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Speaker 1: You guys, are you doing definitely good? Lets you start today? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So this is the challenge this UH Jets team presents

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Speaker 1: and how much different if it's different at all versus

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Speaker 1: what you guys saw just a few weeks ago. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a it's a tough division opponent that

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Speaker 1: we know pretty well. But um, you know it's it's

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Speaker 1: a tough, grinded out game. They're well, coach, You've got

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Speaker 1: some good players, good defense, um, playing well offensively. So

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Speaker 1: it's a big test you guys get this game and

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Speaker 1: the implications going forward and will be a play off

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Speaker 1: by how important would that be the pictures to get that? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, just playing playing well this week

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Speaker 1: has been the focus. And anything beyond that, you know,

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Speaker 1: we haven't talked about. And for good reason. It's it's

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Speaker 1: a you know, I always say it's tough to win

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Speaker 1: a game. Man, this is a tough one, and you know,

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Speaker 1: we got to focus on this hun which we have

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Speaker 1: and just be prepared to go out and play our best.

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Speaker 1: And I think, you know, sick good sixty minute game

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Speaker 1: is still out there for us and as we're working

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Speaker 1: to do, and it would be a good time to

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Speaker 1: do it because there are a level of nice frustration

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Speaker 1: is not the right word, because you're in a good

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Speaker 1: hent necessarily put together the full sixteen that you want.

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Speaker 1: I think it's out there for us, and I think

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Speaker 1: I think it's a great opportunity for us. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: been working and building and trying to get there, and

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Speaker 1: it's been a lot of moving parts all year. It's

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Speaker 1: just part of the football seasons like that for us,

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Speaker 1: like that for everybody. But you know, competing for all

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Speaker 1: sixteen weeks is what's all about. And we're at week

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Speaker 1: sixteen and we got to finish strong. So I'm really

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Speaker 1: just week on the radio that you play on the

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Speaker 1: planning Next Universe in million promises. That's a shock to anybody.

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Speaker 1: But you elaborate in a little bit on that, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't want to elaborate much. I mean, it's, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, this is this week's one that that matters,

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Speaker 1: and so what we got to do take care of

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Speaker 1: business this week. I'm Rob spoke yesterday about dealing with

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Speaker 1: some of the different mental challenges that he's dealt with

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Speaker 1: this year, whether it's coming back from injury or just

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Speaker 1: being sort of up and down. He called a roller

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Speaker 1: coaster a few times just this year in general for him,

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Speaker 1: how have you noticed him handle some of those challenges?

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Speaker 1: And I guess have you tried to help him in

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Speaker 1: any way in terms of dealing with some of that stuff? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he handles you know, he handles it well. And I

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Speaker 1: think for all of us, and over the course of

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Speaker 1: sixteen weeks, you know, it's not only going to be perfect.

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Speaker 1: I mean it very rarely goes. You know, he just

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Speaker 1: breeze through. It's it's a challenging, tough grind and mentally emotionally,

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Speaker 1: you have to be in a good place. And you know,

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Speaker 1: Gronks fought hard. It's been available a lot, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I think we're all looking forward to this week. Is

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Speaker 1: there a stat in terms of the valuating quarterback play

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Speaker 1: you pay attention to more than any other Really, I'm

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Speaker 1: not a big stat guy, and the wins I was

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Speaker 1: going to Actually, you know, wins is the one. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's what we're here for. So there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: ways you can evaluate stats and so forth, and winning

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Speaker 1: the games. What's what's most important? Poliction percentage ever been

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Speaker 1: a big one for you? You know, I think you're

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Speaker 1: making the right plays with you know, I think your

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Speaker 1: focus as quarterbacks just making the right play whatever it's there.

