,320
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles. Neither one goes the way that you

1622
01:14:07,400 --> 01:14:09,439
Speaker 2: want it to. You come back looking some wounds at

1623
01:14:09,439 --> 01:14:13,679
Speaker 2: seven and five. But oddly because of the way Flacco played, Buddy,

1624
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:16,479
Speaker 2: I kind of feel pretty good about this stretch run.

1625
01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:17,800
Speaker 2: This team could go on. How about you.

1626
01:14:19,479 --> 01:14:21,560
Speaker 3: I feel the exact same way, and I think everybody

1627
01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:24,880
Speaker 3: feels that way. One thing about Joe Flacco is that

1628
01:14:25,040 --> 01:14:26,960
Speaker 3: he was a vet. He shows you that he still

1629
01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:30,000
Speaker 3: can make all of those throws, and I like the calmness.

1630
01:14:30,040 --> 01:14:32,080
Speaker 3: It's like when he was out there, it seemed like

1631
01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:34,839
Speaker 3: everybody was calm. He was the mature he was the adult.

1632
01:14:34,960 --> 01:14:36,800
Speaker 3: You know, over the course of the game. You know,

1633
01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:39,120
Speaker 3: things go up and down over the course of the game,

1634
01:14:39,200 --> 01:14:41,439
Speaker 3: but you need a guy that's gonna be steady, and

1635
01:14:41,560 --> 01:14:43,639
Speaker 3: that's what he was. He was had a good head

1636
01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:45,840
Speaker 3: on his shoulder, made all the throws that you want

1637
01:14:45,920 --> 01:14:50,160
Speaker 3: the quarterback to make. It makes it very bright looking forward.

1638
01:14:51,160 --> 01:14:54,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I use the word professional. It was like, oh,

1639
01:14:54,600 --> 01:14:57,280
Speaker 2: this is a pro Okay, I got this, and that

1640
01:14:57,439 --> 01:14:59,840
Speaker 2: is it to say that the PJ wasn't or that

1641
01:15:00,160 --> 01:15:03,080
Speaker 2: d t R wasn't. That just the lack of experience

1642
01:15:03,160 --> 01:15:05,960
Speaker 2: that those two guys have in comparison to a guy

1643
01:15:06,080 --> 01:15:09,160
Speaker 2: that essentially has a master's degree in football.

1644
01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:14,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the way the way, d what do

1645
01:15:14,320 --> 01:15:14,679
Speaker 3: we got.

1646
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:16,519
Speaker 2: Going on here? The way you got kids running?

1647
01:15:18,360 --> 01:15:24,200
Speaker 3: No, I just stepped on my dog, my dog, So apologize.

1648
01:15:25,640 --> 01:15:29,320
Speaker 3: I apologize to the dog. Yes, dr. Yeah, he is young.

1649
01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:31,679
Speaker 3: He's a young guy in there, and you you don't

1650
01:15:31,800 --> 01:15:33,639
Speaker 3: know what you're gonna get. Obviously, you know, he got

1651
01:15:33,960 --> 01:15:37,120
Speaker 3: probably the highest feeling with with Joe Fla. You kind

1652
01:15:37,160 --> 01:15:38,600
Speaker 3: of know what you're gonna get. You're gonna get a

1653
01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:41,760
Speaker 3: like you said, professional in the room. But d trs

1654
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:44,600
Speaker 3: that it's that factor of man, he can do this.

1655
01:15:44,880 --> 01:15:46,880
Speaker 3: If he can get this game down, he can be this.

1656
01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:49,280
Speaker 3: And on top of all of that, bo when you

1657
01:15:49,400 --> 01:15:51,880
Speaker 3: look past this season, he is the guy that's going

1658
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:54,639
Speaker 3: to be here. Joe Flacco is probably be You'll probably

1659
01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:57,080
Speaker 3: play these last games and you know next year that

1660
01:15:57,240 --> 01:15:59,280
Speaker 3: he'll be gone. But dtr is a guy that you'll

1661
01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:01,920
Speaker 3: have on your rock. So I understand why they will

1662
01:16:01,960 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 3: want to get him those reps. So if this situation

1663
01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:07,920
Speaker 3: with the quarterback thing happens again in the future, you

1664
01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:10,080
Speaker 3: got a guy that you're comfortable going in the game

1665
01:16:10,200 --> 01:16:11,040
Speaker 3: getting things done.

