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Press conferences for Jacolby Criswell, Kaimon Rucker, Jahvaree Ritzie and J.J. Jones after #UNC win
Oct 26, 2024
Press conferences for Jacolby Criswell, Kaimon Rucker, Jahvaree Ritzie and J.J. Jones after #UNC win
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did you need that celebration out of
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there we needed it big time I mean a lot
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of adversity throughout the last couple
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weeks and the whole week this whole week
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we said we were starting over and we're
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saying the rest of the games we're
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playing for Tali and when we put it
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together offense and defense and special
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teams this is the ball club we expect to
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expect to be like plus more it seemed
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like when good things happen you guys
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gain Steam from it and continue to add
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to it as the game went on did you sense
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that you guys were doing that as it was
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happening yes sir just layering up yes
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sir 100 100% our defense I mean we came
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out there offense did their thing and
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then the defense red behind us and you
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see you saw what happened and they came
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up to me they were like just just play
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ball just play the ball you know how to
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play and we we got you and so that was
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in my mindset like that was in the back
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of my head and plus I wore a wristband
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with cross on my wrist and then 13 and
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I'd look down anytime I got hit I look
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down I'd be like I'm getting back up for
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you and that's just something just means
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th means a lot for this team and he can
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do a lot for as we continue to move
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forward and we continue to play the ball
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he would want us to play you were
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holding your ribs one of those times a
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little bit was that one of those moments
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with you're holding your ribs a little
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bit 100 100% and everyone has their own
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battles and mine just happens to be my
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ribs and I'm just going to continue to
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fight through that and my line did a
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wonderful job zero sacks for today and I
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just told them we play like this who can
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stop us seemed like the completion of JJ
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at the end of the half was just a big
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one for you guys and go to halftime
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246 yes sir that was a big one I last
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couple weeks I missed a couple deep
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balls that I wish I could had back and I
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told JJ as we're moving forward I was
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like I'm giving you a chance he was like
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just just throw it up I'm going to go
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get it and I've been with him since he
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first stepped into college we've had
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this connection and it just displayed
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today put it all on display today what
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in the world got into him on the run
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after the catch he look like Jamar Chase
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I mean that's I haven't seen that sort
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of burst and Slick you know moves from
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JJ ever maybe like I mean honestly I'm
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out there I throw him the ball and I get
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turned around and all of a sudden I hear
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our our fans screaming I'm like oh he's
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going he's going and so I wouldn't say a
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surprise does JJ's excellent player he's
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motor guy and when he had his chance he
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took it to the house you talk about the
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first one the little yes sir little
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jailbreak yes sir from your point of
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view how would you critique jari R's run
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who looked kind of like tight in got got
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his hands on theall Coach Brown kind of
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made a joke cuz JJ typically sometimes
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he kind of looks like he's running a
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little slow he goes how look out there I
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see rzy get a pick he was like for a
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second I thought it was JJ Y and we all
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just got a good laugh at it but I mean
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heck of a play by him and I mean that
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that really had us had us going moving
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forward in the second half I mean we
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wanted to play Fast first first two
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quarters and Come Out Swinging like we
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did today and he he did his
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thing he
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made uh
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uh uh he he did well with his moves we
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can teach him a little bit more candria
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came over and he he switched the ball he
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didn't quite get him but he was ready to
