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Ernest Jones IV: "We Have To Continue To Go Out There And Earn Our Respect" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 1: Where did this team take the biggest step forward last week?
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  Speaker 2: Are you talking about from the game? I'll be honest
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  Speaker 2: with you. I don't remember the game much. I'm on
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  Speaker 2: to kind of this week. So I think where we
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  Speaker 2: took the next step is we woke up, we came
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  Speaker 2: back to work, and we're looking for another opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: win this game.
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  Speaker 3: When you're preparing for a quarterback with? basically no NFL tape?
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  Speaker 3: Is it more just studying what they've done as an
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  Speaker 3: offense so far, or do you try to figure any
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  Speaker 3: adjustments out with a new quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you kind of watch the preseason game.
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  Speaker 2: He played a little bit in those, and then you
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  Speaker 2: go from what they've done, totality of the season. You
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  Speaker 2: kind of go in there with expectations of them to
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  Speaker 2: kind of keep it the same, but knowing that he's
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  Speaker 2: a young guy, they did a lot on offense with Kirk,
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  Speaker 2: so I think they'll kind of dial it back a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, but you know, you're playing a player that's
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  Speaker 2: number one pick and can make all the throws, extremely
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  Speaker 2: intelligent guy from the looks of it. So I think
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  Speaker 2: we've got a challenge ahead of ourselves.
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  Speaker 1: How does the familiarity with Kubiak play into the game prep?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think that definitely helps. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we were able to get a feel of how he
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  Speaker 2: would like to attack us in practice during certain, you know,
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  Speaker 2: situational periods. And, you know, you got a great idea
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  Speaker 2: on how he likes to call the games, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just sitting there, you know, watching. So I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that that'll help us. But at the end of the day, he's,
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  Speaker 2: he's got his own squad. He's tweaked, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: lot of things. So we got to go out and execute.
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  Speaker 4: What did you notice as a difference between Zach or
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  Speaker 4: being in the room this year?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, Zach, Zach's energy, Zach, Zach, Zach still
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  Speaker 2: wants to play. I think, I think we make plays
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  Speaker 2: and he's living through us. And I think it's just
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  Speaker 2: fun to just see how he's just able to connect
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  Speaker 2: with us, not only because he played, but, just the
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  Speaker 2: coach mindset he's able to teach us. He's really detailed.
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  Speaker 2: He wants us at our best. And I think he brings,
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  Speaker 2: he brings the juice every day. So you have to come,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with your best or he's going, he's going
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  Speaker 2: to let you know, like, that's, that's not how we
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  Speaker 2: doing it today. So I respect that about him and
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  Speaker 2: I've been loving it.
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  Speaker 3: Against McBride last week. And when you guys played the
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  Speaker 3: 49ers with Kittle, like we saw a lot of even
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  Speaker 3: worry on both those tight ends. What does that do
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  Speaker 3: for the defense as a whole? When you can have
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  Speaker 3: Nick to be like, Hey, you take care of this
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  Speaker 3: elite tight end and Keep him in track.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, it does a lot.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when Nick's out there balling and he's doing
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  Speaker 2: his job and he's covering, I mean, it eliminates a
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  Speaker 2: guy in a sense. It puts us at an advantage.
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  Speaker 2: So I think we're going to go out there and just,
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  Speaker 2: you know, play really good defense. He's not going to
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  Speaker 2: be responsible for that matchup in totality. That's a really
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  Speaker 2: good tight end, so we can't put all that on him.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll all have our hand in making sure we
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  Speaker 2: can do our best with him.
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  Speaker 4: You guys are the best defense since 1999. and limiting
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  Speaker 4: opponents below their average in yardage. So better than the
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  Speaker 4: Ravens with Lewis, better than the Warnsap Bucks, better than
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  Speaker 4: the LOB. Do you feel like people really appreciate how
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  Speaker 4: well this defense is playing this year?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. I mean, in our eyes, we
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  Speaker 2: aren't playing as well as we would like to. We've
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  Speaker 2: given up too much in our eyes. So I think
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  Speaker 2: we've got to just continue to go out there and
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  Speaker 2: earn our respect. I think You know, it's one thing
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  Speaker 2: looking at the film, and I think when teams that
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  Speaker 2: have to play us, when they do get in front
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  Speaker 2: of us, there's a different viewpoint that they have, but
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  Speaker 2: that's all we can control is what they think about
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  Speaker 2: us after they leave the game.
