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Sam Darnold: "It Was Incredible To See How Loud It Can Get" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, just another great day of training camp. Obviously, this
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  Speaker 1: is kind of uh, you know, going into the first
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  Speaker 1: preseason game, the end of training camp, I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we've had a really good few weeks.
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  Speaker 2: And.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just just awesome to see where the team
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  Speaker 1: has come from the beginning of training camp, really the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of OTAs to now and then coming out there today,
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  Speaker 1: you know, here at Loomin. Uh, just to be able
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  Speaker 1: to be in front of the fans, even you know,
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  Speaker 1: with it not being packed, just the noise and the
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  Speaker 1: energy that they brought, you know, in that stadium, and
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  Speaker 1: it was just it was already so loud in there
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  Speaker 1: with you know, the place was I think a quarter full.
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  Speaker 1: So it was pretty incredible to to see how loud
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  Speaker 1: that place can get even when there's not as many
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  Speaker 1: fans as there will be on game day. I think,
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  Speaker 1: just as a whole, I think it's just execution. I
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  Speaker 1: think the defense is doing a great job of communicating
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  Speaker 1: with certain motions and then for for us as an offense,
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  Speaker 1: just the sheer ability to you know, when the defense
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  Speaker 1: does move around and they do bring different pressures, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the stuff that Mike loves to bring, you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: executing at a high level and we're communicating through it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we're still making you know, mistakes every now
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  Speaker 1: and then, but it's not as much as you know
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  Speaker 1: in the beginning of OTAs or the beginning of camp, Sam,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't get to throw letya org during the OTAs
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  Speaker 1: in any camp because he recover for his injury. He's
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  Speaker 1: getting a lot more reps out there with you right now.
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  Speaker 1: But what are you seeing from him and where he
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  Speaker 1: fits and as far as some difference as he can
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  Speaker 1: break this receiving cores from.
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  Speaker 2: The rest of your guys.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's you know, he's shown a lot of great
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  Speaker 1: things so far in training camp and just his his curiosity,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and the questions that he asks, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with you know, the receivers, you know, to us as quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's he's very hungry to just learn the game,
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  Speaker 1: learn the system, and you know he just wants to
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  Speaker 1: put his best foot forward for the team. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's all you can ask for, Sam. What stands out
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  Speaker 1: to you about Jack's now that you've got a chance
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  Speaker 1: to get to know him a bit here seeing him
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  Speaker 1: move on the field, you're kind of chemistry building with him.
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  Speaker 2: What what what? What? What's the impression he's made?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he's just he's one of the kind
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  Speaker 1: just the way that he can get in and out
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  Speaker 1: of routes, his shiftiness, you know, just you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think for him, just the way that you know, like
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  Speaker 1: I said, he gets in and out of cuts, his speed.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's really everything. I feel like I described, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I described the way that he moves kind of like
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  Speaker 1: a like a hockey player on ice. You know, it
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  Speaker 1: feels like sometimes he's just skating out there, the way
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  Speaker 1: that he can get in and out of cuts. And
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  Speaker 1: that's just how I feel as a quarterback. And even
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  Speaker 1: when I throw him the ball, you know, even not
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  Speaker 1: being on his team, I always felt like he was
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  Speaker 1: one of the best guys, you know, run after the
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  Speaker 1: catch in the NFL. So to kind of see it
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  Speaker 1: in person, see it every single day during camp has
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  Speaker 1: been special.
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  Speaker 2: Sam, what do you like about this offense and the
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  Speaker 2: personnel and you just talk about Chi, but the other
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  Speaker 2: pieces you have. What do you like about this offense?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think, you know, just we have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of good players. We have a lot of good skilled
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  Speaker 1: players in our offensive line. The way that they're communicating
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  Speaker 1: up front with all the different run schemes, with all
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  Speaker 1: the different looks. Like I said in the beginning, kind
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  Speaker 1: of how our defense you know, mixes different personnels in
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  Speaker 1: with you know, our different personnels can be very challenging
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  Speaker 1: to to kind of dissect as a center and as
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  Speaker 1: an offensive line kind of who you're targeting in the
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  Speaker 1: run game. And they've been doing a great job of
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  Speaker 1: you know, asking questions in the classroom and applying that
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  Speaker 1: to practice. So they're doing a great job with all
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  Speaker 1: the running game stuff and then obviously protection, they're making
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  Speaker 1: huge strides there as well.
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  Speaker 3: Can you talk about the offensive line and the communication
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  Speaker 3: all that. How are you seeing them handle that with
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  Speaker 3: a couple of moving parts as to their competing.
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  Speaker 1: Response, Yeah, you know, I think the biggest thing is
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  Speaker 1: just you know, up front, I can hear very clearly,
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  Speaker 1: even when it's loud at practice when we've got the
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  Speaker 1: twelves there and even today, like I can hear you know,
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  Speaker 1: Olu Jalen communicating up front, and you know, the guards
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  Speaker 1: and the tackles doing their things. So it's, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's very comforting as a quarterback when you hear
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  Speaker 1: everybody communicating, everybody on the same page before you snap
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  Speaker 1: the ball, especially when you're in protection.
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  Speaker 3: Are your responsibilities at the line the same, are different
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  Speaker 3: than they were last year?
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  Speaker 1: And assistant pretty similar. There's some differences here and there,
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  Speaker 1: but very similar.
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  Speaker 3: Mike confirm that the one will be playing in that
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  Speaker 3: first preseason game.
