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Mike Macdonald: "I'm Very Encouraged Of Where Our Run Game Is" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, great to see everybody.
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  Speaker 2: That was a great practice, probably our longest to date,
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  Speaker 2: hottest to date, and a lot of great stuff and
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  Speaker 2: a lot of stuff we're gonna learn from and be
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  Speaker 2: able to uh, having a great opportunity to learn from
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  Speaker 2: and get better. So really please with the last couple
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  Speaker 2: of days, tomorrow's rest day, they'll be here uh most
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  Speaker 2: of the day. It'll be a little bit shorter, but
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  Speaker 2: it'll be dedicated to rest and recovery, and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: kind of accelerate into the weekend with a great practice
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  Speaker 2: Friday and then our our stadium practice on Saturday. So
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  Speaker 2: it'll be be fun to get back to Luman and
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  Speaker 2: see the twelves at Lumen taking practice to what are
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  Speaker 2: the chances.
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  Speaker 1: Moving the practice to Luhman and getting some kind of
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  Speaker 1: porn out there where.
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  Speaker 2: You like about that? Well, there's a lot of positive one.
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  Speaker 2: We can fit more twelves in the in the stadium,
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  Speaker 2: which is great.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Our folks do a great job of trying to maximize
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  Speaker 2: the amount of people that could be there. We we're
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  Speaker 2: practicing at five We're trying to practice like right at
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  Speaker 2: what the primetime time day is now. We're not doing
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  Speaker 2: the the day of you know, exactly what it would
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  Speaker 2: look like as if we were you know, in the
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  Speaker 2: kind of game mode. But getting the guys to understand
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  Speaker 2: like what the day feels like when you get to
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  Speaker 2: the stadium, how you get there, you know, what the
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  Speaker 2: what the pre you know, what the pregame feels like,
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  Speaker 2: which is really cool, especially for our young guys.
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  Speaker 1: It's good experience for them.
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  Speaker 2: And then uh, just create more of a game like atmosphere,
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  Speaker 2: you know, so the periods reflect that won't be like
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  Speaker 2: a full full fledged scrimmage, but there'll be some good
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  Speaker 2: competition and uh, we'll get to see some of the
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  Speaker 2: young guys really you know practicing that type of environment,
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  Speaker 2: which would be great. What have you learned about the
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  Speaker 2: ramp up period like this particular week of training camp
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  Speaker 2: and and.
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  Speaker 1: What you want to get out of it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's uh, you try to do the best you can.
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  Speaker 2: You try to you try to balance how quickly we
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  Speaker 2: can calist the team. You're trying to have a tough,
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  Speaker 2: you know, competitive training camp, but you're also trying to
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  Speaker 2: be smart with uh, how we build the periods, what
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  Speaker 2: type of player load we're looking at, how we how
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  Speaker 2: we manage reps what we're asked them to do, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, sometimes you feel like you you nail it.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes you feel like there's things you can change. And
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  Speaker 2: that's the way it's always been since we got here.
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  Speaker 2: That's probably the way it's always going to be. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, kind of go go forward today probably should
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  Speaker 2: you know, would have been a padded practice in years past,
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  Speaker 2: but we have some some guys nicked up, so just
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  Speaker 2: you got to be able to make that adjustment and
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  Speaker 2: go now. I think we had a great practice.
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  Speaker 1: Today and and uh it.
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  Speaker 2: Was really competitive and considering that we were in shells,
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  Speaker 2: so really pleased.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously a lot of smoke out there. And what if
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  Speaker 1: you have thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: For the people in the bill can what they're going
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  Speaker 2: through and are there any considerations about outdoor practice in
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  Speaker 2: these conditions. Our prayers definitely go to all our peacefule
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  Speaker 2: in Spokane. It's really it's really scary situation. So just
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  Speaker 2: a tough situation, you know, so we're praying for them.
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  Speaker 2: In terms for what we're doing. Uh, we have a
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  Speaker 2: mechanism to measure the air quality. It's not as as
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  Speaker 2: good as it's always been, which is what.
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  Speaker 1: We're used to.
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  Speaker 2: But It's not to the level where we had to
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  Speaker 2: make any adjustments, but that was something that we were monitoring.
