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Mike Macdonald: "We Have To Keep Building This Thing" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, whose phone is this? Someone left their phone?
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  Speaker 2: Great to see everybody, some new faces, so speak exciting.
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  Speaker 1: How are we doing?
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  Speaker 3: I'd like to change.
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  Speaker 2: What's it hasn't changed much. I mean it's still it's
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  Speaker 2: still surreal that this all happened. I think I think
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  Speaker 2: you're a little insulated during the process, so, uh, it'll
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  Speaker 2: kind of unravel. I'm I'm assuming over time where you
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  Speaker 2: can go back and really cherish the memories and obviously, uh,
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  Speaker 2: those are the things you're thinking about. But life happens
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  Speaker 2: fast and it's not a lot of it's not as
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  Speaker 2: much time as you want to celebrate. Calendar rolls on.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, that's what our focus is right now. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of a lot of congratulations. So thankful for for
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  Speaker 2: all those people that reached out.
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  Speaker 1: You said right after, Yeah, I still have it. You
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  Speaker 1: have a time to when you watch it or I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, going on why next week? So I ain't
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  Speaker 1: watching it there either, Mike, your.
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  Speaker 4: Defense in the super Bowl was kind of interesting.
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  Speaker 1: So much dime, not a.
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  Speaker 4: Lot of bass at all used to the run.
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  Speaker 1: I'm having a hard time hearing here.
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  Speaker 4: Sorry, your super Bowl defense, you played a lot of dime,
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  Speaker 4: hardly any bass, not a lot of blitz, huge pressure rate.
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  Speaker 4: Seems like you're able to play the kind of defense
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  Speaker 4: everyone wants to, but you're able to make a math
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  Speaker 4: work with the players you have.
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  Speaker 5: How do you.
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  Speaker 1: Guys do it? Well, that's that's who we are. That's
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  Speaker 1: what we do.
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  Speaker 2: And I think you know if you if you go
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  Speaker 2: into a game like that and want to start obviously
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  Speaker 2: trying to change your identity and how you operate, that's
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  Speaker 2: a risky proposition. So obviously we're gonna build game plans
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  Speaker 2: around how teams operate and what we feel it's best
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  Speaker 2: to give it a certain situation.
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  Speaker 1: But we've decided that's who we wanted to be.
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  Speaker 2: That's what our guys have shown us that they're good at,
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  Speaker 2: and so we listened to them and and that's how
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  Speaker 2: we built our defense and we got we got the
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  Speaker 2: players that can pull it off.
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  Speaker 5: If like Jesse Mitzer hired in Baltimore, know you have
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  Speaker 5: a see congratulations you have a good relationship with him,
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  Speaker 5: Just did you What were the conversations you had with
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  Speaker 5: him either during the interview process, uh for the last
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  Speaker 5: year as he gets ready for this opportunity.
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  Speaker 6: What are the Rams getting it hit.
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  Speaker 1: Well?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, Jesse and I we've we've stayed in contact throughout
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  Speaker 2: the years just because we're buds and you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: fun to balance football ideas off each other. Every once
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  Speaker 2: in a while, he's given me more tips and I'm
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  Speaker 2: probably given him, so I appreciate that. But uh, just
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  Speaker 2: going into the process, just shared them some things that
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  Speaker 2: you just didn't necessarily expect that that I learned going
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  Speaker 2: through things that you say, if I were.
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  Speaker 1: To do it again, this is how what I would
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  Speaker 1: have done.
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  Speaker 2: Just having a clear vision of what you're what you're
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  Speaker 2: trying to create, you know, and just and say, look,
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  Speaker 2: this is this is what I believe in and let
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  Speaker 2: the teams kind of either buy it or sell it
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  Speaker 2: and and go from there and trust it. Like if
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  Speaker 2: it works and it's the right, it's the right you know,
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  Speaker 2: marriage of of of people, then you know you're going
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  Speaker 2: to be in a great spot. And obviously he's in
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  Speaker 2: a great spot. You see a lot of alignment, and
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  Speaker 2: I expect, Jesse, you do great things. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: expect them to be right there and and they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a team that we're gonna have to contend with.
