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Speaker 1: I'm Taylor's Arser, and this is the OTP. She is

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Speaker 1: Amy Wells, I am Taylor's Arser. We are both really

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Speaker 1: happy to be here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a happy Monday.

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Speaker 1: It's a very happy victory Monday. Coach Mike McCoy will

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Speaker 1: join us a little later on the show, and in

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Speaker 1: a few minutes we have an announcement, a big announcement

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Speaker 1: on the next guest on Amy's OTP.

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Speaker 3: It's a little Christmas, little Christmas surprise for everybody, little

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Speaker 3: Christmas gift, little Christmas treat.

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Speaker 4: On the OTP. You know, you do like holidays, You

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Speaker 4: do like treats on the OTP.

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Speaker 2: I do like treats on the OTP.

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Speaker 3: And I've realized that my collection of tins is getting

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Speaker 3: a little ridiculous. But they're tins full of cookies. So

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Speaker 3: everybody's just gonna have to deal with that, Amy, the clutter.

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Speaker 1: It had been a minute since you had been on

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Speaker 1: roaming the pinnacle sidelines at Nissan Stadium and saw the

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Speaker 1: Titans win a football game. That was a big to

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Speaker 1: everyone in this facility. Is already I had gotten a

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Speaker 1: couple of wins this year. Those were on the road, though,

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Speaker 1: winning a game at Nissan Stadium was something that the

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Speaker 1: Titans really prioritized. Of course, you always want to win,

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Speaker 1: but in a season when you're going through a big transition,

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Speaker 1: that was absolutely next on the bucket list. And Titans

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Speaker 1: fans got a nice Christmas gift a few days before

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Speaker 1: Christmas and played a complete football game, dominating the Kansas

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Speaker 3: You know, everything about that day was just very kind

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Speaker 2: It was just a very nice day.

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Speaker 3: The weather was great, It was a phenomenal day for

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Speaker 3: the stadium. Now it's the Kansas City Chiefs, so there

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Speaker 3: was a lot of red in the stadium. That's just

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Speaker 2: They don't have a care in the world.

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Speaker 3: It's the holiday season, so all of that's really fun,

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Speaker 3: and then the football starts, so you've got all of

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Speaker 3: the football field and man, this team was ready to play.

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Speaker 3: The Tennessee Titans just in all three phases did a

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Speaker 3: great job. It felt like a complete football game. You

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Speaker 3: They were in it to win it. They're ready to go.

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Speaker 3: And as things were happening and people were making plays

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Speaker 2: So it was just a really fun day.

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Speaker 3: I had some family in town who went out to

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Speaker 3: We had so much fun. We really like the music,

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Speaker 2: Like the playlist, but whatever, Like glad you liked it.

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Speaker 3: And so I was happy for the people that were there,

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Speaker 3: And I mean, great playlist, good job, oh, great playlist,

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Speaker 1: We are in Booth seven at Nissan Stadium. That's where

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Speaker 1: But I looked directly in front of me on the field,

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Speaker 3: It was good to see a kind of what we

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Speaker 3: which is a place that our players play well, they

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Speaker 3: You know, because when the Titans are playing well, Gully,

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Speaker 3: there's no place in the world like Nissan Stadium, and

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Speaker 3: to call a home victory because it is just different.

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Speaker 2: It feels different to do it at home.

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Speaker 1: You're a good person, you know that. Thank you, Thank

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Speaker 1: you for being so thoughtful and thinking of us. It

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Speaker 1: Life always likes to ask our family what was your

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Speaker 3: You know what's funny is my daughter asked me the

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Speaker 3: there's a lot. There's a lot, probably the end of

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Speaker 3: You know like that that was really special because even

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Speaker 4: They thank God, that's right.

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Speaker 2: This was a decisive win. This was the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 3: Came out, they played a good game, They did what

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Speaker 3: so to see cam Ward lining up victory formation, kneel down,

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Speaker 2: That was my favorite punch. Home is at the forefront

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give you mine in a moment, But since

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Speaker 1: This is your thirteenth year working for the Tennessee Titans,

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Speaker 1: and so since you have lived this and you've been

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Speaker 1: know that everywhere you go people say, Amy, what do

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Speaker 1: you think of cam Ward?

