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Ryan Grubb: "The Guys Have Done A Really Good Job" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Be where we had.
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  Speaker 2: Who's up well at this point about how much how
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  Speaker 2: would you rate how would you have been able to
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  Speaker 2: accomplish in the first handful.
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  Speaker 3: Of otus, I would say we're closing in on, you know,
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  Speaker 3: fifty percent of our installation. And I think early on
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  Speaker 3: we tried to do a good job on both sides
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  Speaker 3: of the ball of getting some of the you know,
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  Speaker 3: the critical exchanges and all the things that we need
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  Speaker 3: to know and understand about the nuances of the broad
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  Speaker 3: vision of the offense, and once you felt good about that,
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  Speaker 3: continue to build on that and move on. I think
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  Speaker 3: the guys have done a really good job, especially in
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  Speaker 3: the last week and a half, of getting that where
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  Speaker 3: we could feel good about building on top of some
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  Speaker 3: of those things.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: It seems like the practices are pretty heavy on eleven
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  Speaker 3: one to eleven periods.
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  Speaker 2: It's the idea behind that.
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, the more communication you can have
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  Speaker 3: and the realistic looks for quarterback I think are always important,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and you have a rush in front of
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  Speaker 3: you and things like that, the more of those situations
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  Speaker 3: you can bring up for the guys that they have
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  Speaker 3: to communicate and execute a full vision, I think is always.
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  Speaker 2: Better about what you expected or yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, I think we're right on schedule. I think we're
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  Speaker 1: in a good spot.
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  Speaker 3: I think a lot of the the big parts that
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  Speaker 3: haven't been hit yet are more some of the things
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  Speaker 3: that you're hit in camp when you have a little
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  Speaker 3: more contact and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: But no, I feel like we're doing a great job
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  Speaker 1: and we're right on track.
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  Speaker 2: Broad vision of an offense, when you talk about your
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  Speaker 2: offense is just kind of picture of the traits you
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  Speaker 2: want to see.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think that that that grows and involves every year, right,
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  Speaker 3: and you base some of that on the talent that
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  Speaker 3: you have and the guys you have here, and so
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  Speaker 3: for us, we're trying to make sure that we find
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  Speaker 3: every way to utilize those things. So, you know, when
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  Speaker 3: you talk about some of the the run pass balance,
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  Speaker 3: you have backs like you know nine and Zach you're
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  Speaker 3: you're pretty excited about your ability to run the ball.
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  Speaker 3: So I think for us, you know, we're trying to
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  Speaker 3: melt some things together with some of the things we've
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  Speaker 3: done in the past, whether it's a long time ago
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  Speaker 3: or even just you know, the last few years, and
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  Speaker 3: get the guys understand that we want to be a
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  Speaker 3: why is called dominant team at the same time have
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  Speaker 3: that same explosive, confusing element that that people are used to.
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  Speaker 2: What do you learning about your quarterbacks and where you
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  Speaker 2: go through?
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  Speaker 1: They're awesome. They're freaking awesome. They are.
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  Speaker 3: I think that they're both really really hard workers. They're
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  Speaker 3: very diligent, uh intelligent, and I know that it means
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  Speaker 3: a lot to them. And I think that their leadership
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  Speaker 3: in the room and how they react and work together
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  Speaker 3: says a lot about the kind of guys that they are.
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  Speaker 3: That they understand the team concept and they're both fighting
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  Speaker 3: to get better every day. And I just I couldn't
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  Speaker 3: be more happy with number one where they're at. And
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  Speaker 3: then the type of guys that you know, management has
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  Speaker 3: brought into this place have done a really good job.
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  Speaker 3: I think sometimes, like right now, in an NFL schedule,
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  Speaker 3: the time constraints and ot as can be a little tougher.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You'd love to have more time with the guys. We
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  Speaker 3: know that that's coming, uh, but obviously we have to
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  Speaker 3: be respectful of all the you know, time limited. So
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  Speaker 3: more time on the field with the guys would be awesome,
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  Speaker 3: you know, not even in a contact way, but just
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  Speaker 3: you know, being out doing more walkthroughs and things like that.
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  Speaker 3: So I think when we are able to get to
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  Speaker 3: that in training camp, I think we'll take a lot
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  Speaker 3: of big steps from your quarterbacks that you really demand,
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  Speaker 3: like presence from those guys.
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  Speaker 2: I think that that's the word that both those guys use.
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  Speaker 2: What does that look like?
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  Speaker 1: That sound like to the well?
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  Speaker 3: I think for those guys just having the ability to
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  Speaker 3: take control of a huddle a practice and be out
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  Speaker 3: there and when they don't know or it doesn't go perfect,
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  Speaker 3: they own the moment and when it goes good that's
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  Speaker 3: what they expected, they move on quickly and just communicating,
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  Speaker 3: you know, whether it's a call with the center, talking
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  Speaker 3: on the sideline, getting the right people in the huddle.
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  Speaker 3: I think that that presence is something that guys you
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  Speaker 3: can show that you have confidence in the scheme and
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  Speaker 3: that you've been working really hard, that you understand things,
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  Speaker 3: that you can move quickly through things.
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  Speaker 1: And that can speak volumes about where you're at.
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  Speaker 3: And I think both those guys have really grown in
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  Speaker 3: that regard through theirs. I think certainly Gino, when you're
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  Speaker 3: out there with him, you can feel his presence. He
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  Speaker 3: does a really good job of that of commanding attention
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  Speaker 3: of his teammates. And I think even since our time here,
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  Speaker 3: I think Sam has has really grown in that regard.
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  Speaker 2: Tells Ryan that this is a thin is that characters
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  Speaker 2: your offense hasn't help much.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that there is a really good marriage
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  Speaker 3: there with some of the skill set that Gino has.
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  Speaker 3: I think that you know, we ask our quarterbacks to
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  Speaker 3: do a lot. Luckily for us, Gino is really athletic
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  Speaker 3: as well, you know. I think for us, you know,
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  Speaker 3: we don't have to limit it to just drop back.
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  Speaker 3: I think he's really good in the play action game
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  Speaker 3: as well, which will be a big part of our offense.
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  Speaker 3: And I think for us, you know, it's not just
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  Speaker 3: the five step all the time. But I do think
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  Speaker 3: that Gino is is really good at getting the ball
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  Speaker 3: out on time and very efficient with the football, which
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  Speaker 3: you know, he obviously showed in twenty two led the
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  Speaker 3: league and completion percentage.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that's something that that marriage.
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  Speaker 3: You understand, how to get the ball out on time
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  Speaker 3: and really take care of the football is something that
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  Speaker 3: works obviously really well.
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  Speaker 2: I know, contact maybe makes it hard to judge what's
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  Speaker 2: one on up front, but the offensive line, how do
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  Speaker 2: you kin see that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we we've got all the ways to go there,
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  Speaker 3: And I just mean more more about the reps and opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: Some of the guys, you know, are still working through
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  Speaker 3: things and getting back and so there's been a lot
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  Speaker 3: of guys shuffling in and out there. But we've been
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  Speaker 3: working through some of that and I think that they'll
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  Speaker 3: continue to grow each week. I think, you know, Charles
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  Speaker 3: and and lake and have done a good job of
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  Speaker 3: kind of building the mesh on the left side a
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  Speaker 3: little bit there.
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  Speaker 1: So that's probably.
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  Speaker 3: The most continuity we've seen is those two guys working together.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that's the next step for us is
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  Speaker 3: continuing to build continuity within within that group and we're coming.
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  Speaker 3: You put it, you know your twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: Did you go back just in terms of his sample
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  Speaker 1: size and get to see him on the field and
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  Speaker 1: then get to learn him to get to.
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  Speaker 3: Eat today COLI tried to learn everything about him, like
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  Speaker 3: how his game has grown, what are the things that
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  Speaker 3: helped him?
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  Speaker 1: You know, what does he do well? What does he
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  Speaker 1: struggle with? You know?
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  Speaker 3: And I think that it's really cool when you see
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  Speaker 3: a sample size like Gino and the evolution of him
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  Speaker 3: and his career and just how serious he is about
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  Speaker 3: everything and ability to be coached and you know, looking
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  Speaker 3: for his own blind spots. So I think, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I went all the way back when I thought about
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  Speaker 3: some concepts and things like that, like what did what
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  Speaker 3: did he do in college?
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  Speaker 1: You know, how did he grow as he went through
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  Speaker 1: the league?
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  Speaker 3: And uh yeah, like I said, it's just it's really
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  Speaker 3: impressive just to see the type of growth he's had.
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  Speaker 1: Other than.
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  Speaker 2: Coaches and work together in the past. Is how this
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  Speaker 2: process as a staff, you guys all come together with
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  Speaker 2: all your different backgrounds and learn each other as you
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  Speaker 2: also trying to get a team right.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it really wasn't as far off on
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  Speaker 3: the offensive side of the ball as when we got
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  Speaker 3: to UDUB. Honestly, it was myself and uh Lee Mark,
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  Speaker 3: our running back coach, and the rest of the guys
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  Speaker 3: were new. So I think that it's just like any
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  Speaker 3: other process. You got to you know, keep working on
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  Speaker 3: the building blocks of communication and trust and you know,
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  Speaker 3: keep handing out responsibility and let guys grow in their
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  Speaker 3: roles and and we've certainly done that. I've been really
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  Speaker 3: lucky you got some great coaches that have had a
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  Speaker 3: ton of experience in the league. You know, Frisman Jackson
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  Speaker 3: is a guy that's coached a lot of good wide
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  Speaker 3: receivers in the NFL, and I feel like he's brought
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  Speaker 3: a big element to that receiver room, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: just building relationships and really detailing skill. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: Mac Brown's been in a lot of different systems and
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  Speaker 3: been on defense and been on offense, so I think
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  Speaker 3: there's a ton of perspective there. And then obviously KP
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  Speaker 3: you know, Kennedy Palmalos have a world of experience in
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  Speaker 3: both you know, protection and running back play and just
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  Speaker 3: different styles that people have used for success in the NFL,
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  Speaker 3: and so marrying that with our system has been a
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  Speaker 3: lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly.
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  Speaker 3: That when you when you are in the system long enough,
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  Speaker 3: you know what some of the weeks and you have
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  Speaker 3: guys that are veterans like that that you go into
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  Speaker 3: it and you know you can address those things with
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  Speaker 3: them and be like, hey, I'm looking for this, I'm
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  Speaker 3: watching film.
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  Speaker 1: I see this is gonna be a problem. How do
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  Speaker 1: we do this?
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  Speaker 3: And they can you know, come up with quick answers
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  Speaker 3: and ideas and solutions.
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  Speaker 1: So it's been fun collaborating with all of them.
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  Speaker 2: There's so much of a challenge this for you personally,
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  Speaker 2: to prove that the success you had at the college
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  Speaker 2: level can translate.
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  Speaker 1: To me, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Coach Frasier asked me that a little bit when I
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  Speaker 3: was getting interviewed, And I've always felt like the next step.
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  Speaker 3: I was really anxious and excited to prove myself. So
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  Speaker 3: I feel like every step I take, I just get
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  Speaker 3: more excited and more motivated and determined to make sure
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  Speaker 3: that that we succeed. So it's a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 3: I'm excited the show we can do it on the
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  Speaker 3: biggest stage.
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  Speaker 2: Coach Fraser, just what kind of resources he been for you?
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  Speaker 3: Wow, He's amazing, he really is. He's I know Mike
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  Speaker 3: obviously utilizes him well, but like just thinking about the
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  Speaker 3: most random detail of a season or a training camp
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  Speaker 3: and just all the volumes of information experience that coach
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  Speaker 3: has and just the way he goes about it that
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  Speaker 3: he offers you, you know, guidance and lets you get
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  Speaker 3: to it your own way, and he's just been awesome,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and the support mechanism he creates, and you
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  Speaker 3: know he'll call out something that he sees, you know, like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: this could be a problem, especially from a defensive standpoint.
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  Speaker 3: And I love that he's been he's been awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of mentioned it to yourself, But you and Mike
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  Speaker 2: growing new roles at this level. Is there this.
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  Speaker 1: Massive like press to be like we all need to
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  Speaker 1: go out here for ourselves.
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  Speaker 3: I don't feel that. I think that. You know, when
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  Speaker 3: you start pressing, that's when you know, you get out
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  Speaker 3: of your element and you start trying to do things
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  Speaker 3: that that you didn't do to get here. And I
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  Speaker 3: think that there's things that every member the staff does
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  Speaker 3: that they do really well. And I want to keep
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  Speaker 3: just trying to find ways to highlight all those things.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, for us, I think you just got
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  Speaker 3: to keep I got to figure out ways for our
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  Speaker 3: tight ends to catch stick routes, and we got to
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  Speaker 3: find ways for our guards to block better on inside zone.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, it's really it's the same set of problems,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, you got the same dynamics within the team,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, we are really fortunate though, we got
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  Speaker 3: players that you know, believe in this place and are invested,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, big time players like Geno and DK,
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  Speaker 3: but it definitely doesn't stop with those guys. I've been
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  Speaker 3: wildly impressed, you know how these guys are demanding of themselves,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and that's what you expect from the outside,
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  Speaker 3: I guess in some ways of what a professional would
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  Speaker 3: look like. And now you see it every day and
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  Speaker 3: you can see why these guys have had success. So
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  Speaker 3: I think I I would feel the same way as
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  Speaker 3: a coach that you know, you expect those things every
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  Speaker 3: day and you have for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: So don't try to go out of character.
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  Speaker 2: You'll see a lot different from an NFL defense.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yep, we will.
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  Speaker 3: I think there's a lot more answers, guys thinking ahead,
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  Speaker 3: you know, personnel related problems that they can exploit, and
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  Speaker 3: they'll be all over that.
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  Speaker 2: Your offense and you know you are saying, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you haven't seen it offense since the NFL. What kind
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  Speaker 2: of part you kind of take it bringing.
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  Speaker 1: Your kind of offense to the NFL at the next level.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean we haven't had a punt yet, so
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  Speaker 3: that that's, uh, that's a good part.
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  Speaker 1: I take a ton of pride.
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  Speaker 3: I mean I think that that's a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 3: living in the past as far as what we've accomplished there,
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  Speaker 3: and so now you know, as I was mentioning before,
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  Speaker 3: just really determined to show these guys that we can
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  Speaker 3: be a resource to, you know, push their careers to
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  Speaker 3: the next level and hopefully show a brand of success
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  Speaker 3: with this offense that you know is one of the
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  Speaker 3: best in the league. You did a that you just
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  Speaker 3: feel like you have to scrap in the NFL because
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  Speaker 3: for whatever reason it might not work. Oh sure, I
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  Speaker 3: mean there's always stuff that that maybe you got away
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  Speaker 3: with in one league that you know you can't in another.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, even Mountain.
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  Speaker 3: West to pack twelve, all those type of things I
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  Speaker 3: think absolutely applicable, and you got to find the things
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  Speaker 3: that are realistic. Ryan, going back, is this more about
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  Speaker 3: proving you or how much is about the offense?
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  Speaker 2: Players to buy.
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  Speaker 3: In the offense has nothing new to me. I'm just
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  Speaker 3: trying to be here to help those guys get out
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  Speaker 3: there and do the crazy things that they can do
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  Speaker 3: on Sunday. And then in that on point, is it
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  Speaker 3: for them to have input as you build the offense
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  Speaker 3: and your install and.
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  Speaker 1: Things like that. That's huge.
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  Speaker 3: That's one of the things that I felt like translated well.
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  Speaker 3: From my coaching style in college to the NFL is
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  Speaker 3: just you know, realizing your ability to collaborate. And I
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  Speaker 3: think the coaching quarterbacks especially and working with Charles in
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  Speaker 3: that room, making sure that Gino and Sam feel like
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  Speaker 3: they have all the tools and the weapons they need
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  Speaker 3: to go out there and compete at the highest level.
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  Speaker 3: And that's no different than I've ever felt my quarterback room.
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  Speaker 3: Is just trying to make sure that I'm there to
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  Speaker 3: you know, help with the translation, get him feeling confident,
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  Speaker 3: ready to play philosophy.
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  Speaker 2: I'm getting ready backs involved in the passing game.
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  Speaker 1: Oh. I love doing that. I love doing that. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: We we want to make every guy in the field,
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  Speaker 3: all five of them, as dangerous as possible from an
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  Speaker 3: any position on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Ryan, thank you, appreciate y'all,