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get he he was hiding the him for sure
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hiding balls yes sir did you feel the
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offense was maybe starting to figure
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itself out the last few games I know
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they didn't materialize and wins but did
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you feel that it was like on the cusp of
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you know potentially doing something
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similar to what you guys think yes sir
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100% And as a player when things aren't
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going good I point I point fingers at
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myself and the last few weeks when I
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don't create a turnover we do pretty
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well and for me it's making sure the
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ball making sure we're moving to chains
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each possession that we get and that's
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just something we really did from an
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offensive stand standpoint today and
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then from your perspective too this week
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in practice I know you guys had that bye
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already did you feel anything was kind
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of different this week from your
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perspective as far as the energy or
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anything like that I I feel like we had
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a sense of urgency you know I mean
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we had five games left and we want to
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finish we want to finish the way we said
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we were going to finish out the season
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and that was make sure we come to every
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game 100% prepared and 100% High motor
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and when we look at the when we look
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back at the game we don't want to blame
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ourselves and so I felt like the guys
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they really stood to what they said as
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the week kept going and things happened
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the way they were meant to happen today
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I know you don't play defense but just
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the effect of a fully healthy Cayman
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Rucker for for your guys as a team and a
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defense I mean what does he mean when he
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is turning it loose like he was today
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just for the overall group out there for
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those guys yes sir you have a voice out
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there whenever he's 100% healthy and out
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there playing and a voice on each side
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of the ball is is what what you need and
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when things aren't going bad you can
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hear his voice from all the way across
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and that's just the type of guy he is
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that's the type of player that we need
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for our football team and when he's
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healthy you get you get a little bit of
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it all you get a guy that's going to
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perform out there on the field and then
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on the sideline you're going to you mess
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up he's he's going to say something and
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that's just what we needed today and he
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he did exactly that so you're saying
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yeah if you got the iPad or whatever
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over there in between series you can you
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can even be looking down and hear you
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know whose voice it is 100% 100% it
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looks like you're getting more
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comfortable rolling and throwing and it
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almost seemed like you kind of went
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through that Evolution some today during
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the course of the game what is your
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comfort level when you're rolling out
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and you're able to see the field and
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make some of the throws down oh yes sir
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that's just like I said weeks ago I got
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to go back to the ball player I am and
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beginning of the weeks I would say I was
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more of a trying to throw the ball a lot
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more and I used my feet on both today I
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use my feet while rolling out the pocket
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I ran and I passed the ball and that's
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just something I have to bring to the
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team and I say I'm super comfortable
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with it just having my eyes downfield
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and then if everyone's covered just take
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off and I displayed that today and it
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worked out for us I think there was one
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play you found civer in the middle and
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he did a nice job I guess getting free
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but you saw them did you always see the
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receivers when you were rolling before
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you seen them more clearly now it
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appears that a play like that would be
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an example where maybe you're just
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getting a lot more comfortable and
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seeing more clearly yes sir 100% the
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game has slowed down tremendously for me
