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Pete Carroll "I Couldn't Be More Pleased With The Progress" · Seahawks Press Pass

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Speaker 1: But we've had really seven really good days in prep
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Speaker 1: for this the mock game coming up tomorrow. I'm pleased
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Speaker 1: with the progress that we've made in all areas. Really
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Speaker 1: we're making progress. We're working really hard and competing against
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Speaker 1: each other, which is all we can do right now.
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Speaker 1: But the guys are taking it to heart and they
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Speaker 1: they're they're they're making sure that we're maxing out with
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Speaker 1: the opportunities that we've been having, and so could be
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Speaker 1: more pleased with the progress. See what happens tomorrow. It'll
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Speaker 1: be a nice little test kind of like an exam
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Speaker 1: here early on, and we'll see how we do. We'll
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Speaker 1: see everybody, everybody will play. We'll get good work from
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Speaker 1: the young guys for sure. So with Zach, obviously the
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Speaker 1: test or whatever. So nothing, he's fine. Yeah, he sprained
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Speaker 1: his shoulder, and we'll get a way to figure out
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Speaker 1: how you know, how long it's gonna take. We don't
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Speaker 1: think it's you know, it's it's it's not a surgery, uh,
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Speaker 1: not requiring surgery, but we just gotta see how how
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Speaker 1: he responds. He felt way better today than he did yesterday,
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Speaker 1: and so that's good early progress. Who's that now, he'll
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Speaker 1: go tomorrow to get out of the log game that
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Speaker 1: maybe you're not getting a situations, you know, and see
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Speaker 1: how guys how they respond, Uh do they take to
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Speaker 1: the learning, you know, the coaching and the learning and all,
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Speaker 1: and do they make good choices when they get their opportunities?
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Speaker 1: And see how they I'm trying to make a big
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Speaker 1: deal about it to them, you know that it's big
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Speaker 1: tests and all that, because I want them to feel
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Speaker 1: uh some anxiety about it and know that there you
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Speaker 1: know that there is a test that's involved in this day.
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Speaker 2: Are you on track with where you as he would
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Speaker 2: be right out of schedule heading?
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Speaker 1: I feel like we're a little bit ahead, honestly because
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Speaker 1: we've had such good continuity with the guys, guys staying
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Speaker 1: out there on the field and then you know, unfortunately
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Speaker 1: we've had you know a lot of good terms and stuff.
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Speaker 1: I think we're doing probably a little bit ahead, particularly
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Speaker 1: on defense. You'll learn anything more about walkers, it's just
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Speaker 1: a it's just a groin that with a running back
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Speaker 1: that's got a sprint and do the things that he does.
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Speaker 1: We just have to make sure that it goes away
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Speaker 1: before we get him back out. It's it's not a
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Speaker 1: serious injury. It didn't show a ton on MRI. But
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Speaker 1: we got to take care of him. And then this
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Speaker 1: is the kind of thing we would worry about it,
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Speaker 1: you know, being in that type of injury. We don't
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Speaker 1: want that to happen. So we're gonna be overcautious right now,
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Speaker 1: this early in Canada. Yeah, I think he hit the
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Speaker 1: ground awkwardly.
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Speaker 2: We've really seen Witherspoon playing Nickel with the ones the
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Speaker 2: last couple of days.
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Speaker 1: What do you really like about him there? You've got
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Speaker 1: to seen from him there. Yeah, he's he's really he's
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Speaker 1: a natural football player. And and I say that because
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Speaker 1: he's he's really instinctive. He does things like kind of
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Speaker 1: naturally right before we've even had a chance to get
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Speaker 1: through all of the assignments and stuff like that. He
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Speaker 1: has a real feel for things. And so, uh, he's
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Speaker 1: made really quick progress right there. So we'll get a
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Speaker 1: good look at him in tomorrow and see where we are.
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Speaker 1: Kobe's doing a good job. We're still keeping Kobe's reps
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Speaker 1: down a little bit, and so this is a good
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Speaker 1: chance for Spoon to go ahead and get his reps.
