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DK Metcalf: "We Feed Off Of The 12s' Energy" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good.
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  Speaker 2: Just wanna give a shout out first to everybody that
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  Speaker 2: was affected by what was going on today. Uh weatherwise,
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  Speaker 2: I hope everybody's fine and everybody gets their lives back
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  Speaker 2: on very fast and swiftly.
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  Speaker 1: Just wanted to start off by saying that how much
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  Speaker 1: does that impact you guys here and trying to get
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  Speaker 1: ready today?
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  Speaker 2: If you never really I mean it it's all about
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  Speaker 2: the way you look at it. I don't think it's
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  Speaker 2: impacted us. Uh, you know as much. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: still gotta come in. We still got installed the Cardinals.
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  Speaker 2: We aren't making any excuses, so we can't make it
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  Speaker 2: an an excuse for ourselves. So I mean we still
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  Speaker 2: got our install in and we still are able to
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  Speaker 2: walk through and now, uh go out there the practice.
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  Speaker 1: When you look back at Sunday's game, what impressed you most? Offense?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, how we were able to move the ball downfield
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  Speaker 2: and when the team needs us to score, I mean
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  Speaker 2: we did it. And then especially the defense really came
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  Speaker 2: up with some big stops for us to be able
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  Speaker 2: to get the ball back and uh, you know, score
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  Speaker 2: when we needed to.
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  Speaker 3: Also, there was something.
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  Speaker 1: What do you the church attacks.
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  Speaker 2: I think just the emphasis that we we've put it on.
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  Speaker 2: In the past couple of weeks, we've been uh one
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  Speaker 2: of the top teen penalized teams in the league. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, Coach Grubb, Coach Mike, and uh AD have
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  Speaker 2: put uh a big emphasis on not uh drawing penalties
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  Speaker 2: uh at practice, which may translate to the game.
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  Speaker 1: Do you cant how big did I want to feel
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  Speaker 1: for you guys just generally guys like.
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  Speaker 3: They got him in a while where you guys have
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  Speaker 3: been him from the scratching been out here.
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  Speaker 1: How how did you guys kind of feel after that? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: I mean we felt good about ourselves cause uh, like
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  Speaker 2: you said, man, it's been sixty games since we's uh
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  Speaker 2: since we've uh been able to beat them, So uh
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  Speaker 2: I felt good. But uh now on to the next
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  Speaker 2: and uh onto Arizona right now and taking the one
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  Speaker 2: game at the time. What have you learned is this.
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  Speaker 3: Over the years, is going up against the big er
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  Speaker 3: kind of prepare for him?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you really can't prepare for a guy like that,
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  Speaker 2: cause his engine never stops. He's always gonna be around
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  Speaker 2: the ball, He's always gonna you know, affect the game
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  Speaker 2: with just his play effort and play style.
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  Speaker 1: So Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I mean he's a great player. Uh, you know, been
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  Speaker 2: a staple in this league for a long time. So uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, just gotta try to minimize uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: his play play making ability as much as we can
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  Speaker 2: on offense. What is age with just bring me this
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  Speaker 2: off type of toughness, uh, you know, to the right
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  Speaker 2: side of the ball. You know, ever since he came
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  Speaker 2: into the league, he's been one of the best tackles
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  Speaker 2: in my opinion, just by the way he cares himself
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just by you know, how he plays
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  Speaker 2: the game. I think he plays it the right way
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  Speaker 2: and plays it with a type of aggression that you know,
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  Speaker 2: the old line of needs.
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  Speaker 1: Does that kind of rub off on everybody when he's
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  Speaker 1: out there?
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  Speaker 2: I mean yeah, whenever you have somebody one of your
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  Speaker 2: brothers out there playing hard or going hard and you know,
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  Speaker 2: trying to pancake somebody, of course, it feeds off into
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  Speaker 2: the other players and other positions on the field.
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  Speaker 3: From your experience, when you have a game like last
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  Speaker 3: week and you come back in the way that you
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  Speaker 3: did against the team that had beat you for the
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  Speaker 3: last three years or so, what can that do overall
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  Speaker 3: for a team going for in the middle.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it can just spark, you know, spark something
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  Speaker 2: that that you've been looking for this whole year. I
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  Speaker 2: know we started off very hot with the first three games,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, when adversity hit, it's all about how
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  Speaker 2: you respond. I think we responded the right way. It's
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  Speaker 2: gonna carry us throughout the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 1: You look at a rezone, I don't think they've given
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  Speaker 1: enough a touchdown in the last three games.
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  Speaker 3: So what is even the easiest to the quickest way
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  Speaker 3: to take out of the seals?
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  Speaker 2: Fad Uh not compare ourselves to any other teams that
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  Speaker 2: they've played, because they haven't faced the Seahawks team this year.
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  Speaker 2: So just go out there and just be us, and
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  Speaker 2: you know they have to stop us and not vice versa.
