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Speaker 1: Welcome to this week fourteen, Wednesday edition of the From

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Speaker 1: the Podium podcast. I'm Gabe Klea the Browns. We're back

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Speaker 1: to work at the Cross Country Mortgage Campus in Maria

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Speaker 1: today beginning preparations to travel to Pittsburgh this coming Sunday

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Speaker 1: to take on the Steelers. On this episode, you'll hear

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Speaker 1: from head coach Kevin Stefanski, running back Nick Chubb, wide

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Speaker 1: receiver Elijah Moore, and linebacker Jordan Hicks leading us off

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Speaker 1: today as head coach Kevin Stefanski, who previewed the Steelers

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Speaker 1: for the second time in three weeks.

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Speaker 2: Obviously short week going into Pittsburgh. Just played these guys

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Speaker 2: a couple weeks ago, so that's the unique piece of

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Speaker 2: this for both teams. So division team that we know well,

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Speaker 2: they know us well, and having just played them, it

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Speaker 2: won't be the same. You don't pick up where you

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Speaker 2: left off. There's going to be adjustments that they make,

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Speaker 2: Adjustments that we make those guys that will play in

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Speaker 2: this game that weren't available previously and vice versa. So

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Speaker 2: we have to really go to school on them again,

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Speaker 2: good week of practice and then go on the road

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Speaker 2: and try to find a way to win both that.

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Speaker 2: I'll take any questions.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Kevin, I saw that said was on the not

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Speaker 3: practice list. Is there a chance he practices and plays

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Speaker 3: this week still?

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Speaker 2: You know, I'd say there's a chance, yes.

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Speaker 3: And then Michael Woods played for him, got a lot

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Speaker 3: of reps the other night, I think, his first time

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Speaker 3: playing since the Achilles What did you see out of him?

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Speaker 2: Well, Mike's a guy that we've always trusted. He's played

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Speaker 2: for us in games before and performed well. He's been

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Speaker 2: unfortunately unlucky with some injuries over the course of his career,

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Speaker 2: but as healthy knows what to do, we move him

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Speaker 2: around in different spots. Has a good rapport with Jamis,

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Speaker 2: with them having had a lot of reps together throughout

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Speaker 2: the spring and summer. But I thought he did a

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Speaker 2: nice job in that game. Did his job, ran they're out,

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Speaker 2: caught the ball when it came to him.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Kevin.

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Speaker 5: One of those players who might be in this game

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Speaker 5: How good is he and what kind of an impact

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Speaker 5: do you think he would make?

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Speaker 2: Outstanding? Having gone against him a bunch of these years,

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Speaker 2: he's terrific as a pass rusher, plays the run hard,

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Speaker 2: great effort, So we have our work cut out for

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Speaker 2: us for sure.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Kevin, what is it about Pittsburgh with Mike Tomlin

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Speaker 6: that they can just play so many varieties and styles

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Speaker 6: of football from the low scoring, grinded out in the

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Speaker 6: fourth quarter type of games too, they can you know,

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Speaker 6: win shootouts as well well.

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Speaker 2: I think the big thing with the Steelers certainly this

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Speaker 2: season is they're doing a great job of taking care

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Speaker 2: of the ball on offense and taking it away on defense.

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Speaker 2: I believe they're plus fifteen this season, and that allows

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Speaker 2: you to be in position to win a lot of

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Speaker 2: games in the fourth quarter. So I think that's the

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Speaker 2: biggest piece of it. And then it's the NFL. You're

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Speaker 2: going to be in a variety of different games. There

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Speaker 2: are gonna be the high scoring games, they're gonna be

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Speaker 2: the low scoring games. And setting yourself up with that

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Speaker 2: turn of a margin I think is most important.

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Speaker 6: And I know you mentioned that, you know, with different

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Speaker 6: Wilson and what you saw from him in that game

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Speaker 6: a week and a half ago. I know the second

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Speaker 6: half was a snowbowl, but just what can you take

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Speaker 6: away maybe from the first half as you prepare to

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Speaker 6: defend him and that offense in this game.