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and today actually when I threw him the
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ball I had my eyes looking right at Kobe
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pesar I believe who it was cuz they had
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a nickel Defender and so I had to use my
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eyes so he can jump out there and create
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a lane for Chris culer and I feel like
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the game's slowing down and everything's
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just coming back to me the way way I
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once played all right thanks you yes sir
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thank you you felt today maybe more like
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the real C rer maybe last week two weeks
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ago yeah you feel like you're back 100%
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oh yeah 100% um you know just uh coming
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off the knee injury you know just of
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course just like I feel like you know
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obviously when you get the surgery you
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know there's going to be some things
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that you know mentally that you need to
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get over more so than a physical
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standpoint because you know the surgery
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happen is healed when you're ready to go
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you're ready to go
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and um so for me it was a mental hump to
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get over because I've had some KN
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procedures in the past but um for me
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it's just like once I once I got over it
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knowing that is healed it's been fixed
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you know prayed over it all these things
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man it's just now I got to just do my
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job and just be me you know how about 10
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sacks for the team did today hey that's
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that just shows you hard how great our
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defense is you know obviously for the
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past few weeks it's been a drought you
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know just um dealing with all the things
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that we dealt with but man this was um I
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think this was a turning point for our
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team our defense cuz we're capable of
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doing what we did today every single
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game for 60 Minutes first through the
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fourth quarter and um you know I feel
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like this was a great um win coming off
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the by week I think everybody had that
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mentality and knowing like once we get
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off this B we we got to turn this thing
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around having the potential to win out
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and things of that nature so I firmly
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believe that and just us having this 10
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sack today just shows you how dominant
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this defense and this D line can be you
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you've had two dominant defensive
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performances as a team against the FBS
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teams the opener and today a common
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threat is you r on the field and healthy
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how much do you sense that you elevate
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the play of the defense across the board
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because of your presence out there and
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the variety of things you can do I mean
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if you want me to be honest I just feed
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off the other guys as much is I mean I
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guess they would feed off of me you know
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it's just like for me I'm just always
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like when of those guys who just like
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you know I don't really want to look at
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the scoreboard I choose not to look at
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the scoreboard I'm just ready for the
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next play and then the next play after
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that next play after that and so it's
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just like the guys today they they
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brought all the energy in the world and
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you know I was just bringing I was just
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along with it and I was just along for
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the ride and um you know just I uh if
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that's the case like for me being out
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there if that controls the energy I mean
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like I I can't take all the credit man
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it ain't all just me it's also from the
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defensive standpoint offensive guys just
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everybody individually in their
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positions just bringing the juice that
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they can man and today man we just we
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played how we practice we practice with
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a lot of fun we practice with a lot of
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energy we practice with very like very
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good Poise patience um aggressiveness
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and today showed that because we played
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how we practice and I think we put a lot
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of great stuff on film of course there's
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some stuff to work on but I think we put
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a lot of great stuff on film and I think
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the energy was contagious to on the
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sideline today stick on that for you
