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DK Metcalf: "It's Going To Be A Fun Year" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Are you good, good, How y'all doing all right? What
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  Speaker 1: are the uh what are the challenges? Or maybe the
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  Speaker 1: excitement going into we one is different than any other
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  Speaker 1: league of the season.
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of uh jitters are built up
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  Speaker 2: throughout the off season. People tired of practicing against each
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  Speaker 2: other and wanna see a different opponent.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that's the build up and excitement that
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  Speaker 1: that comes with Week one. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, it's still football at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day. You still got to put the ball down
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  Speaker 2: and scored as many points as the other team that
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  Speaker 2: were more points than others. After just the you know
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  Speaker 2: brief cameo of the preseason, you pretty excited to see
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  Speaker 2: what this offense can do, all with.
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  Speaker 1: All the guys out there for a full Ye yes, sir,
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  Speaker 1: I know they were.
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  Speaker 2: We kept it pretty vanilla, uh during the preseason on
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  Speaker 2: both sides of the ball. But you know, Grub is
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  Speaker 2: known for his exposive plays down the field. So just
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to you know, him opening up the playbook
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  Speaker 2: just so we can you know, exploit defenses and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, push the ball down the field.
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  Speaker 1: Do you care?
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  Speaker 3: You talked about being different on the op Uh you
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  Speaker 3: over how different is it on or why.
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  Speaker 1: Can you explain maybe the oposphere or is it different
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  Speaker 1: than your life than it was in doing it for
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  Speaker 1: a while now? I mean we I gotta play week
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  Speaker 1: went first.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know see uh you know how everything shakes out,
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  Speaker 2: uh from the previous years. But you know, he still
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  Speaker 2: wants to win, just like Pete wanted to win, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just the name of the game. So I don't think
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  Speaker 2: anything is pretty much different, you know in the past
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  Speaker 2: where s we all have the same goal in mine
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  Speaker 2: that's to you know, win a.
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl, but take it one week at a time.
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  Speaker 1: Could you k a lot of people over at your
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  Speaker 1: own touchdowns? You seem to get most excited when the
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  Speaker 1: other guys on the team score. Talk about pride you
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  Speaker 1: take in creating opportunities for the players.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it just comes down to just trying
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  Speaker 2: to win the game. On doing whatever it takes to
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  Speaker 2: you know, win and you know, just helping the team. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just with my abilities, whether that's blocking or
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  Speaker 2: catching the ball or uh being the decoy on the backside.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just tryna you know, put the ball on
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  Speaker 2: the end zone and score as many points as I mean, Fuck,
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  Speaker 2: I keep saying that, uh score more points than the
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  Speaker 2: other team that I need to pick a different word.
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  Speaker 2: But we tryna win at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, doing whatever it takes to win.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think, what have you learned about night to
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  Speaker 1: the last like six months or so. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He's very cerebral. Uh loves football, loves the game. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: loves scheming up other opponents, loves watching film.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He's just you know, all about football, all about uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, getting everybody better. And he's a very team
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  Speaker 2: oriented guy. So uh, you know, one individual is not
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  Speaker 2: bigger than the team. Uh. I think that's the main
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  Speaker 2: thing that really uh you know sticks out about his
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  Speaker 2: coaching points or uh, you know, his coaching approach.
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  Speaker 3: Based on what you know about this offense and what
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  Speaker 3: do you guys have go Well, so for what do
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  Speaker 3: you feel like it's gonna be the rent and.
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  Speaker 1: Batterer of your offense? And what you do best? Our
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  Speaker 1: run game?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, we gonna all run the ball downhill and you know,
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  Speaker 2: make the defense stop our run first and then you
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  Speaker 2: know after that, you know, it's pretty much dealer's choice
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  Speaker 2: with uh, you know how we wanna take the game
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  Speaker 2: from there? We can Uh, you know, continue to run
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  Speaker 2: the ball or push the ball down the field or
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  Speaker 2: you know, get get singled up on the outside and
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  Speaker 2: you know, exploit the corner. So I think it all
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  Speaker 2: just starts with the run game and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: building a foundation from there.
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  Speaker 3: Did you always expect to say that about the side
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  Speaker 3: of offense?
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  Speaker 1: He saw rub when he was in the dub, you know,
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  Speaker 1: was exposed to place. Did you always expect to say
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  Speaker 1: and it start with the run game?
