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AJ Barner: "There's Another Level That We Can Get To" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Long time no see up here. How did that feel?
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  Speaker 1: Good win. Glad we were able to get a win
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  Speaker 1: at home and get our swagger back. So the guys
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  Speaker 1: played well, and I think there's a whole other level
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  Speaker 1: that we can get to. Did you think you were
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  Speaker 1: going to just keep getting the ball there when you
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  Speaker 1: got down to the goal line? Yeah, I think. I want,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hell yeah. You know, when they call my number, yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: And when we get down there, we just got to
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  Speaker 1: keep scoring. And I think having the backs get going today,
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  Speaker 1: running the ball down there is everything. So we're going
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  Speaker 1: to continue to do that. Could you feel the return
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  Speaker 1: of Charbonnet and Jadon Price a little bit more this week? Absolutely, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Shout out to those guys, man. Char running incredibly tough. J.D.,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just the spark that he provided. And the O-line, too,
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  Speaker 1: just getting back to what we were doing. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: there's a whole other level that we can get to.
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  Speaker 1: But I felt like we took a lot of strides today.
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  Speaker 1: Your touchdown catch, can you take us through that play? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Drew just gave me a chance and was able to
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  Speaker 1: go up and make the play. And, yeah, just excited
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  Speaker 1: to get back in there. Like I said, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a little while for me. So happy I
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  Speaker 1: can make a play for the team. Did you hurt
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  Speaker 1: your hand on that play? A little bit earlier. Just,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hurt my hand. But got to play through
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  Speaker 1: those things. What were you thinking as they were reviewing it?
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  Speaker 1: Did you think there was any question? I mean, shoot,
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  Speaker 1: I think I was thinking what everyone else was thinking.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I thought I caught it. But I thought,
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  Speaker 1: you know, maybe they might have reversed it. But, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I've been living right. And I got rewarded for it.
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  Speaker 1: So they called it a catch on the field. They
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  Speaker 1: reviewed it and they called it a catch. So it'll
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  Speaker 1: live on as a catch forever. What do you think
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  Speaker 1: of Drew's day? He's playing through the elbow entry. Is
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  Speaker 1: that something that caused him to go to the back? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: just cool as can be. Drew came in and balled.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what we expect from Drew. I mean, we've
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  Speaker 1: seen it before. And Sam and Jalen did a great job, too,
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  Speaker 1: of just having that room all together. I think every
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  Speaker 1: position room, The tight ends, for example, you know, there's
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  Speaker 1: so many of us that play, and it takes a
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  Speaker 1: whole room to really succeed. So shout out to all
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  Speaker 1: those guys for doing their thing this week. AJ, going
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  Speaker 1: back to the offensive line, what did it take for
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  Speaker 1: them to get in sync and be productive this game?
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  Speaker 1: I think just, you know, leaning on the opponent, wearing
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  Speaker 1: on them, and, again, kind of getting our swagger back. Like,
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  Speaker 1: let's go. You know, we play for the Seahawks. We're
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  Speaker 1: here in front of the 12s. Let's run the damn ball.
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  Speaker 1: and uh those guys us tight ends our running backs
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  Speaker 1: uh our offense in general we take a lot of
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  Speaker 1: pride in being able to run the football when you
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  Speaker 1: talk about getting your swagger back like full team you
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  Speaker 1: go into a game like this without a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: guys yeah do you have this kind of physical performance
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  Speaker 1: like how much of that you feel like it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of a program where you kind of just kind of
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  Speaker 1: want to be yeah i think it just shows uh
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  Speaker 1: you know you put the right inputs in you're going
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  Speaker 1: to get out what you want and um In this league,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a good lesson for everyone. I think
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  Speaker 1: when you're a young player, you're really one play away,
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  Speaker 1: and you've got to just keep stacking days and remain
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  Speaker 1: focused because before you know it, your opportunity is going
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  Speaker 1: to come. We had plenty of guys step up today,
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  Speaker 1: and that's everyone coming together for a team win. What
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  Speaker 1: are the things that happen that give a team their
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  Speaker 1: swagger back? You've got to create it, man. You've got
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  Speaker 1: to weather the storm sometimes or create the storm yourself.
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  Speaker 1: And everyone's kind of been going through it. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: just got to remain focused, block out the noise, and
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  Speaker 1: trust in your ability and the work that you're putting
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  Speaker 1: in every day. You must have been a little while
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  Speaker 1: since you got involved the way you did today. What
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  Speaker 1: do you think that's been so far? I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things in my control that I, you know,
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  Speaker 1: can do better. And I think everyone on the offensive
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball on this team would say, you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's plenty of areas to improve. But I'm looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to the future and excited to, you know, attack every
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  Speaker 1: day with a great enthusiasm. AJ, I know you're asking
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  Speaker 1: about the running backs already, but with Charbonnet in particular,
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  Speaker 1: the finalists he plays with, late games, where does that
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  Speaker 1: show up for the offense as a whole? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's huge. To have him do that, to break tackles
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  Speaker 1: like that, I mean, that's what you want in your
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  Speaker 1: running back. And to get him back out there, obviously
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  Speaker 1: we all felt that. And, again, both those guys, even
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  Speaker 1: Emmanuel Wilson too, the carries might not have had him today,
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  Speaker 1: and George as well. But I think when you have
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  Speaker 1: all those guys together, just like I mentioned the quarterback room,
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  Speaker 1: tight end room in general, I think it takes everyone
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  Speaker 1: to step up. Anything else, guys? Appreciate you guys.