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individually took a detour to get back
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on track here how rewarding is it for
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you to go out there healthy not thinking
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about about the injuries like that and
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playing the way that you played how much
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fun was it in have boarding was it it
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was I have so much fun man this was um
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this was just as much fun as I had
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playing high school ball and stuff like
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that where it's just like you know like
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I know coach he coach Colin said like he
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was watching High School film for a
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couple of days just to just to show like
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how aggressive we can be when we just
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fly and not thinking not being confused
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and just going out there and dominating
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and that's what happened today for not
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only myself but for everybody but it's
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very rewarding you know cuz with me
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being out for a while you know it's just
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like you got all these pass rushers
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that's up for list pressures sacks and
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things of that nature and you know my
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name's not up there and I mean like I
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would be lying to you if I said I
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haven't seen those so for me to be back
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today have a performance that I had
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today I couldn't have done it without my
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guys my interior guys my exterior guys
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and of course everybody else on defense
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but this is just a this is just a
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reminder that the butch is back so you
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don't always see a defensive lineman
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pick off a pass you rarely see one run
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84 yards for a touchdown just your
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thoughts that just shows how versatile
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we are man um it was kind of crazy I
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know in we had a Wednesday practice we
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were going through our stuff and there
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was a uh there was like a floater that
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came across the middle of the field
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secured the ble and I literally did want
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to those things where you should you
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shouldn't do is try to run before you
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catch it and that's exactly what I did
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and I pulled it and I hit it on my knee
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and I dropped it everybody gave me a
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hard time and I was like listen once I
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catch this thing on Saturday all y'all
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going to be celebrating with
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me you know what I'm saying so um and
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then with Javari man he that just shows
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you how a athletic he is just like you
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know him just taking it to the crib and
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that was um he wanted that bad and I'm I
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words can't explain how proud I am of
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them because for both of us man just um
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dealing with injuries personal hardships
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personal personal stuff behind the scen
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that a lot of people get to see and um
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we we feed off each other for that we
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look for supporting each other for that
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so both of us having the game that we
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did both of us having the pcks that we
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did the moments that we did man that's
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um I'm proud of both of us and I'm
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exceptionally proud of him like words
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can't explain how am how proud of him
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that's like my brother so that's all
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love for him I'm proud of
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him o what
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y y'all seen
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this okay maybe it was a stiff arm I I
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didn't see the arm that's a that's a
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that's that's a whole STI
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was literally
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like I'm telling you better ball
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security I'm about to say CL ain't no
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slow guy neither so ma said he looked up
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he saw five he said that's not JJ is nah
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that's darari ritzy man there's more
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than one five out here can you uh kind
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of talk about the scene of that locker
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room when you went in there obviously we
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heard the uh music bluring you know from
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here just can you explain just what you
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know that scene was like all the the um
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it felt great man you know just like
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like I said we had this little bit of a
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drought lately but you know I feel like
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this was a great win for all of us just
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to take that to get that pressure off of
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us to get pressure off our backs you