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  Speaker 1: Jay said, what do you think of the day he
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  Speaker 1: had in the campus seven? Yeah, it was great.
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  Speaker 2: It's great to see him come alive someone else high
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  Speaker 2: leverage situations too, which when there's especially you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: defensive attention.
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  Speaker 1: Where he's at at all time.
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  Speaker 2: So for him to be able to make those plays
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  Speaker 2: IS's great for the Seahawks, great for him, and I
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  Speaker 2: think I think we're we're feeling like he can get
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  Speaker 2: open from wherever, doing whatever, you know, doing all the
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  Speaker 2: things from all the places. But how do we how
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  Speaker 2: do we optimize it? How do we move him around?
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  Speaker 2: Where is in the progression? You know, he's going to
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  Speaker 2: be number one in the progression on a lot of plays,
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  Speaker 2: But when is it best for him not to be that?
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  Speaker 2: You know, those are the things that we're that we're
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  Speaker 2: always going to be working through, you know. So today
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  Speaker 2: was a Today was a really cool step for us
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  Speaker 2: in our offense.
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  Speaker 1: Play on the sideline looks like a coach's challenge. The
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  Speaker 1: Hotels over review that.
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  Speaker 2: One I reviewed it, I feel like Steve Square, It's
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  Speaker 2: like I just watched it.
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  Speaker 1: I don't need to watch it again.
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  Speaker 2: Uh look like a catch And we're trying to get
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  Speaker 2: a lot of plays in that that. Uh we're doing
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  Speaker 2: like a long drive drill. So I felt like if
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  Speaker 2: we get the sticks moving, that would be a good
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  Speaker 2: coaches challenge in real time think about whether to keep
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  Speaker 2: more guys in to protect versus getting more guys out
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  Speaker 2: in or outs when there's there's pressure on the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it works both ways. You know.
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  Speaker 2: We hit a couple couple of plays today with free
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  Speaker 2: runners in the quarterbacks face and and they were first downs.
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  Speaker 2: So you don't always have to be perfect with like
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  Speaker 2: having to pick up everybody all the time. There's a
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  Speaker 2: balance there, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I think.
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  Speaker 2: I think one of the things that our offense does
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  Speaker 2: a great job of is we vary our protections and
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  Speaker 2: vary our method of operation, which is hard to get a.
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  Speaker 1: Beat on on defense.
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  Speaker 2: So places where we're at protection wise, our guys are
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  Speaker 2: doing a great job.
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  Speaker 1: To your first impressions on the first episode of Hard Nuts,
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was great. I thought I was great.
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  Speaker 2: I shout out to HBO and uh, you realize how
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  Speaker 2: many people it takes to make this thing up.
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  Speaker 1: To life.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's people everywhere, like crawling out of cupboards.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's like there's cameras everywhere, and and they've
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  Speaker 2: been they really have been a joy to work with.
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  Speaker 1: And I just I.
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  Speaker 2: Not knowing going into the situation how was gonna how
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  Speaker 2: everything was going to operate and what it was going
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  Speaker 2: to look like logistically. I think we have a really
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  Speaker 2: high appreciation respect for how they've gone about their business
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  Speaker 2: and how and just the spirit of what they're trying
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  Speaker 2: to capture, which, like I said at the beginning, like
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  Speaker 2: we know they're great at their job. And I'm proud
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  Speaker 2: of our guys because I felt like we've been ourselves
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  Speaker 2: all the time, with a couple of fun exceptions that
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  Speaker 2: we've let those people know, but it's been overall, it's been.
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  Speaker 1: A great experiences. He wasn't pleased exactly where the run
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  Speaker 1: game is right now? Where where do you guys need to.
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  Speaker 2: Give surch Yeah, I think I think that's Brian's way
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  Speaker 2: of saying that we have room to improve, which is
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  Speaker 2: always going to be always be the.
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  Speaker 1: Case, all Right.
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  Speaker 2: I think our run game, I look at it from
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  Speaker 2: a little bit different lens. It's like probably a little higher,
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  Speaker 2: like higher elevation. I think we're on a great track.
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  Speaker 1: I really do. I think we're doing a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Of We're very decisive. We're able to get to a
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  Speaker 2: lot of things inexpensively, which is really cool. And uh
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  Speaker 2: definitely get definitely testing us on on defense, which is great.
