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Ryan Grubb: "We're Focusing On Being Consistently Great" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Maybe you wouldn't want to be up there. How are
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  Speaker 1: we doing doing great? Doing great? This guy off all right?
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  Speaker 1: Who's up.
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  Speaker 2: With the RAMS defense? What do you see?
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  Speaker 1: Let's say from the upside, I guess, uh, they do
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  Speaker 1: a good job of keeping things. Uh, A lot of
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fronts there. They're multiple, and what they
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  Speaker 1: do up front, Uh, their coverage scheme, they can keep
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  Speaker 1: it spread out. As far as uh man's own indicators.
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  Speaker 1: They do a great job with that stuff, all the
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  Speaker 1: all the things that you would expect out of a
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  Speaker 1: good secondary.
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  Speaker 2: So I think.
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  Speaker 1: They they try to keep it keep you guessing, so
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  Speaker 1: to speak, and I think they do a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: job of that. When when Mike was talking about the
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  Speaker 1: run game, but this was on Monday, he had mentioned
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  Speaker 1: things like details.
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  Speaker 2: And targeting, what hadn't been where you guys wanted to be.
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  Speaker 2: Why do you think those things aren't where they are
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  Speaker 2: right now?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think we're just trying to gel up front
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  Speaker 1: a little bit and make sure our points and O
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  Speaker 1: accounts are consistent. And uh, I think honestly, there was
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  Speaker 1: there was quite a few runs that obviously didn't hit
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  Speaker 1: that the points were good, Uh, they were on target,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, you know, for whatever reason, point of attack.
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  Speaker 1: There's a few critical plays that that we just you know,
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  Speaker 1: messed up on that we're one back. So those are
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  Speaker 1: the details that we got to hammer out. I think
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  Speaker 1: that the consistency part, who's doing what jobs, those kind
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  Speaker 1: of things that think can help clean that up. We're
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  Speaker 1: not giving secrets away when you mean points, what do
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  Speaker 1: you mean by that?
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  Speaker 2: Just where there's where we're pointing the target on the run? Yep.
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  Speaker 1: How big would the continuity on the line piece be
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  Speaker 1: once you get aid back, once you settle on the
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  Speaker 1: right guard?
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  Speaker 2: Could that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you could argue we'd be starting over there's
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  Speaker 1: a piece there. But we've obviously played a lot of
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  Speaker 1: different tackles and uh, we're continuing to try to work
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  Speaker 1: guys back in that are getting healthy and so I
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  Speaker 1: think that that's kind of the nature of the beast, honestly.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that we we can't hide behind that,
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  Speaker 1: and we just whatever the continuity is for the week,
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  Speaker 1: and whoever's going to be in there, they got to gel,
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  Speaker 1: you know, before Sunday. And that's just the reality of
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  Speaker 1: what offensive line play is. And I think the guys
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  Speaker 1: are working really hard to make sure that happens, and
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  Speaker 1: so we're as coaches trying to make sure we can
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  Speaker 1: get things as friction free as possible for them in
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  Speaker 1: the red zone.
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  Speaker 2: Is there a balance of being patient and yet being
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  Speaker 2: aggressive or you'd actually flipped the script being not too aggressive?
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  Speaker 2: I think it depends what you're seeing on film.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, you know what the defense has given you
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  Speaker 1: and what you think you can take advantage of. So
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  Speaker 1: if there's something that whether it's a mismatch on a
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  Speaker 1: personnel situation that you can go after, or if you
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  Speaker 1: think that it's a type of scheme you can hit,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's different for every defense. When you get
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  Speaker 1: down there in the red zone the execution then, how
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  Speaker 1: then do you make that a must without? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: think you know, we do a good job here. Mike
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  Speaker 1: emphasizes that and has since I've gotten here. We've always
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  Speaker 1: practiced red zone almost every day, and I think that
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  Speaker 1: that's one of the things that Mike does a good
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  Speaker 1: job of is putting emphasis on that. Obviously, we haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen the complete fruits.
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  Speaker 2: Of our labor.
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  Speaker 1: There's been times we've been really, really good, but we
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  Speaker 1: just got to finish with more touchdowns in the red zone.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, and that's that's the goal.
