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Aden Durde: "It Was A Great Day" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Take questions.
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  Speaker 2: We saw a lot of team scrimmaging today. Yeah, it
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  Speaker 2: is fun. So what are you taking away from that?
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  Speaker 2: Even if it's not for context.
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  Speaker 1: Full speed, But it's a good when you're get in
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  Speaker 1: real life reps of like movement shift. It's more the
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  Speaker 1: pre snap than it is the post snap. You know,
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  Speaker 1: like understanding like all the pre snap communication, the adjustments
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  Speaker 1: and the shifts that have to happen. We can get
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  Speaker 1: that at full speed, and then once the play snapped,
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  Speaker 1: it's like understanding your fits, your coverage and how you
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  Speaker 1: adjust the coverage after that. But it was a great day.
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  Speaker 2: Is all that that you're doing. Is that a product
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  Speaker 2: that installing your new schemes on both sides of the ball?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a product of really the process, Like
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  Speaker 1: obviously where we're at, Definitely it is part of installing
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  Speaker 1: a new scheme, but really it's just part of the
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  Speaker 1: process of this year. It's like what when when there's
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  Speaker 1: certain restrictions and the way you can practice and the
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  Speaker 1: things you can do, It's like, how do you maximize
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  Speaker 1: that by making sure like pre snap, you're moving fast,
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  Speaker 1: you're talking, everyone's down in a good position. Those are
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  Speaker 1: the things looking for.
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  Speaker 2: Where are the guys out in picking up the scheme?
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  Speaker 2: And we've heard different kind of progress markers along the way.
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  Speaker 1: They're good. Like, I think at this time of year
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  Speaker 1: you really have to kind of step back and look
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  Speaker 1: at it from a big picture. I don't think you
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  Speaker 1: have to like get down into the detail, like you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna install the system, then you're gonna install it again.
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  Speaker 1: Then they're gonna get another hit of it next week
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  Speaker 1: when we get into true mandatory mini camp, and then
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  Speaker 1: they get another hit in training camp. I think right
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  Speaker 1: now they are just where they're meant to be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like and and you have to I think at times
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  Speaker 1: at this time of year, you've got to be comfortable
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  Speaker 1: making those mistakes and learning from them, you know last week,
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  Speaker 1: but you like in the get kind of getting working
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  Speaker 1: with them in the trenches all that.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously PETI coordinator is different than the position coach.
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  Speaker 1: And your responsibilities.
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  Speaker 2: But how much do you enjoy still kind of getting
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  Speaker 2: their way?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I kind of like I really learned that, to
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  Speaker 1: be honest with you from DQ, Like he took like
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  Speaker 1: a certain times of the practice, especially at the start
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  Speaker 1: and special teams, when we can do things I can
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  Speaker 1: work with Justin and I can work with a part
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  Speaker 1: the group and get some reps and talk about how
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  Speaker 1: we do like detail things and more the kind of
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  Speaker 1: the techniques and the game within the game. They're they're
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  Speaker 1: the opportunities I like to take and keep with the guys.
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  Speaker 1: But it's fun.
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  Speaker 3: It's like for you kind of talking with Mike and
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  Speaker 3: Wensley and you guys as a group, kind of figuring
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  Speaker 3: out what the scheme is going to be and what
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  Speaker 3: you know, what what it's going to be under his
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  Speaker 3: head coaching and what he wants to do with it
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  Speaker 3: and everything. You guys.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's a great question. I think, like really,
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  Speaker 1: when I came in and Mike had a very clear
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  Speaker 1: vision of what the system was, you know, like I
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  Speaker 1: really understood that. I think what to answer your question,
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  Speaker 1: it's more like us three growing together has been one
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  Speaker 1: of the most funnest parts of doing this process, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like just sitting down talking football, understanding how we see situations,
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  Speaker 1: understanding how we see the game, then how we see
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  Speaker 1: building the culture together and the style that we play with.
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  Speaker 1: Like as much as we're different, there's there's things we're
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  Speaker 1: like minded in and the things that we believe in
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  Speaker 1: and our principles and that that's that's been the most
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  Speaker 1: fun thing so far for me.
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  Speaker 2: What have you? What's the greats of it?
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  Speaker 1: Probably patience the most, Like he's always got the words
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  Speaker 1: of wisdom to put things into real perspective. Here's say
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  Speaker 1: like two words that you might say ten to fifteen
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  Speaker 1: words for and it's like, yeah, you said it. I
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  Speaker 1: don't need to say anything else. How different hasn't been
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  Speaker 1: for you personally?
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  Speaker 2: As a defensive quiry of the last few months?
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  Speaker 1: Oh lot? Like I'm learning every day and like I
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  Speaker 1: think we're all are you know, Like and that's the
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  Speaker 1: funnest part is like there's no I really at the
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  Speaker 1: moment love coming to what I'm saying that to Leslie
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  Speaker 1: the other day. It's just like it's not about egos.
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  Speaker 1: It's about getting it right, all of us talking through
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  Speaker 1: making sure that we understand that we've got the best
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  Speaker 1: plan for the players. The players believe in the process,
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  Speaker 1: and we're always kind of looking at it and making
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  Speaker 1: sure that it's right for them. You know, you want
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  Speaker 1: really and truthfully what you want them to do. You
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  Speaker 1: want to play really fast, really physical. Those things can't
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  Speaker 1: be done now, But like the clearer the clarity that
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  Speaker 1: we can create, and that's what we're trying to do,
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  Speaker 1: is the best thing.
