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Mike Macdonald: "I'm Excited To See Our Guys Play" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, great, great to see everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Good fast Friday, So still the guys, but the prep
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  Speaker 2: is still not done. We still play for another forty
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  Speaker 2: eight hours or so, so we'll look a little bit
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  Speaker 2: different mentally and physically and we'll have a great Saturday
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow and be ready to play Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: At one coach, they were, how different is the week
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  Speaker 3: of product doing team planning?
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  Speaker 2: And at this point after just working on you, I
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  Speaker 2: think I think the biggest change is for everybody understanding
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  Speaker 2: our weekly cadence once now that we're in game week.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit differently on defense.
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  Speaker 2: You know, an offense Grub's kind of going by his
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  Speaker 2: cadence to what how we operate as a team.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, being a new.
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  Speaker 2: Staff on defense, you know we've done we've done some
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  Speaker 2: some mock weeks, but it's hard to actually match that
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  Speaker 2: cadence because you're in camp and in the springtime and
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  Speaker 2: things like that.
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  Speaker 1: So, uh, you know, it's a little bit of an adjustment.
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  Speaker 2: But now that you know, I got a week under
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  Speaker 2: our belt, should go smooth and moving forwards.
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  Speaker 3: A communication piece on defense.
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  Speaker 2: Today, well, you know, we we did the crowd noise
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  Speaker 2: this week and stuff and tried to go louder with
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  Speaker 2: the music just to somewhat simulate what it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be like.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's been good.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we haven't you know, we we've had a
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  Speaker 2: couple of things, a couple of things we need to
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  Speaker 2: change here and there, but it's not because we're not
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  Speaker 2: on the same page.
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  Speaker 3: And Baltimore asked, how much couldn't you have to rely
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  Speaker 3: on been a linebackers or secondary guys in hand signals
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  Speaker 3: like the snaps like some of you've used a lot.
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  Speaker 1: There's time and place for it. A lot of a
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  Speaker 1: lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: That we're moving or anticipation, just rules based off distribution
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  Speaker 2: and how the offensive lines things are understood. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: there's some verbal and non verbal communication going on.
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  Speaker 1: Should be at all times.
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  Speaker 3: Coach Baltimore had a bunch of illegal formations in last
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  Speaker 3: night's game.
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  Speaker 1: Is that something you talked about with your team today?
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  Speaker 2: We did a NFL kind of update around the league
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  Speaker 2: and our team meeting today, but we haven't we'll addressed
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  Speaker 2: that one specifically tomorrow morning.
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  Speaker 3: You see Jerome kind of back in the thanks to speaking.
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  Speaker 3: You get up to meet pay Big he is.
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  Speaker 2: To go on the field. I mean, uh, it looks good,
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  Speaker 2: looks good. I think he's confident, you know. I meant
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  Speaker 2: it's just not having to do an actual have a
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  Speaker 2: bring someone to the ground. Uh, it's something a little
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  Speaker 2: bit new for him, but I mean he's a pro.
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  Speaker 1: He'll be fine. Excited to see him plays.
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  Speaker 3: Talked about the time they spent together off the field
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  Speaker 3: because of the time they've missed on it. Have you
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  Speaker 3: seen that pay often they're on the same page though
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  Speaker 3: I don't necessarily got the practice.
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  Speaker 1: For up there. Yeah, it's great. I mean, we want
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  Speaker 1: all our guys hanging out ou outside the building.
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  Speaker 2: It's uh, it's cool to hear that they that they
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  Speaker 2: do that a bunch and guys are working all together.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be a relationship that will be growth that will
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  Speaker 1: hopefully grow for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: And you're right, there has to be a chemistry between
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  Speaker 2: those those two guys. So but yeah, you can you
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  Speaker 2: can tell that it's Uh, it's paying off out there.
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  Speaker 3: You're an even keel guy. But just I always I
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  Speaker 3: wouldn't say excited, but you're looking forward to that game
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  Speaker 3: starting and then you know the ball, the game part
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  Speaker 3: of the coaching.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm excited to see our guys play. I just
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  Speaker 2: they've been working really really hard. They've earned the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to go out there and and and showcase with the
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  Speaker 2: you know, the work that they put in. And me personally,
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  Speaker 2: I still got some work to do, you know, for
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  Speaker 2: between the games. So I'm focused on that.
