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Jadarian Price: "I'm Feeling Great Now" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Jadarian, what were you able to do in the passing game?
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, when we probably talked to you
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  Speaker 1: after the draft, you didn't have a lot of receiving
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  Speaker 1: numbers in college, but you made the point that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's something you can do. Is it nice to be
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  Speaker 1: able to show more of that side of your game
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  Speaker 1: when given an opportunity?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, most definitely. Just being able to show what I
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  Speaker 2: can do in this game and getting a lot more
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  Speaker 2: one-on-one opportunities this past Sunday was pretty fun, and I
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  Speaker 2: showed that I could do it this past spring. And
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  Speaker 2: training camp, pretty much the whole offseason, quarterbacks knew what
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  Speaker 2: I could do, so they trusted me.
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  Speaker 3: When you're involved that much in the passing game, does
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  Speaker 3: it help you stay in the run game? Is it
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  Speaker 3: two different things that you're thinking about, or is it
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  Speaker 3: just the feel of the game that's important?
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  Speaker 2: The way I look at it is you get an
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  Speaker 2: over-the-shoulder catch like that or something. It's like, okay, I
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  Speaker 2: just got a hard thing out the way. Or like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: I got an explosive out the way. Now I can
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  Speaker 2: go focus on getting this gritty four yards and then
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  Speaker 2: turn that into an explosive eventually. That's kind of how
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  Speaker 2: I look at it. I think it does help the
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  Speaker 2: run game. overall.
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  Speaker 4: Do you feel like you guys are getting closer to
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  Speaker 4: springing some of those outside zone runs that obviously you
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  Speaker 4: did a lot of at Notre Dame?
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  Speaker 2: I think we are, and credit to the coaches for
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  Speaker 2: putting so much time and effort and finding ways for
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  Speaker 2: us to get better and get more space for the backs.
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  Speaker 4: Do you have a preference in terms of inside and
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  Speaker 4: outside zone and the reads that come with those?
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  Speaker 2: I've always said gap scheme runs, it's always nice to
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  Speaker 2: just be able to hit it vertical and especially speed, but,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're a wide zone team, and I like
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  Speaker 2: the way we do things. I like the way we
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  Speaker 2: block them, and it's something we've got to keep on
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  Speaker 2: getting better at every week.
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  Speaker 1: When you got here, obviously Zach Charbonnet was fairly recently
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  Speaker 1: removed from surgery and rehabbing. To see him come as
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  Speaker 1: far as he had and do what he did last week,
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  Speaker 1: just what's kind of his process been like to watch
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  Speaker 1: being close to it?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just watching him out there on field three every day,
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  Speaker 2: in training camp just busting his tail, hitting the numbers
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  Speaker 2: on a GPS and finding his way back despite all
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  Speaker 2: the adversity. Also, being on the sideline and watching what
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  Speaker 2: he's doing out there on the field. You saw the
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  Speaker 2: four-minute drive last week and his physicality, his run style,
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  Speaker 2: it really inspires me to go out there and do
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  Speaker 2: the same.
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  Speaker 1: You feel like your guys' styles complement each other well.
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  Speaker 1: You can do some of the same stuff but also
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  Speaker 1: do things a little differently. Is that good for an
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  Speaker 1: offense to have two backs that can do it a
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  Speaker 1: little differently?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 5: What about you, going through your injury? What was that like?
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  Speaker 2: Definitely something that, you know, I did not expect. My
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  Speaker 2: main goal coming into the season was, you know, be
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  Speaker 2: available for every game, and that didn't happen. I missed
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  Speaker 2: four games, and, you know, what do you do from there?
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  Speaker 2: What's important now? Like, how do you get over that?
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  Speaker 2: And I just continued to stay focused in the meetings
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  Speaker 2: and at practice and, you know, in the weight room,
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  Speaker 2: just trying to stay conditioned. And by the time I
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  Speaker 2: got out of here two games later, you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: feeling good.
