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Speaker 1: Welcome to the twenty in the Huddle podcast presented by

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Speaker 1: Microsoft and is the divisional round of the playoffs. It's

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Speaker 1: big time football right now. And so when big time football,

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Speaker 1: big time week, you get a big time Guesses, a

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Speaker 1: great ninety seven point one, obviously a former Lion, and

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Speaker 1: When when it's this point of the season, is it nerves?

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Speaker 3: And is that?

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Speaker 1: Are the successful teams the ones that are able to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you try your hardest to keep everything the same. Right.

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Speaker 3: You've won twelve games in the regular season for all

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Speaker 3: You did things right on Wednesday Thursday that you can

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Speaker 3: You realize as a player, there is a little bit

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Speaker 3: There's no coming back in on Monday and saying, hey,

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Speaker 3: nine months. So I think that's what you understand as

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Speaker 3: You know, in the regular season, you know the players.

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Speaker 3: But this is about player legacy. This is about guys

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Speaker 3: That's the exciting part for me to watch. That's what

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Speaker 1: When people forget about that too, they're gonna make plays,

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Speaker 1: And if you watch that first game Week six, that

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Speaker 1: Jared Golf versus Baker Mayfield. You know, and obviously the

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Speaker 3: It's a non negotiable. And Jared Goff on the other

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Speaker 3: We know this Tampa Bay team likes the pressure. They

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's what it's seven sacks, nine tackles for

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Speaker 1: Yeah goodecky six sacks allowed forty two hold pressures, so

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Speaker 1: Let's finish with this one, teach. I'm on ross Aint Brown,

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Speaker 3: the motions, which stresses a lot of teams, especially when

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Speaker 3: you're on the road. You can't communicate some of those adjustments.

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Speaker 3: So I look for Ben Johnson to do that again

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Speaker 3: with Almond Ross Saint Brown. But you know, I go

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Speaker 3: back to Ben Johnson told us a story at the

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Speaker 3: beginning of the year where he got a text from

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Speaker 3: Jared Goff that's AD fourteen, huge year. That was it.

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Speaker 3: He knew something to do with that. We didn't you

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Speaker 3: know before the season started. That obviously is coming to

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Speaker 3: fresh fruition. And this is about Almen Rossaint Brown. He's

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Speaker 3: been as consistent as it always seems like every game,

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Speaker 3: Hey ten one, twenty touchdown. You know, it's just what's

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Speaker 3: what he does. So you know, hopefully Sam Laporta is

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Speaker 3: going to be a little bit more healthy this week.

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Speaker 3: That will help Almond Ross Saint Brown kind of work

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Speaker 3: that middle of the field, navigate that middle of that

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Speaker 3: defense that those guys love to live in. And this

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Speaker 3: should be another game. He had a big game, you know,

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Speaker 3: the first time these two teams met.

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Speaker 1: Up, twelve catches, one hundred and twenty four touchdown.

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Speaker 3: Sure they're going to have a little bit different plan

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Speaker 3: for him, but Ben Johnson's going to have a little

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Speaker 3: bit different plan as well, trying to find creative ways

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Speaker 3: to get him open to make sure he's, you know,

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Speaker 3: continues to be the focal point of this passing game. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: To your point, five different defenders. He had to catch

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Speaker 1: on in that first game, so they really moved him around.

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Speaker 1: You've got to you have to use the whole defense, yes,

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Speaker 1: Saint Brown.

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Speaker 3: You know so, I wouldn't recommend covering him with the

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Speaker 3: linebacker now I've not recommended. Hopefully Tampa does, but I

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Speaker 3: wouldn't do it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been terrific. You have been terrific as well.

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Speaker 1: I thank you so much for being on as always

467
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Speaker 1: a great football insight when you're and it'll be it'll

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Speaker 1: be a fun one down.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I can't wait. Man, we get to do it again.

