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Ryan Grubb: "The Offensive Line Played Really Well" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: So that last play on Sunday, At what point did
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  Speaker 1: you know he had that?
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  Speaker 2: When he left, I knew that they were running with
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  Speaker 2: the guys. So once he took off, I felt pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: He was he was gonna get it. Well, I gave
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  Speaker 2: him the I didn't tell him to run. But but
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  Speaker 2: Gino has got a really good sense for that's got
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  Speaker 2: great pocket awareness, and uh yeah, I was not.
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  Speaker 3: Surprising at all. He's done a good job of that
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  Speaker 3: this year.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't mean for the process that you guys have been
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  Speaker 2: working through.
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  Speaker 3: And working it meant a ton.
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  Speaker 2: I just think obviously anytime you put that much into
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  Speaker 2: a game plan, and we put a lot into the
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  Speaker 2: season in general, but all the things that I think
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  Speaker 2: the guys were up against, you know, for you know,
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  Speaker 2: how many losses in a row we'd added to San
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  Speaker 2: Francisco and the narrative that weren't with that, I thought,
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  Speaker 2: just the guys, you know, buying into the process, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: they could have really hung their heads and stayed behind
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  Speaker 2: with with some of the things that had happened, losing.
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  Speaker 3: Some tough games.
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  Speaker 2: And I thought it started with the bye week though,
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  Speaker 2: that they the right attitude, you know, when they came
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  Speaker 2: back to ready to get into the work and you know,
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  Speaker 2: find the things we had to improve on, and they
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  Speaker 2: attacked it. And I think that game was a response
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  Speaker 2: to that.
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  Speaker 3: What kind of step forward did your offensive? Light day? Oh?
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  Speaker 3: I thought they played really well collectively, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I thought Olu did a really nice job of just
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  Speaker 2: you know, being able to step into that role and
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  Speaker 2: communicate effectively and kept him on the same page. And
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  Speaker 2: I thought that was, you know, the biggest starting point,
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  Speaker 2: and Olu certainly did a good job of that.
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  Speaker 1: You only meet your expectations or exceed your expectations.
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  Speaker 3: And how he played, he met him, he met him.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think we've all seen enough of Olu
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  Speaker 2: that we weren't surprised that he went out there and
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  Speaker 2: played well and kind of know the things that Olu
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  Speaker 2: has excelled at since we've been here, and I really
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  Speaker 2: think he's I think I told you guys that a
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  Speaker 2: few weeks ago. He's improved a lot. I think he
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  Speaker 2: took a lot of ownership when counter came in and
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  Speaker 2: got the job. I think there was, you know, kind
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  Speaker 2: of honestly a reflective time there for Olu where he
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  Speaker 2: dug in and you know, kind of looked in like, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: what are the things I got to get better at
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  Speaker 2: as a player to be a center or starting center
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  Speaker 2: the NFL?
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  Speaker 3: And and I think you saw the fruits of that
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  Speaker 3: labor over the last couple of months. What were those
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  Speaker 3: things that you had to get better? Well?
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  Speaker 2: I think for Olu just the sense of urgency and
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  Speaker 2: physicality and you know, just the attack mentality. The intelligent
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  Speaker 2: piece has always been there. Oldhu's a really really smart player.
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  Speaker 2: I think he really worked on his base and his
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  Speaker 2: second step and those are you know, hand placement, all
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  Speaker 2: the little things that can get your beat on the inside.
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  Speaker 2: But everything that was showing up in camp that we
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  Speaker 2: had addressed with Olu, I think he attacked every one
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  Speaker 2: of those things.
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  Speaker 1: By going through the physicality was your offense of physical?
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  Speaker 3: Last game?
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  Speaker 1: I talked to Jackson and he said, you know, for him,
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  Speaker 1: playing physical it just gets him. Was there a step
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  Speaker 1: forward from the bye week in intense?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean I think that the style of the football
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  Speaker 2: game was certainly physical, and I thought the guys you know,
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  Speaker 2: match that. But I think that that's something that we're
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  Speaker 2: growing in the consistency of that. I think that you
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  Speaker 2: could look at every game and find some moments there
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  Speaker 2: where offense played really really physical. I don't think we've
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  Speaker 2: played a complete game in that sense yet, but we're
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  Speaker 2: getting really close, you know, and I think the guys
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  Speaker 2: are putting that together. And there's some guys that do
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  Speaker 2: they play every single snap super physical and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: so we're just trying to get that to where that
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  Speaker 2: that's the standard and we hold it every play, every
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  Speaker 2: every game.
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  Speaker 3: What does that help in the finishing? Then when you're physical,
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  Speaker 3: you're more able to finish. Is that the correlation? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: there's a part there.
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  Speaker 2: And then you know, you keep tension on the body
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  Speaker 2: and the spirit and then your mind will follow.
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  Speaker 3: Right. So if the guys are you know.
