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Ryan Grubb: "I'm Excited To See Those Guys Tear It Up" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How excited or eager are you to kind of just
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  Speaker 1: see this finally go to you know, the offense kind
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  Speaker 1: of take part in a real game against a little part.
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  Speaker 2: Of I think, you know, any football team and season.
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  Speaker 2: I think that there's a lot of anticipation for that
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  Speaker 2: first game. So certainly there's you know, maybe a little
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  Speaker 2: bit extra here just getting excited to see these guys.
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  Speaker 3: Been a long time since April and March.
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  Speaker 2: We're working together, and some of the calls you're talking
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  Speaker 2: about way back then are showing up now, and it's
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  Speaker 2: just really cool to see the growth where we're at now.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see those guys get out there
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  Speaker 2: and tear it.
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  Speaker 1: Up as much changed it all in terms of like
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  Speaker 1: what you envisioned in March or EPAL and then what
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  Speaker 1: what you're doing now in terms of a jesting that
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  Speaker 1: the personnel you have or you that kind of no.
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  Speaker 2: I think once you, I think we did a great
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  Speaker 2: job on the front side of us, you know, identifying
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  Speaker 2: think about the different types of you know, players that
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  Speaker 2: you have, and and who you're really catering the offense too.
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  Speaker 2: And so I think the research and the pre work
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  Speaker 2: before you're even with the guys to really dive into
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  Speaker 2: that and see the applicable parts of the offense. Some
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  Speaker 2: of the things you have to melt to the players
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  Speaker 2: team are some of the most important things, and I
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  Speaker 2: thought as a staff we did a great job of
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  Speaker 2: that and we've been able to continue to build momentum
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  Speaker 2: on that throughout this process. Who is the offensive cater too, Well,
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  Speaker 2: first of all, seven it's got to be around the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: It's always got to start with him. I want to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that you're getting the things in that he's
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  Speaker 2: good at, and then obviously melt the system to him
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  Speaker 2: and have him, you know, melt toss and I think
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  Speaker 2: Gino has done a fantastic job of that, so super
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  Speaker 2: excited to see him. And then obviously you have your
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  Speaker 2: playmakers on the outside. Much like the system we've had
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  Speaker 2: for a long long time. You can go all the
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  Speaker 2: way back to Fresno State with Keishawn Johnson and Tamari
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  Speaker 2: Scott and guys.
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  Speaker 3: Like that that we had.
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  Speaker 2: There were ninety five catches and fourteen hundred yards NFL
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  Speaker 2: guys that moved on and into Washington and all those
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  Speaker 2: kind of things. So I think the personnel matches some
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  Speaker 2: of the things that we're trying to do to attack
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  Speaker 2: and that we're excited about. And then obviously having two
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  Speaker 2: playmakers in the backfield that can utilize the run game
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  Speaker 2: and get you excited about what we're about to do
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  Speaker 2: up front.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's that's really the secret Sauce.
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  Speaker 2: I think that that goes into is when you have
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  Speaker 2: guys like that that can be game breakers. And I
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  Speaker 2: do think that, you know, with the emergence of aj
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  Speaker 2: as a as a real player, you know, Brady and Noah,
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  Speaker 2: that that room has been fantastic. Pharaoh, you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna hopefully get him back week one, and he's ready
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  Speaker 2: to go. He's been out here working hard, and I
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  Speaker 2: think for us, you know, we're just trying to figure out,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that room, how they can contribute along with
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  Speaker 2: those three wide receivers.
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  Speaker 3: So a really good problem to have a lot of talent.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we're familiar with, you know, somewhat be in the
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  Speaker 1: area and everything else, but han't been around him now
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  Speaker 1: for a while. What's maybe impressing them asides?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I've said this before and it really it's true.
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  Speaker 2: It's just he's such a competitor. His story is inspirational
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  Speaker 2: if you don't know the whole thing, I just think
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  Speaker 2: about how many guys have cashed it in after you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe not the perfect start that they were looking to
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  Speaker 2: their career, and really just a perseverance that he's had
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  Speaker 2: and how he's been able to build, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: really special career to this point. And I feel like
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  Speaker 2: one of the best things about Gino is he still
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  Speaker 2: feels like he has not played his best football yet
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  Speaker 2: and that's exciting to be able to coach a guy
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 3: The challenge one.
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  Speaker 2: A unique challenge of Week one. I don't know that
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  Speaker 2: it's unique, it's it's kind of the same challenge every
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  Speaker 2: year when you're getting out there, just you know, getting
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  Speaker 2: the feel for your guys how they're gonna respond in
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  Speaker 2: an emotional moment. I think that typically can be one
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  Speaker 2: of the things is, you know, there's a difference between
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  Speaker 2: obviously preseason games and regular seasons, so seeing those big moments,
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  Speaker 2: I think is probably the biggest thing, is anticipating how
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  Speaker 2: you get through from you know, point A to point B,
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  Speaker 2: because there's always gonna be tough spots in the game
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  Speaker 2: and you know just how our guys are going to react.
