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Geno Smith: "We've Been Getting Better Throughout The Season" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. Were doing.
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  Speaker 2: When do you a look at dispatch up in.
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  Speaker 1: Won That's a great question.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I really haven't even kind of looked at that,
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  Speaker 3: but uh, I'll say, you know, I think, uh, just
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  Speaker 3: over the course of the season, just all the experience
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  Speaker 3: we've gained. You know, I had some some younger guys
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  Speaker 3: who were playing their first game, and now there are
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  Speaker 3: a few games in now, so you know, they have
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  Speaker 3: a better understanding of of what's going on. We've played
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  Speaker 3: a ton of guys u uh uh in up front,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and so uh the addition of guys like
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  Speaker 3: Jason Peters and you know, other guys like Stone stepping
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  Speaker 3: up and you know Jake and all the guys who
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  Speaker 3: uh stepped in there and played, Uh, they've gained a
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  Speaker 3: ton of experience. And then overall we're just growing still
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  Speaker 3: learning long season ahead of us, so you know, really
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  Speaker 3: just getting better throughout the season.
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  Speaker 1: I think do you know you had some success against
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  Speaker 1: them last year one both games, but historically and or
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  Speaker 1: Sean mcvaye really struggle. They' always been really close games
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  Speaker 1: whenever you've won. What what makes it so difficult in
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  Speaker 1: this divisional rival where specifically.
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  Speaker 3: Against Rams, Yeah, you know, I'll say from what from
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  Speaker 3: my vantage point, you know you got uh a great
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  Speaker 3: head coach and and coach McVay. Uh he calls the plays. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he's he's he's great at scheming uh things for his guys.
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  Speaker 3: He understands offense and defense. Uh I think you know,
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  Speaker 3: coach McVay is uh, you know, one of the better
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  Speaker 3: coaches in the league as we've seen. And then they've
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  Speaker 3: got great players. You know, Matt Stafford, you know, Aaron Donald.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. All the players that.
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  Speaker 3: They've you know, had throughout the years is the reason
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  Speaker 3: why they've won a bunch of games. And and you know,
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  Speaker 3: in in my opinion, it's has made it close, uh
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  Speaker 3: in those games against against US, and then obviously division
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  Speaker 3: games are gonna be uh a little bit tougher just
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  Speaker 3: because the familiarity there, just knowing uh the opponent a
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  Speaker 3: and them knowing us. So uh we expect it always
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  Speaker 3: to be uh a really good game. But you know
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't have to be. You know, we can go
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  Speaker 3: out there and uh, you know, went win a win
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  Speaker 3: one easily.
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  Speaker 1: But we know they got great guys.
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  Speaker 3: Got a ton of respect for those guys, and uh
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  Speaker 3: we expected to be a close one.
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  Speaker 1: When do you have to be most aware of when
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  Speaker 1: you look at their defense?
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  Speaker 3: Uh number ninety nine, you know, to start to start,
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  Speaker 3: you know where is he at all times?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: Hall of Fame player, you know, one of the best
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  Speaker 3: players ever at his position and uh still playing at
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  Speaker 3: a high level.
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  Speaker 1: So just knowing where he is.
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  Speaker 3: And then all their blitz packages, you know, the ski
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  Speaker 3: schematic stuff that uh they're great at. Uh they always
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  Speaker 3: got some some different wrinkles in their defense. So just
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  Speaker 3: being able to make adjustments on the sideline or at halftime,
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  Speaker 3: and then overall just going out there and playing our game.
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  Speaker 2: I do you know, I is there a spot on
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  Speaker 2: the defense where a particular standout star gives you more
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  Speaker 2: to deal with? Like is it a defensive tackle that's
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  Speaker 2: a big stand up guys, it's a big you know,
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  Speaker 2: shut down corner instead of you know, stand out mine.
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  Speaker 2: Is there some some guy out there that's more in
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  Speaker 2: your that you have to take stock of.
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  Speaker 3: The any other? Uh? No, I think they're all uh
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  Speaker 3: equally as uh as good and each week is gonna
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  Speaker 3: present a different challenge. Some got sometimes these guys up front.