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Speaker 1: Do you think this guy's our quarterback? Do you think

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Speaker 1: not talking about doubters. I'm talking about people that aren't

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Speaker 1: YESTERD somebody that works for the Kantacite Chiefs came up

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Speaker 1: And what was really cool to me was during that game,

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Speaker 1: I got a handful of texts in the game saying, Wow,

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Speaker 3: You're telling me that a guy wearing all red on

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Speaker 1: Let me tell you my favorite part. Yeah, it was

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Speaker 1: He said, I know what's in our locker room. I

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Speaker 3: You know, it's crazy about Jeffrey Simmons, and we have

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Speaker 2: But I was thinking about this the other day.

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Speaker 1: Do you want to tell everyone who the next guest

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Speaker 3: Speaking of people who love the OTP, cam Ward, ladies,

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Speaker 2: So if you are not subscribed to the OTP.

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Speaker 3: You need to be because that will be dropping later

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Speaker 3: this week, cam Ward with our very own tailor's arser

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Speaker 2: All of the things, all of things.

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Speaker 3: I'm I'm so excited for this interview for fans to

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Speaker 2: And what the season's been like. And I know that

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Speaker 3: You're driving to your family's house, you're driving home from

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Speaker 2: There you go.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait up for everybody to see that. Merry Christmas, Amy.

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, TZ, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 6: got players like Jones going in there and Keemon Hall

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Speaker 6: in there making plays. It's just a great team effort

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Speaker 6: and you know, some guys that haven't played ton getting

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Speaker 6: opportunities to step up and play. So team win by everybody.

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Speaker 1: Sounds like after watching the tape, you felt just as

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Speaker 1: fulfilled by their performance.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it was a great effort. To see the way

447
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Speaker 6: Cam played, obviously, running the ball the way we did again,

448
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Speaker 6: Jeff dominating defense, not giving up a touchdown, you know,

449
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Speaker 6: a couple of field goals in there, obviously, But it

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Speaker 6: was just an outstanding team performance and that's what it's

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Speaker 6: all about. And I think it just goes to show,

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Speaker 6: you know, through the ups and downs and the tough

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Speaker 6: part of the season, you know, to win two of

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Speaker 6: the last three, you always say, you want to be

455
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Speaker 6: playing your best football in December, and but the guys

456
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Speaker 6: with great leadership and everybody in the organization buying in

457
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Speaker 6: and just sticking together through some tough times. You know,

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Speaker 6: it's it's a reward to everybody from the way we

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Speaker 6: played yesterday against a really good team.

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Speaker 1: Well, you've already given a couple of shout outs, so

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Speaker 1: I'd like to go through it and give some more

462
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Speaker 1: and if you want to jump in, go for it.

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Speaker 1: Cam Ward twenty one to twenty eight, two hundred twenty

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Speaker 1: eight yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions, a quarterback rating of

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Speaker 1: one to two point three.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, an outstanding game for him, you know. And then

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Speaker 6: also we were fifty two percent on third down. But

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Speaker 6: I think anytime you can run the ball forty times,

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Speaker 6: I know we neiled the last couple, but it just

470
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Speaker 6: helps him. And I think then he had those wow

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Speaker 6: plays yesterday. You saw him take off and you know run.

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Speaker 6: He managed the run game, the right way of win

473
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Speaker 6: to throw it, you know, whether it's a bubble or whatever.

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Speaker 6: The play was designed off of the run action, the

475
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Speaker 6: RPOs and things like that. But he really managed the

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Speaker 6: game and played, you know, probably his best game of

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Speaker 6: the year.

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Speaker 1: As Amy and I talked about in the previous segment. Again,

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Speaker 1: shameless plug, he's our guest this week on the OTP.

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Speaker 4: Let's get to the ground game.

