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Bobby Wagner: "The Fans Have Been Amazing" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Watching your watching your strikers striving DJ Dallas yesterday down
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  Speaker 1: the sideline in all honestly, are are you faster.
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  Speaker 2: Now you were a couple of years ago?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? I don't know. I feel I feel healthy.
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  Speaker 2: I think the last couple of seasons, I was finishing
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  Speaker 2: season with the injury, so I spend the majority of
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  Speaker 2: the time like trying to rehab that injury. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: last year, uh, you know, we didn't play that long,
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  Speaker 2: so I got a chance to kind of regroup, reset
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  Speaker 2: my diet, reset my things I normally do in the
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  Speaker 2: off season, and and you know, just trying to be
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  Speaker 2: the best version of myself. So I helped the scene
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  Speaker 2: to stay. We felt good, like with the energy was there.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously that's a big part of the defense that we
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  Speaker 2: want to improve on. So we think it's the first
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  Speaker 2: step to you know, coming out first day in practice
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  Speaker 2: setting a tone like that, and then we just got
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  Speaker 2: to build on it. It's a lot of guys learning
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  Speaker 2: how to fit and I got learning how to use
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  Speaker 2: their pass and things of that nature and just you know,
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  Speaker 2: knock that rust off.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, it was a good, strong day saying
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  Speaker 1: stand up for a part that I think it's just
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  Speaker 1: understanding your run fits.
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  Speaker 2: I think, Uh, what it means by that is, uh,
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  Speaker 2: the team is not gonna just line up and let's
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  Speaker 2: say you have an air B gap. They're not gonna
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  Speaker 2: just line up and and come right at you. They're
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  Speaker 2: gonna move a guy, They're gonna motion a guy, and
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  Speaker 2: all those motions change changes your gap, and so you
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  Speaker 2: have to know what your gap is after that. And
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  Speaker 2: I think just having an understanding because sometimes they'll you know,
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  Speaker 2: motion and put the nickel into the fit. Now the
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  Speaker 2: nickel has a run gap, or they'll move the tight
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  Speaker 2: end and make the.
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  Speaker 1: Outside guy have to fall back in.
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  Speaker 2: So there's different ways that they can, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: offices does to mess with your run fit. So just
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  Speaker 2: being mindful of that, being able to communicate that with everybody,
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  Speaker 2: and just being on the same page, I think that's
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  Speaker 2: the biggest sentphenesis that a particularly days, you feel.
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  Speaker 1: That way.
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  Speaker 2: Getting practice to an extent. I mean, the d lin
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  Speaker 2: did such a good job. The ball never really made
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  Speaker 2: it up to us, to be honest. They were attacking
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  Speaker 2: the ball in the backfield, so you know which I'm
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  Speaker 2: okay with. So, uh, they were in the backfield every
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  Speaker 2: every play and they they really set the tone for
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  Speaker 2: us today and so you know that's something that we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna look for.
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  Speaker 1: You know, all season you played with Jared obviously because
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  Speaker 1: you're afforded. How do you can't see him now? And you.
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  Speaker 2: Know he's always been good just being in the backfield
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  Speaker 2: and watching him on you know, other teams. Uh, he's
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  Speaker 2: done a really good job. And so he's just bringing
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  Speaker 2: that same thing. I think he's more mature. Obviously knows
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  Speaker 2: he's always been a smart player, and so now he
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  Speaker 2: has more intellect, more experience under his belt. So he's
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  Speaker 2: kind of passing that knowledge down to a lot of
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  Speaker 2: the guys around him.
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  Speaker 1: So, uh, you know, we really feel really good about
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  Speaker 1: having them there. An that was a big deal man.
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  Speaker 2: So whether whether he's getting penetration and standing there, nobody's
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  Speaker 2: really moving him.
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  Speaker 1: You know. The difference with them is they're able to move.
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  Speaker 1: They're a little bit more shift here.
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  Speaker 2: So on some of those angle blocks, it's a little
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  Speaker 2: bit harder to get get to them because they're so
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  Speaker 2: quick and able to get outside. So with that quickness,
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  Speaker 2: we need to just be able to as linebackers, be
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  Speaker 2: able to read off of that and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: make sure we find the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 2: I think every year, you uh, you come into the
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  Speaker 2: game and you want to be better than what you
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  Speaker 2: were last year. And I see Diggs is still childish.
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  Speaker 1: Your kids right.
