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Klint Kubiak On The Offense's Progress & Improving The Run Game Heading Into Week 4 · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good, All right, Ready when you are.
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  Speaker 2: What would you like the best about what you see
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  Speaker 2: growth wise.
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  Speaker 1: From week one? Where you are? I think our guys
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  Speaker 1: are making steady improvements.
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  Speaker 2: Has to be expected, you know, the more practice that
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  Speaker 2: we get, the more time we have the gael together,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know it's a long season.
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  Speaker 1: That's gotta be the trend.
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  Speaker 2: What's what's your assessment of this is where the running
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  Speaker 2: game is right now? I think it's room for improvement,
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  Speaker 2: just just like many facets of our offense. But we
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  Speaker 2: can coach better there, we can play better there, and
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  Speaker 2: it's something that our guys are putting a big emphasis on.
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  Speaker 2: Brady Russell has to step in and full back. What
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  Speaker 2: does he bring that maybe he's different than than Robbie? Yeah, well,
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  Speaker 2: just a number one phenomenal teammate guy that we have
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  Speaker 2: a lot of confidence in that has already been a
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  Speaker 2: phenomenal player on teams and he's uh, he had a
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  Speaker 2: really great off season with us as an offense. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, looking forward to to getting him on the
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  Speaker 2: field this week.
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  Speaker 1: Guess of the run game, you just said, we can
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  Speaker 1: coach you better? What what what do you guys have
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  Speaker 1: to do better? Specifically? Year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we we just gotta we gotta be more detailed,
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  Speaker 2: and it starts with me to play the Soburg gets
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  Speaker 2: to push down the white mounts, his coach what he likes,
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  Speaker 2: and we're seeing get a team. You know, that's something
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  Speaker 2: that you know, especially coach j O has done a
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  Speaker 2: great job of emphasizing you know, you guys don't know Justin.
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  Speaker 2: He's a phenomenal coach and has done a great job
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  Speaker 2: on our staff and really brings that to our offense
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  Speaker 2: each week. The things that he emphasizes come to life,
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  Speaker 2: and that was a great example of it. Would you
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  Speaker 2: only allow for his sacks through after any of us
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  Speaker 2: for three games?
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  Speaker 1: Obviously there's a lot of things going right there. But
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  Speaker 1: what what rule do you think Sam has played? Which
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  Speaker 1: like how decisive playing?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's it's a it's a team deal.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's protection, it's Sam making quick decisions, it's
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  Speaker 2: our receivers getting open. So the guys have worked well
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  Speaker 2: together there, and you know, I just give a lot
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  Speaker 2: of credit to John Benton and Rick Dennison and Justin
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  Speaker 2: and Q. Those guys do a great job up front.
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  Speaker 2: And our halfbacks, you know, our half backs are huge
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  Speaker 2: part of that. You guys play a lot of twenty
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  Speaker 2: one twelve and you guys facing a lot of stack boxes.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think that's contributing to the run game challenges
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  Speaker 2: and also the fact that you guys are the most
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  Speaker 2: explosive passing offense.
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  Speaker 1: Right now in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I just I think that I haven't had
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  Speaker 2: time to reflect on all those numbers and what that means.
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  Speaker 2: I just know there's plenty, plenty of room for improvement,
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  Speaker 2: you know, And it's a part of part of our
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  Speaker 2: offense that we know we can be better at, and
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  Speaker 2: our guys are taking a lot of pride and and
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  Speaker 2: uh and just improving. So but the other thing I
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  Speaker 2: know is that there's a lot of ways to win
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  Speaker 2: a game. So I'm really proud of our guys finding
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  Speaker 2: a way to have success. And some days, some days
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  Speaker 2: it's on the ground, some days it's through the air.
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  Speaker 2: Some days you get you get both, some days you
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  Speaker 2: get done, and you still find a way to win.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what this league is all about. Finding a
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  Speaker 2: way in the fourth quarter, the play actually game Sam
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  Speaker 2: in the last two weeks, Yeah, I think I think
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  Speaker 2: Sam done a phenomenal job. And same thing with our
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  Speaker 2: guys up front, so protecting him and our our receivers.
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  Speaker 2: I think coach Frisbane Jackson has had our guys ready
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  Speaker 2: to go every week, and uh, they've made some really
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  Speaker 2: important explosive plays for us. Have you worked with the
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  Speaker 2: rookie that reminds you of Tory Norton at all? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say his name, but he's he's had
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  Speaker 2: a really solid start to the season. Proud of Tory,
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  Speaker 2: not surprised, just the kind of kid that he is,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the way that his parents raise him. He's
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  Speaker 2: just he's just has a great attitude. He's all about work.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he studies hard and he has some great
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  Speaker 2: role models in that room. And it's a long season
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  Speaker 2: to goo and no need for Tori.
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  Speaker 1: To get the big head. And he knows that that's
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  Speaker 1: why he's here.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's he's just had a special character trait
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  Speaker 2: to him in that in that regard, so just gonna
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  Speaker 2: keep pushing forwarding the player. There there characteristics that they
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  Speaker 2: share as players. Okay, well, justin Jefferson was in Minnesota,
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  Speaker 2: he was a really good rookie and that's uh, that's
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  Speaker 2: a rare air.
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  Speaker 1: So he's got a long way to go to get there.
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  Speaker 1: There were some penalties that have called back some of
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  Speaker 1: Kim's runs, So I think if we looked at those,
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  Speaker 1: were those legit.
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  Speaker 2: And if so, well with the coaching points on, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think anytime you get the ball of the perimeter,
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  Speaker 2: you got to have elite hand placement.
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  Speaker 1: So we've got to improve there. Anytime they call them
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  Speaker 1: their legit.
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  Speaker 2: Whether we like him or not, but uh, hand placement
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  Speaker 2: can improve when you came to Seattle, obviously seen jsn
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  Speaker 2: on on the film, there's anything about him that is
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  Speaker 2: different than you expected since you've arrived. I think I
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  Speaker 2: mentioned that last week. But just his approach, you know,
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  Speaker 2: his he's a professional. He studies hard, he practices hard,
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  Speaker 2: he's he's available, he's a great teammate, and I think
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  Speaker 2: he's just a guy. A lot of his teammates look
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  Speaker 2: up to just the way he goes about his business.
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  Speaker 1: And it's just Gray is able to play with. How
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  Speaker 1: does it help well?
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  Speaker 2: I just think Grays is a very steady player. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's he's focused on getting better all the time. He's
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  Speaker 2: not satisfied with where he's at. And uh, obviously he's
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  Speaker 2: he's a very talented young man. But but between the
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  Speaker 2: ears that you have to have that as a guard,
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  Speaker 2: as a center. Especially the closer you get to the ball,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the more intelligent you got to be and.
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  Speaker 1: The quicker reactor you got to be.
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  Speaker 2: And I think you know Gray's that has some natural,
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  Speaker 2: natural instincts in there.
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  Speaker 1: You know those guys. Thank you, thank