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Rashid Shaheed: "This Has Been Nothing Short Of Amazing" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How's everybody.
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  Speaker 2: You were hoping to accomplish this season?
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  Speaker 1: It was honestly towards the back, I really never thought
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  Speaker 1: about it, But now that it's here, it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: a serial surreal feeling super just thankful and uh blessed
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  Speaker 1: in this moment when you got, uh just getting adapted
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  Speaker 1: to a new place. You know, I feel like I
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  Speaker 1: kind of just had to drop everything and kind of
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  Speaker 1: come to a new organization, a new environment, and that
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  Speaker 1: was kind of the toughest part. But I feel like
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  Speaker 1: I got accumulated very quickly on the guy's help, without
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  Speaker 1: the coach's help, so it wasn't too hard of an adjustment.
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  Speaker 2: How long you had a place to live exactly where
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  Speaker 2: that was all set up and just had a rolling
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  Speaker 2: thing and when.
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  Speaker 1: You get treated in the middle of the week, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: of course that's not the main focus. But you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: when you kind of get all settled in, you kind
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  Speaker 1: of want to, you know, get out the team hotel
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  Speaker 1: and you know, kind of change your environment. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't too too focused on that. I was just
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  Speaker 1: focused on getting here and you know, helping the team.
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  Speaker 1: But all the other stuff it kind of worked itself
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  Speaker 1: out in.
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  Speaker 3: Your first press conference when you came here after the trade,
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  Speaker 3: you talked about wanting to be here long term. What's
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  Speaker 3: what's your experience been like since that moment, you know,
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  Speaker 3: getting to know this locker room and this this franchise.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been nothing short of amazing. This locker room
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  Speaker 1: and this franchise is is obviously one of the best
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  Speaker 1: in the league. And you know, being around these great
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  Speaker 1: coaches and these great teammates, it's health the time. It's
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  Speaker 1: allowed me to just come in and just focus on
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  Speaker 1: football and not you know, get caught up in many
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  Speaker 1: other things. You know, I feel like I've been able
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  Speaker 1: to get accumulated very quick, and just being a part
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  Speaker 1: of the organization has been nothing short of amazing. You
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  Speaker 1: guys have won three in a row with really big
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  Speaker 1: special teams contributions. Was a pretty obvious as suits you
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  Speaker 1: got here. How big the emphasis on the special team was.
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  Speaker 1: H Yeah, I knew I was going to be able
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  Speaker 1: to help the team in that part of the game.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, it's always a big emphasis on special teams
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  Speaker 1: around here, and the coaches do a great job of
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  Speaker 1: getting us prepared, and so we were able to go
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  Speaker 1: out there play free league and just make plays and
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  Speaker 1: it's been working paying off for us.
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  Speaker 3: What's Jay Harbold like as a special teams coordinator?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, he's pretty chill, honestly, super smart though he has
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  Speaker 1: a new game plan it seems every single week. Super prepared.
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  Speaker 1: He can tell he watches a lot of film, and
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  Speaker 1: he cares. He cares about us, and he cares about how,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we look on film, and I feel like
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  Speaker 1: we kind of play to his standard and it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of helped us succeed and you know, get to the
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  Speaker 1: point we're at today when it comes to.
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  Speaker 3: The returns that you've had, how much of that is
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  Speaker 3: schemes that were already in place before you got here
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  Speaker 3: versus adjusting to your style and your speed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like the schemes here were a little more,
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  Speaker 1: I want to say, just thought out and kind of
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  Speaker 1: where the opposing team kind of we knew what they
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  Speaker 1: We could coun see that succeed act going against them,
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  Speaker 1: and Yeah, I feel like we just come in each
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  Speaker 1: and every week and understand the game plan, understand what
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  Speaker 1: they want to do, and as long as we continue
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  Speaker 1: to do that, we could go out and play hard
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  Speaker 1: and play fast.
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  Speaker 3: The coaches kept saying you just kind of needed some
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  Speaker 3: reps with Sam and things like that, and they.