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know and because it's not easy taking as
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many losses in a row as we did but for
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us to remove that to be like all right
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this is our first win going forward this
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is how we're going to move forward with
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this of course there's some corrections
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we can live with this we can have fun
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with this win but we also know that we
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still have an opponent ahead of us so
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just having fun understanding I think we
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all on the same page with that as well
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just knowing like let's have fun with
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this today let's be glad let's be
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thankful but knowing that by Sunday at
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the end of Sunday we got in another
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opponent in FSU and I know they're going
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to bring us their best and we're going
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to bring our best so we got to
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understand like we got to next opponent
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up and we got to focus on on them after
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this win so but we're happy though we
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are happy though it felt like the South
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the last one it felt like the South
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Carolina game the way those sacks
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started piling up from from last year is
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there do you have any sense of why you
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all will have these
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just games where 10 sacks nine sacks
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just a mountain of sacks like where do
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the do you have any sense of where these
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come from when they do come uh n it's
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just you know having trust in Coach
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Collins in the play in the game plan and
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this game didn't involve us doing a lot
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of shifts a lot of motions a lot of
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exotic stuff it was just base calls and
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just going out and doing what we do best
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and that's to cause problems for any
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other offense and so I feel like us just
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doing that showing that when we do that
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consistently throughout a game can't
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nobody stop us up front and that can't
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nobody stop our defense period so all
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right thanks I did yeah right look like
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yeah I I switched hands yeah I had in my
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right hand yeah all justers himself so
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why don't you describe that play just
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from scar to finish
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uh nothing but God for real I just saw
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the ball in the air I just said I got
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gloves on let me make something happen
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like today was the first time I played
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with gloves and like a while so I was
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just like I don't know let's let's try
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it out and then just so
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happened got the ball in my hands I just
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said let's let's take off so I just took
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off and all I saw was the endzone I
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didn't see anything anything else but
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the end zone I see the quarterback
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coming out of
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nowhere I stiff arm cool and I just kept
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going after that thank you to AC though
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AC made that big hit that's how I got
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touched now it's cuz AC so I'm going
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give it the AC what kind of miles per
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hour you think you hit on that one I was
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probably running slow my legs was kind
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of hurting
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today uh I don't know I was maybe 13 I
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don't know I'm just we'll have to check
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it yeah we'll check it later yeah did
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you do anything like that in high school
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I did I played quarterback in high
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school and I ran track with my mom so i'
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actually been running track since I was
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5 years old so I've always been able to
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run at least I've just put on a lot of
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weight so it may look a little bit
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slower now but I've always been in the
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running I've ran with a couple different
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teams road runners Tri City relays Pac
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all growing up so I've been in the track
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all my life why the gloves today you say
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put uh honestly that's a good question I
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I was just thinking cuz us I do the tip
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around my fingers and I was like someone
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just told me to put gloves on cuz I wore
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gloves in practice this week and they
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were working out for me and I was like
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today let me just put some gloves on I
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put the DB gloves on I said these kind
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of feel nice and I
