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Geno Smith: “I Believe We Have A Bright Future” · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon everybody. Honestly, yes, and get to finish the
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  Speaker 1: year you wanted. But how hard it was for you
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  Speaker 1: guys as a team to go out on the right
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  Speaker 1: and get away. Yeah, I think winning was always gonna
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  Speaker 1: be the most important thing, you know, anytime, shoot man,
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  Speaker 1: anytime you don't have a chance to really control your destiny,
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  Speaker 1: it's always gonna suck. But you know, for us as
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  Speaker 1: a team, we wanted to close out on the h
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  Speaker 1: on the right note and and finish the right way.
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  Speaker 1: And uh, you know, I'm a guy with a lot
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  Speaker 1: of integrity. Man. I love this game. I love my teammates,
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  Speaker 1: I love the organization, and I just feel like that's
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  Speaker 1: what leaders do. Man. You gotta go out there and
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  Speaker 1: you gotta give it your all, no matter the circumstance,
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  Speaker 1: no matter what the record says, no matter uh the situation.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, for me, it was another opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: go out there with my teammates and grand out all win.
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  Speaker 1: What do you do? Yeah, I feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's a tough question, man. Uh. Proud of the guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, proud of everybody, uh, the way they fought,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Proud of our coaching staff, proud of our
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  Speaker 1: you know, our front office, just everybody in the build,
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  Speaker 1: but also feeling disappointed for everyone. You know, don't get
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  Speaker 1: to go to practice and get back to it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: those are things that I look forward to, man, and
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  Speaker 1: I can't, you know, go to practice with my guys
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  Speaker 1: on Monday. Gotta wait a long time to get back
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  Speaker 1: to work. And uh, I know a lot of guys
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice this year, a lot of guys putting a lot
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  Speaker 1: a lot of work and really deserve more football, but
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  Speaker 1: uh that's not the case, you know, So you know,
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  Speaker 1: just feeling for the guys man, you know, wishing we
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  Speaker 1: could continue to do this thing together. I love every
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  Speaker 1: one of my teammates, man, I love every part of
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  Speaker 1: this organization, and uh yeah it sucks. It sucks. God
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  Speaker 1: send it high for touchdown passes and in another fourth
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  Speaker 1: quarter high. Uh it's work come back. So does that
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  Speaker 1: mean anything in a situation like this? Is that? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I mean winning games, that's the most important thing. You know.
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  Speaker 1: We got ten wins this season, you know, should have
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  Speaker 1: been more, and uh, I believe we got the right
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  Speaker 1: right guys in this locker room. You know, personal stats
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  Speaker 1: aren't a big deal for me. I'm not out here
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  Speaker 1: chasing accolades. I want to win, and I want to
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  Speaker 1: win for the guys in that locker room. I want
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  Speaker 1: to win for our coaching staff. I want to win
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  Speaker 1: for our front office. You know, all the people that
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  Speaker 1: were our kitchen staff are strength staff. All the people
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  Speaker 1: that work so hard, man like, they deserve, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to have the best of the best. And so you know,
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  Speaker 1: for me personally, I expect to do well, but again,
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  Speaker 1: it's a team game, and you know, I just want
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  Speaker 1: to want to be there for my teammates. What encouraged you? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I just believe we have a bright future. Man.
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  Speaker 1: I believe we're getting better. You know, it's coach McDonald's
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  Speaker 1: first year and just all the things that he's battled through,
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  Speaker 1: the way that he's led us. I told him that,
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  Speaker 1: man like, just the way that he's led us throughout
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  Speaker 1: the season, and you know, all the ups and downs
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  Speaker 1: of the season, you know, not starting out the way
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  Speaker 1: that we wanted to, but you know, re grouping at
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  Speaker 1: the buy and then coming out and having that fire,
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  Speaker 1: and I thought the intensity you know, in our practices
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  Speaker 1: and the way that we met, the way that we
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  Speaker 1: talked ball showed up on the field, and uh, it
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  Speaker 1: gave us a chance at the end, and that's all
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  Speaker 1: that matters. But anything else, man, I'm just I'm just
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  Speaker 1: for is on winning. I look forward to the future.
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  Speaker 1: I look forward to, you know, getting back to getting
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  Speaker 1: my body right and getting strong and getting faster, coming
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  Speaker 1: back a better player. How do you how can you?
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  Speaker 1: I can Actually I felt great about, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: direction of the team last year. Obviously there were some
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  Speaker 1: changes made made and you know, we got a different
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  Speaker 1: group this year, but that's the NFL. Every year is
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  Speaker 1: gonna be changed over and you can expect that, but
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  Speaker 1: you can embrace that as well. And so I feel
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  Speaker 1: great about it. Like I said, man, we fought, We fought,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and like I said, it didn't start out great,
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  Speaker 1: but we found a way to put ourselves in position
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  Speaker 1: to get to the playoffs and play some more football.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, I feel great about the guys. It sucks
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  Speaker 1: today because, like I said, man, the season's endings like
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  Speaker 1: the last day of school and you know, all your
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  Speaker 1: friends are going away, But uh, you know, look forward
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  Speaker 1: to getting back to it. Do you feel like maybe
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  Speaker 1: just need some condutity and consistency and you have a
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  Speaker 1: lot of you guys. Yeah, I mean you're right, there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of young guys on the offensive line. There's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of young guys on this team. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: this team is I'm telling you, man, this team is
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  Speaker 1: is heading in the right direction. Man, this team is
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  Speaker 1: on its way. And that's with or without me. These
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  Speaker 1: guys in this locker room, these coaches, this organization, outstanding organization,
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  Speaker 1: and I believe in it. I believe the best of
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  Speaker 1: the best is gonna happen for this team. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I just want to continue to fight with
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  Speaker 1: these guys this year. You know. Uh, just from the
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  Speaker 1: it seems like forever ago. We had that first conversation
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  Speaker 1: and and we talked on the phone, and this is
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  Speaker 1: before I got to meet him in person. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: everything that he said he was about, that's exactly what
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  Speaker 1: he was about. He's a man of his word, he's
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  Speaker 1: a man of character. He understands how to lead, he
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  Speaker 1: understands how to push the right buttons and get guys going.
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  Speaker 1: He treats guys like, you know, like men, expecting guys
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  Speaker 1: to uphold the standard. And uh, just the way that
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  Speaker 1: he goes about his work. He's a diligent worker, maly smart,
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  Speaker 1: extremely smart guy, and uh, you know, just to be
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  Speaker 1: so young and to have like the wisdom that he has,
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  Speaker 1: and like I said, man, just the way that he
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  Speaker 1: carried himself the entire season. Things weren't always great. I
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  Speaker 1: made a lot of stupid mistakes and he had my
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  Speaker 1: back the entire time. And I think, you know, when
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  Speaker 1: you when you look at a coach like that, man,
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  Speaker 1: I think the players are gonna rally around him, the
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  Speaker 1: organization's gonna rally around him, and uh, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: believe everybody's gonna, you know, follow his lead. Was how
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  Speaker 1: you getting checked out on the sideline? Yeah, I'll be
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  Speaker 1: all right. Those a really unique situation for you and
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  Speaker 1: you have knowledge to speak during the game. Were you
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  Speaker 1: aware of any of that or why did you confirm
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  Speaker 1: that life? Yeah, I was just trying to win. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you I hate throwing in completions anyway, so
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  Speaker 1: you know, those type of things aren't Like I'm not
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  Speaker 1: worried about that. I try and complete every pass that
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  Speaker 1: I throw, and uh, you know, usually during the games,
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  Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, if I'm if I have one,
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  Speaker 1: I'm like I got hit five in a row. That's
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  Speaker 1: just how I play. You know, I want to hit
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  Speaker 1: ten in a row. I went to you know, twenty
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  Speaker 1: completions in a row, and uh, I wasn't thinking about
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  Speaker 1: anything other than winning, you know. Uh it was it
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  Speaker 1: was great to get that, uh that last drive for
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  Speaker 1: us to go out there and score. No, we'll get
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  Speaker 1: this first touchdown. That's how It's crazy. That's sound first
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  Speaker 1: touchdown the season, but for that to be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the the game winner, biggest touchdown in the year. So,
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  Speaker 1: UH just wanted to go out there and win. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm appreciative of the guys for the way
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  Speaker 1: they battled in this game. Obviously had nothing to play for,
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  Speaker 1: but still had everything to play for or without me,
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  Speaker 1: uh conversations an Uh, I mean I got a bright future.
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  Speaker 1: I think y'all could see that. So yeah, and now,
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  Speaker 1: and I believe we have a br a bright future together. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so that I obviously I'm just saying that, but yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we we all have a bright future together. Yeah, you
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  Speaker 1: be important to you in that respect. Those are things
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  Speaker 1: that I'll talk to the people that I need to
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  Speaker 1: talk to about. I appreciate the question, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: I like to keep a lot of things internal in
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  Speaker 1: the house, and you know, with respects to everybody involved,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's the best way to do it. Catch Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I thought, uh, you know, just our boot game, our
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  Speaker 1: play action game really came alive, especially early on, and
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  Speaker 1: I thought, no, it just played a spectacular game. Man.
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  Speaker 1: He made some tough catches, especially that one at the end.
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  Speaker 1: I thought, Aj was you know, being his normal self
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  Speaker 1: going out there and just you know, being a big
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  Speaker 1: dude with the ball in his hands, hard to tackle.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, those guys are a big part of
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  Speaker 1: our offense, and we can when we can get them going,
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  Speaker 1: you can see how our offense can be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that much more dynamic. Oh yeah, Bobo, Yeah, I guess
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  Speaker 1: one on one, throw it to the Bobo. Man. He Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he made a he made a great catch, you know,
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  Speaker 1: run a great route. I thought the scheme was great.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we had a kind of an rp O
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  Speaker 1: on there and if we got one on one to
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  Speaker 1: to Bobo, we throw it up and uh, he made
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  Speaker 1: the play. I think Grub is an excellent, excellent coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: you know, even even even better man. And uh, our
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  Speaker 1: first year, obviously there were some ups and downs there,
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  Speaker 1: are some things that we can improve on, and we'll
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  Speaker 1: we'll work hard to to get those things fixed. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: I I believe in this system. You know, I believe
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  Speaker 1: this is a really good system and it's gonna be
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  Speaker 1: really good for a long time. I think Grub has
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  Speaker 1: exactly what it takes to be a great coordinator in
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  Speaker 1: this league. And you know it's his first year. Man,
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  Speaker 1: gotta give the guy some grace. You know, he's figuring
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  Speaker 1: things out too. And uh, I thought he did an
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  Speaker 1: outstanding job leading the group. I love the passion that
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  Speaker 1: he brings to the game, and uh he made me
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  Speaker 1: a better quarterback. He talked to us about something he
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  Speaker 1: had grown in the aspect of attacking schemes and structures,
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  Speaker 1: not just like I don't hope to not lock that too,
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  Speaker 1: have you for sure? I can think you can. You
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  Speaker 1: can think of a bunch of plays today where we
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  Speaker 1: you know, had the advantage based on scheme and these
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  Speaker 1: there were things that Grub did today that uh allowed
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  Speaker 1: me to go out there and play a sound and
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  Speaker 1: clean game. And so like like you said, man, he's
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  Speaker 1: only gonna continue to get better. And you know, as
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  Speaker 1: he gets to dive into the offseason, and really look
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  Speaker 1: at the ways that he can get better and that
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  Speaker 1: this offense can can get better. You know, I think
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna have an even even better second year. How
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  Speaker 1: did you see that kind of man even killed? Even
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  Speaker 1: killed exactly what you want from a coordinator, you know,
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  Speaker 1: being a thermometer in the room, knowing when to get
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  Speaker 1: the guys going, and knowing when to calm him down
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  Speaker 1: and and those are the things that you look for
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  Speaker 1: and a great coordinator. And I think he did that
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  Speaker 1: with ease. Sorry if you were asked about this already,
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  Speaker 1: but the touchdown the K Where do you feel like
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  Speaker 1: that ranks along your highlights of this season? Uh? I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, honestly, that's a good question. But you know
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  Speaker 1: it was good to get DK and in the end zone
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  Speaker 1: and uh you talking about the spin move and all that.
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  Speaker 1: That's uh his part work in the pocket, Uh, trying
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  Speaker 1: to find a way and you know I thought it
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  Speaker 1: was Uh it was a good play. Yeah, yes, whatever
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  Speaker 1: his future talking about what do you mean, franchise to
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  Speaker 1: the man, I can go on all day. We be
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  Speaker 1: here all day. Uh talking about Tyler Lockett means so
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  Speaker 1: much to me, you know, just to see an NFL
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  Speaker 1: player of his caliber, to have the humble demeanor that
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  Speaker 1: he has and the selflessness that he has, and just
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  Speaker 1: the way that you know, thousand yard receiver cons consistently,
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  Speaker 1: the consistency that he's shown, and the leadership that he's
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  Speaker 1: given the DK and Jackson and all those guys in
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  Speaker 1: that room. Man, it you know, it doesn't go unnoticed.
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  Speaker 1: And uh you know, he's like I said, he's one
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  Speaker 1: of my best friends. Man. He's a guy that I
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  Speaker 1: played against in college, so I know exactly what he
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  Speaker 1: could do all along and just being around him, his family,
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  Speaker 1: his wife soon to be a dad. Uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's a special guy, man, special person, and a special player.
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  Speaker 1: I think it was a talking he's talking about one
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  Speaker 1: of the best quarterbacks that uh yeah I am. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, Thanks Christian