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Head Coach Mike Macdonald On The Overtime Loss In Week 6 · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right. Got to give credit to the Broncos. They
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  Speaker 1: played a really good game in all three phases. I
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  Speaker 1: told the team, we have conflicting emotions. There's no moral
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  Speaker 1: victories in the league. It's a bottom line business, production business,
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  Speaker 1: but I am proud of our effort. I am proud
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  Speaker 1: of the resolve of the team. I'm proud of our...
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  Speaker 1: kind of connectivity, you know, connectedness of our team. Uh, however,
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  Speaker 1: there's things that we need to get better at quickly. And, and, uh,
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  Speaker 1: we know those things, um, they're within our control and
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  Speaker 1: that's what we do. We, we find solutions and we
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  Speaker 1: get things figured out and we move forward and we
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  Speaker 1: evolve and the best teams in this league, they do that. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: and that's what we want to be. We want to
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  Speaker 1: be one of the best teams in the league as
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  Speaker 1: we know, and we believe we can be. So that's
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  Speaker 1: where our focus is going to be over the next
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  Speaker 1: few days. And then, um, we'll be back at it
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  Speaker 1: with the players on Monday, but, um, but we got some,
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  Speaker 1: we got some work ahead of us and we'll figure
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  Speaker 1: it out. Got the right people in the building, got
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  Speaker 1: the right people to do the job. We just, we
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  Speaker 1: gotta go, we gotta go to work. So, um, that's
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  Speaker 1: where our focus will go.
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  Speaker 2: Well, why the ball's in jeopardy so much on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Um, we just, we just, when you talk about complimentary football,
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  Speaker 1: all three phases picking each other up, um, that's who
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  Speaker 1: we are.
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  Speaker 2: We feel like that's our competitive advantage.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when you talk about 12 is one people together,
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  Speaker 1: the synergy of the team right now, we're not creating that, um,
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  Speaker 1: run game quarterbacks getting hit too much. Uh, so those, we'll, we'll,
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  Speaker 1: we'll look at it hard and find solutions and go
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  Speaker 1: from there.
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  Speaker 3: The, the, the, the Sam's interception and over time, what
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  Speaker 3: did you see there?
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  Speaker 2: I guess. I mean, what does he have to do?
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  Speaker 2: I think he's trying to throw a whole shot and
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  Speaker 2: cover too.
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  Speaker 1: And, uh, we'll look at what they're playing and, how
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  Speaker 1: they made the play.
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  Speaker 2: We have to take care of the ball. Sam knows that.
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  Speaker 2: He told the team that. You know. Take care of
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  Speaker 2: the ball.
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  Speaker 3: You obviously want to back your players. You've seen these
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  Speaker 3: guys go through tough times. At some point, there's a
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  Speaker 3: number of mistakes made where I wonder at what point
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  Speaker 3: do you start to question the player as opposed to
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  Speaker 3: the calls?
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't use the term. We're not questioning people.
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  Speaker 1: We're evaluating. We're finding solutions. I'm responsible for the performance
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  Speaker 1: of the team, so we have to do a great
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  Speaker 1: job of that.
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  Speaker 2: I believe in our guys. I believe in all of
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  Speaker 2: our guys.
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  Speaker 3: Performance after two touchdowns i think them right two first
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  Speaker 3: down the rest of the game yeah about those guys
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  Speaker 3: the way they adjusted.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah really really proud of our guys um.
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  Speaker 1: Really just the resolve uh i think they executed a
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  Speaker 1: really high level for what we were asking them to
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  Speaker 1: do today against a really good offense especially in the
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  Speaker 1: second half their offense um they did a great job
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  Speaker 1: they played they played together and um Our coaches did
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  Speaker 1: a great job of finding some solutions there after those
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  Speaker 1: two drives.
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  Speaker 2: It was a great second half by those guys.
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  Speaker 3: Did Denver's defense do anything specific that surprised you guys,
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  Speaker 3: especially in that first half? They seemed to keep J.S.