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just put him on I was like let's do it
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was the last time you ran 84 yards for a
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touchdown when I played quarterback my
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freshman year of high school I ran like
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I was like 60 took off uh dropped Dro
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back and I just took off but did you
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switch hands and stiff arm anybody on
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that R I just ran straight up the middle
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yeah I don't even remember you said
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Amari made a hit what hit was that he
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made the block the block yeah he made
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that block so I wasn't sure if that was
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him or not yeah that was him yeah 10
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sacks toight for the defense just what
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does it say about the defense um today
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but maybe looking forward I just say
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growth you know what I'm saying
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different mindset now different part of
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the Season we've had a lot of adversity
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hit us and I think us just being
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together as just a whole team like I
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thought we play together as a team that
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like right there just you know what I'm
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saying I love that right there and just
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the 10 sacks I mean that's just showing
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that defense is stepping up in in
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different areas back in linebackers
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front like we've all we've all got sacks
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around the board DB's got a sack Elijah
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huy Amari got a sack Dez R we all got
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you know what I'm saying so I just think
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that's just a overall just a great
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defense right there that's how you
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that's how you play great defense we
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just got to hold that to a standard
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every game Javari along those lines what
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is the feeling like when those sacks are
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just starting to come and pile up uh I
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mean I saw the Spider-Man meme there at
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one point I think if my internet
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knowledge is correct but like I mean
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what is the feeling like it's almost
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like a snowball I feel like and they
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just keep coming uh for us is just more
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so like a sack for us is like everything
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cuz I mean big men making big plays like
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that that's what you want to see and it
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just Hypes us up cuz it's like okay we
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getting back we getting back there
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that's how we know the DB is doing their
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job line back is doing their job for us
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it's like everybody just doing their job
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and that's how that happened you know
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what I'm saying we getting back there
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making the play but overall the whole
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defense made the play cuz without the
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defense you know what I'm saying
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stopping him in the back end he probably
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could have threw the ball to somebody
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else open they had him covered who was
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able to get the sack so it just you know
18:15
the right timing for us Javari some of
18:17
the other guys were in here talking
18:19
about how as you know the losses kind of
18:21
Mount the pressures you know somewhat
18:23
mounts as well I guess for yourself
18:25
personally going into this week did you
18:27
feel anything you know kind of added
18:28
like an added sense of urgency I know
18:30
you want to win every game obviously but
18:32
was there like an added sense of urgency
18:34
with this UVA game compared to I guess I
18:37
feel like for us we just had a different
18:38
mindset coming in this week um for me I
18:41
feel like we had a great week of
18:42
practice even in the by- we we had a
18:44
great week of practice um we just had to
18:46
just switch it up do something different
18:48
and it's come in different we brought
18:49
the juice I mean even this morning like
18:52
just uh me and Travis we hyping the team
18:54
up at 7:00 in the morning before we
18:56
about to eat like we doing stuff small
18:59
stuff like that I feel like the little
19:00
things done right is was able to make us
19:03
you know what I'm saying be at a high
19:04
level in all areas yo I guess did that
19:07
was there like an extra meeting early in
19:09
the morning or just like what was that
19:11
time it it was just juice like we I mean
19:12
you know what I'm saying like me the
19:14
strength side Travis we brought the
19:15
juice I mean they in there playing NBA
19:17
young boy this morning loud in the hotel
19:19
about to go eat like I thought just
19:21
bringing that extra juice like small
19:22
stuff like that's what helped us you
19:24
know what I'm saying cuz I mean just us
19:27
being together I felt like was the best
19:29
part about today was being together and
19:32
so I saw that across the board offense
19:34
defense special teams coaches everybody
19:36
was together so max said that he thought
19:39
that the last few weeks what you guys
19:41
have been through kind of help you guys
19:42
get some perspective and perhaps that
19:45
perspective may have minimized some of
19:47
the stress about having to win in
19:49
football would you say that you guys
19:50
were more stressfree coming into this
19:53
and because of that you kind of were
19:54
able to play looser and Galvanize once
19:56
good things happen I feel like just the
19:58
adversity that's happened from I mean we
20:00
all know all the stuff that's been going
20:02
on you know what I'm saying in in the
20:04
house and stuff like that and I feel
20:06
like us just you know what I'm saying
20:07
taking that to heart you know what I'm
20:08
saying is meaning more and I think
20:10
everyone's waking up every single day
20:12
realizing that this means more than just
20:13
you know what I'm saying just anything
20:15
else like we got to get up and keep
20:17
