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Breaking Down Jadarian Price's NFL Debut w/Thomas Rawls · Sea Hawkers Podcast: for Seattle Seahawks fans

• 0:09
  Adam: Welcome to the Sea Hawkers podcast.
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  I'm Adam Emmert.
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  I'm joined by my good buddy today, Clinton Bonner.
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  And we've got a super sweet show for you guys today.
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  We're gonna talk a little run game.
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  We're gonna talk a little running backs.
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  But it's not just gonna be me and you, Clinton.
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  You got together with our good buddy Eddie McMillan at CEC Sports Marketing, and
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  you have a special guest for us today.
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  Clinton: Yeah, a- and for all of us, the universal we, we got the man.
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  We love this guy because every time he's on, it's not only energy, it's not
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  only these nuggets of understanding the position, but he's a great frigging dude.
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  It is, of course, Thomas Rawls coming back on.
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  Adam, we have Jadarian Price, we have Jeremiyah Love.
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  The battle of the rookies coming right up.
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  There cannot be a better dude to talk about this with than
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  Seahawks running back Thomas Rawls.
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  Let's bring him to the stage.
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  Here he is.
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  Thomas, how are you, man?
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  Hey, how
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  Rawls: y'all doing today?
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  Clinton: Yeah.
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  He's got a…
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  Wait, I need my football.
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  Where's my football?
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  He's got one.
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  I like that.
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  There you go.
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  I be ready.
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  Rawls: Got it ready.
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  Clinton: Oh, man, who's on…
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  You got some autographs on there?
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  Who's on there?
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  Rawls: Oh, man.
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  This is- A lot of people… the one I have from all everybody back home
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  Oh, nice… has signed this one.
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  but yeah, I always keep this one-… while I'm still out
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  in the community with the 12.
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  So I get a chance to be approachable and touchable with them.
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  I
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  Clinton: love, I love it.
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  I love it.
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  I know everybody, loves it so much.
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  And, so we're gonna go through some stuff today.
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  We'll bring it up on screen, but we talked about it.
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  Right.
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  We got, we got this battle of these new rookie running backs that I think
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  the NFL's kind of enamored with.
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  And, you know, some Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the
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  Year rookie candidates as well.
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  And we got, we got an Arizona Cardinals team who looked good.
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  Like, call it what it is.
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  Like, you- Yeah… could say look competent, but look good.
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  Put a smackdown on the Chargers.
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  Of course, our Seahawks go to 1-0, getting the, the big victory versus
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  the New England Patriots in, in the Super Bowl rematch as well.
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  So we got lots to talk to you about.
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  Thomas, we want to give you a little bit of time as well, but
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  first we're gonna ask folks…
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  We will give you some time, of course.
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  But hey, if you like watching folks like Thomas Rawls, and of course, just
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  some dudes hopefully that you wanna sit around a campfire with to have a beer
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  or two or three, talk some Seahawks, hit the like, hit the subscribe
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  drop comments when the show is over.
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  Show us the love, because Thomas deserves it, and our Seahawks
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  deserve it, so please do that.
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  But Thomas, Eddie McMillan, our guy from CEC, the ex-Seahawk DB
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  himself, Eddie has you busier, probably as busy as you've been since
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  you were an NFL pro player, man.
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  What do you got- Man… cooking in the PNW?
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  Rawls: Man, and probably having a lot more fun, even after-
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  being, even this, even though it's hard to say that.
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  But I still get the chance to do it in a different light.
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  Clinton: I love
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  Rawls: it.
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  I love it.
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  But, but I'll be hosting all the away games at the Muckleshoot
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  Casino, whenever the team is away.
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  So this is the prime destination place to be, and, we, we have a ton of fun.
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  We have, different live entertainment, Corona and Extra and Modelo.
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  of course myself with meet and greets- different prizes, and for every away
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  game we'll be giving away a, a recliner.
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  Clinton: Ooh.
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  Rawls: A seat, a seat recliner.
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  So man, come out.
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  We already had a slot, a, a slot machine tournament.
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  Man, we having a, a blast the whole year.
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  And not to mention, we also got a, a pajama party coming up.
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  And that's, on the 27th.
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  we got, we got, we got a lot more coming.
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  Clinton: Yeah, so I got a c- a graphic for that too
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  but before we get there, Adam-
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  Adam: Yeah
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  … Clinton: Rum- Rumble with the Rawls.
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  How's that hit- Let's get ready to rumble.
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  How does, how does that hit, how does that hit you?
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  How does that hit you, Adam?
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  Adam: Oh, it, if that doesn't get you fired up, I don't know what does.
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  Come on, baby.
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  And Thomas, we were talking a little bit before we popped on.
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  You've done a little bit of this with Muckleshoot in the preseason.
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  Sounds like it's been lit and off the hook.
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  I may have to drive out there, Clinton, to Seattle to get that
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  recliner since, my couch still has that bullet hole I put in it, so.
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  yeah, it's time to replace that.
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  Clinton: Yeah, Thomas.
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  Adam unfortunately shot…
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  He, you know, he did not shoot the sheriff, but he did shoot his couch, and
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  Yeah… the co- everybody's okay.
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  He deserved it.
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  It was a, it was a misfire.
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  Yeah, probably.
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  And we got the other graphics on stage there too.
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  So the, for the folks that are listening, what you're missing
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  out on youtube.com/seahawkspodcast
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  are these great graphics that, just showing that Rawls will be a- be out
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  at Muckleshoot, again, every away game.
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  and so the schedule is there, and he mentioned that pajama party.
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  The pajama party for the Commanders game is cool because Pacific time
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  they're gonna get going at 9:00 AM.
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  So Adam, perfect y- perfect for you.
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  Roll out of bed, don't even change.
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  Roll out.
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  Grab your coffee
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  Rawls: and- Come to the Muckleshoot.
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  Come see Rawls in his onesie.
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  I got…
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  I'm ready to go in my onesie.
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  Oh
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  Clinton: I love it.
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  That's, that's me.
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  I love it so much.
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  Awesome.
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  So, so that's a great time and great thing you're doing with Eddie and
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  CEC, so keep that, keep that rocking.
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  Yo, Eddie called me before.
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  He said that, he was talking with you and Randall earlier, and he asked you
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  guys who was the better Seahawks running back, and what, what was your answer
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  when, when he posed that to you, Thomas?
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  Rawls: Oh, my…
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  Well, my eyes got big because I'm one of the younger guys, 'cause I
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  knew how effective Randall was too.
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  Yeah.
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  But then he looked at me.
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  He, he said, "Thomas."
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  I said, "Hold on."
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  Clinton: That's right.
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  Rawls: Yeah.
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  But man, me and Randall was one of those guys, where we played
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  behind some great runners, and then when we had our opportunities
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  we had made the best of them.
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  Clinton: Mm.
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  Rawls: So it's still kind of hard to tell, but even looking at his
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  his opportunities and looking at Curt Warner, the guy before him, I'm kind of
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  just grateful to have put on the jersey and be, and be a part of the Seahawk
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  you know, organization and be able to, you know, play, pay, pay
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  homage to the running back position.
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  But I think "Too Hard" was one of…
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  I think he was one of, one of them dogs too.
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  He was definitely thor- thoroughbred to come off and do what he done.
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  Clinton: 100%.
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  I love it, and, you know, you're still very, very active in the, the
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  Pacific Northwest and Seattle community.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  You're doing great things out there, and we're, we're very happy.
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  And b- and by the way, this is not just one giant advertisement for Muckleshoot.
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  Oh, please.
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  We wanna give you the love and go, go see you there, but we got
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  some football- We got it… some football to talk about too.
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  So let's, let's get down to some business.
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  So let's just dive right in.
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  I'll do the first one here.
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  All right.
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  So J- you, you watched the first game like all of us.
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  I mean, you're, you're still cheering.
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  You're a fan of this team, this organization.
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  Jadarian Price goes out, 10 carries, 52 yards.
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  Wha- so you're watching that for the first time because obviously- First
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  time… didn't, didn't do too, too much in the, in the, in the preseason there.
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  What are your first impressions of Price as an NFL running back?
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  Rawls: Well, when you think about it, his first game, right, in the preseason
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  so we didn't get a chance to see him, but it still doesn't mean he wasn't putting
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  in the work and, and being prepared.
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  In my mind, I always wonder what type of runner he, truly was because
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  even though he's not playing in the preseason, once the regular season
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  starts, how would he approach it?
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  So what happened was with the opportunity that was given, he showed
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  great vision, great consistency.
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  He did great, with his shoulders being square.
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  and then I wanted to see when he was running i- if he could trust
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  everything that he really felt and seen.
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  And that's exactly what he did.
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  And, you know, we, we got a chance to, to see him take advantage and move
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  the chains forward, and I can only imagine what the second, his second
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  NFL game's gonna be, and definitely against the Arizona Cardinals.
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  I think he got a high trajectory this week.
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  I truly do.
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  Adam: Like that.
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  Yeah, great to hear that.
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  And, you know, within his performance there in week one, looking at the
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  offensive line and how they blocked for him- Yeah… and the scheme
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  that Fleury put out, looks like we're still kind of living in that zone
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  scheme type of running situation.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  How do you think the offensive line performed for him this week, and
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  how does Jadarian fit in with that?
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  Rawls: Well, Adam, I got your back on this one.
