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Speaker 1: You think that the Cowboys were the best defense you

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Speaker 1: faced to date, and if so, how do you that's

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Speaker 1: kind of prepared you for your opponent? Yeah, um, I do.

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Speaker 1: I think they you know, I had a great front. Um.

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Speaker 1: I thought their secondary was really you know, talented and skilled.

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Speaker 1: Um so all around, I think their scheme was really

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Speaker 1: was really good too. So UM, I do think it

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Speaker 1: was one of the best defenses that I've seen that

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Speaker 1: our team is seen this year. Um. And obviously you

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Speaker 1: know this week is gonna be a great challenge with

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Speaker 1: the front that you know, Philadelphia has, so UM, I

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Speaker 1: thought it was a good game to have and you know,

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Speaker 1: to work through and learn from. Um, you know for

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Speaker 1: this week's matchup. I said that you backward before the

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Speaker 1: Seattle game were a silent count that week and he

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Speaker 1: even then was thinking like this could be good because

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Speaker 1: we may play Philly n s. Which did he mentioned

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Speaker 1: that to you at the time? And what is the

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Speaker 1: key to you know, being good? Yeah? Um, you know,

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Speaker 1: when we played Seattle that week and everything he did say,

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Speaker 1: it was a good preparation for what you know, we

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Speaker 1: were um or what we might have to you know,

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Speaker 1: play in in terms of the playoffs. You know, going

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Speaker 1: on the road for road games and obviously for Philadelphia. UM,

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Speaker 1: and it's just everything, like everything you know in these

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Speaker 1: kind of games all about communication. How can you operate smoothly,

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Speaker 1: get get in and out of the huddle, get the

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Speaker 1: playoff in the right way, make sure everyone's on the

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Speaker 1: same page. So that's definitely a big emphasis this week,

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Speaker 1: just at practice with the little things the details of

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Speaker 1: communicating and being on on point. UM. And that starts

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Speaker 1: with the cadence. So it's gonna be huge for us.

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Speaker 1: The handset went out or something, yes, yeah, so does

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Speaker 1: that happen a lot? How do you handle it? What

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Speaker 1: do you? What do you? I mean, it was really

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Speaker 1: just you know, a personnel issue that we had. We're

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Speaker 1: trying to get the right amount of guys on the

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Speaker 1: field and um, you know, obviously the play clock was

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Speaker 1: going down and so just came one of those things

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Speaker 1: where you know, we got to play in a little

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Speaker 1: late and we just ran ran what I heard, UM,

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Speaker 1: but it wasn't the exact right play. UM. But in

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Speaker 1: the moment, like that's just honest, players, I feel like,

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Speaker 1: you know, to be prepared and know what coaches trying

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Speaker 1: to call, UM and those kind of things. I put

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Speaker 1: that more on myself than anything. But um, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think other than that, you know, Kyle does a

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Speaker 1: great job of getting to play in and and everything

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Speaker 1: operating pretty smoothly. But uh, there was a couple of

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Speaker 1: other times, you know, early in the year. Um, but

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Speaker 1: we got to play off in the right way. That

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Speaker 1: was the first time we didn't get to play in

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Speaker 1: and then we ran the wrong play. So, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: it happens, it's it's part of the game. But we

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Speaker 1: want to do our best to eliminate those kind of

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Speaker 1: things from happening. So you saw, you can see yourself.

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Speaker 1: I don't like it. Even then you call your own

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Speaker 1: play no, no, whatever he calls. I, you know, have

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Speaker 1: full faith and trust and I run it. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: to training camp, and remember you didn't get many opportunities obviously,

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Speaker 1: probably about times or tent of that. So how did

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Speaker 1: you deal with that? Was it frustrating? And just how

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Speaker 1: did you try to maximize the opportunities? Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: at the time, obviously, um, you know, trading Nate were

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Speaker 1: taking the majority of the reps and so I got

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Speaker 1: But for me, it was you know, how can I

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Speaker 1: best of my ability to everything the little things right, Um, nothing,

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Speaker 1: I didn't make it more than what it was. I

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Speaker 1: just kept a simple went through my reads and showed

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Speaker 1: them that I can take care of the simple plays

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Speaker 1: that they give me, you know, throughout practice and stuff.

