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Pete Carroll: "This Was A Really Impressive Finish For Us" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: You guys thought I'd probably be wearing my hat here, but.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, this was really an impressive finish for us in
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  Speaker 2: this game. The basics of what happens. We didn't turn
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  Speaker 2: the ball over one time, and we were plus one
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  Speaker 2: for the day, which we didn't take advantage of. But
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  Speaker 2: to not turn it over, we need to go in
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  Speaker 2: that direction. We've been screwing it up for the last
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  Speaker 2: few weeks. It was a tough game the whole time.
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  Speaker 2: These guys have been kind of on a role, feeling
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  Speaker 2: pretty good about themselves, and you know, for a good reason.
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  Speaker 2: They've been putting some games back to back. They were
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  Speaker 2: very confident and played that way. So for us to
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  Speaker 2: finish like we did, I thought it was really impressive
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  Speaker 2: to see our offense, you know, finish scoring the last
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  Speaker 2: three times we had the ball. Gino did a fantastic
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  Speaker 2: job of leading us down the field and the guys
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  Speaker 2: and Tyler and d k what made the big plays
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  Speaker 2: in there. With a couple of cool runs by the
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  Speaker 2: by the young guys. I thought that was just a
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  Speaker 2: really impressive way to finish the game. Again, we saw
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  Speaker 2: Kenny Walker have a you know, a big factor that
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  Speaker 2: he played in the game.
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  Speaker 1: With a huge you know, catch and run sixty something, you.
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  Speaker 2: Ours, whatever, was enormous play that we needed to break
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  Speaker 2: out just to kind of get going. But I thought
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of things that felt normal for us.
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  Speaker 2: We played really hard in the fourth quarter, even though
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  Speaker 2: we couldn't get that last stop on defense, and we
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  Speaker 2: did what we needed to do on offense and got
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  Speaker 2: the game one. You know, they had two big plays
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  Speaker 2: in this game that are amazingly similar. They're the almost
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  Speaker 2: exact same scenario what happened, and it was they.
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  Speaker 1: That was the difference in the game for them.
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  Speaker 2: And those are plays, I mean, I'm not seeing that
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  Speaker 2: happen once, let alone happened a couple of times in
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  Speaker 2: the same scenario. But something we can certainly fix that
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have to happen again, and we can get that
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  Speaker 2: out of our football. Jason Meyer had a great day today,
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  Speaker 2: not just not just the five field goals, but the
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  Speaker 2: five field goals under pressure. He needed some pressure kicks
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  Speaker 2: today and Chris tole him and Mikey came through with
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  Speaker 2: him to function just perfectly to get the kicks done
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  Speaker 2: and has a great day for Jason, and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: need him, gonna need him all the way down stretch.
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  Speaker 2: This is a good game for his confidence and just
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  Speaker 2: the boost reminded us who he is. So a lot
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  Speaker 2: of cool things today and Leonard had his first stacked
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  Speaker 2: as the Seahawk.
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  Speaker 1: That was fun.
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  Speaker 2: Mafey continues going, I don't know what, does he have
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  Speaker 2: a record going here or something like that, seventh straight.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how the heck you can do that,
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  Speaker 2: but he's doing it. And really proud of him. As
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  Speaker 2: we've talked about him, so you know so much during
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  Speaker 2: the season about his growth and really the transition from
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  Speaker 2: year one to year two. It's obvious he's he's he's
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  Speaker 2: playing with the big boys. Now he's up in there
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  Speaker 2: and having a chance to really put together a great season.
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  Speaker 2: He's already had a terrific season, so really fired up
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  Speaker 2: for him in that regard.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure I.
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  Speaker 2: Forgot somebody to talk about here, but this was a
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  Speaker 2: big deal for us. It's a big deal after last
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  Speaker 2: week to come back and play good football and play hard.
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  Speaker 1: We came right back and played the way we've been.
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  Speaker 2: Playing in the last six weeks, from from start to finish,
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  Speaker 2: playing tough and hard, and they haven't been all you know,
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  Speaker 2: pretty wins all the way, but it's that's not what
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  Speaker 2: I'm talking I'm talking about the way we finished today
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  Speaker 2: in the attitude and their resolve about getting this wind
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  Speaker 2: done and that's that's going to help us right down stretch.
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  Speaker 1: So we turned the corner. Here we go.
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  Speaker 3: What'd you think of Gino on those last two drivers?
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  Speaker 2: I thought he was almost perfect all but maybe he
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  Speaker 2: was perfect the throws he had to come up with,
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  Speaker 2: the calls, the poise, the cadence running the club, the
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  Speaker 2: whole thing was he was perfect. I thought he was
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  Speaker 2: just exactly what we would hope we could see in him.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure he had great numbers today, must have had
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  Speaker 2: a you know, terrific numbers. But more than that, he
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  Speaker 2: just came through, you know, just like we're counting on
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  Speaker 2: and so third downs weren't quite good enough, but we
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  Speaker 2: were close, and you know, we got to keep working
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  Speaker 2: to get those better drive. What about his personality, He's
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  Speaker 2: he's really you guys don't get a chance to see
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  Speaker 2: see how poised he is, how calm he is. We
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  Speaker 2: talked just before the last time. I said, if we
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  Speaker 2: got to go to overtime, we go to over time.
