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Head Coach Mike Macdonald After The 44-22 Win Over The Cardinals In Week 10 · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good to see everybody. Great win at home
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  Speaker 1: in the division. Uh. Obviously a great start to the game,
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  Speaker 1: offense going down, scoring a touchdown, defense coming back getting
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  Speaker 1: off to a you know, significant.
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  Speaker 2: Lead there.
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  Speaker 1: Just as a little funky there in the in the
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  Speaker 1: second half. Is just a kind of a weird game that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, all the things that happened, all the takeaways
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  Speaker 1: down in our area.
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  Speaker 2: I thought our defense played really hard.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they came up and big in some of
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  Speaker 1: those in those uh you know, short area drives, and
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  Speaker 1: and then it was great to put the game away
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  Speaker 1: on offense with some of those you know, those four
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  Speaker 1: minute drives running the ball and closing it out. So
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  Speaker 1: plenty of stuff to work on, uh, you know, plenty
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  Speaker 1: of stuff to work on, you know, operationally, I thought
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  Speaker 1: we can We did some good things, but some things
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  Speaker 1: we want to you know, be able to address.
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  Speaker 2: And but look at anytime, a.
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  Speaker 1: Win in our in our league is hard, it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to get to and it takes everybody.
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  Speaker 2: It took all seventy today. We had a lot of guys.
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  Speaker 1: We had some guys go down this week, as you
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  Speaker 1: guys are well aware, and we had guys step up
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  Speaker 1: and nobody. Nobody flinched and it took all seventy again.
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  Speaker 1: So that's how we roll. And uh, you know you
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  Speaker 1: attribute it just us, our guys, you know, dedicating how
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  Speaker 1: we play our style football all the time, no matter
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  Speaker 1: the situation, and that's what we're chasing.
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  Speaker 2: So when we do it right, we play really good ball.
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  Speaker 3: You've talked about Tyree Snight, you know, stepping up last
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  Speaker 3: week and now it starts comes up with just two
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  Speaker 3: massive plays.
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  Speaker 2: Just what can you say that does play to it?
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  Speaker 1: Well, he got a game ball as well as d
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  Speaker 1: Law Kennedy ball Paul Hollow Actually I gave one a
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  Speaker 1: running back coach because I thought our I thought our
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  Speaker 1: running backs ran tremendously hard and helped to close the
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  Speaker 1: game out and they're they're doing a great job. But
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  Speaker 1: Teenighte specifically, same story. So it's you got to stay ready,
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  Speaker 1: how you prepare. And he's playing great football. You know,
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  Speaker 1: obviously we want to earn us back as soon as possible,
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  Speaker 1: but he's showing that he can go in and play
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  Speaker 1: great ball for us and execute. Both of those were
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  Speaker 1: pressures that we haven't and before and so to be
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  Speaker 1: able to go in and nextcute those things. Having not
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  Speaker 1: getting all the reps was some hype power and stuff.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, just to like how strange it was to see
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  Speaker 3: two kind of identical plays like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I couldn't believe the d log got the second one.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, holy crap, it's him again. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: the way that he attacked the ball te Nighte is
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  Speaker 1: just awesome. And we haven't forced any fumbles yet all
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  Speaker 1: this year on defense and we got two today, So
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  Speaker 1: it's awareness. It's just taking advantage of the opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: Was awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Was there a with Persett playing instead of Kyler? He said,
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  Speaker 3: there's were new pressures. Did you kind of do do
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  Speaker 3: some stuff differently because he plays a little bit different
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  Speaker 3: at all?
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  Speaker 2: Or No, it's actually it's funny.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually like you know, Brian Growing the week was
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  Speaker 1: asking about how you grew up with new plays. It's
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  Speaker 1: really just building off of looks that you've done and
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  Speaker 1: you're just trying to evolve as ear as year goes on.
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  Speaker 2: But in our playbook we just hadn't hit him yet.
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  Speaker 3: They're important.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned the running game there. What kind of stock
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  Speaker 4: do you put in the to the performance of particularly
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  Speaker 4: in the second half you're up near two hudred yards
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  Speaker 4: your best output of the season, right, kind of a way,
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  Speaker 4: you guys put it together and tried to keep going
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  Speaker 4: after the turnovers there.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's a tribute to everybody.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is the second game in a row
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  Speaker 1: now against Arizona that our offensive staff has done a
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  Speaker 1: great job of getting to runs that through adjustments part
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  Speaker 1: of our game plan over the course of the game
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  Speaker 1: that made our run game finished run. It's so both games.
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  Speaker 1: So they did. They deserve a lot of credit. And
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  Speaker 1: you felt their offensive line. It felt like we were physical,
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  Speaker 1: felt like we were going to the right people. We
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  Speaker 1: took the line. I thought our running backs played really well.