1666
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:14,799
Speaker 2: Ty's the other thing that I think is was apparent

1667
01:16:14,960 --> 01:16:19,240
Speaker 2: with with Joe is Kevin is very comfortable with calling

1668
01:16:19,280 --> 01:16:22,360
Speaker 2: the plays that Joe likes because they're the place Kevin likes,

1669
01:16:22,640 --> 01:16:25,560
Speaker 2: you know, under center play action. I mean, this is

1670
01:16:25,880 --> 01:16:27,759
Speaker 2: this is kind of hit. That's what he did in Minnesota.

1671
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:31,360
Speaker 2: He did that sum with Baker. But it's very clear

1672
01:16:31,439 --> 01:16:35,160
Speaker 2: that that Stefanski likes and that maybe Stefanski and Flacco

1673
01:16:35,240 --> 01:16:35,960
Speaker 2: see it the same way.

1674
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that's when this whole offseason we heard

1675
01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:44,760
Speaker 3: about how this playbook is totally different with Deshaun in there,

1676
01:16:45,080 --> 01:16:47,000
Speaker 3: and you know there's some pushing pool on that. You know,

1677
01:16:47,120 --> 01:16:49,479
Speaker 3: obviously going away from some of the things that make

1678
01:16:49,560 --> 01:16:53,040
Speaker 3: Kevin Stefanski unique. What made him so unique is being

1679
01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:55,519
Speaker 3: able to run the ball effectively and then hitting you

1680
01:16:55,640 --> 01:16:58,320
Speaker 3: with that play action and hitting that over route off

1681
01:16:58,360 --> 01:17:00,599
Speaker 3: of that. You know, that was special. That was something

1682
01:17:00,640 --> 01:17:03,760
Speaker 3: that gave defensive fits. And you go to Dashaun who

1683
01:17:03,920 --> 01:17:06,000
Speaker 3: likes to go five why and it kind of takes

1684
01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:08,840
Speaker 3: that aspect out of it. You're getting Joe Flako in there,

1685
01:17:08,840 --> 01:17:10,559
Speaker 3: a guy who's not mobile like that, a guy who

1686
01:17:10,640 --> 01:17:12,639
Speaker 3: knows how to go through his read, a guy that's

1687
01:17:12,720 --> 01:17:15,439
Speaker 3: all about timing. I mean, think about that that third

1688
01:17:15,479 --> 01:17:17,080
Speaker 3: and fourteen at the beginning of the game. He hits

1689
01:17:17,080 --> 01:17:19,800
Speaker 3: a Marii Cooper before Mary Cooper even comes out of

1690
01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:21,840
Speaker 3: his break. The ball is where it's supposed to be.

1691
01:17:21,960 --> 01:17:25,040
Speaker 3: That's all timey, and that's when it's special because you

1692
01:17:25,080 --> 01:17:28,000
Speaker 3: can run play action, get those linebackers to bite up,

1693
01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:30,120
Speaker 3: and then you know your receiver's gonna run a seventh

1694
01:17:30,120 --> 01:17:32,360
Speaker 3: step bang, eight boom. You put that ball right on

1695
01:17:32,439 --> 01:17:35,200
Speaker 3: the inside and it's there every single time. That's what

1696
01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:39,400
Speaker 3: those play actions, That's that Kevin Stefanski style of offense

1697
01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:42,240
Speaker 3: that he likes to run. And Joe did a unbelievable

1698
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:45,120
Speaker 3: job coming in off the couch as people would say,

1699
01:17:45,439 --> 01:17:47,800
Speaker 3: and being able to make some of these throws. I mean, bo,

1700
01:17:48,040 --> 01:17:50,240
Speaker 3: it was a lot of throws he threw in tight

1701
01:17:50,400 --> 01:17:53,400
Speaker 3: windows and he was getting them to and he doesn't

1702
01:17:53,400 --> 01:17:55,320
Speaker 3: even have chemistry with these guys. He's been there for

1703
01:17:55,439 --> 01:17:58,000
Speaker 3: what two weeks, and he's able to have timeing and

1704
01:17:58,080 --> 01:18:01,560
Speaker 3: chemistry down. I mean, that's this is something special that

1705
01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:04,439
Speaker 3: you want to happen. If you're going to go find

1706
01:18:04,479 --> 01:18:07,120
Speaker 3: a veteran quarterback in the mid of the season like this.

