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Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans.

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Speaker 1: When it's game day for your health coverage, trust Farm

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Speaker 1: They've been backing Tennesseeans for nearly eighty years, so please

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Speaker 1: to welcome coach Brian Callahan in rested, ready to get

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Speaker 1: back at it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't wait.

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Speaker 1: Good time with the family, little time.

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Speaker 2: Off, little time off, little time to reflect, a little

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Speaker 2: time to study. And then now rad roll.

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Speaker 1: All right, So was it hard to let it go?

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Speaker 1: More as a head coach than it was as an

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Speaker 1: assistant coach?

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Speaker 2: Much harder, much much harder. I'd never really let it go.

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Speaker 2: I did my best for my wife's sake. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: there's just so many other things you think about out

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Speaker 2: and even when I was coming back to Nashville and

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Speaker 2: you know, I'm watching games, and you know, my anxieties

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Speaker 2: all the way up and I just O, my god,

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Speaker 2: he we got I gotta get home. I got I

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Speaker 2: got things to do. You know, It's just I can't

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Speaker 2: help it. It's just what it is. But then you

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Speaker 2: think about watching around the league and the messaging and

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Speaker 2: what do you It's just yeah, there's a whole other

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Speaker 2: lump of things that I thought about this year that

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Speaker 2: I normally wouldn't have thought about.

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Speaker 1: I bothered a guy on the plane because he had

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Speaker 1: red Zone on his phone and I was like leaning over.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, it was really kind of embarrassing. Yeah, Zone.

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Speaker 3: Just watch a movie. Just watch a movie.

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Speaker 1: He had the game, I mean, ed Eddie had Indianapolis Jacksonville.

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Speaker 3: He really can.

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Speaker 1: Don't don't turn it. Don't turn it.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. All right, well, coach, you were able

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Speaker 3: to get back to work actually and do your job.

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Speaker 3: Had practice today, got everybody on the field for a

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Speaker 3: little bit more than an hour. What was the main

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Speaker 3: focus of today's practice.

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Speaker 2: I just get guys back moving around, you know. They

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Speaker 2: they we played Monday night. We didn't do anything Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: I mean obviously we got back at three in the

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Speaker 2: morning or whatever it was, and then they came in

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Speaker 2: for their normal postgame operation Tuesday evening. And then really

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Speaker 2: I let him go for the rest of the week

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Speaker 2: because hard to bring him in Wednesday of a bye

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Speaker 2: week they've already had. That's really their off day. It's

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Speaker 2: two days after the game. It's always whether the usually

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Speaker 2: the most sore so they haven't done anything in what

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Speaker 2: amounts to almost a week, and so today was about

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Speaker 2: just getting them back in moving, running, kind of getting

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Speaker 2: back into routine. They'll have the normal off day tomorrow

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Speaker 2: and then we'll start our normal rhythm Wednesday. But today

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Speaker 2: it was just about slight introduction, Andy more just getting

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Speaker 2: back in the physical rhythm of practice.

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Speaker 1: You made clear in your press conference that when healthy

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Speaker 1: Will Levis is your quarterback, you had intimated that he

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Speaker 1: wouldn't probably do a lot today. How much do you

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Speaker 1: need to see from Will this week to feel comfortable

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Speaker 1: playing him against Indianapolis.

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Speaker 2: He can that he can perform as as normal without

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Speaker 2: you know, any reservation, and I think we'll see how

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Speaker 2: the practice week goes, but I think day by day

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Speaker 2: he'll feel better and better generally, how those things work,

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Speaker 2: you know, and it's been you got an extra week

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Speaker 2: ready to play Sunday, and then we'll just we'll see

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Speaker 2: how it goes. He's if he has any reservations about

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Speaker 2: being able to make throws or feel good about taking

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Speaker 2: a hit, all those things, then we can evaluate it then,

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Speaker 2: but it'll be a feedback from him on how he

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Speaker 3: Before the staff broke, you did a self scout for

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Speaker 3: the month of September. Was there anything in that that's

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Speaker 2: No, I had a pretty good grasp. I think it

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Speaker 2: essentially as you go through it. But still a pretty

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Speaker 2: small sample size. Four games is not a lot. But

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Speaker 2: found a lot of areas for me personally that I

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Speaker 2: felt like I could get better as a play caller,

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Speaker 2: was my biggest takeaway was work, We're through four games,

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Speaker 2: And that was probably the biggest thing for me. But

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Speaker 2: there certainly we watched all the tendancies and you know,

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Speaker 2: So all those things we take into account, but still

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Speaker 2: gives you a little better picture.

