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Speaker 1: in the Huddle podcast presented by Microsoft, and it's Championship

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Speaker 1: time the Lions were in the NFC Championship game. You

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Speaker 1: the key matchups, which we'll get to you in a minute.

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Speaker 1: But Loan, you've been through this, You've dealt with this.

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Speaker 1: How is this week different? I know you try to

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Speaker 2: I you know what reflecting bag, I really didn't. I

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Speaker 1: It's gonna hit all us. For us, it's good that

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Speaker 1: I don't get anybody's question that Jamior gives us a

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Speaker 2: No, Oh my goodness, man, remember how Brad got beat up.

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Speaker 1: And they got a pretty darn good running back over

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Speaker 1: You know they're a lot alike to their offense. In

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Speaker 1: you seven, eight, nine, ten catches.

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Speaker 2: So let me get on the soapbox first. Because Brian

433
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,960
Speaker 2: Branch got wronged. He's not on the All Rookie team. Yeah,

434
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Speaker 2: I mean, but even though it's some good guys the cornerbacks.

435
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Speaker 2: I was looking at that last night, but man, he

436
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Speaker 2: had a phenomenon no year, but t T. I think

437
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Speaker 2: what you have to do is you're going to have

438
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Speaker 2: to give up something with offense. And I think that's

439
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Speaker 2: what teams are gonna have done, and I think that's

440
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Speaker 2: what they're gonna do. I think San Francisco they're gonna

441
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Speaker 2: have to give up something, and I think it's gonna

442
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Speaker 2: be Amirah having a big game. I think what you

443
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Speaker 2: do is because he hadn't really hurt us, the hurt

444
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Speaker 2: teams in the en zone, not as much. I mean,

445
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Speaker 2: he's doing this job and he's doing great, but he

446
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,160
Speaker 2: hadn't killed teams in the end zone. So I think

447
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Speaker 2: what they do, they're gonna let them get his nine

448
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Speaker 2: to ten catches or one hundred and forty yards maybe

449
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Speaker 2: one touchdown. I think they can live with that. I

450
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Speaker 2: think if they feel they could shut down everything else,

451
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Speaker 2: Sam Jamiir you know, put pressure on Jared. I think

452
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Speaker 2: that's where San Francisco to me, I think that's where

453
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Speaker 2: Steve Wilks will kind of have to focus at. I

454
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Speaker 2: don't think you could stop him. I don't know how

455
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Speaker 2: you stop him.

456
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Speaker 1: You would have to dedicate his safety, have to dedicate

457
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Speaker 1: some help to him, because I don't think LINRD can

458
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Speaker 1: do it one of them. See, we'll see, but no

459
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Speaker 1: one else has really proven to do it. So now

460
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Speaker 1: you take a safety something else. Now you give up

461
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Speaker 1: maybe something over the time of Jack have a little

462
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Speaker 1: more room for Sam Laport. And I think first and

463
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Speaker 1: foremost they're gonna want to stop that run. Yeah, they

464
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Speaker 1: know that they have to.

465
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Speaker 2: They have to to to you exact because they know

466
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Speaker 2: everything comes off the run and that gets us going.

467
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Speaker 2: You're right about that, But yeah, I think you give

468
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Speaker 2: up something. Like you say Jamo, you don't want to

469
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Speaker 2: give give up a big play, so you want to

470
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Speaker 2: sit back on him. I wouldn't want to give that up.

471
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Speaker 2: Like I say, Sam Laport that he could kill you

472
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Speaker 2: down the hashes all game long, and he's great outside

473
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Speaker 2: of the hashes. How we use him, Okay, I need

474
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Speaker 2: to stop that. I can give up armor. Rah, he's

475
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Speaker 2: gonna get you to cut third downs. Team may keep

476
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Speaker 2: the ball moving down there, but you I think they're

477
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Speaker 2: going to try to play how we play the bend.

478
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Speaker 2: Don't break you know, give up the yardage, but don't

479
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Speaker 2: give up the scores. I think that's what they have

480
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Speaker 2: to look at doing. But they know a big play

481
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Speaker 2: across the top with j Moo that can kill you

482
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Speaker 2: right out the back. A big run with Jamil Gibbs

483
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Speaker 2: can kill you right off the bat. He's almost like

484
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Speaker 2: pick your poors and with Almen. Yeah, I mean it's

485
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Speaker 2: little things. It's a little slashes that he give you

486
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Speaker 2: rather than the real big cut.

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Speaker 1: Going to your point too, just look at what some

488
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Speaker 1: of the wide receivers have done against the Lions over

489
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Speaker 1: the last month, and it hasn't led to Winson Dallas.

490
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Speaker 1: You can say there's maybe an ass around that one,

491
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Speaker 1: but they've given up yards and touchdowns to receivers, but

492
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Speaker 1: they've been really good in the red zone. To your point,

493
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Speaker 1: maybe you change up the coverage on a'm on Rah

494
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Speaker 1: in the red zone a little bit. Maybe then you

495
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Speaker 1: think to double because now you don't have to worry

496
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Speaker 1: about somebody going on the top. Things are tighter. So no,

497
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Speaker 1: I think it's a great point by you. We'll see

498
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Speaker 1: how it plays out long Championship week.

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Speaker 2: Oh man, that's T T T. I'm telling you, man,

500
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Speaker 2: Just to be able to say, Lions four quarters away

501
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Speaker 2: from the super Bowl, where the NLC championship game. Man,

502
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 2: that's sweet music. Man, I'm telling all this alumnis. Man,

503
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Speaker 2: I don't talk to a whole bunch of them.

504
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Speaker 3: Man.

505
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Speaker 2: Man, they so proud of this team, man, and what

506
00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,479
Speaker 2: they're doing. Man, this is and like I say, we

507
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 2: get the trickle down the face. Oh my god, the

508
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,679
Speaker 2: big fellas in demand now. So I'm like, man, I

509
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 2: love it winning fellas, keep winning.

510
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Speaker 1: There we go, they win this game. I think you

511
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Speaker 1: have to come on with me next week. Get it.

512
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Speaker 1: It's locked in.

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Speaker 3: Oh.

514
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Speaker 1: I appreciate you taking the time, great analysis as always,

515
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Speaker 1: and boy, let's hope we're doing this for a couple

516
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Speaker 1: more weeks.

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Speaker 4: I know that would be nice. That would be nice.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the twenty in the Huddle podcast, and

519
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Speaker 1: I'm very happy to welcome in Lindsay Polaris. She does

520
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Speaker 1: a great job as the team reporter for the San

521
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Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers. Lindsay, thanks for joining me. I

522
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Speaker 1: appreciate it, big week, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I feel like Being City is heating up as

524
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Speaker 5: we get closer to the big Game on Sunday.

525
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Speaker 1: Well, now, look, you're used to this, all right, this

526
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,560
Speaker 1: is your third stray. You've been around the block. This

527
00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 1: is something we're kind of getting used to here in Detroit.

528
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Speaker 1: But I can tell you it's a whole lot of fun.