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  Speaker 3: What was your reactionally knowing you guys were getting Williams.
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  Speaker 1: I was excited. It's good to them.
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  Speaker 2: But how is the defensive life?
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  Speaker 3: There's a lot of pieces there, how there is? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it kind of I guess it's gonna be a fun
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  Speaker 3: challenge kind of figuring out how to use everybody, right.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's like, that's what good defensive lines are.
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  Speaker 1: There's obviously where I came from. It's like you look
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  Speaker 1: at the groups and now, like right now, it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of hard because we can't go full gas, But it's
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  Speaker 1: what are people good at? What are there like the
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  Speaker 1: individual roles, how do they fit into the picture? Where
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  Speaker 1: what down and distance would they be good at? Like
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  Speaker 1: and where do they excel? You know? Like I really
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  Speaker 1: believe up front it's about creating a way of playing
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  Speaker 1: that enhances people's ability in certain situations. There's a couple
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  Speaker 1: of guys that really just flourish in every situation, and
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  Speaker 1: there's other guys like like Hank or those guys that
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  Speaker 1: flourish in certain situations. And then how you rotate them.
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  Speaker 1: We've got so much versatility, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Can you say the same thing about the back end
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  Speaker 2: of the defense the dds?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely you can see it, But like I think
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  Speaker 1: on the I can there's a bit, there's a bit
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  Speaker 1: less room forever. So right now, it's about defining your
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  Speaker 1: job and understand before you can build on the versatility.
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  Speaker 1: It's like really understanding your job, understanding the checks, understanding
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  Speaker 1: how they align and the detail within that. And once
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  Speaker 1: they master that, that's when you can start the versatility.
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  Speaker 2: And they have mic.
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  Speaker 3: Donald and they said, he said, you kept asking so
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  Speaker 3: it could be the same Ravens defense ran He said,
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  Speaker 3: I don't even know who were that yet, Lay replies,
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  Speaker 3: have you guys, how where are you guys in learning
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  Speaker 3: what your players your best at and how the system
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  Speaker 3: make it.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're down the line. I think like as
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  Speaker 1: you go through it, you see like there's certain players
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  Speaker 1: that you can see their ability and it flashes like
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  Speaker 1: you can see certain players transition out of breaks and
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  Speaker 1: like Spoons is like it just jumps out you like
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  Speaker 1: Reeks movement. They jumped out you, like Julian's communication is
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  Speaker 1: a excellent up front when you see like Leonard here.
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  Speaker 1: You know, like when you see like those edge pieces
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  Speaker 1: that go as it can move and get off the rock,
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  Speaker 1: you can see. I think it will define itself as
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  Speaker 1: we get into pads and as we can go through
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  Speaker 1: the process. Dots don't like you because yeah, definitely, like
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  Speaker 1: it's just about mental reps to them.
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  Speaker 2: What about dread Night, John, do you see a role
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  Speaker 2: you play?
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  Speaker 1: I think again, its versatility. I think as you move
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  Speaker 1: him around you can create matchups and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: I think, but understand on early downs where he fits
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  Speaker 1: and how he fits in the picture will be important.
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  Speaker 2: Part, he says off for gays. Yeah, but what Fire
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  Speaker 2: and Murphy, Just what have be seeing.
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  Speaker 3: Out of him and what you can see him?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got like that. You definitely see his ability.
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  Speaker 1: You see, like his contact balance, his movement is flexibility.
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  Speaker 1: I think like it you really answer the questions when
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  Speaker 1: we get into pads though, But he's doing a great.
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  Speaker 3: Job about how about when you see him his movement.
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  Speaker 1: I thought they was good, you know, like it especially
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  Speaker 1: like as you're going through it, like like it's easier
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  Speaker 1: for guys up front, you know, like they can there
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of crossover fundamentals that come in that position.
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  Speaker 1: Now when you when you step it back, there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of checks and there's a lot of communication that
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  Speaker 1: Tyrus is going through. But as it settles, like today,
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  Speaker 1: I thought that you're doing a good job out of there. Today.
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  Speaker 2: Is Kobe Bryant getting a mortified role at all?
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  Speaker 1: Or yeah, we're just moving him in a couple of positions.
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  Speaker 1: He's playing safety at the moment, and then he moved
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  Speaker 1: and got some reps at Nickel as well. But like
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  Speaker 1: you just moved, like we're just really looking at all
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  Speaker 1: those situations and going through it operations.
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  Speaker 2: Jared red for it response, you think.
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  Speaker 1: You yeah, I think he's very versatile player. Like I
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  Speaker 1: think it's versatility is good. I think when someone has
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  Speaker 1: the like the capacity to take on the different understandings
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  Speaker 1: in different situation, and I think he does, that's when
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  Speaker 1: they can flourish and really utilize their versatility, you know.
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  Speaker 1: So like I see Jaron having the ability to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Which is did you did you enjoy more FA Cup
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  Speaker 2: or champions I.
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  Speaker 1: Was watching the Champions League this weekend, so I'd say
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  Speaker 1: that everything else. Thank you, Thanks very much, stay Thanks