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Speaker 1: It's the Demico Ryans Podcast, brought to you by am

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Speaker 1: AG Bank, the official business bank of the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Joining us now at studios. Head coach Demiko Ryan's coach

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Speaker 1: season is over. We'll talk about the season and reflect,

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Speaker 1: but let's talk about the game against the Chiefs. You're

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Speaker 1: right there, had a lot of opportunities, ultimately came up short.

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Speaker 2: And thankful to be in this spot. Good game right thought,

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Speaker 2: we went in confident, went in with a good game plan.

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Speaker 2: Ultimately we didn't make enough plays to win the game.

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Speaker 2: That's what it came down to. We had our opportunities

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Speaker 2: in all three phases. We had opportunities right to help

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Speaker 2: the team, put the team in position to win, but

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Speaker 2: ultimately we just we came up short.

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Speaker 3: Right, where it came down to.

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Speaker 2: Our keys to victory for this game was just to

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Speaker 2: execute right and we could come out of that game

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Speaker 2: just executing in the critical areas. Again, it's red zone,

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Speaker 2: third down, like those two areas of where you had

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Speaker 2: to win that game, and we did it. Play well

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Speaker 2: enough offensively in the red zone where we needed to

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Speaker 2: score more points to beat the Chiefs, and defensively like

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Speaker 2: in the red zone there we gave up two touchdowns

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Speaker 2: in the red zone, and that's the difference in the game.

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Speaker 4: All right, cat you, I'm asking you a weird one.

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Speaker 5: I've tried to stay as busy as I possibly can,

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Speaker 5: so I kind of keep things like out of my head,

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Speaker 5: you know, because as soon as I stop for a

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Speaker 5: second I think about the game, I think kind of

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Speaker 5: the same things. Is it kind of like that for you?

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Speaker 5: Kind of some frustration that like when you start to

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Speaker 5: think about what happened. Because the one thing you and

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Speaker 5: I talked about a lot this year is when the

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Speaker 5: Texans beat the Texans and not a good thing, but

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Speaker 5: when the Texans played the opponent the right way. I mean,

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Speaker 5: you guys won a lot of football games. But did

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Speaker 5: you have kind of momentary like he kept having moments

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Speaker 5: kind of flashing your mind as you had a white

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Speaker 5: Moment's weekend.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of moments in my mind that are

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Speaker 2: it's just take me back there. You see how close

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Speaker 2: you are. And that's the disappointing part about it. And

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Speaker 2: that's what keeps me frustrated. Every time I think about

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Speaker 2: the game. It's a frustration that rises up in me

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Speaker 2: and I'm like, oh, man, if we still we were

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Speaker 2: supposed to do like and that's that's the frustrating part.

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Speaker 2: But it all comes down to, like, man, we gotta

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Speaker 2: you just gotta get it done. And that was kind

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Speaker 2: of my message to the guys at halftime was, Okay,

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Speaker 2: we're here, We're right here in this moment. We're not

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Speaker 2: talking about all season or how we come back. Like

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Speaker 2: we're here in this moment halftime. You have something to

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Speaker 2: do about it right now, Like you can go and

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Speaker 2: make the plays we need to make the win the game,

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Speaker 2: put us in position to win the game right here,

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Speaker 2: right now, and just to not get it done. That's

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Speaker 2: the disappointing part. When we had our opportunity.

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Speaker 1: And after the half, you were down thirteen to three.

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Speaker 1: At one point after the half, you're down seven. You

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Speaker 1: have that drive, and that drive enables you to put

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon in the end zone. I know you missed

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Speaker 1: the extra point, but you battle back nicely right there.

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Speaker 1: It's just it was hard to get over the hill

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Speaker 1: to get to the other side.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean came out of the half and we

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Speaker 2: did an outstanding drive right whatever, we needed to get

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Speaker 2: it done, Like that's how you want to see us, look, right,

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Speaker 2: running the ballj making plays, throwing, scrambling Like, man, you

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Speaker 2: talk about an impressive drive, and it's kind of that's

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Speaker 2: what you need to do versus See, you've got to

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Speaker 2: keep Patrick on the sideline, and that was what.