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  Speaker 1: Saw it coming. Did you kind of feel that too
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  Speaker 1: over those first few weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Like you just kind of needed to get some reps
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  Speaker 3: with him and then it's kind of break.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, Getting you know close with a new
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  Speaker 1: quarterback is always going to be like that. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be some you know, ups and downs, but uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's got to build trust over time, and
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  Speaker 1: Sam is one of those guys that you kind of
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  Speaker 1: have to build trust over time. And you know, once
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  Speaker 1: he feels that, then you know the ball is going
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  Speaker 1: to be coming to more opportunities will come your way.
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  Speaker 1: And that's kind of how it's gone so far.
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  Speaker 3: That first interception. You know, obviously everyone focuses on the
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  Speaker 3: quarterback in that in that situation, but in the receiver room,
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  Speaker 3: is there any coaching lessons or learn learning lessons from
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  Speaker 3: from that particular replay? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Not from that particular play. Just got to execute a
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  Speaker 1: little better. That's really all it comes down to in
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  Speaker 1: those types of situations, and obviously just hustle if the
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  Speaker 1: ball is intercepted.
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  Speaker 3: But do you play against time in college?
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  Speaker 1: I did? Yeah, I remember not liking you very much.
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  Speaker 1: He talked a lot, but yeah, no he Uh Montana State,
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  Speaker 1: they got the best of us. So that's what I
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  Speaker 1: remember for the most part. But he was always a
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  Speaker 1: heck of a player. He played super hard. He was competitive,
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  Speaker 1: and that's kind of how I remember.
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  Speaker 2: You guys have a chance to get the one or
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  Speaker 2: hold the one seat all the way to the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: So what do you think is gonna be important for
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  Speaker 2: the offense to make sure you win these last two and.
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  Speaker 1: Get that sticking together, really understanding the game plan, playing hard,
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  Speaker 1: playing for one another, really just sticking together. We know
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  Speaker 1: we could accomplish each and every Sunday and every time
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  Speaker 1: we go out there, we have a task in hand,
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  Speaker 1: and as long as we execute the game plan, I
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  Speaker 1: feel like we were a tough team to beat.
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  Speaker 2: You know that Carolina team pretty well from playing against
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  Speaker 2: the pas Arias. What do you expect from them as
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  Speaker 2: a team and and everything.
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  Speaker 1: Knowing what they kind of bring with the table. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they play hard, that's the biggest thing. They play hard.
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  Speaker 1: They're super competitive. Obviously they're playing for something. You know
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  Speaker 1: that they're trying to get in the playoffs, and so
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  Speaker 1: they're going to give us our best shot. So super
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  Speaker 1: excited about that. It's going to be a challenge. That's
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  Speaker 1: going to be a good environment going into that stadium
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  Speaker 1: that fans are obviously going to be super riled up
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  Speaker 1: ready to go, So we've got to come in with
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  Speaker 1: some energy.
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  Speaker 2: Anything. You're more you appreciate about Jackson's game being his
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  Speaker 2: teammate out for a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Versus just watching him from a far Yeah, just his confidence.
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  Speaker 1: He always knows that he can make the play and
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  Speaker 1: to have you know, all eyes on him at all
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  Speaker 1: all times, and and defenses know that we're trying to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, get him the ball and you still can't
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  Speaker 1: do it. So he's just relentless. His mindset is always there.
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  Speaker 1: He never gets two highs on the highs, two lows
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  Speaker 1: on the lows. He just goes out and plays football
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  Speaker 1: and that works out in his favor very well. Teammates
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  Speaker 1: Cooper for half a season.
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  Speaker 3: But what's really stood out about him in terms of
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  Speaker 3: obviously does on the field that the teammate, the you know,
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  Speaker 3: the leader, all the things about him off the field.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, No, he's a leader not only in our room
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  Speaker 1: but for the team. Just his knowledge and his football
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  Speaker 1: IQ is nothing like I've ever seen. Just listening to
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  Speaker 1: him in the meeting room, we all when Coop talks,
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  Speaker 1: we all kind of lock in and listen because what
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  Speaker 1: he's saying is most of for the most part right.
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  Speaker 1: So he knows the game, he understands it, and he
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  Speaker 1: kind of helps us out. And that standpoint. But hair
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  Speaker 1: cover football player and he's proven that over his whole career.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, Ays.