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00:40 >> Were there any adjustments made at halftime or
00:47 was the coaches message just- >> Be honest, be honest.
00:51 We were shooting ourselves in the foot a lot.
00:53 Kind of just doing mental mistakes, stuff that we don't usually do.
00:58 He kinda told us just be us, I don't do too much.
01:01 I try to make too much out of the game, out of the situation.
01:03 Just be us and do a little bit of training, do a little stretch of training.
01:05 Fall back on all the hard work and
01:07 chaos we've been through these last couple months, so just fall back on that.
01:10 >> Looks like you played most of the second half, did you?
01:13 >> Yes, sir.
01:14 >> How'd you feel?
01:15 >> I felt good, felt good, felt pretty comfortable.
01:18 Fourth or fifth time playing the boys, so I know a good bit about them.
01:21 I feel like they kinda helped me out a little bit in that area.
01:24 But I felt comfortable, felt like I was supposed to be out there.
01:27 >> Could you wear them down in the third and fourth quarter?
01:29 >> I don't know if we wear them down, but that's what we kick ours in.
01:33 So they can be who they are, whoever team we play, gonna be who they are.
01:36 But we get in the fourth quarter, we a different team regardless of who out
01:38 there, so I don't know if it's more so wear them down or
01:40 we just turn it on a little bit more in that fourth quarter.
01:43 >> Is that kinda how you guys wanna play, you wear them down?
01:46 The first half of the running game might take a little time to pick up, but
01:48 at the fourth quarter, you guys can impose your will?
01:51 >> No, we don't wanna play it for the fourth quarter.
01:53 We wanna get on people fast and get them going right now.
01:55 But that fourth quarter is just where we, if it's close in the fourth quarter,
01:59 that's where we take over.
02:00 That's where we go and do our thing, but we don't wanna,
02:02 we're not trying to get to the fourth quarter.
02:04 We're not playing like that.
02:05 We wanna dominate early, but if we're gonna be in close games,
02:08 this league is full of good ball leagues.
02:09 And we're a top team in the country, we're gonna play top teams in the country.
02:12 So sometimes, game, we're coming out to the fourth quarter,
02:14 you gotta get into that moment, you gotta be in it.
02:17 >> It's a good defensive front they have.
02:19 Can you talk a little bit about the challenge they did create?
02:25 >> They got big bodies, big bodies that can move, real athletic guys, smart guys.
02:30 Know their jobs.
02:30 I don't think they made a lot of mistakes defensively.
02:32 I wouldn't come just like schemes and that kind of stuff.
02:36 We got a great coaching staff, put us in a lot of good positions.
02:38 So we weren't really too much worried about necessarily anybody else,
02:42 their front, nothing like that.
02:43 They got good guys, we know everybody's gonna have good guys.
02:45 But we're trying to focus on us mainly and
02:47 do our things that we know we can take care of.
02:51 >> What was your personal mindset going into the game?
02:53 How did you stay prepared for the moment when it came to you?
02:56 >> Be the best I can be when I'm needed.
02:58 That's kind of what I was thinking.
03:00 I knew going in, I might have a limitation, I don't know what the case might be.
03:03 But whenever I do get on that field, I just kind of take advantage of it and
03:06 be there for my team, be there for the guys.
03:07 I got a lot of ball under my belt.
03:09 So when the guys are on the field, I might not be out there.
03:11 I can still watch and see their certain cues.
03:13 They get off on the side, and I might tell them, hey, we do this differently.
03:15 Hey, he's doing this, he's showing this, that kind of stuff.
03:17 But they might not see it in the moment.
03:19 So again, just kind of being the best team that I can be when I get on the field and
03:21 be there for that team.
03:23 >> How much fun is it as a lineman to see when the skill guys run over people?
03:27 >> I love that.
03:28 I love that, cuz we bang a lot, man.
03:30 We hit a lot of practice, not just us, the skill guys.
03:32 We're two out here at practice every day.
03:33 So it's good to see them put their physicality on the spot.
03:36 A lot of times people think that they're kind of on the softer side or whatever.
03:39 Maybe even our guys on this team can go.
03:42 >> I've asked Johnny about it, why you say we're blocking.
03:45 They mentioned you guys block to them all the time.
03:47 So when they go and make a block,
03:48 how much does that kind of motivate the offensive line as well?
03:51 >> Yeah, we know them boys gonna do their job on the outside.
03:54 We can get them in good positions when we come to pass, bro.
03:56 They're gonna take care of the ball.
03:57 We see that last game very heavily.
04:00 So they're gonna make plays, they're gonna make big plays.
04:02 So we know that when we do our job, they're gonna do their job.
04:04 And it's good to see them doing their job on the outside and the running game.
04:06 We all try to help each other.
04:08 We all win, everybody wins.
04:09 So that's kind of our mindset.
04:10 >> I think Casey said last week that his favorite thing about
04:13 the series is the way you guys practice.
04:15 Just how does it help you guys kind of separate from teams in the second half
04:19 like you did?
04:20 >> It's an organized chaos, man.
04:21 It put us in positions in practice that it's kind of,
04:24 you ain't got no choice but to be super focused.
04:26 Or if you're not, you're gonna look bad, or you're gonna be uncomfortable.
04:28 They're gonna make it real uncomfortable if you're not on point and
04:31 doing what you're supposed to do.
04:32 So just how we finish practice, we start, everything kind of builds up to the end.
04:36 The physicality, all that kind of stuff.
04:37 You wanna be tired when you get to those last five, six periods of practice.
04:41 That's kind of where everything kind of kicks in.
04:43 So that's how it's gonna fill in the game.
04:44 That's why we do what we do in the fourth quarter.
04:46 So it's a good deal.
04:47 >> You got that?