1707
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:10,559
Speaker 2: Oh, it's a yeah, it's a gift from the football gods,

1708
01:18:10,640 --> 01:18:12,519
Speaker 2: is what it is if this can work out this way.

1709
01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:14,240
Speaker 2: Because yeah, I mean that the idea that these guys

1710
01:18:14,240 --> 01:18:16,840
Speaker 2: are just sitting on the streets, it's amazing. I mean,

1711
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:18,920
Speaker 2: I can't even imagine if the Jets would have signed him.

1712
01:18:18,920 --> 01:18:20,559
Speaker 2: And he said that he called him when the Rogers

1713
01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:23,439
Speaker 2: thing happened, Like their entire season is different if they

1714
01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:26,280
Speaker 2: just had a steady handed quarterback. And that gets back to,

1715
01:18:26,640 --> 01:18:28,559
Speaker 2: you know, a pretty simple question for us. We sit

1716
01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:31,280
Speaker 2: here at seven and five. Zigur and I kind of

1717
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:33,720
Speaker 2: feel like ten's the number. If you get to ten,

1718
01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:36,720
Speaker 2: you're gonna find yourself in the postseason. We'll get to

1719
01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:39,800
Speaker 2: the defense in a second. But offensively, what do you

1720
01:18:39,880 --> 01:18:42,800
Speaker 2: think is the best plan of attack to get to ten?

1721
01:18:44,960 --> 01:18:47,120
Speaker 3: But I think that when they were successful, you know,

1722
01:18:47,240 --> 01:18:49,240
Speaker 3: even with the shine in and out of the lineup,

1723
01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:51,639
Speaker 3: the one thing that was constant after that bye week

1724
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:53,560
Speaker 3: was the run game. You know, he was able to

1725
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:55,000
Speaker 3: run the ball. I think he'll get in a hundred

1726
01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:57,559
Speaker 3: and fifty, hundred and sixty yards. But these last couple

1727
01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:00,479
Speaker 3: of games, we haven't really been hitting those numbers. You know.

1728
01:19:00,560 --> 01:19:02,960
Speaker 3: Don't get me wrong. I know Kimla Stefanski loves to

1729
01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:05,640
Speaker 3: he likes to pass to open up the run. But

1730
01:19:05,760 --> 01:19:07,920
Speaker 3: I think at some point, like Denver, you know you're

1731
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:10,120
Speaker 3: going up against one of the rush the worst rush

1732
01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:13,920
Speaker 3: defenses in there, let's attack them. We had I think

1733
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:16,240
Speaker 3: Jerome Ford had like nine carries for eighty yards or

1734
01:19:16,240 --> 01:19:18,800
Speaker 3: something like that. So keep attacking the run game if

1735
01:19:18,840 --> 01:19:23,000
Speaker 3: it's there. You know, this week, I think jackwise is

1736
01:19:23,040 --> 01:19:25,080
Speaker 3: actually pretty good. I think they six against the run

1737
01:19:25,160 --> 01:19:28,400
Speaker 3: and they're not good against the pass. Ironically, but I

1738
01:19:28,520 --> 01:19:31,600
Speaker 3: think I think that you have to you have to

1739
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:34,200
Speaker 3: do what your strength is. This Cleveland Browns team for

1740
01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:38,280
Speaker 3: since ninety nine has always been a run first team.

1741
01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:40,479
Speaker 3: We run the ball and open things up that way.

