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Drew Lock On Preparing To Start Week 2 vs. Cardinals · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Let's do it.
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  Speaker 2: Was it due to have a guy like Eric Saubert
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  Speaker 2: on the team that was with you in Denver and
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  Speaker 2: seen you at different points in your career?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he'd have all the dirt on me for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Good plays, bad plays, all the above. No, Eric's been
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  Speaker 1: fantastic for us. I think not only is a guy
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  Speaker 1: that you know at quarterback is always going to be
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  Speaker 1: out there in the right spot at the right time,
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  Speaker 1: but great for that tight end room too, including last
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  Speaker 1: year with young Elijah, Nick. Being able to get those
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  Speaker 1: guys up to speed and playing good football and helping
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  Speaker 1: them out on the sidelines, in the meeting room. Not
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  Speaker 1: to mention when he goes out and plays, he plays well.
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  Speaker 1: Just a utility guy that I feel like every team needs.
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  Speaker 1: What if anything has changed about your schedule this week?
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  Speaker 3: Not the number of reps, but the other stuff.
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  Speaker 1: This right here. This has changed. I'm sweating. I'm sweating
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  Speaker 1: by 11 o'clock instead of 2 o'clock. That's the difference. No,
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  Speaker 1: I am attacking this week. I mean, it's obviously not
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  Speaker 1: the same because I'm going out and doing more in
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  Speaker 1: practice and ACTs, but with the same mindset as I
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  Speaker 1: would if I wasn't playing for the rare occasion last
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  Speaker 1: week where I was. Staying dialed on all third downs,
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  Speaker 1: red zones. you install first and second down on Wednesdays.
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  Speaker 1: By the time it gets to Friday night or Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: don't forget about the first and second down plays. You
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  Speaker 1: start focusing on third down and red zone. Um, no,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I've, I've been through this process enough.
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  Speaker 1: I've got my schedule down and, uh, I'm just, I'm
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  Speaker 1: sticking by it.
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  Speaker 3: Is there like a big picture thing or two that
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  Speaker 3: you tell yourself, remind yourself as you prepare to start
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  Speaker 3: however many games it is while Sam's out?
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't say necessarily. Um, I think the biggest thing
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  Speaker 1: for us, like I said last week, going into that
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  Speaker 1: game is taking care of the football. I think that's
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  Speaker 1: probably the one thing that is at a premium in
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  Speaker 1: this position, no matter what team you're on, but especially
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  Speaker 1: this one. Getting the ball in our playmakers' hands, letting
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  Speaker 1: our defense go be our defense, take care of the football,
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  Speaker 1: win the turnover differential, and like I said last week,
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  Speaker 1: see where the scoreboard is at the end of it,
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  Speaker 1: and hopefully we come out with a win, but I
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  Speaker 1: would say if there's one thing I'm saying to myself,
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  Speaker 1: it's take care of the football, get it in these guys' hands.
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  Speaker 2: To that point, do you know that the team's 14-0
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  Speaker 2: when they win the turnover battle with Mike.
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  Speaker 4: As head coach?
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  Speaker 1: Mike's never talked about that. No, we talk about turnover differential.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like every team I've been on has. It's
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  Speaker 1: just a huge part of football. It really is. So
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't go overlooked in this room. In the last
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  Speaker 1: locker room I was in, in the previous locker room
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  Speaker 1: I was in, it's always talked about.
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  Speaker 2: When you look back at your turnovers and when you've
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  Speaker 2: had them, everyone's got at that position, has there been
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  Speaker 2: a pattern that you've seen of why those have happened?
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  Speaker 1: If there was, I'd for sure not come out and
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  Speaker 1: say it publicly and allow people to know that. But no,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's just maturing and analyzing situations throughout the
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  Speaker 1: game that maybe when you're younger, you're just kind of
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  Speaker 1: flying around running the play that's called, trying to hit
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  Speaker 1: the big ones, throw a couple touchdowns when really it's
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  Speaker 1: just about being diligent about your process, going through your reads,
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  Speaker 1: knowing when you're hot, and taking care of the ball.
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  Speaker 4: For a game prep as a starter, Drew, what have
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  Speaker 4: you learned from your time starting in Denver, maybe even
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  Speaker 4: the games you started at the end of the season
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  Speaker 4: with the Giants, what have you learned maybe now or
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  Speaker 4: some cheat codes or tricks that you're doing now?
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  Speaker 1: I feel like again, I feel like it, it really,
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  Speaker 1: for me, it doesn't necessarily differ from starting or not starting,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being really good about watching all our third
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  Speaker 1: down pressures, um, having a great plan and protection, uh,
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  Speaker 1: knowing our hots when we are staying sharp on first
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  Speaker 1: and second downs as the week goes on and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: really dialing in the third downs, uh, being great on
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  Speaker 1: third down, taking care of the ball on that down.
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  Speaker 1: That's a high pressure down. It's when you see the
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  Speaker 1: most pressures, um, Being great there is pivotal for us,
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  Speaker 1: continuing drives. Like I said, getting it in these playmakers' hands.