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Speaker 1: But he's done a nice job he's aggressive, he's he's
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Speaker 1: a playmaker, he's looking for plays to make, and it's
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Speaker 1: a good spot for him in that regard, so we'll
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Speaker 1: see how it goes.
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Speaker 2: Development is to have both your first round and eggs
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Speaker 2: be able to go against each other regularly and be
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Speaker 2: able to push each other to get fatter like that than.
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Speaker 1: His own run today. Yeah, I mean, it's it's really
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Speaker 1: it's it's an unusual situation that we have, but it's
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Speaker 1: it's really fun to watch them. And they're both really competitive,
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Speaker 1: and uh, they're gonna keep logging reps. I'm sure they're
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Speaker 1: keeping count, you know, how they're doing. Who's one who's losing.
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Speaker 1: It's it's really it's an ideal situation for us for
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Speaker 1: those guys.
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Speaker 2: Biggest advantage and a quarterback, you know, knowing he's the
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Speaker 2: number one guy in training camp and have a nouth
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Speaker 2: competition like baby can know that.
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Speaker 1: Last year this year, what's the biggest advantage. Yeah, I
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Speaker 1: think this just the sense of continuity helps. It just helps.
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Speaker 1: And and uh, uh you know has accepted this, this
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Speaker 1: opportunity in this role really well. And he's he's just
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Speaker 1: taking charge of the position and and uh so his
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Speaker 1: messaging to the rest of the fellas and the way
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Speaker 1: he handles himself. Uh, it's it has more impact now.
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Speaker 1: And so it's just just all of the communications are
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Speaker 1: just more on point and and more directed. And so
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Speaker 1: it's just good all around, you know. And he's such
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Speaker 1: a good kid in terms of leadership, and he has
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Speaker 1: a right the right sense for when to say something
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Speaker 1: and when not to and you know, when to kind
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Speaker 1: of step on and step on the on the pedal
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Speaker 1: a little bit, you know, and and go for it.
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Speaker 1: And and so there's just a lot of really uh
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Speaker 1: really just really smooth, smooth aspect of taking taking over
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Speaker 1: and really fired up for him.
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Speaker 2: And now that he's getting old, the buns.
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Speaker 1: Well, I think it's just his own confidence, you know.
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Speaker 1: It's it's a sense of you know, where he is
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Speaker 1: and what he's doing and all that. It's very clear now.
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Speaker 1: I mean, think about it a year ago. I mean
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Speaker 1: it was one day to the next. She didn't know
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Speaker 1: what was gonna happen, you know, and and uh, this
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Speaker 1: is just different. But it hasn't shocked his system or
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Speaker 1: his manner. You know. He's really taken to it and
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Speaker 1: handling it very well. And uh, and Meanwhile, Drew was
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Speaker 1: doing a nice job. Jew's battling and he's had uh
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Speaker 1: checked today when I see the film, but he had
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Speaker 1: three straight days of really on on point play uh
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Speaker 1: and and show some great stuff. So he's battling too,
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Speaker 1: And like I've already talked to him about, tomorrow is
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Speaker 1: a huge day for him, uh in getting ready for
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Speaker 1: the next week too. He's gonna play a lot the
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Speaker 1: next week. And so you know, we think his development
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Speaker 1: just as crucial as Geno's development, because he's just a
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Speaker 1: play away from being out there. And and so I'm
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Speaker 1: he's handling it very well, even though the circumstances aren't
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Speaker 1: ideal for him.
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Speaker 2: Kobe Staffing or Yes, Yeah, we're just we've just been
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Speaker 2: throughout and uh he's probably got sixty five percent of
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Speaker 2: the reps that other guys have gotten.
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Speaker 1: So we're just keeping control of it. Get start. He's
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Speaker 1: right in the battle. I mean, we were just you know,
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Speaker 1: we're just logging reps right now. Trey Brown and and
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Speaker 1: and Mike have done really well. Trey's had a terrific
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Speaker 1: first week and uh so there's no rush, you know,
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Speaker 1: there's we're just guys play get their play time. But
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Speaker 1: he's doing fine in terms of competing for it though.
