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Speaker 1: Welcome into Ravens Press Pass. Today we'll hear from head

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Speaker 1: coach John Harball during his Monday press conference following the

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Speaker 1: Ravens twenty seven to twenty four victory or the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 2: Here's Harps.

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Speaker 3: Okay, good to see everybody, appreciate you coming out a

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Speaker 3: lot of great things this weekend. One of the things

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Speaker 3: happened today was community relations. Had some service events around

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Speaker 3: town for kids and for young women that were great.

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Speaker 3: I know because my wife is a part of it

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Speaker 3: and I was just talking to her about it. So

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Speaker 3: had tons of volunteers from the Ravens players, significant others, moms,

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Speaker 3: family members. So it's just neat to see that in

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Speaker 3: the community and really proud of that. Also proud of

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Speaker 3: the victory yesterday, obviously, that was another thing to be

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Speaker 3: proud of. So happy with the way we played. Go

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Speaker 3: back and study the tape. A lot of great things,

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Speaker 3: so many great things that led to a victory in

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Speaker 3: a hostile environment against the division rival, a very good

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Speaker 3: football team. But also things that we can work on.

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Speaker 3: So many things that we can get better at and

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Speaker 3: work on that we'll go to work on this week

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Speaker 3: to try to get pointed toward next week, which will

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Speaker 3: be a bigger challenge because as you go along in

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Speaker 3: the season, everybody gets better, so you've got to keep

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Speaker 3: getting better just to stay the same, and then you've

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Speaker 3: got to outpace your opponents in terms of improvement. So

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Speaker 3: that's what we'll be working on doing this week. What

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Speaker 3: question do you have, John?

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Speaker 4: I think after gave a little bit about the offensive line,

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Speaker 4: why do you think we were so effective up front?

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Speaker 2: And what led to a little while Morgan Moses being

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Speaker 2: that left art to what Morgan Moses I think was

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Speaker 2: that court wasn't he for bringing Harrietta?

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Speaker 3: Well, we had different formations, unbalanced formations that that we

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Speaker 3: were in. So as one of our formations, you know,

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Speaker 3: the guys were in different spots. You saw Daniel Fileley

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Speaker 3: got out there for a little bit, so those are

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Speaker 3: all good things. Daniels at tight end at one point

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Speaker 3: did real nice job. So yeah, that's just part of

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Speaker 3: it formationally, you know, because a lot of people thinking okay,

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Speaker 3: two star is not going to be part of the

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Speaker 3: audits line, why do you think that group was was

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Speaker 3: so effective? I do think the guys played well, you know,

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Speaker 3: and we'd we'd you know, they people concerned about stuff,

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Speaker 3: and I understand it. And but we've kind of maintained

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Speaker 3: all one that those guys would come in and play well,

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Speaker 3: and they did so. Sam Mustfard deserves you know a

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Speaker 3: lot of credit, a ton of credit. Played so well

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Speaker 3: and uh just really just kept it going, you know,

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Speaker 3: and at a high level. Obviously, Pat you know, he's

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Speaker 3: done that so many times before, so nobody should be

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Speaker 3: surprised by that. H So that's that's what those guys did.

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Speaker 3: And then Morgan really had a good game. I think

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Speaker 3: he really had one of his best games. You know,

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Speaker 3: he really had some big blocks for us. Kevin's was

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Speaker 3: his usual uh, you know, excellent playing self. So just

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Speaker 3: just really John Simpson had had a great game, a

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Speaker 3: great weekend. I don't know if he made the announcement yet,

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Speaker 3: but he had a real positive family thing. Did he

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Speaker 3: make his announcement, I didn't. I don't wanna speak for

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Speaker 3: him or his family. You know, it's out okay good.

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Speaker 3: So he had a baby, he had his his wife

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Speaker 3: had a baby there first, their son seven pounds nine ounces,

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Speaker 3: and uh he uh I it was just really wonderful. So, uh,

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Speaker 3: his his son got a game ball on the plane

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Speaker 3: after the game, so he how I'm gonna carry?

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Speaker 2: Was there talk this summer about him getting involved in

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Speaker 2: that left guard job of competition?

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Speaker 4: Or do you tell him or you talk to him

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Speaker 4: and say we love you because in your ability to

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Speaker 4: play everywhere, but that could also mean you don't play

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Speaker 4: anywhere if everybody else is healthy.

