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Ernest Jones IV: "We Just Have To Keep Getting Better" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Hello.
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  Speaker 2: Ernest, what's the accountability on the issue that you and
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  Speaker 2: your coach are talking about?
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  Speaker 1: Pissed. I mean, I think we're all collectively kind of pissed.
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  Speaker 1: In this league, you can't allow, you can't extend drives
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  Speaker 1: for offenses, and we did that a hell of a
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  Speaker 1: lot today. So we'll address it as a defense tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get it fixed going into next week.
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  Speaker 3: How do you address it? Yeah, that's how we do it. No,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to talk. We talk as men. Like, hey, like,
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  Speaker 3: we just can't have that. Like, it's as simple as that.
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  Speaker 1: Some penalties are in the heat of the moment. Not
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  Speaker 1: saying the guy's purposely trying to hurt the team at all. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's football. Things happen. We just got to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, watch the film on those penalties and see
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  Speaker 1: where we can be better.
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  Speaker 2: Did any of those feel like that's just the way
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  Speaker 2: they're calling it? Like, you know, they had 14 minutes.
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  Speaker 3: The Chargers had 14 penalties as well.
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  Speaker 2: Was some of that just the way the refs were
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  Speaker 2: calling it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it felt like they were calling it.
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  Speaker 1: Anything they seen it, they would just own it. And
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  Speaker 1: a couple of those penalties, you know, you– You slow
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  Speaker 1: everything down, every play has a penalty in it. But
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  Speaker 1: in the moments you're on the field, it doesn't always
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  Speaker 1: feel like a guy's out of bounds. Or, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with the rough in the pass, I think you get
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  Speaker 1: two steps. It doesn't always feel like, you know, the guys,
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  Speaker 1: you took your two steps or you didn't take your
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  Speaker 1: two steps. So it's part of the game. We'll fix it, though.
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  Speaker 2: Do you like those moments where the ball comes right
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  Speaker 2: to you?
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  Speaker 3: I love it.
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  Speaker 1: I love it. I've been waiting on those. I've been
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  Speaker 1: waiting on one of those. And I'm thankful. Good Lord
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  Speaker 1: blessed me with one today, so... you know, happy for sure.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about the linebacker play with you
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  Speaker 2: and Drake both making picks?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I told him, I was like, we both went
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  Speaker 1: picks today and won. So, I mean, that's a pretty
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  Speaker 1: solid day. You know, some things that we'll clean up. But,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm happy for him. Happy he was able
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  Speaker 1: to get his hand on the ball, come down with it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, same for me. And, you know, we've been stacking,
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  Speaker 1: you know, four good games. So, we just got to
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  Speaker 1: keep getting better, keep leading that defense.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's hard to overlook all those penalties in
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  Speaker 2: the second half, but taking those aside, how do you
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  Speaker 2: feel the way that the guys up front and the blitz,
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  Speaker 2: the packages getting after Justin would set the guys up
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  Speaker 2: in coverage for those pick-off opportunities?
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  Speaker 1: I think we did. I think we got after them
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  Speaker 1: up front. You know, when there wasn't a penalty or
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  Speaker 1: anything like that, I feel like we had control. But,
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  Speaker 1: of course, you know, you give teams life. You continue
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  Speaker 1: to give them, you know, chance after chance. They're a
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  Speaker 1: good team. They're going to make the plays. So I
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  Speaker 1: think we just got to be better in that regard.
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  Speaker 2: Interception, what goes into you being in the perfect spot there?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's just a great call by
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  Speaker 1: Mike that had me over there in that direction, and
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  Speaker 1: I think from there it's kind of just getting an
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  Speaker 1: early read on routes, getting to your spot, and then
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  Speaker 1: seeing where you can make a play at, depending on
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  Speaker 1: what they're doing.
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  Speaker 3: As much as that wasn't going the way you guys
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  Speaker 3: wanted in the second half, to get to finish it
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  Speaker 3: with a big play on defense and trying to get
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  Speaker 3: an edge, what did you think about that last moment
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  Speaker 3: from the defense?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I'm a firm believer, like, in this league–
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  Speaker 1: Certain moments and how you win games, they set you
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  Speaker 1: up for later on down the line. So there's going
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  Speaker 1: to come another moment. There's going to be moments in
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  Speaker 1: game where defense is going to be on the field.
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  Speaker 1: So you need those stops. And moments like that just
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  Speaker 1: builds confidence that you can do it, that you can
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  Speaker 1: and you will go get those stops. Anything else? Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.