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Speaker 1: You already talked about forty carries in the game, including

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Speaker 1: Neil downs. Tony Pollard twenty one carries one hundred and

483
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Speaker 1: two yards for the first time in his career. Three

484
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Speaker 1: straight one hundred yard rushing performances. Now, there's only one

485
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Speaker 1: player in the NFL this year, Mike that has gone

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Speaker 1: over one hundred yards and had a touchdown in each

487
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Speaker 1: of those games, James Cook of the Buffalo Bills. Personally,

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Speaker 1: I think Tony Pollard should have joined him, but that

489
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Speaker 1: touchdown was taken off of the board unfortunately because they

490
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Speaker 1: didn't see our guy, Jeff Simmons raise his arm as

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Speaker 1: he came onto the field. But Pollard has just been

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Speaker 1: special these last three weeks.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, give him, give him credit. You know, it was

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Speaker 6: frustrating early in the year, and it was just it's

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Speaker 6: been unbelievable how we run the ball the past couple weeks.

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Speaker 6: And you know, you know, you commit to it and

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Speaker 6: you say we have to do it. You know, give

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Speaker 6: everyone credit to give the coaches credit for designing the

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Speaker 6: plan the players going out and execute it. So it's

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Speaker 6: just it's amazing when you run the ball that many times,

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Speaker 6: you know, those twos and threes become big plays you

502
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Speaker 6: commit to it. It changes the mindset, the person out

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Speaker 6: of your team and everything. So very pleased with the

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Speaker 6: way we're running the ball.

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Speaker 1: This is what everybody envision. Taja spears. Yeah, we're doing

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Speaker 1: a football game. Thirteen carries, fifty two yards and a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: five catches fifty three more yards.

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Speaker 6: It goes back to my days in Carolina and you

509
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Speaker 6: always had two backs. He always said, we had, you know,

510
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Speaker 6: that two headed monster. And I think that we had

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Speaker 6: we you know, it went back from the early days,

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Speaker 6: the Super Bowl year of Steven Davis and Deshan Foster

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Speaker 6: and then it finished up with Jonathan Stewart and DiAngelo Williams,

514
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Speaker 6: and we always had two that just kept rolling. And

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Speaker 6: when you have two backs like we do, they both

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Speaker 6: play and the touches are going to be It's gonna

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Speaker 6: be different weekend and week out, but that's you love

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Speaker 6: to see. When you have two backs performed the way

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Speaker 6: they did yesterday, it really helps the football team win games.

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Speaker 1: Chig Conquo goes over fifty catches for the third straight year.

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Speaker 1: He had six in the game, including a touchdown grab

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Speaker 1: elk i oh Manor continues an outstanding rookie year with

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Speaker 1: three more catches for fifty eight yards.

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Speaker 4: And Chim d k.

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Speaker 1: We knew he'd be a special return man, but in

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Speaker 1: the passing game he has been your leading receiver. Your

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Speaker 1: tight ends are one in two in catches, but from

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Speaker 1: the wide receiver position he has the most catches on

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Speaker 1: the team. He had three in the game, including a touchdown.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it just you know, all those guys you mentioned

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Speaker 6: have done an outstanding job. And you see Chig, especially

532
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Speaker 6: when he gets the ball in space, the play he's

533
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Speaker 6: made and making guys miss and things like that. So

534
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Speaker 6: very happy and pleased with what he's done. And you know,

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Speaker 6: obviously Gunner is that next guy you've mentioned. He just

536
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Speaker 6: continues to get better weekend and week out, and then

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Speaker 6: jims him. He just makes his plays and he's got

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Speaker 6: a very bright future. And obviously he's been the best

539
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Speaker 6: returner in the league. And then you see him starting

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Speaker 6: to make more and more plays weekend and week out

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Speaker 6: in the passing game. And I think that's just he's

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Speaker 6: only going to get better. And I think he'd tell

543
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Speaker 6: you the exact same thing. But it's like all these rookies,

544
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Speaker 6: they're having success because of the way they work and

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Speaker 6: they're learning from some great vets.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, to your point about Jim, he leads the NFL

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Speaker 1: in all purpose yards and he now has the franchise

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Speaker 1: record for kick return yards in a year. He passed

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Speaker 1: Mark Maryanni with his performance in this game, and he's

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Speaker 1: done it in fifteen games. It's incredibly In a shout

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Speaker 1: out to Johnny Hecker, who is now eighth in NFL

552
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Speaker 1: history with punts inside the twenty.