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  Speaker 1: So we're definitely gonna be paying attention.
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  Speaker 2: Mike.
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  Speaker 5: I'll watched the interview with you where you said you
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  Speaker 5: tried to spend a little more time at home this
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  Speaker 5: year instead of a facility.
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  Speaker 2: I was curious, did you recognize a personal performance benefit
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  Speaker 2: in that, or.
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  Speaker 1: Get more sleep because of that, or well.
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  Speaker 2: The thought, well, really like we're trying to find more
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  Speaker 2: ways throughout the week for me to like separate from
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  Speaker 2: from football. And I just felt like as a leader,
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  Speaker 2: that's that's what I needed to do to be a
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  Speaker 2: better version of myself when I when we were with
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  Speaker 2: the people in the building, and that was one of
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  Speaker 2: the things that that we decided to do, and and
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  Speaker 2: it worked out great. It worked out great. It was
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  Speaker 2: more time at home and and uh more refreshed better
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  Speaker 2: version of myself in the office that hopefully people were
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  Speaker 2: more excited to be around me than maybe the year before. Mike,
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  Speaker 2: As you guys make the change from Klink Kubiak, who's
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  Speaker 2: a great oc to buy Brian Fleurry, what's your fans
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  Speaker 2: expect from this offense heading it in next year? Well,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be the Seattle Seahawks and we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have a different evolution of our offense and it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be built on the same principles, but how it comes
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  Speaker 2: to life and the plays that the exact plays that
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna run.
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  Speaker 1: I can't answer that yet.
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  Speaker 2: I don't I don't know the answer to that, but
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  Speaker 2: I know how Brian's gonna operate and how our office
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  Speaker 2: staff's going to operate, and it's I'm really excited to
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  Speaker 2: see how how they make this thing come to life.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's gonna be a fun process to be
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  Speaker 2: a part of and and sharpening each other as we
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  Speaker 2: started against some of these competitive periods and again like
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  Speaker 2: we're going back through the process, you know, so we're
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  Speaker 2: back at kind of stage one now, and we have
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  Speaker 2: to be disciplined enough to stick to our steps in
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  Speaker 2: our process and and trust that you know, the results
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  Speaker 2: are going to be, you know, aligned with how we
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  Speaker 2: visualize our team.
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  Speaker 7: Being coach, how do we transition from we just want
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  Speaker 7: a super Bowl to Okay, we have to start looking
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  Speaker 7: at this draft class.
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  Speaker 1: How has your transition from that band like it?
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  Speaker 2: Trust me, it's it's easier than you think it's. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you got to Hiri staff and you know, time weights
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  Speaker 2: on nobody and we had to go so uh, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: you're flying to the combine on Monday, and these are gonnaw.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is this these daily things you got
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  Speaker 2: to hit, and those are the things.
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  Speaker 1: You're focused on, you know, just be completely honest.
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  Speaker 2: Defense.
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  Speaker 1: But said, he's gonna run a three four in Las Vegas,
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  Speaker 1: what tips do you have for him?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we kind of run a three four kind of
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  Speaker 2: kind of kind of evolved more of like a four
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  Speaker 2: down team with some five down principles. But I've said
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  Speaker 2: this before. You can't you can't copy. There's no like,
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  Speaker 2: don't copy. Pat Just have a vision of what you're
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  Speaker 2: trying to create, the systems that you believe in. What
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  Speaker 2: are the principles that you want to you know, hang
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  Speaker 2: your hat on as a football team, and each phase
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  Speaker 2: of the ball and then.
