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#UNC offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey ahead of the Tar Heels game at Boston College
Nov 18, 2024
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any
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questions how are you Mar workload you
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guys as a team 75 Tes in two games yeah
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uh just you know to be honest with you
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Larry tries to do that some you know we
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get bullet in there some to rest him at
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times but uh that game the other night
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in a in a tight game we were you know
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searching for some ways to move the ball
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at times um you know he's our guy so
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we're going to we're going to we're
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going to make sure our best guys touch
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the ball and um you know he's built I
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think he's built for it he's proven that
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over his time and uh so you know I think
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we got to do some things maybe um in
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certain situations I think before the
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half Larry was trying to get him a break
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a little bit and then we got in the one
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minute drill there so uh I think it's
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something we continue to try to do but
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at the end of the day too he's our he's
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our guy did w for us do anything
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differently after maybe the first
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quarter or first 20 minutes of game no
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no no we just you know third quarter we
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didn't execute near as much um and
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really put ourselves in some long
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yardage situations um you know I think
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we had a bust on one of the early runs
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and then the fumble obviously was was a
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huge blow for us and just got out of
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whack there for I guess about four maybe
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four Series in a row and you know the
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last two weeks before we' kind of
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avoided those ruts you know of of of
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putting together a string of three or
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four Series so uh got to do a better job
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of being more consistent in those areas
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and that's something we had really
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improved on in the last month so
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disappointing but at the end of the day
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you know weight I thought weight did a
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really nice job their front their front
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guys played really well I thought I
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thought those guys create problems they
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they move around a lot they're edgy um
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you know and sometimes maybe they give
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up some runs because of it but they also
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create some some issues for your o line
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from a communication standpoint and and
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uh those guys played extremely hard but
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at the end of the day I mean you when
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you look back at those four series just
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some some execution things we didn't get
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done and uh you know I got to find a
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better way maybe sometimes to help
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jacobe and get him get him in a better
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Rhythm when we get in those ruts and uh
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you know that's something we're looking
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looking to fix for sure along those did
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you
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have you never want to run back really
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leave their feet but when he hurles the
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line there me you know when I grew up um
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in the80s they just everybody Dove over
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y'all remember that everybody you don't
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yeah Bo and herel Walker and Walter
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pyton I mean you don't see that much
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anymore um and he didn't do that either
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he he landed on his feet which is
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impressive uh wake had a um an an idea
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that they were going to you know go down
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at our our legs down there inside the uh
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inside the go inside the 5 yard line
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really and that was kind of maybe the
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six I think and uh so I think he just
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reacted after he saw it early um in the
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game I think he just reacted but what a
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great what a great play by him very very
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athletic and U it was good to see and
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the thing I like the most about that and
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you guys go back and look at it um it
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looked like all five or everybody on the
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field was running with him into the end
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zone and that's when you know you got a
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team that that's really laying it all on
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the line I mean when when an offensive
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lineman gets up off the ground from
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going down and if you go back and look I
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think there's three or four them that
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did and get up and escort him into the
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end zone that's pretty impressive that
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means those guys are playing really hard
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sh what I wanted to ask real quick just
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as you're talking about a r and maybe
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the rhythm going away a little bit with
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with jobi and I understand he's still in
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his first hand handful of starts here
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but what would you like to revisit
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within this week that uh could be a
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benefit cuz it looked like he wasn't he
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wasn't as sharp as he has been some thr
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yeah I think I think um combination of
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things I think you know after meeting
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with him yesterday and he'd be the first
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to tell you I don't know when you guys
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talked to him but you know just really
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being disciplined on the progressions of
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what whatever plays we're running you
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know we had two weeks to prepare and and
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really rep the same place for two weeks
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and I think he was disappointed in the
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fact that he just didn't stay
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disciplined in where his eyes needed to
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be pre- snaping post now and uh you know
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at the end of the day um you know he did
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play pretty well I mean we had the
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fumble which they bumped into each other
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but he still pretty much took care of
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the ball and and if you look at I guess
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attempts and completions all that stuff
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was good but we need more down the field
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we got to improve in that area and give
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our guys some opportunities and the
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other night we weren't doing that now at
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the same time we ran for a bunch of
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yards so um you know it wasn't our best
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performance but at the end of the day
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the bottom line is you we win the game
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and whatever that looks like score-wise
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or whatever and and I was really proud
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of the way our guys did that Mar's run
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he also dragged a couple weight guys
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into the end zone there that was his
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40th touch do you ever Marvel can you
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Marvel as a coach especially when you're
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watching film 40th touch and he did all
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that such an important play I noticed
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too after the game I was coming out the
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hallway and I mean he's coming down the
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hallway um headed back to the locker
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room and it's just like you look at him
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you can't tell he played a game I mean
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he's not gas and dead I'd be I'd be dead
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you know they have to carry me off but
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he's he's one of the most impressive
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kids I've ever been around I mean just
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no no drama doesn't say a whole lot just
