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Geno Smith: "We're Still Focused On Getting Better" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good. Good.
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  Speaker 2: You you excited to go back and play with the
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  Speaker 2: field again and be either uh excited to go uh
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  Speaker 2: on the road. Another opportunity for us as a team. Man,
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  Speaker 2: Monday night game, you know, prime time game. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: can't wait, you know, can't wait. Just another opportunity for
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  Speaker 2: us to go out there and prove ourselves against another
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  Speaker 2: good defense.
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  Speaker 1: But where the game is not at all. Oh what's
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  Speaker 1: the GOODA mean? To have you all back?
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  Speaker 2: I think it means a lot to our team. Just
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  Speaker 2: his leadership, his energy.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know, I know he's been battling, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to get back, and it's just special to you know,
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  Speaker 2: have him back finally.
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  Speaker 1: Man, I know all the things he's gone.
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  Speaker 2: Through the past couple of years, and I know I
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  Speaker 2: how excited he is to go out there and play.
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  Speaker 2: And so we know he's a difference maker the way
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  Speaker 2: he plays the game, uh, his physicalness, Uh, the way
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  Speaker 2: he flies around, and uh, I just can't wait to
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  Speaker 2: see it, man, I can't wait to see the players
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  Speaker 2: that he makes.
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  Speaker 1: What about your approach, your lines that makes it so?
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  Speaker 1: Go back to New York Dealer last year when you
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  Speaker 1: played the Jazz or that way? What about.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, just my day to day routine. You know, there's
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  Speaker 2: really nothing about my approach. I mean, it's the it's
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  Speaker 2: the reality of it. Obviously the media makes things more
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  Speaker 2: than what they are. But it's just another football game,
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  Speaker 2: and for me, it's another opportunity to go out there
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  Speaker 2: and again improve myself. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: No matter who it is, no matter where it is.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, it's about executing on the field and once the snap,
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  Speaker 2: once the game's played, Uh, none of that outside noise
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  Speaker 2: ever matters. And so I'm just focused on doing my job,
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  Speaker 2: which is being the quarterback of this team, and uh
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  Speaker 2: letting the writers write the stories.
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  Speaker 1: What did you experience like that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I just think overall the poise, you know, talking
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  Speaker 2: about a a tough road game. Obviously that was two
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  Speaker 2: weeks ago, but had some some uh new guys stepping
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  Speaker 2: in there and stepping up and making plays. But uh
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  Speaker 2: it was rowdy and hostile, and uh we we weathered
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  Speaker 2: the storm.
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  Speaker 1: Uh it was real loud.
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  Speaker 2: Uh we were able to uh execute, especially in clutch situations,
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  Speaker 2: and so, uh, you know, just learning more and more
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  Speaker 2: about ourselves as the weeks ago on. But every every
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  Speaker 2: game is the new tests. Every uh, every opportunity is
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  Speaker 2: a new opportunity, and so we gotta look at it
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  Speaker 2: like that. And you know, it was great to go
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  Speaker 2: on the road and do it once, but uh we
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  Speaker 2: got another chance to do it.
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  Speaker 1: What do you have to be more aware of this
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  Speaker 1: than uh?
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  Speaker 2: You know, the the good thing about UH sports and
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  Speaker 2: football is that they can blitz any time they want,
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  Speaker 2: and that goes for any team. So we're always Antenna
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  Speaker 2: is up for the blitz. Obviously, we know they're a
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  Speaker 2: very uh aggressive defensive style.
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  Speaker 1: They have a very.
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  Speaker 2: Aggressive defensive coordinator, and they want to be an attacking
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  Speaker 2: defense and UH we like to think of ourselves the
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  Speaker 2: same way on offense. We like to attack, and so
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think it'll make for a great matchup.
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  Speaker 1: As always, they've.
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  Speaker 2: Got some great guys on there, you know, in their
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  Speaker 2: back end, UH, great linebackers, uh, you know, really great
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  Speaker 2: UH guys up front. That will always make it difficult
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  Speaker 2: for us. But again, it's about us staying connected, doing
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  Speaker 2: our jobs and uh going out there and executing the game.
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  Speaker 2: So that's what challenge is that, you know the challenges. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: we we hit a bunch of uh last year. We
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  Speaker 2: we scored a lot of touchdowns from the forty thirty
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  Speaker 2: yard line around that area, and we were obviously taking
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  Speaker 2: some shots there. So I think the adjustments that defensive
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  Speaker 2: coordinators have made is they're gonna play back a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more and and it just make us continue to
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  Speaker 2: drive the field. And so, you know it, it's always
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  Speaker 2: a challenge. There's always challenges out there, and there's always
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  Speaker 2: adjustments that need to be made. But you know, for
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  Speaker 2: us as an offense, we gotta figure those things out
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  Speaker 2: in the game and and I think we did that,
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  Speaker 2: especially in the second half, but you know, we like
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  Speaker 2: to do that a little bit earlier down number.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, I think that's a little bit different.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think overall, I think every situation is
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  Speaker 2: gonna be different, and every play in the NFL is
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  Speaker 2: a different play. So really it just comes down to
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  Speaker 2: play to play, down to down execution, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for us, we wanna correct the mistakes that we had
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  Speaker 2: in the past, which is obviously need to be better
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  Speaker 2: on third downs and uh all also finishing drives, and
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  Speaker 2: so we just gotta continue to work at it. Uh
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  Speaker 2: still early in the season, long ways to go, and
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  Speaker 2: uh we got a lot of uh learning to do.