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Speaker 3: We get to do it again and be able to

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Speaker 3: do it again again.

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Speaker 1: Again again, and you can listen to him ninety seven one.

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Speaker 1: He'll be down. Given all the insight on the sideline,

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Speaker 1: great insight here. Appreciate you t Jazz always.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate it.

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Speaker 4: Tim.

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Speaker 3: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the twenty in the Huddle Podcast. Presented

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Speaker 1: by Microsoft and now I welcome in. Scott Smith does

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Speaker 1: a great job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers website, the

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Speaker 1: senior writer editor there. Scott, thanks so much for joining me.

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Speaker 1: It seems like a long time ago when you joined

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Speaker 1: me week six for that matchup way back in October.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and at that point, we're coming off our bye

486
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Speaker 4: week and we're three and one and really feeling ourselves

487
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Speaker 4: after a great start that nobody expected, and then things

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Speaker 4: kind of went sideways in the middle, but not on

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Speaker 4: im back the bucks of one six or last seven.

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Speaker 4: So I mean, I think this is just a good

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Speaker 4: luck term kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you alluded to it, you know.

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Speaker 1: Obviously lost that that game week six, twenty to six

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Speaker 1: to Detroit and then lost the next three, so that

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Speaker 1: was kind of that that mid season slide for you guys.

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Speaker 1: When you look at what you guys have done now

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Speaker 1: over the last month and a half, five of your

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Speaker 1: last six, including a blowout win over Philadelphia last week.

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Speaker 1: How is this team different in your opinion, Scott than

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Speaker 1: they were were week six or are they the same

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Speaker 1: team maybe just executing now?

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Speaker 4: Well, the biggest difference is the development of the offense.

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Speaker 4: You know, first year Baker Mayfield in this first year

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Speaker 4: with US, first year offensive coordinator, brand new system with

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Speaker 4: Dave Canalis, and it was kind of a work in

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Speaker 4: progress early on, and Dave was learning what his players

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Speaker 4: did best, and they were learning what worked best in

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Speaker 4: the system. And they really hadn't jailed necessarily on the

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Speaker 4: offensive line yet, where four guys were in new positions,

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Speaker 4: and you know, the offense was a work in progress

511
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Speaker 4: for much of the season, but along the way they

512
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Speaker 4: found out what works. The old line jelled and Dave

513
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Speaker 4: Canal started to get some success and be able to

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Speaker 4: play off that success, you know, and really open up

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Speaker 4: the playbook a little bit more. So you're showing things

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Speaker 4: that looked like things we put on tape, but they're

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Speaker 4: not the same. And so it kind of expanded the playbook.

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Speaker 4: And Dave himself said as he's a very like very

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Speaker 4: first of all, very upbeat, but also very open about

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Speaker 4: his process. And he was telling us things like, you know,

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Speaker 4: sometimes I go into a game and I got three

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Speaker 4: or four plays I really like, and I want to

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Speaker 4: get to them right away, and then it's too early.

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Speaker 4: You know, you need to let things develop and get

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Speaker 4: to him at the right time, and he's gotten a

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Speaker 4: lot better, I think with his cadence and the sequencing

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Speaker 4: of his play calling, and then for the defense, some

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Speaker 4: of it just has to do it. We got a

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Speaker 4: little bit healthier here at the end of the season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And people don't understand sometimes that that that that

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Speaker 1: takes time to jealous, especially offensively when you've got so

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Speaker 1: many different moving parts up front, when you've got a

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Speaker 1: new quarterback. I mean, lines fans should know that from

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Speaker 1: their time last year when Ben Johnson was elevated to

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Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. Took a little time to kind of

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Speaker 1: figure all that out. But once you did, then it

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Speaker 1: becomes a consistently productive offense. And that's what we're seeing

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Speaker 1: with Tampa Bay right now and Scott. When I go

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Speaker 1: back and I look at that Week six game, when

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Speaker 1: I think of the Bucks offensively and Detroit's defensive performance

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Speaker 1: held the Bucks to six points, they didn't score a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: But to me, it was about missed opportunities in that game.