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  Speaker 1: We finished runs the right way. Ball was never in jeopardy.
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  Speaker 1: So those are those are all positive things. I think
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  Speaker 1: we only had one holding call which Nick will learn from.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, right, really positive.
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  Speaker 2: What was it about.
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  Speaker 4: The interior blitzing and interior rushing and you thought, just
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  Speaker 4: keep you good work.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if there was an internal theme going
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  Speaker 1: on throughout the week that there's one particular pressure that
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  Speaker 1: was inside, But we really we would like to have
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  Speaker 1: the threat of we don't blitz much. When we do,
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  Speaker 1: we kind of want to have the threat of it
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  Speaker 1: can come from you know, from one side the other
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  Speaker 1: up the middle. Uh, so you know, the offenses have
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  Speaker 1: to prepare for everything.
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  Speaker 4: The touchdown was the idea that I can go into
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  Speaker 4: him there.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like we haven't really seen him in that situation. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I mean George is doing a great job in practice.
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  Speaker 1: He keeps showing that he's the dependable guy and he's
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  Speaker 1: effective when he gets the ball and he runs that
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  Speaker 1: run really well.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, we didn't.
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  Speaker 1: I mean we've been looking for opportunities to give him
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  Speaker 1: the ball. It's just as hard because our top two
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  Speaker 1: guys are so good. So but he just just just
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  Speaker 1: shows you if you just keep knocking on the door
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  Speaker 1: and you keep doing it, keep kicking butt, and keep
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  Speaker 1: being productive, we're gonna we're gonna figure out a way
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  Speaker 1: to you know, to let you do your thing in.
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  Speaker 2: A game, your quarterbacks all security and concern or the
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  Speaker 2: talking them with the free things.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, those are those are things that we can
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  Speaker 1: work operationally.
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  Speaker 4: What do you operationally?
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  Speaker 1: Well, the first one was with with with ol Lou
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  Speaker 1: with I don't think it was his first snap. So
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  Speaker 1: that's something we need to be better at. And happened
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  Speaker 1: again over there in for a minute with Drew and Bryce.
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  Speaker 1: So we need to look at that. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: can't have to pall on the ground on snaps.
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  Speaker 2: How key is it for.
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  Speaker 1: You continuing to build establish your culture to give those
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  Speaker 1: opportunities to guys like George that maybe haven't gotten to
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  Speaker 1: play much on all offense.
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  Speaker 3: But you get in a position where it's like, look,
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  Speaker 3: we want to we want to make sure that you're
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  Speaker 3: rewarded for what you did.
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  Speaker 1: How much do you yeah? I mean, it's it's simple. It's
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  Speaker 1: not like we're trying to reward guys. We're just trying
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  Speaker 1: to We're trying to win, and guys that show that
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  Speaker 1: they can go play great football, we're gonna give them
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  Speaker 1: opportunities to go do that. And I think our actions
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  Speaker 1: back that up. And I don't know, I'd like to
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  Speaker 1: play on a team like that if I was a
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  Speaker 1: player and I felt like, you know, you know, why
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  Speaker 1: do you want me to come out and work so
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  Speaker 1: hard every day? You know, why do you want me
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  Speaker 1: to do all the things that you're asking me to do?
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  Speaker 2: Well? We want to develop you.
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  Speaker 1: As a player, and we're gonna need you at some
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  Speaker 1: point so.
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  Speaker 2: Why would you not operate like that?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Some people don't do that. I don't get it.
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  Speaker 4: What are the early indications on Jalen's injury?
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  Speaker 2: Injury?
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  Speaker 4: How severe it is?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's his, Uh, it's his it's his knee. Not
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  Speaker 1: sure on the severity. Looked like he was in good spirits.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it goes, we'll see, I mean, we'll get
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  Speaker 1: an image to kind of move on from there. But
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  Speaker 1: I don't I don't. I mean, could come back to
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  Speaker 1: haunt me. I don't think it's season ending.
