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Geno Smith: "We Did A Great Job Of Starting Fast" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. How you doing.
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  Speaker 2: Was the most noticeable impact? He didn't starting fast like
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  Speaker 2: last week.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the the most notable impact was just
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  Speaker 3: the overall morale. You know, obviously, coming off of uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know those losses. Uh, we needed to start fast
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  Speaker 3: to kind of get our energy going, and I thought
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  Speaker 3: we did a great job at that.
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  Speaker 1: Throughout the game. I felt like we sustained our energy.
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  Speaker 1: You can see it all over the tape. Man. Guys
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  Speaker 1: were just give an extra effort.
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  Speaker 3: And that's something that we really been talking about, and so,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we want to continue to build on that
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  Speaker 3: and keep getting better each week.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's somewhat it's obvious, but what does that
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  Speaker 2: open up in the playbook?
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  Speaker 3: How many different things do.
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  Speaker 2: You get to as a result of that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean you saw the you know, the the
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  Speaker 3: double pass with uh with Jackson.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: It gives you an opportunity to uh get some of
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  Speaker 3: those off the off the call sheet and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: most importantly, UH, it just gives us that boost that
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  Speaker 3: we need, that morale. It allows us to go out
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  Speaker 3: there and play fast, get the old line going, you know,
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  Speaker 3: get those guys uh really rolling off the ball, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think whenever they're you know, playing the
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  Speaker 3: way they did, our offense is gonna be extremely tough
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  Speaker 3: to beat. So uh, you know, just starting early, starting fast,
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  Speaker 3: and then keeping that momentum I think is a huge
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  Speaker 3: thing for us and we gotta continue that.
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  Speaker 2: How would you rate his quarterback decision making on that play?
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  Speaker 1: Look look like that might have some coverage. Yeah it
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  Speaker 1: uh it it worked out for him.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah I would I can't do that, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: wouldn't throw that pass, but you know, when you're a
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  Speaker 3: receiver and you get the opportunity, you gotta take that shot.
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  Speaker 3: So uh it was really uh, really happy for him,
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  Speaker 3: and I thought it was really a really good pass
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  Speaker 3: in that.
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  Speaker 1: Moment right there.
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  Speaker 2: Does that mean he was a quarterback meetings this week?
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  Speaker 3: He should be because his decision making probably a little offer,
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  Speaker 3: but uh, he's got more important things to worry about
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  Speaker 3: as a receiver.
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  Speaker 1: So like you see it from.
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  Speaker 2: Him as a just this receiver developed it from year
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  Speaker 2: one year two.
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  Speaker 1: Because you've seen him have some huge games this year
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  Speaker 1: and some some quiet games.
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  Speaker 2: Because you're gone said, he feels he's he feels like
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  Speaker 2: he always feels there.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's out, he's outstanding. I think JSN is such
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  Speaker 3: a special player. And when he's on the field, like
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  Speaker 3: you said, like coach said, you feel him out there,
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  Speaker 3: whether it blocking, whether it's you know, running a route
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  Speaker 3: and he's you know, getting double team and opening it
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  Speaker 3: up for another guy, or catching the ball and making
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  Speaker 3: explosive plays. I think he can do it all. You see,
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  Speaker 3: even saw him, you know, throw the ball. So when
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  Speaker 3: he's out there, he's gonna continue to make plays. What
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  Speaker 3: I see from him is a relentless work ethic. I
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  Speaker 3: think the way that he prepares, the way that he
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  Speaker 3: works is outstanding. You know, you guys don't get to
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  Speaker 3: see him every day in practice, but I mean he's
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  Speaker 3: just the same guy every single day.
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  Speaker 1: And so for a young guy to be building on
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  Speaker 1: that and.
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  Speaker 3: To be you know, really pushing himself in that way,
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  Speaker 3: it's only gonna make him better. And so you know,
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  Speaker 3: for me, I just got to continue to harness help
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  Speaker 3: him harness it, and continue to push him to be
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  Speaker 3: the best he can be.
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  Speaker 4: Mike Drell got his first start. He has been playing
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  Speaker 4: rookies on the line. Charles Cross is younger than the rookies,
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  Speaker 4: even though he's been in there for a couple of years.
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  Speaker 4: You talk about the role of Connor Williams coming in
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  Speaker 4: as a veteran in the middle of that line and
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  Speaker 4: what that's Man.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Man, Connor has meant everything to us. You know,
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  Speaker 3: since we've gotten him. He's been the consummate professional. The
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  Speaker 3: way that he approaches the game every single day, His demeanor,
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  Speaker 3: his want to those are the things that you know,
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  Speaker 3: really permeates through the locker room and it rubs off
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  Speaker 3: on everybody. And so you know, for Connor to come
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  Speaker 3: in the way that he has and to pick up
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  Speaker 3: the offense, you know in only a matter of weeks.