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  Speaker 3: I mean we've seen seen all the best guys up front.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like this year, Uh, some weeks it's uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, really stout secondary. Some times it's really good linebackers,
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  Speaker 3: uh like the Ravens or you know, some of the
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  Speaker 3: other teams we played, And so I think each guy
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  Speaker 3: brings a different dynamic. I think you always gotta be
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  Speaker 3: especially in the NFL. Man, there are all great players
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  Speaker 3: out there, but there are are f a couple of
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  Speaker 3: guys out there that you just gotta.
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  Speaker 1: Know where they are at all times.
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  Speaker 3: And for the most part, you know, you just try
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  Speaker 3: to go out there and execute and not really think
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  Speaker 3: about that much.
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  Speaker 2: When you went back and looked at the film the
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  Speaker 2: did you see any differences between the first half and
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  Speaker 2: the second half last week in terms of being able
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  Speaker 2: to you know, hit a lot of big plays when
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  Speaker 2: you needed to and score points and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 3: The second half, I think we just uh executed a
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  Speaker 3: little bit better and then obviously connected on more of
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  Speaker 3: our passes, you know, I think that was really the difference.
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  Speaker 3: I think, uh, early on in the game, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we kind of stalled with which happens in the NFL. Man,
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  Speaker 3: it's gonna be close, you know sometimes, and so I
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  Speaker 3: think early on, you know, we weren't finishing drives.
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  Speaker 1: And then as the game went along.
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  Speaker 3: I thought we we did a better job at at
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  Speaker 3: finishing in the end zone and and then and then
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  Speaker 3: getting points you know, late in the game when we needed.
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  Speaker 2: To What it comes to t to Locket Obviously you
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  Speaker 2: are to throw a perfect past toil all the time,
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  Speaker 2: but what kind of grace really way does he with
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  Speaker 2: his ability whether it's catch radius or circus catches to
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  Speaker 2: throw the ball.
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  Speaker 1: I mean Lock's he's tremendous at that.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, you know that's the reason why he's such
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  Speaker 3: a great receiver is that he has that huge catch radius.
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  Speaker 3: You can put the ball somewhere anywhere around him. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he'll find a way to make the catch and then
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  Speaker 3: get his his toes in as we've seen, uh time
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  Speaker 3: and time again.
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  Speaker 1: And so when you got guys like.
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  Speaker 3: That him, DK Jackson, Bobo No, Uh, you know Kobe,
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  Speaker 3: you know it's six eight target, I mean Will Disley. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: there's uh a ton of playmakers on this team, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, Locke is is one of the better ones.
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  Speaker 3: And and he's a guy that we gotta continue to
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  Speaker 3: get the ball to. He's so consistent and and he
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  Speaker 3: just does a great job week in and week out
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  Speaker 3: when it comes to you and game when he drives.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's twenty one percent of the games you
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  Speaker 2: have played in your career have ended in game when
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  Speaker 2: he drives. What have you learned about those moments in those.
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  Speaker 3: Situations, you know, just to be calm, just to be
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  Speaker 3: poisoning those situations. My first ever game in the NFL
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  Speaker 3: was on the you know, win was on the game
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  Speaker 3: winning driving. So I feel like my entire life, I've
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  Speaker 3: been always preparing for that.
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  Speaker 1: Those are the moments that I really love.
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  Speaker 3: I really enjoyed the times where you could, you know,
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  Speaker 3: kind of put the team on your back or go
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  Speaker 3: out there and win the game, you know, especially late
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  Speaker 3: in the end. And so for us as a team,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, we practice these things every single day.
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  Speaker 3: We just got done practicing it, and you know, we're
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  Speaker 3: comfortable in those situations. So you know, I just think
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  Speaker 3: we just got to continue to stay poison, just go
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  Speaker 3: out there and play just like it was the first quarter.
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  Speaker 2: How do the multiple tight ends help you and kind
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  Speaker 2: of bind you to get defensive in.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, the more that we can be
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  Speaker 3: multiple in our personnel, the more that we can be
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  Speaker 3: multiple and our play calling and our scheme, it just
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  Speaker 3: gives defenses.
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  Speaker 1: More to prepare for, give them more to plan for.
