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Speaker 2: I mean really good defense. You look at every level.

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Speaker 2: at linebacker they fly around the field. Obviously they also

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Speaker 2: So he's done a nice job. In their back end

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Speaker 2: and they're well coached. I think they changed the look

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's us a crazy game, I think just

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Speaker 2: so not really much in our minds about that game

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Speaker 3: You've said he talk to you about just letting it rip.

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Speaker 2: You know, was that you feel like you haven't been

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Speaker 2: you might not hit all of them, but try to

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Speaker 3: How much do you think this is a test for

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely a test. I mean it's every week

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