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  Speaker 1: How did you see O's sort of handled last week
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  Speaker 1: and obviously taking on the Zaiu spot.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he stepped in and uh you know filled the
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  Speaker 2: gap that you know we were looking for. Uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: as soon as Connor stepped down, Olu was ready to
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  Speaker 2: step in.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He's very communicated. Uh, he communicated very well through our practice.
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  Speaker 2: I think that was just the biggest thing that uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know he did that translated over into the game
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  Speaker 2: and made it everybody's job easy.
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  Speaker 1: Julian's a guy that might not get a lot of
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  Speaker 1: national fans, but very consistent.
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  Speaker 3: You've gotten up against the practice he got there.
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  Speaker 2: What do you know this from?
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  Speaker 1: M uh?
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  Speaker 2: I think he's a great leader that, like you say,
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't get as much credit as he as he
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  Speaker 2: should or or needs to. But I mean, Jay Love
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  Speaker 2: has been one of the best guys in this league
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  Speaker 2: since we both got drafted together, me and him and
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  Speaker 2: nowhere were actually at a rivals football camp where we
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  Speaker 2: were both all three in high school and he sent
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  Speaker 2: us a clip I cooked his ass, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: just let you out in But no, he's a great dude,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and glad he's on our team instead of
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  Speaker 2: just playing them against the Giants our first couple of years.
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  Speaker 3: You've been here for a lot of big home wins,
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  Speaker 3: and obviously Louman has that reputation and it's been a
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  Speaker 3: tough stretch recently. But when that place is really going,
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  Speaker 3: how much does that matter for you?
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  Speaker 1: Guys?
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  Speaker 2: You feel like, I mean, we feed off of them.
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  Speaker 2: I think they put up a stat every time a
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  Speaker 2: team gets a false start in that stadium and you know,
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  Speaker 2: just trying to keep that number going going up. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, we feed off of their energy and their
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  Speaker 2: loudness when we're on defense and when we're on offense.
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  Speaker 2: You know, every time we put the ball on the
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  Speaker 2: end zone and put points on the board their chain.
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  Speaker 2: So like like I was saying, man, we just feed,
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  Speaker 2: we feed off of their energy in the in the stadium.
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  Speaker 1: That's what you said. I mentioned some veterans you still
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  Speaker 1: keep the chest the press did. What if those guys
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  Speaker 1: maybe plain as a teacher just about the la ship
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  Speaker 1: close the game, But they taught me well.
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  Speaker 2: First off, when our first gott in the league, dB
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  Speaker 2: and Russ were all about you know, health and taking
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  Speaker 2: care of your body for the longevity. That's what I
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  Speaker 2: got from them. Bobby just approaching the game consistently every
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  Speaker 2: day and Caandre just having fun every day at work.
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  Speaker 2: And what I've learned from all through those guys don't
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  Speaker 2: take this for granted because you could be here one
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  Speaker 2: day and go on the next.
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  Speaker 1: So make the most of your opportunities. Anytime you're out there.
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  Speaker 3: You're one of the patches.
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  Speaker 1: Thick around er.
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  Speaker 2: Now, there's a lot of a bunch of guys that
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  Speaker 2: last a few years.
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  Speaker 1: The guys drafted or played their grownage. How you seen
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  Speaker 1: the young guys kind of cut out the format bas.
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  Speaker 2: List team, Yes, sir, well, I think it was two
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  Speaker 2: years ago and we drafted you know, Ken Walker's class.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys really just stepped in and, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: stepped in and played big roles for our offense. We're
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  Speaker 2: still leaning on those guys to continue to do that.
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  Speaker 2: They're just great players. They came in ready to work,
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  Speaker 2: and I think it's very rare that you find a
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  Speaker 2: group of guys in the same draft class like that
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  Speaker 2: who've come in and are ready to play immediately. So
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  Speaker 2: just hats off to you know, John and everybody who
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  Speaker 2: drafted those guys, and another hats off to them for
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  Speaker 2: stepping in and you know, filling those roles that we
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  Speaker 2: needed to getting what.
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  Speaker 1: He drives or last a couple of years. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think it is about? You know, the Nason throw
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  Speaker 1: this definite. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I think whenever we need to put the ball in
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  Speaker 2: the end zone, Uh, everybody's attention of detail goes up
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  Speaker 2: and we we know what's at risk and we know
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  Speaker 2: what's at stake. I mean, so we just cut down
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  Speaker 2: in our mistakes and just.
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  Speaker 1: Run our job. And i'man do our job and run the.
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  Speaker 2: Best routes that we can and you know, block our
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  Speaker 2: bus off so Gino can make the right read or
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  Speaker 2: we can run the ball and put in an end zone.
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  Speaker 1: Do you pay attention to other draft classes?
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  Speaker 3: And I'm thinking about like Barbond Harrison's.
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  Speaker 1: Your draft classes and kind of what he has done.
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  Speaker 1: You pay attention to neighbors?