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Speaker 1: There were some chances for some big plays in that

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Speaker 1: game that Baker just missed. Did do you kind of

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Speaker 1: get the sense from those guys that they felt like

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Speaker 1: they had a chance to win that game, or at

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Speaker 1: least make that a much closer game had they hit

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Speaker 1: on a couple of those missed opportunities.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and that's been the story in a number of

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Speaker 4: our losses this year. And yeah, there were some missed

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Speaker 4: opportunities also just a complete and ability to run the

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Speaker 4: ball that didn't help at all in a run game.

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Speaker 4: It's definitely improved, but you know, again, we still are

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Speaker 4: having some of those issues. In this BLOWWOIW win. As

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Speaker 4: you said over Philadelphia, we had four drop passes and

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Speaker 4: a couple of what could have been, you know, really

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Speaker 4: big plays, but we were doing so much well overall

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Speaker 4: that they were able to overcome that. And so yeah,

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Speaker 4: I think probably over time. We saw the same thing

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Speaker 4: when we got Tom Brady for the first year and

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Speaker 4: I'm not trying to compare the two quarterbacks, but it

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Speaker 4: took him a little bit of time to get in

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Speaker 4: sync with the great receivers that we have, and I

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Speaker 4: think we saw the same thing here. But I'm Baker's

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Speaker 4: playing really well down the stretch and that game against

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Speaker 4: you guys in Week six is the only game all

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Speaker 4: season where Baker threw an interception and didn't throw a touchdown.

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Speaker 4: And if you look at it now, if you include

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Speaker 4: the playoff game we just played, he's got thirty one

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Speaker 4: touchdown passes and ten interceptions, which I think is pretty

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Speaker 4: close to Jared Goss numbers. And you know, he's really

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Speaker 4: First of all, I think I talked about this the

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Speaker 4: last time, but it was just getting started. He has

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Speaker 4: won over everybody on this team. They love this guy,

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Speaker 4: they love playing for him, playing with him, and I

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Speaker 4: mean he's just the whole team. The whole locker room

577
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Speaker 4: is just absolutely in love with this guy because the

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Speaker 4: way he plays, and also how good he's been and

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Speaker 4: how he deals with people, and so I think everything

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Speaker 4: is just improved as the season has gone along.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think a couple of things that stick

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Speaker 1: out to me is you guys, is you know, consistent

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Speaker 1: approach to running the football. Maybe the yards per attempt

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Speaker 1: aren't what you always want, but I think you guys

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Speaker 1: have been consistent with it. I think thirty plus attempts

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Speaker 1: over the last however many weeks there, I think that

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Speaker 1: shows that you want to be balanced on offense and

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Speaker 1: then defensively against the pass. Especially the last five games,

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Speaker 1: I think you have an allow a three hundred yard

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Speaker 1: passer in over a months. What's been the biggest difference defensively?

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Speaker 1: What's allowed you guys, you know, to limit teams, limit

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Speaker 1: the explosive plays, limit the passing game. You've obviously been

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Speaker 1: good against the run all year, but now that that

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Speaker 1: pass defense is coming on par with what you guys

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Speaker 1: have done against the run, that's a pretty formidable force

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Speaker 1: over there last month or so, right, Yeah, one of.

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Speaker 4: The things had helped as both Carlton Davis and Jamel

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Speaker 4: Dean are healthy at the same time, which hasn't been

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Speaker 4: the case for much of the year. And fortunately we

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Speaker 4: had a third corner, a second year guy named Zion McCollum,

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Speaker 4: who was really filling and well for whichever guy was out.