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  Speaker 4: To that just something specific you were looking to see
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  Speaker 4: hout of playing Gino in the starters five snaps.
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  Speaker 3: I guess yeah. I think honestly a lot of that
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  Speaker 3: was them.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they wanted to be out there, and they
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  Speaker 2: wanted to be able to get out there and just
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  Speaker 2: work the kinks out together with the new calls, new system,
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  Speaker 2: be able to talk the same language, and and just
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  Speaker 2: make sure it didn't you know, it wasn't the first
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  Speaker 2: time they felt those feelings or those thoughts when they
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  Speaker 2: got out there against Denver. So I credit those guys
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  Speaker 2: to wanting to do that, you know, and feel good
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  Speaker 2: about the process this summer. Sam's done a great job.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's picked up the offense really well. Very
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  Speaker 2: hard worker, which was you know, as build coming in
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  Speaker 2: was a guy who was going to be committed to
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  Speaker 2: the process, and and he certainly is.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's He's a great guy in the room.
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  Speaker 2: Just watching him and Gino, I think that that's a
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  Speaker 2: super important part of it, is the mesh between those
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  Speaker 2: guys that you have to have the preparation piece as
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  Speaker 2: a backup to understand, I got to be ready to
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  Speaker 2: go in and win a football game at the drop
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  Speaker 2: of a hat and at the same time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: respect and encourage and support the starter, which those guys
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  Speaker 2: have done a fantastic job of.
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  Speaker 4: What was you What about like the presence? We've heard
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  Speaker 4: that you really demand presence out of your quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think Sam's got a lot about
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  Speaker 2: I think that you know, some of those challenges can
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  Speaker 2: happen to college quarterbacks in general, and it can be
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  Speaker 2: as simple as using clap cadence and not verbal and
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  Speaker 2: so some of those challenges are early in a player's career,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that you know, Sam's not unique to
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  Speaker 2: that challenge, and he's certainly been buying into too, working
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  Speaker 2: on that command and presence Ran.
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  Speaker 4: How does your background offensive line help you call an
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  Speaker 4: entire offense and specifically.
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  Speaker 3: To run in.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it just helps you understand the communication
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  Speaker 2: between position groups and the opportunities.
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  Speaker 3: That you have.
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  Speaker 2: So I think you would hope that the calculations between
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  Speaker 2: what's going on in the box numbers and the leverage
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  Speaker 2: that you have in the run game can tie directly
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  Speaker 2: to understanding what the next pass concept is that you
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  Speaker 2: need to call and how to attack when the box starts.
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  Speaker 2: To get a little bit heavy, and I mean I
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  Speaker 2: think that that's the way you can see it from
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  Speaker 2: both sides, where you understand the complications and the stresses
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  Speaker 2: that an offensive line unit would have, but then also
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  Speaker 2: like how to manipulate you know, stacks and bunches and
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  Speaker 2: motions that try to help free up receivers for clean
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  Speaker 2: releases to vision help for a quarterback. So I think
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  Speaker 2: all those things tie together. But from the old line standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: you know, not just glazing over the details.
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  Speaker 3: Of you know, how important that that group is.
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  Speaker 1: What do you feel like that the line is right
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  Speaker 1: now with Connor Williams kind of working his way in
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  Speaker 1: and not having to.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Connor and Oli were both done a great job.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously still working with Connor to get there, but I
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  Speaker 2: think as a unit they're meshing really good. I think
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  Speaker 2: they've done a great job of understanding, you know, how
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  Speaker 2: to work together, how to get guys into different spots.
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  Speaker 2: And the gel has been especially the last ten days
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  Speaker 2: fourteen days, has been outstanding.
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  Speaker 4: How hard is doing what Connor wins has tried to
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  Speaker 4: do for a center to not only learn the offense
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  Speaker 4: but the protection caused the quarterback the other four linement
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  Speaker 4: and do it within twelve days or whatever.
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  Speaker 3: I mean.
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  Speaker 2: I wish I could give that a an answer that
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  Speaker 2: is as good as it as complicated as it is.
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  Speaker 2: It is extremely hard, and I don't think people would
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  Speaker 2: really understand or you know, really comprehend how tough that
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  Speaker 2: is for a guy. And luckily for us, Connor's a vet.
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  Speaker 2: He's been to multiple NFL teams. He understands what it
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  Speaker 2: takes to get the lingo into how his brain functions.
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  Speaker 2: So he's done an outstanding job of you know, translating,
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  Speaker 2: first getting it to what he understands.
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  Speaker 3: And then entrenching it in our terminology.
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  Speaker 2: So he just a really bright guy and been really
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  Speaker 2: really impressed with his work ethic.
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  Speaker 3: What type of year you expected Ken to have wark.
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  Speaker 2: K nine, Oh yeah, big year. I'm expecting a lot
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  Speaker 2: out of Ken. I think this offense. You know, anytime
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  Speaker 2: you have any team, you're looking for the guys that
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  Speaker 2: are the best with the ball in their hand. And
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if there's anybody better on our team.