529
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Speaker 1: The city is obviously, you know, behind the team one

530
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Speaker 1: hundred percent. You probably from watching a game could have

531
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Speaker 1: caught what the atmosphere was like in Ford Field along

532
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Speaker 1: this run. So look, it should be a fun game

533
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, Lindsa, let's start with this. Deebo Samuel, you know,

534
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Speaker 1: obviously a big story over there right now. Any updates

535
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Speaker 1: on his injury status. Left that game after I think

536
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Speaker 1: only nine plays against the Packers, didn't come back. It's

537
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Speaker 1: a shoulder injury. What's the latest on Debo?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so exactly what you said, nine total snaps in

539
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Speaker 5: that divisional round. From what we know right now, what

540
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Speaker 5: we've been told, there is no fracture to Deebo Samuel's shoulder.

541
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Speaker 5: He did not practice Wednesday. He's still experiencing some soreness.

542
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Speaker 5: Availability still very much up in the air, but has

543
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Speaker 5: not been ruled out as of now. Obviously a big

544
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Speaker 5: factor for the forty nine ers and they are hoping

545
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Speaker 5: that he will be ready for game time, but it's

546
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Speaker 5: very much stay tuned.

547
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Speaker 1: What's your gut? You've been around him, you know, you've

548
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: kind of seen him. What what's your gut? Three thirty

549
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 1: rolls around on Sunday, DC nineteen strapped up. Could he

550
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Speaker 1: maybe be on a pitch count, you know, maybe certain packages?

551
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 1: What you what's your gut feeling?

552
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Speaker 5: You know? I think everyone is trying to put their

553
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 5: best foot forward for this game, obviously, and you know,

554
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 5: both teams knocking on the door of a Super Bowl.

555
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 5: I would like to see Deebo Samuel out there. I

556
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,560
Speaker 5: know the entire fan base, and we heard Brock Perdy

557
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,640
Speaker 5: mention it today as well. If you're asking anybody, yes,

558
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 5: we would love to see Deebo Samuel out there. But

559
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Speaker 5: it's really going to come down to a health decision.

560
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Speaker 5: So I think we'll know a little bit more later

561
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Speaker 5: in the week.

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Speaker 2: All right.

563
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Speaker 1: The forty nine ers. Everyone has expected the forty nine

564
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Speaker 1: ers to be at this point right now, but a

565
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Speaker 1: little bit of a scare last week, had to win

566
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Speaker 1: and come from behind fashion the weather great last week

567
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Speaker 1: in San Francisco. But what do you think that team

568
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Speaker 1: learned about themselves in a game like that?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I think that linebacker Fred Warner really

570
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 5: said it best, and he said it very early in

571
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Speaker 5: the season that this team needed to have a really grimy,

572
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Speaker 5: come from behind win, and that's exactly what the divisional

573
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 5: round was, right. So the forty nine ers really took

574
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Speaker 5: control of that game right around that six minute mark,

575
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Speaker 5: especially after trailing most of that second half, and then

576
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 5: you just saw rock Perty do exactly what he does best.

577
00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 5: He really just zoned in, laser focused, very accurate efficient

578
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Speaker 5: with six of seven on that last drive, Christian McCaffrey

579
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 5: brought it home, they took the lead, and then a

580
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 5: game sealing interception from linebacker Dre Greenlaw. You saw both

581
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Speaker 5: sides really just come together and get it done. And

582
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Speaker 5: I do think that is just like another tool in

583
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Speaker 5: the tool belt for the forty nine ers, right They

584
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Speaker 5: are known for their hot starts, and this is kind

585
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 5: of of all that was left to get under their

586
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 5: belt before they continue on this postseason run. So I

587
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 5: think that they learn that they can win in any fashion,

588
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 5: you know, with Deebo Samuel out with the rain coming down,

589
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 5: feeling a little off in that first half of the game,

590
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Speaker 5: so I think it was just a perfect culmination of

591
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 5: everybody coming together at the tail end of the fourth quarter,

592
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Speaker 5: getting it done, punching their ticket to their fourth NFC

593
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Speaker 5: championship in five.

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Speaker 1: Seasons, winning a grimy game. I like that. I like that,

595
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Speaker 1: and it's right too. You're you're gonna have to win

596
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 1: some games like that. When I look at these two

597
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: teams offensively, I see two teams that are very similar.

598
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: You know, obviously getting really good quarterback play right now.

599
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: They both have a dynamic playmaker at wide receiver, really

600
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 1: good running back Detroit Scott two of them, you know,

601
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Speaker 1: a guy outside that can get down the field, make

602
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: plays down the field. Defensively, I think that's where the

603
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: edges with San Francisco. You look at some of their stars,

604
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: and especially with their front seven and some of the

605
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,479
Speaker 1: guys they have in the secondary. But when you've been

606
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Speaker 1: talking to forty nine ers, what's been the common theme

607
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Speaker 1: when asked about Detroit, when asked about the opponent are

608
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Speaker 1: what is is Shanahan of some of these players expecting

609
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Speaker 1: to see from this Detroit team on Sunday.

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Speaker 5: You know, I think there is certainly no underestimation happening

611
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Speaker 5: here in the Bay Area. I will definitely say that,

612
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Speaker 5: I think that this Detroit Lions team has made the

613
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Speaker 5: leaps and bounds. And you know, since the last time

614
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Speaker 5: these two teams met in that twenty twenty one season opener,

615
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Speaker 5: that was Dan Campbell's first game as a head coach,

616
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Speaker 5: that was his first game with Jared Goff as his quarterback.

617
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Speaker 5: You know, they're expecting a high powered offense, definitely expecting

618
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Speaker 5: some very gutsy, aggressive play calling from Dan Campbell. We've

619
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Speaker 5: seen that time and time again from the Lions. Head

620
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 5: coach Kyle Shanahan said that doesn't really change the game

621
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Speaker 5: planning on the forty nine ers side, but it's something

622
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Speaker 5: to be aware of that Dan Campbell will take a

623
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Speaker 5: risky play call because the upside is always really big, right,

624
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Speaker 5: But in those situations, the forty nine ers are looking

625
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 5: to take advantage of those opportunities. When they come defensively,

626
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 5: they know that they're going to have to be on

627
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Speaker 5: their A game. I mean, I'm certainly you know, there's

628
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Speaker 5: you know, from Jimi or Gibbs to you know, and

629
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Speaker 5: Aiden Hutchinson. There are playmakers on every side of the all.

630
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Speaker 5: Jared Goff is playing lights out. I think that they're

631
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Speaker 5: very aware of the top tier opponent that is coming

632
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Speaker 5: to the Bay Area on Sunday.

633
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Speaker 1: All right, who is maybe a forty nine er player?

634
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Speaker 1: And I asked this of a lot of the guests,

635
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Speaker 1: maybe somebody who's not one of those Pro Bowl guys, right,

636
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: And you guys got nine of them, So a lot

637
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 1: who's that guy maybe that that isn't that guy that

638
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 1: that could have an impact on the game that maybe

639
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: Lions fans don't know, but can make that player have

640
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Speaker 1: that impact that that maybe changes the game and in

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Speaker 1: lines fans should watch out for.