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Speaker 1: All right, So since we have a moment coming off

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Speaker 1: the buybe, could you please fully explain what happened on

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Speaker 1: Miami's And I wrote down how to call this Miami's

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Speaker 1: on side free kick attempt with their punter. What were

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Speaker 2: My best guess is that they were. They tried We

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Speaker 2: more about fielding the ball. That would be my best

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Speaker 2: guess without knowing exactly what they were trying to do,

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Speaker 2: But they tried to hit a very similar style you know,

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Speaker 2: would say in full transparency that from where I was standing,

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Speaker 2: I couldn't tell where the setup zone was, and so

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Speaker 2: that's where you saw cold. I think it as frustrated

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Speaker 2: I think it landed on the forty seven. When you're

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Speaker 2: see where that was. But it took to Kwan's credit,

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Speaker 2: and really I think he did a really nice job

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Speaker 1: Because it would have had to land it couldn't go

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Speaker 1: beyond the Miami forty right. That is correct, Okay, twenty

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously it's a it's a penalty. So that

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Speaker 1: You know, there's not a lot of sample size. But again,

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Speaker 1: I think Kwan really had a pretty good feel. He

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Speaker 1: the first level and he is standing on the forty

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Speaker 1: five and as long he can, he's not supposed to

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Speaker 1: back up past the forty five, and that's where Kwan

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Speaker 1: was there to feel the ball. Now, I wasn't aware

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Speaker 2: I wasn't sure. I was unclear myself on whether or not,

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Speaker 2: because nobody'd seen it right, whether or not that ball

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Speaker 2: was live. The answer is no, it is not. But

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Speaker 2: I would say that that was It was just such

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Speaker 2: and it's just you know, w Kwalm was yelling Peter

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Speaker 2: because you do know anybody to touch it, but really

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Speaker 2: it's it's a dead ball anyway, it doesn't matter. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: just some things that were a little confusing in that moment.

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Speaker 1: Do you know what Peter is?

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Speaker 2: No? Okay, so Pete fair point, I should probably.

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Speaker 1: Least that's okay, that's okay.

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Speaker 3: I didn't here for.

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Speaker 1: But that's something actually they used to yell back a

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Speaker 1: long time ago when I played, when they want you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's when you know what the good research project

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Speaker 2: for somebody out there is, when did they first start?

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Speaker 2: It's been Peter ever since I think I've played football. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean it's been around for That's just what it was,

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Speaker 2: Peter Brews is that it's not.

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Speaker 3: Peter of eighty but somebody out there google who is

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Speaker 3: peterossile figure.

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Speaker 2: There are a lot of famous The genesis of like

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Speaker 2: why things called what they are in football is fascinating

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Speaker 2: to me, Like even just plays, Like there's certain plays

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Speaker 2: carryover to like the eighties. Oh sure, Bill, but it's like,

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Speaker 2: for example, there's a play that everyone has in their

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Speaker 2: playbook it's called Hank, and they called it Hank in

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Speaker 2: nineteen eighty two, maybe nineteen seventy something. Who knows how

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Speaker 2: so it was their cral routes that convert him. Anyway,

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Speaker 2: long story, so did they they still call it Hank?

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Speaker 2: A lot of people still call it Hank. Did they

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Speaker 2: still call the play where you're trying to draw the

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Speaker 2: other team off side by being totally still grapeyard? I've

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Speaker 2: never heard that one. Okay, huh, but there's probably someone

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Speaker 2: that does, because you're supposed to just you're just supposed

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Speaker 2: to be totally still. Yeah, that one makes a lot

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is what we didn't see more than you thought.

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Speaker 3: Right, I mean, this is what they pay us for,

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Speaker 3: you know, all thet I.

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Speaker 1: Don't know which Peter it is that was.

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Speaker 3: Somebody google it between, somebody will, Yeah, somebody will.

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Speaker 2: There's got to be an origin, so there's got to

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Speaker 3: All right, We're gonna move on. Here. Are there specific

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Speaker 3: players who came out of September with a lot of

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Speaker 3: momentum that they can carry over into October?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think our young players have certainly

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Speaker 2: and what I mean by young players probably are j C. Latham,

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Speaker 2: I think has had a really nice start to the

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Speaker 2: I think he's been very, very solid, and you're starting

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Speaker 2: to see him grow and blossom and understand what it

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Speaker 2: means to play left tackle in the NFL. To and

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Speaker 2: Andre Sweat, no question, has proven that he is an

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Speaker 2: impact player on the defensive front. I think Jarvis Brownlee's

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Speaker 2: performance through his his time that he's played has been

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Speaker 2: really encouraging. Had a really nice game against the Dolphins,

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Speaker 3: Regardless of who the Colts end up playing at the

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Speaker 1: Gus Bradley is their defensive coordinator. They didn't have a

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Speaker 2: high enough fast enough and yeah, they mean, some of

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Speaker 2: these kickers are remarkable at what they do. And I

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Speaker 2: think that's showing that you feel comfortable hitting a fifty

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Speaker 2: nine yard field goal to win the game. I think

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Speaker 2: it was very similar ending in the Cincinnati Baltimore game,

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Speaker 2: right where you know, Cincinnati gets the turnover and they're

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Speaker 2: at a fifty three yard field goal and run the

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Speaker 2: ball kind of three times, knowing that that's a for

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Speaker 2: Evan McPherson, that's a that's a walking apart for him.

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Speaker 1: We might have seen that before.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe maybe, But those are the things I think

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Speaker 2: you just did. The talent of the kickers in this league,

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Speaker 2: I think is I think it's only going to get better.

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Speaker 2: I mean, as these guys are hitting from almost sixty regularly,

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Speaker 2: it's if you got one of those, it's a real weapon.

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Speaker 1: Brian Callian as always, thanks for joining us. You got it.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 4: I appreciate its good to be here.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you a question. Okay, you played nine

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Speaker 1: seasons with the Bears. You won one hundred and five

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Speaker 1: games as a head coach. But the media thing. Didn't

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Speaker 1: you do some media right after your playing career ended

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Speaker 1: for three or four years with WGN.

