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Speaker 1: Tom, It's Mutt, Jerry and Dickerson this morning. How are

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Speaker 1: you hi, guys, Good morning morning. You got you gotta

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Speaker 1: tell us, Tom, you gotta tell us who are we

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Speaker 1: talking about here? Who? Thanks you, suk? Who motivated you?

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Speaker 1: Who drove you to this performance yesterday? Well, I think

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Speaker 1: you know, our team is you know, fought through a

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Speaker 1: you know, it's just you know a lot of people

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Speaker 1: didn't think we could beat the Chargers, and the Charger

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Speaker 1: So that's what playoff football is all about. And certainly

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Speaker 1: not our first time. And uh, you know, our coaches

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Speaker 1: you know we're gonna need the same type effort this week?

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Speaker 1: Are we talking former players like on NFL Network or

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Speaker 1: I just think it's just a general you know, just

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Speaker 1: And and but how do you know? You you don't listen,

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Speaker 1: If you played that card last week, get ready to

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Speaker 1: and you know it's a there's ken See is a

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Speaker 1: great football team. They really are. We played them at home.

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Speaker 1: You know they've been they've been having an incredible season.

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Speaker 1: You know, even the games they've lost, they've been right

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Speaker 1: football team. You said your team has fought through a

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Speaker 1: lot of adversity this year, Tom, How how has the

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Speaker 1: response been from your group? And it seems like yesterday's

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Speaker 1: you're prepared for in that playoff game, Yeah, and a

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Speaker 1: you just got to lay it on the line. And

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Speaker 1: One of those guys was was Sony Michelle, but his

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