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Speaker 1: Good morning, Bill Belichick. I hope you had a nice Christmas?

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Speaker 1: How are you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Good morning? Heavy holidays everyone.

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Speaker 1: Yep, Uh, very very odd games, uh, Sunday night in Denver,

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Speaker 1: horrible start with the the fumble by Zappi, a phenomenal

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Speaker 1: stand by the defense, the Ryland performance, and then and

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Speaker 1: then in the end you're able to pull out the

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Speaker 1: win with a fifty eight yard field goal from Chad Ryland.

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Speaker 1: How was the flight back following that kind of a

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Speaker 1: performance heading into Christmas morning? Good?

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Speaker 2: Good? I think you know, we had some guys really

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Speaker 2: play a lot of football, and I just left everything

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Speaker 2: on the field. It was pretty impressive, the you know,

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Speaker 2: the effort that they put out there, and uh, I

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Speaker 2: think there's a lot of a lot of tired people

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Speaker 2: on the flight, but very satisfying to you to come

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Speaker 2: out of there with a wind, tough place to play,

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Speaker 2: and I just said, you know, overcame some you know,

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Speaker 2: kind of a slow start there, but our defensive made

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Speaker 2: some you know, a couple of big series there and

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Speaker 2: you know kept them off the board and then we

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Speaker 2: were able to battle back. They believe the game went

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Speaker 2: back and forth and it is important, you know, wild

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Speaker 2: fourth quarter but you know, very very satisfying to win.

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Speaker 2: But guys put a lot into it, and I think

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Speaker 2: they were pretty pretty worn out after the game, which

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Speaker 2: that's a good thing.

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Speaker 1: Bill Sean Payton told the broadcast crew on NFL Network

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Speaker 1: that he wanted it to be clear on film on

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Speaker 1: Monday which of the two teams competing Sunday Night had

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Speaker 1: something to play for. What does it say about your

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Speaker 1: program that you had the guys ready to go to

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Speaker 1: meet or exceed their energy and dedication to that win,

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Speaker 1: especially on the road in Denver.

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Speaker 2: No, I don't know that. Look, our guys have been

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Speaker 2: pretty consistent every every day, every week coming in preparing,

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Speaker 2: you know, getting ready to go, trying to improve, trying

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Speaker 2: to get ready for the next challenge. So was another

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Speaker 2: you know week of that. And uh, you know a

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Speaker 2: lot of these games have come down to the final

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Speaker 2: possession and and you know, this one went our way.

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Speaker 2: So it was great.

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Speaker 3: Bill Bailey's appy continues to kind of get better with

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Speaker 3: each start as he stacks more and more starts together.

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Speaker 3: In particular, I felt like he was really effective pushing

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Speaker 3: the ball down the field for you guys, who was

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Speaker 3: like five of six on passes over twenty yards in

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Speaker 3: the game. What have you seen from Bailey through his

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Speaker 3: four starts so far and his kind of evolution as

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, the quarterback position, you know, most

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Speaker 2: important thing is ball security and you know, protecting the team.

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Speaker 2: And you know I turned the ball over and so

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Speaker 2: that's that's definitely gotten better, you know for him. And

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Speaker 2: then uh, you know, he's made some some key plays

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Speaker 2: on third down and as you said, made a couple

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Speaker 2: explosive plays on you know, balls down the field to

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Speaker 2: two different receivers to Parker too. Uh you know Pharaoh

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Speaker 2: on the steam route too. You know, it's a rigger, so.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: And then you know, he had a couple of plays

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Speaker 2: the you know, like that throws the zeke one we

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Speaker 2: missed out in the flat and then the other one. Uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, they he got out there to him in

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Speaker 2: time where he was able to you know, break a

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Speaker 2: extended play scramble that he he hit mic on for

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Speaker 2: a touchdown. So, you know, continuing to improve and and

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Speaker 2: uh kind of thought he did a good job in

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh and Denver handling the crowd noise and you know,

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Speaker 2: the operation at the line of scrimmatch pretty pretty cleanly.

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Speaker 2: We didn't have you know, very many you know, mental

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Speaker 2: that kind of thing. But as far as just getting

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Speaker 2: to get in the place, call right, run right, block right,

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Speaker 2: you know he did. He did a good job on that.