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  Speaker 2: I think Ken's been top three in the NFL and
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  Speaker 2: mistackles forced and that's one of the stats that we
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  Speaker 2: value the most, is what can a guy do with
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  Speaker 2: the football when there's a tackler right there, and Ken's
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  Speaker 2: really elite at that Your.
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  Speaker 3: Offense is so important?
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  Speaker 2: Is that relationship it's with any offense, but yours with
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: You had it with Michael.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe not necessarily agree, but just to see what they're
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  Speaker 2: thinking and for them to see what you're thinking and
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  Speaker 2: then come up.
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  Speaker 3: With the best play. Yeah, that's a that's a great question.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's imperative, and I think sometimes it's that's
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  Speaker 2: one of the things that gets overlooked early and that starts,
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  Speaker 2: you know, back in March and April, right building that
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  Speaker 2: process and you know, being able to think about what
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  Speaker 2: are the things that you know he feels good about,
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  Speaker 2: and then building a relationship close enough just even as
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  Speaker 2: people where you can speak up be like man, I
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  Speaker 2: just I don't know about that play, or you can
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  Speaker 2: tell him I don't know if that's to play for you.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that part's imperative because if you can't
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  Speaker 2: have those conversations in on a practice field or in
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  Speaker 2: a meeting room, it's going to be impossible to do
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  Speaker 2: it when the bullets are flying on a Sunday, when
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  Speaker 2: it's really hard.
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  Speaker 3: And things are difficult. So you got to be able
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  Speaker 3: to lean back on that relationship. It's it's imperative for.
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  Speaker 1: You, for you personally, A Sunday a big deal, just
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  Speaker 1: being your first NFL game as a coordinator and all.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, yeah it is.
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  Speaker 2: I just I feel the same way as players, though,
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  Speaker 2: to be honest with you, I can remember the first
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  Speaker 2: time I was calling a game.
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  Speaker 3: It had been a while.
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  Speaker 2: Since I was at two falls and and I'd coordinated
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  Speaker 2: for a while and then moved on position coach and
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  Speaker 2: then I got back to calling it. My first game
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  Speaker 2: back was in the coliseum when I was at Fresno
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  Speaker 2: State and We're playing USC and you know, leading up
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  Speaker 2: to the game, I was like, okay, you know, go through,
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  Speaker 2: memorize all my calls, do all this, and you get there,
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  Speaker 2: the balls kicked, teed up and the first third and
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  Speaker 2: four happens and you're rolling, you know. I mean it's
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  Speaker 2: very similar for players. They get out there, there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot building up to it, but then you just got
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  Speaker 2: to do your job and you got to work into
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  Speaker 2: it and play within your bounds.
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  Speaker 3: I always get nervous because I want to do great. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: I play off that.
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  Speaker 2: Has anybody ever given you like a bit of advice
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  Speaker 2: about play calling that's sort of stuck with you and
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  Speaker 2: that you found beneficial. Oh, has anybody given me advice
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  Speaker 2: about play calling? Yes, a lot from many, many people.
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  Speaker 3: That seems to be a certified thing. So absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: And then as far as you know, those things are
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  Speaker 2: kind of collected over time. I guess as far as
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  Speaker 2: some of the things that stick with you, you know
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  Speaker 2: guys that have been around Jeff ted for long time
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  Speaker 2: play caller, Calen de Boer, Obviously we're guys that I
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  Speaker 2: respected his play callers that I certainly took things from.
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  Speaker 2: But then you work with other coaches that have called
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  Speaker 2: plays and maybe coming to your offense that have done
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  Speaker 2: it before, like Nick Sheridan I was with for two
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  Speaker 2: years at U dub and him going back to a
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  Speaker 2: position coach allowed him time to reflect on, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what he would do and think of as a play caller.
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  Speaker 2: But at the same time, when you have somebody in
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  Speaker 2: the room with you that's thought about those things and
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  Speaker 2: had to make those decisions, it's it's always good.
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  Speaker 3: You can always get great feedback that way, challenge.
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  Speaker 1: Your offense and sorry which challenges Mike's defense presented for
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  Speaker 1: you over the left.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, he's a pain in the ass. Mike's a paying
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  Speaker 2: the ass man. It's uh, it is fun though, it's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of fun. I think he's extremely creative on
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  Speaker 2: challenging quarterbacks and what they're seeing and what they think
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  Speaker 2: is happening. He gets his guys to play fast runner
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  Speaker 2: the ball, be technique sound, you know. So not only
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  Speaker 2: are they complex and deep in what they do, but
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  Speaker 2: I think they're fundamentally sound, you know, which is is
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  Speaker 2: great for us.
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  Speaker 3: It forces us to be the same. So it's been
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  Speaker 3: a blast, pain in the ass, but a lot of fun,
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  Speaker 3: you bet.