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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Ravens Press Pass Podcast. It is Monday,

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Speaker 1: September second. The Ravens are repairing for this week's matchup

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Speaker 1: against the Kansas City Chiefs, and today we had a

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Speaker 1: chance to hear from the coordinators. Let's kick things off

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Speaker 1: with Special Teams coordinator Chris Harten.

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Speaker 2: Good to see everyone today. I hope you guys are

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Speaker 2: all doing well. It was exciting to see us trying

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Speaker 2: to audition for our third part returner out there today,

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Speaker 2: figure out who that was going to be. I thought

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Speaker 2: Andrew or He's did a great job fielding that ball.

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Speaker 2: Kudos to him. But you know, as we get ready

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Speaker 2: for this game, you know, I just you know, been

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Speaker 2: talking to our guys about just going out there, man,

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Speaker 2: and just really just focusing on us, because at the

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Speaker 2: end of the day, that's really who is truly about.

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Speaker 3: They're going to line up eleven guys.

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Speaker 2: There's still a lot of unknown who's going to be

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Speaker 2: out there for those guys with it being the first week.

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Speaker 2: So for us, it's really let's focus on us, let's

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Speaker 2: take it, let's take care of our business, and if

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Speaker 2: we do that, I think we'll we'll come out of

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Speaker 2: that game feeling pretty good about how we play questions.

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Speaker 4: They make a somewhat serious observation off the offensive line,

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Speaker 4: But it just strikes me that tracking punts seems harder

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Speaker 4: than maybe people think.

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Speaker 3: It's a lot harder than what people think.

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Speaker 2: You know, this is, which is kind of why you know,

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Speaker 2: when you evaluate guys, it's always easy to say, oh, well,

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Speaker 2: this guy should be able to do it, or this

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Speaker 2: guy can do it because maybe he's his skill set

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Speaker 2: is a receiver, or he's a dB that has pretty

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Speaker 2: good ball skills on the offensive defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 2: But when you go out there, that ball is in

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Speaker 2: the air and just kind of reading that nose of

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Speaker 2: the football, he's got a little win in his face

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Speaker 2: or behind him that.

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Speaker 3: Changes the trajectory of the ball. So it is a

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Speaker 3: little bit more difficult than what people think.

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Speaker 5: How do you balance I want to kickoffs sort of

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Speaker 5: trying to pin the guy's back.

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Speaker 3: When the terms of putting the ball on the end.

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Speaker 2: Zone and playing it safe, I don't I don't think

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Speaker 2: when you when you think about playing football, I don't

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Speaker 2: think all you're never are you really trying to play

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Speaker 2: it safe? I think you always want to be as

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Speaker 2: aggressive as you can if it fits what you do.

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Speaker 3: I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't know necessarily say playing safe in football is

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Speaker 2: a is a good thing to say. But you know,

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Speaker 2: for us, it's it's like, what what do we feel

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Speaker 2: like we're good at? If we feel like we're gonna

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Speaker 2: be good at covering kicks, I think it's an advantage

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Speaker 2: for us. If we don't think we're gonna be good

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Speaker 2: at that, then I don't think we put ourselves in

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Speaker 2: situations that we can't handle.

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Speaker 3: But uh, we just kind of go out there and

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Speaker 3: we just try to go play football.

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Speaker 6: Three weeks into the three games into this, what.

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Speaker 7: If you learned about this new kickoff?

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Speaker 3: You know, as you as you evaluate all.

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Speaker 2: The plays from across the league, you know, we spend

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Speaker 2: a lot of time. We watch every play, every kickoff,

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Speaker 2: every kickoff return. And I think the thing you saw

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Speaker 2: in the in the preseason is guys are really just

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Speaker 2: trying to figure out, Okay, who's gonna be good blockers

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Speaker 2: because it was a lot of it was a lot

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Speaker 2: of just kind of man schemes. You didn't really see

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Speaker 2: a lot of different schemes and things like that. I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, maybe guys are you know, holding those off

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Speaker 2: to the regular season. But for us, it's about, Okay,

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Speaker 2: what are we good at? What do we feel like

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Speaker 2: we got really good at? And I think that's gonna

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Speaker 2: be our approach as we as we move forward throughout

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Speaker 2: this uh this first game, in the second game, and

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Speaker 2: maybe the third game, until we start to see a

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Speaker 2: little bit more of the different schemes.

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Speaker 8: You get the sense that they're gonna be guys who

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Speaker 8: pop under the new rules who maybe didn't under the

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Speaker 8: over hol rules. I mean, is it gonna be a

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Speaker 8: different set of standout players dore or.

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't necessarily say.

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Speaker 2: I don't necessarily think there would be a different set

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Speaker 2: of players that will that will stand out. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I think the the all these guys are really good

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Speaker 2: football players. I think the play will benefit some guys

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Speaker 2: the close proximity of the of the player, and how

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Speaker 2: don't think it's gonna change. These guys are all good

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Speaker 2: football players. They'll make the plays that they're supposed to make.