1742
01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:43,360
Speaker 3: And I think Jerome Ford shows you some things that

1743
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:45,320
Speaker 3: he can get it done in the run game. This

1744
01:19:45,439 --> 01:19:47,040
Speaker 3: often shows you they can get it done in the

1745
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:48,800
Speaker 3: run game. I think you got to ride that. It

1746
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:51,640
Speaker 3: opened up the play action. Now that you got Joe

1747
01:19:51,720 --> 01:19:53,920
Speaker 3: Flako in, I think you gotta flip your mindset a

1748
01:19:53,960 --> 01:19:57,400
Speaker 3: little bit. Maybe with Deshaun and dtr mobile guys, they

1749
01:19:57,479 --> 01:20:00,240
Speaker 3: can scramble around, extend plays with their legs, sort of

1750
01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:02,120
Speaker 3: pass gang dust open up for the run.

1751
01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:03,360
Speaker 20: But now that you got a.

1752
01:20:03,400 --> 01:20:06,040
Speaker 3: Quarterback that's a traditional quarterback back, then you got to

1753
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:08,280
Speaker 3: go back to running that football and to open things up.

1754
01:20:08,520 --> 01:20:10,519
Speaker 3: Because he shows you he got the arm to sit

1755
01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:13,400
Speaker 3: in in tight windows. Imagine what he can do if

1756
01:20:13,439 --> 01:20:16,040
Speaker 3: he gets those linebackers to bite on that run and

1757
01:20:16,280 --> 01:20:18,000
Speaker 3: all in the space that his receivers will have.

1758
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:20,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it exactly. And as we flip it to

1759
01:20:20,920 --> 01:20:23,680
Speaker 2: the other side, you know, having conversations with people the

1760
01:20:23,760 --> 01:20:25,519
Speaker 2: last couple of weeks and it's like, boy, what's wrong

1761
01:20:25,560 --> 01:20:27,760
Speaker 2: with the Browns defense? And I'm like, well, let's start

1762
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:30,360
Speaker 2: with Miles is playing with one arm and we didn't

1763
01:20:30,360 --> 01:20:33,519
Speaker 2: have Denzel Ward. So like, yeah, when you lose an

1764
01:20:33,560 --> 01:20:37,240
Speaker 2: all pro corner, there's a butterfly effect to that, and

1765
01:20:37,360 --> 01:20:39,920
Speaker 2: when you when Miles is just not all the way

1766
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:42,160
Speaker 2: what we're used to for Miles, that's a part of

1767
01:20:42,200 --> 01:20:45,599
Speaker 2: it as well. Despite those two injuries, were there any

1768
01:20:45,680 --> 01:20:48,000
Speaker 2: red flags for you with what you saw defensively the

1769
01:20:48,080 --> 01:20:48,719
Speaker 2: last two weeks?

1770
01:20:50,680 --> 01:20:53,360
Speaker 3: Obviously in the first the Denver game, the run game

1771
01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:56,240
Speaker 3: was unbelievable. I mean, you know what it is though,

1772
01:20:56,600 --> 01:20:59,320
Speaker 3: it's really we finally we're going up against these veteran

1773
01:20:59,400 --> 01:21:02,439
Speaker 3: quarterback that have a ton of experience. So these guys,

1774
01:21:02,479 --> 01:21:04,639
Speaker 3: you know, and you're going up against two offensive minded

1775
01:21:04,720 --> 01:21:07,679
Speaker 3: coach a Sean Payton Sean at McVay. I mean, coming

1776
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:10,240
Speaker 3: on two of the best offensive minds of our era.

1777
01:21:10,680 --> 01:21:12,439
Speaker 3: You're going up against these guys and he's better than

1778
01:21:12,520 --> 01:21:14,800
Speaker 3: quarterbacks are able to come to the line of scrimmage

1779
01:21:15,000 --> 01:21:16,880
Speaker 3: and they able to see things, and they're able to

1780
01:21:16,960 --> 01:21:19,800
Speaker 3: make calls and checks to get them into play. That's

1781
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:21,880
Speaker 3: going to work the most. I mean, Russell Wilson did

1782
01:21:21,920 --> 01:21:25,040
Speaker 3: an unbelievable job killing us with that trap. I don't

1783
01:21:25,040 --> 01:21:27,120
Speaker 3: think that was something that was called off the sideline.