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Speaker 4: He has three hundred and ninety eight in his career.

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Speaker 4: It's a lot of kicks. He's played a long time.

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Speaker 6: I don't know as a punter, is that you've played

556
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Speaker 6: a long time or what kind of teams you're on,

557
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Speaker 6: But that's a lot of kicks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he passed our guy Brett Kern for eighth ever

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Speaker 1: in that category. All Right, I just got through offense

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Speaker 1: and special teams. You've already referenced a couple of guys.

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Speaker 1: Keemon Hall, coach, you wasn't on this team a couple

562
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Speaker 1: of weeks ago. He had five tackles in the game.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned Jones who had a one and a half

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Speaker 1: sacks in the game, the man out of Havid coming

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Speaker 1: in there and getting a sack and a half, my

566
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Speaker 1: man Everett loved the New England pronunciation there. Jalen Harrol

567
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Speaker 1: also a sack in the game. Jahad Ward ties his

568
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Speaker 1: career high in a season with five sacks. All of

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Speaker 1: those guys deserve shoutouts. And then of course Big Jeff

570
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Speaker 1: continues to crush it. He had a couple of tackles

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Speaker 1: for loss in the game, including that safety tackle. And you, coach,

572
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Speaker 1: you lost Cedric Gray in this game. James william Senior

573
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Speaker 1: comes in and the beat goes on. Nine tackles in

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Speaker 1: a sack.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, all those names you mentioned that not everyone might

576
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Speaker 6: have known about. It's the game is about making the

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Speaker 6: most of your opportunities when you get an opportunity to play,

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Speaker 6: and all those people you mentioned, it's just a great opportunity.

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Speaker 6: It's a great example. And give the coaches credit for

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Speaker 6: you know, we bring guys in a couple of weeks

581
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Speaker 6: ago and you see the way they're playing. You know,

582
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Speaker 6: there's there's the ups and downs, there's the injuries, during

583
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Speaker 6: the season and you, hey, there's no excuses on Sunday,

584
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Speaker 6: but guys go out and play. And that's what's great.

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Speaker 6: And that leads me to James. It's he knew he

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Speaker 6: was gonna get this opportunity, and we talked about the

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Speaker 6: team meeting and I mentioned to him how excited I

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Speaker 6: was to see him play. And it's because you get

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Speaker 6: excited for guys like him because they work so hard

590
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Speaker 6: and then you can only play so many guys and

591
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Speaker 6: said has had a phenomenal season, him and Cody both

592
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Speaker 6: the linebacker position, and then James gets an opportunity and

593
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Speaker 6: he goes out and plays the way he does. You know,

594
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Speaker 6: he's been one of our core special players all year long.

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Speaker 6: But it's because of what this game means to him

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Speaker 6: and the way he works all the looks in the

597
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Speaker 6: look team he's given the offense all year long. I

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Speaker 6: couldn't be happier for him to go out and play

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Speaker 6: the way.

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Speaker 4: He did every week.

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Speaker 1: When we talk about the keys to the game and

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Speaker 1: the pregame show, coach, you always talk about third down

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Speaker 1: efficiency and the running game. Well, the Chiefs were one

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Speaker 1: for nine on third down. The Titans were nine for seventeen.

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Speaker 1: The Chiefs only ran for fifty one yards the Titans

606
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Speaker 1: ran for one sixty four. Just total dominance in those categories.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's the key to winning football games is be

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Speaker 6: great on third down. And obviously, as we've changed our

609
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Speaker 6: mindset here the past month about running the football and

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Speaker 6: stopping the run, you know, I think they feed off

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Speaker 6: each other offensively and defensively because you create a new

612
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Speaker 6: identity for your football team when you're physical upfront, and

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Speaker 6: it's the front seven stop and the run on defense,

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Speaker 6: and it's the entire offense. And I liked say entire

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Speaker 6: offense because give the receivers a ton of credit for

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Speaker 6: the way they block. Also, especially when teams know you're

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Speaker 6: going to run the ball, they're going to load the

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Speaker 6: box up and they got to go do their job.

