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Speaker 1: You, sir, Drake, take us through this night. Uh certainly

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Speaker 1: was a battle for you. What did you learn from it?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 1: And how proud of you go? And man, it's glad

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Speaker 1: know we were never feel like uh you know, we

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Speaker 1: never doubted it. We never doubted it. You know, it

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Speaker 1: But this defense was so fun to watch. No congrats

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Speaker 1: to them, and it was it was so fun to

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Speaker 1: watch they they won the game for us. I didn't

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Speaker 1: throw it very well tonight, you know, need to be better,

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Speaker 1: but uh, you know we we did what we had

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Speaker 1: to do and that's what takes in the playoffs. And

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Speaker 1: just proud of this team. That was fun. Man, that

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Speaker 1: was fun to get one at home and look forward

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Speaker 1: to me back here next week.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Drake, you said you didn't throw it very well tonight,

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Speaker 3: and anything that contributed to that.

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Speaker 1: Just got to be better with, you know, whether it's

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Speaker 1: decisions faster and held onto the ball over tonight. So

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Speaker 1: you'll finally you'll finally got one of the ends. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I missed miss Hoop on a touchdown, had

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Speaker 1: some other guys I feel like I miss pop on

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Speaker 1: a third down low and just it wasn't my best tonight,

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Speaker 1: but hey, you know that's why you have teammates and

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Speaker 1: Was still you know, slinging around and and U Ksehan

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Speaker 1: makes some big plays, who came back, came back to

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Speaker 1: got you know, that's the thing about us. We sped

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Speaker 1: it around and can do a lot of things. Drake,

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Speaker 1: is playoff football different? Did it feel different out there?

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Speaker 1: With with the stakes the opponent? Did? Did it feel different? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing that coach McDaniels kind of

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Speaker 1: that it was it's winner go home or win in advance,

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Speaker 1: and that's kind of the feeling that you get. So

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Speaker 1: that's the kind of the biggest thing that I felt

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Speaker 1: the teams are gonna be good. You know, they had

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Speaker 1: a great defense, They had a great quarterback, and you know,

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Speaker 1: we were the better team to night. We made plays

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Speaker 2: Hey, Drake, you've talked at times about, you know, sometimes

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Speaker 2: nerves kind of sat at the beginning of the game

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Speaker 2: a little bit, uh, you know in the first half

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that, you know, the first one steph

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Speaker 1: that was right where I wanted to put it, picked

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Speaker 1: little more. And then from there just it's just high

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Speaker 1: pressure throws when when the game is you know, critical plays,

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Speaker 1: Hey Drake, congraunts on the win man. What did you

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Speaker 1: see in terms of their rush lanes and and having

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Speaker 1: and take off in some of those situations. I think

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Speaker 1: they're powerful man. You know, credit to them for those

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Speaker 1: to get to the passer and that you oftentimes when

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Speaker 1: and you'll play some man in the back end. Any

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Speaker 1: go and make some plays. And then from there, I

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Speaker 1: us a chance to pick up some mob first downs, Drake.

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Speaker 1: How valuable is it to have someone like Remindra Stevenson

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Speaker 1: are are fun to be back there and watch. You know,

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Speaker 1: I got the best view in the house, Drake.

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Speaker 4: Family members here tonight.

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Speaker 1: Who is here to support you?

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Speaker 4: And what did that mean to you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, my parents come to every game, so they're always here.

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Speaker 1: know it's just special with you know, sharing these moments

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Speaker 5: During the week, there was a big emphasis on Drew

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Speaker 5: and James and what he can do to an offense,

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Speaker 5: you know, specifically individually. Was there a sense tonight that

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was the goal. Try not to let him.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of Derwin James on that touchdown pass to Hunter,

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Speaker 2: Henry must have missed Derwin's hand by a couple of inches.

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Speaker 2: What did you see on that play and how did

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Speaker 4: Hey, Drake, you talked about the feeling of winter or

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Speaker 4: go home. Can you describe that feeling. Is it an

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's just, uh, it's just playoff football,

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Speaker 1: that's what it is. You know, kind of run out

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Speaker 1: that was pretty sweet, you know, listening to the crowd

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Speaker 1: and I don't know why they put me last and

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Speaker 1: he put stuff or somebody who hypes up the crowd,

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Speaker 1: you know. But it was cool, you know, proud of

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Speaker 1: the fans for how they showed up, and then you

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Speaker 1: know they show up every week, so you're looking forward

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Speaker 1: to get back here at home. And that's it. Play football,

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Speaker 1: and that's what we said, and you know the beginning

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Speaker 1: of the season, we'll play home playoff games in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: and that's what we did. And we want to know

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Speaker 1: we got to go to the next one.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Drake, it seems like you got almost every receiver

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Speaker 3: or you know, target a ball tonight. What does it

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Speaker 3: just say about that room and just the targets you

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Speaker 3: have to throw to and just the weapons you have.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the biggest thing about that room is

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Speaker 1: they care about each other. You know, Coach Downing and

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Speaker 1: great job of your blocking in the run game, doing

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Speaker 1: the little details right. We know it's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: details game with how much the one they played, and

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Speaker 1: they don't care about Those guys are fired up in

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Speaker 1: the locker room to win. And everybody you know, made

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Speaker 1: how they've grown up and allowed me to grow kind

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Speaker 1: of grow with them and what they see. And they're

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Speaker 1: great players for us. Nobody complains. It's all want to

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Speaker 1: want the ball. I don't blame them because they're all

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