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Speaker 1: Went into decision to go with you last week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, a couple of things.

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Speaker 3: I think, Uh Coup obviously is a very accomplished kicker,

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Speaker 3: and Uh there's still like an acclamation period where that

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Speaker 3: uh hold obviously, and the more time on task, I

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Speaker 3: think that transition could happen for him. I think Coop

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Speaker 3: Uh Jude just obviously having been here, understood the operation

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Speaker 3: time a little bit more and we just felt like

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Speaker 3: he gave us the best chance to win that week.

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Speaker 1: Is that still a week to week thing for you

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, you know, I think although Jude did a really

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Speaker 3: nice job for us and excelled with everything we were

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Speaker 3: asking to do, I think, ultimately, you know, you still

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Speaker 3: treat that like a competition in every week is a

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Speaker 3: new week, and we'll take a common sense approach as

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Speaker 3: we have more discussions as a coaching staff later in

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Speaker 1: With Deontay, what did you see from him just as

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Speaker 1: a return man?

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Speaker 2: Tay is obviously a gifted athlete.

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Speaker 3: He has the elite top end speed, he has the

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Speaker 3: frame that you'd want in a returner, and he showed

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Speaker 3: us that he has good ball skills. You know, the

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Speaker 3: ability to have good catch mechanics is always number one

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Speaker 3: priority for me as a returner. The second thing, when

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Speaker 3: the run skills shows up, and the frame shows up

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Speaker 3: and the speed shows up, you're like, Okay, this guy

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Speaker 3: has a chance to do it, and you know he's

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Speaker 3: done it before in his career of just playing football.

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Speaker 3: He showed us a lot of promise throughout training camp,

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Speaker 3: through through these past few weeks, and it was cool

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Speaker 3: to see him get a couple explosives last week.

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Speaker 2: He's fire up to do it.

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Speaker 3: And there's also something to be said about a player

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Speaker 3: that genuinely wants to be back there and do it,

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Speaker 3: and he's well liked by his teammates, so there's something

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Speaker 3: him as well. So it was cool to give that

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Speaker 3: guy an opportunity and cool to see him have success.

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Speaker 4: Did he approach you guys about that or or is

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Speaker 4: that something that you guys went to him about.

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Speaker 2: A combination of both.

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Speaker 3: You know, it was probably a few months ago our

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Speaker 3: returners were catching off the jugs machine and you know,

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Speaker 3: he kind of came up to me. He's like, you know,

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Speaker 3: I could do that, and I said, don't don't tempt

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Speaker 3: me right there, you know, because obviously he has a

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Speaker 3: was back there just catching it very free and easy,

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Speaker 3: and I was like, Okay, let's start working with him

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Speaker 3: a little bit more.

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Speaker 2: And that's something obviously he had a lot of success with.

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Speaker 1: On Sunday, you.

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Speaker 4: Put a different guy back there next to Gunner each week.

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Speaker 4: What has it been like rotating that.

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Speaker 2: Do you think he could be the answer there potentially?

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Speaker 3: You know, I mean every week is a new week

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Speaker 3: that phase, just because it deals with what we're doing

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Speaker 3: offensively and defensively as well.

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Speaker 2: It's a credit to the team.

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Speaker 3: Number One, those guys have understood conceptually what we're asking

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Speaker 3: that specific position to do. So whenever you see returner

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Speaker 3: to do it, you're like, Okay, these guys are starting

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Speaker 3: and it was really cool to see in that frame.

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Speaker 3: So you know, we'll have more conversations at the end

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Speaker 1: I don't know if we'll get a chance to talk

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Speaker 1: have you been watching the Eagles blocks? And how much

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Speaker 3: I mean, at least no, I mean to be honest,

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Speaker 3: challenge ahead of us this week, you know, playing in

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Speaker 3: the Superdome, and you know the Saints historically have have

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Speaker 3: we're locked into this week, this opponent, and right now

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Speaker 3: they've blocked a ton of kicks. So really our focus

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Speaker 3: is on excelling versus the Saints and handling our business

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Speaker 4: What was the a conversation like when you had the

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Speaker 4: fourth down to get their forty fifty eight yarder on

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Speaker 4: Sunday obviously punted, but was there any talk about trying

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we always have discussions as coaches throughout

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Speaker 3: we're playing defensively, how we're playing offensively. Field position was

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Speaker 2: Differential and the flow of the game.

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Speaker 3: And it was cool to see, uh, you know, our

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Speaker 4: Much more differently is when I mean, I think it's

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Speaker 1: What does that change for arts for Jamie?

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Speaker 3: But operationally, yeah, I mean, number one, it's quicker because

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Speaker 3: so you know, the ability to speed up in those

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Speaker 3: You know, you talked about creating a game changing play.

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Speaker 3: I really feel that was one. And then to see

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Speaker 3: it was cool to see all those guys executing. A

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Speaker 3: credit to Jamie of punting it well in that situation.

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Speaker 1: Man Hurts is kind of a big guy. He made

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Speaker 2: Yeah, very impressive.

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Speaker 3: And you know, the cool thing about him, because he's

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Speaker 3: He has to be in position, and when he's in

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Speaker 3: he shows up and he does it. And he made

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Speaker 1: In that regard, why do you think your coverage you

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Speaker 2: A couple of reasons.

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Speaker 3: I think it starts with, you know, the kickers, you know,

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Speaker 3: placing the ball correctly. But also there's a mentality that

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Speaker 3: our guys have started in body, you know, understanding that

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Speaker 3: this is the first play of defense, whether it be

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Speaker 3: on punt or kickoff, and every week is a new week.

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Speaker 3: Like the success that we've had the past few weeks

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Speaker 2: And I think the way that our.

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Speaker 3: Guys have approached every week, how it's been a next

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Speaker 2: There they flourish for the opportunity to be out there again.

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Speaker 3: And it's really cool to be in the huddle right

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Speaker 3: and if that returner goes to their spot, they're ready

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Speaker 3: to do it. If the returner goes somewhere else. It's

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Speaker 3: a byproduct of what that other teammate did. So, like

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Speaker 3: I said, we got to continue to work. Yes, there's

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Speaker 3: been some successful plays that we've had, but every week

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Speaker 3: is a new week and we got to show up

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Speaker 3: today and have a great day of practice.

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Speaker 1: Goby Jude hit a couple of touchbacks last week.

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Speaker 3: Was that part of the plan or is that you

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Speaker 3: a young kicker still working to develop his placement.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: You know, the hard thing about that kickoff is you

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Speaker 3: definitely don't want to kick it short, and when you err,

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Speaker 3: sometimes you error with a little bit of adrenaline, kicking

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Speaker 3: a little deep, and that's just the nature of this

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Speaker 3: making the smart decision and taking a knee.

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Speaker 2: But there are times that.

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Speaker 1: Will kick touchbacks as well.

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Speaker 3: So you know, the biggest thing for him is just

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Speaker 3: understanding how those two differentiate and when we kick a

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Speaker 2: Then when we put it in play, to be able

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Speaker 2: to put it in play.

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Speaker 3: But that's something that every kicker in this league is

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Speaker 3: gonna have to continue to work on