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Speaker 1: I'm Taylor Zarzer, and this is the OTP coach. Through

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Speaker 1: two weeks, your team is fighting hard, You're building a

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Speaker 1: also know you want wins to come to That's.

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Speaker 2: All that really matters in this business at the end

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Speaker 2: to win games. We've been in great position through three quarters,

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Speaker 2: and in the first two games against good football teams,

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Speaker 2: we went toe to toe with teams I think are

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Speaker 2: both playoff caliber football teams, had chances, had opportunities, and

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Speaker 2: we just haven't found a way to close the game

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Speaker 2: out and really any phase offense, defense or special teams

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Speaker 2: that we haven't made the play to help us win

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Speaker 2: the game so far. And a lot of really great

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Speaker 2: things about how we're playing, what we're doing, the things

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Speaker 2: one to week two. Excited about those things, and really

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Speaker 2: confident that we're really close to being the type of

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Speaker 2: and that's just that's disappointing. And I know people want

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Speaker 2: wins and they want to see all those things, and

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Speaker 2: I know they're coming, but we got to do a

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Speaker 1: You've been around this league your entire life, and you

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Speaker 1: have seen teams being built, teams that unfortunately didn't have

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Speaker 1: in and it didn't work. And then you've been part

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Speaker 2: I think all all of the characteristics we look for

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Speaker 2: And we have a lot of young players playing and

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Speaker 2: I do think that when it when it does click

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Speaker 1: You're a big sports guy, so am I. You text

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Speaker 1: me every once in a while about golf. We love baseball, basketball.

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Speaker 1: I would argue having the right quarterback is the most

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Speaker 1: And certainly I thought this the entire offseason, but I

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Cam has been everything that we would hope that

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Speaker 1: And while I have a second coach and I'm thinking

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Speaker 1: They're in the backfield, and it's not just cam Ward

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Speaker 1: Defensively, I felt like the defense had as stiff of

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Speaker 1: If you put your knee down in the end zone,

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Speaker 1: in Nashville. Colts whip the Dolphins in Week number one

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Speaker 2: Hard to hard to debate how well they've played offensively, Certainly,

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Speaker 2: I don't think they've I think they've punted like once

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Speaker 2: I think Daniel Jones is doing exactly what they wanted

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Speaker 2: I've got a ton of respect for lou An Arumo,

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Speaker 2: the Colts and again, good football team, playing really good

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Speaker 1: Excited for a coach a great opportunity on Sunday to

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Speaker 1: you want it, we all do too. Good luck, Thank

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