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Speaker 2: Obviously a great player, they're they're utilizing him in a

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Speaker 2: great deep ball, He gets a ball out of his

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Speaker 2: to rush him really well and stay in lane with

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Speaker 7: Hey, Kevin, I'll start with my question before I get

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Speaker 7: to Chris's. I just want to ask about George Pickens

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Speaker 7: and obviously what you guys saw from him a couple

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Speaker 7: Plus obviously he can be an emotional player and a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, having faced him a bunch of times now last

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Speaker 2: you mentioned, he's a contested catch player where he's always open.

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Speaker 2: The quarterback always feels like he's open. He can throw

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Speaker 2: this off this offense this season. So he's a very

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Speaker 2: big challenge. You have to understand where he is at

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Speaker 7: And then what about her big and just what you

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Speaker 7: obviously he made a really nice play last week against

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Speaker 7: the Bengals. So how dangerous can he be?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a very good player. He's we understand his talent.

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Speaker 2: Another guy that has unique ability to rush the passer,

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Speaker 2: then plays with tremendous effort.

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Speaker 6: Hey, Kevin, you mentioned the pass protection yesterday.

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Speaker 3: What do you think has been the key to that

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Speaker 3: being improved over the last few weeks.

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Speaker 2: I really think, Jeff, it's a bunch of things. I

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Speaker 2: don't think it's ever one thing. When you're talking about

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Speaker 2: pass protection, it really encompasses so many things. What are

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Speaker 2: Hold the ball, take two hitches and throw it down

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Speaker 2: the field? Is it quick game? Is it five step?

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Speaker 2: How many guys you're keeping in protection? Are you helping

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Speaker 2: via chips, how are the receivers getting open? So it

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Speaker 2: is just it's so involved, and then the quarterback's doing

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Speaker 2: a good job making decisions and being where they're supposed

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Speaker 2: to be in the pocket. I think is key. Obviously

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Speaker 2: we talked about the other night. You know you drop

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Speaker 2: I think everybody kind of worked in concert, and that's

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Speaker 8: Hey, Kevin, a couple questions about Jerry the other night

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Speaker 8: you mentioned and you pointed his intelligence, as you know,

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Speaker 8: while he's able to play in so many different spots

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Speaker 8: for you guys, I guess what goes into that. For

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Speaker 2: It can be difficult. I would tell you, first of all,

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Speaker 2: thinking about adding him, calling some of his former coaches

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Speaker 2: and they talked about how intelligent he was and how

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Speaker 2: different words that these guys have to get used to

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Speaker 2: and it's a challenge. And sometimes you're playing the exposition.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes you're the F, sometimes.

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Speaker 2: You have to know what you are when you enter

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Speaker 2: that's involved. So it's very, very involved. I give Jerry

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Speaker 2: But when you're talking about being a player that's going

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Speaker 8: And then for you and Ken, as you know play designers,

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Speaker 8: how does that help that your number one receiver is

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Speaker 8: a guy that you can kind of put anywhere, the

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Speaker 8: guy that's going to get a bunch of targets. How

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Speaker 2: I think it just speaks to versatility. Honestly, I think

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Speaker 2: there are some guys that are best if you leave

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Speaker 2: them at their position. Sometimes it's they leave them on

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Speaker 2: you have a player with versatility, it does allow you

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Speaker 2: to get on the board and say, hey, we could

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Speaker 2: move him over here. So it does give you as

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Speaker 2: a play designer, gives Ken the ability to move him around.

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Speaker 9: For sure.

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Speaker 10: We haven't had much interaction with Roy is span, so

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Speaker 10: I wanted to ask you if what we saw in

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Speaker 10: Hard Knocks was a typical meeting or was that staged

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Speaker 10: up in front of the cameras. There are a lot

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Speaker 10: of f bombs in there addressing his position. Not a

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Speaker 2: Well, first of all, as it relates to Harden, nothing staged.

