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Video: #UNC coach Bill Belichick press conference after win over Richmond
Sep 13, 2025
Video: #UNC coach Bill Belichick press conference after win over Richmond
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Um yeah. Uh so first of all um you know
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we uh after the game uh Chancellor
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Roberts and and the team dedicated the
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uh game and the ball to uh you know
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Mitch who's uh been you know with uh
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with the team for a long time been a
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real inspirational person for us. and um
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um I'm of course I've only known him
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since I've been here but you know he's
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been you know surely an important part
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of this team and and uh through the
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years and so um
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just want to make sure that you know
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everybody realizes how important he is
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to us and uh how he was recognized by
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the team after the game and we dedicated
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the game and the ball to him and um you
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know he he got on the um on the uh iPad
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and and talked to us afterwards and you
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know he's fighting and um we're praying
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for him and you know we just all want to
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wish him well and and let him know that
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how much we're behind him. Um but as far
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as the game goes um it was a real good
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team effort today. Uh thought uh you
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know we got good good plays out all
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three units. um our special teams uh you
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know stopped the fake punt uh gave us
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some good field position uh in the
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kicking game, field goals um and uh you
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know offensively we we got a couple big
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plays, scored some points and
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defensively uh you know the goal line
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stand was a was a big big big series for
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us and you know turned the ball over
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scored on defense. So it was overall a
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good good solid effort. It's certainly a
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lot of things we can still work on and
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do better. There's no question about
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that. Uh we left some plays out on the
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field. Um but uh you know you give
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Richmond a lot of credit. That's a good
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football team. They're very well
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coached. Um they got a lot of good
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players. Uh unfortunately for them, some
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of them didn't play today. You know,
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they have four or five of their best
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players. So we're were banged up, but um
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that's good football team. You saw how
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hard they fought all the way to the end.
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And u you know, give coachman a lot of
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credit for the job that he's done there
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and and uh you know, they that's that's
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they're tough. They're a tough football
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team. So, um, good to win and, um, you
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know, hopefully we can still continue to
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improve each week, uh, with, you know,
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good solid practices and preparation.
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So, big challenge this week going down
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to, uh, to Orlando, but, um, you know,
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looking forward to it.
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On the right, front row, coach. Yes.
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Coach Andrew Jones 247. What do you like
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what you've seen from your defensive
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front the last couple weeks? Progress
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that they've made the last few weeks.
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Yeah, second half of the TCU game, uh,
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you know, was was tough. We kind of got
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banged around a little bit there. We've
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done a better job of defeating blockers
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and, you know, holding line of
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scrimmage, playing with better
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technique. Uh, you know, coach Dakco,
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you know, Steve, Ty Nichols, those guys
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really done a good job with the with the
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front the last couple weeks. And players
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have worked hard to, you know, improve
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it. It's really about fundamentals. I
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mean, there's no, you know, secret
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sauce. I mean, you got to, you know, you
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got to line up and and, you know, be
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able to defeat the blocks in front of
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you. And we did a much better job of
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that today. As a quick followup, the out
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period that you guys have been extending
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into the season, do you think you really
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know that group really well now?
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Oh, I mean, you find out more every
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week. Um, so like I said, this is a big
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challenge for us this week. Uh, you
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know, these guys, you know, Richmond has
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a really good running game.
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Quarterback's a big big part of the
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running game. He's about 50% of it in
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the backs. You know, today they used a
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uh kind of a new formation with their
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two backs and three receiver sets uh
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instead of the tight end that they had.
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So they had some different, you know,
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formations in motion on that that caused
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us to make some adjustments to it. Um,
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but they did a good job of that, you
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know, and we we tried to adapt to it as
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quickly as we could. But, um, yeah, it's
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been, you know, it's been improvement
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every week, but, you know, there's still
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there's still a lot of things we can do
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better. We're we've tackled better,
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which is obviously is a big help, too.
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Second row right in the middle.
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Hey, coach, um, speaking about Dean
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Jun's performance, I mean, he was
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awesome tonight. you know, 148 yards for
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most fresh rushing running back in eight
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years. What do you have to say about his
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performance and awesome jersey living up
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to the moment?
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Um, yeah, you know, he's earned it. Um,
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he's earned it. You know, nobody gave
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him anything. I mean, he started at the
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bottom of the depth chart and he's kind
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of worked his way up and he's had some
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opportunities and and uh, you know, has
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done pretty well with them. Um, but he's
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made some yardage on his own and that's
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a big thing. You know, the the plays are
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blocked for a certain amount of yards,
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whatever they are, five yards, six
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yards, two yards. Um, and then what can
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a back get on his own after the first
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contact or after he can make that first
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guy miss and you know short yardage play
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was really a good run. We didn't we
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didn't really block it that well. There
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was two unblocked guys in or near the
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hole and and he made a miss and you know
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turned into a long run. So um you know
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he's doing a good job with the ball in
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his hands and we got him on that screen
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pass that was a big play too to you know
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set up the score. So, um, you know, he's
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done a good job in running and catching
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from the right here.
