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#UNC offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey ahead of Saturday's game at Florida State
Oct 28, 2024
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just good day to answer questions good
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day to answer questions on your to all
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right all right we let's
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roll chip how much of jobe's progression
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has sort of been able to have a
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better better better pocket present
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seems like he Ste into it a lot more
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Saturday yeah that's you know I think
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really um he's he's really most of the
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year been pretty good at that I mean I
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think that's one of the positive things
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that I noticed about him early on was um
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you know Drake would take off and run
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I'm sure Sam did the same thing I've
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seen all the video and and and Jacob's
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done enough of that but really what I
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like about him is he's gotten rid of the
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ball you know even in even sometimes if
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we broke down in protection or whatever
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and U I do think you're some natural
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with quarterbacks about having like you
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said pocket presence where you
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understand and some of that I think
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comes with understanding protections and
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Where You're vulnerable and where you're
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not vulnerable and what you know helping
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the tackles out sometimes stepping up if
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you're able to and uh but at the same
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time keeping your eyes down field and
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that's that's really hard and some
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people struggle with that and so far I
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think he's he's really shown that he's
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capable of doing that and that's
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something I really didn't know about him
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right cuz in Fall camp and stuff you
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don't you don't hit the quarterback
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really right he's kind of you know he's
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protected so as we've played that's one
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of the things I've been really
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pleasantly surprised about was his
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ability to have great pocket presence
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and be able to step up and we're going
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to have to keep doing that we're going
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to play some good pass rushers here down
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the stretch and hopefully we can keep
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building on that you mentioned the
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vulnerabilities and the tackles have
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gotten beat off the Ed but it looks like
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especially with bfield healthy last more
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and more healthy but that that core
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there has been able to keep it out of
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his I think they did a nice job Saturday
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number 90 for for for Virginia is a
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really good player he's one of the
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better ones in our league and I think we
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kept him from pushing the pocket into
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Jacob's face you're I think you're very
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very uh accurate on that in our tackles
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you know getting run around is one thing
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but but getting those guys pushed past
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the the pocket uh point is really
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important too so for instance if it's
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quick game or the ball's coming out
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quicker they don't have to they you know
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the he's not getting certain coverages
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um certain pressures and so forth he he
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really is doing a lot better job too of
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getting our protection right that's
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something that he's grown into I think
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you know whether we need to flip the
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protection the other way and get the
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slide going a certain way or whatever so
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um yeah I just think it's part of his
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growth and U so far really pleased with
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the last two or three weeks in in that
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area he told us after game Saturday that
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slow for him and the an example was the
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throw he made to Chris Culler where he
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rolled to the right and culer kind of
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came back and he saw him and made the
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throw is that an example of the game
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maybe slowing down to a guy who's just F
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probably a really good example because
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um a lot of young quarterbacks when they
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take off like that he left the pocket
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you know they don't keep Keep Their Eyes
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down field and they're so worried about
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uh making you know making the right
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decision running or so forth but yeah I
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think that's that's a great Point
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knowing where those receivers are shows
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his growth you know understanding hey
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this was this kind of Route so the
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receivers should be in this area and
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then I think CER did a nice job of
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coming back to the ball and being
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friendly for the quarterback and uh so I
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think that is a great example when when
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the game's going really fast for
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quarterbacks they struggle seeing down
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the field or they're staring at the rush
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or so forth so uh he's he's doing doing
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a nice job of that right now just got
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continue to do it what stood what stood
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out to you about the way JJ Jones played
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Saturday I me you had like the
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elusiveness and the acceleration on on
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the bubble screen and then you had the
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concentration and the balance on the
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ball in the end zone I mean as as a
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coordinator to play caller like what
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what popped to you about what he was
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doing yeah I think he's um you know it
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shows he Mak cont tested catches on the
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on the touchdown right before half which
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is which is Big when you can do that you
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can give the quarterback can give you a
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chance get your hands on it and you go
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make a play I think that's always nice
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and then what I really like was on the
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tunnel screen you know he finished the
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play he went and scored you know a lot
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of times we've we've thrown that play
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several times this year and you know we
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hadn't really me we it's always been a
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positive play but we hadn't broke one
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like that so I love to see that he ran
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through some tackles and finished and
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you know JJ's played a lot he's a
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veteran guy and we're going to need him
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to continue to do that down the stretch
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the run the catch yeah was you know
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we've seen him play a long time now I
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don't know if he's had that kind kind of
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yeah you know he's I don't either he's a
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big guy you know and so he can break
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tackles I just think from sheer size and
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um you know we we need him to keep doing
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it for sure chip the the one minute
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drill before the before halftime Coach
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Brown said that was the play of the game
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with the touchdown to JJ there at the
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end was that the cleanest you guys have
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executed that you know in practice or in
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a game season I mean it looked like
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there was no Panic at all I knew with
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there yeah I you know maybe so and I
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think it goes to speaks to jacobe and
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and how he's um continued to get
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comfortable you know that was one of
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those situations where you know it was
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hey if it's not there we'll throw it
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away we think we're in field goal range