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  Speaker 1: Right Like it was a challenge to get the ball
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  Speaker 1: in the past, the game downfield day.
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  Speaker 2: Or was that something that Buffalo was just No, I don't.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously we want DK anytime we can have
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  Speaker 1: him in there. He obviously changes the complexity of the
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  Speaker 1: football game. But I also think that there there was
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think we had seven or eighty completions.
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  Speaker 1: I think it was more just a part of us
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  Speaker 1: not staying on the field in general, just getting first downs,
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  Speaker 1: staying out there, sustaining drives.
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  Speaker 2: I think more than anything, it was that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, obviously Gino's completion percentage wasn't now bad. It
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  Speaker 1: was probably above seventy. I'm not sure what it was.
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  Speaker 1: But it wasn't like we were inefficient. We just we
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  Speaker 1: couldn't sustain drives. It was tough to get in a groove,
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  Speaker 1: and we just never found our rhythm, which was the
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  Speaker 1: first time I thought all season that we hadn't. It
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  Speaker 1: didn't matter what game it was prior to this one,
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  Speaker 1: the Buffalo game. At some point we caught our rhythm
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  Speaker 1: and we took off and we were able to advance
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  Speaker 1: the ball against anyone. So this was a little bit
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  Speaker 1: uncharted territory and it was just it was it was
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  Speaker 1: a tough game. How do you assess Geno Smith's emotional
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  Speaker 1: side of his game, Well, that's you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: Gino has to manage that and I think that that's
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  Speaker 1: something that you'd never want to take away from his
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  Speaker 1: competitive spirit. And I kind of said the same thing
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  Speaker 1: about DK And obviously for Gino, he knows he has
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  Speaker 1: to the temperature that he has to operate at effectively.
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  Speaker 1: But I also think if you don't, you know, let
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  Speaker 1: him work through those things.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, just that's who he is.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's a fiery guy, and he's competitive. It
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  Speaker 1: means a lot to him. He's in this building a
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  Speaker 1: lot prepared his butt off, and so when that's not
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  Speaker 1: going right, he gets frustrated at times. But I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know my experience with Gino, he's done a good
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  Speaker 1: job of being able to get himself to where he
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  Speaker 1: can be a good decision maker and do the things
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  Speaker 1: that he has to be an elite, you know, NFL quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: and he knows that. That's the biggest part is he
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  Speaker 1: can't allow himself to go too far down the road
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  Speaker 1: and start making bad decisions and things like that because
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  Speaker 1: he's not in the right frame of mind. So I've
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  Speaker 1: never had an issue with him on that. He's done
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  Speaker 1: a good job of managing it. Do you want that
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  Speaker 1: in your quarterback or instead of a side I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I think I would always rather have a guy that's
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  Speaker 1: got some competitive juices instead of having to poke him
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  Speaker 1: out of the shoots, so to speak. But I do
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  Speaker 1: think there's something to be said about quarterbacks that can
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  Speaker 1: maintain their composure in the biggest moments. You certainly don't
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  Speaker 1: want guys that play through the roof. And I don't think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, every time I've seen Geno go out there,
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  Speaker 1: I think there's a confidence and energy that he brings.
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  Speaker 1: But I do think he has has the ability to
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  Speaker 1: stay composed, you know. And I think for Gino he
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  Speaker 1: knows the challenge for him and for anybody when things
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  Speaker 1: aren't going right is to bring positive energy.
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  Speaker 2: You know. That's the toughest part.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, coaches too, like it's not going right, it's frustrating,
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  Speaker 1: it's the toughest game we've had an offense, and finding
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  Speaker 1: a way to be the spark, both emotionally and just
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  Speaker 1: how you're carrying yourself to get the team from point
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  Speaker 1: A to point B, and sometimes that can be tough
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  Speaker 1: to see the forest through the trees for any of us. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: I think when you look at the offense, it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: seem to be the one thing or the other. It's
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  Speaker 1: just a little something different.
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  Speaker 2: Does that make it more frustrating because see.