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Hey, it's Ontario 24/7. Uh, out of
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Jordan, it feels like he can do just
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about everything on the field for you
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guys and it seems like he's established
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himself as almost a security blanket for
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Gio. What have you seen out of him? Do
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you agree with that? And what have you
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seen out of him sort of these first
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couple of games, but then just today
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specifically?
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Yeah, Jordan's done a really good job
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for us in all areas. Um, first of all,
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he's smart. Uh, he can play all
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positions. He plays the the F, the Y,
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the X, the Z. Uh he's an excellent
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blocker. He's tough. You know, he can
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match up on the DBs with his length and
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his toughness. Uh so on some of the
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perimeter plays where we, you know, get
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the ball outside. He's a nice job
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blocking and and he has been a good
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route runner on a lot of different
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things, crossing patterns, in cuts, you
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know, possession patterns, and he's done
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a good job with the ball in his hands
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after the catch. So, um excellent red
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area receiver. You know, we try to keep
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him out there as much as we can. far
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right
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back fat observer. Have you seen enough
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from the guys the last two weeks
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offensively, defensively to where you
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think they'll have more confidence
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returning to power four competition
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since the TCU game?
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Uh well, yeah, I hope so. I mean, we'll
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see. We'll see next week, you know, but
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uh we'll just go through the
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preparations for Central. I mean, it's
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another good football team. Um and you
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know, I know Scott does a good job down
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there, but we'll have to you know, you
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gear up for what they do and and they've
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got a lot of skilled athletes. They get
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the ball in space a lot and you know
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defensively they got some some explosive
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guys we're going to have to handle. So
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um you know we'll find out.
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Second row in the middle here.
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Yeah. Brian refer how do you evaluate
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against competition that you played the
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last two weeks and then try to scale
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that up for a game against like or TCU.
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How do you
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Yeah. Well, I mean again you know
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Charlotte and Richmond have a lot of
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good football players. I mean those are
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you know those those are good programs
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and especially Richmond. I mean,
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they've, you know, been at the top of
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their division, you know, last several
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years and, you know, played for
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championships and all that. So, um, but
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look, we just keep working, doing what
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we can do to work to get better. And I
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feel like we've made some improvement,
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but yeah, we'll see what happens next
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week when we play somebody else. I don't
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know.
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Right next to coach
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Shelby with the News Observer. Coach,
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just help you evaluate you a little bit
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of performance through three games,
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things that you think he's done well so
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far, maybe some areas.
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Yeah, again, I think we're getting more
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comfortable with him. He's getting more
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comfortable with us. Um there there are
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things that you know he obviously does
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really well and you know we want to try
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to feature those. There's some other
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things that um you know we need more
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work on and some timing and and things
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like that. But you know he's done a good
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job protecting the ball. He's done a
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good job making decisions uh in critical
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situations for us and so that's that's
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allowed us a chance to win. So you know
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we had a turnover at the end of the game
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today. But really prior to that you know
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another er another turnover free game
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from the offense and you know that that
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goes a long way to to winning. Uh second
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row far left.
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Adam Smith in South Carolina. Bill, you
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had the second half shut out last week
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at Charlotte. Uh this week goal line
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stand with the the scoop and score
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fumble return. Would you say that this
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defense is maybe showing an ability to
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to focus and lock in more throughout the
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the course of a game? Like what have you
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seen from you guys defensively to allow
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you to have some of these second halfs
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where you play pretty well defensively?
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Yeah. Well, I think again I think it
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starts in practice, Adam. You know, if
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they when those when you make fewer
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mistakes in practice and communication
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is better. There's more awareness and
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and more alertness to to those kind of
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plays, then uh you know, you play
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better. And so, uh you know, Richmond
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had the you know, they tried to throw
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the double pass over in front of our
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bench. They kind of bobbled the ball,
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but you know, we were on that, you know,
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double pass. They threw a couple shots
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down the field. Um, you know, Dawson had
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a tremendous catch on that ball down the
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sideline, but you know, we covered the
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the deep ball pretty well with these
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guys and they and they're an explosive
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u, you know, team that cross the 50
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yardd line. They take a lot of deep
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shots and and uh so you know, we held up
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on those, but again, it really comes
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from consistency in practice. If you
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practice consistently, then that'll show
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up in the games and and if you don't,
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then eventually it it won't. So, um, you
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know, let's keep stressing those things
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in practice. Our communication's better.
