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Julian Love On The Safety Group 'The Competition Level Is Really High' · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Drop season. It's been good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just kind of enjoying time with the family, just
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  Speaker 2: training in the body. Right, let's see, I feel good.
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  Speaker 1: What does a short off season feel like? Quick?
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  Speaker 2: I feel like we were back out doing the warm
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  Speaker 2: up and everyone was shocked at how you know, there
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  Speaker 2: was a lack of rust on everybody felt like we
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  Speaker 2: were just kind of you know, it's a long season,
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  Speaker 2: so we were doing it all year and yeah, we're
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  Speaker 2: back together, VENs going. Everyone was saying, well, this shall
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  Speaker 2: never be the same team, but are you surprised at
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  Speaker 2: how many would have come back if they would conto? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it kind of was cool. Yeah, it's a different team
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  Speaker 2: for sure. It's a different energy going to this season
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  Speaker 2: and all that's changed, you know, but we can still
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  Speaker 2: you know, crack the same jokes. We have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of the same guys in the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And the additions that we had the draft picks. It's
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  Speaker 2: been pretty smooth, like everybody's fitting right in. Uh. I
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  Speaker 2: think our leadership so strong and the culture so strong
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  Speaker 2: that it's just been really seeming so far.
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  Speaker 1: What's that energy, like, what's the day vibe?
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  Speaker 2: We had kind of messing around with each other, you
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  Speaker 2: know late in the season last year, it is the
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  Speaker 2: same now you know everyone you know obviously d halk
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  Speaker 2: got the extension or we're excited, gassing him up, making
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  Speaker 2: fun of him all day, just showing love.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And it's just it's every day, whether you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: working out, whether we're practicing, the energy is this contagious
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  Speaker 2: roasting love competition.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. And then when the whistle blows go to work
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  Speaker 1: brought here.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's brought some energy for sure. I think
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  Speaker 2: that being a rookie at this time of the year
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  Speaker 2: is a lot. He's get a hit with a wave
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  Speaker 2: of information of.
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  Speaker 1: Faces, of of scheme stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Of you know, dues and don'ts. But through all that,
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  Speaker 2: he's maintained himself, which is tough. And yeah, he's just
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  Speaker 2: a he's a fun dude, he's competitive, He's just like
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  Speaker 2: one of us. And that it's very clear and evident
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  Speaker 2: why they drafted him. He just he fits so well
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  Speaker 2: in our room.
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  Speaker 3: What is the safety spot we're not having Kobe there now? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: kind of what is kind of that whole safety group?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's uh, I think we have a really deep group.
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  Speaker 2: I think obviously talking about Kobe, special guy he's a
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  Speaker 2: friend to all of us. I think we all miss
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  Speaker 2: him for sure, just the person that he was. He
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  Speaker 2: was just a great friend, great locker room presence for us.
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  Speaker 2: But then like our room now is just a lot
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  Speaker 2: of different personalities still, and the competition level is really high,
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  Speaker 2: Like you know, group one through three or four whatever,
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  Speaker 2: everyone is doing the extra work. Guys are meeting early
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  Speaker 2: scratch that, guys are getting together and talking and texting
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  Speaker 2: with each other, just trying to coordinate.
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  Speaker 1: How do you call that?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, players are texting with each other just trying to
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  Speaker 2: figure it out, scheme stuff and stuff like that, just
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  Speaker 2: because you know, we're everyone's trying to be the best.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone's trying to, you know, show what they got. And yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the editions that we have in that room is I
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  Speaker 2: love it.
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  Speaker 3: Julian, What do you think Noah Guinaghany brings to it.
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  Speaker 2: I think he brings a sense of like competition. Noah
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  Speaker 2: from the jump, he's.
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  Speaker 1: He's out here.
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  Speaker 2: He's in the weight room lifting with Derek Hall, one
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  Speaker 2: of the strongest guys in the team, trying to just
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  Speaker 2: like one up them.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's like an Auburn thing. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: So he brings the competition, he brings experience, he brings
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  Speaker 2: the maturity to him. Uh, and he's a pro, Like
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  Speaker 2: he goes about his routine even though when the ota
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  Speaker 2: is yeah, you can see you know why he's been
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  Speaker 2: rated as a high caliber player.