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Speaker 4: Yes, it did.

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Speaker 5: Mike, Actually, what happened was when I first got out,

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Speaker 5: I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but

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Speaker 5: I had done some radio and television as a player,

483
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Speaker 5: you know, just kind of the Bears were hot, and

484
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Speaker 5: it was easy to be on TV, it really was,

485
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Speaker 5: and it was easy to be on the radio. And

486
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Speaker 5: so as I kind of started doing, a couple of

487
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Speaker 5: people told me I had a knack for it. And

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Speaker 5: so when I retired, actually Sports Channel Chicago reached out

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Speaker 5: to me initially and got me started. I did a

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Speaker 5: couple of things, doing some some college football, and then

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Speaker 5: I did some things for w SCR, and then it

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Speaker 5: eventually ended up with WGN doing some stuff for them,

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Speaker 5: both on radio and television, and it was something that

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Speaker 5: I enjoyed, but it really wasn't football. And the truth

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Speaker 5: of the matter is the one thing my wife said,

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Speaker 5: and it made all the sense to me, is you know,

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Speaker 5: you missed the regimen of getting up early, going to

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Speaker 5: the facility, you know, doing those things. And that's what

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Speaker 5: really kind of got me going as far as coaching

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Speaker 5: was concerned.

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Speaker 3: So after thirty years of being in the National Football

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Speaker 3: League as a player since ninety seven and as a

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Speaker 3: head coach since twenty eleven, now really taking that step

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Speaker 3: outside of the league and seeing the whole thing. Do

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Speaker 3: you like that now at this point in your career

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Speaker 3: that you're not in that regiment that day in day

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Speaker 3: out anymore.

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Speaker 5: You know, I still get up at five thirty in

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Speaker 5: the morning and just can't help myself. It's been ingrained,

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Speaker 5: and so that's kind of hard. And I do miss

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Speaker 5: the regiment. I mean, I drive my wife crazy.

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Speaker 4: She sends me out of the house to do some

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Speaker 4: stuff that I really believe she's just making up to

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Speaker 4: get me out of the house. So I do miss it.

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Speaker 4: I do enjoy the fact that doing some stuff for

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Speaker 4: the NFL Network has really kind of helped me. And

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna do some stuff for Westwood Wood coming up.

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Speaker 5: I'm actually on Thursday, I'm going up to Seattle Seat

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Speaker 5: to do the Seattle forty nine ers game, So that'll

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Speaker 5: be exciting as well. And you know what's kind of

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Speaker 5: funny is you know, I've kind of taken after.

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Speaker 4: One of my old coaches back in the day.

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Speaker 5: But the beautiful thing about coach McGinnis was he did

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Speaker 5: it while he was coaching, and so I've kind of

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Speaker 5: learned a little bit from that, and you know, I

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Speaker 5: know you guys are in the in the Dave McGinnis

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Speaker 5: studios there.

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Speaker 1: All right, So let's get to football. First month of

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Speaker 1: the season, defenses have dominated opposing passing attacks. But what

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Speaker 1: happens this weekend Thursday? Kirk Cousins throws for over five

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Speaker 1: hundred Through the games of the weekend more and more

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Speaker 1: three hundred yard pass or so have the offenses and

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Speaker 1: the passing attacks specifically finally caught up with the defenses

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Speaker 1: as we get to Oktoba.

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Speaker 5: Well, you know, it's interesting because when we started the

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Speaker 5: season out, I kind of thought there was going to

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Speaker 5: be resurgence of the running game, partly because if you

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Speaker 5: look at how some of these defenses are built, they're

539
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Speaker 5: all being built to stop the throwing game, and so

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Speaker 5: you got lighter players out there.

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Speaker 4: You got more dbs out on the field.

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Speaker 5: So it was it was set up to run the football,

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Speaker 5: in my opinion, and we saw that in the first

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Speaker 5: four games. You're right, though, this week five kind of

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Speaker 5: turned out to be a little bit different. But I

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Speaker 5: also think certain situations necessitated that, and that is when

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Speaker 5: teams were stocking up for the run. Now, what happened

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Speaker 5: was It opens up the passing game. When you only

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Speaker 5: see those single high dbs back there, you know, single

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Speaker 5: life safeties. Now the offenses start going to their automatics,

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Speaker 5: the checking and they're throwing the ball vertical or they're

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Speaker 5: hitting a seam and next thce you know.

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Speaker 4: What's a big play. Early on, it was in vogue

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Speaker 4: to play some form of cover two, whether it be

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Speaker 4: covered two quarters, trap, whatever, to stop the passing game.

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Speaker 4: So people ran. Now you see things happening in a

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Speaker 4: different fashion.

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Speaker 5: A great example as far as that's concern, as you

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Speaker 5: look at the Commanders, you know what they're doing with

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Speaker 5: their young quarterback for the most part, has been brilliant.

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Speaker 5: And what's happened is teams are playing a lot of

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Speaker 5: zone against these guys and they're trying to keep their

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Speaker 5: eyes on the quarterback. Because of that, the receivers have

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Speaker 5: more cushion, they have more opportunity to get open quickly.

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Speaker 4: Thus Jade's been he's been.

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Speaker 5: Throwing the ball, getting it out of his hands, and

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Speaker 5: his receivers are making plays once they've caught the ball.