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Speaker 3: And how how did that come about with him this summer?

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Speaker 2: I know you've talked to him about him before and

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Speaker 2: the events just kind of feeling what would you say

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yeah, well you know that you know

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Speaker 3: the history of it. So it's a very good question.

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Speaker 3: That's exactly. It's you know, it's kind of conversation we've

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Speaker 3: had with Pat and in terms of his versatility, probably

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Speaker 3: greatest blessing and probably for him somewhat of a curse,

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Speaker 3: you know, but but it ends up being the right

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Speaker 3: and the idea being that he could have he could

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Speaker 3: have played been the starting left guard for sure, and

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Speaker 3: that was kind of the plan if if, if, if

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Speaker 3: because now it allows us to have Pat you know,

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Speaker 3: he backs up really both tackle spots. Of course Daniel

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Speaker 3: be your center if you needed to do that and

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Speaker 3: didn't get as many reps in training camp at center,

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Speaker 3: so you know that was something that he would you know,

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Speaker 3: we were working on that now in just in case.

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Speaker 3: She always working on all the just in cases. But

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Speaker 3: Sam gave us a backup center, So that just really

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Speaker 3: helped us in this game a lot. That whole scenario.

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Speaker 4: You look at the committee you guys made to the

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Speaker 4: wide receiver room this all season was yesterday kind of

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Speaker 4: the vision you had not just with the balance production

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Speaker 4: across the board, but even sustaining an drink to one

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Speaker 4: of your star wars and still being able to put

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Speaker 4: somebody else in there that can actually you know, do

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Speaker 4: a lot doing a wholestle game.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, for sure. I mean I think that's kind

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Speaker 3: of the first the opening salvo, so to speak. You know,

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Speaker 3: building in terms of just the depth of those guys.

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Speaker 3: I mean to see Nelson come in and make those

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Speaker 3: plays you talk about clutch plays in the game clutch

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Speaker 3: first downs and conversions. Boy he he made him the touchdown.

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Speaker 3: All those guys just played so well. You know, Rashan

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Speaker 3: Bateman didn't have a ton of catches, but he played well.

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Speaker 3: Ran Routes moved around different spots to your point. After

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Speaker 3: you know, we went down, you know our guy, and

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Speaker 3: and did really well. I had some good runs and

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Speaker 3: almost made a great catch in that third down play.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I think that's a big part of who

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Speaker 3: we are is at that wide receiver depth. Did you

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Speaker 3: get an explanation on the products that you'd be picked

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Speaker 3: up and from watching it on tape, I mean, did

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Speaker 3: you feel like that of the Palalt teachers said there. No,

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Speaker 3: that we got an explanation was that it was a

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Speaker 3: it was a low block, which is illegal by them,

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Speaker 3: but he got pushed into it by one of our guys,

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Speaker 3: and it was on tape a good it was the

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Speaker 3: right thing. They they correctly ruled that. So that was

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Speaker 3: on us all the way. We made numerous mistakes and

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Speaker 3: that was really poor coverage, you know, on our parts.

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Speaker 3: So we it's about us, and we were we were

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Speaker 3: with that. Can you talk about.

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Speaker 2: You know, often we've seen Lamar come to you on

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Speaker 2: unfour down situations wanting to keep the offense on the fuel.

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Speaker 5: We saw Mark Andrews is so in this game that

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Speaker 5: you've removed.

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Speaker 4: The offense and put the special teams in and.

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Speaker 3: You came the field.

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Speaker 1: Can you talk about where you have to make those

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Speaker 1: decisions and what leads you to your decision.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, uh, I didn't see Mark. I don't

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Speaker 3: know what what you know what we're talking about there.