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and you know if if if for some reason
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we're in bounds we got to clock it quick
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and that would have been hard to do with
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him way down the field so the thought
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was hey we'll take this shot on a double
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move and if we hit it great if not throw
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it out and we'll try to kick the field
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goal uh or we'll have time to throw a
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little short out and get out of bounds
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and uh yeah it's was really good
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execution the pass protection was really
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good uh the tight end and running back
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were involved that with the o line and
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great job by JJ going and getting the
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ball and I think this jacobe we threw
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that same play Early in the game and
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jacobe missed it they threw it out of
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bounds you know and really was kind of
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late getting to it and you know good job
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by him of understanding that and and and
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really getting the ball out on time and
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giving JJ a chance but you have taken
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that shot with youe like a month ago or
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is this part of the the confidence in
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him that he can make that play and it
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wouldn't be anything dangerous there no
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you know that's a good question I I I
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think I would have um that that we had
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the the play in you know because of the
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coverage we thought we were going to get
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but um Maybe not maybe I'd have you know
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been more conservative U but I think the
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the more he plays and the more
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comfortable he's gotten and the and like
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you mentioned earlier he's shown he can
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handle things then it makes you as a
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play caller be be more confident and you
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know I knew we were playing good defense
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I knew that our defense was playing
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really well and I thought you know let
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if we can get some points here then it'd
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be huge and uh that was the thought
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there and he did a great job executing
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it saying that you liked how Mari was
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able to get the ball in space you know
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out of the back field you know in the
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receiving game things like that it seems
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that this year there's been a little bit
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more I know he has you know his share
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last year but seems like this year's
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kind of been more often what's been the
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process of you know being able to get
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you know get him those catches out of
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the back field just give yeah I think
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you know when you're trying to to figure
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out who your Playmakers are okay and and
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our job is to try to get it in their
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hands as much as you can I think
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Marian's right there at the top of the
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list so we tried to find creative ways
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to give them and staff has done a really
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nice job everybody on our staff all the
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way down from Natron you know Natron
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being helping with the running backs the
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the analysts and gas I mean we all
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contribute and you know which obviously
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I have to make the decision at the end
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of the day what we're going to carry and
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what's too much and so forth but I think
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you know the the point is we try to get
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the ball to our Playmakers as much as we
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can he's one of those guys and you know
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last year you mentioned that he caught I
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think 20 maybe 20-some 30 balls last
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year is that right yeah so I think
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that's about where we want him to be uh
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because as many times as he can touch it
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usually good things happen and you know
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last year we had some different options
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too so he uh uh you know he might not
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have been uh in the re as far as
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throwing it been the first option but
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really like what he's doing he I think
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he's shown that he can really uh run
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routes make play he caught the angle
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route um Saturday uh he can route run he
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can pass prot Tech I think he's an every
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down back at the next level as well so
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it's good to see that and we'll continue
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to try to do it for sure sure he's of
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course shown you know durability if you
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will you know kind of throughout his you
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know he's already at the thousand yard
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Mark things like that I guess how have
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you observed the way he's you know
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managed the workload you know to this
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point in the season with how much you
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know touches yeah you know he's a unique
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guy because um I've never been around a
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guy like him he's really no drama
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doesn't say a whole lot practices every
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rep he gets in practices full speed um
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it's it's it's like it's really
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impressive to watch him and if you think
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you know I've been around a few guys
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that that have been that way and they
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stick out because they're the same every
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day right there there's no really ups
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and downs and Peaks and valleys he's
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just really steady uh he's very
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confident I think in himself and uh it
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it's really a calming thing from a
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coordinator standpoint for a guy that
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that that you know is going to show up
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every day and give you everything he's
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got and he does that and um I think
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you're seeing that each and every week
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and uh we got to we got to keep trying
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to find ways to get him the ball looking
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at FSU Coach Brown said that their
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defensive front is the best that you
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guys will have seen thus far this season
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uh looking at them obviously their
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record isn't the best but what makes
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them
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good on that on that side of the ball
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yeah they got really good players I mean
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for sure the front is like coach said is
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is one of the most impressive fronts
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we've seen for sure the they always do
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though they're very athletic they play
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extremely hard uh their scheme's good um
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they just had they're an athletic
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defense you know they're not they're
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they're they're not going to give you
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anything they're going to make you earn
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it they're going to challenge you uh out
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on the perimeter with their DBS and
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their linebackers and then the front is
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good enough with four guys really to
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cause a lot of problems you know I you
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know just the little I've seen so far is
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you know that that front with just four
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guys can cause problems without having
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to add extra guys and pressures and so
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forth so that's that's always a a luxury
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if you're a defensive coordinator if you
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can get pressure on the other team
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Without Really blitzing then that helps
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you in coverage so I think it's a
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typical Florida State looking team to me
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um you know and really I'm just watching
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the defense so um they're very
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impressive mean if you look they haven't