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Speaker 6: But just look how physical the line's playing up front,

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Speaker 6: and look how the backs are running the ball. It's

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Speaker 6: if you go back five six games ago, it was different.

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Speaker 6: You see a completely different football team now up front,

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Speaker 6: especially offensively.

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Speaker 1: And time of possession thirty eighth one for the Titans,

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Speaker 1: twenty one fifty nine for the Chiefs. She had the

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Speaker 1: ball more than sixteen minutes than the Chiefs did in

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Speaker 1: the game. What coach, just very candidly, what does it

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Speaker 1: say that a two to twelve football team played like

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Speaker 1: that on site?

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Speaker 6: It says a lot about the character of our guys

631
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Speaker 6: and what the game means to them. And you know,

632
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Speaker 6: give the coaches a ton of credit also of just

633
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Speaker 6: you know, we we do it the way we do it.

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Speaker 6: And when I say that, the coaches coach and they

635
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Speaker 6: do it the right way. The players all I've bought in.

636
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 6: They work extremely hard weekend and week out. Nobody is

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Speaker 6: happy with the record, but that you still have a

638
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Speaker 6: job to do. And you know, you go out every

639
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 6: week and you have another opportunity, and you only have

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Speaker 6: seventeen of them, and so you've got to go out

641
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 6: there and make a name for yourself. And we as

642
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,840
Speaker 6: a team have got to show everybody what type of

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Speaker 6: team and what type of players. We have. So you've

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Speaker 6: got it. No one's going to feel sorry for you.

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Speaker 6: Daring the seed doesn't matter if it's a week one

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Speaker 6: with injuries things like that, things that happen could come up,

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Speaker 6: or you know, now we're getting into the last two

648
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Speaker 6: weeks the season. They don't worry about anything. Everyone's going

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Speaker 6: out there to win. But when you have great players,

650
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Speaker 6: great leadership, you know, great people in the organization, everybody's

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Speaker 6: sticking together, you get the results like we did yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Well, it says a lot about you, and it says

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Speaker 1: a lot about the culture of the team and how

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Speaker 1: together that they are. Coach teaching after a win. I

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Speaker 1: know that's your favorite thing to do after a win.

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Speaker 1: What are a few things you noticed in the game

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Speaker 1: that you still really want to focus on.

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Speaker 6: We've got too many penalties. We had twelve penalties before

659
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 6: eighty two yards yesterday. A lot of those are avoidable,

660
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 6: you know, in the kicking game, especially when you have

661
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 6: great field position and there's a penalty in the kicking game,

662
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 6: then you get set back. Those are you know, in

663
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 6: close games, things like that, they come to bite you.

664
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Speaker 6: And you know some you know, jumping off sides or

665
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 6: false start penalties. Offensively, those are all avoidable. So when

666
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 6: in the good in the close games, those are things

667
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 6: that make a difference. Unfortunately, you know, we were playing

668
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 6: the way we were Yesterda yesterday, so it didn't hurt

669
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 6: us as much as they do in really close games

670
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 6: because there might be that one possession now now you

671
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 6: have a third and long, you don't convert and you

672
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 6: don't go up two scores. Now the game's tied. Things

673
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 6: like that, so that that's the number one thing from

674
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 6: this game is really is the penalties.

675
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: Coach, Usually at the beginning of your remarks in a

676
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 1: press conference, you talk about health. Can you give us

677
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 1: an update on Marcus Harris.

678
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 6: I do not have one yet, with meeting earlier today

679
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 6: and everything the way the schedule is, uh, you know,

680
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 6: on when I say a shorter week that players are

681
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 6: coming in tomorrow versus Wednesday. I have not met with

682
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 6: Matt yet, so I don't have an update on anybody.

683
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 1: I know you care a lot about this kid. We

684
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: had him on the OTP last week. He has an

685
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 1: infectious personality and it's part of the game. But he's

686
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 1: had a really good rookie season.

687
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's unfortunate the way he went down there. Uh,

688
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 6: so we'll see what happens. It's just he did. He's

689
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 6: done such a nice job this entire year.

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00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 4: Uh.

