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Ryan Grubb: "Our Best Football Is Ahead Of Us" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How are we doing? Everybody great, great.
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  Speaker 2: Necessarily want to win a game running rushing for forty
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  Speaker 2: six yards, But what to say about this offense that
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  Speaker 2: you can you know, lean on the rushing game the
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  Speaker 2: second half week one and then come back and throw
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  Speaker 2: for what do you knowed last week?
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  Speaker 1: And stuff?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think anytime you have a situation like that,
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  Speaker 3: you want to be an answer based offense and be
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  Speaker 3: able to respond. And we got a lot of talented guys,
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  Speaker 3: and I think that they take one thing away and
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  Speaker 3: try to focus on that. You have to be able
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  Speaker 3: to fall back on whatever the other side is. So
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  Speaker 3: if they want to challenge you in the run game
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  Speaker 3: and you feel like the advantages throwing the football, then
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  Speaker 3: you have to attack that and stay aggressive.
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  Speaker 2: In some of that short stuff you were doing to
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  Speaker 2: Jackson almost substitute for the running game they're playing their run.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think in situations like that, you got to
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  Speaker 3: be willing to find other ways to control the football
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  Speaker 3: and time. Because there were some times there were it
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  Speaker 3: was frustrating. I felt bad, you know, we were We
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  Speaker 3: had a couple three and outs and that's hard on
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  Speaker 3: Mic and the defense. You know, that's certainly not what
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  Speaker 3: we want, we want to be able to the clock
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  Speaker 3: and and take care of some time. But if you
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  Speaker 3: can get high percentage completions, which you know Gino certainly was,
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  Speaker 3: you have to certainly substitute that.
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  Speaker 4: I guess how do you look at the rug? You
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  Speaker 4: look as they really tried to take that away. You
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  Speaker 4: guys had to adjust.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you know that's there, just defensively how
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  Speaker 3: they set up. You know, they've been good for a
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  Speaker 3: long time, and stat's would have told you before the
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  Speaker 3: game that their weakness was throwing the football.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought that in the end that was what
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  Speaker 1: we had to exploit, and we did.
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  Speaker 5: The coach Gino's throwing the ball faster than all the
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  Speaker 5: two other quarterbacks in the NFL, le's in two and a
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  Speaker 5: half seconds per throw. What does that do for the offense,
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  Speaker 5: the offensive line, and what does that affect in terms
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  Speaker 5: of types of routes.
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  Speaker 1: That you can run? Uh?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think Gino's a quick processor, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: I think he understands the scheme and where the ball's
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  Speaker 3: got to go. And he so for us, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it helps us in situations like Sunday where we need
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  Speaker 3: him to be fast and and he did a great
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  Speaker 3: job that. I just I think that you know, you
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  Speaker 3: can put Geno in positions where the all can go
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  Speaker 3: down the field. He's a great deep ball thrower, but
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  Speaker 3: if you need to be super efficient, if you watch
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  Speaker 3: that game, you had you know, people at his feet
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  Speaker 3: at times, and you still had a lot of confidence
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  Speaker 3: to be able to get the ball out. So I
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  Speaker 3: think gin know just knows how to get through the
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  Speaker 3: reads and and is you know, really really good at
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  Speaker 3: preparing for the game and understanding where and how the
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  Speaker 3: ball has got to come out fast?
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  Speaker 4: Hoe you swiped struggling game, like when do you you
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  Speaker 4: don't fully command it, and when do you come back.
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  Speaker 1: To you know, like you know you're struggling. Here is
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  Speaker 1: any play that comes up and you say, let's go
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  Speaker 1: back to what's that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a there's a lot to that one. That's
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  Speaker 3: a great question. I would say that there's certainly these
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  Speaker 3: things within the game plan that can undress that when
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  Speaker 3: you think that, Okay, I gotta find out later if
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  Speaker 3: it's gonna.
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  Speaker 1: If we're gonna have the ability to get back to
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  Speaker 1: the run.
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  Speaker 3: And I think our our game plan is typically littered
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  Speaker 3: with that to make sure that there's always an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to get back to that.
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  Speaker 1: And for us, you know at the end that that.
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  Speaker 3: Was certainly the case that we had some doors open
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  Speaker 3: there for looks where we could have switched or checked
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  Speaker 3: to a run, but they kept giving us the throw looks.
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  Speaker 2: Both at Washington and nowt here. You've got a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of different receivers. What does that do for you as
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  Speaker 2: a play color when teams can't just say, okay, if
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  Speaker 2: we shut this guy down and we can shut down
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  Speaker 2: the pass game. They got a bunch of guys.