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um playing with each other, starting to
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get a better feel and anticipation for,
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you know, the way we can play off each
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other and so forth and and um hopefully
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that'll continue to improve with each
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week. You know, that's our goal is just
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keep getting better every week.
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Front row coach.
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Yeah. Jeremiah all the way with South
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Carolina. I wanted to go back to Dean.
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You talked about what he did tonight
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specifically. You also mentioned he won
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that work his way up the jump chart and
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things like that. Observing him in
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practice and obviously seeing it take
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shape in these last couple games. What
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makes him his style of running, I guess,
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so effective when he does it?
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Well, I mean, he's a he's a strong one
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cut runner. Um, you know, there's not a
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lot of, you know, a lot of dodging when
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he hits the ball. He just kind of he
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hits a crease and and can, you know,
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accelerate through it with some power.
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It's hard to bring down with an arm
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tackle and he can step through some, you
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know, some soft tackles. So, um, that's
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his style and, you know, if he can just
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continue to play to that, if we can
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create some creases for him, uh, we saw
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it last week in Charlotte and again
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today, I think that, you know, that's
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how he can be effective. I mean, this
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is, you know, we're not talking about
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Gail Sers here. I mean, this isn't like
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a, you know, scat back jerbug kind of
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guy, but he can hit it and go and
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that's, you know, that's that's what he
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does best. So, you know, hopefully we
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can get him in that situation.
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Two more front row on the left.
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Will Jensen target me. the only month of
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Adam's question focusing on the defense.
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Melkart really showing he could he could
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be a demeanor on your defensive line had
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a huge day two sacks and we had that
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fumble recovery.
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What can you say about his performance
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and know with Price coming back later
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how Melart can lead that unit and help
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create success and consistency leading
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that unit throughout the season? Yeah, I
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think Malcard's been a great story for
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us. You know, uh came to us in Delaware
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and kind of, you know, wasn't a, you
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know, wasn't that big of a of a transfer
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coming in, but just kept getting better
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and better and better and better every
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day all through the spring. He had a
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good spring by the end of the spring.
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You know, he's probably our probably our
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most productive defensive lineman. Of
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course, we didn't have Leroy at that
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point. He was still out. Uh and then he
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just continued to build on that through
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the offseason and training and and when
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we got to training camp. So, um, you
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know, he's just put a lot of consistency
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together and that's a guy that you can
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count on to come in and work hard and do
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the right thing almost every single day,
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every single time. And he's earned a lot
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of respect and trust um from the his
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teammates obviously and the defensive
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coaching staff and certainly the head
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coach. Um, but it's really been
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impressive how he's just improved so
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much in every area. His pass rush, his
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run defense, his playing space, uh, his
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ability to stunt and run games. uh he
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just keeps getting better and better and
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you know it's the kind of guy that you
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know you just love to work with because
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he he continues to improve and just can
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take those little fine coaching points
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and and continue to move into make him
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be effective for his game. Last one on
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the second row on the right.
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Hey Bill on SI going back to Deont June.
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What are some things or conversations
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that you see with him to give you
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confidence out there?
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Um,
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you know, look, the confidence comes
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from performance. You know, we can talk
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confidence all we want, but until you go
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out there and do it and and um show that
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you can do it, it's just, you know, it's
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still it's still not there until you can
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actually produce it. So, um, yeah,
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everybody has confidence in him and try
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to encourage him and all that, but you
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know, when you go out there and make
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those plays, um, in in training camp, in
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practice, and then, you know, in
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practice as we've gone through the
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season, get a few more reps and and
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really that's kind of how you, you know,
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you work your way up is as you get get a
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few plays, you do pretty well with them,
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you take advantage of them. Um, you get
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a few more, you get on special teams,
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you show you can do something there, and
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and that just leads to other
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opportunities. And so, you know, I've
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had a lot of players like that, the, you
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know, the Troy Browns, the Julian
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Edelmans, the Rex Burkeheads, the guys
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like that that they just they just keep
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doing stuff and it grows on you and you
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keep putting more on them and then they
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they keep showing up and producing. So,
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at this point, he's continued to make
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good progress. You know, can't let today
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go to his head. I mean, he's still got a
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long way to go, but he's got a great
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future. If he can keep doing the same
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things he's been doing to get to where
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he is, then he's got a chance to, you
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know, grow and develop. um if he stops
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where he is, I don't know where that,
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you know, I don't know how far that's
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going to take him, but you know, so far
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he's been really persistent about that
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and that's what we need.
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Thank you.
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