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  Speaker 2: There's been a lot of give and take. Both sides
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  Speaker 2: have made plays, but uh, definitely sharpening each other for sure.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm happy that he's not satisfied, But for right now,
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  Speaker 2: I'm I'm very encouraged.
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  Speaker 1: Where our run game is what price gut or he
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  Speaker 1: told his outside does that show up? There's very natural
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  Speaker 1: system here, I think so. I think so.
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  Speaker 2: I think what you're seeing from JD is he's very decisive,
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  Speaker 2: very competitive. He's not he's not a one trick pony.
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  Speaker 2: He can only He's not just here to do one thing.
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  Speaker 2: You can do a lot of different things. So that's
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  Speaker 2: been encouraging.
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  Speaker 1: What doesn't mean to get into things inexpensive but.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean, can you execute those things, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with the given amount of a lot of times? So
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've thrown around the term like elegant simplicity
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  Speaker 2: things like that, but that's a nod to our system
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  Speaker 2: and how well our guys have coached it JB j
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  Speaker 2: O Fleury, how they install it. I think that I
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  Speaker 2: think having some you know, significant amount of caryover from
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  Speaker 2: last year is has been helpful as well a.
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  Speaker 1: Light on the break off the fields. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I don't talking about the dollar, but work over the
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  Speaker 1: last er.
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  Speaker 2: What is he taught here into well a lot Actually
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  Speaker 2: I was thinking about it today. Is I think he's
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  Speaker 2: taught me more left him, which is which is pretty awesome.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, he's just talking about like force multipliyers.
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  Speaker 2: Not only is he a productive player on the field,
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  Speaker 2: high leverage moments. I think that's when we saw the
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  Speaker 2: best version of Coop last year. And uh, I think
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  Speaker 2: this is the best that he's looked that I've seen
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  Speaker 2: him since he got here. He's he's made a lot
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  Speaker 2: of great plays in camping through out the off season.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm really excited about where he's going.
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  Speaker 2: But that that really that really gave you a window
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  Speaker 2: into like what it's what he's like every day. You
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  Speaker 2: can talk about a force multiplier, just how you're able
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  Speaker 2: to help all these different areas of our team and uh,
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  Speaker 2: and it's like dude, just keep doing it because we
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  Speaker 2: need you know, people need it, and he and he
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  Speaker 2: like and he's able to unlock those things, which I.
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  Speaker 1: Think is really really awesome.
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  Speaker 2: What do you kind of good? Be phenomenal? You can
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  Speaker 2: take Probably have my job. He's got a job here,
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  Speaker 2: that's for sure. But I don't even know if he's interested. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he's got a lot of ball left to play.
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  Speaker 1: I know that. And update on Robbie. No update on Robbie,
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  Speaker 1: No update. Nothing's changed, honestly, we're just still waiting and
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  Speaker 1: seeing the stuff with the fights that you like they
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  Speaker 1: got still don Yeah, yeah, guy has been great. Guy's
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  Speaker 1: been awesome. Ye see exact count here's good.
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  Speaker 2: Like how was he kind of coming along.
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  Speaker 1: The rehabrocess going right? Yeah, nothing change on that front.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there's just a progression that you got to
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  Speaker 2: be able to do to get your body ready to
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  Speaker 2: go play an NFL season, especially at the running back position.
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  Speaker 2: So he's going through it. You know, he's going through it.
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  Speaker 2: He's sitting in his hurdles and you know, and we're wrong,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, we'll see, we'll see what the timetable is
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  Speaker 2: and see how how quickly he comes back, Like what's the.
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  Speaker 1: Advent, I mean, how does one take advantage of high leverage?
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  Speaker 1: Is an experience? Is it coaching high leverage moment? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Well I think I think, uh, that's an example of like,
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  Speaker 2: don't want the circumstances affect your mentality and how how.
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  Speaker 1: You do the things that you do.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's not easy to it's not easy to
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  Speaker 2: kind of live like that, you know, And that's coops
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  Speaker 2: a master of of of controlling controllables, and that's you know,
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  Speaker 2: in those those high leverage moments, there's other things at
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  Speaker 2: stake that some people let affect them and that's not coot, okay,
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  Speaker 2: all right, they need