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Speaker 1: Hello, how's it going great? Kid? Now you've played in

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Speaker 1: some pretty hostile environments at Auburn or what have you,

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Speaker 1: have you thought about what it'll be like and maybe

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Speaker 1: how much fun it will be. I'll come with it.

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Speaker 1: I played in the atmosphere. Yeah. I think people who

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Speaker 1: love football want to get a chance to play in

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Speaker 1: games like these. And I know all the guys on

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Speaker 1: both teams want to play in games like this, so

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Speaker 1: it gonna be a great experience. And I know they

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Speaker 1: have a bunch of great fans, um, and it is football,

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Speaker 1: so you just got to go out there and play

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Speaker 1: the game that we've all played since we're a little kids.

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Speaker 1: And I mean yeah, they bring a lot of energy,

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Speaker 1: and they have a great fan base and they love football,

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Speaker 1: and um, you know, it's two great um franchises going

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Speaker 1: going against each other, so a lot of football history

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Speaker 1: and um yeah. But I mean this this game coming up,

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Speaker 1: like I said, it's just both teams are gonna be exciting.

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Speaker 1: There's gonna be energy, so we just gotta be ready

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Speaker 1: to go. You the buses and the whole birds enjoy

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Speaker 1: that backed up that energud um No, I mean yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think it's great energy. But I don't ever like

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Speaker 1: try to watch or anything. I just look at my

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Speaker 1: phone or just sit there. Yeah, but I guess some people,

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Speaker 1: um can can look at it and enjoy it and stuff.

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Speaker 1: But it is fun to wherever you're playing, just sometimes

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Speaker 1: just get a peek at the city or whatever and

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Speaker 1: see everybody. How much you just pay attention to his career. Um.

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Speaker 1: I don't know him personally, but I think he's a

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Speaker 1: great quarterback and he has all the UM physical tools. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, you see him make some throws that UM,

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Speaker 1: a lot of quarterbacks can't make. And he's got a

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Speaker 1: great arm, and he's very athletic and he's a big dude.

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Speaker 1: So UM, obviously he's really good. And he's been good

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Speaker 1: in the league for the past couple of years. And

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Speaker 1: I love watching him When I was in college, UM

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Speaker 1: and he was in the NFL, and UM, seeing what

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Speaker 1: he did in that offense is great and he's done

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Speaker 1: a great job. How does it feel going into a

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Speaker 1: Monday night game? Is something that you dreamed about can

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Speaker 1: you were growing up and playing football? UM? Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think just any chance to play in the NFL, UM,

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Speaker 1: everybody wants that, and regardless of whether it's a Monday, Sunday, Thursday, Um,

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Speaker 1: just going out there and enjoying it, um, and just

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Speaker 1: go out there and play the game that we all

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Speaker 1: know and love and enjoy it, um, regardless of what

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Speaker 1: day it is or what time it is. Backed off,

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Speaker 1: I didn't want to do the rock I know, I

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Speaker 1: heard I saw you guys as to play. I do

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Speaker 1: want to actually just hostile environments. What is the most

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Speaker 1: hostile environment? UM? I mean I've been to a lot

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Speaker 1: of cool stadiums and stuff, and I've been both you know,

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Speaker 1: the backup quarterback in the starter, so I mean that's

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Speaker 1: college and I haven't really played a ton of NFL games,

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Speaker 1: so this will be new for me. But I know

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Speaker 1: a lot of guys on the team. I've played in

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Speaker 1: a lot of big games. And at the end of

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Speaker 1: the day, you just gotta block out the noise as

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Speaker 1: best you can, and UM, it's going to be loud,

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Speaker 1: and you just have to prepare yourself mentally for that.

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Speaker 1: And that's pretty much all you can do. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you can look at the past and see what you've

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Speaker 1: gone through, but you won't be able to experience it

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Speaker 1: until it happens. So that really care a kind of

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Speaker 1: influence the ban. Yeah, I think Daves is a great

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Speaker 1: coach and um, you know, I was very young at

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Speaker 1: the time, but he coached me really hard and he

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Speaker 1: taught me a lot about football. So he's a great

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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator and a great person. So um to get

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Speaker 1: to know him was awesome, And I know he's done

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Speaker 1: a really good job there. So um, you know, obviously

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Speaker 1: we're going against their defense and they're going against us,

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Speaker 1: so it's you know, i'll probably say high or whatever,

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Speaker 1: but other than that, UM, I know he's done a

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Speaker 1: good job all year with them. When you look at

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Speaker 1: their defense, obviously, what's the challenge. It's unique that they presents.

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Speaker 1: I mean they present every challenge. Uh, they're the top

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Speaker 1: one of the top defenses in the whole country, and

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Speaker 1: they lead almost every category or and they're in the

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Speaker 1: top ten. So, um, they don't do a lot of

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Speaker 1: things bad. Um, so we just have to be ready

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Speaker 1: to go. They have great experience in most part most parts,

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Speaker 1: and some of the young guys have stepped in and

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Speaker 1: played really well as well. So they have a really

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Speaker 1: good mix of experience and team speed, and they play

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Speaker 1: defense and they don't really have many flaws, so do

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Speaker 1: you Yeah, they do a great job with that, and um,

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Speaker 1: just with the experience they have a safety and stuff. Um.

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Speaker 1: Obviously those guys have played a lot of football eighteen

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Speaker 1: their whole defense does a good job with disguise. So

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Speaker 1: you just have to, um prepare for it and just

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Speaker 1: play the game you enjoyed watching. Most people will tell

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Speaker 1: you guys in pretty different styles of playing the position. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Do you ever watch a quarterbred though, who has that style?

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Speaker 1: And let's say, yeah, um yeah, I think just whatever

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Speaker 1: you can absorb, um from somebody's game. I think there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of things that he does that a lot

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Speaker 1: of people can't do, and you might go out and

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Speaker 1: try them in the yard or something, but he doesn't

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Speaker 1: really well all the time. So um, you know, every

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Speaker 1: player is their own player, and he's you know, done

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Speaker 1: a good job creating explosive plays with his arm and

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Speaker 1: his legs. So he's just a great all around athlete

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Speaker 1: and a great quarterback. How much does it help you

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Speaker 1: as a quarterback to have guys like Damian and remind

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Speaker 1: in the backfield who are running the ball as well

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Speaker 1: as they are. Yeah. Um, I mean it's a it

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Speaker 1: takes everybody, but I think it starts up front. Um

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Speaker 1: with the communication and the effort that those guys have

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Speaker 1: been playing with has been great, and we just gotta

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Speaker 1: keep doing that. And we trust the running backs to make,

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Speaker 1: you know, the yards they're supposed to make, and they've

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Speaker 1: done a good job all year, not only running the ball,

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Speaker 1: but pass protection and then in the route running game,

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Speaker 1: especially even ever since James has been out. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they've done a good job stepping up. So they just

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Speaker 1: will continue to do that and we can just make

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Speaker 1: improvements in communication and being on the same page so

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Speaker 1: that we can get more explosive runs. Cool. Thanks guys,

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Speaker 1: Steve