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does his job smile on his face doesn't
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complain ever um I mean it's it's really
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amazing and I think it's uh it's going
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to really help him moving forward he he
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never gets too high he never gets too
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low he's kind of an even kill guy and I
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think it's a great demeanor to have and
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and um he's proven over and over and
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over that um you know he's he's capable
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of of carrying whatever low we ask him
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to do when you're calling the game
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Saturday and and those carries and the
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carries were piling up pretty quickly do
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you ever think to yourself okay is there
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a limit here or is he so special at this
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point now you know however many carries
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he's got to get you're going to call it
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you don't worry about the yeah I don't I
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don't I mean at the end of the day Larry
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Subs them and that's what we talk about
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a sub Plan before the game some but at
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the end of the day things pop up and
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happen that Larry has to make quick
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decisions and I mean I don't say hey am
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Marian's in run this play it's we're
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going to call the play and we got
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confidence in in uh in bullet we got
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confidence in some of the other guys as
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well uh we are limited a little bit with
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um you know with Darwin being down from
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that standpoint from an experienced guy
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but at the end of the day you know um
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he's going to be in there for the most
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part most of the time and um you know I
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think he's proven he's he's pretty
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durable I know there's a lot of
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terminology in football yeah the offens
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coordinator we got to the point where
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you just say 28 into the M no no that'd
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be simple though wouldn't it hey 28 to
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the right you know whatever uh 28 to the
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left 28 up the middle U no not really um
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you know there is a method to the
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madness and some some sometime you know
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and it doesn't always look that way
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sometimes probably especially when you
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don't you know you don't execute a play
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like you want but no it's um I mean we
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understand who he is and everybody does
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and he's a he's uh he's our guy I mean
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you know every year you build the
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offense around your best players and you
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know last year was a different team a
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different offense right a different not
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offensive um system but a different
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style I think you have to highlight your
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players and that that are your that are
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your top guys and he's obviously one of
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those of the best backs in football
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they're better in the fourth quarter
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they yeah that's a great Point yeah and
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and I think I think Larry early in the
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first and second quarter when bullet did
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get in there I think that was the fault
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hey let's let's take some off early
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knowing that he's we're going to need
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him late and the game's on the line you
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got to have your best players in the
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game and I think Larry does a really
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nice job of doing that sh they sacked
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Jobe four times in the first quarter but
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only one time in the remaining three
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quarters what changed as far as the
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protection or was it just football no
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one was my fault we ran into a little
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trick play and um like to see him throw
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it away he didn't get back to the line
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of scrimmage so it wasn't like a really
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a true sack from a dropback standpoint
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uh another was a scramble that he didn't
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get back to line of scrimmage when
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really he could have probably gotten to
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the back but the two that were big were
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just not on him they were off U you know
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got beat off the edge and sometimes that
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happens and you know got to go back and
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make sure that that we we tighten that
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up some and uh you know the one in the
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Red Zone was the one that he was upset
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the most about but uh at the end of the
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day you know you're going to have some
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of that we've been pretty good at pass
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protection I think most of the Year from
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the sack standpoint and he's done a nice
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job if you go back and watch him play of
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throwing the ball away so he did I know
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we got an intentional grounding one time
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he's done a nice job though of really
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throwing the ball away at people and
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saving us some and um unfortunately the
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other night we got caught a couple times
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with the ball coach BR said Howard play
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his best game uh that he's seen this
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season what was it that he was doing
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that impressive yeah he finished a lot
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of plays physical um when you look at um
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I think one of the one of the the um the
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throws down the field or no it one of
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the one of the Marian runs probably
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where he he he's sprinting down the
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field he had some other guys but I just
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noticed him finishing plays being
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physical on one of Marin's uh runs he he
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gets down there and knocks the guy down
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late and just I think he's playing more
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confident now you got to remember he's
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still a young guy as big as he is you
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forget sometimes his age uh but he's
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playing fast and physical and um you
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know I just think it's I think it's he's
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going to get better and better and uh
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really really like the physicality he he
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played with on Saturday he's one of the
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linemen that was in the end zone he he
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scored that he is yeah I think you're
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right and then just you know when we go
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through the game with them on Sunday I
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always like to pull those plays out it
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might be an eight- yard run it might be
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a 15 yard run or whatever or a pass way
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down the field and they're all running
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and chasing I just think that says a lot
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about your team when you have a team
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that that wants to extend themselves and
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and strain and finish and and that's a
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good characteristic that that doesn't
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happen all over the country and that's
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something I think for us that continue
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to build on you know it wasn't the
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cleanest game we' played and in some
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ways uh there's some there's some ugly
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plays but there's a lot of good in that
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in that game as well I actually wanted
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to you know kind of go off with that
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earlier M was highlighting uh Paul phips
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and Ne kind of on the same uh vein of
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you know the blocking ability and things
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like that so kind of to go off a little
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bit what you were saying when it comes
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to some those perimeter guys getting in
