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Nick Emmanwori: "We Have The Best Vets In The League" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: I was just I've been thinking about celebrations throughout the
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  Speaker 1: week a little bit. You know, I've been making plays,
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  Speaker 1: make it turnover, so I wanted something for the camera,
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  Speaker 1: but I knew I was gonna spend the ball. I
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  Speaker 1: didn't know he's gonna kick it though, So you know
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  Speaker 1: that's funning for you.
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  Speaker 2: That's where you're at right now, now, more than a
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  Speaker 2: week into your first training camp, in the way the
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  Speaker 2: coaching staff has handled making sure they're not overloading you
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  Speaker 2: with stuff.
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  Speaker 1: With coaches, yeah, coming in h coach Mike, coach Howard,
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  Speaker 1: coach k Scott. They told me that they wanted to
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  Speaker 1: take the plan with me real slow, knowing I can
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  Speaker 1: play all over the field and stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's been pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: Uh every week or every day, it's been something a
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  Speaker 1: little bit new, but it's been taking it slow, taking
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  Speaker 1: the day by day and just progressing how.
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  Speaker 2: High or fast I can progress, which has been pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: Son in South Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: So uh, yeah, I think I've been a little bit
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  Speaker 1: over the field a little bit more. You know, South Carolina,
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  Speaker 1: we had you know, College's college and I just want
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  Speaker 1: to play a little bit of safety, just staying position
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  Speaker 1: because I was just more comfortable here.
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  Speaker 2: I think the coaching staff.
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  Speaker 1: Is using me well, using my ability and use my
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  Speaker 1: use my athletic ability all over the field. So well
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  Speaker 1: I could just make more players, I guess. You know,
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  Speaker 1: with coach Mike, he's kind of just giving me a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, tells a little bit about what to look for,
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  Speaker 1: my keys and stuff. So I just been listening to him,
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  Speaker 1: understanding what to look for and just making players off
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  Speaker 1: the edge, trying.
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  Speaker 2: It out, showing up in his office. And what's that
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  Speaker 2: relationship between you and been like that you're learning the
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  Speaker 2: game and learn. Yeah, that's funny. I had seen he
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  Speaker 2: has said that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Coach Mike, I think he's a great coach
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  Speaker 1: and I like being around great people. So when I
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  Speaker 1: came in, uh, you know, I just came from college
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  Speaker 1: and I was always upstairs in my head coach's office,
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  Speaker 1: on my dB rooms office. So I just want to
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  Speaker 1: bring that tradition over to the NFL. You know, the
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  Speaker 1: NFL they tried to say, like the relationships are on
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  Speaker 1: this tight, it's more a business like. But you know
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  Speaker 1: that's one thing I wanted to change, like if that
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  Speaker 1: was a narrative. But here at seeall that's not the narrative.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of like family, real family like.
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  Speaker 1: So I just like bugging him a little bit, just
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  Speaker 1: asking about whatever's going on. Life plays football, it doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 1: So I still don't not. I still don't not.
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  Speaker 2: Got you got a lot of experience in the box
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  Speaker 2: and slot coverage.
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  Speaker 1: Is there something you're feeling more comfortable with starting out
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  Speaker 1: against this offense and camp? Uh, this offense is real,
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  Speaker 1: you know, real, real, different from where I came. You know,
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  Speaker 1: in college you never really see QB on the center.
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  Speaker 1: It's all like shotguns. So just trying to work through
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  Speaker 1: that and uh, you know, just have great eyes wherever
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking with the emotions or just just being in
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  Speaker 1: a good position to take on the block or being
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  Speaker 1: in a good position to play man cover.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm just still figuring things out with that. You've
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  Speaker 2: had at least three or such, just maybe or four
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  Speaker 2: or this week. What do you think you've kind of
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  Speaker 2: been doing something to make a lot of plays. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know, man, I think the ball has been finding
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  Speaker 2: me a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: But that's just me just putting in the work, trusting
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff, and just being in the right position.
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  Speaker 1: To just having ultimate confidence in myself. You know, I
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  Speaker 1: was talking a little smacking practice about, you know, stopped
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  Speaker 1: throwing the ball my way, you know, just trying to
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  Speaker 1: get my confidence up. But I think that's just the
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  Speaker 1: work I've been putting in and the balls has been
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  Speaker 1: finding me.
