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Ryan Grubb: "Geno Plays His Best When The Lights Are Bright" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How's everybody doing great? Doing great? Who's up?
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  Speaker 2: You know?
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  Speaker 1: I think you're talking about the running game and clear
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  Speaker 1: that takes some steps forward and coachesself, look, there's some
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  Speaker 1: good stuff there. What gives you kind of the feeling
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  Speaker 1: that it's best turned for I think the biggest part
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  Speaker 1: is that we ran the football when we had to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, at the end of the game, when it
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  Speaker 1: was the most important. I thought we executed at our
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  Speaker 1: best and uh, I think that's the part that you
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  Speaker 1: got to build on, is that when we really had
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  Speaker 1: to have it in some critical situations, holding the ball
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  Speaker 1: for eight minutes at the end of the game. I
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  Speaker 1: thought that was you know, a lot of gives us
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  Speaker 1: a lot of hope that we're headed the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think then the third and fourth player, the Zach, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that was that was a big one. And that was
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  Speaker 1: tons of credit to Gino. You know, adjustment on the
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  Speaker 1: sideline looking for you know, just opportunities to run the ball,
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  Speaker 1: and you know Gino saw that and hit it. So
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  Speaker 1: just a ton of credit to seven. He you know,
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  Speaker 1: just a good player, savvy guy like that. But it
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  Speaker 1: was a really good hit by the old line and
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  Speaker 1: by Zach obviously, So that was that was a good
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  Speaker 1: one his.
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  Speaker 3: And his I know we talked about this before, but
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  Speaker 3: kind of his ability to do that in situations like
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  Speaker 3: that if you had the third a couple of third
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  Speaker 3: downs since of that as well, just there's a really
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  Speaker 3: kind of every every single game, it seems like whatever matters.
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  Speaker 1: Like, yeah, Gino has been you know that you look
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  Speaker 1: at what he's done at the end of the last
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  Speaker 1: two games, and I don't I don't think for anybody
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  Speaker 1: in this building. You know, that's a surprise how he
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  Speaker 1: operates at the end of the game, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: just the poise that he has and he obviously plays
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  Speaker 1: his best when when the lights are really bright and
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the game. So uh, that that's
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  Speaker 1: something I think, you know, is really encouraging to for
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  Speaker 1: Gino is just you know, continue to build on that
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  Speaker 1: and how he's able to close out games in both
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  Speaker 1: those games keep through an interception before them. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: was to tell you about him, like, you know, some
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks might kind of get gun shy, and now I.
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  Speaker 3: Want to make like the throw made the dcanus.
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  Speaker 1: And throw some quarterbacks might be afraid, no doubt. What
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  Speaker 1: about him allows I think he's got really tough you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's he's got thick skin, you know. And I think
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  Speaker 1: any good quarterback, you know, over time has to build
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  Speaker 1: that up a little bit and be able to you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of get back on the horse, so to speak,
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  Speaker 1: and and get ready to make the next row. And
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  Speaker 1: I think the play in the present mentality for an
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  Speaker 1: NFL quarterback is is absolutely imperative, you know, And so
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  Speaker 1: for you know, I think over time he's built those
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  Speaker 1: those things up and knows that you know, how tight
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  Speaker 1: NFL football games are every week, you know, and that
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  Speaker 1: you've always got a chance. And and I think he's
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  Speaker 1: done a good job of learning how to move on
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  Speaker 1: from those you know, far before I got here, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just his understanding of the next row and knowing that
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  Speaker 1: your most important play is the next one, he has
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  Speaker 1: a good grasp of that. He told us today that
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  Speaker 1: Brett Farr was his bivorite quarterback for the gun slinging.
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  Speaker 1: Does that kind of scare us, No, No, it doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: I know that there's you know, some obvious things there
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  Speaker 1: that that Gino has had some tough moments this season,
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  Speaker 1: But I just keep believing in the preparation that he
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  Speaker 1: puts in every day that he continues to see those
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  Speaker 1: things and he knows the things that he has to
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  Speaker 1: improve on and get better and and play play his
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  Speaker 1: best game. And I think that that's still out there
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  Speaker 1: for him. I know it is, and Gino does too,
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  Speaker 1: and I think he's going to continue to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: work on those decision making and those critical moments. And
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  Speaker 1: he made so many good plays, you know, in that game.
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  Speaker 1: But I think the part you love about Geno is
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  Speaker 1: if you ask him after the game, you know, you win,
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  Speaker 1: and he makes some incredible plays out of the pocket.
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  Speaker 1: But the first thing he's you know, very critical of
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  Speaker 1: himself that he's thinking about that like why did I
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  Speaker 1: do that? Why did that happen? And he just goes
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  Speaker 1: back through his process. And that's what I appreciate about
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  Speaker 1: him is continue to improve that process and the decision
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  Speaker 1: making in those critical moments and trying to make himself better.