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Speaker 5: You know, I think two of the people that come

643
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Speaker 5: to mind, and one of them may not start, but

644
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 5: someone to be on the lookout for is rookie safety

645
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Speaker 5: jay yr Brown. He actually did not get the start

646
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Speaker 5: at the starting spot in this Divisional round game. He

647
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Speaker 5: did start during the regular season in relief of All

648
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Speaker 5: Pro safety Telenoufunga. He just has a nose for the ball.

649
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 5: Head coach Kyle Shanahan said he ended last week's practice

650
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 5: very strong. There's a chance he sees more playing time

651
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 5: in this game and certainly an addition to the secondary.

652
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Speaker 5: That is someone to look out for. I believe he

653
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Speaker 5: had an inn He almost had two interceptions in one

654
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Speaker 5: game at the tail end of the regular season. Absolutely

655
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Speaker 5: can be a difference maker, and you may see him

656
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Speaker 5: coming in depending on the defensive packages. And then there's

657
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Speaker 5: you know, veteran defensive lineman Eric Armstead. He missed seven

658
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 5: games during the regular season just because of separate foot

659
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Speaker 5: and knee injuries. But he has been back and has

660
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 5: not missed a practice since coming back during I believe

661
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 5: the bye week, and he had a really good game,

662
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 5: came out that division round better than expected, played more

663
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Speaker 5: than expected, and he's such a critical part of that

664
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Speaker 5: interior part of the defensive line. So certainly someone to

665
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Speaker 5: look out for. He's going to play a big role

666
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Speaker 5: in terms of the forty nine ers run defense. So

667
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Speaker 5: those are the two names that come to mind immediately.

668
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that could be an interesting matchup too with

669
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Speaker 1: you know, Frank rag Now is dealing with an ankle

670
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Speaker 1: now on top of his knee and his back and

671
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: his toe, and they won't have Jonah Jackson their starting

672
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: left guard Detroit. So that interior pass defense that front

673
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Speaker 1: seven for San Francisco is really really good. That can

674
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Speaker 1: be a great matchup in this one. What do you

675
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Speaker 1: see as maybe the big matchup for San Francisco in

676
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Speaker 1: this one. What is the one thing they have to

677
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Speaker 1: do if they're going to make it to their first

678
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Speaker 1: you know, Super Bowl in a few years.

679
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Speaker 5: You know, I think there's a couple of things. I

680
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Speaker 5: do think that just with the Lions being such a

681
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Speaker 5: high scoring first quarter offense, that really big stop on

682
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 5: the defensive side of the ball early is really going

683
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Speaker 5: to set the tone. And I think that's something that

684
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Speaker 5: San Francisco is known for. I think it's very possible

685
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 5: we see that. I think that's going to really help

686
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Speaker 5: set the tone. And then you just talk about Christian McCaffrey.

687
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Speaker 5: I mean, he is really the heart and soul of

688
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Speaker 5: this offense. They're one of my favorite sacks that I've

689
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 5: seen coming out of this week because they're just lying everywhere.

690
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 5: Is that the forty nine ers are eleven and one

691
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 5: in twenty twenty three when he picks up seventy five

692
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Speaker 5: yards on the ground, and that is something that you know,

693
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Speaker 5: lionspan should expect. He's had a ton of success so

694
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Speaker 5: obviously on the ground. He's the NFL rushing yards leader,

695
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Speaker 5: So I really think that he is the key if

696
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Speaker 5: they can get the ground game going, that really opens

697
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Speaker 5: up the pass game. And then you see that San

698
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 5: Francisco high powered offense that really just like works in

699
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Speaker 5: tandem with each other. So I think those those are

700
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Speaker 5: going to be the two keys, but we'll see how

701
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Speaker 5: it all plays out on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: No, the latter is definitely an important one because Dan

703
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,959
Speaker 1: Campbell talked about that on Wednesday too, and he said, look,

704
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Speaker 1: number one for US is stopping the run, is stopping McCaffrey.

705
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Speaker 1: And Detroit's been pretty good number two rush defense in

706
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Speaker 1: league this year, and he said, look, they'll run for

707
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Speaker 1: two hundred, two hundred and fifty yards if you let them,

708
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: and they'll be just content with not throwing the ball

709
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Speaker 1: one time and just handing it to McCaffrey. So that's

710
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: definitely job number one for just Detroit Lions team. And

711
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: this defense is stopping McCaffrey and that run game. That'll

712
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Speaker 1: be an interesting matchup as well. A ton of matchups

713
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Speaker 1: in this one. It should be fun. With the quick

714
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Speaker 1: real quick weather report, No way are we avoiding the rain?

715
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Speaker 1: Is it good?

716
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Speaker 5: What's we had buckets coming down today? So that means

717
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Speaker 5: we should be good Sunday. As of the last time

718
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Speaker 5: I checked my phone because I have been checking it

719
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Speaker 5: quite often. It's going to be almost seventy degrees, a

720
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Speaker 5: little cloudy, but no precipitation. So I mean, I'm good

721
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Speaker 5: with it.

722
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Speaker 2: I like it.

723
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Speaker 1: Let them just settle it on the field right with

724
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Speaker 1: with great conditions. Well, Lindsey, thank you so much for

725
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Speaker 1: taking the time. You do a great job with everything

726
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,239
Speaker 1: down there San Francisco and the forty nine ers, and

727
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Speaker 1: it should be a fun one. Thanks for joining the

728
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Speaker 1: twenty mil Huddle podcast. I appreciate you.

729
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 5: Thanks so much for having me.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the twenty in the Huddle Podcast. I

731
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Speaker 1: have a very special guest this week. A lot of

732
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 1: Lions fans might remember him. I just thought he was

733
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: in Detroit a couple of weeks ago. He's familiar with

734
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,720
Speaker 1: this matchup. He obviously knows this team. He really needs

735
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: no introduction. He has Golden Tate Golden. Thank you so

736
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Speaker 1: much for joining me, man, I appreciate you taking the time.

737
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Speaker 3: My pleasure.

738
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Speaker 6: Man, I'm so happy to be on and be back

739
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Speaker 6: in with you guys. And man, I cannot wait until Sunday.

740
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Speaker 6: I mean, I keep pinching myself like I'm gonna wake

741
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 6: up but now this is this is reality right now,

742
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Speaker 6: and I'm loving it.

743
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Speaker 1: Dude, you played here, you know what this city's all about,

744
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,879
Speaker 1: right and can you just feel it from afar? Can

745
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: you just see it? I mean, just what does this

746
00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: mean to the city? What does this mean to a

747
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: fan base? Because you know them really really well.