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  Speaker 2: Let's make great decisions here. He was totally in tuned
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  Speaker 2: with what we're talking about, and he just picked away
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  Speaker 2: and knocked us right down the field.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: But he really is poised, and he's really confident, and he's.
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  Speaker 1: Clear as a bell to talk to.
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  Speaker 2: Is no, there's no distraction in him at all, and
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  Speaker 2: that's why he was available for that moment and he
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  Speaker 2: came through.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes one play can really change in things for an office.
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  Speaker 3: It has been a group that's been struggling quite a
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  Speaker 3: bit the last few weeks.
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  Speaker 2: But how much did you see that touchdown catch by
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  Speaker 2: ken Walker really awakening.
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  Speaker 1: Everything from the well? I think it was. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it was Kenny doing what he does.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's awesome in the open field, made it
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  Speaker 2: look easy, you know, to go sixty something yards.
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  Speaker 1: But it was just a lift.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's a lift because we have been, you know,
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  Speaker 2: fighting every every step of the way. We needed something
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  Speaker 2: big to happen to just have some fun, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and feel it.
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  Speaker 1: And he came through in a great way.
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  Speaker 3: Both running docks like it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, that don't we gotta love zach Man.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's coming in there and he lights us up
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  Speaker 2: with his downhill running his physical nature. H They're they're
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  Speaker 2: totally different styles, and I couldn't love that more. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I've been saying that for a long time. I love
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  Speaker 2: that we have a one two punch or a two
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  Speaker 2: to one punch. It doesn't matter. Those guys can really
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  Speaker 2: make it happen.
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  Speaker 3: You guys really have to make control defensively, basically till
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  Speaker 3: the fourth quarter with.
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  Speaker 2: The last two drives, Yeah, well it was it was
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  Speaker 2: a play. It was really one play. It was a
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  Speaker 2: scramble and we lost coverage on the scramble and he
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  Speaker 2: dumps it over the top to the back and he
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  Speaker 2: runs down the sidelines. You know, those were just two
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  Speaker 2: huge plays in this game that that you know, they
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  Speaker 2: just didn't have to happen. They were Give them credit,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they figured out how to make some yards
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  Speaker 2: out of it. But uh, the likelihood of that coming
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  Speaker 2: up and happening again not very good.
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  Speaker 3: What happened at the end of the first half. It's
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  Speaker 3: had an opportunity to get a field goal.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah we didn't. We didn't get it.
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  Speaker 2: I I screwed up on the Uh I should have
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  Speaker 2: got his time out. I was I was fighting to
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  Speaker 2: reset the clock with it with official and I couldn't
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  Speaker 2: get it done and I should have called time out.
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  Speaker 1: It's before we hit it. I think it was the
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  Speaker 1: we we had to delay a game. That was what
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  Speaker 1: I was worried about.
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  Speaker 3: It said, you wanted to help Gino Smith? How do
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  Speaker 3: you think you? The team helped him all week and
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  Speaker 3: even today.
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  Speaker 2: I think it was a beautiful illustration of it. Everybody
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  Speaker 2: did right down the stretch. That's all we ever hoped
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  Speaker 2: to do. And when about finishing, you know, is just
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  Speaker 2: keep doing stuff this right and and outlast him and
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  Speaker 2: have the chance to win if it takes us to
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  Speaker 2: the last play of the game. Uh, and the guys,
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  Speaker 2: that's exactly what it felt like out there.
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  Speaker 1: It was really a.
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  Speaker 2: Great illustration of any everybody around him because he got
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  Speaker 2: great play from everybody and the catches and the catch
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  Speaker 2: and runs. DK had a marvelous day. Tyler starred on
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  Speaker 2: this day and UH and the running backs did great stuff,
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  Speaker 2: you know. So that's that's we're talking about it. He
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have to be the whole show. Heeds needs to
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  Speaker 2: be the point guard and be in the middle of it.
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  Speaker 2: And he was exactly that today. Yeah, man, and the
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  Speaker 2: great because thumb was a fantastic play, so so clear
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  Speaker 2: the intent.
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  Speaker 1: He knew exactly the situation. He didn't. I got the.
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  Speaker 2: Quarterback, I got him held up, I got a chance
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  Speaker 2: and he just he just you know, out competing for
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  Speaker 2: the football and got the ball out.
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  Speaker 1: And it was a great play.
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  Speaker 2: But the pass breakups, you know, and I think a
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  Speaker 2: couple of them might have been against McLaurin too, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and and challenged him right from the get go, you know,
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  Speaker 2: one of the first passes of the game, he's all
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  Speaker 2: over and makes a play. He continues to show us
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  Speaker 2: he's this very special football player and we're lucky to
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  Speaker 2: have him on our side.