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Speaker 5: So now teams start tighting up against them, playing a

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Speaker 5: little bit more man. And what's happened they're running the

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Speaker 5: ball better, okay, and that quarterbacks running the ball much better.

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Speaker 5: Why because the DB's they've got their backs turned them.

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Speaker 5: So it's it's a little bit of give and take,

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Speaker 5: and as you go through it, offenses that recognize what

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Speaker 5: the defense is trying to do against them sooner are

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Speaker 5: the ones that are having a lot more success.

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Speaker 3: So, coach, we've been sitting here through the first months

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Speaker 3: or so of the league of the league year saying,

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Speaker 3: oh my goodness, look at all these running running teams,

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Speaker 3: look at this commitment to the run game, and what

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Speaker 3: you're saying is that we're we're stumped by it, when

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Speaker 3: in reality, it's a response to what defenses are asking

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Speaker 3: of offenses.

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Speaker 4: Is right, it's absolutely.

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Speaker 5: I mean, that's a great point because it is about

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Speaker 5: what they are doing, but who they're doing it with.

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Speaker 5: When you're putting five and six dbs on the field

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Speaker 5: and as an offense not trying to exploit that, you're

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Speaker 5: making a mistake. And you see a lot of these

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Speaker 5: teams reacting to that very very quickly. That very very

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Speaker 5: first running play against the last Sunday Nights game against

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Speaker 5: Buffalo and Baltimore was a trap play. It was it

592
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Speaker 5: was a too deep look. They made a quick trap

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Speaker 5: block down with the tight end and the wide receiver

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Speaker 5: who both picked off a linebacker and of safety, and

595
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Speaker 5: Derrick Henry was on the cornerback in no time, and

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Speaker 5: a cornerback had to try and make a tackle against

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Speaker 5: a very physical running back who popped it and end

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Speaker 5: up got seventy eight yards for the touchdown.

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Speaker 4: And that was a reaction. That play was a setup.

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Speaker 5: They got exactly what they wanted from the defense and

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Speaker 5: they exploited it.

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Speaker 1: Coach Parody is here in the month of October. This

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Speaker 1: is an amazing thing. And I don't know if it's

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Speaker 1: happened before, but I just noticed it. Fourteen AFC teams

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Speaker 1: have two or more losses. Thirteen NFC teams have two

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Speaker 1: or more losses. Are you even a little surprised that

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Speaker 1: there's no more separation than that just five weeks into

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Speaker 1: the season.

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Speaker 4: Well, what's interesting too has been the matchups.

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Speaker 5: I mean, take a look at who's been matching up

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Speaker 5: with Who are we seeing all the really really good

612
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Speaker 5: teams you know the past playing against all the really

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Speaker 5: really good teams of the past as well, and the

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Speaker 5: mediocre teams are playing against each other. If you kind

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Speaker 5: of look at who's been playing who, I.

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Speaker 4: Think that gives you a little better insight as to

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Speaker 4: is their parody or not.

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Speaker 5: Some teams have good records have played some pretty mediocre

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Speaker 5: schedules already, But when you get into the media it,

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Speaker 5: you get into the thick of it. Now it's going

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Speaker 5: to change. I think it's gonna be very interesting. I

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Speaker 5: really think this month is going to really shake out

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Speaker 5: who the contenders are and who the pretenders are.

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Speaker 3: Coach, you were a new coach in twenty eleven, so

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Speaker 3: you're a good person to speak to this. What are

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Speaker 3: some of the challenges that Brian Callahan has faced in

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Speaker 3: his first month as a head coach and maybe could

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Speaker 3: he have anticipated them? Maybe how will he learn from

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Speaker 3: them going forward?

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Speaker 5: Well, you know, I was one a couple of weeks

631
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Speaker 5: ago to say I thought he handled the situation with

632
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Speaker 5: Will Levice during the game okay a little emotionally, But

633
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Speaker 5: then he came back, had an opportunity to gather his thoughts.

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Speaker 5: He probably talked to his father, who I think is.

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Speaker 4: Really one of the really good offensive line coaches in

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Speaker 4: this league and a very good football coach period. So

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Speaker 4: when Bill Callahan and Brian probably had a conversation about

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Speaker 4: how to handle it, how to better handle it. Then

639
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Speaker 4: he got up in front of the media, he owned it.

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Speaker 5: He talked about his desire and his passion to win

641
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Speaker 5: and his expectations. And that's important because again, if people

642
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Speaker 5: understand why you do things as a head coach, people

643
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Speaker 5: begin to go, oh, I see what he's doing, and

644
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Speaker 5: you also see that emotion that tells you the commitment

645
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Speaker 5: and the desire to win is very very important to him.

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Speaker 5: I mean, it could have been very easy for him

647
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Speaker 5: to just blow it off and not say anything, you know,

648
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Speaker 5: just because he's the head coach.

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Speaker 4: But he's learning those things and he's going to learn

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Speaker 4: how to handle those emotions.

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Speaker 5: You know, He's going to learn how that you know,

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Speaker 5: when when you focus just on that sometimes it distracts.

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Speaker 4: From other things.

