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Jarran Reed: "We Like To Be A Physical Group" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Jaren, obviously this is not the first time you guys
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  Speaker 1: have faced the 49ers a lot.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen Kyle Shanahan's run game a lot.
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  Speaker 1: What is it about defending that run game that's.
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  Speaker 3: Such a challenge, the way that they put their dressings
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  Speaker 3: together and just the way they present their run game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, they do a lot in their run scheme,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of misdirection, a lot of stuff where you
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  Speaker 2: got to play sound football.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we got to stay square, get some knockbacks,
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  Speaker 1: and play our gaps.
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  Speaker 2: What were you guys able to do so well against
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  Speaker 2: them in those last two games last season?
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  Speaker 1: Say that again?
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  Speaker 3: Were you able to do well against the 49ers last
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  Speaker 3: season in the playoff game at the end of the
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  Speaker 3: regular season?
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  Speaker 1: I think we just played our game. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: played our gaps. We played square. We didn't get up
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  Speaker 1: the field.
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  Speaker 2: We played collectively good as a group as well. Everybody
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  Speaker 2: filled their gaps and made the plays that needed to
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  Speaker 2: be made.
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  Speaker 3: When it comes to creating that rush plan against Purdy,
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  Speaker 3: is there such thing as being too aggressive against him?
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  Speaker 3: And what kind of factors are you considering?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, he's good in the pocket, you know.
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  Speaker 2: What we can do with any quarterback, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: don't want to give rush lanes to a quarterback, especially
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  Speaker 2: when they can run, you know, like Purdy can. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we got to make sure we're on the
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  Speaker 2: same page, communicating with each other, not rushing past them
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  Speaker 2: and making sure.
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  Speaker 1: That we can get them down when we get to them.
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  Speaker 1: We talked about the importance of just having you guys
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  Speaker 1: together as a group for the last few years. Is
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  Speaker 1: this the type of game.
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  Speaker 3: Where that really shines?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: I think that plays a factor in too because, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're such a close group. and we can kind of
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  Speaker 2: play off each other well. We can kind of feel
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  Speaker 2: what the other guy's doing. Sometimes we don't need to communicate.
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  Speaker 2: We can just tell what he's going to do just
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  Speaker 2: based off of what we planned during the week, the
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  Speaker 2: film that we went through and everything.
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  Speaker 3: You guys are seeing a 49ers team that hasn't given
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  Speaker 3: up a sack yet this year and they're running the
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  Speaker 3: ball a little bit better. Are you seeing differences in
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  Speaker 3: how they're approaching those things or like the offensive lines playing?
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  Speaker 1: What are you seeing from the teammates?
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  Speaker 2: I just think they're a good coach group, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're skiing well. The stuff that they're doing
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  Speaker 2: to get the ball out, he's not really holding it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just it's really kind of hard to tell that.
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  Speaker 2: But besides what they do, they're just good at it,
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  Speaker 2: you know. We have to be good at what we do. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we hit the field Sunday, you know, we'll
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  Speaker 2: see what happens. Mike talked a lot about the penalties
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  Speaker 2: after the game and on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: What's the role veteran players have in making sure? Some
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  Speaker 1: penalties are going to happen, but the ones that are
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  Speaker 1: easier to make up. What role do you guys have
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  Speaker 1: in that?
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  Speaker 2: We basically got together as defense on Monday, just players only.
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  Speaker 1: We just had a.
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  Speaker 2: Real meeting with each other, a real honest meeting with
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  Speaker 2: each other about what we expect, what we.
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  Speaker 1: Want to go through.
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  Speaker 2: We hit it head on because that was way too
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  Speaker 2: many penalties for us as a team. especially like the
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  Speaker 2: personal penalties. Some of the stuff, you know, is just
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  Speaker 2: constantly doing business, but the ones that can be avoided,
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  Speaker 2: we need to avoid those penalties.
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  Speaker 1: How did that come together? Who spoke? Who, like, set
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  Speaker 1: it up? Just some of the leaders from the defense.
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  Speaker 1: We got together.
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  Speaker 2: We just– it wasn't like a panic moment, but it
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  Speaker 2: was like a moment of realization that, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: the course of the game, we can't do that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we can't hurt ourselves especially. in the third and long
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  Speaker 2: distance where we can get off the field, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just give them a fresh set of downs and then,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they go score something on the down, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we can't let any situation or any drive, you know,
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  Speaker 2: end on that note just as in penalties or stuff
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  Speaker 2: that can hurt ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: Did you say that was a whole team meeting or
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  Speaker 1: the defense? No, just the defense.