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  Speaker 2: Physical, and they know you know how strenuous that situation
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  Speaker 2: is going to be, there's just an alertness to you,
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  Speaker 2: you know in those moments that you know you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: go all the way through the whistle and finish the
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  Speaker 2: play and things like that, And I think that that
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  Speaker 2: creates just a level of focus that that you need
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  Speaker 2: to have that you're very intense with the moment.
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  Speaker 1: Jackson had four of the receptions on that last Darrid
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  Speaker 1: it wasn't tell you about him as a young player.
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  Speaker 3: He's coming through in moments like that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I don't think there's ever been a
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  Speaker 2: game where I would have been worried about, you know,
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  Speaker 2: throwing the ball to Jackson a really big moment.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think that's exactly who he is.
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  Speaker 2: I think we're really blessed to have some you know,
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  Speaker 2: a couple veteran guys that that obviously have made a
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  Speaker 2: lot of those plays, and then JACKX is a guy
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  Speaker 2: it certainly is capable of making that kind of play
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  Speaker 2: at any moment. So I just really excited for him.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's he's really starting to show what we
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  Speaker 2: know he is.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, just start, how did you guys go about and stuff?
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I wish I could say it was
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  Speaker 2: a one week process, but it really has been. I know,
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  Speaker 2: you you'd love to say we just cleaned it all
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  Speaker 2: up in the bye week or in one week, but
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  Speaker 2: emphasis has certainly been there. I think some of the
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  Speaker 2: accountability both in you know, the coaching staff and the
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  Speaker 2: players is has risen a little bit. And I just
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  Speaker 2: I credit the guys for you know, buying into the
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  Speaker 2: work that they had to do to get the level
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  Speaker 2: focus and then also the coaching staff for putting a
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  Speaker 2: plan together and when you step on.
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  Speaker 3: The field knowing that you're very confident.
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  Speaker 2: That the guys are gonna have the ability to execute
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  Speaker 2: and not pause and have those moments. So I thought
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  Speaker 2: we did a good job of just not pushing it
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  Speaker 2: onto the players like it's just their fault, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and just everybody trying to own their territory and do
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  Speaker 2: their job and get better at it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you got to.
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  Speaker 2: Think back to week one, how much you change or
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  Speaker 2: learning Geno Smith because you play.
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  Speaker 3: The game, and how is that changing people play call
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  Speaker 3: the game planning. I don't. I don't think I've changed.
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  Speaker 2: I think any play caller has to be ready to
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  Speaker 2: be adaptive to you know, how well your offense is
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  Speaker 2: playing or executing certain portions, both with either personnel or
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  Speaker 2: lack of personnel at moments, you know, just being able
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  Speaker 2: to be somewhat adaptive and find that identity. I think
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  Speaker 2: the thing we've done is try to find a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more consistency and in the big things, which is
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  Speaker 2: the penalties and turnovers, you know, And honestly, it always
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  Speaker 2: goes back to that. I don't think from my standpoint,
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  Speaker 2: I've ever changed it. You have to earn the ability
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  Speaker 2: to be explosive, meaning you have to be able to
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  Speaker 2: stay on the field. You can't have penalties and not
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  Speaker 2: execute on third down. You just have to have more opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: And when you're punting all the time or getting mine
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  Speaker 2: the sticks with penalties and turnovers, and I don't have
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  Speaker 2: the guys in the right mindset to execute a high
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  Speaker 2: enough level, then you know you have to punt the
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  Speaker 2: ball and you're not gonna have those big opportunities. So
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  Speaker 2: I think that, you know, these last couple of weeks,
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  Speaker 2: even the Rams game, have shown some opportunities to do that. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: just gotta keep taking care of the football, making really
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  Speaker 2: good decisions.
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  Speaker 3: As you evaluate the way, really good. He's he's super physical.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's got the right demeanor on the sideline
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  Speaker 2: he was it was noticeable, just you know, his intent
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  Speaker 2: and his mindset. He's a very intense guy, loves playing.
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  Speaker 2: It was great to have him back. I was actually
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  Speaker 2: really impressed with, you know, his ability to sustain on
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  Speaker 2: that last drive because I know that it was hard
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  Speaker 2: and just when you get into longer drives like that
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  Speaker 2: and you just have you're not in game shape, yet
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  Speaker 2: it's certainly tough. So I think it speaks a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to his demeanor and the type of mindset
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  Speaker 2: that he does have.
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  Speaker 3: But he he played great.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he didn't play perfect, but yeah, we were
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  Speaker 2: all really really impressed. And I think, you know, moving
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  Speaker 2: forward is gonna be a big time difference maker for us.
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  Speaker 3: You think he's ready to handle a full snap book, right, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I think he is. I think we're gonna, you know,
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  Speaker 3: let him go out there and eat and see see
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  Speaker 3: what he can do.
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  Speaker 1: He got a background offensive line, and you talked about
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  Speaker 1: how important the run game is getting into this season.
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  Speaker 1: What's it going to take for the run game to
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  Speaker 1: take its next step forward?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think again, you know, the consistency and the
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  Speaker 2: execution of you know, the scheme as far as like
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  Speaker 2: can we run off the ball when when the play
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  Speaker 2: calls for it, and can we execute double teams and
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  Speaker 2: sustain those blocks to get Ken and Zach you know free?
