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Cooper Kupp: "My Belief In This Team And The Guys Is So Great" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Cooper, how was the practice and you guys are ready,
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  Speaker 1: you know, that day away from a game.
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  Speaker 2: So how'd you guys attack the last couple of practices
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  Speaker 2: you've had? The last couple of practices we've had since
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  Speaker 2: the game? Yeah, no, we've, we've had a, we've had
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  Speaker 2: a workout. We were in here for one day. I'm
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  Speaker 2: just going to watch the film, get a workout in,
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  Speaker 2: coaches game plan and things like that. So we'll really
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  Speaker 2: get into a lot of the game plan specific stuff today. And,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, just, it's good being back here with the guys.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think there's that, There's that uneasy feeling
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  Speaker 2: in the facility right now of just being, you know,
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  Speaker 2: coming off of a loss, a game that we feel
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  Speaker 2: like we should have won and just didn't do well enough,
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  Speaker 2: especially offensively. There's a frustration there, but also that healthy
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  Speaker 2: man chomping at the opportunity to go out there and
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  Speaker 2: play another football game here in a couple days. So
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  Speaker 2: there's excitement there and, yeah, looking forward to getting after things.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned it.
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  Speaker 4: It felt like a game you should have won, a
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  Speaker 4: loss you should have won. Going back to like early
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  Speaker 4: last season, the only three games we lost at 11 turnovers.
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  Speaker 4: Is that more frustrating or is there a sense of like, okay,
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  Speaker 4: we're the only thing that beats us in those sales?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think there is that. There's,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you want to grab any positive out
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  Speaker 2: of it, it's that, you know, you don't most times
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  Speaker 2: you turn the ball over that many times, you are
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  Speaker 2: not in a position to win the game at the
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  Speaker 2: end of it. And We've battled and found a way
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  Speaker 2: to be in that position. And so there is that
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  Speaker 2: as a positive, but it is getting out of your
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  Speaker 2: own way and not putting our defense in tough positions. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we just have to be better there.
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  Speaker 3: And there has been a.
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  Speaker 4: Growth with Brian Florey, the offensive coordinator. What's the logical
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  Speaker 4: next step that the offense takes now after.
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  Speaker 2: A few weeks? Yeah, just putting it all together. We
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  Speaker 2: have flashes and moments of efficiency, moments of explosiveness. Um, and,
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  Speaker 2: and moments of just, we're playing really good football. And
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  Speaker 2: then we also have moments where it's just not good
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  Speaker 2: enough and there's mistakes and there's going backwards and there's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, self-inflicted wounds and, um, it's finding ways to
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  Speaker 2: eliminate those and keep things moving forward. Keep the ball
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  Speaker 2: moving forward. Um, you know, it's, it's our own stuff.
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  Speaker 2: It's our own stuff right now. And we, we just
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  Speaker 2: have to be better there.
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  Speaker 3: Did, did watching the film of it change your mind
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  Speaker 3: at all on the last play and whether you might've
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  Speaker 3: got that? There's been a lot of debate about whether
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  Speaker 3: you did or didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I mean, I, Like
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  Speaker 2: I said, at the moment I thought I had gotten it.
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  Speaker 2: The refs said it was not, and you live with that.
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  Speaker 2: You live with the fact that you live and die
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  Speaker 2: by those decisions. The NFL is winning and loss on
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  Speaker 2: razor-thin margins, and if you're going to put yourself in
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  Speaker 2: a position to have the game decided by that, then
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  Speaker 2: it's really on us. We should have never been in
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  Speaker 2: that spot to begin with. Not much reason to put
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  Speaker 2: any energy into it. It's been decided, and I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: I'll move on now.
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  Speaker 1: Last year, first part of the season, you guys were
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  Speaker 1: getting rid of the ball really quickly and throwing the
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  Speaker 1: ball downfield, pretty explosive. This year, it's taking a little
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  Speaker 1: longer to get rid of the ball, and the plays
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  Speaker 1: aren't as much down the field. What do you think
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  Speaker 1: needs to change to help Sam and the offense be
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more on time while keeping the explosive aspect?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, there's probably a lot. to unpack there. Um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you can look at, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: different things going on in terms of, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: games that you're in, how those games are playing out,
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  Speaker 2: what plays are being activated based on the circumstances of
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  Speaker 2: the game. Um, and, uh, you know, and the defenses
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  Speaker 2: that we're seeing. So, um, you know, there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: there and, um, I'm honestly would probably end up saying
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  Speaker 2: more than I should if I, I, you know, really
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  Speaker 2: get into it. But, um, you know, there's, there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot there as an offense we can do. We all have,
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  Speaker 2: like I've said before, we, we all have a hand,
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  Speaker 2: you know, in the ball coming out. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's finding ways to turn short passes into explosives, finding
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  Speaker 2: ways to distribute the field quickly, get to the right spots,
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  Speaker 2: identify what the defense is doing, and get to the
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  Speaker 2: places we're supposed to so that Sam can get rid
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  Speaker 2: of the ball. It's having great eye discipline, understanding where
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  Speaker 2: you are in the progression. You know, there's so much
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  Speaker 2: that's a part of that, and we all play a
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  Speaker 2: role in it, and we're all going to get much
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  Speaker 2: better and make sure that those things do come alive,
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  Speaker 2: where the ball is getting out, but we're also able
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  Speaker 2: to be efficient and keep explosives going you.