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Speaker 3: We needed to do.

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Speaker 2: Eat clock, score finish with points. But you needed to

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Speaker 2: come back and do it again. We needed to get

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Speaker 2: more stops defensively, like we needed another drive, and we

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Speaker 2: just didn't get that drive and we weren't able to

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was tough from that standpoint, but coach, when

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Speaker 5: you go down thirteen to three, you had the ball,

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Speaker 5: and then you also get at the start of the

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Speaker 5: second quarter. And now you and I talked at halftime

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Speaker 5: about this, that getting that field goal right before the

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Speaker 5: half to respond. I mean, obviously they did score a touchdown,

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Speaker 5: but you needed to respond at that point and you

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Speaker 4: Did you feel like that.

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Speaker 5: Gave you a little bit of momentum to get into

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Speaker 5: that big drive in the third quarter, which I would

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Speaker 5: argue at third quarter drive is maybe the best one

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Speaker 5: you had all year because you overcame a number of

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Speaker 5: things as well on that drive.

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Speaker 4: But getting that three right before the half.

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Speaker 5: How important was that one to make sure you got

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Speaker 3: That was huge for us.

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Speaker 2: That's strategically, that's what you want to do, Like you

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Speaker 2: want to finish with the ball or finish with points

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Speaker 2: going into halftime, and we did that. We were able

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Speaker 2: to get the field goal and then you know, that's

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Speaker 2: why you kind of defer kickoff so you can get

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Speaker 2: down and add more points. Right, that's where you try

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Speaker 2: to lap your opponent. And we did that, like we

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Speaker 2: were able to do that put us in the game.

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Speaker 2: And that's exactly how you want to drive the look,

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Speaker 2: that's exactly how you want to finish the half. Of

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Speaker 2: course you want touchdowns, you want to finish with seven,

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Speaker 2: but ultimately you got to score more points to beat

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs.

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Speaker 3: Ye.

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Speaker 1: Well, at the end of the day, you look at

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Speaker 1: Mahomes through for under two hundred yards. You were able

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Speaker 1: to really slow down their running game a lot. Was

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Speaker 1: that a big key in keeping things close?

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Speaker 3: I mean, you look at it.

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Speaker 2: I mean on the defensive side, I thought, you know,

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Speaker 2: credit to our defensive line.

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Speaker 3: They they executed the game playing flawlessly, like we.

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Speaker 2: Needed them to stop the run, which we did that

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Speaker 2: in the pocket. I think all for like one or

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Speaker 2: two times he maybe got out, but it wasn't There.

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Speaker 3: Weren't plays that really hurt us.

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Speaker 2: You know, we still had an opportunity to come out

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Speaker 2: of Fantis, but those guys did a really nice job

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Speaker 2: of not allowing him to. Because we talked about last

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Speaker 2: week escape through the interior A and B gaps and

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Speaker 2: they did that, force them to go to the sideline.

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Speaker 2: But those guys played really well the entire game.

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Speaker 5: For your defense, coach, you've got you had a number

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Speaker 5: of young guys, a number of guys playing their first

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Speaker 5: divisional playoff game in some cases, I'm playing their first

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Speaker 5: playoff game in general, what do you think this experience

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Speaker 5: was for them going forward? Guys like Kamarai, guys like Kaylin,

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Speaker 5: you know, playing that first game, you know, in Kansas

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Speaker 5: lot of big games, they played in big college games,

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Speaker 5: but there's something different about divisional playoff games.

