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Speaker 1: Marry Christmas two days Mary late Christmas, Happy New Year,

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Speaker 1: so this happy early. Do you have any thoughts on

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Speaker 1: the home and the lake thing? Why is team seven

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Speaker 1: I mean, we know we are no, we know that

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Speaker 1: and win a road game. I mean, I've been playing

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Speaker 1: it going on the road. It's definitely tough in NFL.

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Speaker 1: But it is what it is, and you just got

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Speaker 1: We've talked about this being kind of like a playoff game,

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Speaker 1: like this is big one year seasons, right, Just your

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Speaker 1: a big game. Uh, definitely a huge one. I mean

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Speaker 1: every time we play the Jets, no matter what, at

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Speaker 1: be ready and technically it's a playoff game, big time

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Speaker 1: for us. This week. Tom Brady's plays all playing nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Now at this point last year, we're thinking about the

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Speaker 1: tiring Get your thoughts. I mean, I haven't been thinking

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Speaker 1: and that's all I'm really worried about as of now.

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Speaker 1: You're still enjoying realm. Yeah, definitely. Today. We had a

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Speaker 1: good day today too. I mean a lot of guys

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Speaker 1: How much do you say to yourself, whatever has happened

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Speaker 1: this season, it almost doesn't matter. Now it's a new season,

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Speaker 1: this game and the playoffs, and you can sort of

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Speaker 1: one week season. Every single week. You get a new

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Speaker 1: So you just got to keep stay on the grind

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Speaker 1: throughout the whole year. And now it's coming to the

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Speaker 1: and we just gotta keep working. Hired a big game,

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Speaker 1: I mean, all these other questions, is this playoff game?

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, we're treating like playoff game, but we

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Speaker 1: and we gotta put our focus like we do every

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Speaker 1: against Jamal Adams, wouldn't you guys play the Jets. He's

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Speaker 1: everyone is always something special. Rob you mentioned jokes. You

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Speaker 1: in terms of focus and during the grind of the season,

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Speaker 1: we have been. I mean we've been through a roller

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Speaker 1: just keep going. This season bit more challenging anywhere stream

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Speaker 1: You gotta keep on staying positive. You gotta just stay focused.

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Speaker 1: I've been in for a while, and it's a team game.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if we run the ball fifty times, we

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Speaker 1: You obviously feel tied to Tom. Earlier this year he said,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's my quarterback. I do want to play

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Speaker 1: Put it in terms of how much more he has

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Speaker 1: But I mean we got we got this big game

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Speaker 1: You know, every season has its different challenges. You may

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Speaker 1: just gotta stay balanced. I mean, it's a roller coaster season,

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Speaker 1: bounce back. When was the time you got to down? Huh?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I have before. But it's over.

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