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  Speaker 2: There too, setting a back example, throwing ice at adults,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean. But no, there's still areything
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  Speaker 2: in my game. I want to improve, There's still players
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  Speaker 2: I want to make that. Obviously, winning is the ultimate goal,
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  Speaker 2: and that hasn't happened for me the last few years.
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  Speaker 2: So wanting to put more than you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: last year we had five wins, and the year before
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  Speaker 2: that it wasn't double digits. So wanting to win, wanted
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  Speaker 2: to play at a high level and remind everybody who's
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  Speaker 2: the best.
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  Speaker 1: From consistency, especially official nation, nature of your position, what
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  Speaker 1: are you nat?
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  Speaker 2: I'm just really consistent when it comes to taking care
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  Speaker 2: of my body. Been blessed to have and work with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of great people outside of the building that's
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  Speaker 2: been able to to help me maintain my body the
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  Speaker 2: way that is, And.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly, it's just that just being committed to greatness.
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  Speaker 2: You know, watching guys like Ray Lewis, ken Norton, those
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  Speaker 2: guys that's been around for a long time and just
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  Speaker 2: telling things that they've done to allow themselves to play
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  Speaker 2: for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Just doing the same thing, may question, May he'd be great.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously he's learning new defense and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think he's he needed this this new new environment,
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  Speaker 2: fresh environment, and he's been making plays. Last yesterday he
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  Speaker 2: had a nice little pick that that he took back.
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  Speaker 2: So I think he's getting more and more comfortable with
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  Speaker 2: this scheme and I'll be excited to see him out
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  Speaker 2: there on the field and making place. What's impressed about,
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  Speaker 2: Like you know, we're just playing against the last year
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  Speaker 2: we're being in this camp for.
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  Speaker 1: Him now and he unquestioning.
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  Speaker 2: I think the maturity, the growth, obviously, the confidence because
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  Speaker 2: obviously when you you kind of take over, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a guy like Russ, you know, there's a lot of expectations,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things that you you know they're expecting
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  Speaker 2: of you. But he came in and he was himself
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  Speaker 2: and he performed at a very high level. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I've watched that from Afar. You know, he never really
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  Speaker 2: got the opportunity because Russe was here, and so I
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  Speaker 2: knew if he got an opportunity. He probably sees the
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  Speaker 2: moment and that's what he did. Uh, And it's it's
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  Speaker 2: just fun to see, fun to see the work him
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  Speaker 2: being in there early in the morning working out and
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  Speaker 2: things like that. It's just it's just cool to see
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  Speaker 2: the way he's interacting, the way he has commanded the huddle.
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  Speaker 2: It's fun to see and you can see it's it's
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  Speaker 2: even better this year. So I'm looking forward to seeing
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  Speaker 2: what that looks like this year. You see, the one
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  Speaker 2: time I have another's immature person.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously pick more more of the terminology.
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  Speaker 2: I was fortunate enough to, uh, you know, I was
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  Speaker 2: here for a long time, same system, but then when
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  Speaker 2: I went to the Rams, they kind of ran a
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  Speaker 2: similar system to this, and so I feel like we're
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  Speaker 2: kind of combining what we used to do with some
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  Speaker 2: of the new stuff. And so a lot of it
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  Speaker 2: is just terminology. A lot of it is just, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just getting back to the playbook like you were rookie
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  Speaker 2: and making sure you know all the intricacies, because like
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  Speaker 2: I said, they're not gonna just line up and come
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  Speaker 2: at you. They're gonna motion, they're gonna do different things.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, as a mic linebacker, being able to check.
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  Speaker 1: Uniform for a few months now. But to get the
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  Speaker 1: reception that you have a few days from the fans.
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  Speaker 1: What has been your reaction to that and was it
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  Speaker 1: everything you expected? It's been amazing, man, The fans have
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  Speaker 1: been amazing.
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  Speaker 2: The first time I came back was just, uh, something
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  Speaker 2: that was really special. The way that they welcomed me.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously coming back was was just as cool. And being
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  Speaker 2: able to connect with the community, being able to connect
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  Speaker 2: with with everybody because you know, like two years ago,
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  Speaker 2: like my like I had got hurt on the last play,
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  Speaker 2: so I thought my last my last time in the
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  Speaker 2: Seahawk Jersey was going to be that play.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm I'm blessed and happy. It's not that unders.
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  Speaker 1: He's really smart. He's super tough too.
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  Speaker 2: Like you know, having a guy like that that's able
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  Speaker 2: to make plays and get picks and things that nature
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  Speaker 2: will come down and really tag off the running back
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  Speaker 2: or whoever he needs to be in the run game
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  Speaker 2: is just special. It's not too many guys like that.
