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Shane Waldron: "Those Guys Did A Great Job Up Front" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good afternoon. How's everyone doing a beautiful day?
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  Speaker 1: Great bye? Thought of a drop off and pick up
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  Speaker 1: and all the things. So it's fun, nice little reset there.
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  Speaker 1: The challenge he was against the Giants with all the
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  Speaker 1: movie parts on the offensive line. I think those guys
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  Speaker 1: did a great job up front, you know. I think
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  Speaker 1: you know one guy I think that particularly did a
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  Speaker 1: nice job was Evan Brown. You know, coming in this
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  Speaker 1: year taking over that center job. He's been a steady
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  Speaker 1: player for us. He's been that anchor on the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line all year long, and then all of a sudden,
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  Speaker 1: he gets thrown into a scenario where he's got to
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  Speaker 1: go play guard for a majority of the game, a
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  Speaker 1: spot that we haven't wrapped him at all throughout this
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  Speaker 1: time so far. You know, talk through it, explain the things.
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  Speaker 1: He's smart enough, he's played in the league at that position,
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  Speaker 1: but to be able to transition right over there in
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  Speaker 1: that moment, and then Olu comes in and play center
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  Speaker 1: for us there once a couple more guys are hurt,
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  Speaker 1: and for us to keep functioning at a high level
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  Speaker 1: was really impressive. But like I said, it starts with
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  Speaker 1: Evan and you know what he's meant to us and
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  Speaker 1: how well he's played, how well he's approached his preparation
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  Speaker 1: and and it's really shown on the field at both
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  Speaker 1: spots so far this year. Maybe you know, a couple
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  Speaker 1: of walk through snaps here or there, but not you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's been our center and earned that role. And a
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  Speaker 1: lot of other guys had had rolled through that that
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  Speaker 1: guard position, but you know, the way things play out
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  Speaker 1: with the game day actives, and you know, what was
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  Speaker 1: our best option there once we've lose multiple people. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's a guy that we knew had played that position,
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  Speaker 1: could trust him he could go in there and function,
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  Speaker 1: and he did just that a few times, and he said, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's done a great job too. You know, he came
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  Speaker 1: in and filled that role at the right guard spot,
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  Speaker 1: and I think for a young player, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you see right away his physical talent showing up is
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  Speaker 1: big and powerful, ability to move and ben So he's
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  Speaker 1: done a nice job of fitting right in and again
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  Speaker 1: letting us continue to play on offense at a at
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  Speaker 1: a at a pretty high level. You know, we know
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  Speaker 1: we've got some things that we got to work on
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  Speaker 1: and clean up, but to have that many moving parts
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  Speaker 1: within the course of a game or throughout the course
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  Speaker 1: of the last few practice weeks, but still feel comfortable
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  Speaker 1: about everyone's knowledge of their positions has been a real
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  Speaker 1: credit to Andy Dickerson and Kille Kikuwava, those guys really
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  Speaker 1: helping out, and then the players really bought into learning
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  Speaker 1: the big picture of the scheme, not just one position.
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  Speaker 1: It's the best case scenario for next fan up, and
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  Speaker 1: the reps that you get at practice have to be
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  Speaker 1: critical in that moment. Have you changed your practice philosophy
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  Speaker 1: and the number of snaps you want guys to get
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  Speaker 1: over the course of the week for those specific moments
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  Speaker 1: you got into. Yeah, I think as we go through
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  Speaker 1: our week of practice, I think some important periods that
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  Speaker 1: we have where we go against our defense, or we
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  Speaker 1: have some of these periods where you know, it's always competitive,
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  Speaker 1: but you're getting guys put in and it's not just
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  Speaker 1: scout team cards that those guys are running. Once the
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  Speaker 1: season gets going, I think helps them to prepare and
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  Speaker 1: play at a high level when their numbers called within
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  Speaker 1: the game. So again, just you know, again, it's like
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  Speaker 1: like what Gino did as the backup quarterback in that
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  Speaker 1: spot where he was at when I first got here
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  Speaker 1: where he's preparing them play every single game like he
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  Speaker 1: is the starter, and when it came to fruition, he's
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  Speaker 1: maximized his opportunity. I think it's really similar for the
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  Speaker 1: old line because quarterbacks and O line are really the
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  Speaker 1: two positions that the backups might not get a chance
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  Speaker 1: to play throughout the course of the game. You know,
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  Speaker 1: the backup receivers, running backs, tight ends, those guys are
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  Speaker 1: naturally subbing in and rotating through the game. But the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback and the old lineman, the only time they're really
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  Speaker 1: substituting in is when you know the guy in front
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  Speaker 1: of them has an injury or has to come out
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  Speaker 1: of the game. And you know with the old lineman
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  Speaker 1: that have subbed in, and then Drew gets his chance
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  Speaker 1: this past week to step in and lead us on
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  Speaker 1: a scoring drive before that before the half was a
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  Speaker 1: big deal. And again it comes all back to that
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  Speaker 1: preparation and those guys in those positions preparing like they're
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  Speaker 1: going to be the starter that week, whether they are
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  Speaker 1: or not. Never won starting quarterback out of the game,
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  Speaker 1: but how further to get that opportunity after the year.