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  Speaker 1: From down call yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, obviously we're really really blessed with the guys
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  Speaker 3: that we have here skill wise, and they're you know,
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  Speaker 3: I think that it puts a lot of stress back
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  Speaker 3: on the defense if they are trying to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: shut one guy down. I think it gets really obvious
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  Speaker 3: if there's brackets on one player or you know, they're
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  Speaker 3: trying to take a guy away, you know that there's
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  Speaker 3: gonna be the ability to open up the other lanes.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that you know, Gino does a good
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  Speaker 3: job of understanding the progression and when the primary is
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  Speaker 3: one guy versus another guy, where's.
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  Speaker 1: Your offensive line? Ryan from where we want it to
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  Speaker 1: be right now.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I think it's always a work in progress. I've
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  Speaker 3: always felt like, you know, that's the situation anytime. I
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  Speaker 3: felt like that at Washington. And I think our best
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  Speaker 3: football is ahead of us at the old line spot.
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  Speaker 3: And I think any good offense would tell you that
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  Speaker 3: their old line's got to grow during the season, and
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  Speaker 3: I think they will. I mean, Connor is only two
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  Speaker 3: games in, you know, with this offense, and I think
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  Speaker 3: he'll continue to get better and and I think he
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  Speaker 3: does an outstanding job. But those guys are still gelling.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think there's any question. And when they get
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  Speaker 3: that down, I think they're best balls ahead of him.
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  Speaker 4: How big of a challenge was that for for fun
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  Speaker 4: or just coming off the acl that the new team
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  Speaker 4: and a new program.
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  Speaker 1: And all that, Yeah, right into.
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  Speaker 3: The August basic No, it's we were just Charles and
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  Speaker 3: I were just talking about that before the practice, and uh,
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  Speaker 3: just really impressed with Connor. You know, how well he's
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  Speaker 3: done processing the information, not just you know, there's a
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  Speaker 3: difference between playing center and another position. I mean he
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  Speaker 3: is making a lot of decisions literally every play to
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  Speaker 3: set the plate for the offense.
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  Speaker 1: And so I think it's amazing.
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  Speaker 3: You know, and the guy works really really hard at it,
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  Speaker 3: and I think that he's only gonna get better the
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  Speaker 3: more comfortable he gets. The fast replays, it's gonna keep
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  Speaker 3: getting better.
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  Speaker 2: Last week, you call it the Tyler catch on third
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  Speaker 2: down to the game to break last Yeah, but we has.
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  Speaker 4: Input in what gets lumped into those break glass players
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  Speaker 4: for the end of the game each week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No, we all do as a collective offensive staff. We'll
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  Speaker 3: come together with the game plan and then you know,
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  Speaker 3: I'll probably isolate the ones that I feel the most
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  Speaker 3: comfortable with calling in those situations that I got the
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  Speaker 3: most confidence that we're gonna execute a really high level.
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  Speaker 4: There's like an affection on the sheet.
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  Speaker 3: Uh yeah, yeah, it does in some ways. There's multiple
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  Speaker 3: sections that that play into that. But yeah, they're they're
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  Speaker 3: labeled other stuff, but I know where they're at.
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  Speaker 1: Miami's Miami's defensive front. Very similar to what you're getting.
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  Speaker 5: Here, is about that.
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  Speaker 1: Schematically, Yeah, yeah, similar, very similar.
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  Speaker 3: I think there's you know, just like anybody, any coordinator
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  Speaker 3: has come from any branch or, you know, they're gonna
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  Speaker 3: have their own flavor on stuff, right, They're gonna have
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  Speaker 3: some types of change, and they're gonna have how they
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  Speaker 3: see or interpret the defense or offense schematically, and they're
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  Speaker 3: gonna put their sauce on it.
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  Speaker 5: How does a game planning start? Is it film? Is
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  Speaker 5: it data? Is it something else that gets that started
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  Speaker 5: each week?
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  Speaker 1: It's a combination.
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  Speaker 3: For sure, you're gonna get input, you know, hard stats
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  Speaker 3: and data, and I like to look at that and
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  Speaker 3: then see if the film matches it, because there's some
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  Speaker 3: things that might pop off the paper that counterintuitive. And
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  Speaker 3: then you got to dig in and I think ultimately
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  Speaker 3: the big decisions always come from film.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 3: You got to be able to wipe out the plays
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  Speaker 3: that don't really matter in a game and dive into
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  Speaker 3: the ones that do and and try to really see,
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  Speaker 3: you know, what's this guy calling in these situations.
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  Speaker 5: Gina has been a really good play action thrower, and
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  Speaker 5: you guys haven't done play action as much so far.