1784
01:21:27,160 --> 01:21:29,840
Speaker 3: I think he saw got them in that play and

1785
01:21:30,200 --> 01:21:33,439
Speaker 3: it was very effective and he obviously he was effective

1786
01:21:33,439 --> 01:21:36,479
Speaker 3: with his legs. So the run game for against Denver

1787
01:21:36,720 --> 01:21:39,960
Speaker 3: was what was the killer last week. Listen, Pookah is

1788
01:21:40,840 --> 01:21:43,519
Speaker 3: we knew. We've been watching Pooka all this season, and

1789
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:46,680
Speaker 3: we talked about how special this kid is. Although he's

1790
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:49,320
Speaker 3: a rookie, this kid is special, and you know, he

1791
01:21:49,439 --> 01:21:51,040
Speaker 3: kind of for the last couple of weeks. He might

1792
01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:53,559
Speaker 3: have not had those big games and those big numbers,

1793
01:21:53,920 --> 01:21:55,920
Speaker 3: but he's still a guy that you have to worry about.

1794
01:21:55,960 --> 01:21:59,000
Speaker 3: Cooper cups. It's time that he's battling injury, so he's

1795
01:21:59,080 --> 01:22:02,840
Speaker 3: not the same Pooka just slittened. Hookah went crazy. He

1796
01:22:03,400 --> 01:22:06,360
Speaker 3: did a really good job. The first seventy yard touchdown.

1797
01:22:06,680 --> 01:22:10,080
Speaker 3: We're in invertict cover two, which is instead of the

1798
01:22:10,120 --> 01:22:12,720
Speaker 3: safeties playing the half, you got the corners playing the half.

1799
01:22:12,840 --> 01:22:15,439
Speaker 3: You got linebackers and safeties. You know, I think they

1800
01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:18,160
Speaker 3: had I think they had wan Thornhill blitzing off of

1801
01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:20,559
Speaker 3: an edge. They have the Nickel going to the flasks

1802
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:22,400
Speaker 3: to the other side and the linebacker playing the flasks

1803
01:22:22,400 --> 01:22:24,840
Speaker 3: on the other side. You always have a mental run

1804
01:22:24,960 --> 01:22:27,320
Speaker 3: through guy, which is the middle linebacker on that he

1805
01:22:27,439 --> 01:22:29,919
Speaker 3: goes three and he got a run with three verticals

1806
01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:32,800
Speaker 3: and it just so happened to be Pooka on this play.

1807
01:22:33,160 --> 01:22:35,599
Speaker 3: Matt Stafford, even though he was like kind of step

1808
01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:38,719
Speaker 3: for step with him, Matt Stafford threw it absolutely down,

1809
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:41,160
Speaker 3: dropped it right in the bucket to Pooka and he

1810
01:22:41,280 --> 01:22:43,960
Speaker 3: was able to just go. So that's just part of

1811
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:45,760
Speaker 3: the game. They caught us into bad coverage and like

1812
01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:47,760
Speaker 3: I said, when you're dealing with a veteran quarterback, he's

1813
01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:50,719
Speaker 3: able to understand it's a linebacker on my best wide

1814
01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:52,639
Speaker 3: receiver in this play, I'm gonna just throw the ball

1815
01:22:52,680 --> 01:22:55,040
Speaker 3: and give him a chance. And Pooka made some plays,

1816
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:57,920
Speaker 3: so you know, we gotta get that pass defense gotta

1817
01:22:57,960 --> 01:23:01,080
Speaker 3: be back. But outside of Miles, somebody has to make

1818
01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:02,439
Speaker 3: some plays. You know, you go out there and you

1819
01:23:02,520 --> 01:23:05,640
Speaker 3: get the Zadarius Smith to Dalvin Tomlins in the double low.

1820
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:08,519
Speaker 3: At the beginning, these guys were electric. You know, they

1821
01:23:08,760 --> 01:23:11,840
Speaker 3: got TFLs. They was getting sacks and all of those things,

1822
01:23:11,880 --> 01:23:13,880
Speaker 3: and as of lately, we haven't really gotten that same

1823
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:16,679
Speaker 3: production out of these guys. And you know, if Miles

1824
01:23:16,760 --> 01:23:19,360
Speaker 3: is still gonna get this attention, these guys got to

1825
01:23:19,360 --> 01:23:21,240
Speaker 3: start winning a one on one. I'm hoping now that