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Speaker 4: What do you think they kind of gained out of

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Speaker 4: that moment being young players?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I really liked how our young players showed up

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Speaker 2: Man Kamara, Kaling. They were locked in. They were locked in,

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Speaker 2: they got their job done. They were supposed to be

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Speaker 2: like I mean, credit to those guys. They didn't blink

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Speaker 2: in the moment. They were ready, they were prepared, and

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Speaker 2: they played really well for us. So I think you

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Speaker 2: know there was they were hurt after the game, as

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Speaker 2: should be, but they understand what it takes to get

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Speaker 2: to the next lowest. All eleven guys being on the

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Speaker 2: same page all the time, like Dialdan from snap to whistle,

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Speaker 2: every single snap is important when you're playing in a

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Speaker 2: game of that magnitude like there, there can't be you know,

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Speaker 2: the mental mistakes and things that happened that hurt yourself.

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Speaker 3: So those guys new there, and.

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Speaker 2: I'm really pleased with how Kaitln Kamara young guys will

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Speaker 2: all our young guy the way they played.

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Speaker 4: Coach.

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Speaker 1: I know you don't want to see all the sacks,

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Speaker 1: but the passing game in general, as you threw the

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Speaker 1: how banged up yard receiver and who's not playing and

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Speaker 1: who knows what the guys who are playing have and

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Speaker 1: what they're nursing injury wise and all that, But what

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Speaker 1: about that facet of the game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, CJ.

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Speaker 2: Man, he competed and like he competed, like he brought

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Speaker 2: all the intensity the energy that we need from him.

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Speaker 2: He brought that right and we just had a new

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Speaker 2: need to do a better job around him. It wasn't

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Speaker 2: by far, it wasn't good enough. From when it came

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Speaker 2: to protecting standpoint or guys, you know, just getting open

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Speaker 2: beaten man coverage. They play sticky in coverage. Credit to

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs, they've had some sticky coverages Double Nico. A

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Speaker 2: lot where you're counting the other guys to step up

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Speaker 2: and make plays, and couldn't be more proud of Huts.

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Speaker 3: Like what a game he had.

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Speaker 2: He stepped up big time for us, made some clutch catches,

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Speaker 2: some really nice plays. Just you see the competitive nature

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Speaker 2: that Huts has, which he's shown that all throughout the year,

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Speaker 2: but in one of our biggest games, he stepped up

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Speaker 2: and probably had his best game of the year. But

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Speaker 2: just overall, like you just needed to make some more

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Speaker 2: plays and we still had some negative plays there they

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Speaker 2: kind of put us behind and some long, longer yard

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Speaker 2: of situations where we had to kind of climb out

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Speaker 5: Mark and I talked about this throughout the week, coach

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Speaker 5: you talking about the running game, and we always kind

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Speaker 5: of come up with, Okay, how many points is it

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Speaker 5: gonna take to win the game, how many how many

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Speaker 5: rushing yards you think it's gonna take. And we both

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Speaker 5: were like, man, if we could get to one twenty.

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Speaker 4: Five, like we would feel pretty good about one twenty five.

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Speaker 5: And it felt like we got to one twenty five

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Speaker 5: I think at the end of that third quarter drive.

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Speaker 5: And it wasn't you know, Joe making something happen when

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Speaker 5: it's not there. It was holes developing guys up front.

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Speaker 5: It felt like you were kind of winning the physical battle.

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Speaker 5: Joe was able to slice through there Damien one time.

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Speaker 5: What was really kind of happened with the run game.

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Speaker 5: So I think about the old line. This year, you

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Speaker 5: had like seven eight weeks of the same old line,

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Speaker 5: and then some injuries started happening, and then moving pieces

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Speaker 5: and then finally, you know, then you got to change

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Speaker 5: on the division playoff rond because you get shocked back.

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Speaker 4: But yet you're.

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Speaker 5: Able to run the ball really well against Kansas City

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Speaker 5: for a long extended period of time.

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Speaker 4: What really was kind of working, what's the old line configuration?

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Speaker 5: Was?

