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Geno Smith: "This Is A Big-Time Matchup" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Get after new Well, do you know there's a quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: You guess what you've gotta try to digest during your
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  Speaker 2: week game.
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  Speaker 3: But when you only have three days and you've doubt
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  Speaker 3: experienced this is quite a bit.
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  Speaker 2: What what are the keys you found to be most
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  Speaker 2: efficient with your time when you're prepared for a Thursday
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  Speaker 2: night game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, everything is just kind of crunched in
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  Speaker 4: and so uh the main thing is to you know,
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  Speaker 4: study film and get in your body right, so really
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  Speaker 4: just around the clock work, uh for a lot of guys,
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  Speaker 4: you know, younger guys. Been just talking to guys about
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  Speaker 4: how to prepare for this week. You know, obviously a
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  Speaker 4: short week, and so the key thing is that, uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, mastering your routine and then you know, getting
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  Speaker 4: all the things that you need that you feel you
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  Speaker 4: need to be prepared for the game. You know, trying
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  Speaker 4: to crunch it into you know, two three days, but
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  Speaker 4: you know, it's what it is, and we gotta make
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  Speaker 4: it happen.
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  Speaker 5: Like like, Donald was.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty uh direct in his assessment that the run game
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  Speaker 2: needs to get going and there needs to be more opportunities.
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  Speaker 5: How do you see creating those opportunities and see.
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  Speaker 3: That playing out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I I think it. Uh, obviously it starts up front.
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  Speaker 4: You know, our guys up front, who's been doing a
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  Speaker 4: great job in the run game. Just making sure that
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  Speaker 4: you know, we're we're relying on those guys, you know,
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  Speaker 4: letting them take over the game. And so girl's gonna
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  Speaker 4: call the game according to what he sees. Obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 4: it's always important to be balanced and to take advantage
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  Speaker 4: of all.
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  Speaker 1: The weaknesses in the defense.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, our running game has gotta be the
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  Speaker 4: you know, the the defining factor for our offense. And
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  Speaker 4: I think as we go along throughout the season, obviously
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  Speaker 4: the you know, pass run numbers they tend to balance up.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, we definitely want to run the ball.
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  Speaker 4: We definitely want to be physical upfront. We want to
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  Speaker 4: set the tone that way, and we need those guys.
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  Speaker 4: We got great running backs, we got great linemen, and
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  Speaker 4: we gotta continue to rely on those guys.
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  Speaker 5: How much of the way it went Sunday, it was
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  Speaker 5: just kind of you know, you guys felt behind a
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  Speaker 5: little bit and things like that at the other game of.
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  Speaker 4: Things or Yeah, I mean, I think it's just how
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  Speaker 4: the game goes sometimes. You know, again, I'm not like
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  Speaker 4: out there sitting there counting all the reps. I'm trying
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  Speaker 4: to make the reps count, you know. So I'm just
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  Speaker 4: going out there and doing my job and putting us
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  Speaker 4: in the best position to make plays and to win
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  Speaker 4: the game.
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  Speaker 1: And so obviously, the you.
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  Speaker 4: Know, we were in the fourth quarter, we were in
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  Speaker 4: pretty much two minutes drilled down two scores, you know,
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  Speaker 4: trying to score a touchdown and then getting field goal range.
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  Speaker 4: So it's gonna be more passes than runs. You know,
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  Speaker 4: time is of the a of the essence in that situation.
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  Speaker 4: You know, so I think that's a reason for it.
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  Speaker 4: But obviously, you know, we gotta continue to you know,
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  Speaker 4: fight for that balance that we love.
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  Speaker 6: You know, uh, have one of the lowest play action
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  Speaker 6: rates in the NFL. Some of that's empty sets.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 6: Do you talk about the spacing difference of the quarterback
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  Speaker 6: from an empty versus a play.
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  Speaker 1: Action kind of game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, obviously, when when you're an empty you're
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  Speaker 4: you know, in spread formations, you're getting five five eligibles out.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so you know it's gonna be more of a
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  Speaker 4: spread situation versus you know, when you go play action,
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  Speaker 4: you're usually involving your tight ends. Uh in the in
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  Speaker 4: the past blocking scheme there in the play action scheme,
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  Speaker 4: so you're only gonna you know, be able to get
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  Speaker 4: maybe three or four guys out, and so yeah, there's
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  Speaker 4: there's a difference there. But uh, as far as that goes, man,
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  Speaker 4: I feel great with play action.
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  Speaker 1: I feel great with drop back.
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  Speaker 4: You know, I just you know, go by what uh
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  Speaker 4: grub calls and and and make the plays work. You know,
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  Speaker 4: It's it's really not a big deal to me, but
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  Speaker 4: obviously something that we want to improve on.
