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Speaker 1: How are you.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm just talking to Karen. Thank you.

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Speaker 3: Taking advantage of our opportunities, turning you know, drives into

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Speaker 3: touchdowns that you know, hitting some X plays and not

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Speaker 3: settling for field goals like we did in the first half.

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Speaker 3: But you know, sometimes it's going to be like that

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Speaker 3: a lot of times in this league.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be like that.

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Speaker 3: And you know, we've had other games and then asked

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Speaker 3: me about starting fast, and you know, again, we'll try

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Speaker 3: to continue to work on that. And I'm also proud

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Speaker 3: of the totality of this of the team, and I

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Speaker 3: know there's so much more to improve, but we we

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Speaker 3: got stops in the second half and we and we

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Speaker 3: scored touchdowns and that's what the difference in the game was.

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Speaker 3: But it was also the way we finished the first half,

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Speaker 3: you know. But by getting to stop and going down

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Speaker 3: there and you know, making a huge gain. We didn't convert,

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Speaker 3: but we were able to move the ball down there

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Speaker 3: in a field goal range, and Andy and that operation

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Speaker 3: was able to take advantage of it and go into

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Speaker 3: the halftime with the lead.

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Speaker 4: Mike kind of extending that just the complimentary football splaying

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Speaker 4: the interception and then the touchdown Hawkins the interception touchdown.

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Speaker 4: How pleased were you when you saw those kind of

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Speaker 4: things unfold and you brought your team to the sidelines

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Speaker 4: for the ensuing kickoff. What was the reason for having

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Speaker 4: everybody stand up on the sidelines for that.

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Speaker 3: Well, I wish you guys would have noticed that a

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Speaker 3: few weeks ago. We started doing that a couple of

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Speaker 3: weeks ago when we started going on a road, So

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Speaker 3: glad you guys just now noticed. But that hasn't changed

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Speaker 3: in three weeks. And it was focused that we had

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Speaker 3: on the road trying to get up and support the

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Speaker 3: other groups, the ones that were trying to create field

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Speaker 3: position for us on the kickoff return or the kickoff.

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Speaker 3: So taking advantage of the turnovers is huge. Certainly one

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Speaker 3: on third down there was splane and then the long

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Speaker 3: one there that hawkats. We got to take care of

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Speaker 3: the ball better and continue to find opportunities they hadn't

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Speaker 3: turned it over, and then when their gimmick plays ran out,

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Speaker 3: and I thought we played a pretty good defense.

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Speaker 1: Looks like the team is pretty looks like the team

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Speaker 1: we were right far far right. It looks like the

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Speaker 1: team is pretty fired up.

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Speaker 3: For Stephan Diggs after he scored his first touchdown of

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Speaker 3: the season.

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Speaker 1: Just how would you characterize the impact he's had in

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Speaker 1: the locker room so far?

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Speaker 3: Really enjoyed being around him every day. There's energy, communication,

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Speaker 3: his willingness to learn and play and you figure out

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Speaker 3: what it.

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Speaker 1: Is that we need from him each in every week.

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Speaker 1: There's been an energy.

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Speaker 3: He's practiced when we when we need him to practice.

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Speaker 3: And we're gonna have to start taking care of some

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Speaker 3: of these veteran guys and whether that's him or Morgan.

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Speaker 1: Or Hunter and a lot of these other guys as

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Speaker 1: we move on towards the season.

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Speaker 3: But highly competitive, He's vocal, he cares, he's a great teammate.

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Speaker 3: He's been really good for that position and some of

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Speaker 3: the younger guys' development. So I'm happy to be able

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Speaker 3: to get him in the end zone. It was it

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Speaker 3: was long overdue.

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Speaker 1: Uh Drake.

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Speaker 4: Drake was sacks six times today but still finishes with

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Speaker 4: two eighty and three touchdown. Just how impressed were you

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Speaker 4: with his resolve as this game went on?

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Speaker 3: Everybody's resolve and you know, again would like to have

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Speaker 3: the sacks, but again and we got to get the

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Speaker 3: ball out on time and understand who who it is

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Speaker 3: that we're dealing with and you but I don't think that,

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Speaker 3: you know, as long as we're keeping them clean and

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Speaker 3: not you know, some vicious hits, and we have to

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Speaker 3: be able to be better in that regard. But you know,

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Speaker 3: I think when you when we give them time to throw,

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Speaker 3: it's it's pretty good.

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Speaker 1: And it's good to see us hit a couple X plays.

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Speaker 3: And but we knew that it was going to be

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Speaker 3: a challenge with this front and then the way that

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Speaker 3: they played, and certainly with with Miles Garrett and.

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Speaker 1: Committing two people to them.