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  Speaker 2: It's you know, he doesn't get the the respect he deserves.
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  Speaker 2: He's you know, one of the best, if not the
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  Speaker 2: best safeties in the league and He's done an amazing job.
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  Speaker 2: He's super super smart. It's it's really cool to be
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  Speaker 2: able to to bounce ideas off of him during the
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  Speaker 2: game or just you know, during practice, and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm glad to be able to play with
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  Speaker 2: him again. Do you like playing the the softball game, pet?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was cool. And then I, you know, one
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  Speaker 1: of the balls came down.
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  Speaker 2: I saw, you know, somebody slip and I was like, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm I'm not tryna, this is not my game. So
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  Speaker 2: she did the splits. I can't afford to be split.
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  Speaker 2: I don't even think nobody moved like that.
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  Speaker 1: So why is it important to you to always please
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  Speaker 1: state your naming where you're from. I thought you was
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  Speaker 1: a relatory. I didn't think you was a See that's
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  Speaker 1: a little I did that.
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  Speaker 2: Tyler Lockett, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver specialty is returner.
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  Speaker 1: Why is it important for you to get here early
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  Speaker 1: the way that you do?
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  Speaker 2: Ever since I've been here, you always figure first one out,
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  Speaker 2: first one here.
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  Speaker 1: It's that's a great question. I'll give you a kiss.
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  Speaker 2: But it's it's more of a mindset thing. It's like
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  Speaker 2: it's a habit where you don't want to let people
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  Speaker 2: outwork you. And so that's kind of where it started,
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  Speaker 2: is I didn't want anybody to beat me to the
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  Speaker 2: to the facility. And then after that just you create
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  Speaker 2: a routine and you get used to things and you
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  Speaker 2: get here early, kind of like what Kobe said, like
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  Speaker 2: the earlier you get here, the more time you have to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, do all the things you need to do
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  Speaker 2: and provide that balance. You know, I'm able to be
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  Speaker 2: with my family because of how early I wake up.
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  Speaker 2: So that's that's a little bit of it. I see
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  Speaker 2: you there, right, yeah, Rechach, you guys, the first one
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  Speaker 2: or the second one. First one probably like five thirty
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  Speaker 2: second one, probably five forty two.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's the checks.
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  Speaker 2: I think, uh, you know, when he comes out, when
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  Speaker 2: he reads the coverage, whether it's cover two, cover three,
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  Speaker 2: cover four, the confidence to check it to the play
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  Speaker 2: he needs to check it to and in the way
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  Speaker 2: that everybody listens. Then nobody's second questions is check. Nobody's
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  Speaker 2: second questions wall you check it into. They trust him.
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  Speaker 2: He has complete command of the huddle. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that's the the confidence. Obviously one play, cause I didn't
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  Speaker 2: watch too many Seattle games last year, to be honest, but.
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  Speaker 1: One one game that I did watch, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: who they're playing.
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  Speaker 2: It might've been La Chargers, but there was a play,
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  Speaker 2: something happened, something happened before the play, and you saw
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  Speaker 2: Pete come up to uh Geno, say something to Geno
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  Speaker 2: and then he throw a touch down the next play,
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  Speaker 2: like just having like the that that's like confidence, like
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  Speaker 2: confidence in himself, like being able to let that play
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  Speaker 2: go and throw a strike the next place. You know
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  Speaker 2: that that was fun. Huh No, I think it was
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  Speaker 2: a good one, A good one.
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  Speaker 1: Good one. Yeah. I think played for a big Bay
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  Speaker 1: watching year for other would tell that longer and came
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  Speaker 1: out of having played for shopping made lest year. You
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  Speaker 1: can get tell that that that you.
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  Speaker 2: See the offense and finds Yeah, I mean there's there's
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  Speaker 2: obviously there's some differences because you know, quarterback situation was
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  Speaker 2: a little bit different, like when when change the first
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  Speaker 2: guy here is he was dealing with Russ, and Russ
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  Speaker 2: liked to move around a little bit more versus the
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks that he worked was working with didn't really move
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  Speaker 2: that much.
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  Speaker 1: But they still do.
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  Speaker 2: The same play action, the same sweeps, the same, you know,
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  Speaker 2: try to expose the same things, and so you could
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  Speaker 2: definitely tell there's certain things. But that offense is it
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  Speaker 2: has a a wine raise of weapons, but it's centered
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  Speaker 2: around your weapons. And so you know, DK's different than
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  Speaker 2: uh Cooper Cup and so the way they try to
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  Speaker 2: get him open versus Tyler Lockett versus.
