WEBVTT - Press Pass: Wendell Smallwood October 7

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<v Speaker 1>We're just tired of hearing that every every game. Like, man,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta stop stop doing it to ourselves, myself included, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just putting ourselves in bad situations and having a

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<v Speaker 1>fight harder than and we need to. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 1>we take advantage of where where teams are giving us

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<v Speaker 1>and kind of even a playing for we're more more

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<v Speaker 1>so moving the playing field towards them when we're fall

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<v Speaker 1>start and dropping catches and just just doing a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things that we don't normally do that you don't

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<v Speaker 1>see out of the championship team. So it's putting up something. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>coach emphasizes every every day at practice, and I mean

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<v Speaker 1>if we do it in practice, we're gonna do it

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<v Speaker 1>in the game. And it's just how it goes sometimes.

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<v Speaker 1>And he doesn't ever black off of it or back

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<v Speaker 1>off of us, because you know, coaches know what transpires

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<v Speaker 1>into the game, so they stay honest. And we're just

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<v Speaker 1>tired of hearing them. We gotta we gotta chance. We're

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<v Speaker 1>just we're tired of beating ourselves and losing two teams

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<v Speaker 1>that we should beat, but we're beating ourselves. And I

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<v Speaker 1>know this this week is gonna be used for us

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<v Speaker 1>on let's shut all that out. Let's let's just play

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<v Speaker 1>our game and play how we play. And that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>what we gotta do. If I won't hear no more,

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<v Speaker 1>we keep doing it, We're gonna keep hearing it. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>do you like a focus? That's all it is, like

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<v Speaker 1>a focus, like lack of execution. So like last year,

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<v Speaker 1>we were executing and no matter what happened, we persevered.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't care where we're third and twenty third and fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>We never looked at each other and kind of doubted.

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<v Speaker 1>And I feel like we have to get back to that.

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<v Speaker 1>That swag, even when we did shoot ourselves in the

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<v Speaker 1>foot last year, was a different mindset. This mindset, we're

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<v Speaker 1>getting down on ourselves. We're losing our focus, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>losing the task at hand. So it looks like often

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<v Speaker 1>Carson's dropping back and guys are on them right away,

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<v Speaker 1>and the other times we'll drop back and what time

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<v Speaker 1>and he's holding the ball for a while. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>getting out what's what's going on there? I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not really a quarterback, so I don't know where he's

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<v Speaker 1>looking at. And I know I just know we don't

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<v Speaker 1>want him getting hit period. We don't want that guy

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<v Speaker 1>under pressure. We don't want him on his back at all.

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<v Speaker 1>So whatever it's causing it, we got to fix it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't know what's what he's looking at

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<v Speaker 1>or what he's trying to do back there, but I

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<v Speaker 1>know he can't. Our job is to protect him and

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<v Speaker 1>keep him off the ground and keep him out of pressure.

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<v Speaker 1>And we just gotta fix it. To get down in

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<v Speaker 1>a game like that and have to try to fire

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<v Speaker 1>with that, it's it's on us, it's not it's not

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<v Speaker 1>on them. It's on us if we if we play,

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<v Speaker 1>if we come out and play and have a fast start,

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<v Speaker 1>this game isn't close. I believe we came out and

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<v Speaker 1>we had to work our way up and oftentime. In

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<v Speaker 1>this league, it's hard to do that. It's hard to

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<v Speaker 1>fight back and hard to come back, and even as

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<v Speaker 1>close as we got today, it's hard to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's hard to get done. So I feel like we

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<v Speaker 1>gotta eep start. Even in the playing field. We can't

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<v Speaker 1>keep shooting ourselves on the foot, giving them, giving the

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<v Speaker 1>team things. We got to take care of ball. We

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<v Speaker 1>gotta take the ball. We gotta run the ball. We

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<v Speaker 1>gotta stop the running. We just gotta do basic better.