1826
01:23:21,320 --> 01:23:24,040
Speaker 3: we're back at home, because we play really well at home,

1827
01:23:24,439 --> 01:23:27,120
Speaker 3: I'm hoping that that's what we need to get these

1828
01:23:27,160 --> 01:23:29,240
Speaker 3: guys to get, get some more energy to them to

1829
01:23:29,320 --> 01:23:31,600
Speaker 3: get to that to that quarterback, whether it's CJ or

1830
01:23:31,640 --> 01:23:33,920
Speaker 3: whether it's Trevor Lawrence. You know, if that ball is

1831
01:23:33,960 --> 01:23:35,800
Speaker 3: gonna come out and get your hands up knock those

1832
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:38,360
Speaker 3: balls down, that really helps. But if he's holding it

1833
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:40,680
Speaker 3: now that you got Denzel back, he should get a

1834
01:23:40,720 --> 01:23:42,160
Speaker 3: lot more covered sacks. Yeah.

1835
01:23:42,200 --> 01:23:45,679
Speaker 2: Mentioning Denzel, he was asked in his availability earlier today,

1836
01:23:45,680 --> 01:23:47,960
Speaker 2: if this is the best that he's been as a pro.

1837
01:23:48,200 --> 01:23:50,200
Speaker 2: I think that it is. I think he's like an

1838
01:23:50,240 --> 01:23:52,960
Speaker 2: all pro level corner at the moment. I've always said

1839
01:23:52,960 --> 01:23:54,759
Speaker 2: if the long last couple years been the best mirror

1840
01:23:54,800 --> 01:23:57,240
Speaker 2: corner in the league. What are you seeing from him?

1841
01:23:57,360 --> 01:23:59,000
Speaker 2: And do you do you agree? Do you think this

1842
01:23:59,240 --> 01:24:01,040
Speaker 2: is the best that he's played And what type of

1843
01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:03,479
Speaker 2: a boost will he give this defense. Being back on Sunday,

1844
01:24:05,120 --> 01:24:05,559
Speaker 2: I think.

1845
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:07,719
Speaker 3: This is the best Denzel has played this year because

1846
01:24:07,720 --> 01:24:10,400
Speaker 3: this is the most confident I've ever seen Denzel. I

1847
01:24:10,479 --> 01:24:13,000
Speaker 3: mean when I say confident, I mean he got some

1848
01:24:13,320 --> 01:24:16,840
Speaker 3: swag get himself this year. I mean the dance that

1849
01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:20,360
Speaker 3: he do every playing the guitar, rocking out like he

1850
01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:23,599
Speaker 3: got some stuff to him. He knows, he finds. It's

1851
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:25,679
Speaker 3: like he knows he been knew deep down.

1852
01:24:25,600 --> 01:24:26,240
Speaker 14: That he was good.

1853
01:24:26,600 --> 01:24:29,479
Speaker 3: But he's wearing it on his shoulder. He's not afraid

1854
01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:31,679
Speaker 3: to go out there against your number one and show

1855
01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:34,120
Speaker 3: you why he should be All Pro this season. And

1856
01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:36,320
Speaker 3: this is the first time that I seen him like that.

1857
01:24:36,680 --> 01:24:39,360
Speaker 3: And I have to credit Jim Schwartz. You know, obviously,

1858
01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:41,519
Speaker 3: you know in the past they made they did a

1859
01:24:41,720 --> 01:24:44,400
Speaker 3: mix of running man in zone, and you know sometimes

1860
01:24:44,479 --> 01:24:46,800
Speaker 3: in zone he doesn't do his best. But this year

1861
01:24:46,840 --> 01:24:49,599
Speaker 3: they were specialized in playing man the man, press man

1862
01:24:49,720 --> 01:24:52,560
Speaker 3: the man. And Denzel is just like we said it

1863
01:24:52,640 --> 01:24:54,920
Speaker 3: at Ohio State when he was a freshman. We would

1864
01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:56,880
Speaker 3: be like, he makes some plays and we'd be like,

1865
01:24:57,040 --> 01:24:59,280
Speaker 3: the kid is just gifted, you know, he just just

1866
01:24:59,360 --> 01:25:02,040
Speaker 3: physically and some of the things he's doing. I think

1867
01:25:02,360 --> 01:25:03,880
Speaker 3: this is one of the best weeks for him to

1868
01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:06,280
Speaker 3: come back because if you got him matched up on

1869
01:25:06,400 --> 01:25:09,719
Speaker 3: Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley is a wide receiver who runs

1870
01:25:09,800 --> 01:25:11,960
Speaker 3: some really good routes. I mean, we've seen videos of

1871
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:15,400
Speaker 3: him this offseason running routs versus they Jones, And this

1872
01:25:15,640 --> 01:25:18,639
Speaker 3: man has the ability to drop and stop on a dime.