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  Speaker 1: So if you get to go out and pay that scoring. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think that was great for him, great for his confidence,
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  Speaker 1: knowing that it's a long season and sometimes you're gonna
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  Speaker 1: need the backup quarterbacks. Sometimes you're gonna need the backup
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  Speaker 1: old lineman running backs. But you know, for any of
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  Speaker 1: those guys to get in and get live game reps
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  Speaker 1: and for Drew to come in there and and step
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  Speaker 1: in in that situation, especially where's a scenario where you're
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  Speaker 1: kind of waiting to see is Gino gonna be able
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  Speaker 1: to come back or not, And you know, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: all the things that are racing through your brain and
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  Speaker 1: when you're in Drew's shoes right there, and then to
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  Speaker 1: come in and does a really nice job and that
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  Speaker 1: they're down and finding Noah and then Noah run after
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  Speaker 1: catch right there up the sideline really sparked us on
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  Speaker 1: offense and sparked our team and able to cap it
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  Speaker 1: off with the touchdown run to Ken there. But it's
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  Speaker 1: great for Drew's confidence. You know, you know, never want
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  Speaker 1: that to have to happen because of injury, but if
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  Speaker 1: stuff does happen, we're confident in his ability to come
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  Speaker 1: in there and step up for Gino. Had they newly
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  Speaker 1: had Drew Gino on your actter roster. Who would be
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  Speaker 1: your emergency corvet if we didn't have Yeah, we'd have
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  Speaker 1: it designated with a different guy, depending on who the
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  Speaker 1: actives are that week or not. You know, DJ Dallas
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  Speaker 1: has been that guy, but you're always gonna have a
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  Speaker 1: third guy. Uh, you know, it's gonna be one of
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  Speaker 1: the skilled position players there that that you designate that week. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know for the green dot thing that they have
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  Speaker 1: to have in an emergency role there. If you don't
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  Speaker 1: have a third quarterback up this week, we'll we'll find
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  Speaker 1: out this week how you handle What did you have
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  Speaker 1: to change? Yeah, I think you know the first play
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  Speaker 1: right after that, you know, try to get a screen
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  Speaker 1: going because you could tell, you know, he had to
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  Speaker 1: call the time out and you know he was, uh
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  Speaker 1: you know, in the moment, and I know the emotions
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  Speaker 1: are running high right there, So really trying to get
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  Speaker 1: a grasp of, you know, what what the significance of
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  Speaker 1: the injury was. And because you know so tough, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's not going to let anyone know anything's going on,
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  Speaker 1: and uh so just getting a feel for that then
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  Speaker 1: getting them into the doctors and letting them check him
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  Speaker 1: out and verifying that he's okay. And then you know,
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  Speaker 1: once he was verified that he was okay, felt good
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  Speaker 1: about him coming back in the game. Then you know,
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  Speaker 1: just talk to him and hey, what do you like
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  Speaker 1: what he is there? Anything you don't feel good or
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  Speaker 1: comfortable with running right now? And and uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: he felt comfortable with everything there, and uh so trusting
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  Speaker 1: him and trusting him his opinion of where he's at physically,
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  Speaker 1: because he's the only one that really knows. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's still looked fine rolling out and running the Bootlegs
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  Speaker 1: and the Keeper game right there. So it felt good
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  Speaker 1: when he came back in to be able to operate
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  Speaker 1: and function at at a normal level. But I know
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  Speaker 1: he was hurting and he was he was grinding through
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  Speaker 1: the rest of that game. Didn't have to update anything
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  Speaker 1: there weeks for Jackson as he's tried to get a defeat.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously hasn't had to patches again or any kind of
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  Speaker 1: feel like he's manning kind of handles. It's not having
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  Speaker 1: a breakout yet. Yeah, I think first of all, he's
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  Speaker 1: handled it tremendously because Jackson's done a great job of
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  Speaker 1: working day in and day out, coming in here, you know,
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  Speaker 1: from the unfortunate incident with the wrist in the in
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  Speaker 1: the preseason there to finish things out and then really
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  Speaker 1: battling the comeback really quickly from that injury. Showed his toughness,
