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Speaker 1: How part. Yeah, it's great, great win all the way around.

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Speaker 1: I thought, uh, defense played great and gave us a

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Speaker 1: bunch of chances and uh, just happy we want. It's

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Speaker 1: a tough team, they play hard and glad we want. Hey, Tom,

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Speaker 1: you guys are obviously still trying to develop whatever identity

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Speaker 1: your offense might be as you go towards the postseason.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel as if today was maybe an indication

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Speaker 1: where you're headed with the amount of production. Yet on

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Speaker 1: the ground that was that was huge for us. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, obviously when we can do that, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: make things a lot easier on on everyone. Um. The

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Speaker 1: line really took the physical challenge to heart and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know we out came about a bunch of yards

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Speaker 1: in the run game, and you know, whatever it takes

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Speaker 1: on a week to week basis, I think that's that's

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Speaker 1: what we got to do. So maybe the notion of

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Speaker 1: identity is miss or overused, and it's just whatever it

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Speaker 1: takes is probably more close to the identity. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: this time of year, I think whatever it takes to win,

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Speaker 1: that's what you gotta do. And you know, we did

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Speaker 1: a great job in the run game and that was

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Speaker 1: great to dominate the the you know, all the way around.

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Speaker 1: We stopped them in the run game two and made

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Speaker 1: it tough on them, Tom, Tom, is it's safe to

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Speaker 1: say that first half the passing game was still struggling

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Speaker 1: to find its rhythm. I mean, is that safe to

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Speaker 1: say from your perspective. Yeah, we didn't have our best

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Speaker 1: day in the past game, but we won, so I

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Speaker 1: think everyone's feeling pretty good about winning. Tom up here.

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Speaker 1: Um obviously a tenth thraight AFC title or AFC's title. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: and kind of took a little longer than you might

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Speaker 1: have liked. Three chances. What was the struggle like for

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Speaker 1: this one in comparison to the last nine? At this point,

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Speaker 1: where does it kind of rank in your career? I

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Speaker 1: think they're all they're all pretty tough, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I think we just have grinded it out. And I

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Speaker 1: think part of playing in the NFL is, you know,

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Speaker 1: you over the course sixteen weeks you see how things

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Speaker 1: shake out, not after you know, September or October, November.

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Speaker 1: It's really after the end of December, and we still

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Speaker 1: got one hugely important game left and we need to

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Speaker 1: finish strong. Tom, were you surprised would you were taken

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Speaker 1: out of the game with six and a half minutes left? No?

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Speaker 1: And how are you feeling physically at this point in

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Speaker 1: the season. I feel great, Tom. The two interceptions obviously

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Speaker 1: frustrating as they were. How big is it with the

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Speaker 1: defense only holding Buffalo to three points? Yeah, defense played

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Speaker 1: so great, you know, held down they You know, I

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Speaker 1: moved the ball pretty well at times two this year,

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Speaker 1: and I thought our defense played great. Play gread on

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Speaker 1: third down, stopped him in a run game and you

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Speaker 1: know got us once you turnovers to Tom, two quick things.

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Speaker 1: No injury on being taken out six thirty eight, No,

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Speaker 1: I'm not injured. Yeah. And also when Julian makes that

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Speaker 1: play and then on the ensuing possession and Malcolm runs

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Speaker 1: down and recovers the fumble after the force fumble, those

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Speaker 1: are kind of plays that can trigger you, guys and

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Speaker 1: maybe get a spark to you know, renew your dedicated

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Speaker 1: commitment to getting the big picture. Those are big plays,

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Speaker 1: and I think you know we're gonna need those. And

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Speaker 1: you know, fourth down play for a touchdown and um,

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Speaker 1: you know played well there in the fourth quarter and

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Speaker 1: took our thought. Our defense had a great job, you know,

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Speaker 1: really keeping their offense from scorn up until the very end.

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Speaker 1: So you know, it's a lot of critical plays, a

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Speaker 1: lot of time he plays, and that it was good,

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Speaker 1: too good to get the good to get the win Tom,

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Speaker 1: the Texans lose. Now you have first round by in

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Speaker 1: your control, your own destiny, You control that. How big

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Speaker 1: is that knowing that you go into the next week's

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Speaker 1: game with a chance to clinch your first round by, Well,

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Speaker 1: it's it's just it's hugely important to finish strong. And um,

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Speaker 1: you know we've had, we've got a great opportunity and

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Speaker 1: we're playing against team we know pretty well. But you

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Speaker 1: know they played really well today and you know it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a tough game, So get our minds right

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Speaker 1: for you know, for a very important game that's huge

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Speaker 1: for us, and I'm sure they're gonna play hard, and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know we got to grind it out and figure

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Speaker 1: out how to win. Tom obviously tenth straight AFC East

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Speaker 1: title at your age, how much do you have to

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Speaker 1: just remember not to take this for granted the success.

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Speaker 1: I know some of the fans have been critical these

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Speaker 1: past couple of weeks, but it is another AFC East

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Speaker 1: title and Buffalo hasn't won one in maybe twenty five years.

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Speaker 1: Off special does it feel? Yeah, I certainly don't take

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Speaker 1: it for granted. I mean, I think I know how

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Speaker 1: hard it is, and I just have a great deal

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Speaker 1: of appreciation for my teammates and coaches that work extremely

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Speaker 1: hard to put us in a position to do a

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Speaker 1: great job. And when you have a lot of perspective,

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Speaker 1: and like I certainly do, I realize that, um no,

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Speaker 1: it's an incredibly difficult thing to do, and I'm just

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Speaker 1: very grateful, so thank you guys.