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  Speaker 3: Sharon, this might sound silly, but do you guys do any, like, mindfulness, like, things,
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  Speaker 3: like to try to not do these personal fouls, like
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  Speaker 3: to keep yourself from getting so heated in a game?
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  Speaker 1: Um, No, not really.
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  Speaker 2: It's just, you know, we've got to be smart. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the guys play hard. We like to be a physical group.
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  Speaker 2: And sometimes, you know, just the way the rules are
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  Speaker 2: now in the league, there's a lot of stuff you
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  Speaker 2: can't do. So, you know, we're just not there. We
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  Speaker 2: can't just try to do too much or try to overdo.
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  Speaker 2: But the guys are playing hard, man. It's a testament
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  Speaker 2: to them. You know, once you get to the situation,
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  Speaker 2: if you're going to think it's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: certain type of flash situation, we've got to be smart.
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  Speaker 3: You try to not get personal fouls, but you also,
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  Speaker 3: I think, got to play with some amount of emotion
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  Speaker 3: and on the edge in order to be great. So
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  Speaker 3: how do you find that balance?
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's tough. We play hard. We play fast.
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  Speaker 2: We play physical. There are going to be some costs
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  Speaker 2: of doing business penalties. But when it comes to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: some of the stuff that can be avoided, just as
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  Speaker 2: it's not the cost of it, business penalties, we have
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  Speaker 2: to avoid those type of things. So, you know, any
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  Speaker 2: time the player's running out of bounds or the quarterback
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  Speaker 2: has the ball off, you know, things in those situations
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  Speaker 2: where you just have to be smart, have to think.
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  Speaker 1: Who called the meeting? Was it players only, no coaches? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was players only, no coaches.
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  Speaker 2: Just like EJ, Leonard, Julian Love, myself, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: just got the guys together and just talked about it.
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  Speaker 3: Example from last season of a time where the defense
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  Speaker 3: maybe wasn't performing up to the standard, where the players
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  Speaker 3: called a players-only meeting, and then you guys were able
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  Speaker 3: to see change because of it?
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  Speaker 1: That's a good question. Last season was a lot.
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  Speaker 2: It was a lot to go on, so the kind
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  Speaker 2: of thing about it right now, I don't have that
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  Speaker 2: moment right in my head, but I'm pretty sure we
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  Speaker 2: had a come-together meeting with ourselves. But, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: always good to have that regardless, you know, especially going
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  Speaker 2: into week five just to, kind of clean things up
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  Speaker 2: and just get back to playing the ball that we
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  Speaker 2: can play.
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  Speaker 3: Jared, what have you seen out of Byron through the
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  Speaker 3: first four games, particularly in his pass rush, kind of
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  Speaker 3: ramping up.
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  Speaker 1: That a little bit more?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not surprised. I mean, I haven't seen him
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  Speaker 2: do it for three years now. He's only going to
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  Speaker 2: continue to make more plays. You know, like I told him,
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  Speaker 2: they come in bunches. You know, he gets cut loose,
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  Speaker 2: he's winning. Quarterbacks are getting the ball off a little
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  Speaker 2: bit faster against us. They're blocking us differently. That's just
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  Speaker 2: a testament to the guys that we have and how
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  Speaker 2: they rush. For him specifically, he's going to continue to grow.
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  Speaker 2: He's a dominant player, one of the best E-tackles in
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  Speaker 2: his league. In my opinion, I think other people would
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  Speaker 2: agree as well as far as stopping the run and
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  Speaker 2: rushing the pass.
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  Speaker 1: What did you think of Nicky Manwari rushing off the edge,
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  Speaker 1: four-point stance on that? Yeah, it was great to see
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  Speaker 1: that man. We'd be an individual. He comes down with us.
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  Speaker 2: You see him working with AD, CP, literally works with
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  Speaker 2: every coach out there.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they pull him everywhere. Nick is a great player, man.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think I've seen a player, especially
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  Speaker 2: that plays safety, come down and rush on the edge,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 1: But, I mean, he can do it all, jack of
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  Speaker 1: all trades.
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  Speaker 3: If you went and worked with Jeff Howard as a
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  Speaker 3: safety coach, what would you have him work with you on?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, nothing.
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  Speaker 2: Just put me in man. I'm locking everybody up in
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  Speaker 2: Strap City. I'll tell you, ain't no deep balls.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want no zones. Give me my own island,
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  Speaker 1: slime island. All right.