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00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 6: And you know, give give Tony a ton of credit

692
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 6: for develop him and help him and him grow as

693
00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 6: a player. It didn't matter if he started as a

694
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 6: corner outside gets moved into nickel obviously does a great job.

695
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 6: Then it's bumped back outside. I think it's bumped back inside.

696
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 6: It's the position flexibility. But I think for his future

697
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 6: in his career, his experience of both playing inside and outside. Uh,

698
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 6: and it changed from week to week, series to series,

699
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 6: it's really going to help him moving forward in his career.

700
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 6: But you just it's like I've been saying it all

701
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 6: year long, this rookie class is special the way they

702
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 6: work and the way they've improved. So give the coaches

703
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,880
Speaker 6: also a lot of credit for helping these players develop.

704
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: Let's switch our attention to the Saints coach. They're hot,

705
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 1: and I know the records five and ten, but they've

706
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 1: won three straight games. They've won four of their last

707
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: six and one at the Panthers, one at the Bucks,

708
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 1: beat the Panthers again, and are coming off a twenty

709
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: nine to six win against the New York Jets. There's

710
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: another team that is a young football team that's developing

711
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: and getting better. Tell us about the challenge this week.

712
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 6: Well, you know, I haven't watched anything, to be honest,

713
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 6: we haven't watched any film yet because of our you know,

714
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 6: it's early and we're just getting ready to get going.

715
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 6: But it's it's a great example, very similar hours when

716
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 6: you just keep going, you keep working, you keep plugging along.

717
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 6: It's the first year for these guys in New Orleans

718
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 6: in a system with a good coaching staff, of them

719
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 6: kind of learning a little bit about each other. They've

720
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 6: had some they've had a quarterback change, you know, late

721
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 6: in the season, and now you see that paying off

722
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 6: for them with a young player playing also, but just

723
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 6: by you know, the record the past month of the season,

724
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 6: obviously they're doing things the right way. They've all bought in.

725
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 6: So we've got to go out there this weekend and

726
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 6: play our best game and build off what we've been

727
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 6: doing the past couple weeks.

728
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,920
Speaker 1: Also, I've really been impressed by how you've made a

729
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: few tweaks to the schedule to get better performance out

730
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: of your team.

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00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,280
Speaker 4: Any tweaks this week with it being Christmas.

732
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, it was an easy decision a couple of weeks

733
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 6: ago and Kevin and I kind of sat down and

734
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 6: outlined the schedule moving forward for the next couple of weeks.

735
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 6: We got to this week and it was easy to say, Okay, hey,

736
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 6: let's let the players be off on Christmas, and we

737
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 6: actually talked to the to the captains about it also,

738
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 6: and they had a huge smile on their face, so

739
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 6: I knew we were doing the right thing. But I

740
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 6: think with the type of players and the way these

741
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:52,959
Speaker 6: players have worked, I've got no question in my mind

742
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 6: that they'll be focused and be ready to roll with

743
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 6: the way the schedule is going to be. So we'll

744
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,800
Speaker 6: practice Tuesday and Wednesday, they'll be They'll be out of

745
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 6: here mid afternoon Wednesday afternoon to spend Christmas Eve and

746
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 6: Christmas with their families. As everybody knows, I'm a big

747
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 6: family guy, and with my kids being twenty six and

748
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 6: twenty three now, I remember the days my kids were

749
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 6: young and they grow up fast. So it's a great

750
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 6: opportunity not just for the coaches and players, but everybody

751
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 6: in the organization to get away and enjoy time with

752
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 6: their family. Because it's special to be able to sit

753
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 6: with your kids. You know, certain families have kids in

754
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 6: from college, things like that. So the extra X number hours,

755
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 6: it's amazing, and how happy people are when they found

756
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,439
Speaker 6: out this schedule. It's just because they get to spend

757
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 6: it with their kids and their families and that's what

758
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 6: life's all about.

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00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 4: Amen to that. Merry Christmas to you.

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Speaker 6: Merry Christmas to you and all of our fans out there. Everyone,

761
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 6: have a great Christmas, enjoy your families, and let's go

762
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 6: get another win. This week.

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Speaker 4: I'm Taylor Zarzer. This has been the OTP