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  Speaker 1: Thinkin about how just like how vital these types.
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  Speaker 3: Of stanages are for the cohesion and the capstory and
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  Speaker 3: everything like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean every rep is incredibly vital to for everything.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's you know, every time you get to
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  Speaker 1: go out there and practice, whether the fans are out
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  Speaker 1: there or whether it's just us on the practice field
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  Speaker 1: getting after it. You know, every single rep matters, and
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  Speaker 1: I think the guys in that locker room have a
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  Speaker 1: really good understanding of that.
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  Speaker 3: You've been a little bit of saying, how's your leadership
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  Speaker 3: take it hold of you?
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  Speaker 1: How can you see it in the fit? Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just going to continue to be myself every single day.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I'm not going to stray away from that
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  Speaker 1: or try to be someone I'm not. So I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: lead the way that that I do the way that
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  Speaker 1: I lead every single day. And that's just working hard,
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  Speaker 1: trying to set an example, and and if I need
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  Speaker 1: to say anything, I will.
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  Speaker 3: A little bit of bank.
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  Speaker 1: Where does that come from? I don't know. I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just I think for me, it's I've always
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  Speaker 1: you know, I take this very seriously, not that other
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  Speaker 1: people don't, but you know, I'm just I'm very serious
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  Speaker 1: about kind of everyone being on the same page, especially
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  Speaker 1: first year for everybody getting in the same system, Like
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  Speaker 1: Clint's new, you know, everybody's new in the system, and
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  Speaker 1: so I think it's vital for us to you know,
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  Speaker 1: get on the same page with everything. So I think
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  Speaker 1: there needs to be a sense of urgency there. But
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  Speaker 1: I think everybody in the in the locker room on
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  Speaker 1: offense feels that way as well. So it's a you know,
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  Speaker 1: I don't I don't ever feel like I'm forced to lead,
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  Speaker 1: if that makes sense. I feel like there's we have
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  Speaker 1: a really good group of guys that are all on
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  Speaker 1: the same page and how we want to do things.
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  Speaker 3: You went against a really good defense last year in
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  Speaker 3: Minnesota and practice everything. What's it been like with the
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  Speaker 3: difference is similarities between that defense in this one?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, very similar You know, a lot of talent up front,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of talent back in. You know, it's a
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  Speaker 1: talent everywhere you see, and then really good scheme. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's very similar that way, very similar in a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the pressures, a lot of you know, the
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  Speaker 1: various fronts that you can bring on second and long
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  Speaker 1: and third down. So it makes things very challenging in
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  Speaker 1: training camp. But that's always it's always nice to go
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  Speaker 1: against that in training camp. And I learned obviously the
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  Speaker 1: hard way last year going against it. You know, it
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  Speaker 1: was very frustrating at times, but you know, when you
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  Speaker 1: understand how much it actually helps when you get out
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  Speaker 1: there during the season and you're playing, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: team that doesn't necessarily do all those things on third down,
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  Speaker 1: it makes it a lot easier.
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  Speaker 2: Sam, how much has your perspective change because here that
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  Speaker 2: you have this edge, but before warm up she kind
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  Speaker 2: of you know, with your group, how much is that
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  Speaker 2: perspective balance change through the years.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, like I said, like, I'm I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: be myself throughout this entire process. If guys think I
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  Speaker 1: have an edge, great, I'm going to you know, joke around,
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  Speaker 1: laugh around with the quarterbacks and everyone else in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room when I can. Yeah, But I feel like
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  Speaker 1: when you're out there on the field, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: the play is called and you got to get the
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  Speaker 1: huddle straight and you're trying to get guys, you know,
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  Speaker 1: all eleven guys on the same page, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: got to have a little something to you and you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's just what I try to do when I'm
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  Speaker 1: out there.
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  Speaker 3: Barner makes every contested catch anybody.
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  Speaker 1: He's definitely one of a kind, just like Jack's, especially
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  Speaker 1: personality wise for AJ, so he has one of a kind.
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  Speaker 1: And then just the way that he plays, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's so he's so physical, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in that physicality he is, he's very fluid
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  Speaker 1: as well in his movement. So you know, I feel
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  Speaker 1: like he can he can be a very special player,
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  Speaker 1: even more special than he is. And I know he
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  Speaker 1: wants to go to great heights in his career and
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  Speaker 1: he's got the right attitude and and you know, the
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  Speaker 1: right stuff to be able to do that in his career.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm just so excited for him to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: get a lot of opportunities this year when people in
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  Speaker 1: your building.
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  Speaker 2: Talk about sharp day.
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  Speaker 3: They seem to talk about the professionalism a lot.
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  Speaker 1: What does that look like behind the scenes. Yeah, Sharps
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  Speaker 1: is a very He keeps to himself, you know, And
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  Speaker 1: it's funny. We were talking about him, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I was I was like, oh, yeah, Sharps is you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's a quiet dude, but you know, I've had great
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  Speaker 1: conversations with him one on one. And then so I
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  Speaker 1: was like, oh yeah, but he kind of talks a
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  Speaker 1: lot in the huddle, you know, when you're not in there,
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  Speaker 1: he's always on the guys, kind of like making sure
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  Speaker 1: everyone's locked in and understanding the situation, you know, where
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  Speaker 1: rat in the game and even in practice. So you
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  Speaker 1: always need a guy like that in the huddle, and
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  Speaker 1: I think Sharps is the perfect guy to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks guys, Thanks