WEBVTT - Todd Bowles Conference Call (12.21.2015)

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<v Speaker 1>Todd. You know en update on David Harris. Yeah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>got a back conclusion East day to day to um,

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<v Speaker 1>did he have to go for an m R time? No,

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<v Speaker 1>it tak X rays and everything came out negative and

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<v Speaker 1>he was okay, just sore. How about the mill in

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<v Speaker 1>their time? He's kind of have string strain eat day

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<v Speaker 1>to day as well. All right. You know you said

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<v Speaker 1>last week you had Christmas shopping to do, but did

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<v Speaker 1>you end up watching? And he said, ball yesterday? Did

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<v Speaker 1>you see the Pittsburgh Denver game? No, we actually had

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<v Speaker 1>the work, so we came in and broke down the

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<v Speaker 1>film from the game and then we started working on

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<v Speaker 1>New England. I actually missed a whole bunch of games.

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<v Speaker 1>When he saw how the UH Denver game endured up,

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<v Speaker 1>what was excuse me when when you saw how the

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<v Speaker 1>Denver Pittsburgh game ended up? What was your reaction to

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<v Speaker 1>Pittsburgh coming back in wining? Good for them? I can't

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<v Speaker 1>you know all I can worry about as us. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't control with pittsburgher Denver does. So we just gotta

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<v Speaker 1>get ready for New England this week. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>however it plays out, it plays out. But we gotta

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<v Speaker 1>try to win our last two games. Mhm. What are

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<v Speaker 1>your impressions of it's been what seven or eight weeks

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<v Speaker 1>since you based the Patriots in what ways they strike

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<v Speaker 1>you as being different since week seven? I mean, and

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<v Speaker 1>not much different. They're winning and they're beating everybody. They're

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<v Speaker 1>finding different ways to do it. No well coach, team,

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<v Speaker 1>not a good athlete and the same team we've always been.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they do what they do and they do

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<v Speaker 1>it very well. H m hm. Cott, if you u

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<v Speaker 1>win out, Uh, what do you have you thought about

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<v Speaker 1>what your chances are then? And what do you think

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<v Speaker 1>they are if you're able to win those last two games?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. You gotta win the last two games

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<v Speaker 1>and just hope for the best. That's all. That's all

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<v Speaker 1>you can do. You know, you don't know. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what our chances are. We don't control our own destiny.

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<v Speaker 1>We just can control the two teams that we play against.

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<v Speaker 1>So we're just gonna try to win those two games

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<v Speaker 1>and make potitive steps going forward. At the football gods

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<v Speaker 1>theme that we're worthy somehow we win these last two games.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe we will, maybe we won't, But they can't worry

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<v Speaker 1>about it because you can't control it. But before the

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<v Speaker 1>last time you guys played New England, you and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>most of your players um were very adamant that it

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<v Speaker 1>was just sort of just another game and that it

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<v Speaker 1>really didn't mean a whole lot. Now it's week sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>and considering where you are in the season and what's

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<v Speaker 1>writing on it, is it is it's still just another game?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is there a different different feeling about it. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a different feeling about the game. It's not necessarily the Patriots.

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<v Speaker 1>It's is just about the position we're in as far

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<v Speaker 1>as give enough other chance to make the postseason, so

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta give ourselves to win their chance. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter who we were playing this week, it would be

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<v Speaker 1>an important game. It would be a big game for

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<v Speaker 1>that reason. So the fact that it's the Patriots makes

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<v Speaker 1>it a division rival game. But for us, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta win regardless of who we're playing. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think this is the biggest game in your head coaching career?

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say the biggest game. It's the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>game this week because it's the only game this week.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of the big games that let up to

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<v Speaker 1>this point, so you just take them all consecutive. I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think they're a big game in the important games,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's not the biggest game of my career. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>I have a long career and have some bigger ones

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<v Speaker 1>to go over, so I don't worry about that time.

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<v Speaker 1>What did you learn about Reddy seeing an in person

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<v Speaker 1>and playing in person the first time? That can maybe

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<v Speaker 1>supplement her preparation this t I mean nothing, I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know before. He's a great quarterback. I mean, like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>I can't I'm not the first of the last cadson

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<v Speaker 1>here and compliment him and give him accolades all over

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<v Speaker 1>the places. He didn't need me to say. He's got

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<v Speaker 1>one his own. We just got to prepare ourselves and

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<v Speaker 1>try to make play in the fourth courter. They made

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<v Speaker 1>more players than we did. Godd. Do you feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you guys are a different team than the first time

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<v Speaker 1>you met them? I mean, I hope we are always

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<v Speaker 1>grown some you know you Actually you gotta play the

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<v Speaker 1>game on someday to find that out. We've matured a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit, so hopefully we got some wins behind us

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<v Speaker 1>and we're just going to keep trying to get better.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think you're a better team tied and finishing

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<v Speaker 1>and it's so how so, Oh, we've executed. We played

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<v Speaker 1>a little more poise than we played with even though

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<v Speaker 1>we made some mistakes last games. You know, we're learning

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<v Speaker 1>how to finish. And I think we've learned in two

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<v Speaker 1>games how to finish from the ones we failed with

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the season. And we're don't always just

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<v Speaker 1>getting better each week. And I think the guys are

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<v Speaker 1>trusting each other more and they just play for each

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<v Speaker 1>other a lot more now and that's part of the

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<v Speaker 1>growth of a new team. Help telling Davis, Uh, it

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<v Speaker 1>looked like he had to back the other night. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you got the floorback. He's day to day right now

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<v Speaker 1>as well. So it sounds like you've got a day

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<v Speaker 1>to days. Do you have any guys who fall into

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<v Speaker 1>the more serious category. Um, not at the moment. Everybody

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<v Speaker 1>the three guys of three guys are day to day.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody else would be better than that. It's the Decker's knee.

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<v Speaker 1>I know he said that night everything was fine, but uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's nothing that lingered kind of only woke up Monday

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<v Speaker 1>or anything like that or Sunday of normal soreness of

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<v Speaker 1>the late season. Were there any additional concussion evaluations for

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<v Speaker 1>mo is He in the protocol? Or is he okay? Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>When you went back to to wash it? Uh? In

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<v Speaker 1>the fourth quarter went Fitzpatrick when I was really close

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<v Speaker 1>whether he fumbled or not. You know, I went to

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<v Speaker 1>a booth review. Now that you've seen the replay, did

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<v Speaker 1>you think he bumbled in that spot? No? I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>think he did. I mean, I thought the right call.

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<v Speaker 1>His knee was down. The ball came out right after that.

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<v Speaker 1>What does your practice schedule look like this week? With

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<v Speaker 1>the holiday? We'll practice tomorrow. Tomorrow is like a Wednesday

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<v Speaker 1>for us, and then Wednesday's like a Thursday. Thursday's like

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<v Speaker 1>a Friday. Friday. They can spend Christmas at home in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning with the families, and we're coming at noon.

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<v Speaker 1>What did you think, Todd of Odell Beckham's day yesterday

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<v Speaker 1>and everything that happened with him? Everybody talking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>I actually didn't see it. I hadn't seen anything on

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<v Speaker 1>it yet. But you know, it's not my fish to fry,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm just getting ready for New England and I

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't seen any highlights to see anything, so I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know