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Speaker 4: It just kind of everything was Joe vision. What was

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Speaker 4: kind of working with the run game Saturday?

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Speaker 2: I think when the old when the run game got

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Speaker 2: just moving the guys in front of them. I think

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Speaker 2: that scheme could kind of it fit us well and

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Speaker 2: we were able to see some benefits from that. And

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Speaker 2: Joe ran the ball well, what's he's done that all year?

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 5: I think there's always looking ahead, coach, you always think

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Speaker 2: As I told our guys, it's more than a team meeting,

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Speaker 2: Like it's my job to make sure we're improving, we're

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Speaker 3: So that's my Oh, that's my goal.

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Speaker 2: Like can we get to the AFC Championship game and

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Speaker 2: But first we got to get past the divisional So

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Speaker 3: Why are you here? So that's my mindset moving forward.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've had two good seasons and everybody want to say,

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Speaker 4: About, so coach.

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Speaker 1: Between restricted and unrestricted free agents, it's a couple of

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Speaker 1: How do you go about a set saying, all right,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, me and Nickel sit down.

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Speaker 2: We'll go through you know, first off, we start with

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Speaker 3: It has to work both ways.

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Speaker 2: Then we also look at the pool of free agents

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Speaker 2: And that's really from now until the start of next season,

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Speaker 3: That's what we need, Like guys have that.

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Speaker 5: The other part of it coaches in the business of

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Speaker 5: one goes about coaches. You retain coaches, you don't. Coaches retire,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's always to that till our team, like coaches, players, staff,

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Speaker 1: What is today like when you're having those final meetings

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Speaker 4: How does all that work? Coach?

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Speaker 3: Now, we have we call exit meetings with our guys.

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Speaker 2: So I start with a team meeting, like just saying,

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Speaker 5: We care about a lot of people in this building,

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Speaker 5: What about you getting away kind of just mentally physically,

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Speaker 2: We'll see for babies at home. Not a lot of rest,

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Speaker 1: A couple of reflection questions here. Boy, this season, I

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Speaker 2: It was no excuses, no explanations, guys just grinded. Guys

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Speaker 2: we just learned a lot throughout this year, learning like

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Speaker 2: what it takes. What does the work have to look

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Speaker 2: like on a consistent basis for us to get over

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Speaker 2: the hump?

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Speaker 4: All right?

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Speaker 2: What more?

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Speaker 1: The Amagy Bank ask coach question of the week. You

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Speaker 1: have some Pro bowlers and you've played in Pro Bowls.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I remember you an O nine coach in Miami.

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Speaker 1: You were hitting people very hard in that Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Did you not get the memo that was the Pro Bowl?

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Speaker 1: You were playing pretty intense at.

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Speaker 2: Anytime that ball is Yeah, man, I just don't want

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Speaker 2: to speed, like, go play hard, play fast.

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Speaker 1: How would you like to be these Pro Bowl games?

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Speaker 1: You know, all the skills competitions and stuff like.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean, I'll let them have that now. They

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Speaker 2: don't have a lot of fun. Talk to Stingley today

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Speaker 2: and you know he's going to go down to Land.

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Speaker 2: I said, sting have fun in the dodgeball. He might

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Speaker 2: be good at that football. It's been careful out there,

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Speaker 2: but now it'll be fun. I think it's you know,

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Speaker 2: to be full of fanfare, be excited, you know, exciting,

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Speaker 2: exciting times, especially for Steing, you know, getting this first one.

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Speaker 2: I'm happy for him, happy to sit at home and

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Speaker 2: watch him play dodgeball.

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Speaker 4: Outstanding coach. Thanks a lot for all the visits all season. Mark.

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Speaker 2: We really thank you guys all year, making this definitely

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Speaker 2: enjoyment pleasure to do, no matter what happened throughout the week.

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Speaker 3: Really appreciate you guys and work you guys put in.

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Speaker 4: Thanks, Thank you,