going you know what I'm saying we can't
20:18
just let you know I'm saying small stuff
20:20
hold us back I mean keep swinging the
20:22
MTO Tye I mean we got to keep doing that
20:25
and so shout out to him uh Long Live him
20:28
uh I feel like his motto his legacy has
20:30
allowed us to realize that we got to
20:31
just keep going keep swinging how
20:33
powerful can that fuel be wearing that
20:35
shirt and T especially now that he's no
20:37
longer with you is there even more power
20:39
behind that oh definitely more power I
20:41
mean just even when he even when he was
20:43
here I saying him being an inspiration
20:45
to us every single day us you know what
20:47
I'm saying recognizing that he's able to
20:48
keep going I mean we kept we keep going
20:50
with him you know what I'm saying we had
20:51
his back and him being the inspiration
20:53
to us even the inspiration to me like
20:55
I'm seeing that every day I'm like wow
20:56
like he he can do what I can do it you
20:59
know what I'm saying so now I just got a
21:01
different mindset like anything is
21:02
possible you know what I'm saying Ty was
21:04
able to do it I'm able to do it so I
21:05
just got to keep that going too I mean I
21:07
wear this shirt but probably like he he
21:09
kept going so yeah all right I'm get JJ
21:13
in here it was it was a good day for the
21:15
F today I think you critique his run
21:18
honestly when I saw him holding the ball
21:20
out like this I was like I was woring
21:22
about his ball security but he scored so
21:24
it is what it is change stands yeah it
21:26
looked good it looked good I mean he's
21:27
Javari is natural athlete so that's
21:30
that's something that he can do JJ take
21:32
us through the catch at the end of the
21:34
first half where you not only have the
21:36
guy committing pass interference against
21:38
you but you're having a tight rope the
21:40
corner of the end zone turn around the
21:42
concentration just take you through that
21:44
cuz is a hell of a play and you
21:45
obviously you're able to take a big lead
21:47
into halftime honestly it was just
21:49
trying to go out there and make a play
21:50
for my team I know that in the beginning
21:52
part of this season that I've let my
21:54
team down sometimes whenever the balls
21:56
come my way so just trying to make a
21:57
play any way I can uh during this last
21:59
stretch of the year just uh trying to
22:01
show people that you know I am a pretty
22:03
good player and uh you know I see the
22:05
things that they say on social media so
22:06
it just was extra motivation for me to
22:08
go out there and play uh pretty hard
22:09
today what are they saying on social
22:12
media uh I can't say that on the camera
22:15
but it is what it is Imagine yeah what
22:18
you what you probably think but it is
22:19
what it is how how relieving is it to go
22:22
in the locker room and the music's
22:24
blurring and there's happy faces and you
22:27
guys have sort of start starting to move
22:29
forward from all the difficult things
22:31
that you've gone through I think it's
22:32
good but at the same time for me
22:34
personally I think this is still
22:36
business like I don't want people
22:37
getting too excited that we won a game I
22:39
mean yes it's great that we're back on
22:40
track but we still got four five games
22:43
left to continue to play and continue to
22:45
win so u i I love the 24-hour rule that
22:48
Coach Brown says you know we'll enjoy
22:49
this win for today but you know tomorrow
22:51
let's get to work and get ready for
22:52
Florida State what does I I know you
22:54
play offense but when Cayman is fully
22:58
healthy
22:59
um and and able to turn it loose like
23:01
what do you think he adds brings unlocks
23:05
for this defense because I mean you can
23:07
you know we can see it what is he what
23:09
do he doing no he's definitely a natural
23:11
leader uh just talking but also the way
23:13
he plays and the way he carries himself
23:15
I think you know watching the defense
23:17
today I mean I go against them every day
23:18
in practice so I've seen how good they
23:20
can be and today was one of those days
23:22
where it was like okay this is the
23:23
defense this is the standard that we
23:25
have and so it was good for them to go
23:26
out there and play and execute all the
23:29
things that they needed to needed to do
23:30
today so they can tell you know
23:32
everybody else in the country that
23:33
they're still a good defense I you just
23:36
take us through the vibe of the team um
23:38
this week and what you guys really
23:39
wanted to accomplish out of the game
23:40
today I think just trying to get the
23:42
first dub under the belt for this last
23:43
stretch of games and uh you know the
23:45
biggest thing that I told my position
23:47
group and the skill guys this week play
23:49
for something bigger than yourself I
23:51
mean for me the rest of season for me is
23:53
for Ty Lee and uh he's a big factor in
23:57
what I did today and you know know our
23:58
chapl Mitch Mason wasn't here today so
24:00
he's also big motivation for the guys
24:03
but playing for something bigger than
24:05
yourself was uh the main goal this week
24:07
and then also just finishing you know we
24:09
I know we were up in the fourth quarter
24:10
but I told the guys you know we it's
24:12
college football I ain't think can
24:13
happen so continue to put the foot on
24:14
their throat and just come out with the
24:16
w I need guys want to be tally strong
24:18
and part of that just keep swinging is
24:20
that kind of the motto for the rest yeah
24:23
definitely definitely just keep swinging
24:25
every game just keep swinging keep
24:26
swinging uh until we get to the end of
24:28
the Season soy SE I don't know if
24:31
anyone's you know told you at this point
24:32
you did end up getting the career high
24:34
and receiving yards uh just kind of
24:36
initial initial thoughts when you hear
24:38
that and just you know I guess the the
24:41
meaning it has too I mean I mean that's
24:43
pretty cool but I feel like there was
24:45
still a lot of stuff I could have done
24:47
out there today to you know help my team
24:48
out even more and make even more plays
24:51
but I mean that's still a great
24:52
accomplishment for me which I'm proud of
24:54
but you know I'm just more excited that
24:55
we got that first wut did you feel that
24:57
was probably the most yards after catch
24:59
you may have had you know kind of in a
25:01
while oh yeah that's probably I haven't
25:03
I don't think I've taken a screen to the
25:05
house since high school so that
25:06
definitely just you know it was it it it
25:09
looked a little slow I already heard
25:10
from a lot of guys but at the same time
25:13
you know the touchdowns a touchdown JJ
25:15
it didn't look slow I mean like I some
25:18
of us some of us wrote into these
25:20
laptops like I mean that acceleration I
25:22
don't think we've seen that from you
25:23
yeah I think just today I just played
25:26
freely and you know just like I said
25:28
I've I have extra motivation for the
25:30
rest of the year and uh just you know
25:33
trying to make plays I I know that
25:35
especially for this offense we have a
25:37
lot of Playmakers and I just want to
25:38
help out any way I can can you Landmark
25:40
the Improvement that job is making being
25:43
able to read stuff when he rolls looks
25:46
like he's a lot more comfortable he's
25:47
seing a lot more stuff now and seemed
25:49
like today he kind of took it to another
25:50
level for himself yeah definitely just
25:52
him coming out the pocket and still
25:53
keeping his eyes down the field is
25:55
something that he's really worked on and
25:57
I feel like the biggest thing for him is
25:58
just adjusting the old line to how the
25:59
defense is blitzing I know I don't know
26:01
too much about it but when I see it and
26:03
I see that he does it and it works
26:04
perfectly those weren't that wasn't
26:06
something he was doing in the summer or
26:08
when he first got here so for him to
26:10
continue to work on that and he's just
26:11
he's going to continue to get better as
26:13
the season goes on so I'm excited to see
26:15
uh how he does this week and for the
26:17
rest of the year all right guys thank
26:19
you
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