Lamar Jackson: "I'm Proud of My Team" | Baltimore Ravens

Baltimore Ravens
28 Jan 202406:10

Summary

TLDRLamar Jackson reflects on the disappointing end to the Ravens' season after losing in the AFC Championship game. He expresses pride in his team's effort but recognizes they failed to capitalize on opportunities, citing turnovers and struggles in the red zone. Jackson remains hopeful about the future, believing the adversity they faced this season will make them stronger. He stresses the importance of putting points on the board next time they reach this stage.

Takeaways

  • πŸ˜” Lamar Jackson is disappointed by the loss but proud of his team's effort this season
  • 😀 The Ravens had opportunities but failed to capitalize on them
  • πŸ‘Ž Turnovers really hurt the Ravens' chances
  • 🏈 The Chiefs played a clean game without turnovers
  • πŸ˜– The Ravens only scored one touchdown which is uncharacteristic
  • 😑 Jackson feels the team is angry, not frustrated, and will bounce back
  • πŸ€” The defense held the high powered Chiefs offense to just 17 points
  • 🧐 The Ravens need to work on finishing drives next season
  • πŸ™Œ Jackson credits the coaches and new system for the team's success
  • 😌 Jackson believes adversity made the team stronger but they need to finish

Q & A

  • What does Lamar think the team needs to improve on offensively?

    -Lamar says the offense needs to focus on finishing drives and putting points on the board. He notes that the offense usually scores touchdowns in the red zone but failed to do so in this game.

  • How does Lamar assess the team's performance overall?

    -Lamar says that while the defense did a great job holding the Chiefs offense to 17 points, the Ravens offense failed to execute, only scoring one touchdown which is uncharacteristic of them.

  • What does Lamar credit the Chiefs' defense for doing well?

    -Lamar credits the Chiefs' defense for not turning the ball over and putting points on the board.

  • How did Lamar try to navigate the Chiefs' pass rush?

    -Lamar says he still had to try to navigate the throws the best way he could despite the Chiefs batting down passes. He tried to make the Chiefs tip the passes when they jumped into throwing lanes.

  • What was Lamar's mindset on the end zone interception?

    -Lamar says he didn't want to throw the ball out of the end zone. He wanted to give his receiver a chance to turn around and make a play, but the Chiefs defender made a great play on the ball.

  • How does Lamar feel about the team's performance this season?

    -Lamar feels the team overcame a lot of adversity with a new system, new players, etc. But he is angry they fell short being one game away from the Super Bowl after working hard to get to that position.

  • What was Eric DeCosta's message to the team afterward?

    -Lamar says that's the coach's job to give a speech, but notes the team is mad about falling short of their Super Bowl goal that they had talked about all season.

  • What will Lamar's offseason focus be?

    -Lamar says the team is going to build in the offseason to get right and get better to try to be in a position to win again next time.

  • What positives does Lamar take from this season?

    -Lamar says the positive is how hard the team fought and overcame adversity when others didn't think they would make it that far.

  • What advice did Lamar give to rookie center Tyler Linderbaum after his mistakes?

    -Lamar told Tyler not to worry about the mistakes, that they will get it back next time. He notes it was Tyler's first season and first time in this position and that everyone makes mistakes.

Outlines

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🏈 Reflections on a Disappointing Outcome in Football

This paragraph captures a post-game interview with a football player after a significant loss, possibly a championship game. The player expresses disappointment over falling short of reaching the Super Bowl, acknowledging missed opportunities and turnovers like interceptions that led to the opposing team scoring. Despite this, he commends his defense team for their effort in limiting a strong offense to 17 points. He also reflects on a specific play in the end zone, regretting a missed opportunity but acknowledging the opponent's skill. The player speaks proudly of his team's journey through the season, overcoming a rocky start and unfamiliar strategies to reach this point. Despite not executing plays perfectly and facing a high rate of blitzes from the opponent, he remains hopeful and determined, ready to learn from this experience and aim for victory in future games.

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🏈 Analyzing Team Performance and Future Goals

In this paragraph, the football player continues his post-game reflections, focusing on the team's performance and looking ahead. He discusses the reasons behind their failed drives, emphasizing turnovers and the opponent's defense as key factors. Despite being well-prepared and locked in for the playoffs, the team struggled to score points, which he identifies as the primary issue. The player highlights the team's resilience throughout the season, facing new challenges and skepticism about their potential, yet managing to reach an unexpected level of success. He expresses pride in their journey and determination to improve and finish stronger in future seasons. The player's overall sentiment is one of disappointment mixed with hope and a clear vision for growth and success in upcoming challenges.