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  Speaker 3: He's still growing, he's still learning, we're still working together,
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  Speaker 3: still learning one another. But he's been outstanding his demeanor,
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  Speaker 3: the way that he approaches the ball, the way he
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  Speaker 3: takes the ball. Obviously, he's got to go out there.
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  Speaker 3: He's got a tough job, right, You got to block
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  Speaker 3: you know, these big dudes out there, and you got
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  Speaker 3: to make room for Kenneth and you know, make make
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  Speaker 3: space for me to get the ball off. But I
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  Speaker 3: think overall, man, he's led that group and they're only
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  Speaker 3: going to continue to get better with him at the helm.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've seen a few times this year where
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  Speaker 2: Tyler Lockett maybe doesn't have a big game statistically, but
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  Speaker 2: comes up in.
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  Speaker 3: A big moment the third down late in the Denver game,
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  Speaker 3: then the two Men drive last week.
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  Speaker 1: What about him? Is he kind of always available in
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  Speaker 1: those moments? Yeah, I think Tyler is just how poised
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  Speaker 1: he is. Right, he's steady.
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  Speaker 3: He's been that way throughout his entire life, throughout his
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  Speaker 3: entire career, and so he's never gonna change. His Demeanor's
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  Speaker 3: not gonna change. You know, whether he gets you know,
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  Speaker 3: ten ten targets in the game, or he gets five
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  Speaker 3: or he gets three, he's gonna run his routes the
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  Speaker 3: same way. He's gonna give maximum effort. He's gonna be
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  Speaker 3: the consummate leader that we need. He's gonna bring the
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  Speaker 3: right energy and the right approach to the huddle. And uh,
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  Speaker 3: when his when his time's called, when when his numbers
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  Speaker 3: gets called, he makes the play every single time. And
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  Speaker 3: we know just how special he is and the work
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  Speaker 3: that he's put in, you know a lot of stuff
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  Speaker 3: behind the scenes to make sure his body's ready and shoot.
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  Speaker 3: Man Like, he's one of my best best friends. And uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I just want to continue to throw them
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  Speaker 3: the ball. I gotta throw it to him more if
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  Speaker 3: I can, But I know I can always count on
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  Speaker 3: him and he's always.
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  Speaker 4: Going to be there as a quarterback in those moments,
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  Speaker 4: whether it's like a later or down or a two
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  Speaker 4: man draft in your.
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  Speaker 2: Head or you thinking like Tyler is gonna be available
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  Speaker 2: for the situation.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we got so many you know, great
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  Speaker 3: guys that it makes my job that much easier. I
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  Speaker 3: just got to go out there and let the defense
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  Speaker 3: dictate where the balls go.
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  Speaker 1: Ball goes.
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  Speaker 3: But a lot of times, man, it just it comes
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  Speaker 3: down to it being Tyler, and he's always in the
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  Speaker 3: right spot. He always you know, makes the catch, gets
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  Speaker 3: his toes and bounds when he needs to. And he's
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  Speaker 3: even out there making blocks. Man, he's doing it all.
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  Speaker 3: So I think Tyler is gonna continue to get better.
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  Speaker 3: We're growing as an offense. Like he's not, you know,
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  Speaker 3: reached his peak yet. I think he still got more
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  Speaker 3: life in him, and you know, he's showing us that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the twelves make an impact in the game,
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  Speaker 2: But what makes them different.
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  Speaker 3: From other fan bases shoot super rowdy, super loud. I
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  Speaker 3: really like when I was on other teams, and I
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  Speaker 3: would watch Seattle, Man, you just kind of envy the
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  Speaker 3: way there. There's a connection that you can see between
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  Speaker 3: the fans and the players in the entire organization. And
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  Speaker 3: I think, uh, you know, when you talk about the twelves,
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  Speaker 3: they're part of the team, and so we're all connected
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  Speaker 3: out there. When when we're out there in our home crowd, man, like,
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  Speaker 3: we're talking about it all week, defending our turf, and
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  Speaker 3: we want to make our fans proud. We want to
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  Speaker 3: make them happy, give him something to cheer for. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: But they're gonna be excited. They're gonna be loud. We
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  Speaker 3: know that, and they make it tough on the opponent.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you get false starts, you get you know,
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  Speaker 3: a lot of you know, delay of games simply because
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  Speaker 3: of how loud they are when we're out there.
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  Speaker 4: What stands out to you about the challenge of Buffalo.
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  Speaker 3: I think they're Yeah, they're gonna be one of the
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  Speaker 3: better defenses we face so far. Just the way they
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  Speaker 3: play sound football. They're connected. Uh, they communicate well.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. Their strength is their D line.