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  Speaker 2: And I think we're doing that on a more consistent level,
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  Speaker 2: even even at practice. Over the last three weeks. I
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  Speaker 2: really think we've taken you know, some big steps and
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  Speaker 2: gain that consistency because that's where run games falter very
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  Speaker 2: quickly when when you're lineups are shifting, people are moving
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  Speaker 2: around things like that, and guys are not consistent in
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  Speaker 2: their execution, You just don't You don't have time for that.
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  Speaker 3: You lose gaps on the inside.
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  Speaker 2: TfL's happened quickly, and you know, all of a sudden
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  Speaker 2: you're leaning on the pass and bad things are happening.
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  Speaker 1: At the paradox a little bit of yeah, needing to
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  Speaker 1: decide when to call it run play when the running
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  Speaker 1: players aren't working that well, but you're running order to
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  Speaker 1: get better at it.
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  Speaker 2: I think there certainly is a that can be a
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  Speaker 2: tough proposition at times. You know, as I think you're
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  Speaker 2: you're playing the whole game into account, meaning you know,
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  Speaker 2: where's the clock at, what's the score, how's the defense playing,
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  Speaker 2: how much time do we have to use? And then
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  Speaker 2: there's a point in time where you know, certainly some
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  Speaker 2: games earlier in the year where we got behind and
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  Speaker 2: and we had to let the past game take over
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  Speaker 2: a little bit, And those are the times that you
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  Speaker 2: get excited thinking about what the offense can do when
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  Speaker 2: you can create some of that balance and teams don't
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  Speaker 2: know what's about to happen. So it's it's just a
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  Speaker 2: management every every series. Honestly, you know, you're really evaluating
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  Speaker 2: exactly where you're at, what's going on with the time
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  Speaker 2: of possession, things like that, and at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: you know, knowing calls you've made and things that you
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  Speaker 2: want to try to change in the narrative of the game.
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  Speaker 2: So there's certainly a spirit of that that that is
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  Speaker 2: a chess match, that that you love, that's really fun
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes really.
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  Speaker 3: Frustrating the center.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we've been under center for a lot of
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  Speaker 2: our short yardage this year, so that hasn't been you know,
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  Speaker 2: completely the issue. I was actually disappointed. That was probably
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  Speaker 2: the one thing I was disappointed, and we had we
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  Speaker 2: had two opportunities there. I thought Gino got it on
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  Speaker 2: the sneak he was a little bit short, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and then we came back with a heavy package that
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  Speaker 2: we weren't able to knock him back off the ball,
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  Speaker 2: and that opportunity. You know, we certainly could have give
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  Speaker 2: the guys a little better option, you know, maybe on
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  Speaker 2: a wider gap or something like that. I mean, we
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  Speaker 2: had plenty of plays in that we could execute it
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  Speaker 2: in that moment and unfortunately we came up short. So
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  Speaker 2: I think you always go back to the drawing board
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  Speaker 2: and you're super critical what you could have done to
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  Speaker 2: put your players in a better position to get that.
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  Speaker 3: And I know the guys have the same onus that
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  Speaker 3: they felt like we should have been able to execute
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  Speaker 3: and get to play.
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  Speaker 2: So for us, I think that the uh uh, certainly
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  Speaker 2: under center has a lot of advantages in those in
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  Speaker 2: those moments that the defense has to on her.
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  Speaker 1: Has there been any consideration using Byron Murphy in short gardens?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that him, let's see talk to him, Jay Reid,
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  Speaker 2: Leonard Williams, those guys all and I said that they
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  Speaker 2: were gonna have to meet with upper management before I
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  Speaker 2: would talk to him. So I don't think that anybody
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  Speaker 2: would be too excited if they're in the backfield.
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  Speaker 3: So I would love to.
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  Speaker 2: Huh, that's the coordinator from junior high football to the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: Like every defensive line where anyone that has ever caught
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  Speaker 2: a football is gonna have some type of conversation with
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  Speaker 2: the OC.
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  Speaker 3: So no, Actually, Leonard would love to. He would love to.
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  Speaker 3: Now he wants to. He wants to waggle pass off
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  Speaker 3: of it too, but he did know. He's pretty effective too,
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, never know.
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  Speaker 1: Pushing Zach sarbon At offers is Kenny McIntosh pushing Zach
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  Speaker 1: sarbone At offer snaps.
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  Speaker 2: Not not at this moment, But I do think that
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  Speaker 2: that Kate Mack has improved a lot. I think I
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  Speaker 2: think Zach is a really really good running back. We're
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  Speaker 2: actually really lucky with the two guys we have in
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  Speaker 2: the one and two spot that are either one of
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  Speaker 2: those two guys could be a one in the league.
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  Speaker 2: So not yet, but he's working hard. Anything else, Thanks
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  Speaker 2: everybody appreciate it.