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  Speaker 3: in the bracket a bit, but then he came out
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  Speaker 3: to make any adjustments in the second half because it
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  Speaker 3: seemed like he.
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  Speaker 1: Had a really big second half.
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  Speaker 2: Our quarterback got hit too much today, so....
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  Speaker 1: We've got to do a better job protecting him, and
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  Speaker 1: we've got to be more decisive with the football to
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  Speaker 1: know that we don't want to take those hits, but
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  Speaker 1: they rushed and covered well. So you've got to give
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  Speaker 1: credit where credit's due, but there's also, I think, that
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  Speaker 1: we can do a better job on our end of
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  Speaker 1: the bargain.
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  Speaker 3: Sam, you got sacked five times last week, too.
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  Speaker 2: Just what are you seeing from the offensive line right now?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you could say it's on the offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: It's on our offensive, it's on our offense. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's both. So it's how efficient we can run the ball,
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  Speaker 1: it's how efficient we can move the ball other ways.
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback's getting hit way too much.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody sees that.
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  Speaker 3: You have a lot of the same folks that you
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  Speaker 3: had last year and weren't experiencing some of these protection issues.
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  Speaker 3: What do you see as being different this year?
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  Speaker 1: I have a few ideas, but I think that's what
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  Speaker 1: the next few days are for is really dig into
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  Speaker 1: where this stuff is coming from. We didn't really have
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  Speaker 1: a great opportunity coming off the last week to really evaluate.
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  Speaker 1: We were moving at warp speed, so obviously we didn't
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  Speaker 1: make the stride that we felt like we could coming
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  Speaker 1: off the game, so we'll.
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  Speaker 2: Look at it and see what we can do better. Mike,
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  Speaker 2: just with some of the struggles Sam has had, it's
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  Speaker 2: hard not to wonder if maybe he's still feeling the
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  Speaker 2: effects of the injury. Do you think there could be
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  Speaker 2: anything to that? I don't know the answer to that.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know the answer to that.
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  Speaker 3: Do you have anything to talk about that you want.
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  Speaker 2: To get better at? How valuable are these extra days? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: they're incredibly valuable. Yeah, incredibly valuable. So, the responsibility or
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  Speaker 2: the onus is on us to go make it come
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  Speaker 2: to life. So, that's what we intend to do.
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  Speaker 3: It seems like there's a few times that Drew Locke
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  Speaker 3: had to run on the field to help communicate a play.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we were having a hard time sometimes communicating. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we'll look and see what the recourse of
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  Speaker 1: that is. But we ended up I'll just.
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  Speaker 2: Leave it at.
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  Speaker 1: That.
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  Speaker 2: Elijah Arroyo, how is he? Yeah, he has a shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see what the extent is, but he obviously wasn't
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  Speaker 1: able to finish.
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  Speaker 3: In the process, what do you do now? You look
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  Speaker 3: at the film, you guys get together, you get to
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  Speaker 3: the players, and how important is it for the collective
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  Speaker 3: to stay collective?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're going to look at everything.
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  Speaker 1: As coaches, you watch the tape and you evaluate the
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  Speaker 1: execution and But, like, we're going to– I mean, there's
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  Speaker 1: numbers involved. There's things that are– that we can gain
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  Speaker 1: information that might not be, like, to the naked eye.
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  Speaker 1: So we're going to go down all those avenues and,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we'll see what comes out of it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm probably thinking a lot of the same things.
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  Speaker 2: You guys are thinking.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a matter of backing it up and making
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  Speaker 1: sure we're going down the right path and finding the
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  Speaker 1: right solutions.
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  Speaker 2: Sam, Donald was saying he was focused on being decisive.
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  Speaker 2: How do you think he was for tonight? I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't a performance that was good enough to win
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  Speaker 2: the game by our team. But the quarterback leads the team,
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  Speaker 2: and I bet you Sam will be the first one
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  Speaker 2: to tell you that. We love him, but that's what
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  Speaker 2: it is. Anything else? All right. Thank you. Thank you.