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Jaxon Smith-Njigba: "We Have To Stop Beating Ourselves" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: First, I would like to get my condolences to my
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  Speaker 1: friend Chris o'lave seeing him went down today and he
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  Speaker 1: was just on my mind today. You know, I hope
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  Speaker 1: he's doing well. He's a great person and hopefully you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's good. Play a hard sport, a tough one, and so,
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  Speaker 1: you know, really all the outside noise, you know, fans
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  Speaker 1: and you know haters, you know, we we don't really care,
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  Speaker 1: you know what they say, because you know, we go
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  Speaker 1: out there and you know, risk our lives every day
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  Speaker 1: playing this sport. And uh, you know, I just want
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  Speaker 1: to say he's doing good.
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  Speaker 2: Any questions, Jackson, Just how tough is this one for
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  Speaker 2: you guys to process? This one's tough, man, This one's tough.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: You know I hate losing. We all hate losing, you
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  Speaker 1: know when we feel like, you know, we had it,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in our in our hands. We had the
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to win multiple times, and for us not to
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  Speaker 1: you know, get it done, it sucks man.
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  Speaker 3: Honestly, how much if you look into this, into this
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  Speaker 3: loss and the frustration and then try to move forward,
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  Speaker 3: cause you got to buy a week and then try
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  Speaker 3: to turn the season around, what's that balance?
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  Speaker 2: Again.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's tough, but you know, we gotta
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  Speaker 1: move forward, you know, I mean that's all we can do.
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  Speaker 2: For out.
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  Speaker 1: You know, what is our problem, which you know, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it's hard to see, and which is you know,
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  Speaker 1: just executing you know, and hone down on our assignments
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  Speaker 1: and you know, just get the job done.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, it's about it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we gotta buy a week, you know, rest
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  Speaker 1: up and get ready for San Fran.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. A tough couple of tough plays, uh the resort
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  Speaker 3: or fourth quarter that end up being interceptions, and but
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  Speaker 3: you're able to mount the drives down the regulation.
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  Speaker 2: What was your confidence that you know that he would
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  Speaker 2: bounce back and be able to lead you the way that.
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  Speaker 1: He did in that final drive.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, m total confidence.
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  Speaker 1: I mean he's done it, you know, again and again
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  Speaker 1: and again honestly, and uh, you know every time we
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  Speaker 1: we go, we take the field, you know again in
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  Speaker 1: the huddle, you know, I know we're gonna give our
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  Speaker 1: best effort.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I know if we give him time, we run.
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  Speaker 1: The right routes, we doing what we're supposed to do,
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  Speaker 1: He's gonna put the ball where it's supposed to be
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  Speaker 1: and you know that's all we can you know do
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  Speaker 1: and uh but yeah, we have total confidence when we
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  Speaker 1: go out there. We just gotta stop beating ourselves. Honestly,
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  Speaker 1: should you'd rather have zeroly.
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  Speaker 2: Yards in a win? But you just had a career days. Well,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just wondering what what you take from that spike?
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  Speaker 1: The wasston man? I hate losing, you know what I'm
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  Speaker 1: saying whatever, I'd rather win, you know, one hundred percent.
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  Speaker 1: You know my confidence level, you know, it's always been
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  Speaker 1: the same, you know, I've I've known that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I could break out and have an amazing game, you know, whenever,
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  Speaker 1: but it's the wins that count.
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  Speaker 2: Can you kind of walk us through the last touchdown? There?
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  Speaker 2: The type of game for you taking the big hit
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  Speaker 2: and everything? Uh yeah, you know corner route do you know?
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  Speaker 1: Through a perfect ball? How to put it really back
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  Speaker 1: shoulder for me, you know, to make a play on it.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, just made a play on it.
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  Speaker 2: That's about it. What about this? Come?
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  Speaker 1: So what do you have to catch you you thinking
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  Speaker 1: about absorbing the hit or protecting.
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  Speaker 2: The ball there?
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  Speaker 1: Uh yes, sir, you know, you know I make sure
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  Speaker 1: you know, I see my surroundings you know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: some guys trying to take your head off, so you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I I do.
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  Speaker 2: But at then the at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: when I see.
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  Speaker 1: The ball, it's about the ball and and catching it.
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  Speaker 1: You know that's my job, and you know I take
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  Speaker 1: I consider all those things, but you know, getting the
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  Speaker 1: job done is first.
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  Speaker 2: What about the the the fourth and five to set
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  Speaker 2: that up, what did you guys see at that play
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  Speaker 2: fourth and five? Saw man coverage? You know what I'm saying, beat,
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  Speaker 2: beat your man, catch the ball. Yep. May thanks