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  Speaker 2: Nah? But he kind of you know, nipped that in
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  Speaker 2: the bud the first UH offensive meeting that we had
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  Speaker 2: with Uh, alright, guys, I know when we've had explosive players,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we're gonna run the ball.
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  Speaker 1: So I kind of got mad, yeah, real quick.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I I think the foundation of uh
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  Speaker 2: running the ball first is uh gonna open up everything
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  Speaker 2: else for me Jack's lot, knowing everybody else in the
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  Speaker 2: UH in the receiver room, in the tight end room.
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  Speaker 1: Was that what the first thing you said here? Yeah? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 1: Well? He was happy to be here. Then he said,
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  Speaker 1: and did you talk about want the girl as a leader?
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  Speaker 1: What do you think a great leader?
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  Speaker 2: Was? Like, I think, uh, my first couple of years here,
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  Speaker 2: Bobby and Russ were the epitome of a great leader.
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  Speaker 2: So you know doing what they did, uh lead by example, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: speaking at the right time, following at the right time,
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  Speaker 2: but also also taking care of your business first and
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  Speaker 2: then uh trying to help others.
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  Speaker 1: He maybe it was just how is how you noticed.
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  Speaker 2: You for there of this off season in uh just
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  Speaker 2: speaking life into his teammates. I think that's one thing
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  Speaker 2: that he's done an incredible job at this off season.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's motivating us every play anytime we're in
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  Speaker 2: the huddle. He's always tryna uh you know, motivate us
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  Speaker 2: that you know, this is one play at the time,
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  Speaker 2: one drive at the time that we're gonna score. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: and he tries to get the best out of everybody
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  Speaker 2: uh in the huddle uh at the time. So think
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  Speaker 2: that's one thing that that he's done exceptionally well this offseason.
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  Speaker 1: What do you sean from him who just in trading
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  Speaker 1: him in the pre season to the way he's looking
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  Speaker 1: growing it this season.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You can just see his confidence growing just by how
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  Speaker 2: he's throwing the ball. Uh, he's no looking some passes
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  Speaker 2: uh during practice. Uh, his swagger on the field, the
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  Speaker 2: way he talks, I think it's gonna be a fun year,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just by how he's approached this offseason and
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  Speaker 2: how he's carried himself throughout this whole offseason.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you've always been a team first guy. Or as
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  Speaker 1: your questions, it's always about the team.
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  Speaker 2: Again.
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  Speaker 1: So I don't know want to get at.
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  Speaker 3: You, because but you know how much you individual to
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  Speaker 3: accomplishments DNT when he's on the stock sheet.
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  Speaker 1: Nouns, probl and stuff, whether it comes to how other
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  Speaker 1: people talk about you and person the top receivers of
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  Speaker 1: the league, or even just setting yourself up in the future.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I think just not focusing on other people and
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  Speaker 2: knowing myself first. Uh. Once I know myself and I
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  Speaker 2: know who I am as a person and as a player.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, you know, all the other accolades.
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  Speaker 2: Are gonna take care of it's of themselves and just
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  Speaker 2: also helping my team, cause if the team wins, then
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  Speaker 2: you know, everybody else under the team wins. So uh,
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  Speaker 2: just also just taking care of the team. Uh, taking
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  Speaker 2: care of my brothers, taking care of ken Locke Jacks,
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  Speaker 2: whoever the the case may be, whoever the uh who
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  Speaker 2: has the ball at the time, Uh, making sure I
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  Speaker 2: put uh my best effort of blocking and making sure
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  Speaker 2: they getting the end zone. And you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: that's gonna speak volumes to them and then it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: trickle down to everybody else.
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  Speaker 1: Did you you talk about you guys are decided to
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  Speaker 1: play a new tea play someone else down Now it
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  Speaker 1: matters like what is about Denver's defense and stands out
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  Speaker 1: to you as a receiving You know, their secondary dans
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  Speaker 1: are change? What about Denver's defense? Do you guys look
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  Speaker 1: at it like? Why, it's pretty good? How do you
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  Speaker 1: care for that?
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  Speaker 2: I think just with the the personnel that they they have.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, they they mainly uh.