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  Speaker 1: Chips we can stick in, we're gonna Yeah, no, it's
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  Speaker 1: not encouraging. Yeah, no, there's been I think it's it's
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  Speaker 1: a great way to say it. We've had We've had
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  Speaker 1: so many positives honestly in this offense this season, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, that was that was one of the things
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  Speaker 1: that we talked about, you know, obviously after the game,
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  Speaker 1: and you have to find ways to get all of
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  Speaker 1: those things that are going well and just dial in,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what is it that we're really good at obviously,
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  Speaker 1: and catch that in the bottle, you know, and and
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  Speaker 1: spread it out during the week in practice. And so
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  Speaker 1: we've really worked hard to try to simulate those things
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  Speaker 1: that that we think we're successful at and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: dive and dive into the details, honestly, and for our guys,
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  Speaker 1: they know that we've had moments that that have been
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  Speaker 1: it just feels like nobody can stop us. And then
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  Speaker 1: there's the times like the Buffalo game, where the inconsistency
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  Speaker 1: just absolutely cripples us. So the part we try to
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  Speaker 1: focus on is being consistently great. And you know, for us,
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  Speaker 1: it's coming out to practice executing the things that we
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  Speaker 1: know we can be good at, and the guys are
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  Speaker 1: they're diving into that work. What do you think is
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  Speaker 1: been the biggest reason for how many third and longs
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  Speaker 1: you guys have been in so far, Well, lack of
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  Speaker 1: efficiency on first down will kill you, and then the penalties.
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  Speaker 1: You know, for us, I mean one of the you
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  Speaker 1: know goals this week is just no negative yardage plays.
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  Speaker 1: I mean that's just for any offense. We're not exclusive
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  Speaker 1: to that club. But you start getting behind the sticks
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  Speaker 1: and you give defenses opportunities to get to all their
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  Speaker 1: creative calls and the things where they can play you know,
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more risky calls and things like that
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  Speaker 1: as typical defenses do. That's where you just expose yourself
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  Speaker 1: to some situations that you don't want to be in. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you mentioned the point of a back stuff with the
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  Speaker 1: one game, would you say that's a bigger issue than
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  Speaker 1: some of the targeting.
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  Speaker 2: Stuff or no. I think it's both, it's equal.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you picked the play and you know, you
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  Speaker 1: decide on on the lesser of two evils. But I
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  Speaker 1: don't think either one of those has shown up more
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  Speaker 1: or less than the other. It's been just a consistency issues.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that that's been something the guys have
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  Speaker 1: done a great job of this week throughout practice is
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  Speaker 1: being more consistent on that, and they're working through it.
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  Speaker 1: Mike Us mentioned you guys going with abs what he.
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  Speaker 2: Said, will roll with a b y yep ab is.
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  Speaker 1: I think especially last game, he's proven that he's our
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  Speaker 1: starting right guard and and uh, you know it would
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  Speaker 1: be good to go into the game and let counter
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  Speaker 1: feel good about you know, the guys are gonna be
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  Speaker 1: next to him and have a consistent lineup. He's just improving.
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  Speaker 1: I thought he did a better job finishing. His execution
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  Speaker 1: was better, and he had a really good week of practice.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that was something that that showed up in
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  Speaker 1: the game. I mean, he certainly wasn't perfect by any stretch.
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  Speaker 1: He's still working through stuff as a young player, but
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  Speaker 1: he's finishing harder and he's playing with better pad level,
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  Speaker 1: and he's starting to live up to some of the
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  Speaker 1: things we think he can do. Right.
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  Speaker 2: You obviously look at Scott for a couple of years ago.
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  Speaker 2: What have you thought of the way he's making this
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  Speaker 2: transition over the team teaching and coaching has a professionals.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think oline rooms are typically uh fairly similar,
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  Speaker 1: you know, regardless level of play. So I think what
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  Speaker 1: Scott's always brought is, you know, he brings unity to
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  Speaker 1: the room, and you know, good teaching mechanics, and so
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  Speaker 1: obviously himself and Brendan Nugent, you know, those guys do
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  Speaker 1: a great job of bringing that room together even when
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  Speaker 1: it's tough and competitive and other guys are getting in
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  Speaker 1: the lineup that can get complicated in a room, and
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  Speaker 1: I've never felt that from that unit.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else. All Right, everybody have a good day.