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Mike Macdonald: "The Goal Is To Establish Our Foundation" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Great to see everybody. It's cool to be in the
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  Speaker 1: indo our I guess, but really good practice today. We're
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  Speaker 1: excited for excited tomorrows. It's great to have the whole team,
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  Speaker 1: whole team together and yeah, another another great day in
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  Speaker 1: the book.
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  Speaker 2: So looking forward tomorrow, what do you hope to get
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  Speaker 2: accomplished during the mini camp?
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  Speaker 3: I think if you can't get accomplished in those years.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, well, you know, the tempo is the same, I think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the whole goal of the whole off season
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  Speaker 1: is really just establish our foundation. So I think it's
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  Speaker 1: just the opportunity to kind of put an exclamation point
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  Speaker 1: on it. The guys have they've guys have done a
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  Speaker 1: great job. Man.
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  Speaker 2: They just they've done everything we've asked.
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  Speaker 1: They've responded when we've pushed them, great attitude, practicing with enthusiasm.
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  Speaker 1: Were practicing fast practice fifteen minutes I had, we finished
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  Speaker 1: fifteen minutes ahead of schedule today and that's uh, that's
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  Speaker 1: been about part for the course, especially if we're the
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  Speaker 1: longer practice. That was really really cool to see. So
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  Speaker 1: uh yeah, I just like, you know, stamp the whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: What's been the idea behind all the eleven on eleven
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  Speaker 1: stuff that we've seen, I don't I don't know. It's
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  Speaker 1: not that different from from what I'm used to and
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  Speaker 1: what we're what we're shooting for.
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  Speaker 2: Me. There's a lot of group periods.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of concept periods where we're
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  Speaker 1: splitting up we design practice, so you know, it kind
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  Speaker 1: of handles a load that way. But we're trying to
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  Speaker 1: introduce into a lot of situation work and understand you know,
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  Speaker 1: like they're kind of trying to play within the context
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  Speaker 1: of the game. So all those things are great to
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  Speaker 1: teach off of, and you kind of just hit all
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  Speaker 1: the situations that way rather than kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: tailoring it to a certain thing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you have real refs out there right now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, we had. We have a real crew in
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  Speaker 1: and a couple other guys. They'll be in through today
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  Speaker 1: and uh tomorrow, through through camp and uh you know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll have our officials meeting tomorrow with the team and
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  Speaker 1: go over the new rules and so it'll be a
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  Speaker 1: it's a good experience and we'll learn a good good
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  Speaker 1: amount of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Joint practice is tight just announced today. What do you
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  Speaker 2: like about doing that?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, Well, there's a lot to like about it. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: you're with a team that you know, you respect their operation.
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  Speaker 1: We know a lot of the coaches over there, how
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  Speaker 1: they operate, and really it's just it's an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: kind of put it in a setting where you can
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  Speaker 1: control the tempos, control the drills, get some high intensity
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  Speaker 1: for the guys so they're ready to roll. Come, you know, come,
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  Speaker 1: you know the opener time, and uh, it's just easier
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  Speaker 1: a little bit control in true game reps, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and we're still working through who's going to play in
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  Speaker 1: the preseason for how much. But it's a great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: if you do it the right way, to get some
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  Speaker 1: really good competition in and sharpen each other and try.
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  Speaker 2: To get ready for the regular season summer.
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  Speaker 1: And they did it just about just about every season
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  Speaker 1: that I was there. Again, you've had some great experiences
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  Speaker 1: whether your with when you when it's handled the right way,
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  Speaker 1: and then some not as great, you know, to put
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  Speaker 1: it politely, So it's really, you know, it's really about
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  Speaker 1: you know, controlling the environment. Guys understand what the you know,
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  Speaker 1: the spirit of the whole thing's about. And I believe,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we'll be able to get that done. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be with the right team.