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Speaker 1: He was when he came back. Oh, absolutely, absolutely, yeah,
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Speaker 1: immediately he was fine. He was fine. Attack the skills, well,
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Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of there's a lot of stuff
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Speaker 1: to it. You know, there's there's so many more assignments
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Speaker 1: that that are intricate to the running game that aren't
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Speaker 1: you know, part of the corner position, being in charge
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Speaker 1: in in an area where he gets the pressure as well.
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Speaker 1: He's got blitz, he's got blitz pick up stuff. He's
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Speaker 1: got all kinds of things that he has to do.
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Speaker 1: And uh, like I'm telling you, it's not hard for him.
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Speaker 1: It's easy for him to learn the stuff. He's going
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Speaker 1: to be able to get it and get it down
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Speaker 1: and that's not going to be the concern. It's just
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Speaker 1: what's the best mixed in combination for us skills attractive? Well,
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Speaker 1: did you see him yesterday? He had one shot man,
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Speaker 1: they had a perfect tackle in practice. Uh, it is
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Speaker 1: part of it because that is a it's a very
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Speaker 1: active position in terms of run in pass and so
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Speaker 1: you know you're playing you're playing nickel on first down.
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Speaker 1: You know, a lot in the league and uh so
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Speaker 1: it does call for that. So that's the area that
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Speaker 1: would keep a young guy from playing. You know, he
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Speaker 1: just doesn't get it. He doesn't have a sense for
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Speaker 1: the run game and you know, doesn't fit right and
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Speaker 1: doesn't make the right choices because there's so many things
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Speaker 1: that happen there and it's it's it's really exciting to
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Speaker 1: not have to tell him everything. You know, we really
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Speaker 1: we get stay out of his way a little bit
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Speaker 1: he does understand makes sense, and then we got to
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Speaker 1: be really strict about the things that he needs to learn.
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Speaker 1: So it's a it's a really fun process. He guys
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Speaker 1: for a while. Guy terrific consistency. Uh, he's been an
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Speaker 1: everyday guy. He doesn't miss anything. He always works, always
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Speaker 1: gives a great effort. It's a really smart kid. He'd
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Speaker 1: been a really good team guy for us and has
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Speaker 1: continued to show that here in this camp. There was
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Speaker 1: a lot of us off season about player MP after
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Speaker 1: worked out what's what's your rest We have given the
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Speaker 1: We've given given them the baseline of the of the
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Speaker 1: approach and what we you know, just staying out of
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Speaker 1: making situations where you can make poor decisions, you know,
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Speaker 1: and all but we don't. We're not stressing it a
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Speaker 1: whole lot. I can't tell you that I'm standing up
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Speaker 1: here talking about it all the time. Our guys have
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Speaker 1: seemed to handle things very well, and uh they respect
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Speaker 1: the opportunity of being here, and they protected with their
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Speaker 1: actions and their decisions that they're making. So but you know,
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Speaker 1: with the league, the league gives us guidelines and we
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Speaker 1: really pretty much stay along along those lines. Closer to
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Speaker 1: coming back or a closer, Yeah, he gets closer every day.
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Speaker 1: He's running really hard, just monitoring his workouts. All of
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Speaker 1: our pup guys are making really positive progress. There has
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Speaker 1: not been any kind of a setbacks at all for
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Speaker 1: any of the guys. And it's just a matter of
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Speaker 1: when when they really can Maine pin a really high
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Speaker 1: level uh speed wise and explosion wise over a long
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Speaker 1: period of time before we cut them loose. You know,
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Speaker 1: now they're they're they're okay, they're healed now, it's that's
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Speaker 1: not the question now is really getting them in in
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Speaker 1: the football shape and getting there and guaranteeing that before
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Speaker 1: we put them out there. You know, we don't want
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Speaker 1: to just he's just about ready, so let's let'sknock him out.