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  I think he, I think what we wanted to do on the first game was just kinda
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  see if we, if, if we can be consistent runners, be at the right places, be in
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  the right spots, move the chains forward, not fumble the ball, take, take care of
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  the ball, hit the ground, get back up.
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  All of those small things just to get acclimated to the game, right?
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  Because he showed great deal of, vision, his explosiveness, being
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  able to cut back and, and, and able to play with the linemen a- and
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  and the linemen catch their flow.
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  That is a action shot for the linemen, okay?
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  So the linemen is getting better with that.
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  That makes them better, you know?
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  Nobody can teach you to go into your NFL and teach you the speed of this game.
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  He was on it, you know?
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  And then, shout out to the offensive coordinator, too, w- with, with our
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  Fleury offense because- Mm-hmm… I was wondering, I was kinda raising a iron
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  question when I was watching the game.
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  I said, "Hey, why you keep giving him these tosses?"
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  But then when I start to see how he wanted to kinda open up the running
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  lanes to kinda give him space, but to see if he could still make the outside
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  reads and s- you know, still, still grind out and plow through
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  those yards, they did a great job.
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  You know, seeing Abe Lucas running his feet, running and getting them fired up.
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  I look at the small things, you know?
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  A- and that's what's gonna help, the quarterback situation.
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  Give Drew, give, Drew Lock and, Sam, a- and Sam whenever he come
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  back, give them more confidence, more technique and more feel
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  to the game to get their, targets off th- through their progression.
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  And that's what I think he did a great job of the first game.
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  Great technique, his, his footwork, his…
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  He had great tempo.
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  He had a great amount of patience.
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  But I'ma tell you one thing, when he seen it, he hit it.
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  He was very decisive, and that's what you need to be a great runner in this league.
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  You know, and, he don't know yet personally yet, but mid to late
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  season, the league get ran down.
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  That is wh- he, he, that's what's, what, he's being prepared for too, you know?
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  So, I think he don't know that yet, but the hunger of the game and him
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  being prepared is gonna show through his, his game each and every week
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  Adam: So you mentioned the decisiveness that Jadarian ran with.
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  Yeah.
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  How difficult is it as a rookie to come in in your first game, no pre-season action-
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  Rawls: Man
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  Adam: and have that kind of decisiveness when you
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  haven't seen the speed?
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  Like you said- Yeah… nobody can simulate it for you, right?
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  Rawls: Nobody can simulate it.
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  So he was on it, but you wanna know what?
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  I'm, I'm pretty sure, if you go back to the practice facility and all
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  of those, times in the pre-season, I'm pretty sure he practiced like that.
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  I, I, I bet.
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  A- a- and so you, sometimes as great runners, it's hard for us to, I won't
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  say be on schedule because we buy into the process, because I was one of those
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  runners personally where, you know, even doing walkthroughs, I'm running.
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  Clinton: Mm-hmm.
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  Rawls: I gotta make it feel.
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  I gotta be able to see it because I can't, I can't leave anything to chance.
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  And I bet he's just a, a, a, a, a smart guy, a grinder, but at
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  the same time he giving himself a chance and be- he's a coachable kid.
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  And I can tell you he is because how consistent he was
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  when he was getting the ball.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  'Cause I knew, i- yeah.
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  A- and, and then, and then, you know, putting him out in space is
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  gonna allow, the cut back lanes whenever we do run inside zones, more
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  more power plays and all of those.
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  He'll be more comfortable there.
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  But first we have to see if we can kind of, you know, get him out
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  in space, try to get him out in the open field, and it'll come.
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  So he did a great job.
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  This is his first game.
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  He didn't play in the pre-season.
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  he d- he, he made it out of the game, you know.
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  So I think he did great, as far as finishing his runs, falling forward-
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  Adam: Mm-hmm
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  Rawls: which is truly important to being a runner, a runner in this
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  league, protecting the ball going down.
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  You know, s- these things, build trust, not just within
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  your coaches, but your team.
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  Because sometimes the big plays aren't always there, but it still can mean we
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  can't be successful and win the game.
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  Clinton: Yeah.
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  Lo- that's awesome stuff.
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  And I'd love to ask you, but you mentioned Drew Lock coming in.
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  Obviously Sam Darnold goes down play five and, and, you know, the stadium gets quiet
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  and like, "What's going on with Sam?"
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  Now when you were, you know, strapping, strapping up for the Seahawks
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  Russell Wilson was every single snap.
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  Like I don't think I, I…
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  You know, when you're playing I don't think Russell Wilson missed anything
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  in the, the time- Yeah… you were with the Seahawks running the football.
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  Rawls: Yeah.
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  Clinton: But I'm sure throughout your, your career there's been times where
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  the backup quarterback had to come in.
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  What's a backup QB…
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  I know, I know the room loves Drew.
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  Everybody seems to really like Drew.
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  What, what does the QB gotta do, a backup QB gotta do in a situation like that to
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  get the team-… kind of re- mentally re-ready to be like, "Hey, we're good.
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  We're good here"?
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  What's, what's some things you look for from a backup QB to keep things steady?
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  Rawls: come in and be himself a- a- a- and stay true to the process
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  that was already in motion, because that's what make us great and a great
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  team, and that's why he's there.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And that's exactly why when he came in, he did the right things You
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  know, he had a play where I think it was kinda, may could've been
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  the third or fourth down, I'm sorry.
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  But it wa- it, it kinda looked like a roll left.
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  Remember the play where he threw it kinda, to Jaxon Smith-Njigba on the touchdown?
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  Clinton: Yeah, for sure.
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  That's fourth down.
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  Yeah, fourth and one.
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  Rawls: Just, just great, great read off the…
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  You know, just, you know, just staying true to his, his reads and his targets no
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  matter he's, if it's a, a, a big play or a short play, but I think the run game is
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  definitely gonna be huge with him moving forward and being consistent in that.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And I think he's gonna be, be more confident within that.
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  But other than that, I think he got all the great pieces around him, and that's
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  gonna make him, even more successful.
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  And I think the confidence is also gonna come from the defense.
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  You know, that, that, that, that's, that's a huge piece that, a huge component
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  people don't talk about because I know we focus, the focal is on the offense.
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  But when we talk about a team, you know, we feed off of each other, and
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  so he, you know, special teams, we got, we got, we got everything, w-
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  we got guys coming off the bench and, and, you know, showing up and
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  and, and feeling like they're a part of something and being built, that's
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  being built, you know, moving forward.
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  So I think, with all of those pieces together and Drew at quarterback
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  I don't think he's out of whack.
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  I think actually- Mm-hmm… he'll rise to the occasion with no, with no problem.
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  Clinton: Cool.
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  Adam: That's, that's super sweet.
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  Like, let's look a little bit more at the Cardinals game coming up here.
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  Mm.
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  And Jeremiyah Love, right?
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  We've got them here.
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  We're going down to the Dirty Desert to play them.
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  Dirty Desert.
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  And, yeah, man.
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  And, obviously Price, Love, same school, Notre Dame.
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  Two first rounders in, from the same school at the same position.
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  That's truly unique.
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  So when you saw Love's debut this last week, what stood out to you?
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  Rawls: I think some- you know, he's one of those players that
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  whenever he get the ball, he can be very, very explosive in whatever fashion.
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  And that, you know, that is a great thing, but sometimes it
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  can come back and haunt you.
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  But he is one, a, a great pass catcher out of the backfield.
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  I can give him that.
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  He's a great receiving, route runner, too, and they're
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  giving him opportunities.
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  But, even on his touchdown, he, he had an amazing run, but I still
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  kind of question it, you know, as the workload continue, you know, over the
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  years because as you slow down that film, that hole was right there, you
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  know, and that B-gap right there, he could've just walked through.
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  But I know as a, running back, I've been there, too.
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  I'm not criticizing him, but I understand some of the great runners
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  "Hey, we gonna get this ball in the end zone," but it was there.
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  But I want to see him more as far as the workload.
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  But as far as what we have in Jadarian Price, you know, some of the great runners
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  that I know and that we, what, what, what we do, we make our, blockers
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  correct, and we stay true to that.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  We know how important it is because, the small things matter, and
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  those details is still a, a part of o- our unit as an offense.
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  And now, I've always been that type of runner.
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  I more so tend to lean on, through, through staying true technique
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  but, but, but, but still taking those risks wh- wh- whenever it's necessary.
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  But, but you know, it's the first game.
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  Guy's excited.
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  We all, you know, wanna, do, do great, and I think he did great.
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  Any time you can get in the end zone and score in the NFL, it, it's a great deal.
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  Clinton: Yeah, and he, he was, he was effective out of the backfield.
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  We're talking about Jeremiyah Love of the Cardinals- Yeah
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  who's coming up this week, of course.
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  Hardly.
• 15:39
  And we're talking with Thomas Rawls right now on the Sea Hawkers Podcast
• 15:43
  for those maybe just joining.
• 15:44
  and for me, like I, I watched Jeremiyah L- Jeremi- Jeremiyah Love run
• 15:48
  the football And I try to weigh it versus what we see with, with Price.
• 15:52
  And you understand that Love was the one at, at Notre Dame and, and
• 15:56
  you know, Price was like the 1A.
• 15:57
  Like he's r- clearly getting drafted 32nd overall as well.
• 16:01
  But they do stylistically, they are kinda different looking to me too.
• 16:05
  Price, like he is powerful, but he, but he, he ki- like you talked about, like the
• 16:09
  square shoulders and kinda gliding a bit, with a, with- Yeah… with, with s-
• 16:14
  you know, specificity and decision-making.
• 16:16
  Yeah.
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  Where Love to me is almost like an Is- Isaiah Pacheco, like with, with, with
• 16:22
  more skill to get to the outside, like a little bit more wild in his movements.
• 16:26
  He looks a little bit more like a gazelle out there, and Price
• 16:29
  is more of a smooth operator.
• 16:30
  That's my interpretation of watching a little bit of them at Notre Dame
• 16:33
  and some of, you know, NFL last week.
• 16:35
  From your point of view, how would you, how would you look at Price's
• 16:38
  game from a running back perspective versus what you see with Love?
• 16:41
  Rawls: He's a, he's a very, he's a very stout runner, you know?
• 16:45
  And, and like I said, being a consistent runner in this league
• 16:48
  is super important, especially when you coming in as a first-round pick.
• 16:51
  You just wanna make sure you be able to express who you are and get to the right
• 16:54
  places and be able to do those things.
• 16:57
  So I bet, I bet the running back coach over there, he's excited, but he's
• 17:00
  like, "Hey, like now, let's elevate now.
• 17:03
  Clinton: Mm.
• 17:03
  Rawls: Take it up a notch because now it's time even more."
• 17:07
  And, and that's something he probably don't have to tell him, but at the
• 17:09
  same time, I think, Price is gonna go, go into this week kinda
• 17:13
  licking his chops excited because one, you know, we got the win.
• 17:17
  Two, he had a opportunity to show who he was, and three, there's always room for
• 17:21
  growth and more And at the same time, him being at the, the, the second-string
• 17:26
  running back out at, Notre Dame behind Love, he's still got something to prove.
• 17:30
  Clinton: Mm-hmm.
• 17:31
  Rawls: And, and, and, and, and, and guys like that who love the game, and
• 17:35
  have humility like that, it transfer over from, from the work that, that, that
• 17:40
  he's gonna put in throughout the week.
• 17:42
  And then, and when he find that rhythm, and he find that wheel and that motivation
• 17:47
  to run that pill, I'm telling you, it, it, it's, it, it's something that
• 17:51
  it, it, it, it can, it can definitely be something, game-changing.
• 17:54
  And he can do it, because he showed the flashes.
• 17:57
  Even on a couple of his cutback runs when he, when he popped the clutch on a
• 18:01
  couple of them, when he got downhill, he didn't need to just plow through them.
• 18:04
  Just hit it and go.
• 18:06
  He, he…
• 18:06
  Because his shoulders, he, he's already a north, a north runner.
• 18:10
  He's already looking- Mm-hmm… to, to go forward.
• 18:12
  So everything else is pre-snap reads, right?
• 18:15
  So we wanna be able to pre-snap reads and trust it.
• 18:19
  And, and, and, and, and, and I think he got a great deal of
• 18:22
  that this, this past week, so.
• 18:25
  Clinton: Yeah.
• 18:25
  Rawls: Yeah.
• 18:26
  Clinton: That's great.
• 18:26
  Adam: So- That's
• 18:26
  Clinton: great.
• 18:27
  Adam: So with both these guys coming out of the same school, sharing the
• 18:29
  same- Yeah… backfield and all that…
• 18:30
  See, I'm kind of a, when it comes to, like, sports, I'm
• 18:32
  kind of a sports petty guy.
• 18:34
  Like, I, I-… like, like, the little rivalries within the rivalries.
• 18:36
  Just, just sports
• 18:37
  Clinton: though, Adam.
• 18:37
  Just sports.
• 18:38
  Yeah, I'm, yeah.
• 18:38
  Just sports
• 18:38
  Rawls: so
• 18:38
  Clinton: I'm the only- That's
• 18:38
  Adam: the
• 18:38
  Clinton: that's the only way you're pet- yeah, you're only
• 18:41
  Adam: petty in sports, yeah… I'm totally
• 18:42
  even-keeled, otherwise, right?
• 18:43
  Completely.
• 18:43
  Yeah, no
• 18:43
  Clinton: it's just sports.
• 18:43
  Completely.
• 18:43
  Yeah, sure, sure.
• 18:44
  Adam: we'll tell ourselves that.
• 18:46
  But anyway, so if you're Price and Love- Mm-hmm
• 18:48
  do you think it kinda matters to them coming into this game if one
• 18:52
  can feel they can outshine the other?
• 18:54
  Is that, is that competitiveness there?
• 18:56
  Like, even though you're not playing-… each other per se, right?
• 18:58
  Rawls: Right.
• 18:59
  man, I, I'm, I'm trying to think a little bit to my playing days, man.
• 19:02
  Yeah.
• 19:02
  I was playing some of the guys, man.
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  I mean, we could play AP, all those guys when we- Right.
• 19:06
  You know?
• 19:06
  Yeah.
• 19:06
  I was thinking about that, you know, but, but, I never
• 19:09
  went into the game saying, "Hey, look, I'm gonna out-rush him."
• 19:11
  One, one thing I was trying to do was just make sure I d- I, I had less mistakes.
• 19:17
  Clinton: Hmm.
• 19:17
  Rawls: I, I did not wanna be the guy, right, to miss a block.
• 19:22
  I didn't wanna be the guy to miss a call.
• 19:24
  I didn't wanna be the guy to make a bad read, you know, because so- some of these
• 19:28
  plays don't matter until it matters, and that's what coach always reminded us
• 19:31
  you know, in, in the running back room.
• 19:33
  And so when those details are, are, are all of those de- are all the, are
• 19:38
  all the way there, you know, it gives him the opportunity to express himself
• 19:42
  to get to the second and third level, and then let's play some Seahawk football.
• 19:46
  You know?
• 19:46
  So, I think moving forward, like I said, even with Love, you know, like I
• 19:51
  said, he's a different type runner.
• 19:53
  Speed guy out the backfield.
• 19:56
  I'm still questioning is, is, if, you know, how much of a consistent runner
• 20:00
  he, he can be with the workload, you know?
• 20:03
  But not to say he still can't be successful.
• 20:04
  But I think we have that in Jadarian Price.
• 20:07
  I know that for sure that we can make our, our alignment right because
• 20:10
  once you buy into the, the, the system and the process of the, the
• 20:14
  offense, everything else is gonna take care of itself, especially
• 20:17
  here, with the Seattle Seahawks.
• 20:19
  So- Yeah… as long as he, as long as he, I think, approach the game with, with
• 20:23
  the same mentality that he's been with in practice and keep running the ball hard
• 20:28
  like that, he's gonna find himself on the other end, of the opponent's side, so.
• 20:32
  Clinton: Yeah.
• 20:33
  Lo- yeah, love it.
• 20:33
  And you mentioned, you know, y- you've said a couple times now, which is
• 20:36
  great, that the consistency helps the, the lineman be right because they're
• 20:40
  executing what they believe is what they should go do, and then it's like
• 20:43
  okay, it's up to you behind me to read that that, to trust that that is there.
• 20:47
  Yeah.
• 20:48
  And from what we saw, Price seems to- Yeah… k- it's almost like he just gets it.
• 20:52
  It's like yep, that's where- Yeah… he, that was the, that was the hole that
• 20:55
  would give you the maximum on that play.
• 20:57
  Check.
• 20:57
  Rawls: Cool.
• 20:57
  Clinton: You know, and the next one- I mean, you
• 20:58
  Rawls: know what?
• 20:58
  You wanna know what's, you wanna know what's bad?
• 21:00
  I want you to look at something the next time you go watch
• 21:02
  some football, Adam, you all.
• 21:03
  Yeah.
• 21:03
  When you go look, go, go look at some of the linemen sometimes c-
• 21:06
  because if a back overrun the hole, the lineman will look for him like
• 21:09
  "Hey, where'd you g- where are you?"
• 21:10
  Clinton: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 21:11
  Rawls: Right?
• 21:11
  Right, right?
• 21:12
  Yeah.
• 21:12
  With some of the great runners- Yeah, yeah… we already, l- look, we moving forward.
• 21:15
  We-… you know, move, you know, we picking up, we
• 21:18
  picking up the running back.
• 21:19
  You know, we already trying to…
• 21:20
  You know?
• 21:20
  So, you know, just be aware of those small things.
• 21:23
  It, it, and once again, it still show the love to the game.
• 21:26
  Mm-hmm… because, a- being, being an anticipated running back can
• 21:31
  kind of, be a blessing and a curse at the running back position when you
• 21:35
  talk about being a starter in this NFL.
• 21:38
  But, it's nothing to take away from success, like I said.
• 21:41
  But at the same time, I also know that a lot of those details matter in
• 21:46
  big plays for big moments for other people too, and it matters because
• 21:50
  it's just, it's just what it is.
• 21:51
  It's just the nature of the game.
• 21:53
  Clinton: Well, you mentioned earlier, like work- you mentioned workload a couple
• 21:56
  times as well, and, you know, third down.
• 21:57
  We did not see Jadarian Price really on third down at all.
• 22:01
  And again, fir- first, first game so far.
• 22:03
  But also, Jeremiyah Love I think only had, 11, I think he had 11 attempts for
• 22:08
  for himself with that nice touchdown.
• 22:10
  So let's talk about workload as a rookie.
• 22:13
  So Price, 10 carries, you know, 5.2
• 22:15
  you know, average, 52 yards.
• 22:18
  And we gotta keep in mind as Seahawks fans, I think we only
• 22:22
  ran 48 offensive plays in total.
• 22:25
  So, you know, most times in a game you're running 60, 65.
• 22:28
  The Saints last week, I think they ran 85 plays last week, the
• 22:31
  Saints, in that loss to Detroit.
• 22:33
  So 48, or I think we were around there, that's really, really small.
• 22:37
  But workload-wise, we hear these, these pundits kind of talking like, "Oh, well
• 22:42
  he wasn't the main guy at Notre Dame, so maybe he's not ready for a workload."
• 22:47
  Just in general, d- what do you think of, like man-to-man
• 22:50
  you ran the ball in the NFL.
• 22:52
  Yeah.
• 22:52
  You were a rookie- Yeah… in the NFL.
• 22:54
  Yeah.
• 22:54
  Do you think Jadarian Price is ready for a, a bigger workload if the coaches
• 22:59
  were like, "We're gonna put it on you"?
• 23:00
  Rawls: As Jadarian Price, I bet they holding him back a little bit
• 23:03
  more, because that's your mindset.
• 23:04
  Mm-hmm.
• 23:05
  But at the same time, through the truth of this game, we gotta ease our way in.
• 23:09
  You know, everybody's situation is different, and one thing about
• 23:12
  this Seahawk organization, and the coaching staff, and the medical staff
• 23:15
  and everybody too, we're gonna make the best decisions that we have to
• 23:18
  do to put us in the best position.
• 23:20
  So we have to at least buy into that process too.
• 23:23
  And I know it's tough for the 12s because we always been successful, you know
• 23:27
  at, at what we do, and we do it so great, and we wanna kind of catch him up.
• 23:30
  But I think he's there.
• 23:32
  I think, like I said, we, we, we're gonna see a little bit more.
• 23:35
  I wouldn't be surprised if they give him a few more carries.
• 23:37
  Clinton: Mm-hmm.
• 23:37
  Rawls: But, but, but, but him being a second-string running back at
• 23:41
  Notre Dame, it doesn't mean, you know, he's not ready for 20-plus carries.
• 23:45
  He's that type of runner.
• 23:46
  Yeah.
• 23:46
  He's a na- He's more…
• 23:47
  I think he's also a more natural runner than Love.
• 23:50
  That's, that's what I really try to get across.
• 23:52
  Clinton: Mm-hmm.
• 23:52
  Rawls: He's more of a natural runner.
• 23:53
  If you give him more c- if you give him a same amount of carries, I'm put-
• 23:57
  I'm, I'm double down on Price That's what I- Yeah… you know, from what I've seen
• 24:02
  from what, from, from what I've seen.
• 24:03
  Then he can grind it out too, because he, you know, once he start to get
• 24:08
  more, of his girth as far as, you know, underneath him, his, his feet
• 24:12
  underneath him throughout the year, maybe a couple more games and, you know
• 24:16
  throughout the year, the season, he gonna take advantage of what I just said as far
• 24:19
  as when the defenses get breaking down.
• 24:21
  He can feel the breath of the defense.
• 24:22
  He start- Mm-hmm… catching the ball a little bit more.
• 24:24
  Now he's in on third down.
• 24:26
  You know, so right now we're gonna, you know, we're gonna put Holani in.
• 24:29
  You know, we, we gonna, we gonna try to, you know, ease him in, let him see.
• 24:32
  You know, see what he can do.
• 24:34
  because it's certain things that we wanna see to make sure
• 24:36
  he's moving forward and not, you know, over-pushing anything else.
• 24:40
  But at the same time, he got all the confidence to do it all, you know.
• 24:43
  So when the coaches feel the need to keep him in there, keep him in there or
• 24:47
  keep him in there a couple more times, give him a couple more carries, I think
• 24:50
  they'll, he'll find his way even more because that's what a running backs need.
• 24:53
  He need that rhythm.
• 24:54
  He need that
• 24:56
  Adam: So you talked about third down, and we didn't see him much there.
• 24:59
  What are the main things that keep you off the field as a running
• 25:02
  back early, as a young back?
• 25:04
  Mm-hmm.
• 25:04
  Is it simply just pass protection, or is- I think it's,… are
• 25:07
  there more elements to it?
• 25:08
  In, like, in terms of pass protection, is the thing that you need to acclimate to
• 25:14
  as a rookie, is it the physicality of it?
• 25:16
  Is it, like, just knowing your checks and your reads?
• 25:19
  Like, what makes that difficult for young guys to pick up early?
• 25:21
  Rawls: So I don't think it's the physicality of it, because we
• 25:24
  otherwise we wouldn't be on the field, so we can handle these guys.
• 25:26
  Mm-hmm.
• 25:27
  It's more so are you able to, you know, read a defense.
• 25:30
  That's why, earlier when I was talking about…
• 25:32
  I know we was talking about running the ball.
• 25:34
  I'm sorry.
• 25:34
  I should've been more specific about that, about pre-snap reads.
• 25:37
  So we have pre-snap reads when running the ball, but we also have pre-snap
• 25:41
  reads as far as, in pass protection.
• 25:44
  So the faster you can identify and count, and, and identify the front and make
• 25:49
  sure everything is there, y- and see it before it happen, because in a game
• 25:54
  it becomes a little bit more faster.
• 25:56
  And then, and, and also in the game, you may be able to see a look, right?
• 26:00
  A- and it may…
• 26:01
  It could be a look that we practiced in practice or may be something we haven't
• 26:04
  but can you still identify the call and still know who and what to pick up?
• 26:07
  So you gotta be, you know, you gotta be a, a, a great steward to this game, too.
• 26:12
  You know?
• 26:12
  So him playing special teams, him being a first-round pick, him being
• 26:16
  behind Love, I think he's one of those kids where he's, he's taking it in.
• 26:21
  And yeah, he can go out there and make some more plays and make, you know, g-
• 26:24
  give you some highlight runs, but hey, he's staying true because he's buying
• 26:27
  into this process in which it's gonna be a difference maker, you know, o-
• 26:31
  over the, course of the year in the season, when, w- when, when
• 26:36
  whenever his opportunities is given.
• 26:38
  So when, when- whenever Holani come in, he give him, you know, third
• 26:41
  down, and he, he, he, he's also been a great asset, you know, to come in and
• 26:46
  kind of, you know, be there whenever he get his opportunities, you know?
• 26:50
  So, you know-
• 26:51
  Clinton: Mm-hmm
• 26:52
  … Rawls: we got a great trajectory right now I think for Price, man, in
• 26:54
  that backfield, and, I think as long as they keep feeding off each
• 26:57
  other, too, that, Price is gonna, you know, take the reign at some
• 27:01
  point and never look back on that one until, until later on in the season.
• 27:04
  Clinton: Yeah.
• 27:05
  So, you know, we're talking about workload.
• 27:07
  We're talking with Thomas Rawls, Seahawks running back from the…
• 27:10
  If you guys remember, some, some folks might not.
• 27:12
  You know, there might be some newer fans out there that don't realize that
• 27:15
  in 2015 and that era, that with that team, you were, you were ripping it up.
• 27:20
  So as a rookie in 2015, I know the answer if I ask you, "Hey, what was it like?"
• 27:25
  You know, "Did you wanna go get 20 carries?"
• 27:27
  You're probably like, "I wanna get 100 carries.
• 27:28
  Like, give me, give me, give me-" Come on, man.
• 27:30
  That's my, that's my mindset.
• 27:30
  Rawls: That's what
• 27:31
  Clinton: I- So I know, I know what the answer is there.
• 27:33
  Yeah.
• 27:33
  But take us back to a specific day.
• 27:35
  So October 11th, 2015 versus the Cincinnati Bengals.
• 27:40
  I'll give the stat line, but I want you to convey how you felt
• 27:44
  that day, what was going right.
• 27:45
  So we're talking about giving…
• 27:46
  this is 2015.
• 27:47
  You're a rookie.
• 27:48
  Right.
• 27:48
  This is now like week six.
• 27:50
  And your journey to the NFL was different than a first rounder.
• 27:54
  Like, it was just, that was a different journey.
• 27:55
  Rawls: Yeah, it was different, yeah.
• 27:57
  Clinton: Right, right.
• 27:57
  It was a, just a d- Yeah… different journey to, to get on the field the way
• 28:00
  you did and, and earn, earn your touches.
• 28:03
  So October 11th, 2015, here's…
• 28:05
  And by the way, I gotta give a shout-out to Dan Viens.
• 28:07
  I was on with him live today on Seahawks- Shout out to A, shout out to him.
• 28:10
  Yeah, and he's like, he's like, "Hey, ask," and he's like
• 28:12
  "Ask him about that game."
• 28:14
  I said, "You got it.
• 28:14
  You got it, Dan."
• 28:15
  So this is, this is for Dan.
• 28:16
  But 20, 23 rushing attempts.
• 28:19
  23.
• 28:20
  169 yards and a 69 yard touchdown to the house that day.
• 28:26
  So what's going right on a day like that?
• 28:28
  I know the answer's everything, but-… we want, we want
• 28:31
  specifics on the Sea Hawkers Podcast.
• 28:33
  Rawls: Look, man, I, I, I know.
• 28:34
  It's, it's tough.
• 28:35
  I mean, just, just having fun.
• 28:36
  I, it was like I was in the zone.
• 28:38
  Clinton: Mm.
• 28:38
  Rawls: And then i- it, it felt like practice again because that's how I
• 28:41
  always approch, approached it.
• 28:43
  I practiced how I played, you know?
• 28:45
  So, by, by the time I got to that time, you know, you know, when
• 28:49
  I was on the bench and, and Marshawn said that I was gonna finish the
• 28:52
  game, man, it was like a shock.
• 28:55
  But I couldn't thinks, I, I couldn't think about the plays.
• 28:57
  I'm, "Oh, just grab my, go play."
• 29:00
  So you know, like I say, the preparation before everything I think is the, the
• 29:05
  first development en route to it all.
• 29:08
  And then after that, when your opportu- when my opportunity was
• 29:11
  called, I, I was already prepared.
• 29:14
  I just needed to go out and just go do the right things, take care
• 29:17
  of the ball, and go have fun.
• 29:19
  A- a- and I got a chance to do that.
• 29:20
  And then, to, to experience that in a facet, in a style to even…
• 29:26
  I feel like I can even make my lineman look good.
• 29:28
  You know, I was just-… you know, ugh, just in that zone.
• 29:32
  But, it, it was definitely one of those games.
• 29:35
  I had all my family there.
• 29:37
  You know, that was- Cool… the first game my granny got a chance
• 29:39
  to come there too on the bus.
• 29:41
  That's awesome.
• 29:41
  So it, it was very emotional to me because I didn't even know I was gonna play.
• 29:45
  And, you know, so, but, but man, I mean, when I got out there, my mentality
• 29:51
  was, "[catfish], I gotta set the tone now.
• 29:53
  I can't wait."
• 29:54
  I couldn't wait.
• 29:55
  I think my…
• 29:55
  I remember.
• 29:56
  I don't remember every good run that game, guys, but I remember the first carry.
• 30:00
  It was only like a two or three yard run, right?
• 30:02
  And then in my mind, I wanted, th- this is real talk.
• 30:05
  Tell 'em.
• 30:06
  You know, in my mind I said
• 30:10
  I got a rise.
• 30:12
  Now And after that, whatever that was, it, it wasn't that I had
• 30:18
  to elevate to the speed of the game, the physicality of the game.
• 30:22
  It was…
• 30:23
  I was already prepared.
• 30:24
  I just needed to go ahead and go do what I love to do it, and do it, a- a- and do it
• 30:28
  a- and never forget why I, why I do it.
• 30:31
  A- a- and then I, when I look at my team, the guys I had on that team, you know
• 30:36
  they, they played the game for a reason.
• 30:39
  And, and, and man, when you can rely on small, small things like
• 30:43
  that, you can pull from that.
• 30:44
  And man, I, like I said, I was a kid.
• 30:46
  I was a kid doing what I love.
• 30:48
  I was a focused kid.
• 30:49
  I'm telling you, I just, I just loved the game.
• 30:51
  And then after I caught the flow of the game, everything
• 30:53
  else became even slower to me.
• 30:56
  So I always had to go b- the, I always had to, go back to the
• 31:00
  root and the foundation and a.5
• 31:04
  of a breath after, after the, after the play.
• 31:09
  And, and it's so tough to do.
• 31:11
  It, it, it, I can't really talk about it, but if you give yourself a chance
• 31:14
  and work towards that, everything is there, the explosiveness, the
• 31:18
  continuity to the game, the pre-snap read, the, the, the flow.
• 31:24
  it, the game will get slower for you.
• 31:26
  you can see it before it happen.
• 31:30
  you can play with any defender.
• 31:33
  no matter if it's eight or nine man in the box, you can jump.
• 31:36
  Y- you can still stay true to the, to the play and still jump c-
• 31:40
  jump cut to the D gap by, by, by, by giving yourself a chance, by staying
• 31:45
  true to your techniques and, and, and doing all of those things.
• 31:49
  A- a- a- and that's what I got lost in, a- because I didn't
• 31:52
  know really what I was doing.
• 31:53
  I didn't see the field.
• 31:54
  I'm just, I'm playing, doing what I'm doing.
• 31:56
  But, but I'm giving myself a chance through these small mechanisms.
• 31:59
  And, and like I said, man, if you ever approach the game as far as like
• 32:04
  one of the younger guys pricing these guys, your pass protection reads are
• 32:09
  just as important as your, run reads.
• 32:12
  A- a- and, and once you understand, you know, what that means, that mean coach
• 32:17
  don't have to tell you to speed up on this run, s- you know, press the heels
• 32:21
  of the line of scrimmage on this run.
• 32:22
  It, it becomes a little bit more natural.
• 32:24
  It becomes a little bit more you, you know?
• 32:27
  And that's what I was talking about, about elevating your game to the point
• 32:30
  where you can take the game, take the knowledge, and still express it to you
• 32:33
  'cause that's why you're here, you know?
• 32:35
  So when you're able to do that and you're able, be a young kid and be
• 32:39
  coachable and, and be so humble about it and still show it
• 32:44
  and, a- a- and get better, week to week, I think that trajectory is greater
• 32:48
  than, than most people can really know.
• 32:50
  Adam: For sure.
• 32:51
  I, I like the way that you connected little things like Russ used to say
• 32:55
  the separation and the preparation, how that leads to a flow state, and
• 32:58
  then once you're in that flow state, how the game kind of comes to you.
• 33:02
  I think that's really cool.
• 33:03
  We saw a guy get in that flow this last Monday night in Kenneth Walker III.
• 33:09
  He had himself a game.
• 33:10
  Boy went off, right?
• 33:12
  Woo.
• 33:13
  Do you think that- I don't think there's any regret in the back of John Schneider's
• 33:16
  mind about not finding a way to pay him
• 33:21
  Rawls: Woo.
• 33:22
  Adam: Yeah.
• 33:23
  You know?
• 33:24
  Yeah.
• 33:24
  Rawls: We all on this conference call- I
• 33:26
  Adam: was
• 33:26
  Rawls: like- You're damn right
• 33:27
  did you hear
• 33:27
  Adam: that?
• 33:27
  Look, man… I'm gonna say
• 33:27
  Rawls: this.
• 33:27
  Look, we all know how John feel about p- paying individual guys
• 33:30
  over the whole team roster.
• 33:31
  That's true.
• 33:31
  We know that.
• 33:32
  Adam: Yeah.
• 33:32
  Rawls: We know that, right?
• 33:33
  So i- it's kinda, it's kinda one of those things where you kinda, kinda think about.
• 33:38
  But I, I bet you probably kinda think about, especially that type of game.
• 33:42
  Because, because think about it, coming out, setting the tone, setting the…
• 33:45
  You know, you know, you gotta look at that running back stat.
• 33:48
  You know?
• 33:48
  And, and when, w- and, and when you a Seattle Seahawk, and we pride
• 33:51
  ourself on running the football, it look like K9 did a lot of running.
• 33:55
  Adam: Mm-hmm.
• 33:55
  Rawls: You know?
• 33:55
  You know, but, but, but like I said, you know, we, we got, we got, we
• 34:00
  got Price right now, and, he's a, he's a young, he- he's a younger guy.
• 34:03
  But even though I was young, it didn't matter.
• 34:06
  It, it don't matter if you're young.
• 34:07
  It, it's not about age, it's not about your status, your title.
• 34:11
  It's about when you get this ball and your opportunity is
• 34:13
  given, what you gonna do with it?
• 34:15
  How you gonna express yourself?
• 34:17
  How you gonna change the game?
• 34:19
  How you gonna leave your legacy?
• 34:21
  What are you gonna do?
• 34:23
  W- are you gonna do the small things right?
• 34:24
  Are you gonna take care of your body?
• 34:26
  Are you gonna eat right?
• 34:27
  Are you gonna stay around and stay around, people who keep you grounded?
• 34:31
  Are you gonna keep looking for ways to get better?
• 34:33
  Because they're not always there.
• 34:34
  Do you understand how to create those opportunities when
• 34:37
  they're not even right there?
• 34:38
  You gotta be able to trust in, you gotta be able to trust the process
• 34:41
  within the work a- and believe in that.
• 34:44
  A- a- a- and sometimes, you know, on hard days, you know, it's even
• 34:49
  i- i- i- i- it still formulates.
• 34:52
  That's how much you gotta love it, you know?
• 34:54
  I don't know what I just went on, on, on now, but it-… it was real.
• 34:58
  Sorry.
• 34:58
  Clinton: Oh, it's all, it's all good.
• 35:00
  Like, look, I think we were all feeling it w- when we watched the Monday Night
• 35:03
  Football game with, with K9 out there.
• 35:06
  And I think the majority of s- I think the overwhelming majority of Seahawks
• 35:09
  fans were like, "Good f- good for you."
• 35:11
  Yeah.
• 35:11
  You know?
• 35:11
  We, we, I think most Seahawks fans realized how special he was, and I think
• 35:15
  most Seahawks fans could honestly say, like, he was underutilized at least a
• 35:19
  little bit in the Pacific Northwest.
• 35:21
  Now it all worked out.
• 35:22
  We got a chip.
• 35:23
  He w- he, we win the Super Bowl, he wins Super Bowl MVP.
• 35:27
  And John did not wanna put that chunk of money, which ended up being
• 35:29
  a little over $14 million, into a running back, and i- and i- instead
• 35:33
  decides to sink a first rounder.
• 35:36
  And we've been talking all day about, like, it, that it looks like a really…
• 35:39
  The choice, we'll see how it all plays out over time.
• 35:41
  But the selection currently to say, "We're g- we're gonna take a, a first
• 35:46
  round wave at Jadarian Price," where many folks thought he might slip to the second
• 35:50
  round, and John said, "Not so fast.
• 35:52
  We're gonna take that guy," so far so good.
• 35:55
  So, and we all-
• 35:56
  Rawls: I still think, I, I still think John made a statement with it.
• 35:59
  But, but think about it, Clinton.
• 36:01
  Are we really surprised that Kenneth had that, that game?
• 36:04
  Clinton: No.
• 36:05
  No.
• 36:06
  We're
• 36:06
  Rawls: not even s- No.
• 36:06
  Okay.
• 36:06
  You see, you see what I'm saying?
• 36:08
  Adam: So how do y- Only a tiny bit.
• 36:09
  Only a tiny bit.
• 36:10
  Yeah, how?
• 36:10
  Because when I think of Andy Reid, I don't think of running the rock.
• 36:13
  You know what I mean?
• 36:14
  so I was a little bit surprised.
• 36:15
  Well, I think he
• 36:15
  Clinton: I think he, but I think with, like, Mahomes coming off a, a knee, right?
• 36:18
  That was a knee.
• 36:19
  Yeah.
• 36:19
  And, like, it's, he does not have…
• 36:21
  It's, it- you know, I'm not throwing shade at these are all much better
• 36:24
  athletes than me, but he's got a Rashee Rice, and an aging Kelce, and, I mean
• 36:29
  okay, Xavier Worthy and some others, but it's, it's not, this is not the
• 36:33
  Rawls: s- It seem like he's running with a little bit more to, it, it
• 36:35
  seem like he's running with a little bit more to play for, it seem like.
• 36:38
  I mean- It seem
• 36:39
  Clinton: like
• 36:39
  Rawls: he's, he, he's playing with some statement.
• 36:40
  Clinton: I don't know.
• 36:40
  I mean, I'm not, I'm not sure about that.
• 36:42
  I mean, maybe, maybe.
• 36:43
  I, I think he always ran super hard and to, and got what he
• 36:46
  could, got what he could.
• 36:47
  I also think the, they ran to a Broncos team that's supposed to have this great
• 36:51
  defense and, and the Chiefs kind of said, "Not so fast," you know, in, in general.
• 36:55
  Yeah.
• 36:55
  And look, he, he does what he does.
• 36:56
  He bounces one to the outside and goes for 60 yards like K9 does
• 37:00
  and he j- he's jump- That's what he does… and he's jumping through
• 37:02
  jumping through hoops, like in- Right… in the middle of traffic and
• 37:05
  getting- Yeah… free for 10, 11 yards.
• 37:08
  He is an explosive run maker.
• 37:10
  So I wasn't surprised by it whatsoever.
• 37:13
  Now, will he do that for 17 games?
• 37:15
  I'm not talking about injury.
• 37:16
  Mm.
• 37:16
  I mean, will he do that consistently?
• 37:18
  No.
• 37:18
  No, he's not gonna probably rush- No… for 2,000 plus yards, but a great
• 37:21
  start for Kenneth Walker, and we can just tip the cap and say, "That's cool."
• 37:25
  But we also know how John likes to construct rosters and, you know
• 37:28
  there is this overarching thought in the NFL, Thomas and Adam, about
• 37:32
  like, well, you don't pay running backs these, these top contracts.
• 37:36
  You don't pay running backs these top contracts.
• 37:39
  A, that was not always the case, right?
• 37:41
  Like, go back to the Emmitt Smith and Barry Sanders days.
• 37:44
  Sometimes, sometimes…
• 37:45
  Or Herschel Walker trade, right?
• 37:47
  Yeah.
• 37:47
  Sometimes you paid running backs the, the biggest money in the entire
• 37:51
  sport because they touch the ball the most, besides the quarterback.
• 37:54
  Rawls: Right.
• 37:54
  Clinton: And that was, so that has changed in more recent years, but
• 37:57
  the game is kind of going back to more, a bit more smash-mouth, more
• 38:01
  12, more 13, more fullbacks on the field, more running back touches.
• 38:06
  And if there was a time for a team to reinvest in a running back, take
• 38:11
  take the Seahawks and take K9 kind of out of the picture for a second.
• 38:15
  The NFL is rotating back to a more running league, and still, the market
• 38:20
  for a top-tier running back is $14 million versus, let's say, a mid-tier
• 38:26
  wide receiver getting paid $30 million.
• 38:29
  Right.
• 38:29
  Man, I'm just like- Right… cut…
• 38:31
  And I like Price- Right… but cut the check.
• 38:35
  It was okay.
• 38:36
  Yeah.
• 38:36
  Yeah.
• 38:36
  It would've been okay.
• 38:37
  He's a young man still.
• 38:39
  To cut that check and say, "We're keeping you in Seattle."
• 38:42
  It's so tough making- I'm okay with the decision, but-
• 38:45
  … Adam: decisions.
• 38:45
  Clinton: Ugh… e- e- economics is economics.
• 38:47
  Like I- Right… Adam, I, I know how you feel about- Yeah… Adam, I know how you
• 38:50
  feel about, like, mediocre wide receivers.
• 38:52
  It's like going out to dinner, you get a $130 bill and
• 38:55
  you're like, "That was okay."
• 38:57
  Not great, not great.
• 38:58
  Okay.
• 38:58
  I don't want to pay top dollar for okay food- Yeah… but I don't mind paying
• 39:02
  good money- Yeah… for great food.
• 39:04
  So Adam, where are you on the, on that- Mm-hmm… point of, like
• 39:07
  you know, after see- not even after what we saw with K9 on Monday night.
• 39:10
  We know how, we know who K9 is.
• 39:13
  Looking back on that decision, how do you feel about it?
• 39:16
  Adam: It's a tough one because you can't keep everybody, and that's
• 39:19
  one of the things that John Schneider talked about after the first Super
• 39:23
  Bowl run, is one of the big things he learned was the idea of you just
• 39:28
  can't run it back and keep everybody.
• 39:29
  You gotta have some change.
• 39:30
  You gotta have some flexibility with the salary cap and, and all of that stuff.
• 39:34
  Now, with all of that said, Clinton, the wide receiver money is stupid to me.
• 39:39
  It's, it's, it's insane.
• 39:41
  Right.
• 39:41
  It's an insane amount of money.
• 39:42
  Clinton: Big
• 39:43
  Adam: money.
• 39:43
  Like, how, how, how are we paying, you know, a, a mid-tier guy 20, 25
• 39:48
  million a year and we can't pay the top backs in this league that plus?
• 39:53
  Like, what are we doing?
• 39:54
  Running back is one of my- It's kinda
• 39:55
  Rawls: hard to defend it talking to a running back right now.
• 39:57
  You see what I mean?
• 39:58
  Right.
• 39:58
  Yeah.
• 39:58
  It's kinda hard.
• 39:59
  It's kinda hard.
• 40:00
  So-
• 40:01
  Adam: I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir, man, but, like, look, I love that
• 40:04
  this league is going more smash mouth.
• 40:06
  I love that the value for backs is starting to rise.
• 40:09
  I mean, and really, Thomas, it's a lot of what you guys kinda laid the
• 40:13
  foundation for over the last few years- That's what we do… you
• 40:15
  and the, the guys you played with.
• 40:17
  Rawls: We laid the foundation.
• 40:17
  Yeah.
• 40:17
  We, and we do deserve the, you know, opportunities, and I bet, you know
• 40:20
  as a lot of running backs, we don't wanna go into new systems, guys.
• 40:24
  Clinton: Mm.
• 40:24
  Rawls: We, you know, when we like, you know- Where we do our damage and
• 40:28
  where we, you know, we, we wanna, we wanna spend the rest of our careers there.
• 40:32
  Especially when we know what we can do, and we know, you know, behind
• 40:36
  everything that's behind it.
• 40:37
  But you know what, man?
• 40:38
  It's still, we're still able to, he's still able to take care
• 40:41
  of, of his, his life and his family moving forward in life.
• 40:44
  We gotta look at some type of good, guys.
• 40:46
  Mm-hmm.
• 40:46
  But, as far as within this NFL, within the league, we
• 40:50
  gotta do something about it.
• 40:51
  I mean, I'm out of it now, you know?
• 40:52
  I can only kind of move it forward and kind of- Right… pay homage to it now.
• 40:56
  But, I try to do that by, you know, sticking around and, and kind of
• 41:00
  using my voice to the game to this too.
• 41:02
  And, and thank you for the platform- Yeah… for it because, man- And, and we
• 41:04
  Clinton: say all this-… it's huge… and again, we can only, you
• 41:06
  know, the, you, you cannot pay everybody.
• 41:08
  So when we look at, hey, we look at the, the facts are, hey, they did pay JSN.
• 41:13
  They, they give JSN and Spoon g- you know, per- perfect, the right contracts for
• 41:19
  the top players in their, in their area.
• 41:21
  They resigned Leo.
• 41:22
  Shaheed too.
• 41:22
  They got Shaheed.
• 41:23
  They, they, they get Shaheed back.
• 41:24
  They get back Derick Hall.
• 41:26
  Last year, last year they, they, they make sure they go get Abe Lucas.
• 41:30
  The year before that they make sure they lock up Cross, right?
• 41:32
  Or, like, you know, the half year before that.
• 41:33
  So they've, J- John Schneider has definitely kept
• 41:37
  that core together for sure.
• 41:39
  And again, with all that said, we think we got, we think we got a good one.
• 41:43
  You've talked about the entire episode here.
• 41:44
  We think we got a good one with Jadarian Price, and I love the way you're talking
• 41:47
  about him being a consistent runner that c- it's like, okay, I can trust
• 41:52
  that guy to basically- If- When he's got the opportunity- If he get hot, ooh
• 41:55
  to do the, yeah.
• 41:56
  J- give him- 'Cause
• 41:57
  Rawls: he's consistent.
• 41:57
  I seen it
• 41:58
  … Clinton: give him, yeah, give him the chance to get hot, which to me is-
• 42:00
  I wanna-… 18 carries, 22 carries.
• 42:02
  Give him the chance to get hot.
• 42:03
  You said give
• 42:04
  Rawls: him a chance.
• 42:04
  We gotta run the football.
• 42:05
  We gotta run that ball.
• 42:06
  Thomas- Come
• 42:07
  Clinton: on, coach.
• 42:07
  Rawls: Let's run it.
• 42:08
  Clinton: Yeah, that's exactly what we really want.
• 42:09
  Let's run it.
• 42:09
  And again, we gotta get way more than 48 plays.
• 42:12
  We gotta get into the 60s, which means more first downs, more rhythm
• 42:15
  et cetera, et cetera, which I do expect against the Arizona Cardinals.
• 42:19
  Let's land it here, Thomas.
• 42:20
  So we are only one game into to Jadarian's, you know, NFL career
• 42:25
  but obviously you're, you're pretty high on, on the, on the possibility.
• 42:29
  So-
• 42:30
  Adam: Look at you, Clinton.
• 42:30
  You're setting up unfair questions for Thomas right here.
• 42:33
  Only one
• 42:34
  Rawls: to
• 42:36
  Adam: entertain.
• 42:37
  Rawls: This is like, I'm seeing, you see how he
• 42:38
  Clinton: look.
• 42:39
  Only one to entertain.
• 42:39
  You're gonna make-
• 42:39
  Adam: I'm going through the line like, "Ugh, what is…"
• 42:40
  And you're gonna make him take out his crystal Rawls ball- Come
• 42:42
  on… and make a prediction, man.
• 42:42
  Yep, yep
• 42:43
  Clinton: the
• 42:43
  Adam: Raw- Like-
• 42:44
  Clinton: We got a new, we got a new segment right there… I'ma
• 42:47
  put it on you, man… the Raw- the Raw- the Rawls ball.
• 42:48
  Yeah.
• 42:48
  The Rawls ball.
• 42:48
  Yes.
• 42:49
  We're gonna, we're gonna do this.
• 42:50
  That's exactly right.
• 42:51
  Like, 'cause Thomas is a smart man.
• 42:52
  I think, I think he is- Yeah, yeah… a soothsayer in all the ways.
• 42:55
  So what do you think, 17 games, let's knock on wood he stays healthy
• 43:00
  what kind of season do you think this guy can have statistically
• 43:03
  and impact-wise for the Seahawks?
• 43:06
  Rawls: I think, I think honestly, I, I think if he can stay healthy, but
• 43:09
  we know how the running back position is.
• 43:11
  We know what we signed up for.
• 43:12
  We know things happen.
• 43:14
  But, Just, just throughout the year, I, I think we, we can get in between, I
• 43:20
  think we can get close to 1,000 yards.
• 43:23
  Okay.
• 43:23
  I, I truly do.
• 43:24
  I truly do.
• 43:25
  Yeah.
• 43:25
  I think, I think 800, I think eight- about 800 to 1,000 yards.
• 43:30
  Clinton: Nice.
• 43:31
  You said sev- 1,700 yards.
• 43:33
  Adam, I heard 1,700.
• 43:34
  That's just what I heard, okay?
• 43:35
  Rawls: Oh, you, oh you heard it.
• 43:37
  Clinton: Maybe I hear what I wanna hear though.
• 43:38
  I don't know.
• 43:38
  Rawls: You, the…
• 43:39
  Well, well, the thing is that I, I, I, I, I wanna see how, how
• 43:43
  much we're gonna really play him.
• 43:44
  Yeah.
• 43:44
  If we're gonna give him those carries and, and run the, and run, and run that
• 43:47
  football, but I, I do definitely think he'll definitely be over 1,000 yards.
• 43:51
  Clinton: Nice.
• 43:51
  Rawls: Okay.
• 43:52
  Clinton: We gotta, we gotta- Yeah… b- to nudge up a little
• 43:54
  Rawls: bit though.
• 43:54
  1,700, 2,000.
• 43:55
  We can, we can break all the records if that's what he…
• 43:58
  I, I really wanna, I really, I really wanna see, if he can get to double
• 44:01
  digit touchdowns, maybe about, I wanna say about 12 to 13 touchdowns.
• 44:06
  Clinton: Nice.
• 44:06
  Rawls: Probably more.
• 44:07
  You said more than that.
• 44:08
  Clinton: No, no.
• 44:08
  That, that'd be a, that…
• 44:09
  Hey, man, 12, 13 as a rookie- I mean, I-… that'd be a cool-
• 44:12
  That's a-… that'd be a cool
• 44:12
  Rawls: year
• 44:13
  Clinton: by
• 44:13
  Rawls: me… I mean, think, think about it.
• 44:14
  Use him a lot in the red zone.
• 44:15
  Clinton: Yeah.
• 44:16
  Rawls: You know, th- when I, when I think about the, the guys that we have in
• 44:18
  the backfield, he could be a horse right now that we actually not even see set up.
• 44:23
  He run like…
• 44:24
  He, he run, he run, he run like it.
• 44:25
  Yeah.
• 44:26
  It looked like, he loved to run the ball, you know, so…
• 44:29
  But I think, him personally, I just think he just wanna get through this
• 44:33
  season and make sure that he's, he's, he, he, he's f- he, he finishes runs.
• 44:38
  Mm-hmm.
• 44:38
  He, he, he's finishing the season, healthy and everything too.
• 44:42
  So I think he's gonna give it all he got.
• 44:43
  I think the, the, the team will, take care of him as far as, you know
• 44:49
  getting him ready week to week because he is a younger guy taking on, you know
• 44:53
  potentially a greater amount of a load.
• 44:55
  So I think once he get that recipe, man, I think he's
• 44:59
  gonna do great this year, man.
• 45:00
  I really do.
• 45:02
  Adam: Yeah, that's music to my ears.
• 45:03
  If he managed to pop off for over 1,000 yards this year, that's a monster year.
• 45:07
  If he gets 12 to 13 touchdowns- I, I think so.
• 45:07
  1,000
• 45:09
  Rawls: yards- I know it, man… is
• 45:10
  Adam: nothing.
• 45:10
  1,800 to
• 45:10
  Rawls: 1,000- That's a big year.
• 45:10
  That's a big year.
• 45:11
  I smoke-
• 45:14
  Clinton: That's a big year.
• 45:15
  Yeah, go ahead.
• 45:15
  I'm just trying to, I'm just trying to shift windows on you, that's all, Thomas.
• 45:16
  Adam: But like- Dude, if he gets to 12 or 13 touchdowns, guys, we're hoisting
• 45:19
  another Lombardi at the end of this year.
• 45:20
  Clinton: Oh, I like that.
• 45:21
  I like that.
• 45:21
  Use
• 45:21
  Rawls: him a lot in the reds.
• 45:22
  I
• 45:23
  Clinton: mean, he, honestly, man, more of a- Well, that thing
• 45:24
  we got down to like the two or the three last game, right?
• 45:26
  Then we had, then we had our, like, procedure.
• 45:27
  We had the delay of game and then a procedural penalty.
• 45:30
  But, but we had, like, Shaheed in the back, which is…
• 45:33
  I get it, you know, Fleury's gonna wanna try some things.
• 45:35
  I, I get it.
• 45:36
  But when we got down to the three-yard line and we were, we were right there
• 45:38
  in the stands, we were, we facing and look, watching it coming at us
• 45:41
  I'm sitting there going, "Man, put Brady Russell back there at fullback.
• 45:45
  Put out your two, put out Saubert, put out Barner, and put, you know
• 45:49
  Price behind, behind, Brady Russell, and give the man the rock."
• 45:53
  Yeah.
• 45:53
  Because of everything you said earlier, Thomas, is like, he makes
• 45:57
  sound decisions over and over.
• 45:59
  And while you…
• 46:00
  And when you do that in an NFL game with 20 touches, 18 touches, 22
• 46:04
  touches, those good decisions compile.
• 46:06
  They compile- Imagine
• 46:07
  Rawls: how the team feels at, Fleury Field.
• 46:10
  You know, when we can be consistent runners, we doing-
• 46:12
  Mm… everything we're doing with
• 46:14
  Clinton: Everything opens up, right?
• 46:15
  Rawls: The play action pass.
• 46:16
  The, JSN took advantage, got it right there, right?
• 46:20
  Mm-hmm.
• 46:20
  Turned it up for a touchdown.
• 46:21
  Like, we can e- we can be one of the best offenses easily in
• 46:25
  the NFL just by doing right.
• 46:27
  Yeah.
• 46:27
  And, and I can tell you one thing, I'm not worried, but, with Drew
• 46:31
  Lock, he definitely gonna have a great, a, a great, opportunity
• 46:35
  right now, too- Yeah… to step in and do it exactly what he just did.
• 46:38
  I don't think it's hard either, because even…
• 46:40
  You remember, guys, Adam, Clinton, you remember earlier on in the year, when
• 46:44
  the guys were talking about, you know, how the plays, how the playbook was and, you
• 46:48
  know, the offensive system and how there was receiving of plays in the offense?
• 46:53
  Clinton: Yeah.
• 46:53
  Rawls: You know, even though that was coming from the offensive
• 46:55
  coordinator, it gotta be received through the quarterbacks.
• 46:58
  You know, so, so, so the, the team is about the team.
• 47:02
  A- a- and that, and that's what I can see.
• 47:04
  And, it seem like it don't even matter who's in there because
• 47:07
  even when we had questions about the, the secondary, you know
• 47:11
  they showed up in a lot of areas.
• 47:13
  You know, we have some, you know, a c- a couple miss house
• 47:15
  but it still wasn't nothing.
• 47:17
  It still wasn't anything we couldn't get over- Mm-hmm… that
• 47:19
  we showed up, for.
• 47:20
  So I think it give, I think it give us a, a great amount of confidence
• 47:23
  on offense to know the type of team that, that we truly have.
• 47:27
  Clinton: Yeah, it's a, hey, man, it's a Super Bowl championship team
• 47:31
  and it's, it's primed, it's primed to have another really successful year.
• 47:35
  And Thomas, we're always pumped up to have you on the Sea Hawkers Podcast.
• 47:39
  Let, please, for those folks that joined a little after we started introducing
• 47:44
  for the folks that live in the PNW that'll wanna hang out with you and
• 47:47
  watch some road Seahawks games starting this Sunday, what do they gotta do, man?
• 47:52
  Rawls: All right.
• 47:53
  So the only thing you gotta do is come out to, Muckleshoot Casino.
• 47:56
  We at the Shoot over in Auburn, Washington.
• 48:00
  Yes, Auburn, Washington.
• 48:01
  We gonna be, there at September 20.
• 48:03
  We got the Arizona against the Arizona Cardinals to rumble with Raws.
• 48:08
  Let's get ready to rumble.
• 48:09
  Oh, good lord.
• 48:10
  Like I said, live entertainment, you know, we're gonna have a, a ton of fun.
• 48:14
  I'll be taking, photos, meet and greets.
• 48:16
  And, we're gonna have a f- we're gonna make it fun.
• 48:18
  And not, and not just also these ones, but we're- Yeah… gonna also have
• 48:21
  a Halloween party for the Thursday night game against the Broncos.
• 48:25
  Nice.
• 48:25
  You know, so we got, got the Christmas party.
• 48:27
  You know, I'ma dress up as Black Santa
• 48:31
  Adam: 34 offense.
• 48:31
  Is Michael Bennett gonna let you do that
• 48:33
  Rawls: man?
• 48:33
  I'm
• 48:33
  Adam: a beard baby.
• 48:34
  Rawls: I'm a beard baby.
• 48:35
  Yo.
• 48:36
  But man, I, but, but honestly, I get a chance to hang out and, with the
• 48:40
  12s and the people and have a good time, make moments and memories and, and get
• 48:44
  a chance to, you know, make, make, make, make, make, the best of everything
• 48:48
  after the game and have some fun.
• 48:50
  Yeah.
• 48:50
  Clinton: Good.
• 48:51
  Good.
• 48:51
  No, we lo- we absolutely love having you on.
• 48:53
  It's, it's beyond, it's good energy, but it's, it's great content as well.
• 48:57
  Adam, any last things for Thomas or, you know, how you, hey man, how you
• 49:00
  feel on the fact that, hey, we're 1 and 0, we get to go down to the dirty
• 49:04
  desert, we got our star stud running back who's gonna go against another
• 49:09
  running back out there in love, but, but man, I think the price is right.
• 49:13
  I feel good about laying a little wood on Price this week.
• 49:16
  Let's make 'em pay.
• 49:16
  Baby, let's make them pay.
• 49:17
  Adam, how do you feel- Let's make
• 49:19
  ' Rawls: em pay
• 49:19
  … Clinton: how you feeling about that as, as we exit tonight, man?
• 49:22
  Adam: Man, if he ain't feeling good about all that-… I
• 49:24
  don't know what to do.
• 49:25
  Just rewind this podcast.
• 49:26
  Let Thomas- Get it
• 49:27
  he's fired up, man.
• 49:28
  He's given us- Man… all the reasons to believe in what we're seeing.
• 49:30
  I
• 49:30
  Rawls: was blowing, hey Adam, hey listen to this.
• 49:32
  I was blowing cleanup.
• 49:33
  Yeah.
• 49:33
  I, hey, I said, man, shout out to the Sea Hawkers Podcast.
• 49:36
  I'll blow 'em clean up.
• 49:37
  I said I'm ready to get on here to talk about it.
• 49:38
  Adam: Yeah.
• 49:39
  Rawls: I'm super excited about Price.
• 49:40
  The Sea Hawkers Podcast, man, a great platform for me to
• 49:43
  always, you know, come out here.
• 49:45
  I always enjoy coming on here, man.
• 49:47
  And man, thank you again for the opportunity, man, to come out here.
• 49:50
  Yeah.
• 49:50
  And man, anytime I get an opportunity, to jump on here and get an
• 49:56
  opportunity to promote anything too, man.
• 49:57
  I appreciate everything that y'all allow me to do here.
• 50:00
  Clinton: Yeah.
• 50:00
  Rawls: I appreciate it.
• 50:00
  We love it.
• 50:01
  Clinton: We love it, Thomas.
• 50:02
  The door is always
• 50:02
  Adam: open, my man.
• 50:03
  Clinton: Exactly.
• 50:03
  Always open.
• 50:04
  Exactly.
• 50:05
  Anytime.
• 50:05
  Look, anytime you, you wanna come talk about running backs or
• 50:07
  anything about the NFL, we're gonna, we, we are gonna welcome you in.
• 50:10
  It, look, we're getting fired up for, for Sunday.
• 50:13
  We have our What If show tomorrow being recorded, that will go out tomorrow night.
• 50:16
  That's our preview show.
• 50:18
  We're gonna…
• 50:18
  I, Adam, are we gonna do a, we, we talked about it.
• 50:20
  Are we gonna do a little live, are we gonna be looking at the
• 50:23
  the game live on Sunday ourselves?
• 50:24
  We discussed it, but we didn't say yes or no.
• 50:27
  Yeah.
• 50:27
  Product, product meeting.
• 50:28
  Yeah, Maye, Maye.
• 50:28
  Higher register
• 50:29
  Adam: yeah.
• 50:30
  Rawls: Thinking about it.
• 50:30
  Clinton: Yeah, maybe that
• 50:32
  Rawls: might happen.
• 50:32
  Yeah, thinking about it.
• 50:32
  It's gonna be fu- well, I could tell you this, it, it would, it probably wouldn't
• 50:35
  be bad to do it, only because I know like, I know it's gonna be like a crazy
• 50:40
  matchup between these running backs.
• 50:42
  Clinton: Yeah.
• 50:42
  Rawls: Yeah, man.
• 50:42
  Because I feel like, because I feel like even with, he didn't have a
• 50:45
  crazy workload, that mean this week-
• 50:48
  Clinton: That's
• 50:48
  Rawls: it
• 50:48
  put him out there, coach.
• 50:49
  He gotta- That's it… we, we got, we gotta, we gotta
• 50:50
  Clinton: do a little bit more.
• 50:50
  We want, we want 18, we want…
• 50:52
  Here's, here's the line we want, 18- Yeah… at least 18 rushes, 119 yards
• 50:58
  and two tuddies- First down… for Jadarian Price, as we get our second- Ooh.
• 51:02
  We got the- Can we get a
• 51:02
  Rawls: few catches for the running backs?
• 51:03
  Come on.
• 51:03
  Clinton: Yeah, let's get like a-
• 51:05
  Rawls: Come on.
• 51:06
  Yeah.
• 51:06
  Come on.
• 51:06
  I've been backfield.
• 51:06
  Come on.
• 51:06
  We at least gotta get a few
• 51:07
  Clinton: catches in there.
• 51:08
  How, how about three for 52?
• 51:09
  Sound good?
• 51:10
  Rawls: I love it.
• 51:11
  Three for 52 sounds nice.
• 51:13
  That's it.
• 51:13
  Probably a touchdown.
• 51:13
  My man.
• 51:14
  I, I wouldn't be surprised, because he very underrated coming out the backfield.
• 51:17
  I know.
• 51:17
  Tur- Third down.
• 51:18
  Turns out, he was, yeah.
• 51:19
  Hey, listen to this.
• 51:20
  We'll see Sunday.
• 51:23
  Clinton: Beautiful stuff.
• 51:24
  All right.
• 51:24
  I think with that-
• 51:26
  Adam: There's only one thing left to say.
• 51:27
  Clinton: Go Hawks.
• 51:28
  Adam: Go Hawks.
• 51:29
  Rawls: Go Hawks.
• 51:30
  Choo
• 51:30
  Clinton: choo.