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  Speaker 1: Have a unique perspective being sometimes in the quarterback room
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  Speaker 1: and some of those meetings and in the receiver room
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  Speaker 1: how are those conversations the same how are they different
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Uh between the receiver room and the qb room well
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  Speaker 2: i mean i think there's that you know the great
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  Speaker 2: thing is that everyone's very critical of themselves in their
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  Speaker 2: respective rooms right like you know you're not in the
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  Speaker 2: quarterback room hearing all the things the receiver is supposed
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  Speaker 2: to do but you're not in the receiver room hearing
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  Speaker 2: all the things the quarterback should be doing right it's
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  Speaker 2: like in the qb room it's what can the qb
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  Speaker 2: do better um I'm I'm get to see where I
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  Speaker 2: can also make the mental nerve. Like, Hey, we can
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  Speaker 2: also be better in these situations as well. Um, but
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  Speaker 2: in the wide receiver room, it's like, Hey, how can we, what,
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  Speaker 2: how can we handle what we handle and be in
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  Speaker 2: the right spots? How do we make sure that we're
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  Speaker 2: doing our job to the best of our ability? And, um,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's what, that's why my belief in this
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  Speaker 2: team and the guys is so great. It's because everyone's
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  Speaker 2: living that same life. You know, it's, it's how critical
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  Speaker 2: can you be in your room? How much better can
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  Speaker 2: we be by position? Um, And, you know, the view
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  Speaker 2: is all inward. And, you know, that's why I'm excited
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  Speaker 2: about going out there today and having a great, great
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  Speaker 2: practice and moving forward towards Denver.
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  Speaker 3: Have you have you learned any tricks to handling the
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  Speaker 3: Thursday kind of the quick turnaround to Thursday games and
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  Speaker 3: all your years doing this?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no real tricks to it. You just decide
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  Speaker 2: that you're going to just tell your body like you
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  Speaker 2: just you have no choice, but you're ready by Thursday
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  Speaker 2: and it finds a way to get there.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean.
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  Speaker 2: It's an elite trait of his to stay steady, be
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  Speaker 2: able to go through the highs and lows of life,
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  Speaker 2: of football, of play, and it's just his steadiness is
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  Speaker 2: an incredible trait, and it's a great thing for us
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  Speaker 2: as an offense, knowing that, again, he knows that we
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  Speaker 2: have a supreme belief in him. When he steps in
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  Speaker 2: the huddle, it's a next play mindset, next opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: go out there and play good ball, and as the
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  Speaker 2: guy that's coming into the huddle, even whatever's happened before,
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  Speaker 2: he's coming with great energy and excitement for being able
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  Speaker 2: to go out there and play an efficient ball for
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  Speaker 2: that next drive. And so, you know, that's what you need.
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  Speaker 2: You can't have anyone lingering, can't have anyone pulling back
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  Speaker 2: because you can feel that as you step up to
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  Speaker 2: the line when someone's still stuck on the play that
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  Speaker 2: happened before. And, you know, we've done a great job
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  Speaker 2: moving forward from those things and just have to be
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  Speaker 2: able to do that consistently. What's it like playing at
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  Speaker 2: the altitude and how much do.
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  Speaker 4: You feel it?
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  Speaker 2: I think, I mean, you feel a little bit, maybe
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  Speaker 2: a little bit in pregame, you'll feel it the first
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  Speaker 2: couple of drives, but then it's like, hey, look, you
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  Speaker 2: got to have a little mental fortitude and understand that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, this is what it is. And you got
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  Speaker 2: to find a way to overcome that stuff. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's going to be a little bit of excitement, a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of grit that you kind of tap into
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  Speaker 2: and just understand, hey, this is football at mile high.
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  Speaker 2: This is what it's going to be. And I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: that place is going to be rocking and be a
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  Speaker 2: great environment. But, you know, we've been playing this game
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  Speaker 2: for a long time and you go out there and
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  Speaker 2: you make it come alive.
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  Speaker 1: Teams have been playing a little bit more cover zero
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  Speaker 1: and a little bit more man on you guys this year. Uh, why,
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  Speaker 1: why do you think teams are trying that again?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, again, I think you're, you're looking at,
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  Speaker 2: you gotta look at situations that you're getting put in. What,
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  Speaker 2: when are those things being activated? What are the defensive
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  Speaker 2: coordinators that we're seeing? Um, you know, and, and, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot that goes into it, you know? And so, um,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure why that, why it is, but I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it could, it's probably a mixture of a lot of
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  Speaker 2: different things and, you know, we, we gotta be ready
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  Speaker 2: for it and understand that whatever defense is going to
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  Speaker 2: put out there, we gotta have the answers to be
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  Speaker 2: able to be efficient offensively and be able to attack
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  Speaker 2: those things. Oh, I mean, there's, there's certainly, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of players now, you know, being able to
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  Speaker 2: do that peanut punch and the guys have gotten, um,
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  Speaker 2: very good at, at understanding like the, um, building out
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  Speaker 2: a tackling plan and incorporating that as part of their,
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  Speaker 2: their game. Um, and I don't know, who knows why
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  Speaker 2: that is. I mean, it used to be this league
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  Speaker 2: was all about, you know, hitting people really hard, which
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  Speaker 2: I think it it's, that's still there. Um, but I
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  Speaker 2: think there has been definitely an emphasis on being able
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  Speaker 2: to hit the right way and understand that you get,
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  Speaker 2: opportunities to punch at the ball. And offenses have to
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  Speaker 2: be aware of that, have to be on top of it.
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  Speaker 2: And I think you saw yesterday, I mean, it looked
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  Speaker 2: like near the end of the game, no one wanted
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  Speaker 2: to even hand the ball off because there was an
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  Speaker 2: awareness of, you know, that being an option, being that
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  Speaker 2: a possibility. And so, yeah, it's definitely something. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we just had to be a good job, do a
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  Speaker 2: good job offensively of being able to counter that thing.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else, guys? Awesome. Thank you, guys.