748
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Speaker 6: You know, I don't know if you can really quite

749
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,720
Speaker 6: put it into words what this means for the city

750
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Speaker 6: of Detroit, the state of Michigan, and obviously the Ford

751
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 6: family and the entire organization. Like, what we are experiencing

752
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,840
Speaker 6: is what we've been hoping to get a taste of

753
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Speaker 6: for a long long time. The last time we won

754
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 6: a playoff game was what back in ninety one. Yeah,

755
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 6: I mean we've got like what six or seven wildcard losses,

756
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 6: So getting put out the first round, and like you

757
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 6: think about the history behind the team and all the

758
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 6: amazing players that have come and gone through the organization,

759
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 6: You're like you scratch your head, like how is this

760
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 6: even possible? So for it to be our reality right

761
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 6: now and right now, we're making believers out of everyone

762
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 6: and that's special. So I'm so happy for the city

763
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Speaker 6: to get to get a chance to experience two playoff games,

764
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Speaker 6: but not only that, two wins, and the place was

765
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 6: just eroding within energy for the one game that I

766
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Speaker 6: came to.

767
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you were at the wildcard game, and look you

768
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: played in Seattle. The twelves can get pretty loud, right,

769
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a good atmosphere out there. But what

770
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: was that scene like in the Wildcard I mean they

771
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,840
Speaker 1: were chanting Jared Goff's name, they were in the seats

772
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Speaker 1: golden I mean, forty five minutes before kickoff, like you

773
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Speaker 1: talked about it. They've been so hungry for this and

774
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: it was loud. It was exciting. I mean, was that

775
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: one of the better atmospheres you've ever been a part

776
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Speaker 1: of in this league? And you've played in some pretty

777
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Speaker 1: good places.

778
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Speaker 6: Without a doubt, Like you said, Seattle's environment is spectacular,

779
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Speaker 6: But what one pride brought that day that I got

780
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Speaker 6: the experience I had to step back and just look around, like,

781
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 6: oh my goodness, this is spectacular. I mean, it was

782
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 6: like everybody had gotten a great night of sleep and

783
00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 6: was ready to just absolutely lose their voice.

784
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Speaker 3: Is that that game?

785
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 6: And everyone put it all out in the line, the players,

786
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:08,839
Speaker 6: the coaches, the staff, Dan Miller, I mean everybody just

787
00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 6: brought the heat and it was such a great game

788
00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,239
Speaker 6: coming down to the wire, and it was like we

789
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 6: finally got over that hump. Now onto the next and

790
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 6: we come. We come back again and handle business against

791
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 6: the Buccaneers, who have been playing some really good football.

792
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 2: But look, you look at you look.

793
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Speaker 6: At that roster that we have, especially on offense, because

794
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,359
Speaker 6: obviously I'm offensive biased, but.

795
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 3: You look at that roster we have.

796
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 6: Wow, you know, you got rookies that we've drafted are

797
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 6: that are just best in class. You got jg who's

798
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 6: showing up, balling out week in and week out. You

799
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Speaker 6: got Saint Brown, that's all world. You got to You

800
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,359
Speaker 6: got an offensive lineman group that you know a lot

801
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Speaker 6: of those I played with Graham, I played with Te Decker,

802
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 6: I played with Ragnall, and like those are full blown

803
00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 6: veteran type guys now. And so it's it's just all

804
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,760
Speaker 6: it's all working out, and it's all coming to fruition

805
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 6: what everyone believed in thought, and it's it's just it's fun.

806
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Speaker 1: The arm survived wild card. I know you were down

807
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: there for the shirt toss. I know you you're you're

808
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 1: you're a heck of a baseball player here the other

809
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: the arm was still in shape. How far did you

810
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,399
Speaker 1: get one up? Did you get second level? Look?

811
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Speaker 6: I knew, I knew the coaches and the players are

812
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 6: gonna give it, are all so throwing T shirts.

813
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Speaker 2: I gave them my all.

814
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Speaker 6: I didn't, you know, blow a rotator cuff or hair peg.

815
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Speaker 6: But I was absolutely trying to get it up to

816
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Speaker 6: row thirty for sure.

817
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Speaker 1: I love it. I love the fact that you mentioned

818
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Speaker 1: Saint Brown because you know, obviously a position that you

819
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: played at a high level in this league for a

820
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Speaker 1: long long time. And when you look at at Saint

821
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Speaker 1: Brown and the success that he's had so early in

822
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Speaker 1: his career and the consistency golden that he's shown over

823
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Speaker 1: the over the last three seasons, what impresses you the

824
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Speaker 1: most about I'm on ross Saint Brown. Why is he

825
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,320
Speaker 1: just proving to be such a difficult cover in this league?

826
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Speaker 6: Well, one, I think Ben Johnson does a phenomenal job

827
00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:06,960
Speaker 6: of just finding ways to get him open, and it

828
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,839
Speaker 6: absolutely helps when you have a run game the way

829
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 6: the Lions do along with some other all world players.

830
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 6: But besides that, I mean, this guy can absolutely play.

831
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 6: He's got grit, he's got strong hands, He completely knows

832
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 6: how to get open, to manipulate defenses and coverages, and

833
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 6: he's just very reliable. One of the routes has stuck

834
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 6: out to me just even last week. It was like

835
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 6: third and longer, but it was a very crucial time.

836
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Speaker 2: I think he caught it before.

837
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Speaker 6: The sticks being tackled back towards his our line of scrimmage,

838
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 6: and he forced his way to get that first down

839
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 6: would turn out, in my opinion, kind of locked up

840
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Speaker 6: the game. And so just seeing like the pure grit

841
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Speaker 6: and want.

842
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Speaker 3: That he has is special.

843
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 6: I mean, in my opinion, he's much better than you

844
00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 6: know I was when I was there.

845
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: Oh that's saying a lot, because you did a lot

846
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,919
Speaker 1: of really good things. Uh here, Golden, Look, you've been

847
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: in this position before. You've won a Super Bowl. So

848
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: when you get to the spot when when you're you've

849
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: won a couple of games and now the pressure ratchets

850
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: up right now you're in the championship game. What is

851
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: what's the makeup? What's the key to maybe putting all

852
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: that aside and just sticking with what got you to

853
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 1: this point? Is it harder than some might think, or

854
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: what was the key for for you guys in in

855
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 1: when you guys made that run, when you were in

856
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,439
Speaker 1: Seattle won the Super Bowl.

857
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 6: Well, the one quote that comes in mind that Pete

858
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 6: just kind of instilled in us is like, just don't

859
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 6: make things up. Like what you've been doing this entire

860
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 6: season is good enough. You got to this point because

861
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,799
Speaker 6: of the work that you put in, the sleep that

862
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 6: you've you know, you've gotten what you put in your body,

863
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 6: so let's not make anything up. The other quote that

864
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 6: the stands out to me is every time you step

865
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 6: on that field is a championship opportunity. And if you

866
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:10,600
Speaker 6: treat every walkthrough, every preseason game, every obviously game, every

867
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 6: time you step on the field or do anything football

868
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 6: related as if it's a championship moment, when you get

869
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 6: to that moment, you don't have to get up or

870
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 6: get down. You've been trained to do that. Now, obviously

871
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 6: it's easier said than done. And this is a whole

872
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 6: different animal that we're dealing with, an organization of town

873
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 6: that just practically is never won, and so it's a

874
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 6: new feeling and we're still trying to figure out how

875
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 6: to maneuver it around it.

876
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,280
Speaker 3: But as far as the players, and the coaches.

877
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 6: Just continue to do what you've been doing, like you're

878
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 6: on this team, you're the best in the league and

879
00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 6: made it this far for a reason, and.