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  Speaker 2: So we just gotta keep keep p uh pressing at
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  Speaker 2: it and we'll.
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  Speaker 1: Get better to Jackson. You know, I think Jackson is
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  Speaker 1: in a great spot.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if you look at when ken Walker took
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  Speaker 2: off last year, you know, it was like week five
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  Speaker 2: or something like that. You know, you you think about
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  Speaker 2: our offense and the new guys that were incorporating to
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  Speaker 2: the offense.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna take some time. You know, we're learned.
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  Speaker 2: It's our third game, fourth game playing together, so we're
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  Speaker 2: still figuring each other out, and it's gonna take some time.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't think he needs to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: overthink it. I don't think anyone needs to overthink it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's a great player, he's a he's a
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  Speaker 2: great player on this offense. He's gonna make a ton
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  Speaker 2: of plays for us, and you know, it just hasn't
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  Speaker 2: happened quite yet. But that's that's no nothing to worry about.
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  Speaker 2: We still got time to to figure those things out
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  Speaker 2: and that's what we're doing.
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  Speaker 1: I think overall, it just comes down to execution.
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  Speaker 2: I you know, I hate to keep you know, saying that,
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  Speaker 2: but that's really what it is. Third downs, obviously, the
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  Speaker 2: money down got to have it situation.
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  Speaker 1: We practice that every single week.
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  Speaker 2: We've been doing that since Ota, since training camp, so
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  Speaker 2: we've been in those situations. Uh. You know, the past
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  Speaker 2: two week, we've scored thirty something points with with you know,
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  Speaker 2: not being that great on third downs, and so imagine
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  Speaker 2: where we can be if we execute better in those situations.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's the way we look at it.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we're still focusing on on getting better
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  Speaker 2: and uh, it's it's a it's a ongoing process.
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  Speaker 1: You gotta keep working at it.
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  Speaker 2: And I think I think we'll be better moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: What can you? Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Man, I was so proud of Anthony because you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's a quiet guy, you know, really not you know,
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  Speaker 2: very outspoken, but when he gets on the field, man,
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  Speaker 2: you can just feel his presence. And I mean he's
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  Speaker 2: going up battling against one of the better you know,
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  Speaker 2: d tackles in the league, and I mean he just
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  Speaker 2: he showed you what he can do. I think Anthony's
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  Speaker 2: gonna continue to get better. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He's a guy who's continuing to work hard.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Coach Andy's doing a great job at preparing him,
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  Speaker 2: and he's doing a great job at being coachable and
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  Speaker 2: so he just got to keep working at it.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: But I thought he had a tremendous game, and I
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  Speaker 2: think he's gonna continue to get better. I think every
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  Speaker 2: part of it, you know, every part of that process
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  Speaker 2: prepared me for you know, where I am now, and this,
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  Speaker 2: this now is gonna prepare me for something in the future.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's just how life works.
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  Speaker 2: And so I was very grateful for all of my
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  Speaker 2: opportunities there and you know, it all it all prepared
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  Speaker 2: me for you know where I am now. You shoot, man,
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  Speaker 2: I don't get a chance to make that decision. No,
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  Speaker 2: I just love to play football. So whenever I get
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  Speaker 2: a chance to go out there, I'm ready. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I know there's advantages and disadvantages to both. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, whenever they schedule it is when they schedule it,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it's just is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of.
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  Speaker 2: See what he's you know, I think the uniqueness about
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  Speaker 2: it is he just does it over and over and
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  Speaker 2: he's so consistent with it. And he's got somebody you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think some of the greatest catches, Uh, when you
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  Speaker 2: talk about toe taps of anybody, you know, thinking of
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  Speaker 2: that one he caught against the Rams at one time
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  Speaker 2: it was just you know, amazing. And so he does
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  Speaker 2: it so consistently, he's uh continuing to get that toe
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  Speaker 2: drag and uh again, he plays, you know, for a
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  Speaker 2: guy his stature, he plays a lot bigger than what
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  Speaker 2: he is, and I think that's something that makes him,
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  Speaker 2: you know, great and makes him special. He's a tough
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  Speaker 2: he's you know, really tough dude, and you know, not
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  Speaker 2: the biggest guy out there, but uh, he's fighting his
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  Speaker 2: butt off and if that ball's in the air, I
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  Speaker 2: guess he's got little feed. He's you know, he's got
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  Speaker 2: the ability to you know, get those toes in and
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  Speaker 2: and make those plays.
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  Speaker 1: You be.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, just gives you a lot of trust in him,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it just gives you that added trust that
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  Speaker 2: you know, if I throw it in a place where
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  Speaker 2: only he can get it, nine times out of ten
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  Speaker 2: he'll get it. And so you've seen that on tape
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  Speaker 2: over and over and uh, it's it's great to have
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  Speaker 2: a player like that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks, thank you, guys.