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Speaker 2: I think we're just you're coaching and what they pick

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Speaker 2: up they pick up, and that's you know, Roy does

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Speaker 2: a great job in our meetings, and each one of

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Speaker 2: our coaches has a different area that they present to

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Speaker 2: the players, and sometimes you get excitable, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Kevin, just wondering teams, like I heard Mike Tomlins say

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Speaker 5: Miles Garrett. It seems like some teams, no matter what

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Speaker 5: to commit all these resources to him, can they most

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Speaker 2: Well, I don't want to get to the bottom of

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Speaker 2: it here. Well, I would tell you everybody with a

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Speaker 2: player of Miles's caliber, everybody has a plan for him

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Speaker 2: per se, and it can come in a variety of

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Speaker 2: different things. That can Sometimes teams like to run at

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Speaker 2: a great player. Sometimes teams like to run away from

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Speaker 2: a great player. That can vary by how they view

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Speaker 2: the player. There's certain things you can do from a

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Speaker 2: up with what you believe in or what your philosophy

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Speaker 2: is on offense per se. So he's always going to

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Speaker 2: get attention from every team, but how they implement those

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Speaker 11: Coach Browns have not won a regular season game in

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Speaker 11: Pittsburgh since two thousand and three. Obviously they always have

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Speaker 11: a good team. Why is it so tough to play there?

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Speaker 2: I can't speak all the way back to then, Tom,

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Speaker 2: but I could just speak for having gone against them

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Speaker 2: that they're well coached, they have good players. You go

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Speaker 2: on the road, it's always a challenge in front of

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Speaker 2: opposing teams. Fan so we look forward to the challenge.

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Speaker 2: Just a fun part of this business is going on

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Speaker 11: And I don't want to get too d into the

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Speaker 11: weeds on this, but crossing patterns you see them more

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Speaker 11: and more, and you offensive guys are good at getting

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Speaker 11: particular to like MJ on Monday Night, you seem to

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Speaker 11: over the middle crosses. Is that tough for a young

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Speaker 11: just to try to avoid the traffic.

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Speaker 2: It's a good question, I think when you're playing man

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Speaker 2: coverage in particular, there's such a variety of crossing routes.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Kevin, how do you coach your guys to handle

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're so focused on us Scott. This is a

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Speaker 5: Nick, I know we asked you this when you face

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Speaker 14: Hey, Nick, I know Kevin said during the game on

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Speaker 13: I mean, where did he need to do? I'm ready

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Speaker 14: Is there any process of, you know, talking to the

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I do it.

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Speaker 9: I'm asked.

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Speaker 12: I don't. I don't.

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Speaker 10: I don't know if you watched Hard Knocks, but in it,

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Speaker 4: There's only seven of them available. Did you see it?

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Speaker 9: But that's fine.

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Speaker 12: He can buy Batmobi.

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Speaker 3: And when you watch go back and watch the run

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Speaker 3: When when you watch yourself, what if anything is missing

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Speaker 13: I think it's just Tom, you know, just not being

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Speaker 7: Nick, Obviously, there's so much familiarity between you guys and

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Speaker 13: I mean, it does have to be familiar. Just we

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Speaker 15: Hey, Nick, obviously you talk a lot about just how

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Speaker 9: I was looking too far ahead.

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Speaker 13: You know, we're going to focus on today and tomorrow

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Nick, you mentioned at the outset that you'd be

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Speaker 12: Of think about.

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Speaker 13: It's pretty much it just going back there and knowing

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Speaker 12: Again and move.

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Speaker 13: And I think more just the gratitude aspect of me

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Speaker 16: No, I feel really good. I feel really blessed to

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Speaker 16: Yeah, I mean, you know, we got his bat no

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Speaker 16: But like it's just, you know, we late in the

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Speaker 11: Hey, Elija back to Nick for a second. He was

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Speaker 11: You know, how grateful are you guys to know that

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Speaker 12: No, exactly.

