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AJ Barner: "It's Going To Be A Big Year For Elijah Arroyo & The Rest Of The TEs" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Got better vibes today for you guys. Ask me about
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  Speaker 1: my teammates though too, I said, I got better vibes
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  Speaker 1: for you guys to talk about a teammates the camp.
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  Speaker 1: He's just doing what he does. I think that's what
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  Speaker 1: we've come to expect from Elijah and it's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: a big year for him and the rest of the
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  Speaker 1: tight ends. So we're super excited for him and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday he gets a chance to show it on
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  Speaker 1: a live game. Taking of your teammates just what makes
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  Speaker 1: this room?
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  Speaker 2: So first of all, you guys get all specialized.
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  Speaker 1: This something a little bit different. Yeah, I think you
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  Speaker 1: said it best. We have a bunch of different guys
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  Speaker 1: that can do a bunch of jobs. And I think
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  Speaker 1: that's the tight end position in a nutshell, right. You
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  Speaker 1: kind of feed off one another, You pick each other
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  Speaker 1: up where you need to, and we have a collection
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  Speaker 1: of guys that can do a bunch of different things.
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  Speaker 1: So it's it's exciting to be a part of You
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  Speaker 1: got a pretty long pass from Jayala Goro and that
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  Speaker 1: one he's looked really good. I mean he's throwing the
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  Speaker 1: ball very confident. I think that's the biggest thing as
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  Speaker 1: any player out here, you want to make confident decisions
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  Speaker 1: and then go let it rip. And I think Jmail
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  Speaker 1: is really taking the stride this UH camp and UH
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  Speaker 1: again another guy on Saturday that I'm stoked for him
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  Speaker 1: to just go out there and and show show what
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  Speaker 1: he's got. It's the jump you're one year too, you saw.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure Evan like draft of season every last season,
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  Speaker 2: coming back after year in the NFL, it kind of
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  Speaker 2: makes strides.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think can be huge. I think you just
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  Speaker 1: find little things. The game slows down for you a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. You know, a bit of a new scheme
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  Speaker 1: this year, you know, so you still kind of have
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  Speaker 1: to take a step back and learn everything, but you
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  Speaker 1: kind of learn the flow of the game a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: You learn how long the season is and that they're
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  Speaker 1: you know, there's not time to necessarily waste and and
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  Speaker 1: not get better, but there is time to take strides
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  Speaker 1: in your improvement and take a step back and say,
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  Speaker 1: you know, here's where I can do different things to improve.
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  Speaker 2: How close to fully back.
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  Speaker 1: A Yeah, today it was a good day. I'm starting
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  Speaker 1: to feel much better. It's been a grind though, Like
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  Speaker 1: I've really been putting my head down and working hard
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  Speaker 1: to get back. But I would say I'm getting close
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  Speaker 1: to feeling better than I've ever felt, which is really exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Better than before, better than before I got here, I
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  Speaker 1: felt like since I got here. I had an ankle
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  Speaker 1: injury in the Senior Bowl, and that was something that
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  Speaker 1: took care of this offseason. So that's been with me
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  Speaker 1: for two years, so that was the kind of one
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  Speaker 1: of them. Yeah, So, I mean, you play so long
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  Speaker 1: with an injury that it's kind of everything up the chain.
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  Speaker 1: That's like the hamstring, and so I got had to
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  Speaker 1: get all of that right and really starting to feel
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  Speaker 1: my best right now every week. I mean, it's part
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  Speaker 1: of the game. I think some of that stuff is
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  Speaker 1: just they have to report it, and some of that
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  Speaker 1: just nature of the business and the position that I play.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, I definitely did have to deal with some
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  Speaker 1: things and it was really challenging. So hopefully I don't
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  Speaker 1: have to deal with those this year. I guess that's
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  Speaker 1: all I can say. But I mean that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: the the game that I play. And regardless, like I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna put a product out there on Sunday that the
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  Speaker 1: twelves are gonna be proud of and now I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: be proud of. Hey, j the last time we talked
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  Speaker 1: to you, you had a few practices under your belt
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  Speaker 1: and mentioned in the Good Fives A right, do you
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  Speaker 1: have feel like you could you could feel that you
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  Speaker 1: have a tight end coach calling plays for you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I just think I'm kind of out here and
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  Speaker 1: just having more fun with it. You kind of get
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  Speaker 1: back out here for the first time and you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to learn the playbook and trying to get back on
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  Speaker 1: your feet, and there's a big difference between coming out
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  Speaker 1: here and just like taking it very serious, but at
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  Speaker 1: the same time like not taking it too serious at
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  Speaker 1: all and just enjoying your time out here and trusting
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  Speaker 1: your instincts and letting their rip. So that's really what
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  Speaker 1: I've been focused on and need to continue to do.
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  Speaker 1: Even with a new coordinator. There's a lot more carryover
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  Speaker 1: in terms of personnel and scheme than But when you
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  Speaker 1: came to camp last year, Yeah, can you sense the
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  Speaker 1: offense being ahead relative to last year? Because that yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I would say so, I would hope. So we better
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  Speaker 1: be ahead, you know, like you said, we got a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of guys coming back and the urgencies there. The
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  Speaker 1: standard that we have is there and definitely should should
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  Speaker 1: start on a high note. What is Brian brought in
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  Speaker 1: not technically, but just the way that he relates.
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  Speaker 2: To players, ability to communicate.
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  Speaker 1: Whatever you see for He's about ball, He's about his business,
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  Speaker 1: and I think as a player that you can respect
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  Speaker 1: that he's gonna shoot you straight, he's gonna call plays
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  Speaker 1: that work. And I think he's came into our building
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  Speaker 1: and he's been himself because at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 1: that's what we want from from all of our people here.
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  Speaker 1: If you come in here and you be yourself and
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  Speaker 1: you fit into our culture, then you should have success.
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  Speaker 2: Hey dude, where do you think, like personally you can
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  Speaker 2: take your game this year?
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  Speaker 1: I think I just need to continue to do what
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  Speaker 1: I do at a consistent level and do it gaming
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  Speaker 1: and game out and I will I will do that
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  Speaker 1: this year and I'm excited to make that happen. And
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  Speaker 1: I made the strides to do that.
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  Speaker 2: We know about it slaves, But what stands out about.
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  Speaker 1: I think he is a quick release, Like he gets
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  Speaker 1: set to throw the ball and it comes out really
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  Speaker 1: quick and he puts it on the right spot, but
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  Speaker 1: it's he's got quick draw. He's got the quick draw
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  Speaker 1: attribute in his package.
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  Speaker 2: And springing from that kind.
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  Speaker 1: It's exciting, I think with the multiple personnel groupings, and
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  Speaker 1: you touched on the different the different guys that we
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  Speaker 1: have to use and different skill sets, maybe some routes
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  Speaker 1: that are further down the field, different protections, different motions
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  Speaker 1: with them, and tying in the run game of the
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  Speaker 1: pass game out of those big personnels. So don't really
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  Speaker 1: want to get into too many specifics with that, but
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  Speaker 1: I think it'll definitely be a strength of ours come
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  Speaker 1: come the season. You mentioned Jalen being maybe more confident
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  Speaker 1: this kind of things like that as well. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: think so. I think j Mill is a guy that's
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  Speaker 1: you know, has that confidence to him. I mean, we
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  Speaker 1: all know that the player that he's been, but I
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  Speaker 1: can just feel him get more comfortable in the pocket.
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  Speaker 1: He's standing in there, he's making decisions and yeah, when
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  Speaker 1: he wants to use his athleticism, he's gonna go ahead
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  Speaker 1: and do that.