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Speaker 5: I mean, he's going to be a really I think

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Speaker 5: he really is going to be a really good coach,

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Speaker 5: just because he was brought up in this in the

657
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Speaker 5: NFL and he understands what it takes to be successful

658
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 5: because you can see it by the way he's trying

659
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Speaker 5: to get these points across to his players, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, Rod. So one of the things is the head

661
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Speaker 1: coach you have to get used to is the camera

662
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Speaker 1: is on you on the side. Sean Payton is certainly

663
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Speaker 1: used to that. We saw in Sunday's Denver went over

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Speaker 1: Las Vegas, the head coach of the Broncos and his

665
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Speaker 1: rookie quarterback Bo Nicks had a little thing. Let's call it.

666
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Speaker 1: We saw it. It was a blow up. After the game,

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton said that he needed to get the Ferris

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Speaker 1: Buehler out of bow Knicks. Now, you were in Chicago

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Speaker 1: and Ferris Bueller came out, Yes, can you translate exactly

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Speaker 1: what that means? To get the Fairs Bueler out of

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Speaker 1: boat Nicks.

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Speaker 5: Well, I don't want to put words in the coach's mouth,

673
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Speaker 5: but you know, from my perspective, it really is more

674
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Speaker 5: about the cosual approach to things, that that that, hey,

675
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,800
Speaker 5: things are going to work out, We're going to be fine,

676
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Speaker 5: trust me, and doing it his way.

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Speaker 4: I think that's a little bit of what coach was

678
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Speaker 4: trying to say. It Again, I don't want to put

679
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Speaker 4: words into Shawn's mouth because he really is a very

680
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 4: bright and very successful football coach in this league. So

681
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Speaker 4: but that that's that's how I took it was that,

682
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 4: you know, Ferris Buella Ramera loved the movie myself very casual, cool,

683
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 4: calm approach and then did things his way. Well. Sean

684
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Speaker 4: has got been very successful in the style of offense

685
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Speaker 4: he's run. Shoot.

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Speaker 5: I had to compete against him for nine seasons when

687
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Speaker 5: we were head coaches together in the in the NFC South,

688
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 5: so you get a respect for what he does. And

689
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Speaker 5: I think bo is just learning some some really hard lessons.

690
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Speaker 5: But what I do love is, you know, coach made

691
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 5: that commitment to him. He's he's he's going in giving

692
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 5: this young man an opportunity to grow a team. And

693
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 5: you're starting to see as things start to happen and

694
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 5: good things are happening, you see them start to rally

695
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 5: around one another, especially rally around this young quarterback. So

696
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Speaker 5: I think that's the messaging he's trying to get to

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Speaker 5: his kid.

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Speaker 1: Cam Newton was your quarterback in twenty eleven as a rookie,

699
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Speaker 1: when you were a rookie head coach. How is managing

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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback different in twenty twenty four than it

701
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Speaker 1: was in twenty eleven.

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Speaker 4: You know, I'm not sure if it's that much different.

703
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Speaker 4: I really don't.

704
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Speaker 5: Maybe the off the field things are things you've got

705
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 5: to deal with in handle a little bit more, but

706
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 5: the you know, the x's and o's of the game

707
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 5: are there. It's funny because I've had this conversation with

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Speaker 5: a lot of other guys that have coached and played

709
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Speaker 5: in this league. The expectations of the current player compared

710
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Speaker 5: to the expectations of when we were playing and when

711
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Speaker 5: we were being drafted are completely different. Those expectations are

712
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Speaker 5: through the roof. If you're taken in the first three

713
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Speaker 5: or four rounds, you're expected to play now, You're expected

714
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Speaker 5: to contribute now. And if you're a young player and

715
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Speaker 5: you just got in a brand new contract, you're expected

716
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Speaker 5: to live up to recent of that contract. And so

717
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 5: it is a product, I think of all the social

718
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 5: media out there, all the opportunities to have a voice

719
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Speaker 5: and opinion about players, and that's one of the things

720
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Speaker 5: that we as coaches that.

721
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Speaker 4: We have to manage with our current players.

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Speaker 5: And that was one of the things that you know,

723
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Speaker 5: I had to try and get across to our guys.

724
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Speaker 5: Hey man, fellas, you've got to understand something. All that

725
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 5: stuff out there is interesting, but what's important is what

726
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Speaker 5: we're going to do on the field.

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Speaker 4: So let's focus on what's important, not what's interesting.

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Speaker 3: Now, Mike brought up Cam Newton, so I've got to

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Speaker 3: continue on with a Cam Newton question. The Titans are

730
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Speaker 3: going to see Anthony Richardson at the Indianapolis Colts twice

731
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Speaker 3: this year, and he is considered to be the Cam

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Speaker 3: Newton comp Do you agree with that comparison?

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Speaker 5: He is except for one thing about Cam was Cam

734
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 5: understood how to protect himself and not take the great

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Speaker 5: big hits. Anthony is a young man that plays with

736
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Speaker 5: his hair on fire on occasion, and he just, you know,

737
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,799
Speaker 5: you just wish he would take a little bit better.

738
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Speaker 4: Care of himself.

739
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Speaker 5: And Cam was really a physical player, and again, he

740
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Speaker 5: knew how to take the hits. And that's something this

741
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 5: young man's got to learn because you know, his team

742
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 5: needs him on the field, and that's very evident because

743
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 5: when he's wrong doing the things that he's capable of.

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Speaker 5: He's probably one of the closest comparisons to who Cam

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Speaker 5: Newton was for the Carolina Panthers during his stretch.