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  Speaker 1: And he's up. He's a pro every day fling you.
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  Speaker 3: You've obviously have a flexibility, played different spots, I know,
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  Speaker 3: like when Kobe was down, kind of shift for what
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  Speaker 3: you're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, do you go into a season where there's.
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  Speaker 3: Gonna be with Kobe Bland kind of heel them touch, like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: figure out how it works?
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  Speaker 1: Is where you need me? Or do you say, like, its.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of where I be.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's the first thing I think naturally, I'm
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  Speaker 2: always like, just throw me.
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  Speaker 1: In at whatever. I'll play that role.
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  Speaker 2: It's like fit, you know, cater the defense to where
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  Speaker 2: everyone else feels comfortable.
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  Speaker 1: I probably should stop doing that.
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  Speaker 2: I probably should be like, hey, this is kind of
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  Speaker 2: you know, this is what I do, this is my role,
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  Speaker 2: this is what I'm best at. Let me go out
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  Speaker 2: and do that. I think there's a sense of that
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  Speaker 2: because we have some of versatility. I think Bud brings
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  Speaker 2: a lot to the table tyle Cokder brings a lot
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  Speaker 2: to the table. Nick brings you know, everything to the
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  Speaker 2: to the table on defense, and so it allows me
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  Speaker 2: to kind of, you know, be myself, playing my role
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  Speaker 2: and do what I do best.
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  Speaker 1: Thankfully, I'll make your first impressions. And Roan Thomas kind
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  Speaker 1: of joining the against two.
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  Speaker 2: I had known about him beforehand, if anything, kind of
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  Speaker 2: what kind of stands out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I was excited.
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  Speaker 2: Man, I needed a Yale guy or somebody like Ivy
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  Speaker 2: League just to take some of the flak off the
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  Speaker 2: Notre Dame stuff that's every day with these guys.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And so that's one. There's some family friends. I knew
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  Speaker 2: him in the past, and he's a he's a dog.
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  Speaker 2: He can move really well throughout you know, before practices.
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  Speaker 2: He has an incredible speed. He's a kind of a
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  Speaker 2: freak athlete. Uh. And yeah, he's in tune. He he
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  Speaker 2: knows wall. He's been around the game and played at
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  Speaker 2: a high level in this league. And so it's a
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  Speaker 2: huge addition to the room. He brings a lot of character,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of versatility to the to the unit.
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  Speaker 1: Should there how.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he did everything he did a rookie.
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  Speaker 1: Roll outside of you see what you can do get
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  Speaker 1: another year and more have to get un I'm excited.
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  Speaker 2: Nick is one of one personality wise, juice wise. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, having him as a rookie was really funny
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  Speaker 2: and maybe frustrating at times, just because he's uh, he
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  Speaker 2: has some swagger to him for sure, and to see
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  Speaker 2: him become a leader it is pretty cool. I mean
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  Speaker 2: there's no you know, I know, he's not a he's
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  Speaker 2: out the rookie phase yet three games, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just fun to see him do his thing.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he is so special. He's one of one
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  Speaker 1: in this league.
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  Speaker 2: You can give him comparisons to a lot of different players,
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  Speaker 2: but it's like it's nothing is what he does. And
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  Speaker 2: so if we can maximize him this year, I mean
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  Speaker 2: it's he is the heart of this thing in terms
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  Speaker 2: of just talent. He's really special.
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  Speaker 1: Three games in the year two, that's when you're not
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  Speaker 1: a rookie anymore. Yeah, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I had a og vet my rookie year. I said that,
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  Speaker 2: And so it's just been a thing a year in
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  Speaker 2: three games.
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  Speaker 3: Mike mcgonnell's defense year three in this scheme, But what's
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  Speaker 3: that next step?
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  Speaker 1: Now?