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  Speaker 1: Go attack it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there's so many different ways to play schematically,
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  Speaker 2: to play great defense. What you can't but you can't
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  Speaker 2: sacrifice is how you play, you know. So Robbie Lennard
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  Speaker 2: is a is a friend of mine and he's gonna
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  Speaker 2: do a phenomenal job. Is a great football coach, and
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  Speaker 2: I know his his vision will come to life for sure.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, oh.
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  Speaker 2: Man, I think the first thing with John is the
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  Speaker 2: type of just the.
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  Speaker 1: Person that he is.
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  Speaker 2: One thing I've learned is like you can't hide who
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  Speaker 2: you are, you know, So for him to be able
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  Speaker 2: to do at this level for this long, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: if that's not you know, the staple of what a
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  Speaker 2: real deal, authentic leader is about, then I don't know
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  Speaker 2: what it is. But man of faith, man of integrity,
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  Speaker 2: ultra competitive. I think one thing that that that John
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  Speaker 2: and and Jim does you know that that's ready resonated
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  Speaker 2: with me is the support they have for their players
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  Speaker 2: of always having their backs, always put in the team first,
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  Speaker 2: and and the players.
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  Speaker 1: Realize that, you know that they know when you're for
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  Speaker 1: him or not.
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  Speaker 2: And John's been for his players his whole career, and
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  Speaker 2: he's a great example for really really coaching and across
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  Speaker 2: the world.
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  Speaker 6: Fact that you guys have played the most nickel in
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  Speaker 6: the league as you what was the impetus I guess
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  Speaker 6: when you were mapping out the defense as far as many.
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  Speaker 1: Why why are we why do we play nickel?
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  Speaker 7: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Because we can? You know, It's just.
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  Speaker 2: I mean there's there's there's like there's tactical reasons on
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  Speaker 2: why we want to do It's some people were, and
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  Speaker 2: it's just it's what's best for us to kind of
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  Speaker 2: try to dictate as many terms to the offense as possible,
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  Speaker 2: and teams are trying to manipulate you, and it's like, look,
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  Speaker 2: we'll just give you the one input and we'll go
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  Speaker 2: play our best football and you know, keep it about
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  Speaker 2: us rather than always having to respond to like the
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  Speaker 2: inputs that the offense puts out there.
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  Speaker 6: Coach, how's the looming sale of your team impacting you year?
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  Speaker 1: Really hasn't? I mean, you know what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, but I mean it's business as usual. That's that's
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  Speaker 2: charge that Jody's gave us too. So it's pretty simple.
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  Speaker 1: Mike, what was your what did you say to a
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  Speaker 1: team after you know you won it all? In terms
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  Speaker 1: of just getting away, Is it important.
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  Speaker 6: For them to take a break for a little while, Oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 6: wanting to get back on the horse.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, I think every I think the most important
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  Speaker 2: thing is just having a plan for what you want
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  Speaker 2: to achieve in the off season. So people's timetables are
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  Speaker 2: a little different. Some people, you know, will prefer to
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  Speaker 2: take a little bit less of a break and get
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  Speaker 2: get their bodies back going. Some people need to get away.
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  Speaker 2: It's just what's best for them. The most important part
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  Speaker 2: is their kind of mental stage and where they're where
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  Speaker 2: their bodies are at as we start our off season program. So,
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  Speaker 2: but it's definitely important to get away and get refreshed.
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  Speaker 3: The previous season where he didn't play as many game
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  Speaker 3: as well.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just as simple as just having what
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  Speaker 2: is that like, an extra five weeks, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: an extra five weeks of adjusting what your calendar is
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  Speaker 2: going to look like to get ready to go.
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  Speaker 6: Playing about this Combine week that you'd like to see different?
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  Speaker 1: Sorry? Can you repeat that?
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  Speaker 3: Is there anything about this Combine week that you would
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  Speaker 3: like to see different?
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  Speaker 1: Oh? I don't know. I just tell us the rules
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  Speaker 1: and we'll go try to play.
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  Speaker 2: By them better than anybody else. So it's just how
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  Speaker 2: do you want to do it? Okay, that's fine.
