You guys lost last year.

Did you come into this year and the staff knowing the patients might be important?

There were going to be, because a lot of those guys hadn't been on the field that movie.

Yeah, you hadn't.

I mean, and the way you get better is to play.

Accumulated reps make you a better player.

It takes you from being a good athlete to a translating that to being a good football player.

I knew there would be some challenges because I knew what, you know,

Telvin Smith brought to the team.

I knew what Timmy Jernigan brought to the team.

I knew what Lamarcus Joyner brought to the team.

I knew what Terrence Brooks brought to the team. I knew what Christian Jones brought to the team. I knew what Terrence Brooks brought to the team.

I knew what Christian Jones brought to the team.

I mean, you just, that's five guys right there that have started in the National Football League as rookies this year.

So, yeah, I mean, we knew there were, there would be some challenges, but at the same time, I think our guys have stepped up.

No, are we the same team? No, but I'm very proud of what our guys have done and how they

hung in there together and, you know, fought through that.

Charles Brown has.

Well, you know, I think you see, I said it in there, you see Eddie Goldman, to me, he stepped his game up this year as opposed to last year.

Reggie Northrop.

I mean, I don't know, maybe the second leading tackler in the ACC.

Maybe first, I'm not sure, but, I mean, he's been productive.

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