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Speaker 3: I was down at the end by the twenty five

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Speaker 3: yard line. So but I'm sure you know, the guys,

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Speaker 3: the offensive guys always want to go for it. You

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Speaker 3: know they should. I mean, they have confidence, they want

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Speaker 3: to go make those plays. You know. That's what I

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Speaker 3: love about our guys. And my job is to make

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Speaker 3: the decision, you know, in terms of what's best for

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Speaker 3: I always go by what's our best chance to you know,

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Speaker 3: whether to get it or to get the points. You know,

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Speaker 3: it boils down to what's our best chance to get

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Speaker 3: the most points. And sometimes you take a chance, you know,

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Speaker 3: we kick the field goal from fifty nine yards. Who

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Speaker 3: does that? You know, very few teams do that, and

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Speaker 3: it's a chance you take a shot, and it's a

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Speaker 3: risk because you give them an opportunity to get the

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Speaker 3: ball midfield, which is what ended up happening. Our defense

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Speaker 3: stepped up, thankfully, and so you factor in your defense.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I have confidence in our defense to get

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Speaker 3: to stop. Also have confidence and talk to be probably

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Speaker 3: fifty to fifty plus on that. In my mind at

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Speaker 3: fifty nine yards, you know, I'm thinking he's gonna he's

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Speaker 3: gonna have a shot to make that, a real good

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Speaker 3: shot to make it, and those points were going to

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Speaker 3: be a premium. So we went forward tore That was

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Speaker 3: an aggressive move and it didn't work out, but our defense,

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Speaker 3: you know, had our back. So that's kind of all

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Speaker 3: those decisions to me that the points there were important.

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Speaker 3: I mean it was fourth and three and we we

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Speaker 3: wanted those points, you know, at that point in time

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Speaker 3: and you and you and you know Tuck's have a

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Speaker 3: great chance to make that kick. So that's what we did. John,

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Speaker 3: I know you're optimistic yesterday with any anything further on

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Speaker 3: O way or Yeah, We've got a lot more information

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Speaker 3: I'm just gonna keep that close to the vest though.

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Speaker 3: You know, right now, if there's any if I can

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Speaker 3: tell you this, if there's any long term issue, you know,

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Speaker 3: we'll let you know what it is. If it's gonna

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Speaker 3: not there yet with anybody. Uh, And when we get there,

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Speaker 3: we'll let you know. There's no way out.

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Speaker 5: How pleased were you with Al Clowney and the job?

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Speaker 4: Probably you didn't have.

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Speaker 5: A ton of defensive places.

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Speaker 3: Sure, Yeah, those guys really played well. I mean, I

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Speaker 3: mean h J. D. Clowney man, Wow, he played great.

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Speaker 3: He was he was he was disruptive. He was a

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Speaker 3: wrecking ball in there. And then a job to a

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Speaker 3: Jaba playing a really solid, sound, physical game. You know,

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Speaker 3: ran to the ball, was really good. Set in the edge,

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Speaker 3: he had good help get pet pressure, you know, good

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Speaker 3: bul rushes and was around the quarterback. So he's he's

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Speaker 3: just kind of getting better every week. And the Hofey

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Speaker 3: was playing good, but he had he had a you know,

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Speaker 3: he had the ankle spraying, so that was kind of tough.

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Speaker 3: But that's where we're at.

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Speaker 2: So you talking about this last night, but just efficiency

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Speaker 2: of mar which way operated, things seemed to flow smoother

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Speaker 2: out of the hollow, faster players, et cetera.

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Speaker 3: How much of the point of that is was.

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Speaker 2: That one of the things you guys did you to

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Speaker 2: go from week one to that?

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Speaker 3: Sure, Brian, I mean, yeah, the operation we call it,

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Speaker 3: you know, I guess that's an appropriate term. But it

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Speaker 3: goes from the press box, through the sideline to Lamar,

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Speaker 3: through the whole offense, and back again to Lamar. You know,

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Speaker 3: there's there's there's a lot of moving parts with that,

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Speaker 3: and it's really about communication, you know, and doing it efficiently.

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Speaker 3: And we work on that really hard from day one

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Speaker 3: of OTAs because that's everything is based on that. And

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Speaker 3: we were kind of disappointed and how it went the

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Speaker 1: They had a tough assignment this weekend and came away

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Speaker 3: He really did as Really you got to be proud

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Speaker 3: These were I mean kind of ball. I mean, if

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Speaker 3: but I just don't want to put it out there

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Speaker 3: not going to go on? Ir right? Thanks for asking,

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Speaker 5: Else, did you take a chance to celebrate the Ools

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Speaker 5: Does that complicate preparations for this team or you.

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Speaker 2: Pologize, but I think it's the fastest and Morris got

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Speaker 3: I know some of that is attributable to the game

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