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  Speaker 2: You know what happened with Jared Reid.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so, uh so Jay read during like I think
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  Speaker 1: of the game going into the by at the very
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  Speaker 1: it was at Houston at the end of that game,
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  Speaker 1: he heard his wrists and so he had an operation
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  Speaker 1: during during the bye.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, look this, this just tells you how tough
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  Speaker 2: this guy is.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's like an all time physically tough player
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  Speaker 1: mentally all the above. Comes back in two weeks and
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  Speaker 1: and and plays after having basically breaking his some something
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  Speaker 1: in his hand or wrist, and uh, we thought it
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  Speaker 1: was we thought it was good to go. We thought
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  Speaker 1: it was ready. But we had a setback in the
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  Speaker 1: game and just tells you how tough he is. He's
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  Speaker 1: just thinking throughout the week, like shoot my hand so
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  Speaker 1: or and so we've got a reimaged and it turns
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  Speaker 1: out he's got to have another operation. So, uh to
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  Speaker 1: set back for him, you know, your heart goes out
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  Speaker 1: to him, some adversity for him, but hopefully this will
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  Speaker 1: you know, really give him some you know, stabilize it
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  Speaker 1: and alleviate the pain, you know for really you really
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  Speaker 1: first year concerned about him, you know, for the long run,
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  Speaker 1: and then when he can come back and he can
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  Speaker 1: come come back and play great football for us this year,
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  Speaker 1: that's the thought.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, what just the week is out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah it was great.
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  Speaker 1: Weren't able to get the ball to him in the
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  Speaker 1: deeper of the field, but you know, saw some of
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  Speaker 1: the run game with him. Uh, I felt like felt
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  Speaker 1: like he made an impact in the return game. It's funny,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you you need a punt return and all
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  Speaker 1: of a sudden it's pretty pretty timely trade by John.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll played ring for read.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry for way.
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  Speaker 1: All I know is he had to have a operation
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  Speaker 1: on his on the same thing, and then we thought
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  Speaker 1: was all right, and then it turned out that it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't it rehappened in the game, so we got to
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  Speaker 1: look at it again.
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  Speaker 3: Nickievan Rory at nine more table four passes defendans. So
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  Speaker 3: what do you say about the way he's playing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're asking him to play two positions right now,
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  Speaker 1: and that's what we've referenced over the course of time.
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  Speaker 1: Now is he can start to add responsibility for him.
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  Speaker 2: There was there was a.
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  Speaker 1: Situation today where he put up probably would have put
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  Speaker 1: him in at safety, and so he's learning that as well.
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  Speaker 1: So he's doing a great job. He's I feel like
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  Speaker 1: he's executing a high level. You feel like he's being decisive,
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  Speaker 1: he knows exactly you know what's He's playing with anticipation,
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  Speaker 1: which is a positive. And then he's letting his you know,
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  Speaker 1: physical capabilities shine when he just goes out there and
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  Speaker 1: lets it rip.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll continue to build with them. And and uh.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm sure, I mean his approach is just it's
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  Speaker 1: been great for a rookie. You know, he's having success
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  Speaker 1: come you know, keep keep coming back, keep rocking, keep
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  Speaker 1: attacking the preparation.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a great challenge ahead of us this week.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, a team that he hasn't seen yet,
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  Speaker 1: so he's gonna you need to prepare again at the
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  Speaker 1: same level of the first step.
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  Speaker 4: What Sam, what'd you think of Olu entering the game
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  Speaker 4: there for the rest of the second half?
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  Speaker 2: Help me out again?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it felt like I mean, look, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: how he played, but I felt like we moved the
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  Speaker 1: ball when we ran it and the center drives at
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  Speaker 1: So I can't wait to watch it. But it's great
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  Speaker 1: to have him right there ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: You said that first time the two guys basically drinks.
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  Speaker 1: All over him and he still makes that Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 1: you know Sam. What you love about Sam is he
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  Speaker 1: pulls the trigger when when he's aggressive, but like but
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  Speaker 1: but smart with how he does it and and he
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  Speaker 1: ripped it and Jackson went and got it. Just shows
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  Speaker 1: what he can do, the body control, ball skills, how
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  Speaker 1: he tracks it.
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  Speaker 2: All that was on display back to back.
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  Speaker 4: Leaks of getting up to twenty eight zero leads is
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  Speaker 4: one of the third time that's ever happened in the
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  Speaker 4: Super Bowl era. I mean, what has been the impetus
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  Speaker 4: for these just like light fast starts recently?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I wish I knew exactly.
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  Speaker 1: We do it every week, you know, just like I
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  Speaker 1: forget what we were talking about earlier in the year.
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  Speaker 1: But if there's a I think we're talking about at home,
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  Speaker 1: if you could hit the home button, we'll hit the
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  Speaker 1: button as many time as we possibly can.
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  Speaker 2: But we have our process.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're learning our process too about how we
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  Speaker 1: get ready for a game. And the guys are doing
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  Speaker 1: a great job. You know, they're mentally ready prepared. I
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  Speaker 1: think our coaches are doing a great job of being
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  Speaker 1: very clear about how we're going to start games so
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  Speaker 1: guys can go play. You know, fast and decisive games
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  Speaker 1: start now. I mean, it's only happened how many times.
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  Speaker 1: It's not gonna happen every time, but when it does,
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  Speaker 1: you're definitely appreciative of the guy's effort.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else, okay, all right, thank you,