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Speaker 1: We continue with coach Ron Rivera from the NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: We want to ask you about a few teams before

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Speaker 1: we let you go. Aby, you start with the first,

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Speaker 1: I guess.

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Speaker 3: We'll start with the Cincinnati Bengals. Are you surprised that

751
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 3: they are currently sitting at one and four?

752
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Speaker 4: Yes, I am.

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Speaker 5: I mean that's that's the football team that has had

754
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 5: a lot of success in the past. Probably one of

755
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 5: the things that you could be a little concerned with

756
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,879
Speaker 5: this obviously, has been their lack of consistent running game.

757
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Speaker 5: You know, they've got the quarterback. He's dynamic, he can

758
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 5: get the ball and spread it around all over the place.

759
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 5: But again, one of the best breads a quarterback and

760
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,919
Speaker 5: have could be a good running running attack. Defensively, they've

761
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 5: started a little bit slow as well, but also look

762
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Speaker 5: at who they've had to play too. Though they've played

763
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 5: some pretty good teams early on, and so they've suffered

764
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Speaker 5: the brunt a little bit of that. Now they're starting

765
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Speaker 5: to get into that.

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Speaker 4: As I said earlier, you know, the these these these

767
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Speaker 4: average teams playing against teams that we thought we're going

768
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Speaker 4: to be, you know, uh leading the pack right now,

769
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Speaker 4: and so it's going to be interesting to see if

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Speaker 4: if those things don't correct.

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Speaker 5: I mean, you're starting to see with Jacksonville. Things are

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Speaker 5: starting to correct. Houston's really stepped up. You know, had

773
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Speaker 5: a big win the other day against Buffalo, So it's

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Speaker 5: it's kind of coming off to form. I mean, there

775
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Speaker 5: are some teams that had to play against some really

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Speaker 5: good competition and have shined, and there's other teams that

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00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 5: are just again, you know, they're going back and forth

778
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Speaker 5: with with with teams that kind of sit and fit

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Speaker 5: in their in their category.

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Speaker 1: Why are the Houston Texans four and one?

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Speaker 4: I think a.

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Speaker 5: Big part of it has to do with with their

783
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 5: style of play, defensing, their very physical, very aggressive defense.

784
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Speaker 5: You look at them offensively, and again, this is a

785
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,840
Speaker 5: quarterback driven league. When the quarterback has assumed that position

786
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 5: on your team as as as the leader and the

787
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 5: playmaker as a guy that can manage games and then

788
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 5: make plays when they need to, that's when you'll see

789
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 5: teams start to take off because this really is about

790
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 5: this quarterback. The quarterback in the NFL. I really do

791
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Speaker 5: believe that. I think that quarterback plays a big part

792
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,320
Speaker 5: of who they are and their identity. They've been a

793
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 5: lot of fun to watch, they really have. I think

794
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 5: Demico Rimes has really shown that he has a good

795
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 5: feel and understanding of what this team can be, and

796
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,359
Speaker 5: he's trying to get it across those players. I love,

797
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Speaker 5: you know, they win a big game, they break it down,

798
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 5: say guy, hey, it's just part of it. The work's

799
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 5: not done. Let's go back to work. I mean, he

800
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 5: has the right approach, and I think his players have

801
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 5: all bought into that.

802
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,720
Speaker 3: Everyone is talking about Detroit right now and the Lions

803
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:42,399
Speaker 3: are three and one, but they're not even leading their

804
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 3: own division. Minnesota is five and Oh is that a

805
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 3: huge upset to you?

806
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,399
Speaker 5: No, because Minnesota has been there all along the last

807
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 5: couple of years that you know, I think what what

808
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 5: coach has done there has been tremendous. He's come in

809
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,240
Speaker 5: and he's had a very good quarterback and Kirk Cousins,

810
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:00,839
Speaker 5: and then all of a sudden he you know, Kurt Leeds,

811
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 5: and he finds Sam Donald to make the draft of

812
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 5: quarterback who hasn't had an opportunity to play, but Sam

813
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 5: Donald has stepped up with the opportunity. And it speaks

814
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,840
Speaker 5: to again the growth in development of a young player

815
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 5: with high expectations that just didn't live up to him.

816
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 5: Things settled down, the pressure's off, and now he's connected

817
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 5: with a guy that has an offense that spits his ability,

818
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 5: and he has worked with this young quarterback and he's

819
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 5: seen him every moment protect this this young quarterback. And

820
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 5: again I say young, he's what in four years? He

821
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 5: is in his fourth season already, but he's still a

822
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:36,360
Speaker 5: young guy. I mean again, the expectations can be so

823
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 5: unfair and the criticism can be you know, unfair as well.

824
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,360
Speaker 5: And you know, you wonder what's the situation circumstances for

825
00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 5: a player like a Bryce Young who came in as

826
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 5: the number one pick ahead a CJ.

827
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Speaker 4: Stroud.

828
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Speaker 5: CJ has success, he doesn't, and the comparisons won't stop.

829
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Speaker 5: So this has been very interesting as far as the

830
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:55,919
Speaker 5: development of young quarterbacks too.

831
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Speaker 4: Look at this year's you.

