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00:00 How close did you get to start the run-in to the last possession?
00:03 Absolutely.
00:04 Yeah, we really felt like the first half we did a lot of things, self-inflicted mistakes,
00:10 that there was misidentifications.
00:13 Just not executing every moment of it.
00:17 And so, we felt like we were in it.
00:20 We were in the half-time off-seed, the even game, and we felt like we were in it up until the last round.
00:25 So, yeah, I mean, it sucks. I feel like my heart just got ripped out.
00:31 But, it's football. It's a complex game, but it's also simple.
00:36 It comes down to taking care of the ball.
00:38 And two-minute drives like that, when you know you're going to have four downs to use,
00:42 just a bad, bad mistake by me.
00:46 And it sucks because I know what type of group we've had all year.
00:50 We fought to get to this point. We fought to be in that game.
00:52 We weren't supposed to be here by any measure, but we believed in each other and we fought for it.
00:56 So, yeah, this one's been a weight on me for a while.
01:00 Baker, anything the Lions defense did that you didn't expect to kind of throw you guys off?
01:04 No, I mean, the first game we didn't play against Branch.
01:08 I think he's a hell of a player.
01:10 I'll be honest, a pretty young guy.
01:12 He's a smart guy. Obviously, very talented.
01:15 But, yeah, their physical team they run and chase after the ball.
01:20 They're all playing together.
01:22 They get some looks and bail it out and do a few different things.
01:25 But it just comes down to execution and minimizing mistakes in those playoff games.
01:29 Because everybody's going to have--everybody's going to be doing things they're good at.
01:33 But it comes down to minimizing mistakes.
01:35 And I didn't do that today.
01:37 Can you talk about playing that game before half the play?
01:40 It might be a little bit different than you thought it might be.