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Speaker 4: But when both came back healthy, then the coaches were

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Speaker 4: determined to keep Zion on the field and that second

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Speaker 4: safety spot next to our all pro Antoine Winfield. Had

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Speaker 4: kind of been cycling through a number of guys and

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Speaker 4: looking for what was the best fit, and now we

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Speaker 4: started using Zion there in some cases. And so now

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Speaker 4: you have your three best cover guys on the field

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Speaker 4: at the same time, and then you have Antoine Winfield Junior,

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Speaker 4: which just we obviously had him in Week four two.

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Speaker 4: But you know, he just continues to make play after

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Speaker 4: play after play. If you're looking for a guy to

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Speaker 4: kill a drive for us, it's usually him one way

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Speaker 4: or another. Sacks, passes, defense, forced fumbles. He's just done

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Speaker 4: it all. And having that force in the middle of

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Speaker 4: the secondary, I think is overall why this secondary has

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Speaker 4: kind of really hit its stride down the stretch.

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Speaker 2: There's nothing that guy can't do.

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Speaker 1: When you talk to Lions coaches, especially on the offensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball or even players, that's the first

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Speaker 1: guy they mentioned. He's just one of those guys that's everywhere,

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Speaker 1: can do and everything. You look the sacks and all

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Speaker 1: the production. Like you just rolled off, one of those

624
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Speaker 1: guys you just love to have is a defensive coordinator,

625
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Speaker 1: kind of Swiss army knife that you can just put

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Speaker 1: into any situation.

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Speaker 2: You know he'll make plays for you. You talked about Baker.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, the big storyline last week was the Matthew Stafford,

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Speaker 1: the rams and everything with Jered Goff. But when I

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Speaker 1: look at the two quarterbacks this week, boy, a lot

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Speaker 1: of similarities between those two, right, you know, former number

632
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Speaker 1: one picks not on their first team anymore, kind of

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Speaker 1: moved on, but it found the right fit. The team

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Speaker 1: rallies around him. Like you talked about too, There's just

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Speaker 1: a lot of similarities between these two quarterbacks this week, right, Scott.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think they found I think they're both

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Speaker 4: thriving because the confidence that their team and their coordinators,

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Speaker 4: their play callers have for them. And from Arion, I mean,

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Speaker 4: Jared Goff has been extremely impressive. But I don't necessarily

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Speaker 4: know all the details, but from our end, Baker, Dave

641
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Speaker 4: Canals knew what the we got. Dave calls first, and

642
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Speaker 4: then we were looking for a quarterback because Tom Brady retired,

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Speaker 4: and they felt like Baker was going to be a

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Speaker 4: real good fit for what Dave wanted to do. And

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Speaker 4: what Dave wants Baker to do is take the easy stuff,

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Speaker 4: take the stuff that's schemed up, take the open man

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Speaker 4: and consistently, but when you see the right time to

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Speaker 4: take a shot, take that shot. And I think you

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Speaker 4: saw a great example of that in the Philadelphia win.

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Speaker 4: Really three hundred and thirty seven yards and a lot

651
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 4: of that was just underneath throws where he hit guys

652
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 4: in stride like Ky Otten for them to gain yards

653
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 4: after the catch. We had two hundred and ten yards

654
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 4: after the catch, which was a season high for us.

655
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 4: But he also threw some really nice deep balls that

656
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 4: just unfortunately weren't caught. But he picked the right times

657
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 4: to throw him and he put him on the money,

658
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 4: and you know, if he's operating that way, that's what

659
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 4: Dave Canlis wants. In the game in Carolina where we

660
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 4: clinched the division, we only scored nine points on three

661
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,880
Speaker 4: field goals, and the offense was not great, and there

662
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 4: were several plays where you could see, like Chase Edmunds

663
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,320
Speaker 4: the back releases out of the backfield, He's wide open

664
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Speaker 4: for a fifteen yard game in the middle the field,

665
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,360
Speaker 4: but Baker goes for the deep ball to Mike Evans

666
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,399
Speaker 4: against a strong win and it's broken up and you

667
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 4: know you're off the field because it was third down.