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of focus on measurements here at the Combine.
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  Speaker 3: You guys built a locker room that's really tight and connected.
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  Speaker 3: How important is it to have the time with the
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  Speaker 3: people in person here and get to know who they are?
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's that's why, That's.
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  Speaker 2: Why I'd like our coaches to be at these just
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  Speaker 2: it's an extra data point that we can help contribute
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  Speaker 2: to the whole kind of equation.
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  Speaker 1: So to speak.
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  Speaker 2: And it's just an opportunity for us to get to
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  Speaker 2: know these guys. This is like we're entering the timeline,
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  Speaker 2: the evaluation timeline, basically like the eleventh hour. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: our coaches opinions. I know, I know John really wants
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  Speaker 2: to know him and I do too, and it's just
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  Speaker 2: going to help us, you know, create a better picture
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  Speaker 2: of you know, who we want.
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  Speaker 1: To add to our team.
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  Speaker 4: I'm free in Baltimore's sort of multiple position defensive backs.
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  Speaker 4: Now you have Vin Warre and Julie Love. How import
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  Speaker 4: one of those guys the rovers in your defense, whether
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  Speaker 4: it was Baltimore Seattle.
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  Speaker 2: I just, I mean, it's not like we didn't sit
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  Speaker 2: down and say, okay, we need like a six', four
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  Speaker 2: two hundred x amount of pound guy that's like a
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  Speaker 2: freak show of a like, person an athlete and human like.
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  Speaker 1: To make this defense.
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  Speaker 2: Go it's, like, no we had this opportunity to add
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  Speaker 2: a great player Like kyle and, say, okay, well if
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  Speaker 2: if we were, to how would we make it come to?
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  Speaker 1: Life and, frankly we kind of screwed.
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  Speaker 2: It up initially with, him like you, know like had
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  Speaker 2: him at safety and we found a great spot for
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  Speaker 2: him At nickel and then he obviously he's become a
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  Speaker 2: phenomenal like deep area safety.
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  Speaker 1: And so that that's the.
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  Speaker 2: Approach same thing With nick is just, hey we've we
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  Speaker 2: got this, great great player that we have a vision
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  Speaker 2: for in our, defense and then, hey what are the
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  Speaker 2: things how how do we how can we now train
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  Speaker 2: him to uh to really help our defense the best you,
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  Speaker 2: know and and and do the things schematically that we
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  Speaker 2: feel like we need to be able to do to.
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  Speaker 1: Have success against the offensive were. Punt SO i.
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  Speaker 2: THINK i think that's that's always going to be the
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  Speaker 2: mentality because you know that the defenses we were playing
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  Speaker 2: when we were In baltimore were significantly different than the
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  Speaker 2: ones we play all the time now being THE Nfc,
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  Speaker 2: west and so that requires different things, schematically and so
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  Speaker 2: you're just always gonna have to. Evolve so for me
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  Speaker 2: to sit here and be, like, hey we have to
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  Speaker 2: play Big nickel for the from here until you, know
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  Speaker 2: twenty fifty or, whatever it's like that would be irresponsible.
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  Speaker 1: Out of your rookie.
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  Speaker 4: Class how important was that to what you guys accomplished
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  Speaker 4: this year and to the next two or three.
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  Speaker 2: Years, well it's incredibly important for multiple. Reasons, ONE i,
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  Speaker 2: mean just look at the productivity we had of those
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  Speaker 2: some of those top two. Guys solidifying our offensive line
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  Speaker 2: With gray and really the leadership position that he's taken
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  Speaker 2: within our team was really integral towards our success on.
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  Speaker 2: Offense and you, know everyone talks About, nick but that's
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  Speaker 2: kind of a self evident and what's how that came to.
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  Speaker 1: Life but the whole rookie class as a.