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  Speaker 3: You felt a difference to the way the defenses are responding.
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  Speaker 2: To the play action plays with with the lack of
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  Speaker 2: run game that there's been, particular in the first half of
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  Speaker 2: some of these games.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that.
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  Speaker 4: I think, you know, we hit a big play action
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  Speaker 4: to Tyler, you know in the second half in the
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  Speaker 4: first drive, and so you know, I think again, it
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  Speaker 4: just comes down to what's the best you know, play
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  Speaker 4: for the situation, given situation. And these NFL games, man,
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  Speaker 4: they vary. You know, it's not gonna always be the
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  Speaker 4: same thing every week. And so for us, man, like again,
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  Speaker 4: like you said, you know, play action you need to
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  Speaker 4: run the ball in order.
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  Speaker 1: For it to be effective. That's what they say.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, we came out and we hit a
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  Speaker 4: big play action and you know, we really didn't have
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  Speaker 4: a lot of plays in the first half.
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  Speaker 1: But it still worked.
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  Speaker 4: So as long as you're doing the right things and
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  Speaker 4: calling plays at the right time, it should be fine.
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  Speaker 3: You've seen San Francisco at last couple of years since
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  Speaker 3: you've been starting hear it. What do they do well
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  Speaker 3: on defense and how maybe have they changed it all
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  Speaker 3: with any coordinator.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think what they do well is obviously they're
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  Speaker 4: great at you know, causing turnovers. You know, you talk
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  Speaker 4: about personnel. You know Nick nick Bosa, you know, one
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  Speaker 4: of the better d ns in the league. And then
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  Speaker 4: you got Fred Warner, Mike Becker, one of the better
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  Speaker 4: middle linebackers in the game. They got playmakers all around
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  Speaker 4: the defense. They play together, they fly around. Uh, they
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  Speaker 4: got swagger. You know, they they're proving you know, they're
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  Speaker 4: believing themselves, and so you know they come right in.
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  Speaker 4: They're not gonna try and you know trick you as
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  Speaker 4: far as scheme goes, Uh, they're gonna line up and
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  Speaker 4: you know, force you to beat them. For sixty minutes,
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  Speaker 4: and so we respect them there. They've been a great team,
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  Speaker 4: especially in recent years, and uh, you know, it's time
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  Speaker 4: for us to go out there and get it done.
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  Speaker 2: They've been the team to beat in this division. They've
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  Speaker 2: beatn you guys five straight times. I know you didn't
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  Speaker 2: play in one of those, but what have you made
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  Speaker 2: of that streak and what you guys have to do
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  Speaker 2: to end it.
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  Speaker 4: It's just about this game. Those five games don't help them,
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  Speaker 4: don't help us. It's about this game and focusing on
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  Speaker 4: you know, this Thursday night. That's all that really matters.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Obviously, yeah you.
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  Speaker 4: Can say that, but you can go past that and
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  Speaker 4: say we beat them five straight times. So I think
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  Speaker 4: it doesn't really matter, right, It's just matters about this
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  Speaker 4: game and what we do now.
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  Speaker 6: Forty and been kind of dismissive of the Seahawks in
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  Speaker 6: the last few years and celebrated on limonfield and Thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 6: Seahawks have the most division titles since they came in
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  Speaker 6: the NXCY West and beat them on the way their
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  Speaker 6: first Super Bowl. How much did Lockeroam know about the
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  Speaker 6: history of this rivalry.
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  Speaker 4: That's a good question, you know, I mean we got
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  Speaker 4: a lot of young guys on this team, and guys
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  Speaker 4: who grew up watching the Seahawks, you know, be dominant.
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  Speaker 4: So how much they know I you know, I don't know,
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  Speaker 4: but you know I'm aware of it, and I know
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  Speaker 4: about this rivalry. You know, I was in the league
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  Speaker 4: when you know they were going at it with Russ
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  Speaker 4: and Kaepernick and all those great players. And you know,
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  Speaker 4: Sharan making that big play on Crabtree. So like, those
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  Speaker 4: are things that we know about. It's all throughout, you know,
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  Speaker 4: the building, it's all on the walls and stuff, and
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  Speaker 4: so we know how big this rivalry is. These are,
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  Speaker 4: you know, predominantly two of the better teams in the
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  Speaker 4: league over the past ten years, and it's always gonna
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  Speaker 4: be a slug fest. And so we, like I said,
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  Speaker 4: we respect those guys. They have some great players on
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  Speaker 4: their side, and they're proven and uh, you know, as
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  Speaker 4: for as far as we go, uh we we've proven
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  Speaker 4: ourselves as well. But it's a it's a big time matchup.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it's a big time matchup, great players all
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  Speaker 4: over the field, and you know, a lot to be
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  Speaker 4: excited for.