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Speaker 1: You could throw a ball away instead of taking a

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Speaker 1: sack and it looks like you have low completion percentage,

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Speaker 1: but you're making a good play for the team. So

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Speaker 1: I have to make good plays for the team, and

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Speaker 1: that part of it's just good solid football and making

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Speaker 1: good decisions. Throw one of the guys who are open,

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Speaker 1: and you know, sometimes ending a drive at the punt

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Speaker 1: is not a bad thing when you consider a lot

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Speaker 1: of other factors. It's just as part of football, making

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Speaker 1: good decisions quick one on that touchdown. The interception ratio

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Speaker 1: probably is a big one. If anyone means more to you,

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Speaker 1: I would anticipate that would be a significant one. Keeping

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Speaker 1: the interceptions down and production plays off. Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: you know the ratio is not a big deal to me,

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Speaker 1: is the interceptions, because I think the turnovers or would

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Speaker 1: not giving yourself an opportunity to score. I mean, whether

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Speaker 1: off on the one. You know, touchdowns a touchdown, but

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Speaker 1: you know interceptions are are tough to overcome if if

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Speaker 1: you're you know, given the defense a lot of chances

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Speaker 1: to score more points were you would all frustrated with

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Speaker 1: some of the criticism of the passing offense last week

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Speaker 1: because it was the more of the day that the

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Speaker 1: running games shining. Two hundred and seventy five yard rushing

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Speaker 1: Like you just said, you know, if you're winning, if

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Speaker 1: one thing's working, there's no need to do the other thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I just think when you look at it, you

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Speaker 1: know you're trying to be you know, if you look

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Speaker 1: at each play differently and at the same time, they're

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Speaker 1: all individual plays and it just comes down to good executions.

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Speaker 1: So if you throw it five times in a game,

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Speaker 1: you'd love to have five well executed pass plays. If

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Speaker 1: you throw it fifty times, which we've done, you'd like

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Speaker 1: to have fifty of those. And the games are going

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Speaker 1: to take different shape and so forth. But you know,

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Speaker 1: it really comes on to execution the run game in

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Speaker 1: the past game and them complimenting each other. So it

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Speaker 1: makes it difficult to defend Ben Watson. He's going to

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Speaker 1: be retiring at the end of the season. What do

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Speaker 1: you remember from playing with with Ben? And are you

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Speaker 1: kind of impressed that he's been able to be so

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Speaker 1: productive for such a long time. I mean, I've Ben's

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Speaker 1: been a great friend for a long time and an

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Speaker 1: incredible career and uh, you know, he's certainly been missed.

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Speaker 1: He had a great impact on this team and every

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Speaker 1: team he played for because of the person he is.

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Speaker 1: And he's just a great man, great father, a great husband,

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Speaker 1: a great player, great teammate. Um. You know, we'll always

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Speaker 1: be in touch, so wish him nothing but the very best.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel that playing in Foxboro Jillette gives you

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Speaker 1: of the team any kind of an age? You know,

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Speaker 1: I think I think if we play well, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think the crowds into it. But I think the

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Speaker 1: one positive I see from being here is we practice

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Speaker 1: in the elements all the time, you know, and I

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Speaker 1: think we're so used to playing in this climate, with

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Speaker 1: understanding how it works in our stadium, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I think those things end up being a benefit if

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Speaker 1: we if we use them the right way. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: we love playing here. We've done a great job here.

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Speaker 1: Communications certainly better at home, which helps, but you know,

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Speaker 1: going out and executing in whatever conditions. You know, hopefully

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Speaker 1: we handle them better than our opponents. Challenges of facing

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Speaker 1: the team that comes here under these circumstances, it kind

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Speaker 1: of has nothing will lose. They can throw everything and

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Speaker 1: everything at you and you face this sort of scenario before. Yeah, definitely,

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Speaker 1: and they're you know, they were prepared for. We talked

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Speaker 1: about all those things. We've we've prepared for all those things.

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Speaker 1: We played this team a lot, and they defend us

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Speaker 1: a little differently each time that they play us. They've

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Speaker 1: got good players, they've got a good scheme, they have

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Speaker 1: a lot of defense, they have a lot of calls,

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Speaker 1: they're well coached, and they kind of pick what they

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Speaker 1: want to do, and you know, I'm sure they'll be aggressive,

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Speaker 1: and you know, we got to be able to counter

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Speaker 1: that and we ultimately whether they're you know, playing more

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Speaker 1: or how they're blitz in or where they're blitzing from,

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Speaker 1: you know, we got to be you don't prepare for

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Speaker 1: all of it, and you know, hopefully we are. So

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Speaker 1: every good week