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  Speaker 2: WHOLE i think the way they handled their business in
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  Speaker 2: terms of being ready to, go understanding their, stuff put
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  Speaker 2: it in the extra, time showing that The vets that
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  Speaker 2: they are invested in our team and it matters to,
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  Speaker 2: them and they have respect for the guys that kind
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  Speaker 2: of laid the groundwork for him before. Them let that
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  Speaker 2: connection happen, quicker and to The vets, credit they're created
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  Speaker 2: an environment where they let the guys kind of come
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  Speaker 2: in and be themselves and welcome them and then show
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  Speaker 2: them the. Ropes and if you don't have, that it's
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to build the team that we. Built so
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  Speaker 2: that's something we're gonna have to do moving, forward and
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  Speaker 2: obviously we had a lot more picks last year going
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  Speaker 2: into the draft than we do this. Year that will probably,
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  Speaker 2: change but those guys are going to, be you, know
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  Speaker 2: foundational pieces for our team moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: Again, yeah you. Too In, baltimore obviously there was great
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  Speaker 1: alignment with the front, office coaching staff and.
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  Speaker 7: Coach did you find that was pretty easy to establish
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  Speaker 7: a year One seattle or was their kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Stuff you had to work on this past year tend.
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  Speaker 2: To get that alignment get, well that was something THAT
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  Speaker 2: i felt from our first, conversation and it was JUST
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  Speaker 2: i think it's one of those things where you can't.
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  Speaker 1: Fake is one of the things you.
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  Speaker 2: Feel and people that are mentors of mine that have
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  Speaker 2: a relationship With, john which is a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: in our league just all kind of saying.
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  Speaker 1: Said the same. Thing and so it became very clear
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  Speaker 1: very early that.
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  Speaker 2: He was something THAT i really trusted and that we
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  Speaker 2: could have great alignment with and it'd be fun to work.
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  Speaker 2: With so it's been that day since day. One jody's
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  Speaker 2: been right, There Chuck, arnold our. PRESIDENT i, mean just
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  Speaker 2: think everybody having the same vision what we want to
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  Speaker 2: create and then just going to work from there and
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  Speaker 2: just trying to do what's best for the organization all the.
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  Speaker 2: Time so it's a, great great group to work, with.
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  Speaker 7: Like, years going into the off season as far as being,
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  Speaker 7: focused because obviously it's a completely different, offseason you're the
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  Speaker 7: chances you're gonna be the.
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  Speaker 2: Target well right, now there's no right now is get
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  Speaker 2: away and go get your body, right get your mental,
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  Speaker 2: right spend time with your friends and, family and then
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  Speaker 2: have a great plan for coming back for the off.
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  Speaker 1: Season BUT i.
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  Speaker 2: Don't, KNOW i don't know exactly where to, Say but
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  Speaker 2: like the principles of how we're gonna operate is we
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  Speaker 2: want to nail the daily goals and the daily standard
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  Speaker 2: about what we're trying to achieve and to, become to
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  Speaker 2: become a championship team. Again and it's really gonna be that,
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  Speaker 2: simple you. Know so how we build the off season,
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  Speaker 2: program what we do on a daily, basis you, know
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  Speaker 2: that's gonna look a little bit different for for a
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  Speaker 2: variety of. Reasons but how we do our, business how
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  Speaker 2: we integrate with how we interact with each, other how
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  Speaker 2: we how we attack, schematically how we put things, together
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  Speaker 2: all those things that that'll stay the.
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  Speaker 6: Same what would be your advice to this round of
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  Speaker 6: new first year head?
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  Speaker 1: COACHES i, think, UH i think just.
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  Speaker 2: Having confidence in what you believe in and understanding why
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  Speaker 2: you believe what you, believe and that'll give you confidence
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  Speaker 2: to forward that message throughout your. Organization that's something THAT
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  Speaker 2: i could have done a better job of my first,
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  Speaker 2: year and we took a big leap with that in
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  Speaker 2: our second, year AND i think that paid evidence for.