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Speaker 1: Let's like you're watching Noah fan come back. Noah, it
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Speaker 1: took some more reps today. Uh, he'll he'll get the
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Speaker 1: warm up stuff tomorrow and then next week we'll try
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Speaker 1: to get him a limited practice, you know. So we're
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Speaker 1: we just don't want to bring these guys back sooner
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Speaker 1: than than they really can demonstrate that they're able. So
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Speaker 1: we're cautious about it. Right now, so early that we
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Speaker 1: should be here. Brooks, George Brooks is healed. Oh yeah,
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Speaker 1: you should see him work. He's he's going full speed.
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Speaker 1: He's flying, as as is Jamal. Those those guys are healed.
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Speaker 1: It's just this is like I'm saying, I'm trying to
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Speaker 1: get the point across. It's about conditioning. It's about football conditioning.
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Speaker 1: It's not just a getting now I'm in shape, I
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Speaker 1: can run. That's not enough. We got to get him
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Speaker 1: out here where they can endure the rigors of a practice,
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Speaker 1: and before before we ever put them on the field,
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Speaker 1: as things become unpredictable in the movement and all the
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Speaker 1: bodies get around, and we have to have them in
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Speaker 1: magnificent shape to do that. So we have time. And Uh,
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Speaker 1: their their attitudes are great, they're they're they're pressing with
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Speaker 1: each other, they're pushing and competing each with each other. Uh,
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Speaker 1: and so it's just a matter of time. We'll get
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Speaker 1: this done. Yeah, yeah, that was beautiful. What have you
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Speaker 1: seen gout of Crystal in your new loss? After he's
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Speaker 1: doing he's doing okay. You know this tomorrow will be
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Speaker 1: his first real test. We'll really check them out. He
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Speaker 1: won't get a lot of terms, but he'll probably get
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Speaker 1: four really good shots that you know, it shown that
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Speaker 1: he can snap it under pressure protecting them. He'll show
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Speaker 1: us what he can do downfield. So he's been solid
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Speaker 1: so far. So there's been no reason to to to
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Speaker 1: say anything else about him so far. He's been solide off. It'll,
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Speaker 1: it's taken shape. It'll you know, I'm not Both both
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Speaker 1: of the guys that won to uh are are battling.
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Speaker 1: We know Joey can do everything we need him to do.
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Speaker 1: So Joey's not getting as many reps as we as
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Speaker 1: we investigate the new guys. But you'll you'll see Evan
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Speaker 1: we'll go tomorrow, you know, and he'll he'll get the
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Speaker 1: first shot at it and we'll we'll just see as
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Speaker 1: we go. We've alternated them. You've noticed that, and uh,
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Speaker 1: we'll see how long we you know, we need to
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Speaker 1: keep doing that. Tomorrow's a really big day for both
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Speaker 1: those kids to show us back the name jump out.
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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, Drey Jones has really done a nice job
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Speaker 1: both in rushing the passer and in some plays he's
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Speaker 1: made in the backfield on the running game. Really excited
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Speaker 1: about Mario. Uh, Mario's effort and this intensity and his
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Speaker 1: experience shows up and he's done a nice job too.
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Speaker 1: Both those guys are they're they're playmaker type guys. You know,
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Speaker 1: they penetrate, they take advantage of the opportunities, and they
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Speaker 1: get in the backfield for sure. For sure, we're building
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Speaker 1: the thing around Jay Reed, you know. I mean, he's
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Speaker 1: just such a studded playing tackle. He knows exactly what
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Speaker 1: we're asking for and he's he's given us just what
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Speaker 1: we're looking for. One of the guys we're really excited
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Speaker 1: to watch is Mike Morris. We want to see Mike,
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Speaker 1: see how he does. He's he's a different player for us,
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Speaker 1: got a unique style and and uh and kind of
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Speaker 1: makeup and also we're really anxious to see how he
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Speaker 1: fits together. Tomorrow will be a really big day for him.