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Speaker 1: So but definitely want of the you know, have the

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Speaker 1: opportunity that I had to show them, Um, you know

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Speaker 1: that could play. So that was just about building trust.

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Speaker 1: Back then. College game against Okahoma when you jail, when

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Speaker 1: you want against each other. Any memories that say that

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Speaker 1: just you know, obviously there was a lot of points scored.

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Speaker 1: You know, it was almost like, um, you had to

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Speaker 1: you know, different situation and scenario than what we're about

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Speaker 1: you know it was. It was a fun college game.

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Speaker 1: Was a great experience to go against you know, Jalen

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Speaker 1: and they had a great team and he was making

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Speaker 1: the same to keep up and stay live in that game.

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Speaker 1: As well, but um, you know this is a different situation,

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Speaker 1: you know, different scenario going into Sunday. Was act a

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Speaker 1: couple of times early through a bunch after that never

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Speaker 1: were was sacked again. Was that just a matter of

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Speaker 1: you realizing you might have to get the ball out sooner?

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Speaker 1: Was there an adjustment in lake calling and how would

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Speaker 1: you account for that? Yeah, I would say it was

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Speaker 1: a it was a mix of both things. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think it was a reality for myself in terms

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Speaker 1: I have to be in rhythm. I have to be

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Speaker 1: in time within the play that's called. UM, and help

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Speaker 1: my old line out by giving them confidence by getting

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Speaker 1: the ball out, allowing them to you know, get settled

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Speaker 1: in the game early. Um. And then also you know,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Collinson plays after that a lot that's set up

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Speaker 1: you know the past game later so that the offensive line, UM,

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Speaker 1: I could get settled, that I could get settled, and

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Speaker 1: then once we got into a rhythm, um, things were

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Speaker 1: better in the second half. So yeah, two point tomorrow

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Speaker 1: the Oklahoma game. Two questions. The Oklahoma game, the two

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Speaker 1: point conversion that was a very tight window. Did you

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Speaker 1: you know, for a moment, think that was a completion

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Speaker 1: and you guys have won the game. And then also

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Speaker 1: that was you know that first time you experience some

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Speaker 1: road atmosphere like that, but the night game and you

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Speaker 1: guys some people, is that collective experience kind of maybe

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Speaker 1: make what you're about to face Sunday a little less overwhelming. Um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean the answer the first part, Yeah, I thought

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Speaker 1: not getting the completion in the game being over, But yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, just a lot being on the line, you know,

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Speaker 1: in the moment, focusing on what's in front of you,

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Speaker 1: focusing on the defense rather than getting caught up in

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Speaker 1: you know, the crowd and all that kind of stuff. So, UM,

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Speaker 1: I played in a couple of those games, you know

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Speaker 1: in college. UM, and I think that was just a

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Speaker 1: it was It's a great experience for me to go

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Speaker 1: back to and remember like how I felt, um, what

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Speaker 1: was going through my mind, how to affect my decisions

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Speaker 1: things like that. So um, definitely feel like I've grown

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Speaker 1: from it, and um, yeah, I'm glad I went through

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Speaker 1: something like that as well. Comfortable going left now more

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Speaker 1: games under your belt, rockets, that's something you want to change.

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Speaker 1: Would you like to go more right? Where are you

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Speaker 1: chee from yourself on those situations? Yeah, Um, honestly, I

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Speaker 1: hope I don't have to scramble. So that's not something

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Speaker 1: you know I have in my mind. Um, but I

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Speaker 1: mean it is part of the game. Um, I just

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Speaker 1: feel like how the pocket has collapsed, that's just something

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Speaker 1: that's just an area I feel like I've gone to. Um,

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Speaker 1: but you know, it's not something that I I'm going like, Man,

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Speaker 1: I gotta stop going left or I need to go

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Speaker 1: more right. It's just it's part of the game. It's

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Speaker 1: a natural feel I feel like in the moment. So

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Speaker 1: it's not something that I'm you know, practicing or anything

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