668
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 4: And he was bemoaning a couple of decisions he made

669
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,720
Speaker 4: in that game where he didn't take the easy stuff

670
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 4: that Dave had presented to him, and he said, I

671
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 4: got to take the easy stuff, and he did that

672
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 4: much better in the win over Philadelphia.

673
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,199
Speaker 1: Maybe a player you talked about the cornerback playing a

674
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: little safety now too, Just what about who's maybe a

675
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: player that Detroit didn't see week six or maybe wasn't

676
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Speaker 1: playing a huge role week six, who has now maybe

677
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: developed into a key player for you guys that Detroit's

678
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:35,960
Speaker 1: going to have to keep their eye on this week.

679
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 4: Well, there's two guys. Because our first round draft pick

680
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 4: Kalijah Cansei. I believe he did not play in that game,

681
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 4: and if you saw him in this last game, he

682
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 4: was very disruptive, like on the safety, the play where

683
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,400
Speaker 4: we got the safety, it was really him that blew

684
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 4: up that play with a quick pass rush up the middle.

685
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 4: And then so he's back and he's obviously a pass

686
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 4: rushing pass rusher that you have to worry about in

687
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 4: the middle. But also ya Yaddabi, who was a third

688
00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 4: round draft pick out of Louisville, another an edge rusher

689
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 4: for us that we really drafted him, the coaches say,

690
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 4: because they thought he was going to immediately be a

691
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 4: very good run stopper, and he was, and that's why

692
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 4: about seven games into the season he became the starter

693
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 4: because he was they felt he was our best edge

694
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 4: rusher in terms of stopping to run. But to some surprise,

695
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 4: he has a much more robust Arsenal pass rushing moves

696
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,960
Speaker 4: than expected, and he plays with power too, and he

697
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 4: ended up leading the team in sacks was seven and

698
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 4: a half and he wasn't playing a ton of snaps

699
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 4: in a week four. So that's two guys that really

700
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,520
Speaker 4: weren't much in the mix on defense that should help

701
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 4: make a difference this time around.

702
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Speaker 1: Thank And I'm talking with Scott Smith that the senior

703
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: writer editor down there for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers website

704
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: does a great job. You guys want to know anything

705
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: about Tampa Bay leading up to this matchup, go down

706
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 1: there because you know Scott's got all the info for you.

707
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: Just a couple more real quick, Scott. The atmosphere. I

708
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: don't know if you watched the Lions Rams game at all,

709
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: but a lot of people that I talked to are like,

710
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: you could tell just how loud that place was through

711
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 1: watching the television. Obviously a crazy got to one hundred

712
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: and thirty three decibels, the fourth largest I think on record.

713
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 1: They're going to be pumped up again this week. Just

714
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 1: are what are the Bucks saying about playing in that environment,

715
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 1: the challenges that that may present, and how much extra

716
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,479
Speaker 1: work you have to do this week to prepare for

717
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: going into such a hostile environment, noisy environment like Ford

718
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 1: Foot Field is expected to be Sunday afternoon.

719
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 4: Oh, you could definitely tell as just a casual observer

720
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 4: on the television screen. And it's really exciting. If it wasn't,

721
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 4: if we weren't playing you guys, I would absolutely be

722
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 4: rooting for you this week because it's just it's so

723
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,920
Speaker 4: great to see these fans getting something that they've waited

724
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 4: for for so long, and they're obviously responding. So you know,

725
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 4: Baker played for the Rams for a little while last

726
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 4: season and he called up some of his buddies that

727
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 4: he still has on the team just to ask him

728
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 4: what it was like, and he told him it was incredible.

729
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 4: And our guys have been talking about how they're going

730
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,719
Speaker 4: to handle that. Obviously we can do crowd noise or practice,

731
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 4: but I don't think we can quite simulate it.

732
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 2: I don't think.