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Speaker 1: He's had a couple of really good days. He's had
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Speaker 1: a couple of days where he was behind it a
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Speaker 1: little bit, But all in all, we're very hopeful that
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Speaker 1: he's going to be a factor. That he's just such
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Speaker 1: a solid part of it. Uh. He's the leader. He's
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Speaker 1: the smartest, most most instinctive of those guys, you know
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Speaker 1: in terms of handling the package, and he knows us,
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Speaker 1: he knows what we're asking. He can represent the notebook
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Speaker 1: the way the coaches want him to and and that's
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Speaker 1: it's really valuable as we're trying to put it together, Daryl.
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Speaker 1: With Daryl being out now for a little bit, how
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Speaker 1: do you feel about the development of your two second
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Speaker 1: year guy's boy Mafey and Tyler Smith in Your Bad Decision?
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Speaker 1: Mafaey probably appears to be like the most improved from
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Speaker 1: last year. He's at this time is really early, but
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Speaker 1: he's shown so many bright, bright moments out here. Uh
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Speaker 1: run in pass and Uh if you if you talk
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Speaker 1: to Boye, which you may after this, Uh, he'll tell
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Speaker 1: you the difference between where his mind is right now
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Speaker 1: compared to last year. He can't even imagine how he
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Speaker 1: played last year. You know, that was he felt like
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Speaker 1: he knew so so little compared to what he what
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Speaker 1: he's aware of now. So that's the sophomore jump you're
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Speaker 1: talking about. He's really made it and so I'm hoping
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Speaker 1: that it'll continue. And right now he's he's battling to
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Speaker 1: be one of the featured rushers as well as be
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Speaker 1: a featured guy in early downs too. So he's doing great.
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Speaker 2: Guys well, Ralph And the off season when you signed
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Speaker 2: Mario White words, did that have something to do with
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Speaker 2: client Karen Moreos.
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Speaker 1: Yes, it did. It was part of the equation. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: are you doing with kickoff? Re Church with the new
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Speaker 1: rule not the say different. We're returning the ball and
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Speaker 1: we're just going to keep returning the ball and when
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Speaker 1: when the time's right, you know, hopefully we'll make the
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Speaker 1: right decision when we fair catch the thing. But right
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Speaker 1: now we're working on a return game. What have you
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Speaker 1: seen Adam Morrison Cameron on the first off Cameron, when
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Speaker 1: we got into pass, he looked like a different guy
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Speaker 1: compared to one you know playing in shorts, Uh, which
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Speaker 1: makes sense. You know, he's a he's a big dude
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Speaker 1: and he's really physical and strong, as hell. Uh, he
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Speaker 1: showed he showed all that good instincts too. About about
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Speaker 1: the run game inside. Uh, he looks like a run
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Speaker 1: nose tackle and run defending nose tackle, you know. And
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Speaker 1: and uh, we'd love to have get him get that
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Speaker 1: from him, that'd be great. And talk about Mike, Mike,
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Speaker 1: Mike's a this is we're still writing this story. You know,
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Speaker 1: we're not sure yet. He's really taken to the technique
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Speaker 1: and how how we want him to play the game.
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Speaker 1: And now I'm anxious to see how he can convert
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Speaker 1: run to pass. Uh, what kind of the pass rusher
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Speaker 1: he'll bring. And he's so much different than everybody else's
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Speaker 1: sixty six three hundred, you know, he's a different dude,
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Speaker 1: has good energy about him, really smart. I have really
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Speaker 1: high hopes for for him figuring it out and being
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Speaker 1: a factor and when we're gonna find out how to
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Speaker 1: use him more so as we go right now, if
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Speaker 1: I if we had to start today, I would be
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Speaker 1: run guy. You know, we'd be playing a running game
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Speaker 1: with him, and and we'll see how we can develop
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Speaker 1: in the throwing game. And and uh and I love
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Speaker 1: having you know, that big body and that that different
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Speaker 1: type of style play player. That's that po