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  Speaker 2: You have some ties with Tennessee at all that made
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  Speaker 2: it come together.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we've played against Brian for the years. Dinar Wilson's there, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: defensive coordinator was with us last year, so that's really
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  Speaker 1: where the tie ended. And then it was an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for the kind of get away as a team during camp.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's hard to go against yourself all the time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, especially all the way through OTA.
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  Speaker 2: So it'll be good to.
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  Speaker 1: See another offense and for our offense, would be good
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  Speaker 1: to see another another kind of see what they're running
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  Speaker 1: on defense. So it's just good to see different styles
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  Speaker 1: and for us to be as a team and get
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  Speaker 1: away a little bit and and have some some team
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  Speaker 1: building as well.
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  Speaker 2: We talked to Lake and almost and today before practice.
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  Speaker 1: Is it lacn let's he brought to you guys just
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  Speaker 1: be president player.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's.
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  Speaker 1: It's great signing. It's a great signing. I mean, he's
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna be no leadership team.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of hits you right between the eyes communication wise,
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  Speaker 1: which is you know what we're asking for. Brings a
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  Speaker 1: brings a veteran presence to our offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: Some poise.
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  Speaker 1: Guys has seen a lot of ball, been in a
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  Speaker 1: different lot of systems, So very excited about having lacoln
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  Speaker 1: on our own line.
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  Speaker 2: How many guys are any leadership team? Uh? Nine? What
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  Speaker 2: do you seek another that?
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  Speaker 1: What is? What's that? Yeah, it's it's a it's an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to just open the channels of communication and where
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  Speaker 1: we can bounce ideas off one another and they can
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  Speaker 1: be a conduit to the locker room and from our
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  Speaker 1: messages coaches out to the rest of the team, and
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  Speaker 1: then if there's something going along with the team that
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  Speaker 1: we need to know about, uh, we can have those conversations.
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  Speaker 1: So I mean that that goes for the whole team.
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  Speaker 1: But it's just an opportunity to kind of shrink the
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  Speaker 1: sample size, so to speak, and you know, build that
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  Speaker 1: relationship and then we kind of afford the message, you know,
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  Speaker 1: throughout the whole building.
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  Speaker 2: So we've got a great group. What traits where you seek?
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  Speaker 1: Well, normally, normally it's some sort of veteran presence and
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  Speaker 1: guys that uh, you know, have a lot of respect
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  Speaker 1: throughout the throughout the team. Uh, guys that have you know,
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  Speaker 1: stacked a lot of great performances on the field can't
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  Speaker 1: be one thing, Greg, you know, it's just you know,
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  Speaker 1: coaches influence guys that you know, guys, opinions of the
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  Speaker 1: of the guys throughout the team, and you know it.
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  Speaker 2: It's a pretty cool thing to be a part of
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  Speaker 2: in your building of the team culture.
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  Speaker 1: How important is it fee to let the team itself
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  Speaker 1: the crew of its own culture.
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  Speaker 2: Boy talked a little bit about that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's incredibly important. I mean the you
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  Speaker 1: look at championship teams throughout any sport, and I think
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  Speaker 1: most of our player run, you know, So if we
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  Speaker 1: can if we can communicate the standard and all buy
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  Speaker 1: in and guys start kind of pushing that and holding
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  Speaker 1: each other accountable of what we expect on the field
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  Speaker 1: and in the locker room and as a team, then
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  Speaker 1: I think that's when you're really cooking with gas. And
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  Speaker 1: we're you know, we're not there yet, but I think
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  Speaker 1: we're on our way, and I really believe we got
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  Speaker 1: the right guys.
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  Speaker 2: What did you, PJ Walker, what did you kind of
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  Speaker 2: like about about handing the green hit it?
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  Speaker 1: Well, Pjs, I mean, it wasn't just my decision, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm very excited that he's here.
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  Speaker 2: But Pj's a guy.
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  Speaker 1: It's been around, He's played some high level football, can operate.