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given up many points so we're going to
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have to really have our best our aame
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ready to go as you have studied or
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gotten into your stud
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their defense it seems like I don't have
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the numbers but it seems like they've
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given up a ton of
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explosives um uh I wouldn't say a ton
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they you know I think really if you look
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at different parts yeah you know what I
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think when you look at how many points
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they've given up though somewhere I got
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yeah and you might be right
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but exposive yeah yeah there's some I
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had seen many of them yet but maybe I'm
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just hadn't watched enough film yet I'm
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going to keep looking though that's a
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I'm hunting them but you know um no I
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think I think you know what do you think
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the reason may be there for that you
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know I I don't really know I think I
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think what I think is um everybody that
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you play has the capability of of
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getting explosives at some point but I
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think when I see them I see a team
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that's really athletic and and going to
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really challenge you that's what sticks
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out in my mind just in the little I
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watch so far and the like I mentioned
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their front is really good I think their
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linebackers are really good too uh
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number nine the will linebacker is is a
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really good player very ACC so I you
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know I don't see that but but I'll Trust
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you on it and I'll keep looking for
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sure send me a few plays if you don't
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mind it that you think will hit ask off
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how would youque
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Javari you know what he's
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been yeah it was a really good move I
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mean he's he's he's been lobbying to
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come over and run the ball for us too in
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short yardage so uh what a great play
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that was really exciting to see that I
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you know the most most exciting thing
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for me was watching the guys from up top
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just chase him you know and trying to
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help him and I think I think Amari threw
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a great block for him 17 so uh that was
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fun to see and um you know those things
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when you know they created some
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turnovers Saturday which really helped
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us as an offense and uh that's exciting
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to see and uh they're very capable and
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uh really really that was a big time
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play by Javari yeah and the stiff arm
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you know was impressive as well so he
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switch hands with the ball did he really
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I didn't see that so as he he is he is
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definitely one of the most athletic guys
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on our defense yeah okay I'll go back
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and watch that check hour there whatever
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he did didn't h i don't yeah I don't
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know I'm gonna check it and then I'll
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check jacobe and we'll see who's faster
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between those two guys so jaob quicker
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better condition I think he is in better
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shape yeah he's he's um you know I think
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the time he was off I think was hard on
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him and uh he's come in and committed to
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diet and working out a little better and
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I think he is a little little faster
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maybe than he originally was but he's
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he's a good athlete and uh you know I
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think what he's done you know the end of
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the Georgia Tech game and even yesterday
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a little bit just making some runs when
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there when it calls for it I think it's
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been really good go ahead I have a the
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great debate in fans and everywhere is
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play calling versus execution as an
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offensive
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coordinator where do you stand on those
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percentages well every play that I call
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I hope it scores okay um I think that
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would be my first statement No I think I
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think it's a combination I think
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definitely you want to get your guys the
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best OPP put them in the best position
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to score okay and uh some some schemes
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are good certain weeks because of the
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looks you're getting some aren't I think
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that's pretty pretty self-explanatory
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but I think execution is a huge part of
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it and then but it's not just on the
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players like what's what goes into the
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execution do did we give them all the
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looks that week so they can execute it
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did we prepare them for it did um you
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know are we asking them to do something
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that we can't do very well that's not
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something we do well
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uh so we can have a great play but if
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that's not our strength and what we can
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do then it's not going to be good um is
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the quarterback comfortable with it I I
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do a lot of things with the quarterback
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of hey if you don't like it it don't
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matter if I like it CU I'm not standing
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out there you know running the play and
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I think that's important too and it
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breeds confidence for our players when
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we can give them things that they feel
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confident doing and uh I think that's
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the challenge each and every week you
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play good defenses you play good good
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schemes on the other side but also is it
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something we can execute for instance
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you know somebody they played it may not
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be a good play for us just cuz it was
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good for so and so you know that may not
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be our strength so I think that's the
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challenge as a coordinator and uh you
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know I think putting your players in the
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best position but also doing it in
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something that's realistic for your team
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is important you mentioned Jake Johnson
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was probably with you mentioned Jake
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Johnson was probably going to have to
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step up in Bryson's absence how would
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you rate his performance against
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Virginia rest of he's really he's really
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improved his physicality is one of the
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things that Freddy I know has challenged
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him on is being more physical running
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game and and so forth which is going to
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be a big part down the stretch here is
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we got to get him to fill in those you
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know Bryson's known for being athletic
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and being able to get out and make plays
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but he also did a he's underrated
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blocker because he was such a good pass
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receiver but uh I think Jake's very
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capable Jake uh accepted that challenge
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and I think Saturday if you go back and
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watch the game closely he did a lot of
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really nice things of playing with good
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pad level and being physical um and
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that's important that's going to be
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important for us as we continue this
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drive down the stretch you know because
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run the football is what we have to do
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we understand that and Jake's a big part
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of it all right all right thank you guys
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