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  Speaker 3: A bunch of first round is upfront, A lot of
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  Speaker 3: very active guys up front who can really get after it,
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  Speaker 3: and so gonna be another challenge for us. But you
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  Speaker 3: know when you watch their defense, man, like they just
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  Speaker 3: play all eleven is one. Uh, they keep you know,
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  Speaker 3: keep it in front of them, don't let you get
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  Speaker 3: the big plays that make you, you know, matriculate the
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  Speaker 3: ball down the field. And uh, you know, they they
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  Speaker 3: force you to make mistakes. They believe in their offense, right,
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  Speaker 3: so they think they're you know, they know they're gonna
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  Speaker 3: score points and feel like they're gonna put the pressure
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  Speaker 3: on your offense to you know, go out there and
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  Speaker 3: try to make plays. And so if we be patient
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  Speaker 3: and we do the right things. We we went on
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  Speaker 3: the early downs. Uh, we take care of you know,
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  Speaker 3: the penalties and not having turnovers. We put ourselves in
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  Speaker 3: a good position to make plays.
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  Speaker 1: What do you know about Ernest Jones from the times
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  Speaker 1: you played against him? Man, A great player, you know,
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  Speaker 1: great player flying around.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, he was the he was the leader on that
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  Speaker 3: defense even when he was you know, young, just stepping
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  Speaker 3: in and uh obviously a Super Bowl winner. He's got
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  Speaker 3: the right stuff, man. But uh, you know, I know
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  Speaker 3: Mike is excited to have him. I think our guys
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  Speaker 3: are excited to have him, and you know, I know
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  Speaker 3: I am just from playing against him. Man, he's always
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  Speaker 3: a problem out there, and so uh to have him
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  Speaker 3: on our side, you know, I look forward to what
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  Speaker 3: he's gonna do.
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  Speaker 2: When did your team heron makes a trade mid season?
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  Speaker 1: How did players typically find out about it?
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  Speaker 2: What does how does words spread around the locker room?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, coach Coach told us in the meeting.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, like I said, Jerome Baker's been a guy who
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  Speaker 3: you know, I've known for a while and I've seen
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  Speaker 3: the way he's worked us but off and you know,
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  Speaker 3: obviously got back healthy and was able.
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  Speaker 1: To go out there and contribute to the team. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: But this is sometimes a part of the business and
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  Speaker 3: hopefully it works out for both guys. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: coach told us in the meeting, and UH just kind
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  Speaker 3: of moved on from there.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when you see your team go out and
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  Speaker 2: add a couple players in trade during the season, trying
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  Speaker 2: to make you guys better, Like, is there kind of
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  Speaker 2: a sense in the locker room about you know, they're
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  Speaker 2: investing in us where you know they see potential in
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  Speaker 2: us and trying to move forward?
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  Speaker 1: And did you do you guys kind of feel that
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  Speaker 1: when those sorts of things happen. Uh. Yeah, we've always felt,
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  Speaker 1: you know.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's that's the great part of being here
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  Speaker 3: in Seattle, when being a part of this organization is
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  Speaker 3: you know, even when Pete was the coach, I always compete,
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  Speaker 3: right Like, We're always striving to do whatever it takes
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  Speaker 3: to get better. And that goes for everybody in the building.
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  Speaker 3: And so I think when you look at it, I've
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  Speaker 3: always felt like that's been the case. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: I think these moves are no different than what we've
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  Speaker 3: always done.
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  Speaker 4: You continue to be one of the most accurate passers
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  Speaker 4: in the NFL. When you have a game where you
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  Speaker 4: miss a couple throws, what are typically the reasons you
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  Speaker 4: found and what are ways you get.
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  Speaker 1: Back into rhythm?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there there can be a multiple, you know, reasons
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  Speaker 3: for missing throws. I think, you know, the one I
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  Speaker 3: can think of is the one to Jackson crossing route
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  Speaker 3: against Sant France where you know, I kind of sell
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  Speaker 3: the ball a little high. Was changing my arm angle
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  Speaker 3: on that one, you know, trying to get it around somebody,
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  Speaker 3: and you know I missed it. So you know, maybe
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  Speaker 3: I could have you know, taken a different approach, you know,
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  Speaker 3: thrown it from the top and wouldn't missed that throw.
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  Speaker 1: But honestly, man like it's human error. Those things happen.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, no one's perfect, and so I think every
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  Speaker 3: single quarterback who's played his misster throw. But you just
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  Speaker 3: got to be confident in your preparation understand that. You know,
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  Speaker 3: if you are accurate, you'll hit most of those, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, just kind of wipe it out of your
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  Speaker 3: memory and keep going.
