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#UNC coach Bill Belichick press conference after loss to TCU
Sep 2, 2025
#UNC coach Bill Belichick press conference after loss to TCU
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and um you know we played competitively
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but then just couldn't sustain it. So,
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obviously we have a lot of work to do.
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Um, you know, we need to do a better job
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all the way around coaching, playing,
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uh, all three phases of the game. Just
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wasn't up to what it needs to be and I
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know we're a lot better than that. So,
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uh, we'll need to, you know, need to
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work on those things and and show it on
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Saturday and turn around. But, um, you
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know, give TCU credit. They came in and
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did a good job and, um, they were
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clearly a better team tonight. You know,
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they deserve to win and and, uh, they
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did it decisively.
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right here. Uh,
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coach Andrew Jones 24/7. When things
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started to go bad quickly after you got
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up seven nothing, what was the sense of
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was there a sense of helplessness that
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you couldn't stop it and what was maybe
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the key sequence that you thought got
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your team sort of off?
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Yeah, multiple things. Um, you know,
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anytime you give up two turnovers or
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touchdowns offensively, that's not good.
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We gave up several long plays on
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defense, you know, where they gained a
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lot of yards on one play. So, uh, just
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just too many too many of those.
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There wasn't any one thing. It was a
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combination of multiple things. Too many
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three and outs, too many long plays on
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defense, and then two turnovers. Well,
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we had three turnovers, two turnovers,
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touchdowns. You can't overcome that.
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Josh Granjs, given the short week now,
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how much teaching can you do from this
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video ahead of Saturday?
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Yeah. Well, we'll, you know, use the
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time best we can to, like I said,
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correct the mistakes from last tonight
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and and, uh, move on and then, you know,
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get ready for Charlotte. So, you know,
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they got a couple extra days here and,
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um, you know, they came off a
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disappointing game themselves, so you
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know, we're both a little bit in the
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same boat here. Um, but yeah, we got a
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lot of work to do and, you know, we'll
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get at it.
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Back to Mil.
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Hey, Coach Tra was on the side. Um, you
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guys had a lot of missed tackles
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tonight. How much of that has to do with
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the the limited amount of time you had
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to prepare for this game is when it
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comes to tackle?
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Um, yeah, we I mean, you said it. We got
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to do a better job of tackling. There's
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no doubt about that. And so, we're just
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going to have to work harder on it,
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tackle better. I mean, there's no secret
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to it. There's no no pill you can take.
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You just got to, you know, have tackle
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better fundamentally and and get more
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guys around the ball so we're not, you
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know, so many tackles in space.
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Back left.
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Yeah. Jeremiah Hollow with Inside
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Carolina. You alluded to it a little
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bit, but after that first drive, it was
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kind of struggle offensively to get
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points on the board. What in particular
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from your vantage point from the
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sideline was TCU doing to kind of get
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you guys out of the offensive?
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Yeah, look, they just outplayed us. They
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out coached us. I mean, they were just
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better than we were tonight. That's all
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there was to it. They controlled both
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sides of the line of scrimmage. Um their
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skilled players played well and you know
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they they just they did a lot more
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things right than we did. So you know
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give them credit for being the better
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team. They certainly deserve it.
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Mac right Brian Murphy. Could you assess
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how Gio Lopez played his status and if
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you saw enough for Max that that job is
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open.
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Yeah we'll see how Gio is you know they
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took him off took a look at him. Um you
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know hopefully it's not too bad but
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we'll see. Um you know give Max a lot of
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credit. you know, he came in there
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after, you know, being off for a long
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time and, uh, you know, hung in there,
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made some plays, you know, in a tough
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situation. So, um, you know, give him a
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lot of credit for what he did tonight,
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but we'll take a look at it after we see
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where things are at here and and go from
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there. I don't know. It's too early to
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tell now.
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Right in front of your coach,
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Deox.
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What did the breakdowns after that first
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drive happen in the run game offensive
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to 31?
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Uh, I mean there were multiple, you
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know, biggest thing was we had trouble
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getting off to the linebackers and, you
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know, they just they float over the top.
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We didn't get to them like we needed to
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and um, we got beat in a couple
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one-on-one situations and, you know, if
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you don't make yards on first down, then
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you're in second and third and long and
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it just, you know, we end up with too
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many three and outs there in that second
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quarter. So, first down really helps you
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a lot on second and third down. We just
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didn't do a good enough job on first
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down tonight.
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Second row left
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who's an observer. You you talked a lot
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going into this about kind of trying to
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figure out what you had and and what you
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were building. Were you surprised at the
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way things snowballed sort of in late in
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the second quarter into the second half?
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Well, we'll just keep working and keep
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grinding away. Um well, we're better
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than what we were tonight. So, but we
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have to go out there and and show that
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and prove it. So, nobody's going to do
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it for us. We'll have to do it
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ourselves. And that's what we're going
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to do.
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Front row on the right. No, it was Scott
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plus seven. What was your message to the
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team in the locker room after a game
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like this?
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Yeah, I just give my comments to the
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team prior to myself and the team, but
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obviously we have a lot of work to do
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and we need to get through it and it's a
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long short of it.
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On the right here,
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yeah, Aaron here today, they saw you on
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the field before the game walking around
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watching your team, watching TCU. It's
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obviously a great environment. I'm
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curious what you envisioned of a college
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game, what this experience was like
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coming out and participating in that.
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That was a great environment tonight. I
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mean, fans were awesome. Um, it's great
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energy in the stadium. Um, you know, we
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just didn't do enough to keep it going
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and we got to play better for the energy
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to sustain be sustainable.
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Right next door, Brian Markson, the
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athletic, you mentioned the fans, the
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atmosphere was sort of what you want,
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what you were hoping for. What would
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sort of be your message to fans were
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maybe disappointed by the result the way
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it went as far as sticking with you
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guys?
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Yeah. No, what I've just been saying,
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we're going back to work and, you know,
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we're going to get better.
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on the left.
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Aiden Jensen, Tar Hills wire. Bill, so
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don't alluding to the earlier question,
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short week preparing for Charlotte. You
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know, what are some of the top things or
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the top things you want to see from your
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guys in practice this week to prepare
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for, you know, another opponent in such
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a quick time frame?
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Yeah. Again, the biggest thing is we
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have to correct some of the mistakes
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mistakes we made tonight. I mean, we
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just can't we just can't perform well
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doing some of the things that we did. We
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we got to be better than that. And
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obviously we got to deal with Charlotte
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and the problems they present. But um we
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had too many self-inflicted wounds that
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that we have to eliminate before we can,
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you know, worry about addressing our
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opponents. So um we'll start with that
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and then and then move to Charlotte.
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Second row left.
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Coach, obviously some injuries with the
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offensive line to what extent. Do you
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feel like that was an issue for you all
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tonight?
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Uh well I mean every injury is an
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opportunity so you know somebody's out
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then somebody else is in. They have an
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opportunity and so we'll work with those
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players and and work for them to get
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better. I think we have enough players
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that we just have to perform better as a
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unit. You know coach better, play
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better, work better on our fundamentals.
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It's no there's no shortcut to it. We
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just got to work harder and do a better
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job. That's all there is to it.
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Last one right here in the front row.
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Clear sake on the quarterbacks. If Gio's
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available Saturday, does you guys start
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from your guys?
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Uh, well, let's see where he's at. You
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know, I don't know. It's a short week.
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We'll see. I don't know what his
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availability is right now, so I'm going
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to speculate on that.
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Thanks, guys.
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All right. Great. Thank you.
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Thanks.
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