733
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 4: So we're definitely expecting that. And uh, you know, we

734
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,840
Speaker 4: won in Michigan in Minnesota week one and that was

735
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 4: pretty loud, and we won in the in the super

736
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 4: Dome in week four and that's always very loud, and

737
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 4: Buffalo is pretty loud and We held our own there

738
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 4: and Houston was pretty loud. So we've had some experience

739
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 4: with this already. So maybe not to the level we're

740
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 4: gonna hear this weekend, but they I think they're confident

741
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 4: that they can overcome that.

742
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 1: All right, last one for you, Steve, Maybe what's what's

743
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 1: one key matchup that you've been sitting down watching this

744
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: all week deciding, you know, Tampa Bay can go to Detroit,

745
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: kink kink, kink can walk away with a win. If

746
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 1: what happens if we win? What key matchup to you?

747
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 4: Well, that's it's actually a really tough question because I

748
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 4: didn't even realize until I looked at the stats closely

749
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 4: this week that the Lions had four guys with ten

750
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 4: or more touchdowns. That's incredible. So it's not like if

751
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 4: we take away a Manra Saint Brown, we're fine. I mean,

752
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 4: I don't know. I think you just have to try

753
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 4: to limit a Monroe. I think he had seven catches

754
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,320
Speaker 4: for one hundred and ten yards against says he was

755
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 4: the only one of those four that didn't score against us,

756
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 4: but still had one hundred and ten yards. What I'm

757
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,479
Speaker 4: looking at, maybe is Sam Laporta and Levante David. Levante

758
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 4: David in his twelfth season, he won't be on him

759
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 4: on every time he goes out, but Levonte David does

760
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 4: sometimes cover the tight end, and he's still a really

761
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 4: great coverage linebacker. And there's been times this season when

762
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 4: we've been burned by tight ends, and I think it's

763
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 4: like when you play Cooper Copper or something like that.

764
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,520
Speaker 4: You're not going to shut him down. So I mean,

765
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 4: I think a mon Ro will get his yards, hopefully

766
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 4: keep him out of the end zone. But if we're

767
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 4: trying to pay extra attention to a Monro, we may

768
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 4: need a guy like Levonte David to go one on

769
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,719
Speaker 4: one against a great tight end, and rookie tight ends

770
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 4: aren't supposed to be doing what he did this year.

771
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 4: That could be a big one because if a mon

772
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 4: Rod is getting his and you guys are running decently,

773
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 4: if Sam Laporta has a big day, that might put

774
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 4: it over the top. So I'm a little worried about

775
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 4: that one. But fortunately we do have a very good

776
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 4: coverage linebacker.

777
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you've got a lot of talent on that

778
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 1: side of the ball on offense too, with those receivers

779
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: and kick Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. It should be

780
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,880
Speaker 1: a great matchup with a chance to go to the

781
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 1: NFC Championship game on the line. I think before the

782
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: season and and probably mid season for you guys, didn't

783
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: know if that was a real legit possibility.

784
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 2: But we're here. It's fun, safe travels up to Detroit.

785
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 4: I got one question for you if you don't mind. Yeah, yeah,

786
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 4: so am I am I correct in thinking that Amanra

787
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 4: did not make the Pro Bowl.

788
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 1: But was her first team out Pro This is correct.

789
00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 4: Well, Antoine Winfield went through the exact same thing, So

790
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 4: you should tell him Monra that they should go have

791
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 4: a high five before the game because you know they

792
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,719
Speaker 4: got snubbed. It's it's hard to I know, with all

793
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 4: the great wide receivers in the NFL, that's tough. Yeah

794
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 4: they got they got the hunted. That really mattered. And

795
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 4: I know how much that meant to Antoine, so hopefully

796
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 4: it was the same for Yeah.

797
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 2: And I talked to Amro and it meant a lot

798
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:46,680
Speaker 2: to him.