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  Speaker 5: It sounds like it happened in the first Arizona game.
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  Speaker 5: What was it like playing through that in the Washington game?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, things happen and adrenaline is rushed and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you get through it. Felt it a little
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  Speaker 2: bit in the Washington game, but it is what it is. Like,
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  Speaker 2: we're football players. We go through things all the time.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm feeling great now and I'm glad that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I can trust the training staff to get me better.
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  Speaker 6: And last one on that.
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  Speaker 5: Was it two separate injuries? You had the chest injury,
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  Speaker 5: and then we've seen you with a shoulder stabilizer. Was
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  Speaker 5: it two different injuries, or were they kind of one
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  Speaker 5: and the same?
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  Speaker 2: One and the same.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 6: You wore a red no-contact jersey before the Chargers game.
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  Speaker 3: Is that right?
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: How difficult was that, or different, I should say, was
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  Speaker 6: that to get ready for a game without.
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  Speaker 4: Being full go all week?
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  Speaker 2: Before the Chargers game?
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  Speaker 4: I think it was.
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  Speaker 2: It was before the Washington game, but I was full
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  Speaker 2: go Chargers week. But, yeah, it's definitely like you want
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  Speaker 2: to get the physical. You know, we're getting later on
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  Speaker 2: in the season, so our practices aren't as physical. But
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  Speaker 2: definitely as a running back, you want to see the
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  Speaker 2: linemen get their reaches and see how they're fitting so
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  Speaker 2: you can run off the blocks. But as long as
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  Speaker 2: you get reaching the speeds that you want to hit,
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  Speaker 2: I think you're prepared for Sunday.
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  Speaker 6: We've heard a lot about.
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  Speaker 3: The importance of falling forward and getting those yards, and
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't really matter, like, what it looks like. Why
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  Speaker 3: has that been a point of emphasis and why does
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  Speaker 3: that need to be a point of emphasis?
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  Speaker 2: Because we've challenged ourselves as an offense to be more
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  Speaker 2: efficient on first and second down. So if you can
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  Speaker 2: turn a two yard gain into a four yard gain,
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  Speaker 2: because some plays might be blocked for two yards, but
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  Speaker 2: you continue to push through and get two or three more,
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  Speaker 2: it opens up the game plan for second and third down.
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  Speaker 2: So that was, you know, that's been our emphasis and
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  Speaker 2: we want to continue to get better at that and
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  Speaker 2: it's also demoralizing for the defense if you continue to
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  Speaker 2: move forward. Um, so yeah.
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  Speaker 5: What is it about Drew as a quarterback, a leader,
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  Speaker 5: someone commanding your huddle that gives.
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  Speaker 6: You confidence in him?
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  Speaker 2: Um, yeah, Drew is a, is a loose and focused
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  Speaker 2: guy and, and someone who's, you know, got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of talent and, um, I caught a lot of balls
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  Speaker 2: from him and, and training camp. So being able to
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  Speaker 2: catch that, some, some balls from him and, uh, in the,
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  Speaker 2: in the game last week was, was pretty cool. Um, But, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: all of our quarterbacks are awesome people, and I'm excited
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  Speaker 2: for this week.
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  Speaker 6: I think I asked you about it after the game,
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  Speaker 6: but on that first touchdown drive, you and Zach combined
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  Speaker 6: for every yard until you got down to the goal
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  Speaker 6: line there and A.J. punched it in. Just to kind
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  Speaker 6: of have a drive like that where you guys factored
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  Speaker 6: so heavily, how big of a springboard can that be
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  Speaker 6: maybe for you guys' room just to kind of, as
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  Speaker 6: you guys both come back from injuries and get up
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  Speaker 6: to speed, to kind of show what you guys can
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  Speaker 6: do as a group?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, when you're in the flow of the game, like
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  Speaker 2: you don't realize that, going back and forth, and we're
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  Speaker 2: getting all the way down the field. I didn't realize
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  Speaker 2: that either. But, you know, just taking one play at
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  Speaker 2: a time and, you know, me and Zach are finally
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  Speaker 2: getting our feet under us, coming back from injury, and
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  Speaker 2: it's only going to get, you know, more production from
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  Speaker 2: here on out.