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  Speaker 1: You don't get to do that if you're off the
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  Speaker 1: field on third downs. And I know we weren't great
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  Speaker 1: on it the previous week, so being able to take
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  Speaker 1: a big jump in that would be great.
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  Speaker 4: The third down pressure films, did you do that from
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  Speaker 4: the start in the NFL?
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  Speaker 1: You knew that was a key, or did you learn that? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Flacco was the first quarterback I was with. Those third
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  Speaker 1: down pressure tapes in the mornings, watching him take notes,
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  Speaker 1: being very, very sharp. I'd say he spent a lot
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  Speaker 1: of his time there and watching that tape, not to
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  Speaker 1: mention what he did at home probably, but when I
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  Speaker 1: was around him, that was a lot of, it was
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  Speaker 1: a lot of pressure tape, being able to take care
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  Speaker 1: of himself, keep him upright and get us in the
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  Speaker 1: right protection and be able to get the ball out
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  Speaker 1: of his hands. When you resigned here last year, you
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  Speaker 1: talked about just kind of feeling comfortable in Seattle and
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  Speaker 1: how much the city kind of meant to you. Just what,
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  Speaker 1: what is it about the kind of the new organization
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  Speaker 1: in the city? Yeah. Man, they, When you get traded,
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  Speaker 1: you kind of are in a weird spot, thinking about
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  Speaker 1: the team that no longer wants you. But then you're
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  Speaker 1: thinking also about a team that is excited to have you.
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  Speaker 1: And that is what I felt when I got here
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  Speaker 1: with Coach Carroll and John. The belief that they had
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  Speaker 1: in me was through the roof, and it really warmed
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  Speaker 1: my heart a little bit, so to say. It brings
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  Speaker 1: you back a little bit. Not to mention, my wife
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  Speaker 1: and I were engaged for like two weeks before we
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  Speaker 1: got traded. So majority of our early marriage, both of
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  Speaker 1: our children are born here. The irony of leaving and
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  Speaker 1: coming back and having our second child here is just,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the probability of that is probably very little,
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  Speaker 1: especially considering you leave a team and have a chance
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  Speaker 1: to come back. And then them giving me that chance
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  Speaker 1: to come back and be a part of this and
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  Speaker 1: be a part of that team last year and be
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  Speaker 1: standing here today is just the belief, the love, the
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  Speaker 1: comfortable feeling of being here. It's just a great place.
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  Speaker 2: This is your first Seahawks start since that Monday Night
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  Speaker 2: Football game against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 3: What did that finish in that game do for your
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  Speaker 3: confidence at that time?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was great. I feel like not to brag,
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  Speaker 1: but I feel like the postgame was really how I
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  Speaker 1: was feeling. It was like, we're back. We can do this.
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  Speaker 1: I took a break a little while, wasn't playing too much,
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  Speaker 1: came back, went on the road to that San Fran game,
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  Speaker 1: lost that one, but then came back here, Monday Night Football,
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  Speaker 1: with all the circumstances pregame of what was going on,
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  Speaker 1: to be able to come out and play the game
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  Speaker 1: that we did and win that as a team and
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  Speaker 1: kind of have that pressure at the end, I think
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  Speaker 1: that was pretty sound as to how I was feeling.
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  Speaker 5: All of what you just outlined to Greg about your
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  Speaker 5: family dynamics here in Seattle, does that make it at
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  Speaker 5: all easier to settle into the role as a backup?
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  Speaker 5: Or how do you view it as an NFL guy of, hey,
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  Speaker 5: you can try to be a starter. You still have
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  Speaker 5: that itch.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I feel like that edge is always there.
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  Speaker 1: It shouldn't leave you. And honestly, the day it leaves
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  Speaker 1: me would be the day that I'd start looking at
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  Speaker 1: myself in the mirror like, what are we doing? You
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  Speaker 1: always want to play. You always want to be the guy.
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  Speaker 1: You love the pressure of that. You love the feeling
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  Speaker 1: of we're going to go down and score because I
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  Speaker 1: took care of the ball. I got it to our guys.
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  Speaker 1: Not to mention there's 10 other guys doing a lot
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  Speaker 1: of plays, but that's the mentality you have to have
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  Speaker 1: as a Q. We're going to win or lose this
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  Speaker 1: game because of how I played today, and that's the
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  Speaker 1: mentality you go into it with.
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  Speaker 2: You obviously don't get as many reps with the ones,
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  Speaker 2: the receiving group there previously. You also haven't worked with
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  Speaker 2: Brian Fleury as much, as a starter at least.
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  Speaker 3: What was your priority.
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  Speaker 2: When you're going to be a starter? Are you getting
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  Speaker 2: time with Fleury? Are you getting time with the receivers?
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  Speaker 2: Where does your mind go?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like, ironically, with all the preseason stuff
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  Speaker 1: that we did, I feel like listening to Fleury in
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  Speaker 1: the headset, how he called those games for me, that
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  Speaker 1: was like, That was the last thing I was thinking about.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to do a fantastic job. And there was
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  Speaker 1: not a ton of thought into that. It was like,
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  Speaker 1: let's get out on this practice field with these guys.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, run a Wednesday practice, Thursday practice, Friday walkthrough,
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  Speaker 1: Friday practice. Like, let's get into a rhythm with these guys.
