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Geno Smith: "We Did A Great Job Of Weathering The Storm" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. Was it evening? Get Uh? Yeah, got that
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  Speaker 1: for now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that first half was definitely a little crazy,
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  Speaker 2: But you know, I thought we did a great job
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  Speaker 2: at weather in the storm. You know, Coach McDonald talked
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  Speaker 2: to talk to us about, you know, really just locking
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  Speaker 2: in and uh banding together, you know for the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the season. I thought today was an example of that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when things were kind of going haywire, I
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  Speaker 2: thought guys pulled together. There was great leadership on the sidelines,
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  Speaker 2: and then Leo made the play that really turned the game.
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  Speaker 2: And from there, you know, we were in the game
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  Speaker 2: and found a way to get it done.
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  Speaker 1: You realize, like the Pixon was hurt and you guys
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  Speaker 1: were going from fourth downs on this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they communicated to me in the head
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  Speaker 2: in the headset, so uh was aware of that, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, uh, we found a way to get it done.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the circumstances weren't all perfect, but we found
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  Speaker 2: a way.
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  Speaker 1: What did you think of Williams on that return?
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  Speaker 2: He was moving first of all, the catch was outstanding,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just to tip it to himself and then
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  Speaker 2: caught it in stride and then I mean like most
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  Speaker 2: big guys, like they're not picking their knees up as
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  Speaker 2: they crossed that end zone. But I mean, I thought
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  Speaker 2: he was doing a great job. He was moving on
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  Speaker 2: that one, and I mean that that play changed the
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  Speaker 2: game for us.
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  Speaker 1: You talk about the thoughts going through your Miami. He
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  Speaker 1: saw DK Metcalf.
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  Speaker 2: Helped off the field there, Uh just down there praying
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  Speaker 2: for him, you know, wanted him to to get up,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, when I heard him talking to the doctor,
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  Speaker 2: I felt like, you know, he he had a good
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  Speaker 2: shot to be okay. But initially when he went down
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it was kind of grabbing his leg
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  Speaker 2: or I don't even know it was ankle for it,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, but uh, he was down, and so
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  Speaker 2: I was just uh, really praying for him, just hoping
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  Speaker 2: he was alright, and he was glad to glad to
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  Speaker 2: see him get back in the game. The fourth and
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  Speaker 2: one that became the past interference when he was throwing
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  Speaker 2: the Metcalf was.
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  Speaker 3: Who was he the you looked like you looked for
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  Speaker 3: a few receivers or where was he.
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  Speaker 1: On the progression? Un it was only two receivers out,
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  Speaker 1: so he was number two. Yup.
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  Speaker 2: Is there's still some meaning and coming into this building
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  Speaker 2: and winning just because of the next game, not gonna
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  Speaker 2: make it about myself. Like I said, Man, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I really did enjoy my time in New York. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think our team we're on a mission
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  Speaker 2: right now, you know, the Jets for the next opponent.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, you know, no matter where we play, who
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  Speaker 2: it is, no matter uh what what happened in the past,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you gotta eliminate the emotion and go out
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  Speaker 2: there and play the game and do the right thing.
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  Speaker 2: And so it was just the next opponent, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, glad we got it done.
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  Speaker 1: What does it mean to have sole possession in the
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  Speaker 1: first place now that we're in December.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, it's what you want, you know, you wanna be
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  Speaker 2: playing meaningful games in December. Uh. Coach talked to us,
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  Speaker 2: he said, you know, they remember what you do in December.
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  Speaker 2: And so as a team, Uh, as a quarterback, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I wanna play my best football late down the stretch.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. I think we're growing. As an offense.
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  Speaker 2: Man, I thought, you know, our offensive line played a
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  Speaker 2: tremendous game today. I thought just the guys in general
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  Speaker 2: all all went out there and they fought. Uh. Like
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  Speaker 2: I said, we played together complimentary football, even with the
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  Speaker 2: mistakes that we made. And as long as we continue
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  Speaker 2: to play together, man, we're a feisty bunch.