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  Speaker 3: You guys have talked about the red zone being the
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  Speaker 3: place that you wanted to improve the most. Where else
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  Speaker 3: do you feel like maybe you're not playing up to
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  Speaker 3: the level.
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  Speaker 5: That you guys all expect?
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  Speaker 2: Red zone, I think we could eliminate yardage early in
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  Speaker 2: those early down situations, so whether that's first or second
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  Speaker 2: down to get us on shorter, I mean, longer third downs.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's been an area where, not every game,
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  Speaker 2: but in certain games, we've given teams second and, what, six,
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  Speaker 2: second and four, like, you know, short yardage. So you
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  Speaker 2: can't really do that. So that's another area where I'm
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  Speaker 2: kind of focused on, too, is early down football.
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  Speaker 1: Raiders have been pretty good at protecting the quarterback. Now, granted,
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  Speaker 1: different quarterback this week, but what do you see in
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  Speaker 1: their protection? They haven't allowed a sack against the.
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  Speaker 2: Blitz this year. I think it had a lot to
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  Speaker 2: do with protection is one thing, but Kurt was able
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  Speaker 2: to get that ball out. He's smart. He knew what
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  Speaker 2: coverages were coming before they were happening, so that's big
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  Speaker 2: on him too, but their O-line is not bad at all.
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  Speaker 2: They do well just working together, making sure that they
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  Speaker 2: keep those protections and keep their quarterback safe. I expect
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  Speaker 2: him to go out there and try to do the
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  Speaker 2: same thing, so I think it's on us to just
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  Speaker 2: make sure we dial in the right blitzes, and then
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  Speaker 2: when we do go, make sure we're rushing together.
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  Speaker 4: What have you learned as a blitzer, as a pass rusher? Like,
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  Speaker 4: early on with the Rams, you had a lot of pressures.
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  Speaker 4: You had a decent amount this year as well. Where
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  Speaker 4: are you different in that part of your game?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I'm a lot more confident in it now. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I guess early in my career I would rush, and
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  Speaker 2: knowing that I'm not, like, they're not setting this up
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  Speaker 2: for me. I'm just the dummy guy in a sense,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, getting here, they set certain things up
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  Speaker 2: for you to rush and you get those opportunities. So
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  Speaker 2: I think for me, it's the confidence knowing that I can,
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  Speaker 2: I can do it. I can do it at a
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  Speaker 2: high level. And when my number's called to, to just
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  Speaker 2: go attack it.
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  Speaker 5: Do you watch much college football enough to like watch
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  Speaker 5: the national championship last year and see Fernando play or
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  Speaker 5: anything like that? Or is it mainly just the preseason
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  Speaker 5: stuff that you're watching?
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  Speaker 2: It's really just been the preseason. Of course, you know, with,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I'd see him on TV and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: So you know of him. You kind of get an
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  Speaker 2: idea of what kind of guy you're going against. But
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  Speaker 2: I haven't seen much Indiana tape on him.
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  Speaker 5: Byron Murphy was talking to us yesterday about rushing from
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  Speaker 5: a two-point stance.
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  Speaker 1: Can you remember seeing a defensive tackle do that?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen one or two other ones. I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: but that's one thing. But, yeah, I mean, Murph does
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  Speaker 2: it at– a level that's really impressive. Like, to be
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  Speaker 2: that big and to move the way he does is
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  Speaker 2: really good.
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  Speaker 5: Does it have any effect on you at the second level,
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  Speaker 5: what the tackle decides to do, like, from a form standpoint,
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  Speaker 5: if they're in a three- or two-point stance? Not really.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I just kind of pay more attention to
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  Speaker 2: him to see how he's about to kind of wreak havoc, right?
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  Speaker 2: I know something good is about to happen, so I'm
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  Speaker 2: mainly watching to see what he's about to do.
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  Speaker 1: Good.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.