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: US i think we asked you About Thomas hammock and
• 15:03
  Speaker 1: bringing him.
• 15:04
  Speaker 3: In, yeah, YEAH i guess how did that all work?
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: Out? Uh, well H thomas AND i have a Really
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: our first year in THE nfl was the same year
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: back in twenty. Fourteen it's just very clear to, me
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: this guy's a heck of a football. Coach how he
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: handled his, business how he.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: Thinks about the.
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: Game he was a guy THAT i always been knocking
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: on his door, about you, know how you attack certain
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: protections and kind of give me some.
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: Of the tricks of the.
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: Trade and and So i've always had a respect for
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: him with his like football, intelligence but also how he
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: let his positioning group and then you, know his work
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: At North illinois speaks for. ITSELF i mean some of
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: the games they've won that they've won, championships the ability
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: of the opportunity for us to add another head coach
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: to our staff Was, Man it's, like, hey come, on,
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: man we need we love, you we need. You you're
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: gonna you, know you got a great role for. You
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: So i'm really excited what he brings to the. Table
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: and he's a great football, coach great, person good.
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: Friend do you.
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: Feel when they're that's bringing In Daniel, stern what was
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: the thought process on?
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: That, well, Again daniel And i've had a relationship for
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: a long.
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: Time Like daniel's a chasing edges, guy you, know he's
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: always he's always in stuff IS i think he thinks
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: like four, dimensionally you know about really the whole. Program
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: and he's really focused his talents on. Offense So i'm
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: excited he's gonna bring to the table for our offensive.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: Staff great. PERSON i think he fits the identity or
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: our team and he's gonna be a fun guy to
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: have around in the building as, well AND i think
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: our players are gonna love.
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: Him do you feel like you have a little bit
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: of a head start in terms of having a standard
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: that's not been, established a culture that's been established that
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: maybe hadn't been before this.
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: Season, WELL i THINK i think we've laid a solid.
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: Foundation BUT i THINK i think something that we have
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: to do a great job of is evolving and and
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: and not being complacent on what we've been able to.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: Build and these things are so like, fragile you, know
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: it's just you gotta you have to take care of.
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: It you have to attack it every.
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: Day the culture is like it's got to come to
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: life every day and how you do.
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: Things and so like we can't.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: Just be resting on our laurels and, saying you, know
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: we're sweet because we created a, good good culture in a.
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: Year we gotta we gotta keep building this.
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: Thing you mentioned the rookie class before.
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: The Super. Bowl, yeah what's the next step for?
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: Him, well first of, all really excited For riley for you,
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: know having that just the journey that he went through
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: and have it kind of culminating with that play really
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: helping us get off the field that, series which is
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: a series that was in you, know interegal to winning the.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: GAME i think he shows what he can. Be you,
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: KNOW i think he's gonna be a versatile piece across
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: our defensive, line you, know playing A B c, gap
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: being able to rush the passer on third.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: Down you.
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: Know and and it's exciting for him to have a
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: healthy off season to go attack this thing and uh
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: and carve out a great role for. Himself so, yeah
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: it's gonna be. FUN i, MEAN i know he's gonna
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: be mentally. READY i know he's gona be physically. Ready
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: it's just about putting in the work and and creating
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: that chemistry with the rest of the defensive line that
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: the rest of the guys have been able to, build
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: and we're going to recreate.
• 17:58
  Speaker 6: That mentioned he spoke to, you and, UH i know you,
• 18:03
  Speaker 6: said according To, am you said that his defense is
• 18:06
  Speaker 6: not that all all that different from his, defense your,
• 18:09
  Speaker 6: Defense Calvin's kelvin's defense isn't all that different from your.
• 18:14
  Speaker 6: Defense but they play a lot more, bass, obviously and
• 18:18
  Speaker 6: he seems pretty convicted and having thirty, linebackers you, know
• 18:21
  Speaker 6: And i'm playing a lot of, Linebackers i'm, curious like
• 18:24
  Speaker 6: how important is it to kind of stay true to
• 18:27
  Speaker 6: your identity in that? SENSE i, mean and you, know
• 18:32
  Speaker 6: knowing that chasing, it you, know you could get behind the.