799
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 1: Too because he was mad about that. And one thing

800
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: you don't want to do is motivate Almanro Saint Brown

801
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: a little bit extra. He's got plenty of that, but

802
00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: he's gone off the last couple of weeks since that snub,

803
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: So yeah, somebody you know to give any extra motivation too.

804
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: But Scott, great stuff at all. As always, thanks for

805
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: joining me. It should be fun. It'll be crazy in

806
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: Detroit this weekend and a chance for the NFC Championship

807
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:12,919
Speaker 1: game on the line.

808
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 2: You can't ask for anything more.

809
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 4: Looking forward to it. I'll see on Sunday.

810
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 2: All right, Thanks Bud, thank you.

811
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Twin in the Huddle podcast. And

812
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: I have a guess that some of you guys might recognize.

813
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: You haven't seen him in a minute. He hasn't been

814
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 1: on the fields yet, but a big addition back on

815
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:40,720
Speaker 1: the roster. James Houston, second year outside linebacker, Big news Thursday, James,

816
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 1: you activated to the fifty three man roster. You've been

817
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,720
Speaker 1: on kind of that acclamation period here the last three weeks.

818
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: What does it feel like to be back?

819
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 5: It feels great, just, you know, being around the guys.

820
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 5: I've been around them for you know, about twenty one days,

821
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 5: but just getting that you know, football feeling back in.

822
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 5: You know where you're about to step back on that

823
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 5: field and you know it's going be real, it's gonna

824
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 5: be on the light, it's gonna be bright, and yeah,

825
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 5: you just got to do your things. So it's been

826
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 5: feeling good.

827
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: So obviously a little bit of other The last twenty

828
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: one day has been kind of knocking off the rust.

829
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: But how do you feel physically? You ready to come in?

830
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: You think, step in right away and help contribute?

831
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, yeah, for sure, I'm ready to go in,

832
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 5: you know, and do my thing on third down, come

833
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 5: in and uh, you know, costs have it.

834
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: So yeah, how tough has this stretch been because you

835
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: played so well at the end of last year, you know,

836
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 1: had all the production. You're come into this year with

837
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: big expectations that week two it's taken away from you.

838
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,879
Speaker 1: But how grateful you to now have this team at

839
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: a point where they are right now that you can

840
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 1: step in and contribute. But how tough has it been

841
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: just watching this from the far?

842
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:39,719
Speaker 4: Yeah?

843
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 5: It was really tough at first, you know, just not

844
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 5: getting my chance for my opportunity to go out there,

845
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 5: you know, showcase my abilities, especially off of injury, So

846
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 5: that was tough. But you know, just seeing the guys

847
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 5: go and win and have fun doing it, you know,

848
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,839
Speaker 5: it was It was a light for me, you know,

849
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,719
Speaker 5: and it really sparked my whole rehab process. It was like,

850
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:03,839
Speaker 5: all right, I'm gonna get back to, you know, help

851
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 5: these guys in the end of the run, you know,

852
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 5: in playoffs or you know, at the end of the

853
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 5: season so we can't get into the playoffs. And just

854
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 5: seeing them continue to just do so great and great

855
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 5: and I'm like, yeah, man, they don't even need they

856
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 5: don't need me at all, but I'm gonna come in

857
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 5: and I'm just gonna be that extra piece of thus.

858
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 5: So it was it was really inspiring.

859
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 1: Because we talked about this on the way up. I mean,

860
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 1: with Aid and playing as well as he is right now,

861
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: we'll lean back and that inability for a quarterback to

862
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 1: kind of step up and now if you can you

863
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:30,399
Speaker 1: add some of that pressure on the other side. I mean,

864
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: that's a trio that that that's pretty tough to deal

865
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,359
Speaker 1: with if you're an old line of quarterback in an

866
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: offensive system, right yep.