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  Speaker 1: And then when the game hits, I'm sure it'll it'll
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  Speaker 1: hit pretty hard. But not time yet to be nervous.
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  Speaker 1: I'm always nervous. Do you have you met me? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: what does that work that you do between now and
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  Speaker 1: the game.
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  Speaker 2: It's just part it's part for the course, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: late game situations, really finalizing what we're gonna what we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna lead the game with and how we're gonna call it.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm sorry, you have just no normal operating procedure.
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  Speaker 3: Uh you coached there in twenty nineteen of Movement with Balmor, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: call right. Do you remember anything?
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  Speaker 2: A kind of the atmosphere then and what that was
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  Speaker 2: like to again balls in the booth so as a bummer.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, it's good for me, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, all the all the things, I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: had talked about it. You know, it's an issue. So
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  Speaker 2: it's something that you talk about as a team throughout
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  Speaker 2: the whole week about the noise and what it's like
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  Speaker 2: and the atmosphere and electricity. Didn't necessarily hear it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: but you still can feel it from being inside the booth.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, just I'm glad we're on this side now
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  Speaker 2: in terms of.
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  Speaker 1: Like fourth down decisions and stuff. Is that only discussion
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  Speaker 1: between you and Brian or if he's grubbing there as.
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  Speaker 2: Well well, So you know, we're all part of it
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  Speaker 2: throughout the week, but when we happen in real time,
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  Speaker 2: some certain situations you'd go to grub on like confidence
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  Speaker 2: level because it's there's some numbers involved. But for the
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  Speaker 2: most part, we we kind of know going throughout the
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  Speaker 2: drive and it's ultimately be a my decision.
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  Speaker 3: Who's your quite person up in the booth for like replays.
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  Speaker 2: Brianaires is just doing a great job with all that
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  Speaker 2: type of stuff. But yeah, he's the guy in my ear.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking constantly, which learning.
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  Speaker 3: And this I guess we're exciting too in this defense?
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  Speaker 1: How important is spacing? Just you know, even though the
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  Speaker 1: three block because I made in.
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  Speaker 2: Terms of the D line, that's the first thing I've
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  Speaker 2: ever gotten that question that's a pretty good question. It's
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  Speaker 2: extremely important. It's it's a matter of space. You're trying
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  Speaker 2: to restrict space at the point of attack. The space
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  Speaker 2: in between your underneath and your and your third level
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  Speaker 2: players in coverage is really important too. So if you
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  Speaker 2: get out of whack there, then there's levels.
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  Speaker 1: In the defense.
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  Speaker 2: There's vertical seams upfront that you're trying to eliminate on.
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  Speaker 2: How we play blocks up front, pass rush?
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's tough. You only got four guys, there's
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  Speaker 1: more than four gaps.
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  Speaker 2: How you rush together, eliminate, eliminate gaps, restrict space for
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback. So I mean you could name a play
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  Speaker 2: and it's that's the name of the game, so open
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  Speaker 2: field tack.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I can go on forever. But yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: exciting to talk about. Is that what the communication is
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  Speaker 1: important in?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's just yeah, I think like what your
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  Speaker 2: expectation is, what your job description is based off of,
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  Speaker 2: like the reaction that the offense gives you. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say, uh, a communication is on the list,
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  Speaker 2: but it's kind of like, yeah, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, how did you come to decide? Brian? Brian was
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  Speaker 3: already hearing anything. So how did you kind of come
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  Speaker 3: to this set on him to be guy?
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean everybody needs someone that does it,
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  Speaker 2: and Brian is a great passion for for for the Seahawks,
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  Speaker 2: one which I really appreciate, came highly regarded from John
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  Speaker 2: uh when we got here, and just a great spirit
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  Speaker 2: about him, just a unbelievable enthusiasm, works incredibly hard. Uh
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  Speaker 2: So he's done a lot of work between February first
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  Speaker 2: and now on you name it. So he's been been
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  Speaker 2: in a tremendous asset for for our team. For me,
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  Speaker 2: just a fun, awesome guy to be around me. He
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  Speaker 2: just he loves football and.
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  Speaker 1: He's really really smart and he's a great communicator.
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  Speaker 2: Puts together a ton of presentations for the team, always
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  Speaker 2: looking around corners, chasing edges.
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  Speaker 1: I love his attitude. So not enough good things to
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  Speaker 1: say about Brian any like pregame routines or visuals.
