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Shane Waldron: "That Was Fun To Be A Part Of" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good afternoon, good good. Did you like the
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  Speaker 1: history as much as we all did the facts of
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  Speaker 1: back weeks the touchdown on the final minute two different quarterbacks, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was a good piece of history to be part of,
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  Speaker 1: right there, I know, with going back to the Marino
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  Speaker 1: and Heward deal there and then those guys were complimentary
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  Speaker 1: of Gino and Drew. You know, there's the common denominated
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  Speaker 1: though of Larry Ezzo obviously being the major factor and
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  Speaker 1: being a part of all four of those on the
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  Speaker 1: on the right side there. So it was fun to
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  Speaker 1: be a part of and credit those guys and you know,
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  Speaker 1: staying calm, staying poised, you know, each week in a
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  Speaker 1: in a similar scenario where it takes all the eleven
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  Speaker 1: that are on the field every snap to be locked
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  Speaker 1: in and being resilient and being tough and finishing the
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  Speaker 1: game the right way different on each of those final tripes.
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  Speaker 1: What does that speak to most in either practice, habits,
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  Speaker 1: or character or quarterbacks or anything about the organisation? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think from an organizational standpoint, starting with coach Carrol
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  Speaker 1: and the the relentless uh pursuit of perfection in those
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  Speaker 1: two minute scenarios that we you know, take part in
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  Speaker 1: every day here in the vMac and going through a
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  Speaker 1: million different scenarios, all the different things that can come up,
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  Speaker 1: and the players all being locked in bought into those
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  Speaker 1: and you know, multiple quarterbacks getting to work in those
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  Speaker 1: scenarios and guys communicating, talking through situations and you know,
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  Speaker 1: those things happen, and there's so many different scenarios that
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  Speaker 1: can happen in such a short period of time that
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  Speaker 1: you know, the player's ability to to adjust and adapt
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  Speaker 1: as a drive is going on, uh, their their conditioning,
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  Speaker 1: their mental toughness. I think all those things are are
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  Speaker 1: built in through through Coach Carroll's philosophy on practicing the
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  Speaker 1: two minute how we go about it, and I think
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  Speaker 1: those have been some positive results this year. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think of how you know, just looks physically us
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  Speaker 1: first stand back and how he played. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: he did a great job. He did a great job
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  Speaker 1: of you know, uh, you know, having a tough luck
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  Speaker 1: injury but then doing everything in his control U to
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  Speaker 1: get his body back right and uh you know, I
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  Speaker 1: know he felt like he was ready to go and
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  Speaker 1: and I think, uh, you know, the sooner sooner than
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  Speaker 1: maybe he but it was a good job of also
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  Speaker 1: trusting the people around him to make the right decisions
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  Speaker 1: to protect him, you know, from any sort of long
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  Speaker 1: term things going on there. So when he was back
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  Speaker 1: on the field, he was back and ready to go.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought he did a great job from a
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  Speaker 1: physical standpoint of handling the game, you know, avoiding the
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  Speaker 1: rush or doing any things he needed to do to
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  Speaker 1: show physically that he was back and he could protect
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  Speaker 1: himself along with playing the game of quarterback there from
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  Speaker 1: the mental side of it, just to be the devil's advocated.
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  Speaker 1: We have I think four touchdowns the last two weeks,
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  Speaker 1: or three of them in the fourth quarter rounds in
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  Speaker 1: the final two minutes. O there is there something that
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  Speaker 1: works better then that you need to try to get
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  Speaker 1: through earlier at the games or something else, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I think you get to those scenarios because of the
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  Speaker 1: situation in the game. You know, we've had games where
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  Speaker 1: we've started fast and you know, we were doing a
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  Speaker 1: pretty good job of scoring early in the first quarter
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  Speaker 1: and that had been something we go to and I
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  Speaker 1: think for us as an offense, it still goes back to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the thing that we're really trying to pursue
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  Speaker 1: and try to accomplish as an offense is really that
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  Speaker 1: four quarter consistency. And I think some of the two
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  Speaker 1: minute drives are obviously a result of having some of
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  Speaker 1: those inconsistencies showing up up early and and you know,
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  Speaker 1: surely would like to get into a game where maybe
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  Speaker 1: we can be ahead in those scenarios right there, but
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  Speaker 1: knowing that, hey, every game is going to be tough.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody in the NFL is good, every team is good.