Mindmap

Keywords

πŸ’‘Disappointing

The word 'disappointing' is used by the interviewer to describe the team's loss in the AFC Championship game. It conveys a sense of unmet expectations and sadness over falling just short of reaching the Super Bowl. As the transcript shows, the players and coaches had worked extremely hard all season to get to this point, so losing this close game was emotionally difficult.

πŸ’‘Opportunities

Both the interviewer and Lamar Jackson use the word 'opportunities' to refer to the chances or openings the team had during the game to make key plays and score points. However, as Lamar notes, they were not able to 'take advantage of' those opportunities fully, through mistakes like turnovers.

πŸ’‘Finish

Lamar Jackson stresses the importance of being able to 'finish' drives and games successfully. The word captures the ability to execute under pressure late in games and convert opportunities into actual points and wins. As seen in Lamar's comments, lack of finishing was a main reason for their loss.

πŸ’‘Turnover

Turnovers refer to losing possession of the ball to the other team, through errors like interceptions and fumbles. Lamar notes turnovers as a key difference in the game, giving extra possessions and scoring chances for the Chiefs while taking them away from the Ravens.

πŸ’‘Frustrated

When asked about his emotions after the loss, Lamar says he is not frustrated, but 'angry' because the Ravens were so close to reaching the Super Bowl. Frustrated conveys feelings of being upset but also resigned, whereas Lamar feels the intensity of still being angry and wanting to bounce back.

πŸ’‘Adversity

The word 'adversity' comes up numerous times when referencing challenges the team faced. It includes overcoming doubts, Lamar learning a new system under a new coordinator, and battling through early season struggles - all of which make their final AFC Championship run more impressive.

πŸ’‘Offense/Offensive

There are multiple references to offense and scoring points as central parts of the discussion. The team's identity hangs on the aggressive offense led by Lamar, but their inability to execute well enough on offense during the game is highlighted as the ultimate difference maker.

πŸ’‘Possession

Lamar notes that a key factor was losing offensive possessions through turnovers, allowing the Chiefs more chances to score. Holding onto possessions, not turning over the ball, and making them count by scoring was crucial.

πŸ’‘Bounce back

Despite the intense disappointment of the loss, Lamar stresses 'bouncing back' - using the motivation and learning to improve themselves even further for next season. This resilience and determination to keep fighting is a key theme.

πŸ’‘Next time

Closely tied to bouncing back, the idea of gearing up to go farther 'next time' comes up repeatedly. There is already a focus not just on learning from this loss, but using that to drive preparation for the next postseason run.

Highlights

Reflecting on the disappointment of falling short of the Super Bowl despite the hard work throughout the season.

Acknowledging missed opportunities and the importance of capitalizing on them without turnovers.

Praising the defense for holding a great offense to 17 points and emphasizing the need for better execution in the red zone.

Expressing frustration over an end zone interception and the decision-making in that crucial moment.

Pride in the team's performance throughout the season despite changing systems and facing adversity.

Denying that trying too much was an issue, focusing instead on the collective effort to win.

Surprise at the high percentage of blitzes faced during the game and discussing the challenge it presented.

Learning from the opposing team's ability to avoid turnovers and efficiently score points.

Feeling angry rather than frustrated about losing a game away from the Super Bowl, emphasizing the missed opportunity.

Considering whether there were opportunities to run the ball more as a strategy to improve game outcomes.

Analyzing the difficulty in scoring against the chief defense, particularly due to turnovers.

Encouraging teammates after mistakes, highlighting the importance of resilience and looking forward.

The team's collective anger and disappointment in falling short of their Super Bowl goal.

Discussing the impact of turnovers on the ability to finish drives and the need to improve in converting opportunities into points.

Reflecting on the season's adversity and the unexpected success of the team under a new system and roster changes.

Transcripts

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yes

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sir how disappointing obviously this

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outcome you know you guys for so hard to

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get to this point I know you wanted to

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get the Super Bowl but unfort all short

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uh yeah um that's crazy uh I mean we we

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we had some opportunities out there you

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know um just got to take advantage of

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him can't turn the ball over you know F

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but interception stuff like that they

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gave him the opportunity to you know put

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points on the board and win the game we

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we get in that red zone it's been H it's

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been our touchdown All Season you know

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we just got to finish and we didn't do a

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good job on finishing defense did a

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wonderful job held a great a great

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offenseive 17 points we got to execute

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we scored one touchdown and that's not

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like us you know that was early on in

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the year no excuses though we got to

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take advantage Mar what you see on that

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end zone throw would it look like Isaiah

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Temple to I see Temple to and um I see

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both of them I see both of them uh

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trailing him and I didn't want to throw

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it all out the endzone I just tried to