880
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 3: Just stay with us. Trust the process.

881
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 6: Now, this is going to require everybody, both teams to

882
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 6: be hyper focused. I mean, there's so much on the line,

883
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 6: obviously with the game after this one, but that one

884
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 6: doesn't matter. Next week doesn't matter if you don't handle

885
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:02,479
Speaker 6: business this week. So hopefully our guys are not even

886
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:06,439
Speaker 6: thinking about two weeks from now, Hopefully our fans aren't

887
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 6: even thinking about two weeks from now. We're thinking about

888
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,839
Speaker 6: the most important task that's on our play, and that's

889
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:13,319
Speaker 6: handling business in the NFC Championship.

890
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 1: All Right, I want you to put I want you

891
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,799
Speaker 1: to put your analyst hat on a little bit. What

892
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 1: do you think of the keys? Maybe for for for

893
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: both sides, but it's particularly detroit to to to walk

894
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,719
Speaker 1: out of Santa Clara on Sunday afternoon and head to

895
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: their first Super Bowl.

896
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 6: In my opinion, we're gonna need a very strong game

897
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 6: from our defense. We're gonna need Big Hutch to get

898
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 6: some pressure on Party. We're gonna need him to really

899
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 6: make pretty uncomfortable, no doubt. Secondly, I think we got

900
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 6: to I don't know what the status of Debo is,

901
00:44:48,600 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 6: but we have to keep him in check. Obviously last

902
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 6: week they didn't have Debo for most of most of

903
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 6: the game, and we saw that they were not the

904
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 6: same team right And and really the biggest one I

905
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 6: would say is just play fundamentally sound football. Like they

906
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,759
Speaker 6: have a bunch of guys who are playmakers, who are

907
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 6: just looking for that one bad angle, that one mistackle

908
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 6: that they could turn a three yard game into an

909
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 6: exposive play and potentially a touchdown.

910
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 3: So we can limit those things.

911
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,239
Speaker 6: I think we have a really really good chance at

912
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 6: you know, winning this game.

913
00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 1: And last one for me, gold and Golden Tate terrific

914
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: NFL receiver for for a number of years in Seattle

915
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:34,160
Speaker 1: and obviously here in Detroit, joining me for a big

916
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:38,800
Speaker 1: championship weekend. The organization welcome guys like yourself back for

917
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,880
Speaker 1: that wildcard game. You see it. You know, Glover was back,

918
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: Calvin's been back. Just what does it mean to you

919
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 1: to be a part of an organization that that welcomes

920
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: you guys back, that wants you to still be involved.

921
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,400
Speaker 1: We joked but you guys were doing the T shirts

922
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 1: and you were on the field pre game. What is

923
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: it like for a former player to still feel a

924
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,960
Speaker 1: part of an organization. When I was talking with you

925
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: before this and even when you started it, it almost feels

926
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,400
Speaker 1: like you're on this run too. You're not part of

927
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:09,920
Speaker 1: of the team anymore, but it sounds to me like

928
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:11,640
Speaker 1: the team is making you feel part of it. How

929
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 1: much of that do you appreciate?

930
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 6: I can't even put in the words how much I

931
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:21,439
Speaker 6: appreciated it, Like coming back was kind of bittersweet because

932
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 6: I'm relatively new into retirement, and certainly this is the

933
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 6: first time I've been back to Detroit since retiring, and

934
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 6: what was at stake was incredible. But to see guys

935
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 6: like Levy and GQ and Rob Simms, Calvin Johnson, Tuller,

936
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 6: it brought back a bunch of amazing memories and it

937
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,320
Speaker 6: reminded me like it made me feel like we had

938
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 6: built a foundation.

939
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 3: For these guys because we felt like we were a

940
00:46:50,239 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 3: part of it. Now.

941
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:54,880
Speaker 6: We didn't achieve nearly what these guys are achieving now,

942
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:59,800
Speaker 6: but what we did, some way, somehow is playing a

943
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 6: part art and the success of the Detroit Lions now,

944
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 6: and so it was an honor to come back and

945
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 6: represent the Detroit Lions and be recognized by the fans

946
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:14,040
Speaker 6: and all the love that they showed us. And it

947
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,839
Speaker 6: felt I mean, it felt so good because when you

948
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 6: go into retirement, you know a lot of people deal

949
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 6: with you know, football has been my identity for so long.

950
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 6: People like me because of football. They you know, don't

951
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 6: like me for football, whatever it may be. And so

952
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 6: you can't help but to think, Okay, now I'm not

953
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,959
Speaker 6: playing football anymore, will I be forgotten? Will people still

954
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:35,960
Speaker 6: remember me? But you know, guys, you know we did

955
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 6: our part. You know, we we performed on the field,

956
00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 6: we gave back to the community. We didn't we didn't

957
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:46,080
Speaker 6: win the division unfortunately, but the feel of that appreciation

958
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 6: when we come back is like, wow, we're not forgotten.

959
00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:51,800
Speaker 6: In fact, we are a part of this run.

960
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of former players that I've talked to.

961
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: Lomas Brown was on the broadcast too, and he was

962
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 1: saying the same thing that it just feels like the

963
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: organization is making everybody feel a part of this and

964
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 1: it's great because it's been a fun ride. The city

965
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:11,319
Speaker 1: is electric right now. Golden. I know you will be

966
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: watching Sunday with eager anticipation. I love the footballs behind you,

967
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: by the way, the Lions love. Thank you so much

968
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: for joining me, great insight. As always, you were always

969
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 1: one of my favorite guys to talk to when you

970
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 1: were here. You do it all the right way on

971
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 1: the field and with the media. I appreciate you so

972
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:30,480
Speaker 1: much and enjoy Sunday. Man, it should be a fun one.

973
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 3: Let's go, baby.

974
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:44,960
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the twenty in the Huddle podcast, and

975
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,560
Speaker 1: I am very happy to welcome in the hero of

976
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:53,000
Speaker 1: the Divisional round you big smile, Derek Barnes, linebacker. Obviously

977
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:55,919
Speaker 1: the biggest play of the game, the huge interception. There's

978
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,480
Speaker 1: lots of plays, but what was that feeling?

979
00:48:59,600 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 2: Like?

980
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 1: Cavin Sheppard comes over and he says, Yo, We're going

981
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:07,680
Speaker 1: to the NFC Championship Game because of you, because of

982
00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: that play.

983
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,279
Speaker 7: I was that's you know, for somebody to say that

984
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,720
Speaker 7: to you know, it's an honor, you know, especially speaking

985
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 7: from the fact where our team came from.

986
00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:17,959
Speaker 2: Three years ago.