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  Speaker 1: Let them hear my voice. Let them see the ball
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  Speaker 1: come out of my hands and see where we can
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  Speaker 1: take it.
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  Speaker 3: We hear all the time that, you know, throughout a
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  Speaker 3: normal week, the backup quarterback doesn't get any reps.
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  Speaker 1: Is it really like zero reps or is it just
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  Speaker 1: a couple? No, it's not zero. You definitely get a couple.
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  Speaker 1: I would say anywhere from like anywhere, like two to
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  Speaker 1: five reps the whole week. Um, nah, that's a lie.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go like, let's just round up and say five
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  Speaker 1: to 10. But most of the time it's, it's not
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  Speaker 1: against the looks. Uh, it's not carded. You're not going
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  Speaker 1: against what you think Arizona is going to do. Most
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  Speaker 1: of the time it's, the twos running are real plays
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  Speaker 1: for the game against our one defense because there's still
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  Speaker 1: going to be twos versus ones in those plays that
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  Speaker 1: are from the script or from the call sheet. So
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  Speaker 1: it's not necessarily like going against the Cardinals defense, but
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  Speaker 1: you're still getting plays in your headset that are going
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  Speaker 1: to be called in the game. It's more like scout.
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  Speaker 1: Would you consider it like scout team? I would consider
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  Speaker 1: it more scout team than anything. It's still like a
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  Speaker 1: period we're trying to put the ones in. and you
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  Speaker 1: get your place. And that's been kind of everywhere I've been, too.
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  Speaker 1: Has Sam given you any advice this week? Sam's always around.
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  Speaker 1: Sam's been in every meeting. He still shows up at
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  Speaker 1: the same time. I still can't beat him to the
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  Speaker 1: building somehow. He's been fantastic. I appreciate him. I've been
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  Speaker 1: leaning on him pretty heavy with just some of the
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  Speaker 1: minor things that he would take care of during the
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  Speaker 1: week that after a little bit need a little reminder of.
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  Speaker 1: Just certain things. He's been fantastic. He's been around and
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  Speaker 1: he has not stopped working.
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  Speaker 4: So this week, because you're getting to run the game
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  Speaker 4: plan plays, does your son get to run to the
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  Speaker 4: right board he can use it as.
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  Speaker 1: Much as he wants yeah no it's it's still he
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  Speaker 1: can still have it during the day but i'm still
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  Speaker 1: going to need that back at night is that though.
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  Speaker 4: Drew that now you're running the place you're going to
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  Speaker 4: run game plan specific in the game i remember you
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  Speaker 4: said after the patriots game that fourth and one wasn't
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  Speaker 4: in the game plan i think you said.
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  Speaker 1: That yeah i think i think mike might have said
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  Speaker 1: that okay.
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  Speaker 4: But that how different just is that yeah that you
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  Speaker 4: But it's not Brian Fleury going back to, oh, what
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  Speaker 4: was Drew comfortable running in training camp? Let's run him
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  Speaker 4: the Cardinals-specific stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's night and day different. You know,
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  Speaker 1: being able to get a couple reps of these plays
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  Speaker 1: under your belt, not all of them are live. I
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  Speaker 1: think a big chunk of this goes back to walk-throughs.
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  Speaker 1: Being able to say, like, there's not a call on
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  Speaker 1: this sheet that I haven't at least walked through is–
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's way different than what you would get
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  Speaker 1: in a week. Now, I'll walk through every play on
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  Speaker 1: a normal week, but being able to get those live reps,
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  Speaker 1: throw jacks, a go ball, rip A.J. Barn or something,
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  Speaker 1: who knows? Just to be able to get those live
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  Speaker 1: reps is huge.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned those live reps, the opportunity that you're not
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  Speaker 3: going to normally get during a regular week, but you
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  Speaker 3: still only get a handful of practices. So what do you–
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  Speaker 3: does it look like to maximize that practice time when
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  Speaker 3: is really the first week that you've had with this
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  Speaker 3: collection of receivers?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think, one, there's got to be stuff you
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  Speaker 1: do after. It can just be the practice ends and
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  Speaker 1: you walk off. We've got to get guys together after.
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  Speaker 1: We've got to throw a little bit. We've got to
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  Speaker 1: run through all the third downs again after practice, talk
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  Speaker 1: those through. Going into each period, whether it's a team pass,
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  Speaker 1: a team run, whatever it is, let's buzz those plays
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  Speaker 1: real quick to where we can go out there not
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  Speaker 1: think about anything besides just executing these plays that we have,
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  Speaker 1: this rack of five right now. We're going to get
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  Speaker 1: extremely good right here right now at these five plays
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  Speaker 1: and then move on to the next period and just
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  Speaker 1: continue that on a Wednesday practice, Thursday practice into a Friday.