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  Speaker 1: What's his best game looked like to you? What would
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  Speaker 1: that be his best game? Obviously a win, no turnovers,
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  Speaker 1: and every time he has a critical decision, he makes
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  Speaker 1: the right choice and does not put the ball in jeopardy.
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  Speaker 1: And then when the team asks him to and needs
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  Speaker 1: him to, he'll make the biggest play in the biggest moment.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever had a quarterback of Pindix or anybody
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  Speaker 1: do that type of game? Yeah, I mean there's there's
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  Speaker 1: been a couple of guys that played some pretty good games. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, I truly believe that's out
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  Speaker 1: there for Gino, you know, and I've seen games where
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  Speaker 1: he's been really really close to that, honestly, where he's
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  Speaker 1: played about as good as you can play. And I
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  Speaker 1: think too, you know, a Gino, uh, this isn't a
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  Speaker 1: you know, talk on the protection piece, but he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: get phased by that. You don't hear Gino get on
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  Speaker 1: the headside like, man, this protection.
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  Speaker 2: Was this or that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he just moves on like if it's a
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  Speaker 1: tough look, you know, he he just looks at how
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  Speaker 1: he could have gotten the play done or gotten it off.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, that's a I think says a lot
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  Speaker 1: about his resolve as a quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: Protection It is.
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  Speaker 2: Tough to do when you bet Quinning Williams a little bit,
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  Speaker 2: because what is the challenge of trying to get help
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  Speaker 2: on the inside.
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  Speaker 1: And make sure he's not so this wrong? Yeah, I
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  Speaker 1: think that, you know, it's it's a little easier to
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  Speaker 1: obviously scheme protection, help for tackles, getting some outsourced from
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  Speaker 1: the outside of chips, things like that. So it's just
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  Speaker 1: knowing where he is and you know, having some regard
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  Speaker 1: for how you can scheme against him and protection. And
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  Speaker 1: I think everybody knows that going into the game and
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  Speaker 1: there we're obviously going to know where he is every
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  Speaker 1: snap and you know, do our best to make sure
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  Speaker 1: we get four hands on him as many times as possible.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, yeah, it is, it is, yep, yep, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't say it's completely on loose. Some
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  Speaker 1: of the players are what they are and he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: line up where he lines up and and you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: have to deal with that, which can be tough. But
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  Speaker 1: as many times as possible that you can uh get
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  Speaker 1: the most guys on him is obviously what you want
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  Speaker 1: to do and what everybody does every week to him,
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  Speaker 1: So he won't be deterred by that. He's a really
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  Speaker 1: good player with you know a lot of tenacity, so
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna you know, work through that just like he
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  Speaker 1: does every week.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure part of the wiser numbers are going to
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  Speaker 3: deal with the team may.
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  Speaker 1: Pass rush number one. I mean that that's you know.
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  Speaker 1: I think what they do is they try to make
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  Speaker 1: windows tight and they make their pass rush come alive
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  Speaker 1: and basically say it's gonna be really hard for you
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  Speaker 1: to make an accurate throw in this pocket. And I
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  Speaker 1: think those are the things that they do a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good job of. So you have to, you know, try
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  Speaker 1: to take those things into account and you know, not
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  Speaker 1: put yourself in positions where you have to do it
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  Speaker 1: every play.
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  Speaker 2: Went back to Ali What growth have you seen in him?
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  Speaker 2: Because I talked to him after the game and like
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  Speaker 2: he really talked about, Hey, I had to make a
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  Speaker 2: self assessment and control what I can control. What growth
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  Speaker 2: have you seen in him? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: For Olu, I think that the ownership piece was the
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  Speaker 1: starting point and just you know, owning the things that
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  Speaker 1: he knew he had to get better at. And I
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  Speaker 1: think being able to take a step back when Connor
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  Speaker 1: was in there allowed him some time to really think
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  Speaker 1: about that, like why am I in this position? Why
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  Speaker 1: am I not the starter? And then just dig in
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  Speaker 1: and start to work on you know, what's my second step? Look?
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  Speaker 1: Like what's my balance? Look like you know, like what's
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  Speaker 1: my tempo to the ball? You know all the things
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  Speaker 1: that because it's never been a mental thing for Olu.
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  Speaker 1: He's extremely intelligent. He knows all the calls to make.
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  Speaker 1: He has great poise. There's some physical pieces that as
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  Speaker 1: a young player. Part of it's that too, is just
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  Speaker 1: that he's continuing to work on that.
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  Speaker 2: Coaching quarterbacks, how do you balance that like them, you know,
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  Speaker 2: wanting to make the right play and not taking I
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  Speaker 2: think something you coach that not taking the player out
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  Speaker 2: of the play. You know what I'm saying, how do
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  Speaker 2: you balance that?