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  Speaker 4: Obviously, like any career, you know, responding to adversity is
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  Speaker 4: a big part of it. And you had the injury
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  Speaker 4: you talked about, kind of responding to that. You had
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  Speaker 4: some of the ball security stuff earlier. How do you
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  Speaker 4: kind of respond to that? What have you been working
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  Speaker 4: on in that regard?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's already, you know, coming from college, it seems
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  Speaker 2: like it's already been a long season, even though I
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  Speaker 2: missed four games. It's been everywhere, but just continue to
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  Speaker 2: focus on the things that I can get better at
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  Speaker 2: and practice every day. Those three days of practice where
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  Speaker 2: we're running full speed. How can I, you know, make
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  Speaker 2: better cuts, be more decisive? And then what am I
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  Speaker 2: doing outside of practice, you know, in the film room,
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  Speaker 2: watching film by myself and things like that. So I've
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  Speaker 2: really challenged myself to get better in those areas.
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  Speaker 4: What's been maybe, Something you didn't expect from playing in
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  Speaker 4: the NFL this first season?
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  Speaker 2: Something I noticed watching, you know, when I was younger,
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  Speaker 2: but when you really experience it, like, every game is
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  Speaker 2: its own game, and you're not blowing teams out like
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  Speaker 2: you are in college. So, like, you really got to
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  Speaker 2: stay focused the whole 60 minutes. There's no, like, this
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  Speaker 2: past game we were up 17-3, and we did not
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  Speaker 2: feel comfortable at all. We were like, ooh, like, we
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  Speaker 2: got to. we got to get it going. If we
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  Speaker 2: get a three and out here, they got a chance
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  Speaker 2: to come back. So you never get satisfied or content.
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  Speaker 2: And in the game, you just got to keep, you
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  Speaker 2: just got to stay locked in the whole game.
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  Speaker 3: When you were sitting out for those handful of games,
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  Speaker 3: I'm curious if there's anything that you gained perspective on
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  Speaker 3: versus like sitting out versus not playing.
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  Speaker 2: Um, that every, every day is, is different. And, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, injuries happen. Like, Mo Kelly said it while
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  Speaker 2: the rookies got here, everyone's going to get injured at
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  Speaker 2: some point in their career, whether it's early on or
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  Speaker 2: later on. It's how you respond to it. And I've
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  Speaker 2: carried that with me the past, you know, ten weeks. Like,
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  Speaker 2: how am I going to respond to things like this? And,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, just staying focused on the game plan,
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  Speaker 2: watching how George and Emmanuel Wilson work their tails off
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  Speaker 2: to keep our offense going.
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  Speaker 4: You got your first kick return this week. Is that
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  Speaker 4: something that you went to the team and said, like
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  Speaker 4: a chance at? Did they come to you? Do you
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  Speaker 4: prefer getting those opportunities?
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  Speaker 2: No, they came to me. And, you know, it's whatever
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  Speaker 2: I can do to help this team, you know, be successful,
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  Speaker 2: help the offense out, get to a better field position.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully sometime in the future I can score on one
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  Speaker 2: of those. And, you know, they came to me because
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  Speaker 2: I have the history and the experience of doing well
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  Speaker 2: on kick returns.
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  Speaker 1: How much different does that play feel, the way the
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  Speaker 1: NFL does it versus college?
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  Speaker 2: One difference is they're not coming at you 100 miles
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  Speaker 2: an hour from far away. But the other difference is, like,
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  Speaker 2: the holes do close faster. You think it's there, it's
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  Speaker 2: going to close pretty fast. So you still have to
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  Speaker 2: hit it even though they're, you know, shorter distance.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.