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Speaker 1: Hey, Damien, A lot of commentators and people can look

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Speaker 1: and to you, what goes into that and what can

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Speaker 1: I would say it's just a mentality. You know, every

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Speaker 1: I know that's not how the game works, and I

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Speaker 1: that's just a mentality of running backs. And to play

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Speaker 1: I mean, you've got so many guys trying to hit you.

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Speaker 1: So I think that goes into it. Yeah, a lot

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Speaker 1: your mindset in those instances. Yeah, it's pretty Um it's

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Speaker 1: a pretty subconscious thing, honestly, Like I really don't think

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Speaker 1: I really don't think about it all that much. Um,

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Speaker 1: we'll go to Matt Doloff, then Mike Tussault. Thanks Mike Damon,

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Speaker 1: How are you doing good? How you doing good? Thanks?

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Speaker 1: So obviously a big win over the Ravens last weekend,

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a community effort. Um. The coaches obviously

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Speaker 1: it was a great win and we played a really

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Speaker 1: just because we got one big win. UM, it's definitely

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Speaker 1: use that as fuel to just keep going. UM. You know,

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Speaker 1: we've been in some rough spots this year, and one

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Speaker 1: And so now I think that it's equally as important,

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Speaker 1: So I'm just looking for another opportunity to go out

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Speaker 1: And conclusion, what have you seen from Houston this week

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Speaker 1: like I said, we know that we're facing another tough team.

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Speaker 1: We know it's gonna be another dog fight that we're

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Speaker 1: So that's another challenge that we're gonna have to face him.

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Speaker 1: We're looking forward to it. Thanks Damion Apprecire, thank you,

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