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Speaker 9: I don't know how tight the special teams coaching fraternity is,

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Speaker 9: but I know we had the preseason. But this being

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Speaker 9: the first game of real stuff, I mean, do you

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Speaker 9: feel like everyone in your profession is gonna be kind

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Speaker 9: of looking at you the chiefs coordinator, to see how

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Speaker 9: you guys do as the kind of guinea pigs for

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Speaker 9: this regular season?

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Speaker 2: Wise, I think you know, it's always it's all when

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Speaker 2: when when you are the first game, everyone's gonna be wondering, Okay,

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Speaker 2: this is a new play. You know, what are they

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Speaker 2: to see? Are they going to do something different than

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Speaker 2: what they've shown? How are they going to handle different

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Speaker 2: different types of schemes and things like that. So I

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Speaker 2: do think everyone's going to be looking. But I think

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Speaker 2: the other the other thirty teams are gonna do what

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Speaker 2: they do well. I don't think they're gonna be concerning

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Speaker 2: themselves so much about what we do, whether we put

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Speaker 2: the ball in play, whether we don't put the ball

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Speaker 2: in play.

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Speaker 3: I don't.

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Speaker 2: I think they gonna They're gonna go into based on

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Speaker 2: their own judgments of what they think their team is.

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Speaker 1: Next up is defensive coordinator Zach Or who's getting ready

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Speaker 1: for his first NFL game as a defensive coordinator. He

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Speaker 1: talked about that today.

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Speaker 6: Y'all doing y'are doing all right already.

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Speaker 8: Against the Homes, And how do you read your offense?

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Speaker 10: I mean that, uh, you know, they can score from

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Speaker 10: any part of the field, just because obviously, uh you know,

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Speaker 10: obviously you know Andy Reid's a great coach, but uh,

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Speaker 10: Patrick Mahomes obviously he's a problem.

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Speaker 6: I mean he can beat you with his legs, he

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Speaker 6: beat you with his arm from.

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Speaker 10: Like I said, every part of the field. And you

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Speaker 10: know they have great players around him. So that's what

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Speaker 10: makes them tough to defend. And and you could defend

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Speaker 10: the first play, but you got to defend the second

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Speaker 6: And that's where they make a lot of the hay at.

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Speaker 10: When the first play breaks down, he gets to moving

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Speaker 10: around and guys do a great job of uncovering and

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Speaker 6: So, uh, we definitely have to limit that.

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Speaker 7: Obviously, you guys help.

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Speaker 4: 'em scoreless in the second half last year. What what do

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Speaker 4: you kind of see as the process to you know,

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Speaker 4: they're gonna come out like Gangbusters after you guys, But

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Speaker 4: it's the process to kind of steepen that curve and

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Speaker 10: Or do you think yeah, I think just take a

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Speaker 10: deep breath and go out there and focus on us

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Speaker 10: executing our job. At the end of the day, I

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Speaker 10: think it's about us. If we go out there and

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Speaker 10: do our job, do our responsibility that we're capable of

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Speaker 10: doing it, I think everything will be fine. But I

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Speaker 10: think it just starts with taking a deep breath. You know,

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Speaker 10: it's it's uh, the environment, it's gonna be great.

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Speaker 6: Embrace that.

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Speaker 10: But at the end of the day, understand that the

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Speaker 10: football field is gonna be the football field. It's gonna

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Speaker 10: be eleven players on defense versus eleven players on offense,

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Speaker 10: and the game's not gonna change. So I think the

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Speaker 10: big emphasis just focus on us doing what we do

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Speaker 7: That what's a.

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Speaker 5: Key for defending the quarterback who improvises like he does

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Speaker 5: like he you know, he just he'll chuck the ball

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Speaker 5: out field, they'll hell throw on the run.

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Speaker 6: What's the key for trying to contain a guy like that?

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Speaker 10: I mean, just keep on, keep on coming after him.

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Speaker 10: I mean rushers, keep rushing. You gotta be disciplined in

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Speaker 10: free lane. And then back in coverage. You like I said,

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Speaker 10: you gotta plaster, you gotta cover. You gotta expect to

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Speaker 10: not just defend the first play, you gotta defend the

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Speaker 10: second play, and then just continue to uh do that

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Speaker 10: play after play, play after play, and then when opportunities

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Speaker 10: come for you to make a play on the ball,

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Speaker 10: we gotta make those plays.

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Speaker 7: Through these three preseason games, what if anything have you

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Speaker 7: learned about the the process of call he plays.

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Speaker 10: Honestly, honestly, everything preseason was pretty smooth. But it it's

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Speaker 10: I know, it's gonna be a lot different just because

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Speaker 10: it's a lot of different personnel groups. It's more game

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Speaker 10: plan pas uh specific Uh. In the preseason, we kind

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Speaker 10: of just had our call sheet and we just you know,

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Speaker 10: we just ran our plays.

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Speaker 5: Uh.

