Speaker 1: Hey, whatever it takes.
Speaker 2: No, I didn't no, no, I didn't know about it
Speaker 2: until after I got back in the locker room. And uh,
Speaker 2: that's just the fiery spirit of the of the team. Everybody,
Speaker 2: of course wants to win. And uh, I don't put
Speaker 2: too much into that through your head. Yeah you know it.
Speaker 2: It was Uh, it was unfortunate the amount of mistakes,
Speaker 2: and mine included. Of course, everybody's out there trying their
Speaker 2: hardest to to play hard to win and uh make
Speaker 2: the player to win the game. But uh, you know,
Speaker 2: we had, we had multiple opportunities out there, you know,
Speaker 2: to to finish, finish the game on our on our end.
Speaker 2: Uh that fourth down, Baker makes the head of the
Speaker 2: play to keep the drive going. And my mindset through
Speaker 2: it all was, Hey, even with the penalties, you know,
Speaker 2: next play, next play mentality, you know, Uh, y'all talk
Speaker 2: to the group about winning on defense, and in that moment,
Speaker 2: we knew we had to hold them to a field goal,
Speaker 2: you know, and uh, obviously we want to get get
Speaker 2: them off the field, we want to take the ball
Speaker 2: away in that moment win the game. Uh, but to
Speaker 2: hold them a field goal, man, it speaks to you know,
Speaker 2: the resilience in the character of the group. Did I'll
Speaker 2: get you right after this? No, it's all right. Uh yeah, no,
Speaker 2: I mean this this was a character game all the
Speaker 2: way through, and we knew that they were gonna fight,
Speaker 2: they were gonna battle. You know, we watched that game
Speaker 2: on Monday night, them going into Kansas City, Uh after
Speaker 2: everybody said they didn't have a shot on offense, uh,
Speaker 2: losing their top two receivers, and they have a they
Speaker 2: have a heck of a offense. They have of a scheme,
Speaker 2: UH players to to run the scheme. And the same
Speaker 2: was true today. You know, I think the first half
Speaker 2: we we stood up and uh played played great defense.
Speaker 2: In the second half, we you know, we we uh
Speaker 2: were we came up short in some of those some
Speaker 2: of those areas, but to like I said, to hold
Speaker 2: 'em at the very end to a field goal to
Speaker 2: give our offensive chance to go down and win the game.
Speaker 2: Uh was about as as grimy as as gonna get
Speaker 2: I did not watch. I didn't I you know, I
Speaker 2: I'd I'd rather just listen to the the cheers. Is that,
Speaker 2: you know, I'm I'm always ready for regardless of what
Speaker 2: had happened in the game. I'm always ready for any
Speaker 2: any situation. So I wasn't. I wasn't sitting there praying
Speaker 2: like ah mode, I hope you make it like I
Speaker 2: was getting my mind right for if he if he
Speaker 2: did happen to miss, then playing over time, you guys,
Speaker 2: what do you guys.
Speaker 1: Happened to.
Speaker 2: Like y? I think it it comes down to just
Speaker 2: really just one or two plays. As silly as it sounds,
Speaker 2: you know, one or two plays is like man, really
Speaker 2: that's all it is. But that's truly what it is,
Speaker 2: you know, cause one or two plays can mean the
Speaker 2: difference in you know, a touchdown versus a field goal,
Speaker 2: versus a takeaway versus you know it. There's all these
Speaker 2: little things that go into it. And you know, I'm
Speaker 2: not going into the game hoping that man.
Speaker 1: I hope.
Speaker 2: I hope it's an easy game, you know, cause if
Speaker 2: you go with that mindset, then you're not gonna be
Speaker 2: ready for those moments that we were in today.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: I I came into it saying, if it comes down
Speaker 2: to the final play and the defense gotta stand up
Speaker 2: and win it, then I'm gonna be ready, you know.
Speaker 2: And that's that's the my that was my message to
Speaker 2: our defense, and that's gonna be the message going forward.
Speaker 2: You know, you you prepare like you're gonna dominate the
Speaker 2: team that you're playing, but you're prepared for whatever. You
Speaker 2: know what I'm saying. You prepare for that fight. And
Speaker 2: uh so when you are in that battle, then you're
Speaker 2: ready for it. You can one like, yeah, what about
Speaker 2: week one? You didn't like that one? You didn't It's
Speaker 2: a I know, I got you. I agree, I agree,
Speaker 2: I d I'm not concerned with it, I I My
Speaker 2: concern right now is to get better as a team.
Speaker 2: You have to find a way to win in this league,
Speaker 2: no matter what the situation you talk about this week,
Speaker 2: coming out of a bye week against a great team,
Speaker 2: going cross country all the time, changes, all this and
Speaker 2: that there's gonna be some rust there, whatever it is,
Speaker 2: whatever the case. Like, there's so many things that go
Speaker 2: into winning and losing football games. Yeah do I D do.
Speaker 2: I wish we blew 'em out by thirty, of course,
Speaker 2: but I'm at the end of the day, I wanna
Speaker 2: make sure that we're playing our best ball when when
Speaker 2: it's needed at the end of the season. Right, and
Speaker 2: we look at the tape this game and you much
Speaker 2: rather learn off of win than a loss, you know.
Speaker 2: And so we're gonna continue to get better and that's
Speaker 2: that's when we'll find those signature wins.
Speaker 1: For you this over and down season.
Speaker 2: And Christians, did this game feel a little bit like
Speaker 2: the team from last year in terms of Yeah? I mean, uh,
Speaker 2: there's a lot of talent all over the place, especially
Speaker 2: on the offensive side of the ball and defensively. It
Speaker 2: it's just it's about playing complimentary football at the end
Speaker 2: of the day.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: The thing I I wish we did better on defense
Speaker 2: was take the ball away. We didn't take We didn't
Speaker 2: have those takeaways like we're accustomed to, uh for helping
Speaker 2: the team win, win the game. And uh, I know
Speaker 2: when we do take the ball away, that's when those
Speaker 2: those signature wins, uh come come together. Yeah, I'm really
Speaker 2: proud of 'em. Uh. You know, he's he's just been
Speaker 2: keeping his head down, staying humble, working working his tail
Speaker 2: off every single day. And he he came up big today,
Speaker 2: you know, and in really big moments. So uh am
Speaker 2: I surprised. No, I know what he's made of. I
Speaker 2: know the talent that he has. Uh, it's just a
Speaker 2: matter of just continuing to keep his head down and
Speaker 2: keep working.
Speaker 1: Alright, alright, got