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  Speaker 2: So looking forward to.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm looking forward to that a lot man looming.
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  Speaker 1: Uh you know, that's one of the best stadiums in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. It's probably my first time ever being in
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  Speaker 1: the stadium, so it's gonna be a huge moment for me,
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  Speaker 1: just soaking that in before we start the season. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: what's your relationship with Julian and Kobe and credit the
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  Speaker 1: veterans the room. I think we got me person, I
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  Speaker 1: think we got the best vests in the league man, Julian,
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  Speaker 1: Kobe spoon Reek even on the D line with Leo,
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  Speaker 1: Jared Reed, Boyer, Ernest Jones former South Carolina player. Uh So,
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  Speaker 1: I think we are one of the best vest in
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  Speaker 1: the league. But specifically with the dB room, man, they're
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  Speaker 1: just all kind of like a like said, like a
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  Speaker 1: big brother figure. You know, I got forward the brothers,
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  Speaker 1: so it kind of just feels like that big brother,
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  Speaker 1: little brother A relationship Man Julian and Kobe, the Vets,
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  Speaker 1: the Pros. Everything they attack, which is film either on
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  Speaker 1: the field, they're just ahead of the game. So they're
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  Speaker 1: trying to catch me up with him too. So's man
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  Speaker 1: Spoon Spoon the dog. He never like play with a
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  Speaker 1: player that talented, I'll say, like especially in the secondary,
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  Speaker 1: like the way he moves, the way his instincts are
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  Speaker 1: so fast, the way he diagnoses play. So I'm really
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  Speaker 1: trying to soak up everything I can from him and
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  Speaker 1: just learn from him. He you know, his twitch is crazy,
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  Speaker 1: like his motor. He's all over the field. So I
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  Speaker 1: respect I respect one a lot. So together, yeah, man, Alija,
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  Speaker 1: that's my dog.
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  Speaker 2: Man.
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  Speaker 1: We came in together when I came to my I
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  Speaker 1: think it was my visit here. Elijah Men and him
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  Speaker 1: were on the same flight. We got off, we got
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  Speaker 1: off the plane, I met his family, met his pops
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  Speaker 1: and stuff. So we kind of been kind of like
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  Speaker 1: together in the odd way since, you know, the start
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  Speaker 1: of our career. So you know, on the football field,
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  Speaker 1: we always compete. Whenever we get off the field, we
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  Speaker 1: talk to Mac and I'm like, hey, man, I'm coming,
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  Speaker 1: I'm coming at you. Tomorrow practice, he's coming at me.
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  Speaker 1: Uh So I'm just glad to see his progress over
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of days and we challenge each other
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  Speaker 1: all the time. He's gonna be a great tight end
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  Speaker 1: in this league. Soft again, what seems out with him?
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  Speaker 1: I think he has good feet. Like normally, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I like tight ends, so like bigger and slower.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like that's an easy cover for me.
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  Speaker 1: But with Elijah, he kind of has feet like a
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  Speaker 1: it could be like a big X receiver or like
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  Speaker 1: you know, you can line him up every wherever you want.
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  Speaker 1: So he's he's he's a he's a good tight end.
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  Speaker 1: It's a hard a medium cover. Wouldn't say he's a
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  Speaker 1: hard cover yet, but he once he learns everything, he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a great tight end his league. He can move,
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  Speaker 1: he has good feet, so another and Toy I was
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  Speaker 1: just talking him the other week, man, I think you
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  Speaker 1: know it was unfortunately he had an injury in college
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  Speaker 1: was kind of hindered his draft process or whatever. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad we got him on Seattle. I think he's
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  Speaker 1: one of the best receivers, uh I've seen as far
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  Speaker 1: as like just growing and developing, like you know you've
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  Speaker 1: seen him that he was making all type of players,
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  Speaker 1: so I can salute him to that.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be a great player for us too.
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  Speaker 2: So when you see that kind of yeah, one of
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  Speaker 2: the ones that stands out here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he had a catch across the middle, catching the
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  Speaker 1: red zone. Like, even though I'm on defense, I'm like,
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  Speaker 1: that's a crazy catch right there. So just give him
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  Speaker 1: prose of that. I'm just glad you got him. Honestly,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think he's gonna be still the draft.
