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Speaker 1: I mean, it's definitely still early. This is not a

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Speaker 1: must game. I would say, it's not something that's gonna

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Speaker 1: keep us out or keep us in the playoffs at

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Speaker 1: the end of the year. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: we try to look at the season like quarterly. Uh So,

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Speaker 1: the first four games, you know, was a quarter, and

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Speaker 1: we would obviously like to go into the next quarter,

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Speaker 1: at least even going into the next quarter. So you know,

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Speaker 1: if we start off the season one and three, that

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Speaker 1: would you know, that's not idea. Are you unhappy with

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Speaker 1: the way your group overall has tackled and do you

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Speaker 1: feel you can do a much better job as a

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Speaker 1: group in that regard? I think we could do a

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Speaker 1: much better job tackling. Like you said, I think we

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Speaker 1: could do a better job and a lot of areas

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Speaker 1: on defense. But overall, I think we're on that that

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Speaker 1: right track. The way we played against San fran and

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Speaker 1: the way we've been continually growing is a good thing

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Speaker 1: for the defense right now. I think we're on the

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Speaker 1: right track. What does you mean to have a Monday

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Speaker 1: night game in your own home, own building. I think

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Speaker 1: it means a lot. You know, our first home game

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Speaker 1: didn't go so well for the fans. I think this

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Speaker 1: is going to be a big one to get our

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Speaker 1: fans back back on track. And uh, you know, we're

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure we're wearing to throw back jerseys this game.

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Speaker 1: Not that that means anything, but you know, I just

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Speaker 1: hope there's a lot of excitement in the stadium this game.

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Speaker 1: This team's fail his identity. Yeah, that's a good question.

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Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, I think we're still I think we're

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Speaker 1: still finding it. You know. That's why I try to

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Speaker 1: say every every year is a new year, regardless if

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Speaker 1: you have a lot of the same players on the team,

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Speaker 1: regardless if you have a lot of the same coaches

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Speaker 1: that are coming back. Uh, each year is a new year,

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Speaker 1: and you gotta treat it that way. And uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: right now, I think we're on the right track, like

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Speaker 1: I said, but there's still some things that I think

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Speaker 1: we have to to bring together and and and you know,

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Speaker 1: close it on who we are to find that identity.

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Speaker 1: I guess how important is it for the leaders yourself,

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Speaker 1: way to that. I mean, it's definitely on the leaders

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Speaker 1: for sure. You know, even outside of the coaches. You know,

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Speaker 1: the coaches are obviously leaders, but I think in the

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Speaker 1: end of the day, this is the players game, and

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Speaker 1: we're the ones out there on the field. We're the

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Speaker 1: ones setting the tempo and practice and all types of

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Speaker 1: things like that, and I think it's a it's on

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Speaker 1: us to to shape the identity of the team and

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Speaker 1: shape the way we go about things around here. You know,

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Speaker 1: a lot of times rookies coming in, they're not knowing

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Speaker 1: what to expect. They're just following the guys in front

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Speaker 1: of them, and that's when it's on the leaders to

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Speaker 1: show the you know, the whole team how it's done.

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Speaker 1: You like Monday Niking, Oh yeah, for sure, we have,

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Speaker 1: especially you know, after a tough two games we've had.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's good to have a Monday night game.

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Speaker 1: So give us a longer week to prepare and you know, recover.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm still adjusting from the time change, honestly,

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Speaker 1: which is weird. There must be it must be an

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but yeah, it's good. Yeah, it really is.

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Speaker 1: You're still not on Eastern time yet, You're still I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think I am, But I'm just saying I'm just

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Speaker 1: been tired from the trip pretty much. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you guys like team Sunday Sunday Sunday. Yeah, yeah, you

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Speaker 1: feel that a little bit, you know, you don't know

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Speaker 1: game and U. But overall, I think the team has

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Speaker 1: done a good job of making sure that we have

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Speaker 1: you know, adequate time to recover and and get back

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Speaker 1: on track. Eager for this opportunity to get back out

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Speaker 1: there in front of the whole fense. Yeah, I'm eager.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, it's you know, it's it would be

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Speaker 1: a great way to end the quarter going to and

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Speaker 1: and going into you know, continuing to grow as a

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Speaker 1: team and who we are that you guys haven't had

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Speaker 1: a turnover yet. I mean, honestly, I don't think turnovers

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Speaker 1: raider and stuff like that. It's more important to me,

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Speaker 1: like turnovers is not is not the big case in

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Speaker 1: my opinion, we have sorry late coming over here. But

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Speaker 1: rushing defense was a big emphasis in the offseason years.

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Speaker 1: Why not your care care day, you guys allowed the

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Speaker 1: fourth most rushing yards. Is that something that you guys

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Speaker 1: a defense, it's hard to it's hard to be good

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Speaker 1: in the offenses of defense when you're allowing them to

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Speaker 1: run the ball. You know, we always talk about trying

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Speaker 1: to make them play one handed or something like that,

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Speaker 1: and what we mean by that is stopping the run.

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Speaker 1: If you if you allow them to run, then you

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Speaker 1: are allowing them to play their whole offense against you

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Speaker 1: at any time. You know what I mean. If you

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Speaker 1: stop the run, it makes them have to pass the

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Speaker 1: ball sometimes when they don't want to. And uh, I

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Speaker 1: think that's important for us. Would have more uh sack

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Speaker 1: opportunities that way, have more takeaway opportunities that way. And

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Speaker 1: I think it all starts with stopping the run on defense.

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Speaker 1: Guys have the idea was bringing some of those guys

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Speaker 1: save some for you, and yes, they don't have to

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Speaker 1: play so much against them. At the same time, you

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Speaker 1: want to be out there more. Yeah, exactly. I mean

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Speaker 1: I think coach Dre has been doing a great job

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Speaker 1: of rotating us. I definitely, uh, you know, feel way

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Speaker 1: more ready to go when I'm out there on the

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Speaker 1: field because we're getting a rotation, whereas like sometimes last year,

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Speaker 1: we were out there for fifteen play drives at times,

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Speaker 1: and you know, we're just exhausted but still have to go.

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Speaker 1: And I think we're doing a great job of rotating,

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Speaker 1: and we also feel comfortable about the guys who are

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Speaker 1: rotating with that when they're in there, they're going to

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Speaker 1: it just all comes down and stopping the run right now,