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Speaker 12: You know, I think the city embraces him.

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Speaker 3: Elijah, when you talk about getting on tracked at this

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Speaker 3: point in the season, how big a role has Jamis

445
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Speaker 3: played in that? In the ability for him to find

446
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Speaker 3: you guys and give you chances.

447
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Speaker 12: A huge part.

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Speaker 16: You know, quarterback makes up a big part of the team,

449
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Speaker 16: you know, allowing everybody to play the role that they

450
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Speaker 16: need to play at the highest level. And then defense,

451
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Speaker 16: you know, hopefully stay up the fields can catch their breath.

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Speaker 12: And it make stops and they need to make stop.

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Speaker 16: So having a quarterback, and you know, it's just his

454
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Speaker 16: leadership as well has been great.

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Speaker 3: He took those pick six is really hard the other night.

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Speaker 3: How do you think he'll respond to that?

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Speaker 16: A positive guy, I don't putting them past him, And

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Speaker 16: then with also him being God fearing, I'm putting them

459
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Speaker 16: past him neither. So you know it's definitely I feel

460
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Speaker 16: like he's gonna respond.

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Speaker 5: Well, Yeah, Elijah, I saw that you had kind of

462
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Speaker 5: an emotional life changing event, I believe over the over

463
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Speaker 5: the weekend. If I was looking at that right maybe

464
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Speaker 5: on your Instagram, And I'm just wondering, is that something

465
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Speaker 5: that you know that you're willing to share his do

466
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Speaker 5: you have just a lot to be sort of happy

467
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Speaker 5: and grateful about right now.

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Speaker 16: Yes, man, definitely grateful about to have a baby. Is

469
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Speaker 16: that you know, babies is definitely a gift from God.

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Speaker 16: You know, so blessed to be an opportunity to have

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Speaker 16: to have that.

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Speaker 5: And did you get was it an engagement too or

473
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Speaker 5: was that just about the baby?

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Speaker 12: Yeah? It was. It was an engagement as well.

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Speaker 16: Okay, it's all on social media, so.

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Speaker 5: Lots of life changes for you at the same time.

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Speaker 5: And I mean, and then you go out and you

478
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Speaker 5: have this big one hundred yard of a home game.

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Speaker 5: I mean, was it all kind of wrapped up together

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Speaker 5: in a sort of a big weekend for you?

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Speaker 12: Yes, ma'am. It was definitely a positive and grateful weekend

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Speaker 12: for me.

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Speaker 10: Two quickies, Elijah. I didn't have a chance to ask

484
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Speaker 10: you after the game, but I saw quote from you

485
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Speaker 10: that you did you think you touched that defender who

486
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Speaker 10: picked six?

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Speaker 12: I thought I did, but when I look back, I didn't.

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Speaker 16: So I gotta do a better job of having awareness

489
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Speaker 16: can sure that as soon as I'm falling out of balance,

490
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Speaker 16: I do a great job of running back and touching him.

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Speaker 12: Okay.

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Speaker 10: The other question is I think this is your first

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Speaker 10: time with a team that's on hard knocks.

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Speaker 4: Did you watch? Will you watch?

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Speaker 12: If it's on social media and it crosses my phone? Probably?

496
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Speaker 12: But I'm not gonna go out my way to watch it.

497
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Speaker 12: I got other stuff I gotta focus on.

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Speaker 15: Hey, Elijah, this organization hasn't swept the Pittsburgh Steelers in

499
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Speaker 15: the season since nineteen eighty eight, So in a year

500
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Speaker 15: for you guys that hasn't obviously gone the way that

501
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Speaker 15: you hoped and some of these bigger goals are kind of,

502
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Speaker 15: you know, out of the equation. Now, just how much

503
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Speaker 15: is that a motivating factor for you guys? I know,

504
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Speaker 15: division games obviously care a little bit more wait for you,

505
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Speaker 15: and just what would it mean to you to beat

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Speaker 15: that team twice this year?