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  Speaker 2: Run out of base nickel or penny and they're mainly
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  Speaker 2: a one hot team. But they played the one high
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  Speaker 2: very well, whether they're matching or playing zone. Uh. Like
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  Speaker 2: you said, they got a great uh corner and pass
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  Speaker 2: certain Uh got two new safeties. Uh Justin Simmons was
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  Speaker 2: uh back there last year.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: They still got the same uh middle linebacker, but added
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  Speaker 2: uh you know a few D line and uh a
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  Speaker 2: couple of pieces on the D line. So I think
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  Speaker 2: their personnel uh just fits their scheme. They will all
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  Speaker 2: run to the ball, rally to the ball, and you
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  Speaker 2: know they play hard, so uh we just got to
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  Speaker 2: uh outphysical them, outplay them, and uh out hustle them
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  Speaker 2: on the offensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: And I think everything's gonna speak for itself. Have you
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  Speaker 1: TI revolved the taught you?
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  Speaker 2: Hm, what's tire revolved it till you Uh if a
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  Speaker 2: play breaks down, don't stop your route, just keep uh working.
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  Speaker 2: I think, uh when I first got here, Uh, that's
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  Speaker 2: one thing I saw from him at rust and uh
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  Speaker 2: how he works after uh you know a play breaks down,
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  Speaker 2: just how he runs routes. Always ask him his opinion
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  Speaker 2: on certain routes or certain coverages or what he sees
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  Speaker 2: uh here or we always talk about football and life
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  Speaker 2: outside of football. So uh just a great brother, uh
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  Speaker 2: that I've met throughout this whole journey.
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  Speaker 1: How much do you respect the faces? But you can
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  Speaker 1: use one franchise. Uh. I mean he's lawyer, Uh, loyalty.
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  Speaker 2: He speaks volumes of a man's character, uh in my opinion,
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  Speaker 2: and you know he's been loyal to this, to this team,
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  Speaker 2: to this organization, to the city. So I mean he's
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  Speaker 2: he's coming to my way one day. So thanks Tyler
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  Speaker 2: Lockett for being a a good big brother to me.
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  Speaker 1: Since I got here. You mentioned the offense, you kept
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  Speaker 1: it pretty well. That's probably the case for the defense
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  Speaker 1: as well. From what you see in practice against.
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  Speaker 2: A group every every game, Just what do you expecting
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  Speaker 2: when the game is real and their shower every day.
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  Speaker 1: I'm about to go by each the three levels of
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  Speaker 1: the defense.
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  Speaker 2: So Biron Murphy's gonna have a great season, Jay Reid,
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  Speaker 2: uh Leonard Williams Channa when he gets back, boy is
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  Speaker 2: gonna have a great season. Are two linebackers whoever's on
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  Speaker 2: the field at the time, they're gonna have breakout seasons.
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  Speaker 1: A hundred plus.
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  Speaker 2: Tackles to Reek's gonna have uh hell of a season
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  Speaker 2: and uh Spoons going out a hell of a season
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  Speaker 2: just going against him every day of practice.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, they're definitely making me better. Trey Brown's gonna have
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  Speaker 1: a great season.
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  Speaker 2: Jay Love, uh Rashawn Jenkins, Cavon Wallace. So think the
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  Speaker 2: whole defense is just excited to just get out there and
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  Speaker 2: hit somebody else other than our offense.
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  Speaker 3: Gino said, or the NFL Network interview, you've maybe lost
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  Speaker 3: a little way.
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  Speaker 1: He was saying, you're in the best shape he's he's
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  Speaker 1: ever seen him. I'm listening. He just say he said,
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  Speaker 1: I think you that you finned out a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's what he just what he said. That's
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  Speaker 1: curious if that's true or if there was, if that
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  Speaker 1: was sort of a focused for you that you try.
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  Speaker 3: It was a little like I hat and lost a
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  Speaker 3: weight then view. No, I'm still the same size. I
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  Speaker 3: my face probably got a little skinned. I mean I'm
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  Speaker 3: growing a little you know beard, you know, but that's
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  Speaker 3: about it. Okay, Yeah, I ain't slimmed down, though I'm
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  Speaker 3: probably still.
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  Speaker 2: Saying, yeah, do you think grubs got you playing uh
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  Speaker 2: around a little bit more? So? He was like that
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  Speaker 2: way you talking about the challenges and advantages uh for
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  Speaker 2: you or I've getting moved around the field a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I think the only challenges I gotta learn more plays,
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  Speaker 2: more positions, the advantages defenses have to you know, stop
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  Speaker 2: me on the inside and Jackson lock 'em the outside
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  Speaker 2: or vice versas.
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  Speaker 1: So I think.
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  Speaker 2: Just uh brings in another element that the defense has to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, stop on our offense.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone y else? Thank your look about your