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  Speaker 3: The whole offense is kind of yards and not even.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah we uh we did we didn't.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't fire just right on a couple of the
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  Speaker 2: third down opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: He took some tough.
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  Speaker 2: Throws, uh, and there was a couple of balls there's
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  Speaker 2: a you know, he throws about that the fans look like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: what a terrible throw, and the receiver kind of pulled
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  Speaker 2: out and tried to adjust to what he was seeing
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  Speaker 2: in coverage. So it looks like, you know, like the
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  Speaker 2: throws back that we have to work together and that's why,
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  Speaker 2: that's what I'm talking to.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's got to help. It's not just a one man show.
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  Speaker 2: And sometimes guys make some decisions that don't work and
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  Speaker 2: don't work for the QB, you know, and then uh,
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  Speaker 2: he you know, you look at him like he can't throw.
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  Speaker 1: The ball to anybody.
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  Speaker 2: But so it's just a matter of just getting better
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  Speaker 2: and staying with it. This is really important for us.
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  Speaker 2: It's the turn of the half of the season. I
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  Speaker 2: guess it seems fun. We're in the second half, right,
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  Speaker 2: you can't figure it out these days, but we're in
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  Speaker 2: the second half of the season. Uh And and to
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  Speaker 2: get a win here at home, it's just marvelous for
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  Speaker 2: our fans and for our players to play the right
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  Speaker 2: spot first half that you said the next you talk
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  Speaker 2: this week about he need to take that step forward,
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  Speaker 2: that he's back.
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  Speaker 3: It's just that kind of game you to see for him.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta look at the film. I really don't have
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  Speaker 1: much to say about that.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how he did, but those guys didn't
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  Speaker 2: have a big factor. You know, good receivers and in
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  Speaker 2: the throwing game that they've really you know, been having
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  Speaker 2: a lot of success with. I thought we held up
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  Speaker 2: okay out there, Yeah, but I think you know that
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  Speaker 2: film recovery is pretty he should make that Jason.
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  Speaker 3: Jason's I think sixteen, it is seventeen after that. Those
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  Speaker 3: struggles early on.
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  Speaker 1: Early on that.
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  Speaker 2: Because he we know his his way, that he how
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  Speaker 2: he handles stuff, and the competitor that he is, his habits,
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  Speaker 2: his mentality is just unwavering and so uh as long
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  Speaker 2: as he's strong, and he makes me strong, and so
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  Speaker 2: I got all the commitment in the world to back
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  Speaker 2: him up. I think I said something a long time
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  Speaker 2: ago about that he's the real deal and he's a
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  Speaker 2: great kicker. And then she showed you again today. So
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  Speaker 2: it doesn't mean everybody hits everything forever. You know, they
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  Speaker 2: they go up and down, and they have, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a little couple of misses here and there, and and
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  Speaker 2: then you fight your way back to who you are.
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  Speaker 1: And he's a he's a fantastic player.
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  Speaker 3: The last job he went on fourth and five and everything,
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  Speaker 3: it was fifty seven ardfield goal. At that point, At
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  Speaker 3: what point were you going to kick versus?
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  Speaker 2: You can have to find out when that happens. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: there's no reason for me to tell anybody.
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  Speaker 3: That Tyler took that shot early for him to kind
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  Speaker 3: of play through that.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, yeah, the fact that it gets got up
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  Speaker 2: was you know, it was a you know, the kid
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  Speaker 2: didn't mean to do that, but he runs into the
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  Speaker 2: hit like that, and and uh, it was it was
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  Speaker 2: very you know, it was it was an obviously big
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  Speaker 2: hit and I think they handled it right, I guess,
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  Speaker 2: but uh, it.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't didn't waiver, you know, he didn't waiver. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They had a great game after that, you know. So
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  Speaker 2: he's a total pro. He's the consummate pro. And he
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  Speaker 2: showed it again today. The poise that he has. You can,
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  Speaker 2: you can we all know him well enough to feel
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  Speaker 2: the poise when that here comes the ball and he
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  Speaker 2: goes down to make the catch where he get you know,
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  Speaker 2: work's the sidelines or whatever he has to do, he
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  Speaker 2: just does it in just classic Tyler fashion.
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  Speaker 1: So we had a great game from him today.
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  Speaker 3: DK had a lot of good cast down the stress,
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  Speaker 3: including that last one.
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  Speaker 1: I guess just what what what's in him that his
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  Speaker 1: focus was great today? He was just tuned in.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you noticed how much he was
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  Speaker 2: hustling around and all that, but his focus was excellent
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  Speaker 2: and it there wasn't a play that it seemed like
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  Speaker 2: he wasn't there and available for it was you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's uh.
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  Speaker 1: It was really clear to us. Had I thought he
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  Speaker 1: had a terrific game?
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  Speaker 3: Did Did it seem like he came through pretty clean
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  Speaker 3: injury wise?
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  Speaker 1: Anything?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, The only thing we had is Derek Young's uh
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  Speaker 2: abdomen thing might have something might happen there.
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  Speaker 1: He's the only guy in the on the injury report.
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  Speaker 3: Everything else