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Speaker 16: No, I mean everything you know divisional games is like,

508
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Speaker 16: you know, every single game is our playoff game, you know,

509
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Speaker 16: so just to be able to do that, especially since

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Speaker 16: you said since.

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Speaker 2: What year nineteen eighty eight, Yeah, we.

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Speaker 12: Gotta change that, you know, we got to break these changs.

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Speaker 1: Finally, linebacker Jordan Hicks discussed defending the Steelers strong rushing attack.

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Speaker 10: What kind of defensive call pairs you up against Marvin

515
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Speaker 10: mems and pass coverage.

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Speaker 17: At Tampa two. It was a variation of Tampa two.

517
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Speaker 17: I gotta run the middle of the field, so obviously

518
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Speaker 17: I gotta I got a no personnel and get get

519
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Speaker 17: myself deeper and situationally right. I know he has some burners,

520
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Speaker 17: but she's thirty thirty yards thirty yards down the field.

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Speaker 17: It was it was a lot So you know, to me,

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Speaker 17: it's a great It was a great pass. You know

523
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Speaker 17: obviously went it was inches from you know, Ward being

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Speaker 17: able to make a play on it.

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Speaker 9: But I gotta do better on that.

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Speaker 4: Is your assignment to cover him the length of the

527
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Speaker 4: field or it's not.

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Speaker 17: No, it's not like Manda man on him. No, that's

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Speaker 17: not That's not what it is. I have a I

530
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Speaker 17: have a deep zone, and you look around the league,

531
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Speaker 17: and every team in the NFL runs that that cover.

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Speaker 7: Hey, Jordan, I guess what's what's important when you're facing

533
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Speaker 7: a team for the second time in three weeks and

534
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Speaker 7: it's a divisional opponent where you guys already have a

535
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Speaker 7: bunch of familiarity with each other.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, one of the big things is, uh, you know,

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Speaker 17: going back and looking at what they had success on

538
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Speaker 17: going back and looking at, you know, what they might

539
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Speaker 17: be able to to try, you know, see how we

540
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Speaker 17: played them and try and anticipate how they're going to

541
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Speaker 17: make their adjustments. But a lot of it, you know,

542
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Speaker 17: at the end of the day comes down to us

543
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Speaker 17: in our execution. You know, this this game is is

544
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Speaker 17: really about you know, it's not necessarily about who you're

545
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Speaker 17: going against. Obviously they they run variations of different stuff.

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Speaker 17: But if you execute and use your rules right on defense,

547
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Speaker 17: usually good things happen. So for us, it's it's executing

548
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Speaker 17: at a high level and then trying to anticipate some

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Speaker 17: of those things.

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Speaker 7: And I know we asked you a little bit about

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Speaker 7: this this locker room and the vibes after the game

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Speaker 7: the other night, But when when the record is what

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Speaker 7: it is, like, I mean, how do you guys get

554
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Speaker 7: up as a group to still find that motivation even

555
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Speaker 7: though like the playoff picture is what it is and

556
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Speaker 7: the division race is what it is at this point.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean, honestly, if you can't get up for

558
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Speaker 17: an NFL football game right that, you're in the wrong business.

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Speaker 9: Uh.

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Speaker 17: At the end of the day, you know, this is

561
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Speaker 17: our job. We've We've chosen to to play this game

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Speaker 17: because we love it, you know. And and Sundays, whether

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Speaker 17: you're in the playoff race or you know out or

564
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Speaker 17: or have a small chance, right on Sunday, you get

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Speaker 17: that same you know, anticipation, kind of anxiousness before a game, right,

566
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Speaker 17: Like it's Sundays or Sundays, you just they all they

567
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Speaker 17: all feel the same. So you know, at the end

568
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Speaker 17: of the day, right, it's not necessarily about the external circumstances.