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  Speaker 1: We got a chance to you know, win all our
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  Speaker 1: games man, and stput out there.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. I thought he did a great job. Honestly, I
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  Speaker 2: thought in the run game, man, I mean, just a
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  Speaker 2: couple of those big runs that we had, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he was he was right there in the in the
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  Speaker 2: thick up and in the double in the double teams,
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  Speaker 2: and I thought he did a great job. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think he's only gonna, you know, gain
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  Speaker 2: from this experience. I think he's gonna gain confidence, and
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  Speaker 2: I think he's gonna help him, you know, in the future.
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  Speaker 2: I I think he's gonna be a really good player.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like there's a few runs that almost stood
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  Speaker 1: out there. Do you feel like the run game made
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  Speaker 1: some progress today? For sure? I thought the run game
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  Speaker 1: really led us today.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously we made some timely you know, you know, pass
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  Speaker 2: passes and some critical situations, but for the most part,
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  Speaker 2: we grinded it out. You know, we had to run
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  Speaker 2: the ball. They were playing too hot, Shelle. Most of
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  Speaker 2: the game and playing a lot of his own, which
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  Speaker 2: is what we see a lot. And so when we
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  Speaker 2: can get up on those double teams and double the
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  Speaker 2: you know, double the shade, double the three tech and
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  Speaker 2: get Ken up up to the safety and you know,
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  Speaker 2: get Zach up to the safety, great things happen. And
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  Speaker 2: I thought the receivers did a great job blocking in
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  Speaker 2: the run game, and I thought Greb called the great game,
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  Speaker 2: and I thought he was patient.
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  Speaker 1: They stayed with it.
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  Speaker 3: The fourth and goal with the one you guys didn't
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  Speaker 3: get just they.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we got to get better at that.
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, if if I was to be
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  Speaker 2: critical of anything, I think that's the main thing. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to be better in the short yardist area. And
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  Speaker 2: that's all of us. You know, it's on all of us,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, those are those are the situations where
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  Speaker 2: you can really punch it in and uh kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of you know, dominate a game if you can.
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  Speaker 2: If you can dominate short artists, you know, and you
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  Speaker 2: can get all those, you're gonna be a really good team.
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  Speaker 3: Was it?
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  Speaker 2: Then?
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  Speaker 3: After that to go down and get the touchdown later
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  Speaker 3: and punch one and with charone.
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  Speaker 1: It was huge.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, It started with the stop on defense,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they gotta stop, allowed us to get the
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  Speaker 2: ball back and then had great field position We're going forward.
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  Speaker 2: On fourth down, DK made a great play, got held him,
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  Speaker 2: and then Zach punched it in.
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  Speaker 1: Man. I thought, just when.
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  Speaker 2: You talk about complimentary football again, I think that's what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Man. We all played together, we all did our jobs.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you talk about the toughness of your Pope
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  Speaker 3: receiving unit, physically DK coming back and then mentally Jacks
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  Speaker 3: betting available on those three downs just to both for those.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean those guys.
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  Speaker 2: I've said it. I've been on record saying it. We
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  Speaker 2: got the best receiver group in the league. Those guys
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  Speaker 2: may make clutch catch after clutch catch, big play after
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  Speaker 2: big play. You know, somewhere around the third quarter, DK
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  Speaker 2: got going, you know, put us in a position to score,
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  Speaker 2: and then Jackson making the big, big play on the
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  Speaker 2: on the fourth down to give us a shot.
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  Speaker 1: Again.
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  Speaker 2: So as long as those guys continue to work the
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  Speaker 2: way they work, and you know, they're gonna be great.
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  Speaker 2: They we got so much talent in that room, and
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  Speaker 2: those guys do a great job throughout the week, and
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  Speaker 2: we expect them to play well, and so when stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that happens, you know it's suspected.
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  Speaker 1: Anything else. Thank you, thank you, thank you,