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  Speaker 2: I mean I do have uh favorite players coming up
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  Speaker 2: uh in in each draft class, and he was one
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  Speaker 2: of my uh favorite uh players uh coming off him
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  Speaker 2: Elikue neighbors uh Brian Thomas. So I keep, uh keep
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  Speaker 2: tracking a lot of the receivers.
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  Speaker 1: Why it has to take a lot to get on
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  Speaker 1: your radar?
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean I'm just probably just looking uh watching
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  Speaker 2: the NFL network and you know that's all they talk
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  Speaker 2: about during the off season is the upcoming uh draft class.
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  Speaker 1: So uh, yeah, I just do my homework on him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but why do you like him? Since game?
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  Speaker 1: But why does why does.
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  Speaker 2: He stand down? Uh? I mean he was just a
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  Speaker 2: anytime I saw a route uh from him, it was
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  Speaker 2: always very detailed, and he was already like NFL ready
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  Speaker 2: in college. Uh, same with Jack's, same with Elie neighbors.
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  Speaker 2: They're all just play makers dogs. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You can stick them in any system and you know
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  Speaker 1: they gonna get theirs.
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  Speaker 3: The coaching staff you had starting your career was every
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  Speaker 3: week's championship opportunity, every true to every game the same
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  Speaker 3: this coaching staff, Mike or dond just told assistant playoff
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  Speaker 3: games right in November coming up.
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  Speaker 1: Do you like that?
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  Speaker 3: Is that how you guys think anyway? Or how different times?
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  Speaker 2: Uh? It's many ways to skin a cat. I mean
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  Speaker 2: you can have a different, uh, different approach, but the
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  Speaker 2: same message.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Every game is a big opportunity to get better, and
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  Speaker 2: you have to win every game in this league and
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  Speaker 2: if you wanna, uh you know, go far and make
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  Speaker 2: it in the playoffs. But uh, you know with his
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  Speaker 2: message right now, it is a championship week, It is
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  Speaker 2: a playoff uh game that we have to win or
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  Speaker 2: if we don't, you know, we may be sitting at
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  Speaker 2: home in January. So uh, he everybody has the right approach.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there's no wrong way to do it. But
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  Speaker 2: that's just his way of getting the best out of
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  Speaker 2: uh his players.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, have you watched a lot of Jackson or yes,
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  Speaker 1: Drapt No, I didn't. I've watched actually just watched the
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  Speaker 1: Rose Bowl game that he had. That was it? You
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  Speaker 1: watch any day after you? Yeah, that was all I
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  Speaker 1: need to see.
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  Speaker 2: I mean about three hundred yards and six touchdowns was
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  Speaker 2: all I need to see.
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  Speaker 1: From really natural The other player, I think that.
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  Speaker 2: Uh him a j and another player I went to
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  Speaker 2: college with, Braylyn Sanders. They just have natural hands, so
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  Speaker 2: like they don't fight the ball when it tries to
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  Speaker 2: come to him, like they just let it fall into
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  Speaker 2: the hands. I think that's just a very difficult skill
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  Speaker 2: that you have to master, and they've done a great
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  Speaker 2: job at uh mastering him. And he's a natural right
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  Speaker 2: rock runner. UH Locke is like that, and him and
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  Speaker 2: Lock are very similar. And then in the way that
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  Speaker 2: they get open and manipulate the dB uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: to set something up for down the road. So I
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  Speaker 2: think they're j they're just great receivers in my opinion.
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  Speaker 3: If the UH Jackson's habits or how he approaches the game,
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  Speaker 3: they've lost and have.
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  Speaker 1: Some successes happening.
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  Speaker 2: I think this may sound bad, but his nonchalant is
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  Speaker 2: so he knows that he's gonna get open. He knows
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  Speaker 2: what he can do. He knows his ability. Uh any
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  Speaker 2: times he lines up on the field. So to a
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  Speaker 2: coach it may be nonchalant or to a player, but
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  Speaker 2: since I know him, I'm in the room with him,
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  Speaker 2: that's just how he plays the game very you know,
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  Speaker 2: loose and alright. I'm'a just beat me out there. And
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  Speaker 2: I think that's the best way to approach it is
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  Speaker 2: just be yourself and you know, let the chips fall
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  Speaker 2: with him in what.
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  Speaker 3: Does it take for a risor be really good at
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  Speaker 3: like an extended play situations?
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  Speaker 1: He you have a couple of loss or fay coaches
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  Speaker 1: in the well.
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  Speaker 2: I had to learn from Lock and Rust when I
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  Speaker 2: got here. If you don't get the ball off the rip,
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  Speaker 2: just find open space and just take off the running.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. That's what Locke told me to do, and I've
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  Speaker 1: been following that ever since. Well what do you see
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  Speaker 1: from Jackson to never hear?
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  Speaker 2: Oh he just finds the open uh zone. Uh So
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  Speaker 2: when a defense is playing zone, he knows exactly where
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  Speaker 2: the where the holes are in their defense and he
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  Speaker 2: can just uh find the hole and sit in their posts.
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  Speaker 1: Anything else, guy's think he get exactly against