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Speaker 17: It has to be about loving the game and being

570
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Speaker 17: consistent in you know, who we are as players and

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Speaker 17: as people.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Jordan, I know you guys saw him a couple

573
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Speaker 3: of weeks ago, but just Russell, how he's fit with

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Speaker 3: that Steelers offense when he played you guys in just

575
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Speaker 3: in general, including that Cincinnati game, how have you seen

576
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Speaker 3: him fit in what they do?

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Speaker 17: Well? He's he's doing a great job, you know, taking

578
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Speaker 17: what defenses give, seeing it, taking care of the ball.

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Speaker 12: Uh.

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Speaker 17: You know, obviously Russ for a long time has been

581
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Speaker 17: dynamic in in his ability to use his legs as

582
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Speaker 17: well and extend plays. He's he's making all the throws right,

583
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Speaker 17: and he's he's seeing his matchups and he's taking the

584
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Speaker 17: ones he likes, and uh, you know they've got they've

585
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Speaker 17: got good playmakers over there. And you know, honestly, the

586
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Speaker 17: biggest thing that I see is is he's just making

587
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Speaker 17: really good decisions, not not turning the ball over, you know,

588
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Speaker 17: trying to trying to trying to take what what defenses

589
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Speaker 17: give him.

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Speaker 3: I haven't talked about how he's always been a great

591
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Speaker 3: deep ball thrower. Yes, you guys have struggle giving up

592
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Speaker 3: some deep play, as you mentioned the ninety three yard

593
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Speaker 3: of the other day. So how do you prevent his strength,

594
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Speaker 3: you know, from showing up again on Sunday?

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Speaker 17: Yeah, execution, right, I'm talking about that play right specifically,

596
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Speaker 17: if I if I'm deeper, you know, I think it

597
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Speaker 17: discourages to throw in the first place. So it's it's execution,

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Speaker 17: It's understanding personnel who they are, what they like to do.

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Speaker 9: And then you know, we got to make plays, right.

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Speaker 17: This is a this is a playmaking business that we're in.

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Speaker 9: Right.

602
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Speaker 17: If you make plays when your opportunity comes, right, that's

603
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Speaker 17: those are those are the teams that usually usually.

604
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Speaker 14: Win during kind of back on that that leadership topic.

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Speaker 14: This season, have you seen maybe some of the young

606
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Speaker 14: guys who are going through this adversity, who dealing with

607
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Speaker 14: the losses and having to rebound back. Have you seen

608
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Speaker 14: maybe any specific examples of growth or has anyone maybe

609
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Speaker 14: picked your brain about, you know, how to overcome that

610
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Speaker 14: being being young or being in a in a position

611
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Speaker 14: that they hadn't been in before.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, well I could.

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Speaker 17: I can say in my room, right, my mood has

614
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Speaker 17: done a great job just in terms of his growth,

615
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Speaker 17: his leadership, you know, having the green dot at times, right,

616
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Speaker 17: being able to make that progression into into a starting role.

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Speaker 9: He's done a he's done a great job.

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Speaker 17: And it's just you know, he's been a pros pro

619
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Speaker 17: sitting back, listening, asking questions, asking for advice, and then

620
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Speaker 17: going out there and executing.

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Speaker 9: Well, so, uh, he's done. He's done a great job

622
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Speaker 9: for us.

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Speaker 14: As a guy who's been doing this for a while.

624
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Speaker 14: How can those moments really shape you as a player

625
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Speaker 14: and the trajectory of your career as you're looking to

626
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Speaker 14: grow like that, just in terms.

627
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Speaker 9: Of like the progression, is that what you're saying, Yeah.

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Speaker 14: When you have to deal with that, I mean obviously

629
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Speaker 14: losing and going to that adversity not what you want,

630
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Speaker 14: but what are the benefits to that. What are some

631
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Speaker 14: of the things you can take away from that in

632
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Speaker 14: terms of growth?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean that's life, right.