867
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 5: And I feel like it's just kind of like the

868
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,600
Speaker 5: same as last year. You know, not a lot of

869
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 5: guys you know, knew about me or knew who I was,

870
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 5: you know, didn't really have too much film on me,

871
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 5: and I came in kind of at the end of

872
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 5: the season and just kind of ran it up. And

873
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 5: I feel like it kind of can be similar to that.

874
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 5: You know, people haven't really seen me this year. I

875
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 5: don't really know what's going on, and then you know,

876
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 5: I've just come out of nowhere. So I think that

877
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 5: could work to our advantage as well.

878
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 1: How much did being at Ford Field seeing that and ironment,

879
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: that noise level, how much did that ratchet up for

880
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: you wanting to get back and just be part of

881
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: something like that.

882
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, that first week, you know, playoffs, it's a whole

883
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 5: different intensity even in here, you know, in the locker room,

884
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,760
Speaker 5: as coaches are as well, So that was a whole

885
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 5: nother intensity in itself. And then to come out there

886
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 5: on game day and it was just like whoa, Like

887
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 5: they're fired up, like they need to see a win,

888
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 5: Like we got to come out here and win. And

889
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 5: it was just like, man, like the pressure, as they say,

890
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 5: is really on. And you know, I don't really feel

891
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 5: that as I was playing, but as a fan, it

892
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 5: was like, oh my gosh, like the boys gotta this

893
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 5: is it. You know, it's on the line, and so

894
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 5: I really I like that type of stuff, and so

895
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 5: I'm ready to kind of embrace all of that.

896
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:46,840
Speaker 1: You know, when guys come back from major injuries, sometimes

897
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 1: it'sones the mental aspect of it, right, just trusting the

898
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: leg again, trusting the bend and the explosion and the verse.

899
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 1: How much of that was part of kind of your

900
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 1: rehab too, And have you kind of crossed over that hump?

901
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 5: Yeah, that was a lot in the beginning. And then

902
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 5: you know, just being able to trust the leg and

903
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 5: I understand, like you know, it's fixed, like the doctor

904
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 5: fixed it. You know, So just going out there, you know,

905
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 5: knocking the rust off, as they say, just doing my

906
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 5: movements over and over again. You know, as you come

907
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 5: in to camp, you know, as a regular person would

908
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 5: start a season, you know you're going to be training

909
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 5: about every day and getting those movements ready. And so

910
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 5: I'm kind of just coming in the last three weeks

911
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:23,800
Speaker 5: and just trying to do it off of injury, and

912
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 5: so it can be a little difficult, but I think

913
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 5: me and the trainers and the coaches, I think we

914
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 5: all put together a really good plan.

915
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 1: What do you think of the way this defense is

916
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 1: playing right now, especially over the last month you look

917
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 1: at third down, you look at red zone, really some

918
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 1: key areas they're playing really really well, and you're just

919
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: another piece that can now come back and help that out.

920
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 1: You like where this defense is at and where you

921
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: maybe might fit into it here.

922
00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,359
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I love where the defense is at. I

923
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 5: think we're doing really good in the Russian defense. And then,

924
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 5: like you said, the last couple of weeks, we've been

925
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 5: really good in the red zone and on third down,

926
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 5: and so third down is my thing. So if I

927
00:38:58,040 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 5: could come in and make some impact plays on third

928
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 5: that can really affect the game. And so that's that's

929
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 5: really where I'm trying to.

930
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 4: Hit hit us.

931
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: Third down has been your thing. It's great to see

932
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: you back here. Hopefully you get in on Sunday, make

933
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: an impact and enjoy Ford Field because last week was unbelievable.

934
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: I know you've got to rush off to a special

935
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 1: teams meeting here. So thanks so much for getting back.

936
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:19,319
Speaker 1: It's great to see you back on the roster. Good

937
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 1: luck on Sunday, sir. Thank you so all right, thank

938
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: you you too.

939
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:22,439
Speaker 3: All right,