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Speaker 1: What are you looking to get from the guys this

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Speaker 1: last week?

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Speaker 2: Just one more performance of continued improvement. You've really been

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Speaker 2: happy leading up until this moment at the guy's commitment

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Speaker 2: and dedication to just getting better every week. And I

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Speaker 2: think there's been some good moments on the field, you know,

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Speaker 2: and you're seeing that these guys are playing a pretty

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Speaker 2: good brand of football right now, and I'm proud of

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Speaker 2: that and appreciate their willingness to keep pushing. And so

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Speaker 2: that's that's what I expect this week, is just to

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Speaker 2: keep trying to get better.

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Speaker 3: A duel just the last few weeks, probably since the

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Speaker 3: Patriots game or sense.

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Speaker 2: To buy Yeah, just again, his his desire to be great,

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Speaker 2: and he's he's committed to it. And you know, we've

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Speaker 2: talked a lot about him committing to his process and

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Speaker 2: making some tweaks and changes, which is great, you know,

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Speaker 2: and he's just it's just been more of that, you know,

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Speaker 2: and he's learned a lot in his rookie year.

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Speaker 3: And.

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Speaker 2: I think you can't you can't always force the process

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Speaker 2: as well. So I think it's just been continued commitment

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Speaker 2: by him, you know, off the field, and then on

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Speaker 2: the field, he's had some success and I think now

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Speaker 2: at this point he's in a little bit of a

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Speaker 2: groove and a rhythm and gain confidence and so that's

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Speaker 2: what you're seeing on the field. For sure.

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Speaker 1: They got a game on Sunday, But looking forward is

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Speaker 1: probably a big off season for him, like just to

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Speaker 1: maybe make continue that development. What what is the next

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Speaker 1: step for him to come back next year as you know,

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Speaker 1: a consistent player like he's been in the last couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, just to build off what he's what he's built

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Speaker 2: at this point. Yeah, I think he's in a pretty

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Speaker 2: good place in terms of the production you're seeing on

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Speaker 2: the field, and he's had a month of a good

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Speaker 2: rhythm again on and off the field. So for him

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Speaker 2: going into next year, being able to draw from that

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Speaker 2: confidence and start off even in this offseas' in the

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Speaker 2: oltas and training camp where he left off, I think

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Speaker 2: that'll jumpstart him for next year. And that's that's the

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Speaker 2: importance of having these moments for him and feeling that

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Speaker 2: success on the field and the payoff from his commitment

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Speaker 2: to his process. You know, he knows what that how

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Speaker 2: that translates to NFL games now, So all off season,

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Speaker 2: you know, when it's time to come back to work,

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Speaker 2: he'll be able to draw from that and that'll fuel

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Speaker 2: him as he works, you know, for next year.

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Speaker 3: What do you make? Sixteen and a half sacks from

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Speaker 3: Brian Burns.

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Speaker 2: Again a result of a commitment to his process. We've

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Speaker 2: talked about that. It's been remarkable to see just how

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Speaker 2: much or how he approached his process this year and

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Speaker 2: how intentionally he was. And so he's gotten he's gotten

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Speaker 2: some payoff from that, you know. And every great pass

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Speaker 2: rusher has a freebie or two every year in the

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Speaker 2: sack department, you know. So he's had some fortuitous moments

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Speaker 2: in that regard. But again it's just this reward for

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Speaker 2: the work that he's put in, you know. So that's

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Speaker 2: why I see that.

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Speaker 1: What's it like to be able to just draw up

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Speaker 1: plays on third down with the guys that came in

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Speaker 1: adult you obviously use them a little differently. Just what

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Speaker 1: is that like as a as a like on Oh

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Speaker 1: it's great.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, again, players overplays mentality, you know,

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Speaker 2: that's that's one thing to put guys in positions to succeed.

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Speaker 2: But as imaginative as we can get as coaches, they

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Speaker 2: still have to execute. So but with those two guys

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Speaker 2: in particular, the disguise the limit. Because they're so good

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Speaker 2: and they're so versatile, you can do a lot. So

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Speaker 2: the ways that we've been able to use them has

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Speaker 2: been fun. But again they're the ones that have to

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Speaker 2: execute it and then they have so as a staff

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Speaker 2: that has been enjoyable for sure.

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Speaker 3: What's it been like watching Garrius Alexander these last few weeks,

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Speaker 3: just seeing him kind of grow and make some strides

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Speaker 3: a little bit this Riki.

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Speaker 2: Year, it's been great again, you know, just going back

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Speaker 2: to continued improvement and development. We talked about a duel.

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Speaker 2: I think has been much the same for DA. He's

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Speaker 2: just been working every week and focused on trying to

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Speaker 2: get better and it's kind of coming together for him

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Speaker 2: now at this point in the season. And that's that's

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Speaker 2: what you're seeing. But he's he stayed focused and steadfast

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Speaker 2: and tried to get better and it's paying off.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: Has it been perfect? You know, it never is for anybody,

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Speaker 2: But he's been working the whole time and I'm proud

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Speaker 2: of him. On Bobby's interception and we talked about it

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Speaker 2: a lot last week, the Russian coverage being tied together

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Speaker 2: and it would be no different this week with Dak.

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Speaker 2: But on Bobby's interception, DA had a great rush, a

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Speaker 2: power rush on the guard and was able to walk

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Speaker 2: him back and affect Geno's throw. So as great of

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Speaker 2: a play as it was for Bobby, DA was as

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Speaker 2: much a part of that and ended up contacting Geno

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Speaker 2: to the ground. And you know, that was part of

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Speaker 2: last week's game plans, just getting hits on him early

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Speaker 2: and that was in the first quarter, you know, and

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Speaker 2: he kind of felt us the rest of the day,

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Speaker 2: But that was an early blow that we talked about

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Speaker 2: in DA that was a result of him striking with power,

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Speaker 2: using his length, running his feet. So that rush, for

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Speaker 2: sure is a high, high praise moment for him. But

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Speaker 2: he also did in the run game as well. There's

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Speaker 2: a couple of clips where he's striking and running his feet.

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Speaker 2: In a couple of weeks before that he was striking

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Speaker 2: blocks really well and not running his feet, So here

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Speaker 2: he was just continuing to work and took it to

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Speaker 2: the game run and pass.

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Speaker 3: It was great to see this probably the last time

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Speaker 3: we talked to you this season in this format. Moving forward,

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Speaker 3: how much do you think You've proven to people here

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Speaker 3: and really the rest of the league that you know,

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Speaker 3: you can do the job that you're you know, you're

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Speaker 3: a defensive coordinator in.

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Speaker 2: His safe Yeah, you know, I'm really not that concerned

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Speaker 2: about that. You know. It's just been a great honor

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Speaker 2: and privilege for me to even be in this position,

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Speaker 2: you know, and the way it came about, of course.

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Speaker 2: So I've just enjoyed having the opportunity to work with

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Speaker 2: the players and coaches to make this as best as

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Speaker 2: we can and try to win games. So that that's

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Speaker 2: where my focus is at right now. And I tell

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Speaker 2: the players all that stuff takes care of itself, you know,

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Speaker 2: just work hard, compete, do your best to win and improve,

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Speaker 2: and that stuff takes care of itself. So that's really

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Speaker 2: not on my mind at all right now.

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Speaker 3: You feel more comfortable then doing it, like to feel

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Speaker 3: more yourself like game three or four than you did

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Speaker 3: in game one and two.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I do. I do for sure, Yeah, yeah, no

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