987
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 7: You know, start off a little slow, you know, our

988
00:49:21,239 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 7: our my rookie year, and then you know kind of

989
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,319
Speaker 7: picked things up going into my second year and then

990
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:29,359
Speaker 7: everything just coming full circle this year. You know, Coach

991
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:32,480
Speaker 7: Shepper is a guy that you know, I admire. His

992
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 7: passion and love for this game is crazy. He has

993
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:39,480
Speaker 7: taught me a lot, put me in positions to be successful,

994
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:41,879
Speaker 7: and uh, you can just tell by you know, from

995
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,040
Speaker 7: my previous two years to now just how my game

996
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:46,759
Speaker 7: is elevated. And he's a huge aspect of that. So uh,

997
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 7: you know, just to just to see that love come

998
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 7: from him after that play is amazing, and you know

999
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:53,640
Speaker 7: that's what we do it for. And you know it's

1000
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,440
Speaker 7: it's I do it for, you know, the guys in

1001
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 7: our room obviously Detroit, Uh, and for Coach Shep though,

1002
00:49:58,640 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 7: so appreciate them.

1003
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1004
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: Chep's a friend of the podcast we had him on. Uh,

1005
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:05,839
Speaker 1: it was about a year ago. Yeah, and he was

1006
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,040
Speaker 1: one of the best ones. Yeah, just talking about you,

1007
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:12,640
Speaker 1: I can imagine just talking about guys in ball, it was.

1008
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 1: It was one of the best ones. Uh, we've done.

1009
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:16,799
Speaker 1: But Derek, take me through that play a little bit,

1010
00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 1: just kind of what you saw, what responsibility was, and

1011
00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:22,320
Speaker 1: then obviously to extend dive and make that play the

1012
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:26,359
Speaker 1: first interception of your career. Couldn't have come anymore at

1013
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:27,279
Speaker 1: a more important time.

1014
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, that's right.

1015
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:33,760
Speaker 7: Yeah, So I mean, honestly, it's like I always tell myself,

1016
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 7: is don't go out for the rest to do something,

1017
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,759
Speaker 7: you know that caused the team trying to be the superhero.

1018
00:50:39,200 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 7: Really just doing my job. You know, we emphasize on

1019
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,800
Speaker 7: packing the scenes depending on what the coverage was, especially

1020
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 7: those where we were playing kind of the two players

1021
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 7: that was dropping, you know near the hash. So I

1022
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:54,799
Speaker 7: kind of it was kind of just uh, something just

1023
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 7: told me like, okay, like what does the Titan want

1024
00:50:57,520 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 7: to do? I kind of just told their whole offense.

1025
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:02,080
Speaker 7: I seen the tight end kind of trying to bend

1026
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:03,520
Speaker 7: it behind me. I was like, okay, so I'm gonna

1027
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 7: insulate that a little bit and you know, kind of

1028
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 7: get a good depth because I know coach is down

1029
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 7: about me all week. So I said, okay, I'm tired,

1030
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 7: and I'm I'm just like and I tell myself like

1031
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 7: and crazy because before they play, when we went back

1032
00:51:19,239 --> 00:51:23,319
Speaker 7: out there minute whatever to go, I was like, I

1033
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:24,960
Speaker 7: want to be the difference make of this game. You know,

1034
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 7: I'm gonna do something other's the sack cause fumble intercepts

1035
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:32,239
Speaker 7: for something and you know it. And I seen it

1036
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 7: and I turned around and I was like, I seen

1037
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,400
Speaker 7: Baker Mayfield and I just seen his eyes and he

1038
00:51:37,520 --> 00:51:39,560
Speaker 7: was looking staring down the route. I was like, no way,

1039
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,279
Speaker 7: he's gonna throw this. So you know the ball's in

1040
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 7: there right when he did this, He's throw this ball.

1041
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 7: So so I know I was right in in great

1042
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,560
Speaker 7: position to make the play. But obviously when the balls

1043
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 7: I was like, first of all, don't drop it.

1044
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: Don't drop it.

1045
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's that's one thing. And then also you know

1046
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,319
Speaker 7: we call the Miller time where you know we're up

1047
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:00,960
Speaker 7: and you don't want to use it getting the situations

1048
00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,800
Speaker 7: where you see the previous teams somebody get an interception

1049
00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 7: and they're running with the ball and punch it out.

1050
00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:09,640
Speaker 7: So I didn't want that so good, so thank god

1051
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:11,840
Speaker 7: I could. That was time to go down because I

1052
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:13,040
Speaker 7: blacked out right when I called that.

1053
00:52:14,120 --> 00:52:14,400
Speaker 2: People.

1054
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: People sometimes within that moment they say they don't remember

1055
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:20,520
Speaker 1: anything after they black out, right. I mean, you have

1056
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,799
Speaker 1: sixty six thousand people that have waited this for so long, right,

1057
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 1: and they're just screaming, and you get mobbed by your

1058
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 1: guys and you're in the and so and I see

1059
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:30,919
Speaker 1: you kind of put the arms up and you kind

1060
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 1: of take the somebody catch me.

1061
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:35,200
Speaker 7: To man, I'm kind of upset. Nobody called me going back,

1062
00:52:35,239 --> 00:52:38,840
Speaker 7: so I catch myself. But no, man, that that moment

1063
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,600
Speaker 7: meant a lot to me, speaking the factor where I

1064
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:44,040
Speaker 7: you know, where I came from, how far off came.

1065
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:47,759
Speaker 7: It's crazy, and I still think, you know, I have

1066
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:49,799
Speaker 7: a high ceiling that though I can play, make more

1067
00:52:49,800 --> 00:52:51,600
Speaker 7: players like that, and you know they come in there,

1068
00:52:51,760 --> 00:52:54,279
Speaker 7: so hopefully I get one this week too. But you know,

1069
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:56,719
Speaker 7: it was a team effort. I got to give it

1070
00:52:56,719 --> 00:53:00,120
Speaker 7: to my guys, my teammates a g calling to play

1071
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 7: uh chep, emphasizing things like that throughout the week, you know,

1072
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:06,440
Speaker 7: with the pastor us getting in his face to make

1073
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,880
Speaker 7: him throw the ball fast, good coverage all around on

1074
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:12,000
Speaker 7: the back end open that window for make that play.

1075
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:14,719
Speaker 2: So you know, I give a lot of credit to

1076
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:15,680
Speaker 2: the guys around me.

1077
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:17,279
Speaker 1: And I tell you what, watching this defense over the

1078
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:19,680
Speaker 1: last month and a half, I mean three things jump

1079
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:21,239
Speaker 1: out to me. One your ability to stop the run.

1080
00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:23,720
Speaker 1: Having a lot of one hundred yards rushing in what six games,

1081
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:28,560
Speaker 1: I think now, opportunistic you guys with some takeaways, some

1082
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,279
Speaker 1: key takeaways as we just talked about, and then red zone.

1083
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,879
Speaker 1: You guys have been much much better in the red zone.

1084
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:36,600
Speaker 1: And when you put those three things together, stop the run,

1085
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:38,480
Speaker 1: be good in the red zone, and be opportunistic and

1086
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: get some some takeaways. Paired with what this team does offensively,

1087
00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,440
Speaker 1: that's a good formula. Just talk about San Francisco a

1088
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:49,399
Speaker 1: little bit. Obviously, got another great matchup with a tight

1089
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 1: end here and some weapons. McCaffrey, the run game, just

1090
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: what jumps out about them on film, talk about the

1091
00:53:56,520 --> 00:53:57,640
Speaker 1: maybe the challenge a little bit.

