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Cooper Kupp: "There's Examples Of Us Playing Really Good Football As A Team" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Everyone?
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  Speaker 2: Cooper, with the extra days and extra time to do
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  Speaker 2: a little self-scout, what did that do for the offense
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  Speaker 2: and the team?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's good.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, it happens any time you get
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  Speaker 3: these extra days.
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  Speaker 1: That's what you do.
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  Speaker 3: And so dive into things and just kind of see
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  Speaker 3: what you're doing well, what you're not, you know, where
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  Speaker 3: improvements can be made and, you know, just go after
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  Speaker 3: attacking those things and, you know, that It's one of
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  Speaker 3: those things, it's what good teams do. They find ways
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  Speaker 3: to get better in the course of the season and
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  Speaker 3: continue to improve.
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  Speaker 1: What input did you give? I mean, just the.
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  Speaker 3: Same stuff, just being able to communicate the things that
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  Speaker 3: I'm seeing from a player standpoint. It's the same stuff
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  Speaker 3: the coaches are saying. It's the same stuff. There's not
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  Speaker 3: like sitting here having these crazy aha moments. A lot
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  Speaker 3: of the stuff is very plain and simple, just playing
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  Speaker 3: better football, executing your job, being consistent, not committing penalties,
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  Speaker 3: know who you're going to, making the block, executing your assignment.
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  Speaker 3: It's like, how do we make sure that we dial
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  Speaker 3: in those things better and having answers for that? So
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  Speaker 3: it's simple stuff, but it gives you a chance to
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  Speaker 3: get into the details of that and be able to
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  Speaker 3: make tweaks and adjustments where you can.
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  Speaker 4: How much of that is time on task with a
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  Speaker 4: new offensive coordinator and just getting to know guys differently?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think there's, you know, there might
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  Speaker 3: be a little bit of that, but at the end
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  Speaker 3: of the day, we've been doing this since April, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and so there's been a ton of carryover in this offense.
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  Speaker 3: And so, you know, there's just stuff that we got
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  Speaker 3: to do better. And, you know, it's, you know, everyone's
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  Speaker 3: got it. Like I said, everyone's got a hand in
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  Speaker 3: it and everyone's got a hand in making come to
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  Speaker 3: life better.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what we've been doing. So, yeah, that's where
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  Speaker 1: we are.
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  Speaker 4: Mike said Monday, coming out of the weekend, he said
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  Speaker 4: it feels like you're more aligned as a football team
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  Speaker 4: after this little break and the work you guys did.
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  Speaker 1: Where does that show up to you in a team
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  Speaker 1: that's more aligned?
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  Speaker 3: Like, how does that kind of show itself? Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think the more aligned teams, you know,
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  Speaker 3: figure out ways to collaborate better together. When you're seeing things,
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  Speaker 3: you're seeing things that you understand the goal of what
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  Speaker 3: you're trying to accomplish. You know, I think that's a
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  Speaker 3: big deal. In football, you can get into some very,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you can get into the minutia. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I really believe that that's where, you know, good teams
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  Speaker 3: separate themselves and send those really fine details that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you don't really see unless you're in the building. You
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  Speaker 3: don't hear about unless you're a part of a team
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  Speaker 3: and seeing, you know, what's really trying to be accomplished
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  Speaker 3: on each individual play. And everyone being in alignment all
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  Speaker 3: the way down to that, like, iota of detail is really,
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  Speaker 3: I think, what we're talking about. in terms of what
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  Speaker 3: we're trying to get done and all moving towards the
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  Speaker 3: same direction, not just in the same direction, but pinpointing
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  Speaker 3: we are going this exact way.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that makes a big difference.
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  Speaker 2: When you guys have so much continuity, like pretty much
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  Speaker 2: every starter other than one back from last year, you
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  Speaker 2: guys have time with this offense and this scheme, but
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  Speaker 2: yet most guys in this offense are actually performing statistically
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  Speaker 2: worse than they were a year ago.
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  Speaker 1: How does that happen?
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  Speaker 2: You think they maybe take a step forward with the continuity?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, there's a lot that can go into that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, in terms of, you know, defenses you're playing,
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  Speaker 3: what are the structures that you're seeing? You know, there's
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  Speaker 3: a lot of stuff that I'm just saying just from
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  Speaker 3: our perspective in terms of what can we do better,
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  Speaker 3: you know, day-to-day, what can we do better in those details?
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's where, you know, there can be
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  Speaker 3: some of that stuff when you have an offense that
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  Speaker 3: gets carried over. It's like, hey, there's, you know, there's verbiage,
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  Speaker 3: some stuff that's the same, but there's also very small
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  Speaker 3: details that, that are different. And everyone being on the
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  Speaker 3: same page and making sure we're doing those things and
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  Speaker 3: executing them the way that the coaches envision it is
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  Speaker 3: very important. And so regardless of the continuity, it's getting
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  Speaker 3: into those little things and doing a better job of playing,
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  Speaker 3: you know, 12 as one football and really having all
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  Speaker 3: those guys doing the job that's meant to be done. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we haven't done that consistently, but we have
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  Speaker 3: done it a lot. You know, and so that's the–
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  Speaker 3: The good part about what we've got is we look
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  Speaker 3: at the film and, like, man, there's examples of us,
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  Speaker 3: you know, playing really good football as a team, offense, defense,
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  Speaker 3: special teams, and there's just not enough of it showing
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  Speaker 3: up consistently.