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Speaker 2: And you know, Denver had several different looks that we

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Speaker 2: So you know, it was a team that we saw

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Speaker 2: multiple defensive configurations out of, you know, more more than

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Speaker 2: But I did a good job with that. So they're

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Speaker 1: Bill Zeke Elliott complimented Bailey Zappi's presence and running of

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Speaker 1: the of the offense, saying that, you know, he's really

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Speaker 1: taken control of a huddle. Have you seen his his

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Speaker 2: Oh sure, yeah, yeah, good, so accurate.

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Speaker 3: Uh, Coach Bill you saw the defense was able to

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Speaker 3: sack Russell Wilson five times in the game, three of

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Speaker 3: which came from Christian Barmore, who felt like he was

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Speaker 3: all over the place in that game. He was tremendous.

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Speaker 3: What did you see from him that made him so

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Speaker 2: Well, he's had a good you know, he's had a

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Speaker 2: good year. I mean, it was an explosive player's long.

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Speaker 2: He's guy got a good power and and he's got

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Speaker 2: a good initial quickness. Uh you so, a couple of

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Speaker 2: and used his power there. But you know, it's it's

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Speaker 2: really hard to sack Wilson. He's a pretty elusive guy.

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Speaker 2: And uh so, being able to finish on the quarterback was,

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Speaker 2: you know, was really really good. You know, Christian, it's

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Speaker 2: especially a guy like him or you know last week

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Speaker 2: hard to get. So you know, he's gonna he's done

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Speaker 2: a good job on that. It's of course you get

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Speaker 2: more pass rush opportunities when you're you know, playing from

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately they got back in the game and you know

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Speaker 2: it came down to the wire. But just as far

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Speaker 2: ahead in the second half and than not.

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Speaker 1: Bill. This week's Diesel Direct Player of the Game is

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Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott and I I I noted him earlier in

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Speaker 1: comments about Bailey Zappi. You obviously have the touchdown catch,

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Speaker 1: but just overall, everything about what he's brought to this

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Speaker 1: organization appears to be a positive in terms of leadership.

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Speaker 1: He's played hard, even in games where you might have

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Speaker 1: been out of it on the scoreboard. He seems to

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't say they've been too many games with Ben

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Speaker 2: out of there on the scoreboard, but he's done a

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Speaker 2: good job for us. You know, he's he's very professional,

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Speaker 2: you know, obviously has a lot of experience and you know,

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Speaker 2: other than a couple of ball security issues, you know,

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Speaker 2: he's given us a really you know, a solid level

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Speaker 2: it's durability and dependability had been good. You know, when

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Speaker 2: Armandre got hurt, you know, his carry that takes up

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Speaker 2: and playtime has picked up, and he's certainly been able

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Speaker 2: I thought last night, or not last night, but Sunday night,

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Speaker 2: you know, Kevin stepped in there and and it did

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Speaker 2: a good job for us too. So it's good to

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Speaker 2: have that to that position. He seems like you all

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Speaker 2: are going to need it.

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Speaker 1: Over the weekend, I saw the owner of the Jets

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Speaker 1: publicly state that Robert Sala and his general manager will

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Speaker 1: be returning in their positions next season. The silence remains

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Speaker 1: deafening from your boss, did you is that something that

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Speaker 1: you would covet And have you felt any support privately

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Speaker 1: that maybe we haven't seen publicly regarding your job and

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Speaker 1: future as the head coach of the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't really know anything about the Jets situation.

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Speaker 2: That's about that. So yeah, try to get ready for

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Speaker 2: Buffalo here, go back over the Denver game, compressions on

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Speaker 2: that and you know, talk about things we could have

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Speaker 2: done better, things we need to build on, and then

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Speaker 2: move on to Buffalo. That's what I'm doing.

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Speaker 1: I understand that, And I don't expect you to speak

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Speaker 1: about the Jets specifically, however, I just considering what you've

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Speaker 1: accomplished here and what's been publicly floated about your future,

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Speaker 1: you have no desire for the owner of the team

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Speaker 1: to publicly endorse you to return as the head coach

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Speaker 1: next season. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: My job is to get the team ready to play

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Speaker 2: every week. That's what I do. So that's what I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna keep doing. That's what I've always done.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, Bill, thank you very much for your

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Speaker 1: time today. I hope you had a as I said,

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Speaker 1: a lovely Christmas, and good luck this week and against

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Speaker 1: the Bills.

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Speaker 2: That's wishes all the listeners for ABBY Holiday