1092
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:02,480
Speaker 7: Yeah, no, ten Fran is Uh, it's funny because you know,

1093
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:04,520
Speaker 7: at the beginning of the season, and not that we

1094
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 7: were looking past any other teams, but our goal was

1095
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:09,759
Speaker 7: how can we continue to get better week in the

1096
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:14,160
Speaker 7: week out to prepare for teams like sant Fran affiliate

1097
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 7: at a point of time, like, you know, how can

1098
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:18,239
Speaker 7: we have to get it right now? So when those

1099
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:21,960
Speaker 7: things come, you know it it's come taking nature to us.

1100
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:24,640
Speaker 7: But you know, sant Fran man got a lot of

1101
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 7: good guys over there, a lot of explosive, explosive offense,

1102
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:29,640
Speaker 7: explosive defense. So this is a game you have to

1103
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,959
Speaker 7: be very detail oriented, have to really you know, hone

1104
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:35,279
Speaker 7: in on the small details, no matter what it is,

1105
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:39,520
Speaker 7: because you know I've explained earlier, it's certain things that

1106
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:41,480
Speaker 7: obviously don't want to bypass anything, but there's certain things

1107
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:43,040
Speaker 7: that you can be like, okay, coach, you know, you know,

1108
00:54:43,080 --> 00:54:44,800
Speaker 7: I got it, and then you can, you know what

1109
00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:47,400
Speaker 7: I'm saying, sometimes get away with it. But this is

1110
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,800
Speaker 7: a game to where everybody has to be on point,

1111
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:52,759
Speaker 7: like I said, and in sant frantis type of team

1112
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:54,879
Speaker 7: that can expose those things if you're not on top

1113
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 7: of it. You know, they show a lot of stuff

1114
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:58,640
Speaker 7: that we haven't seen throughout the year. Obviously we're going

1115
00:54:58,680 --> 00:55:00,840
Speaker 7: to play them, you know, they're not and our division,

1116
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:05,359
Speaker 7: so we don't really play them at all. But yeah,

1117
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:08,720
Speaker 7: it's it's crazy though. They have a really good offense,

1118
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 7: so we had to bring it.

1119
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: It's been trending towards this matchup now for sure for

1120
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:14,239
Speaker 1: a while. I mean, I think you guys, as soon

1121
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:16,279
Speaker 1: as Philly kind of started to fade back and go

1122
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,640
Speaker 1: through kind of thing the Blue Strick they did, it

1123
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,879
Speaker 1: was pretty obvious that you guys were the top two

1124
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:25,880
Speaker 1: teams in the NFC when I asked, alexis too. But

1125
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: I'm just curious how much of a benefit is it

1126
00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:31,160
Speaker 1: having played the Rams two weeks ago with some of

1127
00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 1: the stuff, the motions and maybe some of the similar

1128
00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:37,359
Speaker 1: styles of offense that that that they do, the eye

1129
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,359
Speaker 1: candy shifts, all that kind of stuff. It looks like

1130
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 1: you guys really got got a good look at that,

1131
00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:44,239
Speaker 1: got used to it, and that it happened only two

1132
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:47,439
Speaker 1: weeks ago. How much of a benefit is seeing that?

1133
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: Is it similar?

1134
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:50,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a huge been the fit.

1135
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:54,279
Speaker 7: We It's crazy because when I watch film, when we

1136
00:55:54,320 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 7: was watching film against the Rams, and I'm just like, man,

1137
00:55:57,680 --> 00:56:00,440
Speaker 7: it's just every play, every play, there's motion, there's turbo,

1138
00:56:00,520 --> 00:56:04,280
Speaker 7: there's and it's some indecision of you know, our coverage

1139
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 7: because it's like, okay, how are we going to play

1140
00:56:06,680 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 7: this day?

1141
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:08,439
Speaker 3: Motion this way or that way?

1142
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:09,720
Speaker 2: Are we seeing it as a turbs?

1143
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,680
Speaker 1: So you can see that sometimes with your defense and

1144
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:16,279
Speaker 1: you know, and obviously the crowd you can't communicate, right,

1145
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:18,040
Speaker 1: so now you're trying to do all that. That'll be

1146
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 1: different this week. That'll be good for sure. But it

1147
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,359
Speaker 1: just seemed to me that maybe having that, having seen

1148
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,160
Speaker 1: that and gone through that two weeks ago. It's going

1149
00:56:24,239 --> 00:56:25,040
Speaker 1: to be a benefit for you.

1150
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:27,279
Speaker 7: Guys one hundred percent now that we've seen it. You know,

1151
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,279
Speaker 7: we obviously emphasizing this week because they do sort of

1152
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:33,800
Speaker 7: the same kind of thing, especially in twenty one personnel.

1153
00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:35,480
Speaker 7: You know, forty four is on the move albumost all

1154
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:38,160
Speaker 7: the time. Kittle was also on to move a lot.

1155
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,760
Speaker 7: So we just have to be very you know, detailed

1156
00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:42,160
Speaker 7: when it comes to that and know what we're doing

1157
00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 7: to be on the same page. I think that's the

1158
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:48,360
Speaker 7: biggest thing in this game. You can't have one side defense.

1159
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:50,200
Speaker 7: I think we're playing this another side that we're playing this,

1160
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 7: So you know, communication is key. We were actually were

1161
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:54,839
Speaker 7: just talking about that tonight, so I know that we're

1162
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:57,680
Speaker 7: going to get that corrected and uh and get it

1163
00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:58,239
Speaker 7: going for sure.

1164
00:56:58,800 --> 00:57:01,480
Speaker 1: And you know, I appreciate you're coming up after the meetings.

1165
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 1: Derek Barnes, linebacker, third year. Obviously, everybody knows the interception

1166
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:09,520
Speaker 1: he had to end the game last week. Twenty twenty

1167
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:13,520
Speaker 1: one draft class. Obviously, Penn Sules doing his thing, all pro, Right,

1168
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:16,280
Speaker 1: I'm on ros Saint Brown all pro doing his thing.

1169
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 1: But you know what, I love about that class that

1170
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:22,800
Speaker 1: guys like yourself, guys like aleem A Fatu, Mela Fan,

1171
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,040
Speaker 1: all you guys now are are such a key part

1172
00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:29,280
Speaker 1: of this and all you guys are having terrific seasons

1173
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:32,720
Speaker 1: speaking of you a leem I Fatu. Maybe didn't start out,

1174
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,960
Speaker 1: you know, like you guys had hope, but now in

1175
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,600
Speaker 1: your third seasons, you guys have developed and become key

1176
00:57:38,680 --> 00:57:42,440
Speaker 1: parts of this football team. Just how proud of you

1177
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:46,520
Speaker 1: of that whole class as a unit that you guys

1178
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:48,800
Speaker 1: have now were the We're Brad's first one who's executive

1179
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:50,480
Speaker 1: of the of the year. He was named this week.

1180
00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 1: And now you guys are that kind of that that

1181
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:54,840
Speaker 1: that that core piece you got. You guys, that class

1182
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:57,240
Speaker 1: has come together really and now has a bunch of

1183
00:57:57,320 --> 00:57:58,880
Speaker 1: key guys that are making key plays.