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  Speaker 4: You look forward to these opportunities to trade throws with
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  Speaker 4: other quarterbacks that are known as you know, among the
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  Speaker 4: best in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, hopefully they don't complete a pass. You know, that's
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  Speaker 1: really the goal.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, if it comes down to it, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I feel like I've been a shootouts my entire life,
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  Speaker 3: and you know those moments I thrive. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: we want to go out there and we want to
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  Speaker 3: stop them on defense and you know, let our offense
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  Speaker 3: go over there and take control and we complete all
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  Speaker 3: the passes and they don't.
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  Speaker 2: What do you see in Josh Allen as a quarterback
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  Speaker 2: when you get a chance.
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  Speaker 3: To watch him, spectacular playmaker, you know, a dual threat,
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  Speaker 3: a guy who you know, has got a big arm,
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  Speaker 3: you know, get throw the miles very accurate. He's gutsy,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he'll make throws that a lot of guys
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  Speaker 3: want attempt.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: And then he's hard to bring down in space to
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  Speaker 3: be that you know, big in size, and to run
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  Speaker 3: the way that he runs. You know, he presents challenges
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  Speaker 3: for defenses and you can see how much passion he
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  Speaker 3: has for the game. He rarely slides. You know he's
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  Speaker 3: gonna try and you know, run you over if you can,
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  Speaker 3: if you're a defender. So guys have got to be
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  Speaker 3: ready for that. But you know, I see an outstanding
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  Speaker 3: player and a great opponent.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know, can you when you come flush out
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  Speaker 1: of the pocket, can you talk about the importance of
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  Speaker 1: your receivers having the awareness of where to go, you know,
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  Speaker 1: space for you to find them. Yeah, that's extremely important.
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  Speaker 3: Scrambled drill is something that we wrap and we talk
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  Speaker 3: about and it's it's the second play. Right, there's a
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  Speaker 3: play and sometimes they cover it or you know, a
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  Speaker 3: guy may may get beat up front, and you know
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  Speaker 3: you gotta flush out of the pocket and then there
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  Speaker 3: becomes a second play. And I think we got some
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  Speaker 3: of the best guys at that. Tyler Lockett's been you know,
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  Speaker 3: throughout his career, he's been outstanding at that, uh DK
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  Speaker 3: as well, And so all of our guys are are
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  Speaker 3: good at finding space. Jackson, I've you know, done found
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  Speaker 3: him a few times on some scrambles and he's been
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  Speaker 3: doing a great job of finding space. So I think
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  Speaker 3: all of our guys are, you know, just really playing
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  Speaker 3: together and understanding you know, each other, And if I
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  Speaker 3: break the pocket, they know where to go and I
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  Speaker 3: know where to find them.
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  Speaker 1: Are you expecting DK mecha have to try to play?
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  Speaker 2: And do you guys have to kind of guard him
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  Speaker 2: against himself with how he wants to play.
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  Speaker 3: I have no say so in that, but I'll be
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  Speaker 3: preparing for him to, yeah, if it's up to him,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I know he's gonna do everything he can
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  Speaker 3: to be out there, and obviously, you know, as his quarterback,
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  Speaker 3: would love to have him.
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  Speaker 1: But I honestly have no say so on that. So
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  Speaker 1: I'll let you know when I found out.
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  Speaker 2: What was it like seeing Abe and George back at practice.
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  Speaker 3: Great to have those guys back, especially Abe, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just knowing how you know, how much he's battled just
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  Speaker 3: to get back out there, and you know, he told
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  Speaker 3: me he was feeling, you know.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty good after yesterday. You know I was.
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  Speaker 3: I was just happy for him. You know, it's been
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  Speaker 3: a while since he's been out there on the practice field.
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  Speaker 3: And then George as well. You know, getting those guys
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  Speaker 3: back and having them on the line, having having them
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  Speaker 3: available is something that we're gonna need down the line.
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  Speaker 3: So as those guys continue to work back, man, we're
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  Speaker 3: just gonna help him out. And really really excited though
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  Speaker 3: for those guys.
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  Speaker 2: You said you feel you've been in shootout your entire
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  Speaker 2: life and you thrive in those moments.
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  Speaker 1: What is it about you that thrives in those moments?
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  Speaker 1: What do you like best? I like passing? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: like throwing the ball, so you know, I look forward
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  Speaker 1: to it.
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  Speaker 4: Did you give ken Walker Zach Sharbernay any tips after
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  Speaker 4: your dead leg scramble and in s Atlanta and you
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  Speaker 4: juke that guy out?
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  Speaker 2: Remember that play?
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  Speaker 1: Did that happen? I kind of forgot that game, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think I need to tell ken Walker anything
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  Speaker 3: about you know, uh juke and guys out there. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he's got like a highlight tape, a mixtape of guys
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  Speaker 3: that he's made Fall and Zach as well. They actually
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  Speaker 3: helped me, you know, work on that type of stuff,
• 12:29
  Speaker 3: so I'm asking questions instead of telling them stuff anything else.
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: Thank you, guys,