1873
01:25:19,240 --> 01:25:22,080
Speaker 3: And if you're a corner, you know that's one of

1874
01:25:22,120 --> 01:25:24,640
Speaker 3: your biggest questions. Can you drop your hips? Can you

1875
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:28,680
Speaker 3: match the level of the wide receiver? And you know,

1876
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:31,360
Speaker 3: with Martin Emerson being a taller corner, that's always the

1877
01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:33,880
Speaker 3: thing with a tall corner. Can he drop his hips?

1878
01:25:34,080 --> 01:25:35,760
Speaker 3: You know, g New plays in the slot. Is he

1879
01:25:35,880 --> 01:25:40,040
Speaker 3: quick enough? But Denzel can match the intensity and the

1880
01:25:40,160 --> 01:25:42,720
Speaker 3: hip drop of Calvin Ridley and get in and out

1881
01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:45,599
Speaker 3: of his breaks the same way. So it's actually gonna

1882
01:25:45,600 --> 01:25:48,160
Speaker 3: be a really good matchup right there. I think the

1883
01:25:48,280 --> 01:25:50,880
Speaker 3: biggest X factor in this game the matchup that I'm

1884
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:55,400
Speaker 3: watching the most boat Grant Dale pick versus Evan Ingram.

1885
01:25:55,439 --> 01:25:58,840
Speaker 3: I think that's the one. No matter who the quarterback is,

1886
01:25:59,280 --> 01:26:02,240
Speaker 3: Evan Ingram is the guy that they look for. I mean,

1887
01:26:02,360 --> 01:26:04,599
Speaker 3: last game, he had nine targets. He led the team

1888
01:26:04,680 --> 01:26:08,040
Speaker 3: in target or in catches. I should say they use

1889
01:26:08,240 --> 01:26:10,840
Speaker 3: him not like a He's not a blocking tight end.

1890
01:26:10,920 --> 01:26:13,519
Speaker 3: He's like a how in college you run the spread

1891
01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:16,040
Speaker 3: and you got that fourth that tight end has out

1892
01:26:16,080 --> 01:26:19,599
Speaker 3: there in space. If Grant Dale pick and stop that guy,

1893
01:26:19,640 --> 01:26:22,680
Speaker 3: because if Trevor Lawrence plays or not, it's gonna be

1894
01:26:22,720 --> 01:26:24,080
Speaker 3: a lot of quick game. It's gonna be a lot

1895
01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:26,599
Speaker 3: and he runs that. He specializes in running this drag

1896
01:26:26,760 --> 01:26:29,040
Speaker 3: route because he's a big body guy and he's pretty fast.

1897
01:26:29,479 --> 01:26:32,400
Speaker 3: If you can stop him and make them look away

1898
01:26:32,439 --> 01:26:34,800
Speaker 3: from him and have to go through another progression, that

1899
01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:37,880
Speaker 3: buys your defensive line time and grand Dale Pitt has

1900
01:26:37,920 --> 01:26:39,680
Speaker 3: had some moments at the beginning of this year. He

1901
01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:42,840
Speaker 3: was playing at an elite level. It's kinder tailored off

1902
01:26:42,880 --> 01:26:45,719
Speaker 3: a little bit. He's gotta find that that again because

1903
01:26:45,800 --> 01:26:48,639
Speaker 3: obviously it's a contracts year. He wants to get paid

1904
01:26:48,760 --> 01:26:51,360
Speaker 3: this season. So how do you get paid. You go

1905
01:26:51,479 --> 01:26:53,519
Speaker 3: down there, you find a guy who's been who's a

1906
01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:56,360
Speaker 3: key contributor to the offense, and you shut them down.

