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Cooper Kupp: "We Have No Option But To Move Forward" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Cooper, did you think you had the first down there?
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  Speaker 2: What did they tell you after the review? Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I knew it was close. But, yeah, I mean, clearly
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  Speaker 2: it was short. So, just not enough there. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I've got to find a way to get that fourth down.
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  Speaker 1: Cooper, when you have a quarterback in Sanford who's been
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  Speaker 1: a little wavy this year, what are you telling him
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline, maybe after a reception or a sack?
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  Speaker 1: What are his teammates telling him? How do you kind
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  Speaker 1: of keep him up from a mentality standpoint? Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the energy doesn't change.
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  Speaker 2: He does such a great job of being able to
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  Speaker 2: traverse all the ups and downs of a football game.
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  Speaker 2: We know that he wants those plays back. When things
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  Speaker 2: go bad, he was the first person that wants to
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  Speaker 2: be the one to fix it. The whole thing is just, hey,
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  Speaker 2: let's get to the sideline. Let's figure out what we
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  Speaker 2: can do moving forward, find some solutions, and go out
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  Speaker 2: there and get ready to go for the next drive.
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  Speaker 2: The energy, the belief, the trust in Sam is unwavering,
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  Speaker 2: and there's just the expectation to go out there and
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  Speaker 2: find a way the next time we get the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Outside of the turnovers, why do you think it was
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  Speaker 1: kind of rough going on offense today? Yeah, well, I mean, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: like you said, there's the turnovers.
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  Speaker 2: But, you know, even when we did get things going,
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  Speaker 2: it seems like every big play was followed up by
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  Speaker 2: a negative.
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  Speaker 1: It's like we, you know, one step forward, one step back.
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, we've just got to find ways
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  Speaker 2: to keep the ball moving forward. We can't end up
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  Speaker 2: in the second longs. We can't end up in the
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  Speaker 2: third longs. We can't end up in third and super longs.
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  Speaker 2: There's some stuff here that we just– like fundamentally you
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  Speaker 2: just can't do as, as an offense if you want.
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  Speaker 1: To be efficient.
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  Speaker 2: And, um, we're finding ourselves in those situations too often. Um,
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  Speaker 2: and we all have a hand in it. We're all, we,
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  Speaker 2: every single person that's out there offensively has a hand
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  Speaker 2: in making sure that we, you know, dial in these
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  Speaker 2: things and, um, make these plays come to life. What
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  Speaker 2: was the feeling at halftime after the way the first
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  Speaker 2: half ended? Oh, there's frustration. I mean, without a doubt,
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  Speaker 2: there's frustration. I mean, we, we, um, very aware of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think we're one, you're very aware of
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  Speaker 2: how good the defense is playing. Um, The fact that
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  Speaker 2: up to that point we had given them two short
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  Speaker 2: fields that the Niners did a great job capitalizing on,
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  Speaker 2: and then you just gift them seven points there at
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  Speaker 2: the end.
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  Speaker 1: We just can't do that.
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  Speaker 2: Offensively, we put the Demons in a lot of really
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  Speaker 2: tough positions, and they have bailed us out over and
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  Speaker 2: over and over again, and we just can't do that.
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  Speaker 1: We can't put them in those spots. Yeah, that's all
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  Speaker 1: there is to it.
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  Speaker 2: You ever feel the energy, like, from the deep, like, damn, y'all,
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  Speaker 2: you know, one of those things, Afton, like... Oh, no,
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  Speaker 2: that's not how we operate. That's never been the belief.
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  Speaker 2: That's never been the culture. That's anti who we are.
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, the way that we operate on
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  Speaker 2: a day-to-day basis is a belief in one another. You
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  Speaker 2: go out there and do your job to the best
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  Speaker 2: of your ability and know that the other side is
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  Speaker 2: doing everything they can to figure out their stuff.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, that's never been the feeling.
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  Speaker 2: It's never been vocalized or said. And so, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're a connected team. We're a very tough, connected team.
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  Speaker 2: And because of that, I've got all the belief in
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  Speaker 2: the world that we're going to find a way to
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  Speaker 2: get things going in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have had three games that were just maybe
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  Speaker 1: not as clean as you like.
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  Speaker 2: Are you seeing that in practice and surprised at game day?
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  Speaker 1: Or is this kind of stuff that you're seeing in practice?
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean, I think we've had some really good practices.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of stuff that's been, you know, very... Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we've had the right energy, the right mindset. Practices have
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  Speaker 2: been good. And guys coming to work with the right intentions. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there's just... There's just a dialing in to
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  Speaker 2: what happens on game day. There's going to be some
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  Speaker 2: stuff that we haven't seen. We don't get the crystal
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  Speaker 2: ball that's going to tell us what defenses are going
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  Speaker 2: to do.
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  Speaker 1: There's an expectation.
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  Speaker 2: You're given a set of rules to go out there
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  Speaker 2: and problem solve, and the coach has to sit on
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  Speaker 2: the sideline and watch those things, and we've got to
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  Speaker 2: solve the problems. We've got to find ways to target
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  Speaker 2: things the right way. We've got to find ways to protect.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to find ways to distribute the field, catch
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  Speaker 2: the ball, and keep things moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: You were 3-2 last year and then you guys took off.
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  Speaker 1: If you can remember what it was.
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  Speaker 2: Then to now, can you draw upon that maybe?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not sure. I mean, I'm not big on
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  Speaker 1: looking back at last year's stuff.
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  Speaker 2: But what I will tell you is I have all
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  Speaker 2: the confidence, all the belief in the world and the
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  Speaker 2: group of men that are in that locker room. The
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  Speaker 2: intention that they come to work with, the belief they
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  Speaker 2: have in one another. the way we support one another
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  Speaker 2: and play for one another. This is a group of
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  Speaker 2: guys that are chomping at the bit to get back
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  Speaker 2: to work. And so when we've got all the right stuff,
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  Speaker 2: we're made up of the right stuff, and you come
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  Speaker 2: in with the intention, the mindset, the energy that we have,
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  Speaker 2: you've got no option but to move forward.
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  Speaker 1: In this situation, is it almost perfect that you're playing
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday? Yeah, I mean, I'm sure everyone's ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: Based on past experience, how do teams kind of address
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  Speaker 2: turnover issues like you guys are having right now, and
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  Speaker 2: how do you think that you're going to inform you
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  Speaker 2: guys going forward? Yeah, I mean, it's always something that's emphasized.
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  Speaker 2: It's something that you drill, something you work on. You know,
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  Speaker 2: defenses have a say, too. And, you know, you protect
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  Speaker 2: the ball as best you can. Sometimes there's just really
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  Speaker 2: good plays that are made defensively, and other times, like, hey,
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  Speaker 2: let's just fix these, fix the issue. and let's not
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  Speaker 2: make the same mistake twice, and you move forward. And so,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's something that you battle through, and every
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  Speaker 2: team is having that same conversation all the time. They're
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  Speaker 2: trying to find ways to limit those things, and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's something that's certainly is emphasized and will continue to
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  Speaker 2: be emphasized, and it's on us as players to.
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  Speaker 1: Bring it alive. Anything else? Awesome. Thank you, guys.