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Speaker 4: Uh you know, he doesn't get all the you know,

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Speaker 4: A lot better, you know, not to say that he

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Speaker 1: And into our offense. I think that that's the recipe

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Speaker 3: Out there for this defense, for your defense to accomplish.

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Speaker 1: You work so hard all season long.

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Speaker 4: We talked about it all season to be able to

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Speaker 4: put ourselves in a position where we could play the

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Speaker 4: NFC Championship game again and also do it at home.

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Speaker 4: You know how big that is for us, and we

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Speaker 4: did that. You know, we have that opportunity right now.

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Speaker 4: So how can you not sell out? How can you

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Speaker 4: not give your all to this thing? How can you

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Speaker 4: not make sure you're playing your best ball for three

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Speaker 4: hours on Sunday? You know, I know the type of

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Speaker 4: team we have, the type of players we have in talent.

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Speaker 4: I know if we play our best ball for three hours,

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Speaker 4: we'll get the job done.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys,