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Mike Macdonald: "This Was A Great Start" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, all right, great to see everybody.
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  Speaker 2: This is a special time, man. It was a really
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  Speaker 2: cool We do a great job here everybody, all the
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  Speaker 2: people behind the scenes setting up training camp and getting
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  Speaker 2: all the twelves out here. Man, it's just like you
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  Speaker 2: just you know, you can't take the smile off your
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  Speaker 2: face just be in this setting and this organization, this city,
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  Speaker 2: these fans are guys, so uh special day.
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  Speaker 1: It's awesome and really just great start with the guys.
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  Speaker 2: And you know day one in the book, so a
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  Speaker 2: long way to go, but we're off to a good start.
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  Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of first few obviously.
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  Speaker 2: This year is what the first kate right, like Christmas, Man,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, like I said, you walk out here and
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  Speaker 2: it's just a special special and it's just I think
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  Speaker 2: this is the only place in the world it's like this,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, you pinch yourself that you have this
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to to be here with these people and take
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  Speaker 2: advantage of this opportunity. So here we are, and it's
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  Speaker 2: just it's a blessing for sure. Did feel a whole
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  Speaker 2: lot different for you know, the practice, once you're in practice,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's practice. You know, you're worried about all the things.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, before practice it felt a little different, you know,
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  Speaker 2: coming out here and you're like, wow, okay, you know
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  Speaker 2: I'm responsible for what's going on here.
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  Speaker 1: It's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, what if anything changes about the practice before
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  Speaker 2: you're trying to versus Yeah, you know, the rules are
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  Speaker 2: set up, you know, pretty pretty smart, and how to
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  Speaker 2: you know, ramp things into it. And you know, we
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  Speaker 2: we have tempos that we call different things that were
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  Speaker 2: on terms of intensity. But uh, you know, for the
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  Speaker 2: first you know, five practices or so, the tempo that
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna see is very similar to what we had
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  Speaker 2: done in the spring. And then you know, once pads
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  Speaker 2: come on that you know, things start to change a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. But uh, you know there's a balance there
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  Speaker 2: trying to sharpen each other but also taking care of
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  Speaker 2: one another at the same time, and that's what we're chasing.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that was great all the guys that have
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  Speaker 2: come back, you know, just to see the smile on
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  Speaker 2: their face. Lance Boykin made a playoff there. He is
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  Speaker 2: all fired up. But you know, those guys been working
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  Speaker 2: really hard and it's great to see it start to
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  Speaker 2: pay for him. It's too early to tell it's so
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  Speaker 2: hard to evaluate guys right now. I mean, right now
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  Speaker 2: we're we're talking about practice, speed, practice, execution, all the
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  Speaker 2: operation stuff that we're.
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  Speaker 1: Chasing, all the fundamentals.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, you start gassing guys up that are
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  Speaker 2: in the back of your mind, like, hey, let's see
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  Speaker 2: when the pats come on right now. But guys are
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  Speaker 2: doing a great job. You know, it's uh, it's their
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  Speaker 2: rookie year, and you know, it's just more opportunities to
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  Speaker 2: work with them, build a foundation, show.
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  Speaker 1: Them the way.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, getting some more football shape, you know, get another
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  Speaker 2: week with our strength and conditioning staff here, all the
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  Speaker 2: stuff again, you know, give the young coaches an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to coach them and and you know, with a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of take it, take some of the edge off.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a lot of things going on with there's quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 2: same idea, injured guys. Uh, just another great opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: you know, to kind of put another code of paint
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  Speaker 2: on it before it starts.
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  Speaker 3: For real, Mike, all these years you've been thinking about
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  Speaker 3: when you become a head coach, I'll do it this way,
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  Speaker 3: or I'd like to take this from this and this
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  Speaker 3: what did you what were you trying to do on
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  Speaker 3: your first pick camp and it did it come out
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  Speaker 3: of the way you planned on it?
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  Speaker 1: Wells not over yet.
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  Speaker 2: I mean we still have you know, we still have
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  Speaker 2: a team meeting and uh, you know, don an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to hang out with the fans. So you're not really
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  Speaker 2: thinking that, You're not like evaluating, Hey, this is a practice,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I'm not thinking in those terms. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: what are we trying to get accomplished today as a team.
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  Speaker 2: I think I think we took that step. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's a lot of fun, bro. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we're out here playing football, We're Seattle Seahawks, We're on
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  Speaker 2: the lake, fans are here. I mean, the music's gone.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's it's tough to beat Temple. You're talking
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  Speaker 2: about that ko obvious to nonss fining is you know, well,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's incredibly important. I mean, for the first thing
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  Speaker 2: it does is it reflects kind of the confidence and
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  Speaker 2: and how fast we're playing, you know, in the clarity
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  Speaker 2: and how much guys know.
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  Speaker 1: And how well they know it.
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  Speaker 2: I just told the team, like, you know, we finished
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  Speaker 2: practice a good bit under budget in the spring towards
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  Speaker 2: the end, which is an indicative which indicates, you know,
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  Speaker 2: how well we're operating as a team both sides. Today
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  Speaker 2: we we finished right at the at the marker. So
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  Speaker 2: that's something that we're going to chase, you know, to
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  Speaker 2: practice a little bit faster as we go.
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  Speaker 1: You spend time in this offseason traveling around with a
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  Speaker 1: different guys.
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  Speaker 3: Is that translate?
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  Speaker 1: I think it does.
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  Speaker 2: I just think it just shows you what the type
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  Speaker 2: of guy Gino is and the and the type of
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  Speaker 2: guys we have on our on our offense, and him
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  Speaker 2: as a leader and the mission that he is on,
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  Speaker 2: and just really respect how he's approached everything. I've we're
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  Speaker 2: on the record with how much we love, how much
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  Speaker 2: of a great worker he.
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  Speaker 1: Is, and he looked really good today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's tough with Abe. I mean, it's the
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  Speaker 2: thing with a that's tough. The guy works is incredibly hard,
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  Speaker 2: and so it's a process right now, timetable. It's like
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  Speaker 2: I can't I can't tell you, you know, but we're
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  Speaker 2: we're looking at it as you know, we're trying to
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  Speaker 2: get there as fast as we can. I think it'd
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  Speaker 2: be fair to say that we were hoping to go
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  Speaker 2: a little faster up to this point. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're in a process of bringing him back when we
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  Speaker 2: have a plan for him. But you know, it's uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's just I can't tell you right now and when
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  Speaker 2: exactly he'll be back. But you know, as those things
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  Speaker 2: are to become clearer, you know, we'll let you know
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  Speaker 2: for sure. So we're not trying to pull a fast
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  Speaker 2: one on you.
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  Speaker 3: Is there any concern you won't be ready for great one?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if he's not out here, you know, are
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  Speaker 2: you concerned that, you know, things could go and take
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  Speaker 2: a bad turn. Yeah, you're always thinking about that, But
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say that's exclusive to Gabe here.
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  Speaker 1: To excuse me, I know, defensive guy.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I respect that question. But I see myself
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  Speaker 2: as a guy they hired.
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  Speaker 1: They hired me to be me to coach.
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  Speaker 2: This team just so happens at all my experiences on
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  Speaker 2: the defensive side of the ball, and I'd like the team,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to reflect the play style and play the
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  Speaker 2: way that we want to play as a team.
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  Speaker 1: And I think those things that you've seen on the defenses.
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  Speaker 2: That we've been able to put together, hopefully that's you know,
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  Speaker 2: reflective of all three phases, and right now it's the
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  Speaker 2: whole like training camps about sharpening the sword and coming
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  Speaker 2: together and creating alignment and you know, forging your team,
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  Speaker 2: you know, for the for the regular season. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: that's those are the things that we're thinking about right
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  Speaker 2: now to quarter fast league one side or kind of
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  Speaker 2: you know, we've we've done several things. We've matched guys,
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  Speaker 2: we've played field and boundary, we've played right and left.
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  Speaker 2: I think it depends a lot on who you're playing
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  Speaker 2: and in their operation. You know, if they're going to
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  Speaker 2: be hiding guys and moving a lot and you're matching,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's a little bit tougher. You know, if
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  Speaker 2: one guy's on one side, you know, it's a little
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  Speaker 2: bit easier to match the skill set of the guys on.
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  Speaker 1: On on your team. So, you know, those are things
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  Speaker 1: that we'll consider as we go.
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  Speaker 2: Right now, you know, the guys are playing right and left,
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  Speaker 2: and we do the same thing with safeties, and as
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  Speaker 2: as camp starts to declare and the roster starts to declare,
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  Speaker 2: then we start to kind of move them around and
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  Speaker 2: get a little more specialized one more able to run
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  Speaker 2: full speed.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, yeah, I believe so.
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  Speaker 3: Whatever, what a success look like you're doing?
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  Speaker 2: Man, it's uh, it's it's you just you're not You're
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  Speaker 2: not just chasing. The next thing is the mentality. It's like,
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  Speaker 2: what's what's next? You know, we're we're we have a
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  Speaker 2: saying right here, like stacking wins.
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  Speaker 1: What's important right now? So in my mind, I'm thinking.
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  Speaker 2: About how how can we have a heck of a
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  Speaker 2: team meeting here in about thirty minutes. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: want to go over there and sign some autographs and
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  Speaker 2: talk to some of the fans. So if we keep
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  Speaker 2: that mentality, and I think we start to make progress
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  Speaker 2: over every.
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  Speaker 1: Day, not just the force four days. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's what we're shooting for. And Connor rellis here.
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  Speaker 2: For a visit.
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  Speaker 1: How did that go away? Where would you see him
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  Speaker 1: fit again?
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  Speaker 2: And all the same?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Connor Connor was here. We had a great visit.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's a great player. But you know, there's
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  Speaker 2: again there's a process with these things, people being free agents,
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  Speaker 2: coming off injuries, things like that. So, uh, timetable is
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  Speaker 2: a little bit up in the air right now, but
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  Speaker 2: we'll see where it goes.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, And where do you fit ene me he's.
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  Speaker 2: Got position flex but last year did a great job
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  Speaker 2: at center, so I think that's where you would find him.
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  Speaker 1: If he's here.
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  Speaker 3: Cameron, you games, Jared, and.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, those guys are in a little bit different timetables.
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  Speaker 2: But Cam Young, he's here, he's working hard, he's i'd
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  Speaker 2: say he's.
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  Speaker 1: You know, a week or so.
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  Speaker 2: Out without putting myself, you know, married to a certain
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  Speaker 2: date or whatever.
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  Speaker 1: But he looks good.
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  Speaker 2: And again, all these guys they have they have individual
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  Speaker 2: plans that we're adhering to. So we're confident that'll be
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  Speaker 2: back sooner than later. Jay Reid, he looks great. Guy's
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  Speaker 2: working his absolute tail off. We'll see they'll be a
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  Speaker 2: little bit later than than Cam.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the energy, the enthusias youself and all the
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  Speaker 1: guys out there.
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  Speaker 2: What isn't the same about the culture that I've been
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  Speaker 2: able to build smart with these guys in general to
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  Speaker 2: work it.
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  Speaker 1: But in the off season, now, what about it? That's
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  Speaker 1: what you want and that's what we're chasing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if if we're a team that's connected and
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  Speaker 2: aligned with the same vision and we're excited about what
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  Speaker 2: we're doing, it means they're believing and what we're coaching
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  Speaker 2: and buying into the message. I mean, you know, today's easy,
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  Speaker 2: it's day one. You know, the challenge is going to
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  Speaker 2: be when we're sitting here, you know, later on next
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  Speaker 2: week and we're going through the grind. But we got
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  Speaker 2: the right guys for the job. They're up for the
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  Speaker 2: challenge and and they understand what this whole thing is
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  Speaker 2: for what we're shooting for, and we're it shouldn't be easy.
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  Speaker 1: Training camp should not be a cakewalk.
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  Speaker 2: It should be it should be tough, it should be
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  Speaker 2: fair and uh, and that's what we're trying to create. Yeah. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's something that uh that Ryan brought to the table,
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  Speaker 2: something he had done in his past, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're just trying to do the best things and uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's something that we're testing out right now. I think
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  Speaker 2: is probably gonna stick around, and it's just another opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for us to really sharpen our operation. And then it's
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  Speaker 2: actually wing into situational periods. You know, me being able
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  Speaker 2: to go back and forth been calling the defense and
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  Speaker 2: then you know, being with our with Brian Ayers and
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  Speaker 2: being with Brian Grubb during situation times and how we're
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  Speaker 2: going to handle the clock so just as maximize those
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  Speaker 2: reps is definitely the idea.
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  Speaker 1: Curtis with the starters for that gard.
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  Speaker 2: During I think he's had a great offseason. He's working
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  Speaker 2: his butt off. I thought, you know, it's tough when
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  Speaker 2: you're not in the same spot all the time, you know,
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  Speaker 2: So kudos to him for the execution he's at and
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  Speaker 2: where his mind has been in the shape that he's
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  Speaker 2: in right now. Probably a little bit more right tackle
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  Speaker 2: then inside based on what's going on with the roster.
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  Speaker 2: But again, and we're so early in those things, but
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  Speaker 2: the more moving pieces you can have and flexibility, especially
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  Speaker 2: early in camp, that's pretty good. Corner or courter man,
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  Speaker 2: I thought they were sharp, really impressed those guys, just
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  Speaker 2: working through the progressions poise.
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  Speaker 1: I thought the actressy was good.
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  Speaker 2: You saw us connect on some on some deep balls,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm really excited about him. Anything else all right, great,
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  Speaker 2: Thank you guys,