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: CURVE i, mean if everybody's trying to, copy, say your.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: Your your style of, defense, yeah.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: EVERYBODY i think it's it's dangerous to start copying. People it's,
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: like why are you doing what you're? Doing what's your
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: vision for your team for your, players which it sounds
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: like that's how he's, thinking which sounds like that's a winning.
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Formula but, YEAH i don't. Know don't copee what we.
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: Did you have different players and different scheme and do
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: what you believe. In it's about how you.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: Play it really is just how can you you guys
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: play great, football play.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: Together schematics are really. Overrated frankly.
• 19:14
  Speaker 7: Said yesterday he's giving up his play. Calling he, tel
• 19:18
  Speaker 7: it's more important to be over the whole. Team you've
• 19:20
  Speaker 7: been successful at call of defense and being the head,
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: coach what's the secret to making it? Work and where
• 19:25
  Speaker 7: to neg? It as with the whole?
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Suport i'm, sorry you. Said dave, said he gave up play,
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: calling and so what was the?
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Question the?
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: Questions you made a success called defense and being the head?
• 19:37
  Speaker 7: Coach what's plus his? Minus and doing both?
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: WELL i THINK i think our approach is how do
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: we need to?
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: Operate so we can play our best football and win
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: the max amount of. Games SO i think we found
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: on defense we that like. There we we have some
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: great roles for everybody on our, staff and everybody contributes
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: to our game. Plan, ultimately right Now i'm the guy
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: that says the final words on what we, do BUT i,
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: mean up Until i'm saying those, things there's a lot
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: there's a lot of collaboration going on where people have,
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: really you, know bought in and created some great value
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: for us on you, know how we're gonna handle the
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: game plan and. Schematically so at some point maybe that
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: that decision criteria changes and we, say maybe maybe we
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: need to have.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: Somebody else call the game to put us in better.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Position not gonna roll that, out but right NOW i
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: think we're on A we're in a pretty cool cadence
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: and an organization with our, staff and then having the
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: carry over from our staff as well.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: Is going to be a lot of fun going into year.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: Three what's the approach of the running back? Position this?
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: Offseason appreciation called the perfect? Game do what's best for the? Team.
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: Coach when you finally got to your phone after The Super,
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: bowl how many? Myths how many text messages did you.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Have i'm not as popular as you might. Think it's
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: actually this funny. Story SO i After seattle hired, ME
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: i Called zach and for some reason we were MAYBE
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: i was back In baltimore AND i saw him AND
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: i was, Like, hey how many text message?
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: You?
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: Yet he had like seven times in meta text messages
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: THAT i. Had he was after he became, coordinator came
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: humbled pretty. Quickly so but thanks for those who did reach.
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: Out you, know a few of you.
• 21:17
  Speaker 5: Dating.
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: Start what is the process going to be with him
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: in the headset and what are your best practices that
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: you've learned over the years as a.
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: Play faller with having him in the headset.
• 21:26
  Speaker 7: Or someone like.
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: That you, know we haven't worked through what that's going
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: to look like in the game right. Now you, Know
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: daniel's obviously And andrew part of how they operate In.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: BALTIMORE i love how we do it here With. Brian
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: he's been a tremendous asset for us and have put
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: us in position to win numerous games that probably we shouldn't. Have, so,
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: uh that's going to remain the same Between Brian leslie AND.
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: I But i'm Sure daniel you know will have some
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: way to interact with us on ideas that he, has
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: and we'll.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: Work through that as we. Go but REALLY i see.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: The majority of his role right, now working through the
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: offensive staff and seeing how we want the past game.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: To come to. Life thank you remember One, okay all,
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: right thank.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: You they've done all that stuff that have cheated some