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  Speaker 2: Look like because especially you know how quickly this offseason
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  Speaker 2: went and just trying to figure out where you can
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  Speaker 2: take this now. Yeah, it is shocking how much we
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  Speaker 2: have installed in the defense because Mike, I think there's
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  Speaker 2: an understanding that the guys are doing the extra work
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  Speaker 2: to kind of who wasn't here last year the past
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  Speaker 2: few years to be at a certain level, and everyone
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  Speaker 2: in here like, okay, we're not Yeah do you want
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  Speaker 2: to start at the at the ground floor, but let's
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  Speaker 2: let's really get this thing going.
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  Speaker 1: And so there's a little bit of that.
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  Speaker 2: But I say Mike's superpower is catering his plays in
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  Speaker 2: his scheme and our defense to the players, like that's
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  Speaker 2: everyone has the same plays, really like, it's how and
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  Speaker 2: why and when we execute him.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's what makes Mike special. So he's been in
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  Speaker 1: the lab.
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  Speaker 2: We have some good stuff dialed up for sure, and
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  Speaker 2: we will throughout the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 3: Off topic one, in the NFLPA survey, you guys got
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  Speaker 3: several A grades.
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  Speaker 1: One of them was team travel. Yeah, what do you
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  Speaker 1: think goes into getting a for team travel? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: That was that was definitely an intentional thing that was
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  Speaker 2: been a really hot topic around here. Because Seahawks maybe
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  Speaker 2: not this year, but on average usually travel just because
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  Speaker 2: we're further, we travel.
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  Speaker 1: The most, you know, year and year out.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, and so it is really critical like that we
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  Speaker 2: can be prepared for a game if we're traveling east
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  Speaker 2: on those you know, ten am games for us, and
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  Speaker 2: I would say Sam Rams and Mike McDonald, several people
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  Speaker 2: high up have been really intentional about like the plan
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  Speaker 2: and execution. We traveled two days before. We got a
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  Speaker 2: bigger plane, so guys cannot feel cramped and their legs
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  Speaker 2: can be fresh, the hydration, the nutritionis Andre and Sammy
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  Speaker 2: do a great job. It's literally hands down like like
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  Speaker 2: that's why. It's very clear why I like If that
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't get an A, I don't know what gets
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  Speaker 2: an A.
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  Speaker 1: And everyone really is really appreciative of it. I mean sleep,
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  Speaker 1: everything goes into account.
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  Speaker 2: They set up and te us up so nice, so
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  Speaker 2: that those East Coast games that our stats are really good,
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  Speaker 2: it's because we really work at it.
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  Speaker 1: It's all super intentional stuff. How important is Derek Hall
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  Speaker 1: to the defense?
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  Speaker 3: How excited are you to see sticking around for a
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  Speaker 3: few more years?
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  Speaker 1: Man, it's cool.
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  Speaker 2: It's really cool to see somebody you know, be a
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  Speaker 2: rookie and then like get like that contract and because
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  Speaker 2: I'm a leader and become a force multiplier.
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  Speaker 1: And that's that's d Hall. I think there's nobody.
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  Speaker 2: That talks more or gets more talk that to uh
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  Speaker 2: than there Everyone down his ass all the time.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And at the same time everyone is hugging him, dapping
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  Speaker 2: him up because it's work. He it's really special when
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  Speaker 2: somebody you know, they earned it.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't given.
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  Speaker 2: You know, there wasn't any a draft status thing cloud,
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  Speaker 2: none of that. It's all work. Let's so yeah, he's uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's special. Now a person in Lockham doesn't love d Hall.
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  Speaker 1: You'll hear him. You probably can hear hi right now
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  Speaker 1: if you listen closely.
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  Speaker 2: He's loud, Uh, He's he's funny, but he's a pro
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  Speaker 2: and he's definitely the epitome.
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  Speaker 1: Of Seahawk back talk. He's the loudest one in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Spoon's a close second, uh, But d Hall man,
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  Speaker 2: he's overly strong. He's like a U we're messing around.
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  Speaker 2: He's the first one to show love and also roast
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  Speaker 2: a little bit. And so that balance it's like contagious,
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  Speaker 2: like you feel just like he's just contagious energy.
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  Speaker 1: And so, yeah, I can't speak highly.
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  Speaker 2: And we've had a lot of great talks this offseason
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  Speaker 2: about him just becoming a leader for us. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's rotating a lot last year, the past few years,
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  Speaker 2: but he's on the field where a better defense.
