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#UNC running back Demon June press conference
Nov 1, 2025
#UNC running back Demon June press conference
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the, you know, game you turned in, you
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had a couple touchdowns and you're just
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generally kind of seemed in rhythm. Uh,
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for you, what does it kind how do you
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kind of get into that flow, into that
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groove and and kind of sustain it
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throughout the game?
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Uh, you know, just repping, you know,
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those plays during the week with the O
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line, getting the feel of everything,
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you know, everybody coming together, you
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know, once the time comes, once you
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practice it so much, it just comes
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second nature. So, it just felt good to
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see uh you know the hard work paying off
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within those plays.
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Can you take us through a little bit the
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uh the screen pass where you know you
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kind of evaded a couple guys had stiff
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arm. Can you kind of take us through
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what you were seeing? Yes,
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sir. Uh big shout out to the O line.
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They the ones who you know got that play
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going you know blocking downfield being
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able to you know make a guy miss and
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then break again and then use your off
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hand to you know make another defender
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miss. But uh definitely just want to
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thank the O line on that just being able
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to put me in that position to you know
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do what I did. Yes sir.
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AJ let's talk about the offensive line.
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Yeah been all out there for a long time.
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Miles McB Chad gets hurting the guys are
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coming now. What did you see from them
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tonight that maybe hadn't seen before
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and it's just a sign of their growth and
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y'all's growth as a group? Yeah, like I
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said, you know, just every day in
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practice, you know, getting good quality
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reps with no matter who's in, you know,
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one guy goes down, next man up, there
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should be no downfall within our
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players. So, we practice that way. So,
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like when situations like that happen,
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it's no drop off in the production. But
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it felt good to see everybody, you know,
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step up when time was needed.
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And those two in particular, especially
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at tack protective for Gio, they were
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opening stuff for you, they're opening
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stuff for D'von.
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Yes, sir. just their performance in
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general. The two of them stepping up and
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and doing this tonight
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just just felt good. You know, you see
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those guys working hard throughout the
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week, whether it's pass pro, you know,
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helping run block and all that stuff,
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but they work their butts off throughout
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the week and it pays off when the lights
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come on.
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Adam Dean, I was wondering, uh, you had
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the big game against Richmond.
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Yes, sir. obviously and since then the
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touches for you in games have kind of
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been up and down and there've been some
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games where you know Ben Hall's had a
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bigger game or or DaVon like how have
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you tried to stay ready for a night like
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this where you get hot and they keep you
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know calling your number like how how
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have you tried to sort of stay locked in
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like that? It's all in the preparation,
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you know, reps, you know, increase,
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decrease, you attack every practice the
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same, whether it's like if you're that
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guy or you're not that guy, but it, you
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know, just pays off when you practice
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hard and, you know, you you keep that
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mindset that when when your numbers
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call, you're ready to make that play.
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So, you know, it's just a mindset type
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of thing.
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And I guess along those lines, like like
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I said, you had the breakout game
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against Richmond. Have people been like,
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"Where are those 100 yards again?" Yeah,
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like have people been asking you, you
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know, what's going on
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a little bit, but you know, you try not
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to feed into what everybody else saying,
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you know, you just stay grounded, stay
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true to the process, so you can have
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those games and
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it'll come. Yes, sir.
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Jeremiah.
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Yeah. How important was it for you guys
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to, you know, kind of get off of that
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losing streak? You obviously came close
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last couple weeks, just, you know, play
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here, play there. How important was it
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for you all to break through and kind of
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actually get back into that one cup? It
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was really important, you know, just
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being able to, you know, be that close
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and not getting over the hump and, you
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know, you just get back to the drawing
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board, you know, keep fighting, keep
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calling, keep scratching that that just
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inch more, you know, and then tonight
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you be able to, you know, break through
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that wall and it just feels good to, you
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know, showcase all the like hard work
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and everything that we put in throughout
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these weeks to, you know, finally
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achieve that W to get us back on track.
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Yes, sir.
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How different did it feel when you
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locked when you got back in there? It
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felt pretty good. You know, it won't be
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the last time it feels that way either.
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Yes, sir. Definitely.
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Yeah. I know this was really concerning
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you, but how much did your defensive
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teammates know about Syracuse starting
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quarterback?
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Uh, you know, we prepare the same no
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matter who was in, you know, so it was
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no surprise. We just, you know, going
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come to practice and prepare the same
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way no matter who's who's in the game.
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But big shout out to them. Those guys
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definitely stepped up tonight and helped
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the offense. And is there anything you
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saw on tape, you know, about Syracuse
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defense that you thought maybe you
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could, you know, see an area and exploit
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it a little bit?
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No, those guys play their butts off, you
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know, very good team, good offense, good
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defense, uh, very well-rounded team,
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but, you know, just come to practice
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every day and keep preparing to, you
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know, go out and execute.
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Good. AJ, picking back on what Adam was
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asking you about, did you know you were
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a lot early? Did you know that you were
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going to get a lot of those reps early
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or was it there was some success? They
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were kind of rolling with you in the
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second part of that. You had that 44 yd
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run and you didn't come out. You played
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snap. Were you kind of surprised you
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didn't come out after that?
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N but you know like I said just all in
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the preparation. You know once you
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practice that way and it's consistent
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it'll show up in the game. So you know
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whether you come out or not you're ready
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for the next play. No matter the play
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before it's all in the past.
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You know that they were going to ride
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you pretty hard early because they
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usually there's a lot of rotation kind
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of early.
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Yeah. You don't you don't really pay no
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attention to that. Just stay ready out
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there. You're staying out there.
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Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Definitely.
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Right here.
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Thomas Christopher, the league winners.
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Going into this game, you were a top 30
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running back in yards after contact per
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attempt. It was like four and a quarter
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and I'm sure it's even higher after this
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game. Is there anything specific that
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you do to like work on your contact
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balance so that you can keep turning out
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yards after you're getting hit?
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Run hard, protect the ball, you know,
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fall forward at all costs. But
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definitely give credit to the O line
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for, you know, putting me in those
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positions and, you know, them coming
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with the extra push every now and then.
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But yeah, just real hard.
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We're back on here.
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Well, after suffering backto back
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heartbreakers, how refreshing,
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revitalizing was it to get back in?
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It feels good. You know, after those,
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you know, two close games, we just went
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back to practice. You know, attacked it
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the same way we've been attacked it with
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a, you know, purpose to get better so we
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can come out and execute like we did
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tonight.
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You mind then, Adam?
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Well, it looked like for a second they
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had you in the injury 10. You kind of
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move your arm a little bit. I guess kind
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of when did that take place and what
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were you kind of doing with it?
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Just had to come out from a little
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little plays, little couple plays, catch
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a breather, but you know, we're all
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good. Adam
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Deman, I know every every play is
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designed to score a touchdown.
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Yes.
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Um but when when you did catch the pass
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there at the start of the second half
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and broke the broke it for the
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touchdown,
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like as you as you turned around, did it
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look like
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there's enough room daylight to to to
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get gone cuz you know, you had to break
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a couple tackles and I think you stiff
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armed the one guy. Like I mean when you
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first caught the ball, what were you
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were you seeing a lot of bodies in front
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of? Yeah, when I first caught it, I
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didn't think that play would turn out
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how it did. But, you know, thanks to
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the, you know, O line being what being
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good at what they do. They came down the
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field, caught a couple blocks me being
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like let me adjust to them and was able
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to break a couple tackles and break for
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a touchdown. But, Yes, sir.
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Anything else for Deb?
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All right. Good stuff. Appreciate
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I appreciate y'all. Yes, sir. Thank you.
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Thank you. That's right.