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  Speaker 3: We got three tight ends who could you know, easily
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  Speaker 3: all be number ones, and they all do a great
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  Speaker 3: job at kind of splitting reps. But each one of
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  Speaker 3: those guys are dynamic in their own right, and they're
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  Speaker 3: great pass catchers, They're great in the run blocking scheme,
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  Speaker 3: they're great and pass protection, and then they're leaders of
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  Speaker 3: the team. So just having those three guys and and
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  Speaker 3: Maybury and the end you know, and uh and Brady
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  Speaker 3: he's come along.
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  Speaker 1: To the group as well. You know, all those guys
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  Speaker 1: are doing a great job.
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  Speaker 3: So uh, we just gotta continue to use him and
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  Speaker 3: and and keep uh allowing them to kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 3: drive our team.
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  Speaker 1: Have you had to tell you has lineup before you
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  Speaker 1: have this.
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  Speaker 3: Season be the first time on this team, and uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think same does a great job with that.
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  Speaker 3: I think our tight ends are so versatile and they
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  Speaker 3: can do so many different things and prod present so
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  Speaker 3: many different looks for a defense. So uh, it's really
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  Speaker 3: cool to have those guys be able to do all
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  Speaker 3: those things.
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  Speaker 1: Was your reaction?
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  Speaker 2: On Zach right over that guy the last dry damn n,
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  Speaker 2: we need even to get out of bounce.
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  Speaker 1: But damn that was a hit.
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  Speaker 3: Like, w uh that was exactly my reaction. Uh, I
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  Speaker 3: was saying that, I s I literally told him that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I was like, Zach, you gotta get out
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  Speaker 3: right there. But I was like, damn, that was a
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  Speaker 3: nice hit. But uh, yeah, man, just one one. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he's a guy who if you watch his film, Man
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  Speaker 3: just t time and time again. He gets to the
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  Speaker 3: secondary and he's just punishing guys and shoot, man.
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  Speaker 1: He's hard to tackle. I wouldn't wanna tackle him. And
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  Speaker 1: you know else, how do you think, Uh, the manager
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  Speaker 1: game was such a good game if.
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  Speaker 3: You guys try to have to catch, so I think,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you gotta give the credits to the white outs,
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  Speaker 3: you know, them catching the ball being playmakers. And then
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  Speaker 3: some something that goes unnoticed is the guys that are,
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  Speaker 3: you know, running down to make.
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  Speaker 1: Blocks for him. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we talk about that a lot. You know,
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  Speaker 3: guys burst into go make blocks and you.
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  Speaker 1: Know you'll see that on film.
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  Speaker 3: Where a guy catches the ball and there's a guy
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  Speaker 3: who didn't catch the ball, right he's not you know,
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  Speaker 3: thinking about, man, I should have got that. No, he
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  Speaker 3: runs down, he blocks somebody, you know, helps the guy
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  Speaker 3: get an extra five to ten yards.
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  Speaker 1: And you know that's everything for our offense.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta know, coming in maybe could have success, there
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  Speaker 2: was by chance.
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  Speaker 3: We feel like we can have success, you know, pretty
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  Speaker 3: much every week with the guys that we have.
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  Speaker 1: They're so dynamic.
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  Speaker 3: But I think, you know, last week was just an
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  Speaker 3: example of, you know, when it all comes together, how
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  Speaker 3: it can look. And I thought it was really cool
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  Speaker 3: to see those guys doing that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it seems like you guys have a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more successful your screen game recently. Is that something
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  Speaker 2: you feel like it's come along, it's timing up better,
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  Speaker 2: that you're kind of meshing.
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  Speaker 3: Everything in the right way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, uh, you know again.
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  Speaker 3: Those plays are are ways for us to you know,
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  Speaker 3: if the defensive line is getting up the up the
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  Speaker 3: field and they want to get off the ball, we
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  Speaker 3: can you know, kind of counter them with with the
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  Speaker 3: screen game. And so it is coming along. I think
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  Speaker 3: the guys are doing a great job of just understanding
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  Speaker 3: the pace and the tempo and the landmarks and then
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  Speaker 3: you know, getting the ball into the hands of great
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  Speaker 3: guys and let them do the rest, all right
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, guys.