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  Speaker 1: He set some big wins under center in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: So he's got a lot of great experience, thinking of
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  Speaker 1: the you know, the Cleveland forty nine er game last
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  Speaker 1: year in particular, But excited to have him here. This
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  Speaker 1: is his first day, so you didn't see a lot
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  Speaker 1: of reps of him, but he'll be here, so we're
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  Speaker 1: excited about it.
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  Speaker 3: With Jerome and Tyrol both being out right now, you've
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  Speaker 3: gotten a lot of opportunities to look at John Radigan
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  Speaker 3: had a really nice pick today.
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  Speaker 2: What have you seen so far from him?
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  Speaker 3: With his grasp the defense and played in the linebacker position.
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  Speaker 2: The way that you're looking for your players to play well.
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  Speaker 1: I think John's improved every day, So that's probably the
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  Speaker 1: highest compliment I can give him. I mean, it's just
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  Speaker 1: that's that's what we want from the rest of our
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  Speaker 1: team of guys going out, taking the coaching, taking it
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  Speaker 1: to the field, taking the next step, and then keep rolling.
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  Speaker 1: So John's gonna be an integral part of our team,
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  Speaker 1: and wherever it shakes out at the linebacker position, we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: But he's doing a great job for us on and
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  Speaker 1: off the field. It's gonna be a big special teams
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  Speaker 1: player for us as well. But yeah, I was cool
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  Speaker 1: to see him make some plays today for sure. Right
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  Speaker 1: now we're shooting for camp. Yeah, we'll see, we'll kind
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  Speaker 1: of you know, he hasn't had any reps, so it's
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  Speaker 1: like if he's not out there the first play of
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  Speaker 1: camp rocking and rolling, it's not because we're you know,
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  Speaker 1: since we got a ramping back up into into repping.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you won't see him, uh the rest of the
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  Speaker 2: mini camp.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, camra Young, we haven't seen him out there or something.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's he's battling some like a lower body thing
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  Speaker 1: right now. So again we're gonna we'll probably look at
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  Speaker 1: him early in camp. How would you assess your holder today? Well,
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  Speaker 1: I love the gloves. The gloves was new, but yeah
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  Speaker 1: it was great. It's good to see Russ do it.
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  Speaker 1: You need a backup holder. So he looked good.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he got married or he's getting married, so.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, should we be excited for him or not?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: No, that's good. Yeah, we're happy for him. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's uh thing's getting married in Hawaii. So he's on
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  Speaker 1: his way there.
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  Speaker 2: Mike.
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  Speaker 3: He told us that you wanted I think you said
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  Speaker 3: you want, you know, to take the next step.
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  Speaker 2: As I think that next step, it looks like.
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  Speaker 1: I think he I think he's got to be I
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  Speaker 1: think when like things start to happen, he needs to
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  Speaker 1: be the voice of poise in the room.
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  Speaker 2: And he's doing that, you know.
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  Speaker 1: But like you know, we're on record and he's a
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  Speaker 1: tip of the spear on our operation and uh and
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  Speaker 1: just just just to understand when when to step on
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  Speaker 1: the gas when not to. But he's communicating those things.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's something situation things popped up like today
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  Speaker 1: that you know, we'll go to bat, we'll go back
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  Speaker 1: and uh attack those type of deals.
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  Speaker 2: But I think he's he's playing pretty well right now.
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  Speaker 2: What have you got to know about dk Vecass? He's
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  Speaker 2: a really good player and that you knew it.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's a guy that you always had to
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  Speaker 1: account for anytime he steps on the field, Like you
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  Speaker 1: got to know where fourteen is and you can't let
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  Speaker 1: him wreck the game.
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  Speaker 2: So he wants to be really good.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to be the best and and he wants
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  Speaker 1: to be pushed he wants to be coach hard, which
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  Speaker 1: you respect about him. And then really, I mean his
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  Speaker 1: the way he practices is like really awesome. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this guy practice is extremely hard, does all the little
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  Speaker 1: things that you're asking to do. So it's it's a
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  Speaker 1: great example that he's set in for that room and
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  Speaker 1: really for our offense as a whole. So a lot
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  Speaker 1: of respect for DK type of player is, type of
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  Speaker 1: person he is, and uh, I just love seeing him
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  Speaker 1: out there, man, because he raises the whole level of
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  Speaker 1: our team. When uh, when he's practicing for us, do.