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  Speaker 2: Can you tell a difference in the intensity of a
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  Speaker 2: Thursday night game or the physicality of a Thursday night game.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not blocking or hitting or tackling, so I
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  Speaker 4: can't really uh speak to that, but you know, the
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  Speaker 4: sense of urgency is definitely always up, you know, especially
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  Speaker 4: when there's n a division opponent. You know, those games
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  Speaker 4: are you know, they matter the most sometimes and so
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  Speaker 4: you know, for us, Thursday night game, another primetime game,
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  Speaker 4: another chance to go out there and prove ourselves. But
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  Speaker 4: most importantly, you know, uh, to take control of the
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  Speaker 4: D Division. You know, that's the important thing. It's a
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  Speaker 4: big game coming up again, still early in the season,
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  Speaker 4: but our first crack at it, and you know, we
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  Speaker 4: gotta be prepared well.
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  Speaker 2: With all the shifts and motions in this offense, what's
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  Speaker 2: different about what what it's trying to accomplish than shifts
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  Speaker 2: and motions and other offenses.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the main thing is just to put
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  Speaker 4: stress on the defense, right. You wanna make those guys communicate,
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  Speaker 4: You wanna make those guys be spot on with their communication,
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  Speaker 4: and you know, do it and uh not a lot
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  Speaker 4: of time, you know, showing more formation, get to another
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  Speaker 4: let's see how they communicate. That's really the main thing
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  Speaker 4: as far as we go. You know, we're not gonna
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  Speaker 4: give all our secrets away, but uh, you know, we
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  Speaker 4: wanna go out there and play fast. We wanna go
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  Speaker 4: out there and take advantage of what the deed's giving us,
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  Speaker 4: and uh, you know, the key thing is to see
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  Speaker 4: what that is and then move forward.
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  Speaker 2: Is a lot of that built into the play call
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  Speaker 2: or is that something that you can see when you
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  Speaker 2: get to the line early and survey the defense that
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  Speaker 2: you can make that call.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a great question, you know.
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  Speaker 4: I'll say, Uh, you just got to see when we
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  Speaker 4: get out there. Man, I mean, I can't give you
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  Speaker 4: our game plan away, but we'd love to talk to
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  Speaker 4: you about it, tell you all about it. But uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, we gotta we need we need those tips
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  Speaker 4: right there.
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  Speaker 1: You know, what are the complexities of a fast start?
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  Speaker 6: I know y'all want to start fast, start fast, and
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  Speaker 6: then how do you balance that with keep them from.
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  Speaker 4: A sense of urgency and letting the game come to
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  Speaker 4: the offense. I think it's just about execution. Sixty minutes
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  Speaker 4: of execution. Uh yeah, start fast means playing great in
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  Speaker 4: the first quarter, and then stepping on the gas means
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  Speaker 4: playing great in the second and the third and then you know,
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  Speaker 4: finishing drill means playing great in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: So it's about execution.
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  Speaker 4: No matter how many plays you get, you wanna be
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  Speaker 4: great on every single, every single down because you don't
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  Speaker 4: know which down is gonna be the defining one. So, uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, when coach said start fast, he means to
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  Speaker 4: play good throughout the entire game.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what we're we're shooting for.
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  Speaker 5: Have you how you felt twenty thirty six hours or
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  Speaker 5: whatever since you guys just last play, but how you
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  Speaker 5: kind of felt the mood of the team is it
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  Speaker 5: seemed like you know, you mentioned after the game you
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  Speaker 5: felt maybe the Giants wanted it more and things like that.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, this is this is kind of what happens Sunday.
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  Speaker 5: I guess what's the mood of the team right now?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're locked in. We're locked in.
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  Speaker 4: We've uh you know, twenty four hour rule. We already
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  Speaker 4: passed that game. That's already uh done. We can't do
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  Speaker 4: nothing about it. But we're locked in for our next opponent,
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  Speaker 4: our next opportunity. And uh, like I said, man, it's
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  Speaker 4: a big game. Uh, everyone is excited. I know I'm
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  Speaker 4: excited and can't wait to get out there.
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  Speaker 6: When the energy level is off or different in a
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  Speaker 6: in a game, who are the people that that raised.
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  Speaker 1: It on on the sideline? Yeah, I think the energy
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  Speaker 1: is a result of the execution.
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  Speaker 4: When you're playing well, scoring points, Yeah, the energy is
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  Speaker 4: going to be high.