1907
01:26:56,640 --> 01:26:58,360
Speaker 3: So it's a big I'm putting my eye on him

1908
01:26:58,439 --> 01:26:58,800
Speaker 3: this week.

1909
01:26:59,240 --> 01:26:59,960
Speaker 2: It's a huge game.

1910
01:27:00,320 --> 01:27:01,519
Speaker 4: Uh, it really is.

1911
01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:04,080
Speaker 2: And but Lawrence is playing. He hasn't missed a snap

1912
01:27:04,120 --> 01:27:07,000
Speaker 2: since he's been a rookie. I think we can. I

1913
01:27:07,080 --> 01:27:09,040
Speaker 2: know that they'll probably play some games. Win ship with it,

1914
01:27:09,120 --> 01:27:11,960
Speaker 2: my friend. But I think you're gonna see sixteen on Sunday.

1915
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:14,599
Speaker 2: Speaking of games, win ship, you always have it, Buddy,

1916
01:27:14,680 --> 01:27:16,880
Speaker 2: great talking to you. I'm sorry that the dog was

1917
01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:19,639
Speaker 2: wounded in this. Hopefully it's nothing serious and you're able

1918
01:27:19,720 --> 01:27:22,120
Speaker 2: to everyone's able to have a good rest of your day.

1919
01:27:23,680 --> 01:27:28,040
Speaker 3: He's a warrior, Bo, He's fine, just like m There

1920
01:27:28,160 --> 01:27:30,799
Speaker 3: we go. There was nice dogging to you, Bo. Go Brown.

1921
01:27:31,280 --> 01:27:33,960
Speaker 2: All right, there's Tyvis Powell. Uh, you can hear him

1922
01:27:34,280 --> 01:27:38,840
Speaker 2: as a Brown analyst joining on every single Sunday. Great

1923
01:27:38,920 --> 01:27:41,240
Speaker 2: job out of him, good friend and uh one of

1924
01:27:41,280 --> 01:27:42,720
Speaker 2: the one of the bright talents in the in the

1925
01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:44,680
Speaker 2: media business. So much more to come. You're listen to

1926
01:27:44,680 --> 01:27:46,599
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1927
01:27:52,000 --> 01:27:55,120
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1928
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1929
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Speaker 2: All Right, hopefully tomorrow you get a little bit more certainty.

1930
01:28:06,560 --> 01:28:08,200
Speaker 2: Although I think you certainly know where the lean is

1931
01:28:08,280 --> 01:28:10,120
Speaker 2: at the quarterback position for the Browns would be Joe

1932
01:28:10,120 --> 01:28:13,320
Speaker 2: Flacco most likely on Sunday. Nothing from any coaches, nothing

1933
01:28:13,360 --> 01:28:15,960
Speaker 2: for any players, but just common sense and connecting the dots.

1934
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:18,120
Speaker 2: It feels like that's the way that it's going to go.

1935
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:21,559
Speaker 2: Dorian Thompson Robinson remains concussion protocol, though he did practice

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Speaker 2: and has practiced both days this week. Talked to Alex

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Speaker 2: van Pelt earlier. Seems like you're looking at a one

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Speaker 2: more kind of step he needs to take in the process.

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Speaker 2: Coop's still in concussion protocol as well, But there is

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Speaker 2: some good news, and that is that Denzel Ward has

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Speaker 2: been back the last two days. We heard from him

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Speaker 2: today on the program. He sounds motivated and ready to

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Speaker 2: play Sunday against Jacksonville. On the Jacksonville side of Thanks

1944
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Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence. I'd bet the house that he plays. I

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Speaker 2: cannot imagine a scenario that he doesn't. He was a

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Speaker 2: limited practice guy today down in Jacksonville. You have Thursday

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Speaker 2: night football tonight, New England at Pittsburgh. Yesh, I think

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Speaker 2: it feels like Steelers. I mean, I hate even doing

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Speaker 2: this on this show, but it feels like Steeler's buy

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Speaker 2: a billion to me is the way that this thing

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Speaker 2: feels all right. The next level is coming up next.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to everybody. Cleveland Browns Daily, eight fifty

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