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Speaker 10: But one thing I'll probably take is just you have

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Speaker 10: to be prepared situationally for uh what's happening right now

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Speaker 10: and then what's gonna happen. So obviously, as for example,

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Speaker 10: you're defending a play in the mid round, midfield, alright,

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Speaker 10: they getting the red zone. You have to already be

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Speaker 10: thinking about what that team does in that situation and

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Speaker 10: and what your call is gonna be and how your

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Speaker 8: Zach, you pushed a little bit just on the stage

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Speaker 8: of this game, but you're you s you yourself as

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Speaker 8: a player, You've been in these moments. Does that factor

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Speaker 8: the different platforms, the prime.

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Speaker 6: Time and all eyes, Uh, yeah, definitely. I think that.

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Speaker 6: I think that the the experiences.

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Speaker 10: Just just just settle in, just be yourself. Like I said,

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Speaker 10: the game, it's gonna be a lot of stuff going on,

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Speaker 10: which is great.

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Speaker 6: You know, it's great. It's great for the game. You

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Speaker 6: should and that as a player, coach, or or whatever.

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Speaker 10: But at the end of the day, you know, football

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Speaker 10: is football, and you know what you know what players

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Speaker 10: are gonna be ran, you know where you gotta be,

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Speaker 10: and you just gotta focus on doing that.

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Speaker 4: Each You have a lot to skip Forard and wants

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Speaker 4: to play to me on the task, But do you

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Speaker 4: allow yourself any small moment of reflection that this is

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Speaker 4: you know, your first game is an NFL defensive play

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Speaker 4: caller and or just how far.

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Speaker 7: You've coming that time.

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Speaker 6: Definitely, I mean I shoot every every night. It's funny.

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Speaker 6: Every night my wife we read the.

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Speaker 10: Scripture and stuff out of this jar, and every night

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Speaker 10: before I go to sleep, I pray and I just

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Speaker 10: thank God for uh.

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Speaker 6: Bless me for this opportunity and put me in this position.

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Speaker 10: So I I think I reflect, you know, every single night,

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Speaker 10: because I don't want to take it for granted and

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Speaker 10: I want to give thanks where's due.

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Speaker 10: In place, Hey, yeah, man, I mean, at the end

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Speaker 6: Like you said, two time defending champs.

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Speaker 10: But you know, hey, if if we gotta play am

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Speaker 6: So it just happens to be first meeting.

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Speaker 7: Last year in January, it felt like they were beating

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Speaker 10: I mean yeah, man, that goes into every week what

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Speaker 10: by you know, getting penalties and getting uncharacteristic. So that's

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Speaker 4: Sad, you were teammates with a bunch of guys who

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Speaker 10: Man, it's it's played play raven football, and we know

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Speaker 9: Yeah, what makes it difficult to make the confused or

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Speaker 10: He's played football in the in the biggest games, and

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Speaker 6: So you gotta think that way too, You do you.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean shoot from those guys expecting any and everything,

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Speaker 6: They took a lot of shots last year.

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Speaker 10: I know they didn't you know, connect as much as

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Speaker 10: And we're very aware of the personnel that they brought

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Speaker 9: Preparing for this game, how much do you look at

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Speaker 5: Oh well, I mean, first of all, it's an obvious question.

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Speaker 8: Knowing the questions about the offensive line coming into this season,

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Speaker 4: You him in nursing.

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Speaker 5: Feel real good about those guys. You know, you know,

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Speaker 5: So we're real comfortable with them playing. Excited to see

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Speaker 5: This would be unbelievable that that was it.

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Speaker 7: I think one of the.

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Speaker 9: First things Lamar told John about at the end of

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Speaker 3: Sure.

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Speaker 5: I mean we're always looking from the day I got

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Speaker 5: We're about to see if all the things that we did

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Speaker 4: You know, do you do listen to the insight from

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Speaker 5: You well, I mean, I would just say that from

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Speaker 5: we have a pretty good idea of what he brings

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Speaker 8: Is there an moment for you? I mean, when you

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Speaker 9: It's going to look like?

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Speaker 5: I really don't. I don't think of it that way

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Speaker 5: like I don't. I mean, football's football teams run duo,

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Speaker 5: they run inside zone they run wide zone, they run

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Speaker 5: I mean that's what he's been doing, you know, now

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Speaker 7: And you been listening for months how you didn't run

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Speaker 7: been listening to that. How much do you kind of

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Speaker 5: Oh, I'm not overthinking it, you know. I've kind of

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Speaker 5: really don't think of it that way. I really don't

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Speaker 9: TA Obviously you've gotten a lot of questions about two

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Speaker 6: Year, Well feel good, you know.

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Speaker 5: So it's a little bit hard as we work through it.

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Speaker 5: They've been healthy this offseason, have been healthy for the

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Speaker 8: Surprised you about the results of the pun catching and competition.

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Speaker 5: I thought Ben and Uh and Roger were really too casual,

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