832
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Speaker 5: Know with Jane Daniels and and and Caleb Waits. You know,

833
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 5: Daniels has come off started fast, Caleb started slow. Uh,

834
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,720
Speaker 5: didn't play very well against the Titans, and and and

835
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 5: and if Will Levice doesn't turn the ball over that

836
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 5: you know, Uh, they don't allow a punt to get

837
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 5: blocked and return for a touchdown. You know, that's a

838
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,439
Speaker 5: different game. It's a completely different game. And so there's

839
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 5: a lot of reasons for why things have happened.

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Speaker 1: All right, nfl dot Com article says this, I'm dying

841
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 1: to hear your reaction. NFL dot Com has rookie Jaden

842
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 1: Daniels is their current Rookie of the Year favorite, Yes,

843
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: and their current MVP favorite. Too much, too soon, not necessarily.

844
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Speaker 5: I think what he's done, and he has re energized

845
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 5: a franchise, Believe me. I know I was there for

846
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 5: a while trying to get things going. But he's done

847
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 5: a nice job, he really has, and he's got to

848
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 5: be given credit. Cliff Kingsbury got to be given a

849
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 5: lot of credit as well, and then Dan Quinn for

850
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 5: what he's done as far as leadership as far as

851
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 5: that team is concerned. But has he should be in

852
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 5: that conversation. Absolutely, And this is why a lot of times,

853
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 5: the best friend of a young quarterback is a running

854
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 5: attack and a good, solid, stout defense. Okay, their defense

855
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,400
Speaker 5: has played well, it hasn't played as good as it

856
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:24,879
Speaker 5: can or should, and the defense has been feeding off

857
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 5: of the energy that he has brought. The rest of

858
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 5: the guys on the offense are feeding off the energy

859
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 5: he has brought. Okay, they run the ball well because

860
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 5: they run the ball well, and he's included in that

861
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 5: running game, okay, as a big part of it.

862
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 4: It's opened up the rest of the offense. And one

863
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Speaker 4: of the things that you know I'm doing.

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Speaker 5: One of the things I'm doing an NFL network is

865
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Speaker 5: I'm tracking the growth and development of all the starting

866
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 5: rookie quarterbacks. And I wish I'd realized we were again on

867
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Speaker 5: this because I have some great notes, but a couple

868
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Speaker 5: of notes I have as far as tracking them.

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Speaker 4: All of his.

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Speaker 5: Numbers are a better than the league average in most categories.

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Speaker 4: Okay, snap to release is the quickest in the league.

872
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 5: Okay, accuracy of throw is near the top, but he's

873
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 5: better than the league average. His play action success is

874
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 5: better than average. I mean, you just go on and on,

875
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 5: and a lot of it has to do with the

876
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 5: type of offense that they have. A lot of their

877
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 5: throws are quick. Get the ball out of your hands,

878
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 5: don't sit back there and hold it. That's part and all. Honestly,

879
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 5: that's one of the things I saw with Will that's

880
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 5: kind of helped.

881
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 4: You know, the.

882
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 5: Minus nine turnover ratio, and that is because he holds

883
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 5: the ball a little bit longer than he needs to.

884
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 5: Thus the pass rush is getting his face a little bit,

885
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,439
Speaker 5: you know, a little bit, he's getting pressure a little

886
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 5: bit more. But it's part of his own undoing. We

887
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,919
Speaker 5: went through that last year. Sam how a good young

888
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 5: quarterback with learning, but anytime Sam held the ball, it

889
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 5: created pressure, which created something bad to happen on occasion.

890
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 4: And that's what you see with Will. Will's need to

891
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 4: make those decision, need to be very very decisive a

892
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 4: little sooner and he can get that ball out of

893
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 4: his hands. It'll help his offensive line. Offensive line is

894
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,360
Speaker 4: getting a lot of criticism. I'm not quite sure if

895
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 4: they really do deserve it. They've done some really good

896
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 4: things with their running game and when they have.

897
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 5: Been able to protect the quarterbacks because the ball's getting

898
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 5: out of his hands sooner. So that's one of the

899
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 5: things that I noticed, just you know, from Afar and

900
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 5: get a chance to watch it. I think coach Callahan's

901
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 5: plans are great. I love his protections, but again, the

902
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 5: quarterback also has to make decisions get the ball out

903
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:28,320
Speaker 5: of his hands.

904
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,880
Speaker 4: That's what you see Jayson doing up in Washington.

905
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 5: He gets that ball out of his hands, and everyone

906
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 5: was talking about how great the offensive line is playing. Well,

907
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 5: good part of it is what they do. It's a

908
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 5: good part of what they do running the ball, it's

909
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 5: a good part of what the quarterback is doing, decision making.

910
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 3: Coach, we could talk to you about football all day,

911
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 3: but we have one more topic that we have to touch

912
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 3: on before we let you go, and that is coach Mac.

913
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 3: Jamim McGinnis was your linebackers coach for your last seven season,

914
00:42:57,000 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 3: and he tells us often about his prety year career

915
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 3: in the National Football League thirty plus years. I guess

916
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,520
Speaker 3: that's perfect. Yeah, he brought that up. Yeah, he's mentioned

917
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,440
Speaker 3: it a time or two. You were there for his

918
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 3: very first year. What do you remember about coach Mac

919
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 3: as he entered that linebacker room.