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  Speaker 1: Well? I think that that's I know, great quarterback play
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  Speaker 1: is such a It's a really really fine line, really
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  Speaker 1: really fine line, because you have to know the moments
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  Speaker 1: when you absolutely it is a necessity to push that
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  Speaker 1: read make the throw that that's going to be really
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  Speaker 1: difficult to make, versus when not to make it. And
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  Speaker 1: so if you take all the aggression out of the player,
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  Speaker 1: he's never going to make the tough throws that he
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  Speaker 1: has to make on third down or any throw. And
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  Speaker 1: so I think that you just have to continue to
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  Speaker 1: encourage and push and understand what are the things he
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  Speaker 1: can get you ahead of the read and you know
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  Speaker 1: the preparation piece that you have the confidence, have the
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  Speaker 1: ball out on time, in the right window, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: not not tear down, just to continue to encourage you
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  Speaker 1: know that you can make all these plays. And and
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  Speaker 1: I think that's the part that you love about about
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  Speaker 1: a veteran like Gino, that he's not going to back
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  Speaker 1: down from that challenge. He's going to continue to work
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  Speaker 1: that and he knows how thin a line that is.
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  Speaker 1: So just continue to chase that.
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  Speaker 3: What is the right guard spot this week? And how
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  Speaker 3: do you kind of go into the week And.
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  Speaker 1: Guys wide open, Tawa and Christian are both competing for that.
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  Speaker 1: They both got a ton of reps today, and so
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  Speaker 1: we're going to continue to work those guys and you know,
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  Speaker 1: see how this week plays out. We'd like to have,
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  Speaker 1: you know, pretty good grasp on that by Friday, but
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  Speaker 1: today was pretty even, I think, probably within three or
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  Speaker 1: four reps of each other. And we'll see what the
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  Speaker 1: film looks like.
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  Speaker 2: When you look back at the five Sacks on Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: what you see is the issues.
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  Speaker 1: There, Well, the interior pressure is is tough for Gino
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  Speaker 1: to deal with. You know, typically he does a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good job. If it's collapsing from the outside, he can
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  Speaker 1: slide out of there and get the ball out of
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  Speaker 1: his hand. But when the immediate pressure happens and it
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  Speaker 1: is in from right there, it's just tough to make
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  Speaker 1: a good decision and throw the ball away. Because throwing
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  Speaker 1: the football away as is sometimes some of the best
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  Speaker 1: players you can make and keep yourself out of negative yardage.
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  Speaker 1: But when it happens from there that quickly, it can
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  Speaker 1: be it can be tough. So I think there was
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  Speaker 1: a couple that were two that were a little bit rough.
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  Speaker 1: We're literally, you know, one Christian's foot slips, his right
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  Speaker 1: foot slips on the logo and the guy rips upfield.
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  Speaker 1: And you know that those those kind of situations are tough,
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  Speaker 1: and guys got to take into consideration they're footing and
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  Speaker 1: things like that. But we're always assessing, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: was critical of myself and the staff just on you know,
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  Speaker 1: do we provide enough help in the right situations, you know,
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  Speaker 1: because I think you you endlessly are working on those
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  Speaker 1: schemes to make sure the protection is adequate, and how
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  Speaker 1: can you help without compromising the past game, you know,
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  Speaker 1: So we just keep putting pressure on that. I think
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  Speaker 1: we've had a lot of success at times where we
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  Speaker 1: have done that really really well and taking care of
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  Speaker 1: Geno the best we could, and we just have to
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  Speaker 1: continue to evaluate, like where is where are the problems from,
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  Speaker 1: and how can we help the most about A Through
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  Speaker 1: two games of his return, he's doing great. He's doing great.
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  Speaker 1: He's not perfect, and he's still working in the game shape.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, I've been really impressed with his ownership
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  Speaker 1: just as a player. You see him, you know, even
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  Speaker 1: after a play shoot. I can remember and walk through
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  Speaker 1: this morning and and he kind of had an m
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  Speaker 1: A on one and he'll come right up to you
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  Speaker 1: and hey, I did this this or this, and he'll
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  Speaker 1: own that moment and you know, want to get it right.
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  Speaker 1: And so I've been really really impressed, you know, with
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  Speaker 1: his communication and ownership and what he needs to do
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  Speaker 1: to get better. And but physically he's he's working in
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  Speaker 1: the game shape. I thought he did a great job
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  Speaker 1: for only being two games in and being able to
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  Speaker 1: play a complete football game and you know, long eight
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  Speaker 1: minute drive at the end. You know, he's done it
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  Speaker 1: two weeks in a row now, So I think he's
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  Speaker 1: really getting his legs under himself and we're trying to
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  Speaker 1: take care of him and get him back into game
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  Speaker 1: shape at.
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  Speaker 2: The guard, Do you want one winner to emerge to
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  Speaker 2: play the whole game Sunday?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I would. I would. I would rather have some
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  Speaker 1: continuity for OLU to work with and you know, if
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  Speaker 1: they're you know, you'd rather one of those young guys.
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  Speaker 1: They don't necessarily need breaks and things like that. You
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  Speaker 1: want one guy to be in there and just kind
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  Speaker 1: of be the guy. But I think we also have
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  Speaker 1: to be ready to pivot if that's not working everything else.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you,