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Speaker 3: And I'm still you know, affecting the quarterback is obviously impressive.

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Speaker 1: Mike.

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Speaker 4: We're going on six weeks now where you guys are

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Speaker 4: among the best defenses the league the last three quarters.

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Speaker 4: What besides the tackling which we've talked about, do you

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Speaker 4: see is driving.

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Speaker 1: That I think we settle in. I think we get

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Speaker 3: I don't think we're giving up a ton of X

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Speaker 3: plays in that regard. You know, after the first drive

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Speaker 3: and whether it was a mistackle or you know, they

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Speaker 3: got us some over aggressive and slipped the guy out

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Speaker 3: of the backfield. But I think they play and they

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Speaker 3: compete for for sixty minutes. This isn't a one or

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Speaker 3: two possession game. There's ten or twelve at least possessions

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Speaker 3: in a football game. So we've got to continue to

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Speaker 3: work on the things and can enhance the things that

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Speaker 3: we've done well and improve on the things that haven't

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Speaker 3: been so well, which is the early game. You know,

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Speaker 3: the opening script, getting off the field on third down,

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Speaker 3: which we had him in third and long and weren't

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Speaker 3: able to so, but creating third and long opportunities, and

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Speaker 3: then you know, continue to get stops.

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Speaker 1: Mike.

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Speaker 5: Obviously not word for word, but what did you say

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Speaker 5: to your team at the half? You guys struggled a

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Speaker 5: lot in the first half, both obviously to move the ball,

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Speaker 5: but then of course to get points. Then three straight

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Speaker 5: touchdowns to start the second half.

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Speaker 3: We were winning the game, so I just told him

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Speaker 3: keep playing. I mean, I don't know how many yards

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Speaker 3: we had. I mean those are stats. I look at

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Speaker 3: the scoreboard.

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Speaker 1: We were winning, Mike right behind him.

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Speaker 6: Just curious your thoughts on Miles Garrett today, and I

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Speaker 6: imagine you guys had him emphasize during the week just

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Speaker 6: how hard is this guy to block? I guess I

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Speaker 6: just size speed, athleticism bend. You know, having watched him

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Speaker 6: last year, it's impressive and it's hard, you know. I

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Speaker 6: mean they're trying to chip him and he gumbies around

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Speaker 6: one guy and then speed bursts the other guys.

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Speaker 1: Just an elite athlete with.

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Speaker 3: You know, a tremendous skill set and you know, I'm

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Speaker 3: glad that you know, we don't play him twice every

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Speaker 3: year unless we're both in the playoffs. So you know,

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Speaker 3: he's just a dynamic player and you know, they do

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Speaker 3: a nice job with him, and he certainly impacts a

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Speaker 3: lot of football games.

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Speaker 7: Coach job, what went into the individual player introductions? And

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Speaker 7: know earlier you mentioned players standing up during special teams,

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Speaker 7: but what was your thought process into having the players

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Speaker 7: introduced individually before the game.

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Speaker 3: I just feel like these guys put a lot into

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Speaker 3: it and would like to recognize them individually. Hopefully our

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Speaker 3: fans can embrace that and get excited for him and

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Speaker 3: something that you know, felt like we wanted her to

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Speaker 3: do and you know, create some energy early and get

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Speaker 3: them to recognize the player's efforts and you know, allow

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Speaker 3: these fans to support us, which they you know they did.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's getting loud on third down, and we've got.

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Speaker 3: To continue to play hard for him so that they

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Speaker 3: they cheer for us.

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Speaker 1: Hey, Hey, Mike, I'm just curious Christian Barmer. We didn't

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Speaker 1: really see him in the first quarter. Was there anything

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Speaker 1: that led to him being sidelined and then to see

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Speaker 1: him come back in the game after.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I had to make a decision. You know, my

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Speaker 3: jobs protect the team. So when there's actions that I

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Speaker 3: don't feel like or commissionate with with what we want

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Speaker 3: to do here, I got to make a decision and then.

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Speaker 1: We move on. Last question, Mike run game was effective

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Speaker 1: again for the second straight week. What'd you see happening

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Speaker 1: there against a tough Bronze defense, tough sledding. I think

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Speaker 1: we stay committed.

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Speaker 3: We mix some interior runs, we we hit some you know,

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Speaker 3: outside plays, some perimeter runs, and then obviously the quarterback

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Speaker 3: stuff helps to you know, those numbers and when they

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Speaker 3: pressure and they play man coverage and Drake can do

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Speaker 3: that that that has to be part of who we are.

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Speaker 3: You know, we got to send him a spring training

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Speaker 3: and figure out, you know, when to slide and continue

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Speaker 3: to talk about that and.

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Speaker 1: Do my best there. Thanks guys,