1184
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:02,840
Speaker 7: Now, you know what. I just always thinking about this

1185
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,280
Speaker 7: the other day too. It's funny to say that you

1186
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:08,160
Speaker 7: just think back at the beginning we first got here

1187
00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,520
Speaker 7: Lake Bloomer, guys, uh, I feel like Mac wasn't really

1188
00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 7: late Bloomer.

1189
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:17,960
Speaker 2: Mac has you know, he's yea, he transformed.

1190
00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:23,280
Speaker 7: You can see man, his work Mac, I'm sorry Mac. First,

1191
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:25,880
Speaker 7: his work ethic is is crazy.

1192
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:27,520
Speaker 2: He's willing to learn. He's very coachable.

1193
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:28,000
Speaker 4: Uh.

1194
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 7: You can tell by his demeanor, yes, sir, No, sir,

1195
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 7: you know he wants to learn. So he's going to be,

1196
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 7: you know, one of the best in the league here soon.

1197
00:58:36,400 --> 00:58:39,560
Speaker 7: And I honestly believe that if he man.

1198
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 1: Uh, just an opportunity that's sometimes that's what a guy

1199
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:44,439
Speaker 1: needs a help, Yes, and for sure.

1200
00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:45,760
Speaker 2: And I think that was the biggest thing.

1201
00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:48,800
Speaker 7: You know, a lot of people have this misperception about

1202
00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:52,280
Speaker 7: if he and uh and and I always knew we

1203
00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 7: had it, man, And it's just like you said, with

1204
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,160
Speaker 7: the injuries and and you know, just getting the opportunity

1205
00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:59,400
Speaker 7: like and it's crazy because me if you actually trained

1206
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:01,880
Speaker 7: together and all season, oh really And I seen his

1207
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 7: work effic there and me and he with Alex also

1208
00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:06,840
Speaker 7: and we were just like, man, he's he's just a

1209
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 7: different person, different mindset, the way he works. And you

1210
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:13,439
Speaker 7: come in that showed like you know what I'm saying,

1211
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:16,000
Speaker 7: and the sex that you know, and injuries kind of

1212
00:59:16,120 --> 00:59:17,920
Speaker 7: you know, held him back a little bit. But now

1213
00:59:17,960 --> 00:59:19,840
Speaker 7: he's healthy and ready role you kind of you can

1214
00:59:19,880 --> 00:59:22,320
Speaker 7: see the true iffy out of the thing that everybody's

1215
00:59:22,320 --> 00:59:25,920
Speaker 7: been waiting on and uh, I know he had confidence himself.

1216
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:28,160
Speaker 7: You know that he can do it too. It's it's

1217
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:30,840
Speaker 7: amazing even for myself, like just just knowing how far

1218
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:33,440
Speaker 7: I've came. I knew it takes time. It takes time

1219
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:35,440
Speaker 7: for me in college. You know, it's upon a time

1220
00:59:35,480 --> 00:59:38,760
Speaker 7: where you know, NFL getting drafted wasn't even a thing

1221
00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:41,120
Speaker 7: for me. But I knew that once I got it

1222
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,240
Speaker 7: and knew what to do and knew, you know, what

1223
00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:46,080
Speaker 7: I need to do to get to where I am now,

1224
00:59:46,640 --> 00:59:47,160
Speaker 7: I knew.

1225
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:47,400
Speaker 2: It would come.

1226
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:50,000
Speaker 7: And and you know, the ceiling is high for all

1227
00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 7: of us, and I'm excited to see, you know, how

1228
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:53,840
Speaker 7: that all plays out in the future.

1229
00:59:54,280 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 1: How's this week different at all? Did you just keep it?

1230
00:59:56,840 --> 00:59:57,080
Speaker 2: Hey?

1231
00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:00,760
Speaker 1: This is we trained a certain way, we prepared a

1232
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:02,280
Speaker 1: certain way to get to this point. So we don't

1233
01:00:02,320 --> 01:00:04,760
Speaker 1: change anything. Nothing is different. Maybe a few cameras you

1234
01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:07,280
Speaker 1: know doing this here there. I know, Yeah, it's some

1235
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:10,640
Speaker 1: interviews this week, obviously. Is that the only real difference?

1236
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 1: Is Is it just business as usual?

1237
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:13,240
Speaker 3: Yeah?

1238
01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:15,240
Speaker 7: Well, I mean, you know, Dan kind of you know,

1239
01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:18,160
Speaker 7: talk to us and and this is that thing where

1240
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:20,400
Speaker 7: you know, you know, guys get a couple of guys

1241
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:24,400
Speaker 7: get the spotlight like as of now myself. And obviously

1242
01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:26,720
Speaker 7: you can enjoy it and and all that stuff, but

1243
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,640
Speaker 7: at times, you you at a certain point of time

1244
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:31,440
Speaker 7: you have to block that out because you know the

1245
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:34,840
Speaker 7: job's not finished. We have a huge game coming up

1246
01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:37,640
Speaker 7: and and Dan just don't want guys to get distracted.

1247
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:41,560
Speaker 7: And I fully agree with that. And difference wise with scheme.

1248
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:45,320
Speaker 7: You know, obviously there's a sensual urgency that happens, that's

1249
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:47,520
Speaker 7: that's gonna happen throughout the whole throughout the whole season

1250
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:49,880
Speaker 7: has been the same. Uh, but we just you know,

1251
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:52,080
Speaker 7: with us, it's as we know who we are, we

1252
01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:53,800
Speaker 7: know we're about, and we know what it's going to

1253
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:56,320
Speaker 7: take to win. And that shows you know, the games

1254
01:00:56,360 --> 01:00:59,040
Speaker 7: that we won that that shows how it's going to be.

1255
01:00:59,520 --> 01:01:02,440
Speaker 7: And it's same thing this week. You treat obviously just

1256
01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:04,600
Speaker 7: since like I said, but you want to treat every

1257
01:01:04,640 --> 01:01:06,920
Speaker 7: game the same, you want to prepare the same. You

1258
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:09,320
Speaker 7: we we treated every game like it was the super

1259
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,720
Speaker 7: Bowl because you know, it made a difference for us, man,

1260
01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:14,680
Speaker 7: and we believe in ourselves and everybody in this in

1261
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:17,560
Speaker 7: this building organization. So you know, like I said, we

1262
01:01:17,600 --> 01:01:20,040
Speaker 7: know we're about, we know our identity and now it's

1263
01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 7: tund to go show it once more.

1264
01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:24,439
Speaker 1: Once again, seems like a confident bunch this week. Yes, sir,

1265
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:27,360
Speaker 1: it should be a great game, but Detroit Lions in

1266
01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:31,240
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game on Sunday, It still has a

1267
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:34,600
Speaker 1: nice ring to it. Well, good luck, go play well.

1268
01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:37,480
Speaker 1: Hopefully we're back here getting ready for it for a

1269
01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:40,240
Speaker 1: big one in two weeks, Derek, Thanks sir,