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on the blocking how much you reinforcing
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that in film and going over with yeah
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you know Paul I thought stood out from a
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physicality standpoint at the receiver
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position you know this year we've been
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really really stressing with those guys
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we got to be physical we understand that
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we have a really good tailback and you
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know he ran for a bunch of yards but
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everybody contributes to that the old
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lineman the the tight ends of the
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running backs but I thought the two two
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guys that and not not that they're the
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only ones but two guys that really stood
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out were Paul and in in copenh he's a
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he's a veteran um um he's always kind of
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doing the dirty work on the plays that
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nobody really sees and remembers and
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gets a lot of don't get a lot of credit
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for it so and and I thought Paul did
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that for Paul being a young receiver
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kind of like bullet when he came in I
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mentioned that a young running back how
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physical he was in pass protection which
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is which is um uh something that doesn't
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always happen for young running backs so
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I love the physicality we're trying to
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play with that's something we stressed
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in the off season something we've uh
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really pushed for this year and continue
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to grow in that area um and that's
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something you know we want to be known
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for it that we're a tough physical
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football team you talked about the
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special or you talked about quarter B
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what goes into the the big Punk is that
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something that he kind of relats to you
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or is that something no no no I don't
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have anything to do with that um I'm you
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know I'm just ready when we make it I'm
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trying to figure out okay how do we want
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to do it you know and Sudden Change or
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do we want you know I thought it a great
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call by him and uh great great scheme
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great setup and uh no I think it's uh
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that's kind of you know I think it's
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been a while since we faked one from
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what I hear so uh it probably caught him
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off guard a little bit and uh I think
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the look was right for it you know in
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those things when even when I was a head
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coach and having to sometimes make those
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decisions you know if the looks right
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and they've worked it and shown it and
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hey let it rip and let's see what
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happens I think that was the thought
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behind that CH the The Possession down
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there on the goal line that just turned
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into a disaster um early on like what
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the heck went wrong there other than
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like Tre green got beat twice off the
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edge like what what went wrong there and
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and as you went back and looked at it
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were you just
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like so we understood on first and
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second down they were going to be
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basically cover zero so the thought was
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let's fake a run that we've Run for the
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last two weeks and try to hit the
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crossers which were open but you know
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sometimes you get beat in protects and
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and other than those two snaps I thought
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Trey Trey played really well but those
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two snaps uh show up and U you know
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that's something that that that happens
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sometimes at every level but you know I
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think you know you get you get beat and
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then it's third down and long okay what
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do you do now do you want to throw it in
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the end zone or do you want to you know
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make sure you're in in in position to
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kick a field goal and that's kind of
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what we did we had a little shallow Coss
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still going and um just just got beat
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and didn't didn't do it but you know at
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the end of the day we we snapped the
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ball I think 80 times something like
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that those are two plays and uh there's
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the two that showed up for sure but he
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played pretty well the others back on
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the road follow was he supposed to have
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help over there no it's play action yeah
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play action fing the Run how you're
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getting back on the road this weekend at
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Boston College what have you seen from
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their defense oh physical physical Bunch
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um uh very very multiple do a lot of
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things I think that defensive
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coordinator you can tell he spent a lot
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of time in the NFL they're going to
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they're going to have a a plan each and
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every week that that that maybe look a
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little different based on who they're
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playing uh their players play extremely
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hard again I mentioned they're physical
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they're competitive uh play fast I mean
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it's going to be a test for us for sure
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and uh you know especially in the
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trenches I think that most like most all
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games you know this one's got to be one
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in the trenches and we're going to have
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to play really well to really have a
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chance to win a lot of them are in
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success you that came between the guards
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yeah we know about Willie but what does
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that say about Austin and Aiden
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especially now they've consistently had
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time together for a while yeah I think
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they're getting more comfortable I mean
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we've played 10 what 10 games now and so
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Aiden has played a bunch of them I know
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he's hurt a little bit but I mean those
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freshmen you ask them to grow up fast
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you know and and you kind of look at him
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like Hey you're not a freshman anymore
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you've got 10 games under your belt and
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I think you see him flashes of of why
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he's going to be really special here and
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then there's there's every now and then
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where where he gets out of position or
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something but really pleased with his
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progress Austin as well who hadn't
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played a whole bunch either and um you
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know those guys in the middle need to
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play well you know it's like baseball
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you're strong up the middle you're going
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to have a good good team same thing in
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football and uh I think those guys are
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improving will he said Aiden's nickname
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on the team is baby Hulk have you heard
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that no I haven't I ner that um it
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wouldn't surprise me cuz when he gets
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his hands on you he's pretty good um uh
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physical you know for to be Advanced as
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he is physically as a freshman for an
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old lineman I think it's pretty pretty
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impressive and he'll tell you he's got a
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lot of things to clean up but uh really
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love really love his demeanor and love
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the way he approaches every day