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like let him turn around and make a play

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I thought it was going to be P but you

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know it is what it is the saan made a

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great play and made an interception

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heyar how proud of you of you guys or

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the whole group the whole season they

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did a fantastic job oh I'm very proud of

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my team you know um no system um

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offensive coordinator U different things

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you know different things we' seen

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motion stuff like that

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uh adversity at the beginning of the

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Season you know we wasn't playing well

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people don't know what the Ravens

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offense or defense was going to look

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like and we made it all the way to this

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point you know uh a goal short we made

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it here but we just got to finish next

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time but I'm very proud of my team All

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Phases lar did you feel like at times

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maybe you were trying to do too much or

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was just the team just trying to battle

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back trying to win I don't think you're

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doing too much when you trying to win

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out there you thought so no I was just

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asking a question that's all for sure

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for sure

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than they um they bited you I think um

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almost 50% of the your dropbacks um what

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was the was that surprising to you one

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and two how difficult was that to deal

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with I mean uh no not really cuz we we

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seen them film you know bcks here and

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there you know um but 50% that's

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different you know we wasn't expecting

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that but um sometimes you know they have

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Lanes we got uh intermediate routes and

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they jump in can't just throw the ball

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and get try to make them tip the pass or

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something I'm trying to make something

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happen but they did a great job this

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your first AFC Championship game and

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obviously Kansas City has been in this

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position many times there some quality

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plays that you kind of observe in this

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game and kind of want to emulate bring

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when you go back to lab next year I mean

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no turnovers you know they they played

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the game basically perfect uh they put

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points on the board um I felt like if we

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would have turned the ball over we

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definitely would have had a shot we

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definitely would have came out with a

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win but they did a great job not turning

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the ball over and pulling points on the

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board right now right now are you are

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you more frustrated or more hopeful that

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you you guys have a lot to build on

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going forward I'm not frustrated at all

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um I'm I'm angry about you know losing

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uh we're a game away from the Super Bowl

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uh we've been waiting all this time all

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these moments for opportunity like this

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and we fell short um but I feel like our

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team going we going we going to build

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you know this off season gonna get get

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right um get better grind and try to be

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in this position again but on the other

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side of Victory lar do you think there

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was opportunities to run the ball

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more doing something I mean we could

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have ran the ball you know we were just

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we was down and we just Tred to you know

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put points on the board try to get the

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ball down the field and we just got to

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make something happen in your mind what

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makes the chief defense so difficult to

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cor because you guys didn't really have

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much success in the second half we did

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we turned the ball over we was driving

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the ball we just you know they they made

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great plays fumble interception stuff

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like that um we keep the ball in our

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possession we put points on the board

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what do you say to Z flowers after the

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sequence said he had F in the go line

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taed we G we we gonna get it back next

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time we not wored about that you know we

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all make mistakes um this his first

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season um it's my first time in this

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situation it's his first time in this

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situation we going to bounce back you

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know um nobody play the game

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perfect team is disappointed but what

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what do you feel like is the vibe of the

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locker room after hard City together I

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mean we mad like I understand you know

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coach going to give his speech you know

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that's his job but we mad you know we we

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got to dis position one game away from

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the Super Bowl that we all well that

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what I've been talking about my team

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been talking about all season we fell

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short and like I said offense we didn't

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put nothing on the board we scored once

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that's not like us you know we drove the

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ball down the field that's cool but we

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got to put points on the board but I

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feel like my team just angry you know

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not frustrated we just angry because we

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know how hard we worked to get

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here dri feel like a matter of like

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something different that was going on

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for you guys was it I said was was not

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being able to finish those drives like

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you usually do was that a matter of of

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poise or can you put your finger on why

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those drives were ended and how you

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usually um like I said earlier turnovers

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um they was batting the ball down you

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know but I still got to navigate the

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throw best way I could we just got to

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put points on the board that's our job

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you know we get paid to do that and we

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scored once they they scored twice on

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offense we got to do better two more for

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Lamar Lamar coming into this playoffs

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your teammates and you said you've been

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more locked in than you ever been what

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more can you do Beyond being locked in I

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guess for next season so just outcome

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doesn't happen I mean we just got to put

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points on the board that's the that's

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the thing right now it's not nothing we

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could have did better uh to prepare for

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the game we put points on the board and

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we'll be talking about something else

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right now what you take from the season

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most how hard we fought you know um we

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was we was facing adversity all season

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um nobody thought we was going to be in

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this position new system uh new guys

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whole new team we got some vets that um

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you know came along with the team people

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didn't think we were going to be in this

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position but we was you know um but next

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time we just got to finish man all right

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thanks Mar

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appreciate