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Speaker 2: I ran the whole way, Mike Good, there's a saying

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Speaker 2: that defense wins championships. Your team had six sects of

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Speaker 2: Justin Herbert and pretty much made his life miserable. How

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Speaker 2: well did you think they played well?

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Speaker 3: I thought they played extremely well. I thought they were

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Speaker 3: committed to stop on the run. I thought they were

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Speaker 3: you know, the sudden change was was critical.

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Speaker 1: It was a very good defense that we were playing.

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Speaker 3: And you know, we turned the ball over far too

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Speaker 3: many times. But what our defense was able to do

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Speaker 3: early in that game in the red zone, inside the

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Speaker 3: five yard liner, inside the nine yard line, was I

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Speaker 3: think really set the tone for them for the rest

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Speaker 1: And you know, it could have been better. You know,

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Speaker 1: he had a lot of scrambles and.

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Speaker 3: We knew that, and again trying to rush and trying

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Speaker 3: to you know, make sure that those scramble lanes aren't there.

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Speaker 3: Secondary did a fantastic job with the play extensions and

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Speaker 3: making sure that you know, those plays didn't get loose,

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Speaker 3: and they're just really proud of everybody.

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Speaker 1: Mike.

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Speaker 4: How probably were you to see the effort and the

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Speaker 4: finish towards the end of your defense. Obviously they could

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Speaker 4: smell blood.

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Speaker 1: Milt Williams doing what he does to finish it off.

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Speaker 1: And speaking of blood, house your lip and what that like.

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Speaker 3: Well, we talked to him about being willing to spill

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Speaker 3: out in January, and I think Milt took that to

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Speaker 3: where he finished the game. And he came over and

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Speaker 3: you know, got me pretty good.

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Speaker 1: But you know that's what happens.

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Speaker 5: Mike, congrats on the wind. Wonder what you thought of

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Speaker 5: Drake May's performance tonight.

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Speaker 1: Looked like he had a slower start but finished very well. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean again, you know, we got to take care

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Speaker 3: of football. I thought he came through when we needed him.

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Speaker 3: You know, the tip pass is something that you know,

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Speaker 3: it was unfortunate that turned into an interception, but the

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Speaker 3: was elite.

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Speaker 4: Coach talk about Zach Krr Obviously defense plays unbelievable tonight,

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Speaker 4: but he stepped in this season. Everything that happened with

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Speaker 4: the coach, he's done a remarkable job. He really has

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Speaker 4: talk about his you know, the game he called tonight

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Speaker 1: Well, I would tell you that.

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Speaker 3: This means a lot to him. These players mean a

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Speaker 3: lot to them. I think that they want to do

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Speaker 3: put a lot into it. And you know, I'm proud

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Speaker 3: of Zach for for not only the performance, you know,

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Speaker 3: goes into it. And he's earned every bit of recognition

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Speaker 3: that he's getting and should get. And again it takes everybody.

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Speaker 3: There's a great communication from upstairs getting it to the players.

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Speaker 3: Uh and they you know, certainly respond and you know

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Speaker 3: Zach was able to change up some calls there at

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Speaker 5: And my congrats on the wind on third down. You

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Speaker 5: guys were one of ten defensively one of three on

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Speaker 4: Was that a.

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Speaker 5: Specific point of emphasis during the week And how much

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Speaker 1: A lot?

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Speaker 3: And I think they probably got tired of hearing me

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Speaker 5: Mike, was there a particular aspect of their defensive performance

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Speaker 1: Was it stopping the run? How you're able to pursue Herbert?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think the stop early helped, you know, I

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Speaker 1: But you know, being able to stop the run.

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Speaker 1: You know, we caught some turnovers.

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Speaker 3: We hit the quarterback and you know, one time it

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Speaker 3: time that very easily, you know, could be our football.

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Speaker 3: So just the effort and everybody played and everybody contributed,

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Speaker 1: Hi, Mike, Hey, So congrats on the win. I was

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Speaker 1: just curious about the run game tonight and what you

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Speaker 1: saw from Ramandre, Trayvon and Drake as well, specifically with

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Speaker 1: can't remember the exact number, but that big scrambles long enough. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I thought that it was. It was good enough. I

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Speaker 3: We were close on a few and uh, you know,

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Speaker 3: anytime that you can finish the ball, finish the game,

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Speaker 3: running the football against the Chargers and the defense like that,

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Speaker 3: I think it's very positive. So certainly we weren't one dimensional.

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Speaker 3: We were able to run the football, We were able

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Speaker 3: to get some yards on first down. You know, I

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Speaker 3: Drake obviously, if he gets the looks that that are advantageous,

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Speaker 1: Locker rooms opened two final questions Andrew Callahan and Theofi, Chad.

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Speaker 5: And Mike the way the game declared, when did you

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Speaker 3: Uh, probably, you know, or you know, I think after

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Speaker 3: completion to Hunter and being a you know, putting.

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Speaker 1: Us up a couple of scores. And I thought that

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Speaker 1: that was a critical sequence. I thought it was a

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Speaker 1: great drive. We were into drives.

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Speaker 3: We talked all week about fighting to get the first

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Speaker 3: first down, and then we stalled and so it was like, Okay,

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Speaker 3: you guys were getting the first first down. Now we

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Speaker 3: have to fight to finish the drive and and do that,

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Speaker 3: and that drive we certainly did.

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Speaker 1: Mike. Then the defense, it certainly feels like you're a

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Speaker 1: special team to give you at least to keep you

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Speaker 1: in the game for a pretty long period of time.

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Speaker 1: I do feel about their performance then.

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Speaker 3: I thought it was solid and we didn't have a

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Speaker 3: lot of opportunities. I thought Marcus handled the punts extremely well.

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Speaker 3: I thought the you know, the decision to get you know,

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Speaker 3: let the ball bounce and get a touch back, those

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Speaker 3: are you know, big decisions that we trust Marcus in

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Speaker 3: that we covered kickoffs, and you know, I thought it

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Speaker 3: was a very clean game from from our special teams perspective. So,

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Speaker 3: you know, they set the table for everything that we

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys,