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Klint Kubiak On The Win vs. The Rams, Upcoming Matchup In Week 17 · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, what's going on, guys? Doing great for red zone?
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  Speaker 1: Merry Christmas.
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  Speaker 2: So it seemed like in this game there's a couple
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  Speaker 2: of things that we're both tendency breaking for you guys,
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  Speaker 2: and like the A. J. Barner touchdown maybe, and then
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  Speaker 2: also the Rams need to be looking at tendencies and
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  Speaker 2: trying to jump on them how much, just like tracking
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  Speaker 2: yourself self scotting, you know, a change of course the season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's something that we spend a lot of time on.
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  Speaker 1: We talk about it often. And obviously you want to
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  Speaker 1: you want to break tendencies when you can, but there's uh,
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  Speaker 1: you don't want out smart yourself either. I just want
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  Speaker 1: to play your best football, give your players a clear
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  Speaker 1: and concise plan, let them take care.
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  Speaker 3: Of the rest. Last year, how I guess, I'm surprised
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  Speaker 3: for you that he's come in and happened to big impact.
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  Speaker 3: He has both off that tan special games.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, really happy for his success. You know, he works
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  Speaker 1: really hard, he deserves it, and I know there's a
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  Speaker 1: lot of a lot more meat on the bone for him.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, I, uh, I can do a way
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  Speaker 1: better job of getting them going offensively. But what he's
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  Speaker 1: done for us on special teams has been really special
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  Speaker 1: and and that's what it takes to win, you know,
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  Speaker 1: all three phases.
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  Speaker 3: When you went back and looked.
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  Speaker 2: At Josh Jones filled a left tackle, what'd you think
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  Speaker 2: about him?
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  Speaker 3: And the resiliency was showing this show.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's why we that's why we signed Josh, you
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  Speaker 1: know for for days like that. It's one of the
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  Speaker 1: best pass rushers in the NFL. You know, they got
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  Speaker 1: two Pro Bowl ends. I thought Josh did a good
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  Speaker 1: job and that's what we expected from him.
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  Speaker 3: What have you seen in practice as he has kind
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  Speaker 3: of bited his time and waited his chart.
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  Speaker 1: To get back into a ball like that. Yeah, that's uh,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's what you get paid to do. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's got to be ready, whether it's him or or
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  Speaker 1: Drew Locke, anybody that's sitting, you know, kind of sitting
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  Speaker 1: in the weeds waiting for their opportunity. They got to
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  Speaker 1: probably work twice as hard because they got to put
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  Speaker 1: in time before and after practice to get you know,
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  Speaker 1: get their reps in. But uh, that's he's a pro.
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  Speaker 1: And and I thought you did a good job.
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  Speaker 3: You said, there's more meat on the bone with Rashika heat.
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  Speaker 2: Is that like getting him more involved in the deep
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  Speaker 2: passing game?
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  Speaker 1: Is that part of that? Just overall in the past
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  Speaker 1: game him and all his teammates, you know, we got
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  Speaker 1: you know, we got some really good skill players at all.
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  Speaker 1: All are deserving of the ball, and you gotta let
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  Speaker 1: Sam go through his reads. But you got to keep
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  Speaker 1: getting everybody involved.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like ken Walker's you know, being hot by
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  Speaker 2: the shoelace a couple of times this year when he's
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  Speaker 2: about to break a big one. Was nice to see
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  Speaker 2: finally him get all the way to the end zone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a big run for us, you know,
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  Speaker 1: coming out in the first drive, second half, well done
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  Speaker 1: by him. Some big blocks up front, so yeah, that
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  Speaker 1: was big.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously the numbers are really good, but what do you
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  Speaker 2: think about the money overall kind of thing you guys
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  Speaker 2: played on that front.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I was very pleased with you guys did a
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  Speaker 1: good job. It's all parts of our game we're trying
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  Speaker 1: to improve. I thought there was there's always a point
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  Speaker 1: of emhstas there, but uh, you know, coming into that game,
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  Speaker 1: it was something we were really trying to improve on.
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  Speaker 3: The first time you worked with Sam was after it's
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  Speaker 3: stiff getting in Carolina. If you can remember back to
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  Speaker 3: the and I'm wondering, and you looked at that Carolina
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  Speaker 3: take ook him as he started looking at the Sanrancis.
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  Speaker 3: But what sort of stood out about the way he
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  Speaker 3: was playing maybe toward the end of that time.
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  Speaker 1: I just think you see his athleticism stand out. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you got to be able to be an accurate strong
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  Speaker 1: arm passer to play in the NFL. But he has
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  Speaker 1: athleticism as well. Just a resilient guy that's you know,
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  Speaker 1: been knocked down and kept fighting and got another chance
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  Speaker 1: in Carolina and made the most of it, came to
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco and made the most of his time, you know,
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  Speaker 1: sitting behind Brock. So just a resilient guy that loves football.
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  Speaker 1: And he's continued to improve.
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  Speaker 3: Throughout his career.
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  Speaker 1: And that I think the you know, the players that
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  Speaker 1: played you know, ten plus years at that position, they
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  Speaker 1: just keep getting better, they keep you know, having a
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  Speaker 1: better feel for the game. And I think Sam has
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  Speaker 1: just evolved mentally. He's always been a good athlete, but
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  Speaker 1: I think mentally coming back from the San Frae here,
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  Speaker 1: he's really impressive me. He's grown there a lot for people.
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  Speaker 2: That don't know all the ins and outs of play
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  Speaker 2: calling and offensive football. And I see play action working
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  Speaker 2: so well he's playing. Why Like why on teams run
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  Speaker 2: it all the time?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you have to ask them, you know. I think
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  Speaker 1: I think that the game is about balance. You know,
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  Speaker 1: when you can be balanced and be harder to defend,
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  Speaker 1: it just makes all your plays come to life better.
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  Speaker 1: If you're one dimensional and teams can dial in on
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  Speaker 1: on when you're running and passing, then it makes it
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  Speaker 1: hard when.
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  Speaker 2: When a quarterback is play faking, is he's sort of
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  Speaker 2: sacrificing some time, like where he's looking down the field
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  Speaker 2: and reading defenses. Is there a give and take there?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: There is.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, Sam does a great job. He can
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  Speaker 1: turn his back to the defense and get get keyed
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  Speaker 1: in back to his defender he's looking at. So that's
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  Speaker 1: a big skill a guy playing in play action offense
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  Speaker 1: is you know, be able to re idea the defense
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  Speaker 1: after you get your eyes back around.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 1: I know Coachchaguerrod really well, have a lot of respect
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  Speaker 1: for him playing against them at the Rams and working
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  Speaker 1: with them in Denver, But he's a really bright coach
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  Speaker 1: with a really sound scheme. So you know, we're focusing,
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  Speaker 1: focusing on us, but we know we've got a good defense.
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  Speaker 1: Come then place guys, you know, perfect