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  Speaker 5: There's certain things that lead to more play action or
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  Speaker 5: less play action in any given game.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, certainly the run game, you know, is
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  Speaker 3: a big part of that. And then obviously how you're
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  Speaker 3: protecting the ball going a little bit further down the field.
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  Speaker 3: But we certainly work play action every day and it's
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  Speaker 3: a big part of the offense, and we're hoping that
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  Speaker 3: lights up pretty soon.
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  Speaker 4: The place is already made out the last third down
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  Speaker 4: on the dry one.
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  Speaker 1: How good of a play that when Zach made that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, I mean I think what's underrated is, you
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  Speaker 3: know he makes the catch. First of all, I has
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  Speaker 3: to find his way through a lot of traffic. But
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  Speaker 3: then there's a chance there's a lot of guys that
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  Speaker 3: they get heal picked at the end of the play.
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  Speaker 3: And now all of a sudden, you're in fourth and
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  Speaker 3: a yard and a half and and.
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  Speaker 1: Things get really weird really quick right there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, now you're making some pretty hard decisions, and
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  Speaker 3: him getting that was was an incredible play.
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  Speaker 1: What's going through your head?
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  Speaker 4: I think it was the next player where Gas is
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  Speaker 4: burning out and cut some back. When you see him.
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  Speaker 1: Cut back there with you just trust. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: know Gino knows what to do with the ball.
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  Speaker 3: He had a wall in front of him, and once
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  Speaker 3: he started reversing field, I knew he had a good
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  Speaker 3: feel for numbers on the backside. But that was just
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  Speaker 3: Savvyvet making a great play to another savvy Vet man.
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  Speaker 1: It was incredible play.
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  Speaker 3: How'd you feel Sam years pass protection? He did a
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  Speaker 3: great job, A great job. He's super steady, extremely intelligent,
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  Speaker 3: and very physical, so he he has it all. From
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  Speaker 3: a pas fucking standpoint, did a great job.
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  Speaker 5: Was there a player, a player that on for the
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  Speaker 5: review of film stood out to you from the game
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  Speaker 5: last week?
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  Speaker 1: Charles Charles Cross?
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  Speaker 3: I think I say it all the time, but I
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  Speaker 3: really think he gets better every practice. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: if everybody had charles attention to detail and preparation, it
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  Speaker 3: would be shocking what we would do. And I don't
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  Speaker 3: mean that in a bad way. I mean that in
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  Speaker 3: a compliment to Charles. If we do a walk through,
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  Speaker 3: he is drenched in sweat, his knees are bent on
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  Speaker 3: every play, his hand placement, eyes, his critic I mean.
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  Speaker 1: He he just loves football and.
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  Speaker 3: He loves the process of getting ready for a game
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  Speaker 3: and going to battle. So I just I think he's
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  Speaker 3: an absolute stud.
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  Speaker 4: Does he remind you of any tact what you've had before?
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  Speaker 3: I've had some good I mean he's different than Troy Fountain, though,
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  Speaker 3: you know, different, different kind of player. Uh No, I
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  Speaker 3: think he's different than every guy I've ever had.
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  Speaker 1: Likes it.
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  Speaker 4: He likes to watch the film when he gets home,
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  Speaker 4: or at least just not on the plane up the road, Cane,
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  Speaker 4: or are you someone who chops it right on when.
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  Speaker 3: You Yeah, yep, I can't I can't wait. I'm like
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  Speaker 3: kid at Christmas. I gotta gotta know. I watched the
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  Speaker 3: whole game, just great, every play for the offense, you know,
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  Speaker 3: watch every position group create it and try to have
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  Speaker 3: that flush by the time we land, which is and
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  Speaker 3: that long a flight was no problem.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, That's right. Someone who's that way, is it?
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  Speaker 2: Do you kind of marrow the fact that Mike has
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  Speaker 2: his patience to say, I'm gonna wait till tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Mike's Mike's got a lot on his plate, you
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  Speaker 3: know what I mean, Like he's he's processing what's going
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  Speaker 3: on in the game or what has happened defensively and
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  Speaker 3: special team. So I think he has probably a different process,
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  Speaker 3: you know, as a head coach.
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  Speaker 5: Uh do you know it's said to have no off
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  Speaker 5: target throws by some Uh that what you found you
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  Speaker 5: reviewed tape?
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  Speaker 3: No off target throws always? It never is really hard
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  Speaker 3: for me to say, so I'm trying to think. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I thought, you know, they're pretty good. I mean, did
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  Speaker 3: a pretty good job.
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  Speaker 1: All good. Appreciate you have a great day.