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  Speaker 3: You feel like your relationship is developing with him and
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  Speaker 3: Draymond to other guys who haven't been here as much
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  Speaker 3: as the voluntary enforcement of this to kind of get
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  Speaker 3: up to speed with those guys yourself and get.
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  Speaker 1: To Yes, it's a function of reps, of conversations. There's
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  Speaker 1: only so many texts and phone calls. Can that's only
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  Speaker 1: gonna take you so long. But now that they're here,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we'll be wrong and I've got a
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  Speaker 1: couple more days here and then you know, we'll go
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  Speaker 1: take a breather and then we'll go back and attack it.
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  Speaker 2: In h in camp with.
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  Speaker 3: Draymond Jones by how much is he also in the
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  Speaker 3: mix of multiple spots line up different.
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  Speaker 1: Berry, He's very much in the mix of that. I
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  Speaker 1: think you saw today. You know, we're and we don't
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  Speaker 1: know the answers yet. We don't know how it's gonna look,
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  Speaker 1: you know, come beginning of the season, and how it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna progress throughout the whole year.
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  Speaker 2: But I think his skill set lends to.
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  Speaker 1: Trying to play a little matchup ball with him or
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  Speaker 1: you know, setting another guy up, and he can do
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things. So we've talked about it, but
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  Speaker 1: we're really excited about Draymont. He was in great shape
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  Speaker 1: today and uh he knew a lot of the stuff
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  Speaker 1: we were doing even though he hadn't been the building.
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  Speaker 2: So credit to him for standing up speed.
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  Speaker 3: You've talked so much about the versatility of the defensive line,
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  Speaker 3: but in particular Leonard Williams and Jaredry being three hundred
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  Speaker 3: plus pounds being able to play out as a big
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  Speaker 3: end or even standing up how much does that open
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  Speaker 3: up the playbook for you When you've got players that
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  Speaker 3: size that you can move around that much.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to get into like metrics of how much
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  Speaker 2: how much. But it does. It does open things up,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 1: And again when you have guys that can do multiple things,
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  Speaker 1: play different gaps in the run game and rush at
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  Speaker 1: different levels in the past game, and you can have
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  Speaker 1: more big guys and it just opens up more personnel groups,
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  Speaker 1: more looks you can generate overall, good for us.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: Again, we'll see, you know, we're in the we're in
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  Speaker 1: it right now, we're kind of in the.
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  Speaker 2: Middle of it.
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  Speaker 1: We'll go we'll kind of reassess how the spring bent,
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  Speaker 1: you know, reassess our plan going into camp, and then
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  Speaker 1: as camp goes again, we're going to see how it
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  Speaker 1: evolves throughout camp. And I think you have to have
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  Speaker 1: that attitude if you just you know, cookie cutter it, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: this is how we're going to do it. And I
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  Speaker 1: think you limit yourself on how far you can you
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  Speaker 1: can take your team.
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  Speaker 2: What have you learned or are you learning about? What
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  Speaker 2: Jackson does best? I mean, he gets open, he catches
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  Speaker 2: the ball. It's like, uh, that's he's just a hardcover man.
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  Speaker 1: I mean just again, he can play outside inside, and
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  Speaker 1: krub does a great job of kind of moving guys
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  Speaker 1: around and finding some matchups.
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  Speaker 2: But his like lower body power and.
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  Speaker 1: Flexibility and being able to accelerate and obviously just having
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  Speaker 1: you know, great hands and being able to track the
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  Speaker 1: balls is pretty impressive.
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  Speaker 2: Is there anywhere of an update on A.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, same thing that we talked about last time, but
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  Speaker 1: he's working his tail off.
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  Speaker 2: I can tell you that.
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  Speaker 3: Anything else.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you all right, Thanks guys, Thank