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  Speaker 2: For Uh yeah, yeah, I mean I go for a run,
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  Speaker 2: get there early. Uh, kind of finalize some things, talk
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  Speaker 2: to you know, talk to the coaches. But yeah, I'm
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  Speaker 2: it's if games.
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  Speaker 1: Will like tests, It's like you gotta you have to
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  Speaker 1: like It's hard for me to.
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  Speaker 2: Turn it off, So you're just constantly working on it situationally,
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  Speaker 2: and then when we kick it off, then you kind
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  Speaker 2: of it's like getting the test in your hand. Then
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  Speaker 2: you kind of see what the questions are and see
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  Speaker 2: if you know them, and if you don't know them,
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  Speaker 2: you try to figure them out, you know, before the
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  Speaker 2: four times up.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty much how it goes. You're in the stadium stats, No,
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  Speaker 1: I just I gotta figure out a place around here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, this spacing issue. Is there a way to scheme
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  Speaker 3: fix that during the game without leaving something else open?
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  Speaker 3: Or is that players just got to know that from
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  Speaker 3: their assignments.
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  Speaker 1: Is there like a spacing thing going on? Like is
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  Speaker 1: there Like that's the first I've never gotten. I've never
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  Speaker 1: gotten one question on space, then I got two.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, if there's voids the defense,
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  Speaker 2: or if there's a timing issue on second level types
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  Speaker 2: of plays, you can adjust people's.
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  Speaker 1: Alignments things like that, But which you've done a couple
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  Speaker 1: of times.
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  Speaker 2: I really still think it's just like, hey, just fall
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  Speaker 2: the leve of your training, you know, go play ball,
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  Speaker 2: and things are gonna happen, you know, like they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have at some point something is not gonna work. Let's
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  Speaker 2: just let's go to the next play, let's try to
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  Speaker 2: fix it moving forward, and then just keep plugging away.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously you're focused on the task at hand, but at
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  Speaker 3: the enjoin this week or maybe they'll be sunny. I
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  Speaker 3: think you take them into this reflect on everything that's transpired,
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  Speaker 3: going back to the last winter and your job moving
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  Speaker 3: out here. You broke some more news on the radio
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  Speaker 3: of Other Life. Oh yeah, it's been a big year
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  Speaker 3: for you as well.
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  Speaker 2: I want to be like, yeah, of course I'm gonna
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  Speaker 2: sit down and meditate, but like, no, I'm not going to. No,
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  Speaker 2: we got a big job ahead and our focus is
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  Speaker 2: reterally just trying to get our guys ready to play and.
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  Speaker 1: And and and play the best, you know, just make
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  Speaker 1: the right decisions throughout just to help the guys. It's
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  Speaker 1: really I just can't. It's hard for me. It's hard
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  Speaker 1: to think like a multiple things at once.
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  Speaker 2: Just hey, like, what's the best for the team. How
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  Speaker 2: can we put our guys in the best spot? What
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  Speaker 2: what you gotta do next? That's that's really is. That's
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  Speaker 2: how that's how it how it goes.
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  Speaker 3: Coach a lot of preseason rankings have the Sea is
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  Speaker 3: one of the bottom ten teams. Do you utilize Boaltimbore
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  Speaker 3: material at all?
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  Speaker 1: I haven't yet. I didn't. I didn't.
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't aware of that that ranking. But do you
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  Speaker 2: remember the rankings between that before last season?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think a lot of people do. So we
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  Speaker 1: know it ended though Tyler looked. Uh, Tyler looks good.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler's good. We expect him to play. He's been limited
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  Speaker 1: all week, but excepting to be out there. You know
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  Speaker 1: Titus from your time at Baltimore with him and it's
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  Speaker 1: been a rough couple of years with him here.
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  Speaker 3: How did people kind of getting back on the field
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  Speaker 3: for you guys out here and have you kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Seen him progressive? Yeah, I'm happy for Tyus. He's he's
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  Speaker 1: been been through a lot. So he looked. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's just like just a good spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Just he's he feels like it's nice for him to
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  Speaker 2: be back and running around and playing ball again. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: just happy for him, just some where he is in
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  Speaker 2: his uh career journey, you know. So he's gotten a
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  Speaker 2: great opportunity here. We're excited for him and uh, he's
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  Speaker 2: working hard. We got a good plan to bring him back,
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  Speaker 2: every good else. Okay, thanks guys,