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  Speaker 1: Right when you're not, you know, moving the ball.
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  Speaker 4: Or executing to the best of your ability, guys are
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  Speaker 4: gonna get frustrated.
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  Speaker 1: That's just a part of being a competitor.
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  Speaker 4: And yeah, I mean, you never want to go over
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  Speaker 4: the top with any of those, you know, you don't
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  Speaker 4: want to get too excited, don't want to get too low.
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  Speaker 4: It's my job, it's the coach's job. Internally, it's each
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  Speaker 4: player's job to make sure that they're just laser focused
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  Speaker 4: and just focusing on the next opportunity, the next play,
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  Speaker 4: doing their job to the best of their ability. That's
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  Speaker 4: the main thing. Like I said, emotions are always high.
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  Speaker 4: This is you know, big time football, NFL football. We
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  Speaker 4: expect guys to be emotional, but it can't supersede your intelligence.
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  Speaker 4: And so we just got to make sure that we're
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  Speaker 4: doing the right things.
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  Speaker 1: At all times.
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  Speaker 4: And if I got to step in and say something
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  Speaker 4: or if someone else has to say something, that's fine,
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  Speaker 4: But the main thing is doing your job.
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  Speaker 3: How do you feel about what offenses through five.
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  Speaker 1: Ways man steadily improving?
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  Speaker 4: You know, I've seen, you know, real improvements just in
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  Speaker 4: our preparation and our practices. You know, you can tell that,
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  Speaker 4: you know, guys starting to get the system down and uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, really understand and anticipate, you know what to
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  Speaker 4: do and what's happening next, you know, And I think,
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  Speaker 4: you know, again, like this is something we build throughout
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  Speaker 4: the season. You know, you don't you don't want to
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  Speaker 4: be at your best right now. You know, you want
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  Speaker 4: to be peaking late in the season. Like that's what
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  Speaker 4: the best team's doing. So as we're working through things,
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  Speaker 4: as we're you know, working through the process, I think
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  Speaker 4: we're continuing to get better and I see the improvements
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  Speaker 4: and uh, you know, I think it's been showing up,
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  Speaker 4: you know at times on game day, but I think
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  Speaker 4: it could be better.
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  Speaker 3: You've never been known as a running quarterback, but I
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  Speaker 3: think Sunday it was a career high in rushing yards.
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  Speaker 5: You tell us before the season, you feel.
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  Speaker 3: Like you're faster and ever just I feel like when
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  Speaker 3: the moments are there. You're being able to show that
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  Speaker 3: off a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I want to continue to do that,
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  Speaker 4: you know, I want to continue to take advantage of
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  Speaker 4: you know, if teams are gonna play us in man
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  Speaker 4: and they're not gonna put a spy out there, you know,
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  Speaker 4: if they're not gonna you know, maintain their rush lanes
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  Speaker 4: and I can get out there and you know, get
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  Speaker 4: extra yards and I think that helps our offense. It
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  Speaker 4: also puts a little bit more stress on the decordinators
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  Speaker 4: and what they want to do.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, like you said, I mean my game is
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  Speaker 4: not revolved around that, but I mean I've always had
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  Speaker 4: it and uh I I tend to try to pick
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  Speaker 4: my spots of when to do it. But you know,
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  Speaker 4: if there's a lane, I'm gonna go.
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  Speaker 2: Have you ever played on your birthday before?
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  Speaker 1: Probably? Yeah? No football.
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  Speaker 4: I I'm October baby. My birthdays always doing football season.
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  Speaker 1: No, no good memories of playing. No, uh, nothing that
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  Speaker 1: stands up. Uh. I mean not that I could think of.
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  Speaker 1: I'm you know, birthdays or birthdays to me. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's just another day.
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  Speaker 5: Have you speaking of running that that run long run
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  Speaker 5: you had there? There was the video of Jackson continuing
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  Speaker 5: to look like he was running around taking the defenders away.
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  Speaker 5: Could you see that in the moment at all? Like that?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I s I saw him doing that, uh, which
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  Speaker 4: was pretty cool. I saw him like putting his hand up,
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  Speaker 4: and then I saw the two guys continuing to chase him,
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  Speaker 4: so I tried to chase them as they were, you know,
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  Speaker 4: chasing him down.
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  Speaker 1: And uh that was that was pretty uh smart by him. Uh.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Jackson's a really smart young player, and uh
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  Speaker 4: that was. That was a cool moment.
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  Speaker 1: Have you been spied before?
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  Speaker 4: And I don't think so. I don't think so, and
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  Speaker 4: I I I don't know, but you know, we'll see