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Speaker 17: We go through hard things so that we come back

635
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Speaker 17: on the other side and we're and we're stronger.

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Speaker 9: You know, you you look back on these times.

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Speaker 17: For me personally, I look back on these times, the

638
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Speaker 17: times that that I had a couple, you know, bad seasons,

639
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,960
Speaker 17: tough seasons, going through losses, couldn't find a win, right,

640
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Speaker 17: these these hard moments.

641
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Speaker 9: Throughout your career.

642
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Speaker 17: I look back at those right now going through this

643
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Speaker 17: and can lean on some of the things that I've

644
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Speaker 17: learned then, So.

645
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Speaker 9: You know, you bank it.

646
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Speaker 17: You you continue to push through, you lean on each other,

647
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Speaker 17: and then you know you're better on the other side

648
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Speaker 17: for it.

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Speaker 10: So yeah, okay, I got two more questions, Jordan. First,

650
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Speaker 10: is this stage? Well, tell me when your team is

651
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Speaker 10: involved in Hard Knocks, do you personally watch the episode

652
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Speaker 10: and do teammates?

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Speaker 4: Did teammates watch yesterday?

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Speaker 17: I have not seen it yet. I would imagine that

655
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Speaker 17: I'm probably gonna watch it. I know my wife wants

656
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Speaker 17: to watch it real bad, so it'll probably be on.

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Speaker 17: But honestly, I haven't really had the conversation with any

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Speaker 17: of the guys, so I can't speak for anybody else.

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Speaker 10: My second question is, so now not even the winning

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Speaker 10: season as possible mathematically for the Browns in your history

661
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Speaker 10: you're new to this rival, right, because you're new to

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Speaker 10: this division. But in times like this, and do players

663
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Speaker 10: get personal satisfaction out of spoiling arrival season?

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Speaker 17: I mean, I know in my past history absolutely. You

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Speaker 17: know there's situations right where teams are trying to they

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Speaker 17: have aspirations, they're trying to get whatever it may be,

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Speaker 17: first round by you know, be first in the division,

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Speaker 17: whatever it is. You know, a lot of that stuff

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Speaker 17: is comes within the last two three games, right, But

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Speaker 17: at the end of the day, anytime you beat a

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Speaker 17: division rival, right, it feels good, especially when they're playing

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Speaker 17: for something.

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Speaker 7: So yeah, he Jordan, just like given how the last

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Speaker 7: game ended with Pickens and Greg and knowing how you

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Speaker 7: know emotional Pickens can be. You got a couple more

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Speaker 7: penalties against the Bengals last week, Like do you guys

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Speaker 7: talk about, heyep, keep your cooler heads here, Like, cooler

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Speaker 7: heads prevail if if you know he's coming at you

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Speaker 7: or or you're in that situation like that, Like just

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Speaker 7: what's the response after a game ends, like the last

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Speaker 7: time the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Were in town.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, we know it's gonna be chippy, whether it's him,

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Speaker 17: whether it's somebody else, right, I mean it's it's obviously

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Speaker 17: uh part of his game.

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Speaker 9: And uh, you know we we obviously got it.

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Speaker 17: We can't have penalties, right, Penalties kill drives, uh kill situations.

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Speaker 17: So yeah, obviously we want to we want to be

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Speaker 17: smart on that that aspect.

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Speaker 3: Jordan, what do you see from the two or the

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Speaker 3: both those running backs Harris and Warren and how they

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Speaker 3: use those guys in combination.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean they're physical and physical, right, they're both downhill,

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Speaker 17: they're both strong, strong backs. You know, they they are

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Speaker 17: run first offense, right. They like to hand those guys

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Speaker 17: the ball. And so for us, you know, obviously it's

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Speaker 17: a challenge every week. But going against these guys, you know,

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Speaker 17: it's a it's a different mentality and and you got

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Speaker 17: to buckle up.

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