920
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 5: Well, let me tell you what the iceman and that

921
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 5: was his nickname. No, well that's you know the movie

922
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 5: Top Gun came out. He always wore he always wore

923
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:31,520
Speaker 5: the aviator glasses and then his head back hairback like

924
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 5: they did in the movie. So right away, one of

925
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 5: the linebackers I believe was Otis Wilson called him Iceman

926
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:40,759
Speaker 5: and the nickname stuck. So he became the Iceman. And

927
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 5: so whenever you know he was around. That's that's what

928
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 5: it was.

929
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 4: We just seen it. We all had and everybody had nicknames.

930
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 5: You know, my nickname was Chico from the from the

931
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,680
Speaker 5: TV show Chico and the Man. A lot of people

932
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 5: thought I looked like Freddie Prince. And I was always

933
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 5: standing around Buddy Ryan because Buddy always had me with

934
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 5: him because you know, he was he was trying to

935
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 5: teach me, grew me, show me how to work. So

936
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 5: we're always walking around. There goes Hey, there's check going

937
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 5: the man. So I mean we I mean, we had

938
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,000
Speaker 5: we had some very colorful ones in our in our

939
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,239
Speaker 5: in our locker room, and it was really big o'

940
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 5: for Otis Wilson and you know Wolber Marshall was phenom.

941
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 5: I mean, we just we had a great room with

942
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,879
Speaker 5: Coach mac. He was a young guy that really assimilated

943
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 5: very nicely into our locker room. He he he got

944
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 5: our respect very quickly. He coached us all very hard,

945
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 5: and after he wore you out, he put his arm

946
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 5: around you and builds you back up. I mean that's

947
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 5: what a coach is therefore, is to teach you the ropes,

948
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 5: and it's got to coach you the way he believes

949
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 5: you need to be coaching, and he understood us all.

950
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 5: So believe me, I'm very grateful for everything I learned

951
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,200
Speaker 5: from Coach. We every now and then we'll cross pass.

952
00:44:42,239 --> 00:44:44,719
Speaker 5: It's always good to see Coach Mac because I tell

953
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:46,399
Speaker 5: you the iceman was. He was really cool.

954
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,279
Speaker 1: I see what you did there. That's nice how you

955
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:52,400
Speaker 1: did that. But let me just wrap up with this.

956
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: So he's now considered one of the pre eminent analysts,

957
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: color commentator, whatever you want to call it, in all

958
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: of NFL radio at this point. If he went to

959
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:07,320
Speaker 1: TV would be two. Are you any bit surprised that

960
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 1: the guy you knew nearly forty years ago were starting

961
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:14,800
Speaker 1: nearly forty years ago could move from coaching so easily

962
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 1: to this role.

963
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:17,719
Speaker 4: No, not at all.

964
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:20,480
Speaker 5: It doesn't surprise me one bit. I mean, his personality

965
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 5: and who he is, first of all, is terrific. It's

966
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 5: the right kind of personality you need, I think, to

967
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,920
Speaker 5: endear your listeners, to catch their attention, to to get

968
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 5: them to lean in to listen while you're talking.

969
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,080
Speaker 4: That's him. But what's really interesting about it too, I

970
00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 4: also think he'd be a tremendous politician.

971
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 5: I really do I think that's a guy that could

972
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 5: could run for mayor or governor and be very good

973
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 5: at it because he does care about people.

974
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 4: He's very sentimental about folks, you know, and it really

975
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 4: showed because he took a lot of pride in when

976
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:54,320
Speaker 4: we had success. You know, when Coach Dickat gave me

977
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 4: a game ball, one of the first people to come

978
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 4: over and you know, just put his arm around me,

979
00:45:57,680 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 4: was him, you know, and just haad me on the

980
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:00,840
Speaker 4: back and everything like that. And then don't let it

981
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:02,319
Speaker 4: go to your head because you know, coach will cush

982
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 4: you out in a second. I mean, that's him. But

983
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:07,759
Speaker 4: but you know, so it doesn't surprise me that that

984
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 4: he is having the kind of success he is now

985
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:10,800
Speaker 4: painting the picture.

986
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:14,440
Speaker 1: Coach Ron Rivera is an NFL Network analyst. You can

987
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,400
Speaker 1: see him on Good Morning Football Monday through Friday at

988
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:22,760
Speaker 1: seven am on NFL Network and GMFB Overtime, which streams

989
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: Monday through Friday at nine am Central on the Roku

990
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:30,400
Speaker 1: channel and airs at one am Central on the Nashville CW.

991
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 3: Coach Rivera, thank you so much for the time.

992
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:37,399
Speaker 5: Oh that was great. One one one quick thing, real quick.

993
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 5: It's really kind of the neat thing that you guys do.

994
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 5: And in Nashville, as far as you know, you have

995
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 5: this this tremendous community that really gets behind the team.

996
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 5: And I really think the direction this team is headed,

997
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:54,759
Speaker 5: finding our identity, creating their identity, I think is going

998
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 5: to be really special. So again, just hopefully the fans

999
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:58,880
Speaker 5: will continue to stick with these guys, give them an

1000
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 5: opportunity to really grow and develop, because.

1001
00:47:01,719 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 4: I do think it is a good opportunity for this

1002
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 4: football team.

1003
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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, coach all righty guys, thank you

1004
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Speaker 1: for coach Ron Rivera and ab Wells. I'm Mike Keith,

1005
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Speaker 1: thank you you for joining us for the OTP