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  Speaker 1: All the players and coaches are are coaching and playing
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  Speaker 1: at a high level. So each week, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: don't know what the final scenario is going to come
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  Speaker 1: down to, but you do know around the league that
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  Speaker 1: most games are going to come down to some sort
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  Speaker 1: of a fourth quarter drive for the to come out
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  Speaker 1: on the on the right side of the victory right there.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, for us, it's going to be that
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  Speaker 1: commitment we're still trying. Even though it's late in the season,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't mean that we can't keep improving. And that's what
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  Speaker 1: we're striving to do for the consistency throughout four quarters
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  Speaker 1: right there. What challenge T want? Yeah, I think TJ.
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  Speaker 1: Watt down in, down out is relentless on the edge
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  Speaker 1: right there, you know, going against him two years ago,
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  Speaker 1: you know he was able to create the turnovers and
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  Speaker 1: his ability to create turnovers obviously you know, seventeen sacks
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  Speaker 1: on the year that goes without saying, but the creating
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  Speaker 1: the turnovers, the batted balls, the pursuit and the run game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he really is able to do it all.
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  Speaker 1: So he's one of those players that plays at an
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  Speaker 1: elite level. Just you know, like some of these other
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  Speaker 1: guys we've had to go against it, you got to
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  Speaker 1: be careful about you know, no one understanding and respecting him,
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  Speaker 1: but no one. They also have ten other guys on
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  Speaker 1: the field that are playing at a high level, and
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  Speaker 1: so he can't you know, take all your focus to
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  Speaker 1: one player and then you know, you got all these
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  Speaker 1: other good players that can come to life at any
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  Speaker 1: given down with where you've coached and learned. Where's this
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  Speaker 1: epicist that Carol has in a two minute usual that
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  Speaker 1: you need? I think it's just the attitude that we
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  Speaker 1: bring and go about it every day and the amount
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  Speaker 1: of practice time that we've allocated towards it has been
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  Speaker 1: a really great thing for me to be a part
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  Speaker 1: of and to learn from. And you know, I know
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  Speaker 1: it's it's really benefited Geno and Andrew and to be
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  Speaker 1: able to do that benefited you know, Russ really did
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  Speaker 1: a good job with it as well. So just from
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback spot, just the style in which we do it,
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  Speaker 1: I think has been a has had some good long
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  Speaker 1: term benefits. Gin talks to me about when Jackson could
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  Speaker 1: earned his trust in the offseason, But when did Jackson
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  Speaker 1: rge trust as to play on. Yeah, I think you know,
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  Speaker 1: in terms of the physical ability and his you know
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  Speaker 1: mindset of being so level headed throughout the course of
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  Speaker 1: every game. Uh, you know, the trust was really there
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  Speaker 1: right away, you know, seeing him in the offseason, seeing
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  Speaker 1: his ability to track a football and catch it. And
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  Speaker 1: I think as what we're as we're seeing now is
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  Speaker 1: you know, his ability to really line up everywhere and
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  Speaker 1: really you know, fully own the offense and knowing where
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  Speaker 1: he's supposed to be on every single thing that we're doing. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And he started that in training camp, started that when
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  Speaker 1: he first got here. But you know, as a as
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  Speaker 1: a guy in year one versus other guys that you know,
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  Speaker 1: Gino's had a rapport with for multiple years, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you got to earn some of that as as the
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  Speaker 1: season goes and you earn more and more trust with
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  Speaker 1: the way the plays go, with the more and more
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  Speaker 1: reps you put out there, And I think Jackson's just
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  Speaker 1: continued to work hard and improve every single day, and
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  Speaker 1: then the results are on the field. You know, the
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  Speaker 1: thank you