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  Speaker 1: All the different weapons are different.
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  Speaker 2: And and you know here there's a much much more emphasis
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  Speaker 2: in in running, running the ball and making sure that's
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  Speaker 2: part of the game. And so that that was to
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  Speaker 2: me the biggest difference. But you could definitely tell there
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  Speaker 2: was some similarities there.
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  Speaker 1: Well did he think that as he probably think back
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  Speaker 1: parts black around think.
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  Speaker 2: I really liked the way he you know, cuts, back, sees,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sees everything. He you could definitely tell, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when somebody overplays or when he sees a gap, he
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  Speaker 2: he hits it, hits it quick. And so you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's just he's a guy who's been standing out and
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  Speaker 2: getting better and better every every practice. And it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be fun seeing everybody you know in preseason and stuff like.
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  Speaker 1: That, all running backs.
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  Speaker 2: Right, It's it's unfortunate, it's unfortunate. At the same time,
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  Speaker 2: it's too. It's it's not too far out. It's kind
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  Speaker 2: of interesting. It's you know, when you have like cbas
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  Speaker 2: or contract negotiations, everybody tries to fund a loophole, and so,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I feel like the loophole with the running
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  Speaker 2: backs has been if they're really good, drafting them the
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  Speaker 2: first round, like using as much as you can and
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  Speaker 2: then don't pay them, and if they're still good, then
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  Speaker 2: you know, you franchise them until you feel like they
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  Speaker 2: losing steam and you know, you get rid of them.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's unfortunate how we devalue that position, cause
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  Speaker 2: you know, clearly us we value running the ball, and
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  Speaker 2: you know a lot of teams, I know they go
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  Speaker 2: to the passing, but you know, if they don't have
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  Speaker 2: a run game, then nobody believes the past or play
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  Speaker 2: actions things that nature. So I think it's still a
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  Speaker 2: value position. It's unfortunate how the chairman you know, spoke
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  Speaker 2: about his own you know, running back and you know
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  Speaker 2: it too. You know, I think as players, you just
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  Speaker 2: want to be appreciated and you want to be valued,
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  Speaker 2: and it's unfortunate that they're not getting at And hopefully
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  Speaker 2: we and they can figure.
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  Speaker 1: It out that ration yea, because what I say, you know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously it's it's kind of the same thing. It's confidence.
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  Speaker 2: When you come in, you know, he's a defensive line coach,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, you start noticing how he you know,
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  Speaker 2: has command of those guys and all those guys.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he got so many different personalities.
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  Speaker 2: So when you're able to connect with each one of them,
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  Speaker 2: obviously you know you have an ability to connect with people,
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  Speaker 2: which I think is big when you're up in those
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  Speaker 2: higher ranks, the defense coordinators, head coaches. You know, scheme
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  Speaker 2: is good, but being able to connect with people is
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  Speaker 2: is I think the thing that separates anybody, and he's
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  Speaker 2: able to do that. I think that's been the biggest thing,
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  Speaker 2: is being able to connect with not just his group,
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  Speaker 2: but the everybody around and and I think obviously it's
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  Speaker 2: more confidence in in the calls and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure I'll be able to help them outlive
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  Speaker 2: bit too.
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  Speaker 1: You have to you have to be able to connect
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  Speaker 1: because you have to be able to communicate. You know,
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  Speaker 1: when things are going good and things.
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  Speaker 2: Are going bad, you have to be able to communicate
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  Speaker 2: and make sure you're on the same page. Especially for me,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm an extension of him to an extent.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when Sundays come around, need to be able
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  Speaker 2: to relay his message, relay you know the game plan
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  Speaker 2: that we have that week, and you know us being
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  Speaker 2: on the same page as is.
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  Speaker 1: It's a big deal right now. Field. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: you guys like, yeah, we definitely communicated.
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  Speaker 2: But I think his biggest thing obviously is is you know,
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  Speaker 2: is healthy and being healthy and making sure he's good.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously we talked the game of.
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  Speaker 2: Football, but you know there's always you know, waves of life,
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  Speaker 2: and I think right now it's him just focusing on
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  Speaker 2: making sure he feels is comfortable and and great when
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  Speaker 2: he steps out on the field. And again, I don't
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  Speaker 2: you know, hoard knowledge. So you know, whatever he wanted
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  Speaker 2: I got.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate