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Geno Smith: "We Played Very Hungry Today" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Just to know the same thing. But when you're off
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  Speaker 1: coordinator coaches on that last play in the first half, but.
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  Speaker 2: Faith in you to make a play like that when
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  Speaker 2: ye you've run the risk of time right now?
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  Speaker 1: Just how much do you like them having that faith?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we love that and we've shown, you know, over
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  Speaker 2: the course of you know, the three years I've been
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  Speaker 2: here that you know, we're gonna take that shot if
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  Speaker 2: it's available. You know, obviously Grub has to put that
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  Speaker 2: confidence in me to understand the situation and the clock
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  Speaker 2: and to get the ball out on time. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know those are things that we practice. We practice
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  Speaker 2: those a bunch. Uh. We look for the situations and
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  Speaker 2: the moments to take advantage of them. And we had
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity. I thought the protection was great. DK ran
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  Speaker 2: a great route and uh, we're able to get in
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  Speaker 2: the en zone at the point.
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  Speaker 1: That drive, I think you were four for four or
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  Speaker 1: five for five. You had the one grounding. But how
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  Speaker 1: much of a role did did clean pocket good protection
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  Speaker 1: play in that in that drive?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it played a great role all day. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I thought all day the protection was great. You know,
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  Speaker 2: how about Mike Durell stepping in you know, a rookie,
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  Speaker 2: UH sixth rounder stepping in and some big time football today.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he did a great job. And I thought
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  Speaker 2: just throughout the game, the protection was great. I thought
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  Speaker 2: Connor did a great job of leading the guys, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, the Mike points were great. Everything that we
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  Speaker 2: talked about throughout the week, the energy, just the way
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  Speaker 2: that we played, the effort, all those things showed up today.
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  Speaker 1: Quarterback, did you have any discussions with Mike Drell going
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  Speaker 1: this I mean, he's a D two player, no regular
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  Speaker 1: season snaps, coming in and getting started. You have any
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  Speaker 1: conversations with him leading up to this game? Just trying to.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of conversations, but they're all about, you know,
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  Speaker 2: him being ready for the moment he belongs. You know,
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  Speaker 2: whether you're D two, D three or undrafted doesn't matter.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the way that he's working, prepared and all
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  Speaker 2: the things that he's shown throughout camp and in the preseason,
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  Speaker 2: and you know even in the season. You know, guys
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  Speaker 2: don't get to see him in practice, but I mean
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  Speaker 2: he's been doing great things in practice, and so he
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  Speaker 2: was prepared for this moment. We just you know, continue
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  Speaker 2: to breed livening to him, let him know, Hey, you're
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  Speaker 2: ready for this. You're gonna go out there, You're gonna
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  Speaker 2: play excellent. And I thought Mike did a great job
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  Speaker 2: last night just saying, you know, that exact thing to
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  Speaker 2: the team that you know, Mike was going to come
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  Speaker 2: in and step up and play some big time minutes
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  Speaker 2: for us and help us get this win. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what he did.
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  Speaker 1: You seemed really confident this week that the three game
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  Speaker 1: losing streak was on you guys, and you guys were
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  Speaker 1: gonna move on and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: But how good is it to kind of get the
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  Speaker 2: win and get all that validated. It's awesome to get
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  Speaker 2: a win. Any win in this league is gonna be tough.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the Falcons have a really good team, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, I thought, just we came out and we
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  Speaker 2: played very hungry today from the start to the finish.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, man, you know, you don't want to
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  Speaker 2: put emphasis on the prior weeks, but it was tough
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  Speaker 2: and it was very easy for everyone to be negative
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  Speaker 2: after losing three games. But I thought, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: the energy was spectacular. I thought everyone had the right mindset.
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  Speaker 2: I thought everyone was positive, and I think that bled
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  Speaker 2: into the game, and it allowed us to start fast
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  Speaker 2: and then continue to have that confidence throughout what you.
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  Speaker 1: Were able to do offensively, you know, mixing and passing
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  Speaker 1: around the way that you did. How much of that
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  Speaker 1: felt like kind of blueprint for what you want this
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  Speaker 1: to be? What you showed today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought Grub called a great game today. I
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  Speaker 2: thought the balance was there obviously, Like I said, man,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're able to pass the ball when we
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  Speaker 2: needed to, and we're able to run the ball we
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  Speaker 2: needed to. And uh, that's complimentary football.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: That's that's what it takes in this league. You can't
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  Speaker 2: pass it all the time, you can't run it all
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  Speaker 2: the time. You gotta be balanced. You gotta do the
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  Speaker 2: right thing at the right time. And I thought Greb
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  Speaker 2: called a great game and it allowed all of us
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  Speaker 2: to uh to play well the Falcons.
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  Speaker 1: How sick was Kenneth Longer?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he was sick today. Man, two touchdowns on his birthday.
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  Speaker 1: That was sick man.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he. Uh. I thought he did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously he was under the weather a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: his uh his flu game today on his birthday. I think, uh,
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  Speaker 2: that's that's spectacular. Might be the first uh time that's
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  Speaker 2: ever happened. But he's a guy we rely on. Uh
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  Speaker 2: the way that he fought and battled it out. I
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  Speaker 2: know he wasn't you know, feeling his best, but uh,
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  Speaker 2: to come out and do what he did on his birthday,
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  Speaker 2: I thought that was excellent. Yeah you call it Kenneth
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  Speaker 2: Walk great catch man, and uh that's something like we've
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  Speaker 2: been wrapping that. We've been practicing that for a while,
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  Speaker 2: just looking for the moment for it to happen, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it showed up today and I thought he
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  Speaker 2: did a great job, you know, coming down with that catch.
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  Speaker 2: The line, Yeah, yeah, those are things we look for
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  Speaker 2: in that situation. They were doublin DK on the backside
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  Speaker 2: right there, so that means the back was gonna be
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  Speaker 2: one on one with him. He had a different route,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we figured, you know, why not take
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  Speaker 2: the shot there, and he did a great job setting
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  Speaker 2: it up. I thought the protection you know, allowed me
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  Speaker 2: that half a second I needed to get it off
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  Speaker 2: and he made a great catch and that was that
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  Speaker 2: was good for us.
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  Speaker 1: Led the league. The Falcons led the league come to
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  Speaker 1: this game, only giving up eight plays of twenty plus
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  Speaker 1: yard you guys had six plays in this game alone.
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  Speaker 1: How did you see the run game early on opening
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  Speaker 1: things up for you guys to be able to take
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  Speaker 1: some of those shots in the passing game against the
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  Speaker 1: team that hadn't given up very many of those.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's the balance we talk about. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, like you said, man, when we can run
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  Speaker 2: the ball, when we can play action obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've shown that we're a really good dropback team. But
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  Speaker 2: when we can mix it up and just give multiple
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  Speaker 2: looks to the defense, you know, with the type of
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  Speaker 2: personnel we have and the multiple guys that we have
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  Speaker 2: that can make plays, it just makes it that much
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  Speaker 2: suffer on the defense. And when we're out there, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're not thinking about anything other than executing our jobs.
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  Speaker 2: But when you can have the explosive that we had
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  Speaker 2: and then you can protect the football, you usually should
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  Speaker 2: win the game. Why could you press optimism about DK?
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  Speaker 2: But knowing how important he is to this team, how
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  Speaker 2: scary is it to see him on a on a
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  Speaker 2: cart in the fourth quarter? Oh man, that was you know,
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  Speaker 2: my heart dropped, you know, and I was over there
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  Speaker 2: just telling him, man, like massages on me through through
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  Speaker 2: the week. Man. I you know, I put him in
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  Speaker 2: a tough spot right there, and whatever I got to
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  Speaker 2: do to get him back healthy, however, we got to
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  Speaker 2: get him back because he's a guy that we need.
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna make sure.
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  Speaker 1: We do it.
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  Speaker 2: What did you think of Jackson's past? That was an
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  Speaker 2: awesome past, man? Like usually when I throw it up
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  Speaker 2: in double coverage, it doesn't end up like that, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's kind of kind of how things work.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 2: I thought Jackson did a great job, you know, giving
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  Speaker 2: DK a chance, and he's a big target. He went
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  Speaker 2: up and got that thing that was That was a
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  Speaker 2: good moment right there. And what happened to you when
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  Speaker 2: you had to come out for that play? Just a
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  Speaker 2: bunch of beads flew flew in my eye lid and
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  Speaker 2: you know I really couldn't see how my left eye.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, Strick did a good job, you know,
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  Speaker 2: getting it out of there and I was able to
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  Speaker 2: get back in the commness in the pocket. Where where
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  Speaker 2: did you feel.
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  Speaker 1: Like you developed that year career?
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  Speaker 2: How long did it take for.
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  Speaker 1: You and could be like that?
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  Speaker 2: Ah, I would say like little leagues. Honestly, Yeah, I think, uh,
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  Speaker 2: when I think back to when I was playing little leagues. Man,
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  Speaker 2: that's something they would they would always say, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like just had an innate ability to step up in
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  Speaker 2: the pocket and feel things around me without watching it.
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  Speaker 1: Literally. Yeah, yep, is Michael someone new cross paths with
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  Speaker 1: it all?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I was able to meet Michael uh last year, and
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  Speaker 2: you know he he's a special player. Man. I think
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  Speaker 2: when he gets his opportunity, he's gonna be ready for it.
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  Speaker 2: Really believing him. Obviously, him and Grubb have done great
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  Speaker 2: things together and it's great to see them have a
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  Speaker 2: moment before the game and uh really rooting for Mike
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  Speaker 2: and you know, hoping the best for him. To tell him, man,
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  Speaker 2: I told him, man, you know the futures bright, keep
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  Speaker 2: working and uh just stay steadfast and and think good
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  Speaker 2: things will happen. Yeah else next year. Thank you guys.
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  Speaker 1: H