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  Speaker 1: Once he get on the field, he'll definitely show what
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  Speaker 1: he can do for sure.
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  Speaker 2: So the roads are giving you your son what you
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  Speaker 2: expected faster than now.
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  Speaker 1: This exactly what I expected, especially coming in with my
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  Speaker 1: pre draft meetings and stuff, just being open with him
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  Speaker 1: telling them where They're trying to figure out what type
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  Speaker 1: of player I was, But to myself, I always knew
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  Speaker 1: I'm a confident player and my ability. So they're still
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  Speaker 1: trying to figure out what type player am. I think
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  Speaker 1: they kind of know what type of plari am. But knowing
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  Speaker 1: I can play man, I can blitz, I can guard
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  Speaker 1: tight ends, I can guard receivers, I can stay on
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  Speaker 1: to where you know wherever they put me at, I'm
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  Speaker 1: confident with being there.
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  Speaker 2: So what's Cheff Howard Like?
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Howard Man, he's been great, another one of my coaches.
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  Speaker 1: I went on my visit when I came here to
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  Speaker 1: Seattle that he was really pouring into me and kind
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  Speaker 1: of like was telling me like, if we end up
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  Speaker 1: drafting you, man, he's gonna be putting as all of
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  Speaker 1: me as far as like, just make Sean prepared coming
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  Speaker 1: to practice every day, make sure I'm prepared, like in
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  Speaker 1: the fimme room, going over stuff extra. So he's we've
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  Speaker 1: been working on goals and stuff. I won't really share it,
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  Speaker 1: but he's definitely been a big help for me though.
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  Speaker 1: So the Chiefs have the same energy that you all
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  Speaker 1: have because when we're watching me on rackets, you guys
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  Speaker 1: make him play.
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  Speaker 2: These were the first people to go out there for graduate. Yeahways,
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  Speaker 2: always Jeff always bring the energy.
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  Speaker 1: He got a different type of edge about him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he got a different type of edge. That's why I
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  Speaker 1: like about him. He's a great coach. He always shows
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  Speaker 1: support from me. Anytime I make a play. He's the
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  Speaker 1: first one to me up and telling me what I
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  Speaker 1: could have did better.
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  Speaker 2: Or could have did. Uh what I what I could
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  Speaker 2: could give him a change up. He's just always given
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  Speaker 2: inputs and feedback. So I respect Jeff for that. I'm
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  Speaker 2: satisfied with that. I probably just slowing the game now
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more. Uh you know.
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  Speaker 1: I think that comes with reps and tom especially talking
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  Speaker 1: to my vents and I talked to Spoon after every practice,
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  Speaker 1: talked to Kobe, talk to Junior about what I can
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  Speaker 1: get better with. So just seeing the run from the
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  Speaker 1: run fits, seeing them from masons, and just uh getting
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  Speaker 1: ready for the NFL style of football, how they play,
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  Speaker 1: how they think, how the offense think. So just getting
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  Speaker 1: ready for that.
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  Speaker 2: Crack preciate women sping the crack up that he sees
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  Speaker 2: seems it's the field always stocker and always yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he can showed the life of the party man
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  Speaker 1: if the film rooms, he's he's always making me laugh
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  Speaker 1: and the locker rooms we've been having like a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of bench like back and forth, just jokingly. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: he he's great though. Man, He's a great teammate. I
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  Speaker 1: love messing messing with him and stuff. He like messing
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  Speaker 1: with me, so that I like Spum how much Rush
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  Speaker 1: Fiat to give you a uh, not that much honestly,
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  Speaker 1: but the times I did rush though, I definitely made
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  Speaker 1: some impacts in the backfield as far as like pressures
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  Speaker 1: and just a dominant force in the backfield. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we had a lot of dudes rushing. We got Dylan Store,
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  Speaker 1: Col Canard, t J. Sanders, so like, I just had
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  Speaker 1: to play my part, let those guys eat and play
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  Speaker 1: my part in the back end. So now I'm out here,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of they're kind of just seeing what I
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  Speaker 1: can do, and I think I've been doing pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, yeah, appreciate you guys,