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  Speaker 1: and I think he's come out here every day and
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  Speaker 1: worked like anyone else, like he's prepared to have that
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  Speaker 1: breakout game. I know, with the receiver position, sometimes the
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  Speaker 1: way the coverage plays out or the way the calls
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  Speaker 1: play out, it doesn't work out in his favor, and
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  Speaker 1: it hasn't quite yet. You know, we want him to
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  Speaker 1: have the ball just as much as we want the
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  Speaker 1: DK and Tyler and Noah, will kolbe zach Ken, you
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  Speaker 1: know all these guys, and I think they're all doing
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  Speaker 1: a good job of knowing. You know, some moments you
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  Speaker 1: got to put the team first and you know the
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  Speaker 1: touches will will happen within the moment and not pressing
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  Speaker 1: to find those those things, but let them come to
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  Speaker 1: you naturally. And I think Jackson's done a good job
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  Speaker 1: of handling it. You know, he's been under a big
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  Speaker 1: spotlight before, he's had success. He knows what it's like,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm just waiting for that moment that it works
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  Speaker 1: out the right way for him and not taking anything
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  Speaker 1: away from his preparation and he's doing everything the right way.
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  Speaker 1: Talked to him about that. Yeah, we've had conversations about
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  Speaker 1: you know, just working on your craft, controlling the things
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  Speaker 1: that you can control, and not pressing to make it
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  Speaker 1: more than something that it actually is, which is you know,
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  Speaker 1: the ball hasn't gone his way a couple of times,
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  Speaker 1: or a couple of times that we've had multiple times
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  Speaker 1: actually that we've maybe called things for him that the
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  Speaker 1: coverage contour played out differently, or you know, the pressure
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  Speaker 1: got somewhere that we had to get the ball out.
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  Speaker 1: Uh So those are just things that are gonna happen.
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  Speaker 1: But he's he's got a really good and balanced mindset
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  Speaker 1: about it. I know, he's a competitive guy. So like
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  Speaker 1: every great receiver, every great skill player in the league,
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  Speaker 1: those guys they want the ball in their hand. They
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  Speaker 1: want to be able to impact the game, and and
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  Speaker 1: we want that for them. So we keep working with him,
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  Speaker 1: and he'll keep doing a great job and things will.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's got a break future and a long
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  Speaker 1: future ahead of him. Do you have to declare a
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  Speaker 1: fourth guy? Then to the quarterback. I'm gonna plead the
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  Speaker 1: fifth because I don't want to say the wrong thing
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  Speaker 1: right now, doomsday scenario over here. I actually don't know
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  Speaker 1: that answer. So rather than say the wrong thing, I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna be honest and say I don't know. High ranking
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  Speaker 1: on that you know, pass defense, but obviously they run,
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  Speaker 1: you run, Yeah, I think Louisno and that defense, there's
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  Speaker 1: there's such a well coached group with such a balanced approach.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they play their good core concepts really well.
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  Speaker 1: They have really good pressure package. You know, with Hendrickson
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  Speaker 1: running off the edge right there, they got an elite
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  Speaker 1: pass rusher. So with all those different things, you know,
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  Speaker 1: they're able to play like every defense in the league
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  Speaker 1: is now these multiple coverages, multiple fronts, present multiple looks.
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  Speaker 1: So for us on offense, going against a group like this,
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  Speaker 1: especially on the road, it's really going to be about communication.
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  Speaker 1: You know, a lot of the communication will be visual
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  Speaker 1: because of the road atmosphere. Guys have an understanding of
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  Speaker 1: what's going on that pre snap picture and the post
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  Speaker 1: snap read, whether you're a receiver or you're running back
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  Speaker 1: in protection or running the ball. So I think, like
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  Speaker 1: I said, going against a team that's multiple on their
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  Speaker 1: defensive fronts. You know, they'll mix and match personnel groupings
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  Speaker 1: against our different offensive personnels. So you just got to
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  Speaker 1: come back to rules and communicate at a high level
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  Speaker 1: and play fast and lot the guys have fun. Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: all right, thank you,