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  Speaker 3: Thought about speaking of Mike a year three coming as
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  Speaker 3: a coach, Stuperow, Now, I guess how you've kind of
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  Speaker 3: seen him is he does he seem any different now
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  Speaker 3: at all than he did.
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  Speaker 1: The previous years? Oh? Definitely. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Now Mike is like his his he's so intentional of
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  Speaker 2: his of his process, like you could it's really easy
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  Speaker 2: to be like, hey, we won last year, like let's
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  Speaker 2: kind of replicate the things we're doing. But he wants
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  Speaker 2: none of that. Like he is always trying to and
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  Speaker 2: we use the term kind of chasing the edge. He's
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  Speaker 2: always trying to reinvent the wheel, but build off of
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  Speaker 2: what we do well. It's just like he's really focused
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  Speaker 2: and dialed in on how he wants to present himself
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  Speaker 2: who he is as a player, who is as a coach,
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  Speaker 2: And it's like the culture is set, the standard is
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  Speaker 2: a standard, and he has built that through, you know,
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  Speaker 2: an off season when we're not around about how he
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  Speaker 2: wants to be for us, and so it's really little.
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  Speaker 2: See he's, uh, I'm really lucky. He's We're all really
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  Speaker 2: lucky to have coach Derek. Do you think it is
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  Speaker 2: about his style of play that positioned himself to get
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  Speaker 2: the contract?
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  Speaker 1: He is just a violent player.
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  Speaker 2: I mean some of the I could me think of
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  Speaker 2: a play Tennessee preseason twenty twenty four, there's a play
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  Speaker 2: where a tight end goes across the ball. That's a
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  Speaker 2: crazy play to bring up, but he like the violence
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  Speaker 2: that he had on a tight end spelling, We still
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  Speaker 2: show that clip. That's just who he is. He is
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  Speaker 2: strong as hell and he just he's a motor that's high.
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  Speaker 2: Like when you have those two things where somebody's willing
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  Speaker 2: to rush the passer but also stop the run.
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  Speaker 1: That's how we're built.
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  Speaker 2: We don't we don't do that kind of like chasing
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  Speaker 2: sack stuff, and he doesn't do that.
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  Speaker 1: He's a complete d n for us. Uh. And he's yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's just violent. He's probably the most violent person on
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  Speaker 1: our defense. All those lines. Why look at his stats.
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  Speaker 1: Let's playing a couple of lender there, but the impact
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  Speaker 1: of rings rings clearer and like how does that show
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  Speaker 1: for rescue PA, Like that stat.
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  Speaker 2: Isn't there guy, I would say it speaks to him,
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  Speaker 2: but it speaks to our whole team, Like we don't
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  Speaker 2: have a lot of flash in the pan people like
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  Speaker 2: if you look at Spoon stats, you probably aren't like, you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, you didn't know see any names. You're like, okay,
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  Speaker 1: like solid stats. When you watch him play, it's like,
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  Speaker 1: all right, that guy's special. He's he's he's the real deal. NICKI.
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  Speaker 2: Man, worry you might not see how the best stats,
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  Speaker 2: but when you see him, you just know what it is.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the hall. Like you watch any tape, any
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  Speaker 2: cut up, watch him play, like, okay, we got to
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  Speaker 2: account for fifty eight. When you have a guy like that,
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  Speaker 2: you need.
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  Speaker 1: To reward that. And uh yeah, that's that's who he is.
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  Speaker 1: That's we have a bunch of guys like that on
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  Speaker 1: the team.
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  Speaker 2: And thankfully guys are selfless enough to like not chase
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  Speaker 2: that kind of acclaimer, kind of recognition or you know,
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  Speaker 2: all the accolades, because.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they don't love this out here in Seattle,
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  Speaker 1: and so.
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  Speaker 2: We gotta you know, we gotta within we know what
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  Speaker 2: it is, and so you just you know when you
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  Speaker 2: see it with the.
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  Speaker 1: Hall everything else. Thanks truly, Yeah, appreciate you, guess, thank you,
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  Speaker 1: thank you,