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  Speaker 1: There's big negatives, things that set you.
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  Speaker 3: Back that really kill you, and we just can't do that.
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  Speaker 1: And so, yeah, that's really where that is. How have
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  Speaker 1: you seen Sam handle the last week? He's been fantastic.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, just, I mean, In terms of his demeanor,
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  Speaker 3: the way he goes about his business, his process, trusting,
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  Speaker 3: and his preparation, he does an unbelievable job. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it's just been great to see him and work with
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  Speaker 3: the demeanor that he comes into work with.
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  Speaker 1: And, yeah, it's been really good.
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  Speaker 4: How do you do the balancing act when your quarterback
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  Speaker 4: is going through some struggles or turning the ball over
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  Speaker 4: a lot or– trying to balance you know not not
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  Speaker 4: being too pushy and letting that that player get through
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  Speaker 4: it on his own but also you know being one
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  Speaker 4: of the receivers being involved with you know trying to
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  Speaker 4: be supportive like how do you how do you balance
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  Speaker 4: that or is it is that a kind of.
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  Speaker 3: Oh i mean i guess you would just like you
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  Speaker 3: know any any coach would tell you how you deal
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  Speaker 3: with people is different but like you know if there's
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  Speaker 3: if there's an issue with the effort then you know
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  Speaker 3: you gotta challenge that um But when there's this great intent,
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  Speaker 3: great process to what's going on, you know, it's encouraging
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  Speaker 3: through that. It's like, hey, there's like keeping the confidence
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  Speaker 3: to just keep letting it rip, keep letting it go.
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  Speaker 3: Because as soon as you do, you know, have hesitation,
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  Speaker 3: second guessing, it's all downhill from there.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 3: Like, you know, Sam's an unbelievable job through his career
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  Speaker 3: of showing his ability to persevere through adversity. And that
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  Speaker 3: same way is how he handles, just as he has
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  Speaker 3: like these big, global things so you can handle these
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  Speaker 3: moments as well. He's shown an unbelievable ability to do
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  Speaker 3: that and he'll continue to do it.
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  Speaker 2: Mike mentioned you guys had some conversations over the weekend
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  Speaker 2: and you were part of that discussion.
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  Speaker 1: How did those go? What was the tenor of those discussions?
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  Speaker 3: We talk about communication being coaches to coaches, coaches to players,
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  Speaker 3: players to coaches, players to players. It's just an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to have those you know, coaches to players, players to coaches,
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  Speaker 3: you know, conversations that you might not have time to
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  Speaker 3: really sit down and dive into during the course of
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  Speaker 3: a week. And that time opens up. It's like, man,
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  Speaker 3: how can he hear the things that are going on, like,
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  Speaker 3: on the player side of things? And, you know, he's
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  Speaker 3: meeting with a lot of people. And so it's just
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  Speaker 3: us being able to communicate and find ways to get better.
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  Speaker 1: Did it feel like there.
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  Speaker 2: Was new ground covered, things that maybe you hadn't discussed before?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, I think they were beneficial conversations. I think
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  Speaker 3: it was just how we would, you know, I think
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  Speaker 3: this weekend was a very beneficial weekend. And, you know,
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  Speaker 3: sets us up to be able to go out there
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  Speaker 3: and play some good football and hopefully some more efficient football.
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  Speaker 4: Coop, we're now six games in. How do you feel
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  Speaker 4: about the way that the offense is able to get
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  Speaker 4: the play in and get up to the line of scrimmage?
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  Speaker 1: How do you feel like where you guys are at there?
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  Speaker 4: And as a receiver, how much value does that provide
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  Speaker 4: for you when you have an ample amount of time
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  Speaker 4: there to be able to beat the defense?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, and there's, yeah, there's, it's, it's just,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of the same thing.
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  Speaker 3: There's been really good opportunities, really good times where we're
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  Speaker 3: up there and you, and you feel like we're just
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  Speaker 3: kind of rolling. We're up there with time to be
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  Speaker 3: able to maneuver and see what needs to be seen. Um,
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  Speaker 3: and there's been times that it hasn't, and that's, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: that's football. It's going to be every single team is
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  Speaker 3: going to say that same thing. Um, I think more
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  Speaker 3: times than not though, we are, we're up there and
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  Speaker 3: we're ready to go. I think we do a great
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  Speaker 3: job attacking the football out of the huddle. Um, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, being able to dictate things offensively. So, um, again,
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  Speaker 3: it all comes back down to how consistently are we
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  Speaker 3: doing those things? Um, and how effectively we're making those
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  Speaker 3: plays be able to be efficient for us.
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  Speaker 2: Is there much conversation about just where you guys are
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  Speaker 2: in the standings and what the 49ers.
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  Speaker 1: Have done so far?
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  Speaker 3: No, no. We're focused on us. We're focused on who
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  Speaker 3: we are, what we're building as a team, what we've
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  Speaker 3: built so far, and how we can refine that. Our
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  Speaker 3: job is to go out there and win a game
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  Speaker 3: this week. And so I can't control anything else outside
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  Speaker 3: of that. That's where our focus is. That's where our
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  Speaker 3: energy is. Anything else is kind of a waste.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. Thank you guys.