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Geno Smith: “We Found A Way” · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good evening you.
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  Speaker 2: Saw. Oh he put me on the spot. Shout out
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  Speaker 2: to Gene Simmons. Uh, I wasn't alive when kids was
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  Speaker 2: doing their thing. But uh do love the shirt, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's cool looking shirt.
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  Speaker 1: How do you use success?
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  Speaker 3: I guess the offensive performance tonight overall?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think we obviously, you know, when
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  Speaker 2: you score six points, you're gonna come away thinking that, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you can do a lot of things better. And I,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I really wanna say that I think we
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  Speaker 2: could have been better. But I also think we moved
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  Speaker 2: the ball really well. You know, I was really proud
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  Speaker 2: of the way we ran the ball. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: thought we were effective, efficient in the passing game. You know,
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  Speaker 2: could have could have used a few more explosives, but uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they did a good job.
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  Speaker 1: You know, heads off to the Bears.
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  Speaker 2: They uh they got a talented group on defense, and
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  Speaker 2: uh they they.
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  Speaker 1: Made it tough on us. You know, it was raining,
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  Speaker 1: inclement weather.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, but you know, we found a way, and I
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  Speaker 2: I think that's what matters the most.
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  Speaker 4: What were you seen from them defensively? That wasn't It
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  Speaker 4: seemed like you guys are having to rely a lot
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  Speaker 4: of Get this quick jump.
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  Speaker 1: Offs and quickly they were taking.
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  Speaker 4: Away those steep walls.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they did a good job, you know, really trying
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  Speaker 2: to take away you know, our explosive passing game and
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  Speaker 2: you know made us, you know, check it down.
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  Speaker 1: And we're okay with that.
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  Speaker 2: We're fine with that, you know, as long as we
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  Speaker 2: get the ball into the hands of our playmakers. We
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  Speaker 2: got guys that you know, are gonna make plays. And
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  Speaker 2: like I said, you know, hats off to them. They
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  Speaker 2: did a great job at you know, really stopping us
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  Speaker 2: when it mattered the most. You know, we're crossing the
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  Speaker 2: fifty a bunch and then you know, we just fall out,
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  Speaker 2: you know, as soon as we get near the red zone,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I just think that's something that we
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  Speaker 2: can improve on, especially from this game.
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  Speaker 3: You go through your mind when the Pharaoh Brown fumble happened,
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  Speaker 3: what you thought you saw and what happened on the play.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was an interesting one.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously I didn't get the full view of it, but
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  Speaker 2: I did see Pharaoh.
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  Speaker 1: He's a he's a tough dude.
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  Speaker 2: Man. He's gonna try and run five six people over
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  Speaker 2: if he can. And I thought he got down again.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't get the full view of it, So I
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  Speaker 2: won't say say much on that front, but I felt
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  Speaker 2: like he was down. I also heard a whistle blow
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  Speaker 2: and uh, and then I saw the ball, you know,
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  Speaker 2: on the other guy's hand. He's running down the field.
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  Speaker 2: So it was just a different, different situation there. But luck,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we're able to get out of that.
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  Speaker 1: Now it's touchdown on the field. To be able to
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  Speaker 1: keep feeling that I was gonna get turned overturned or
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  Speaker 1: were you worried the test? Yeah, I was.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. I was in there talking to one of the
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  Speaker 2: referees and you know, one guy said that he had
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  Speaker 2: him down.
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  Speaker 1: The other guy said he didn't have him down.
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  Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure they went to replay review or something
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  Speaker 2: like that at that point. I I was just confused.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he was down. I obviously didn't know, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what the situation was as far as what they were
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  Speaker 2: actually gonna call until they did. But yeah, it was
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  Speaker 2: just like I said, it was just uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a blessing that our defense went out and stopped him
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  Speaker 2: and we're able to get out of that.
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  Speaker 1: This is a little out of left for Business report.
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  Speaker 1: Carol wants to get back in and coaching what was
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  Speaker 1: so unique about playing for him? And do you think
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  Speaker 1: it translated being replaced.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Coach Carroll Man is a special human being. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's a he's a believer. He's a guy who's always
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  Speaker 2: gonna be upbeat. You know, he's he's always gonna fight,
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  Speaker 2: and and you know, he has one way about him
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  Speaker 2: and that's what I love about him. I think we're
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  Speaker 2: very very much the same in that way that we
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  Speaker 2: just we just go. You know, there's no no stop,
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  Speaker 2: there's no you know, nothing like that. We just believe
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  Speaker 2: in ourselves and we just go. And I think Coach
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  Speaker 2: Carroll he can help out any team, he can help
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  Speaker 2: out anybody. I'm a big advocate of his and I
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  Speaker 2: know he is of mine. And uh yeah, I love
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  Speaker 2: that guy.
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  Speaker 4: Going into what you hope is a huge league next week,
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  Speaker 4: you could, I hope you assess just the confidence of
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  Speaker 4: your offense and your group coming out of the game
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  Speaker 4: where he didn't put as many points.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't like to Yeah, I mean we're confident. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we got DK Metcalf, you know we got Tyler Lockett,
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  Speaker 2: Jackson Smith and Jigua Noah Fense, got running back South
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  Speaker 2: of Wazoo. I mean, we got guys, man, and that's
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  Speaker 2: what gives us confidence. Our coaching staff is spectacular. They
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  Speaker 2: put us in position to make plays. And again, man like,
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  Speaker 2: it's a week to week league and it's not always
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  Speaker 2: gonna be sunshine and rainbows. Man Like, gutting out of
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  Speaker 2: a sixty three win feels just as good as you know,
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  Speaker 2: winning the game forty four to forty one.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's it's all about getting wins.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, you know, I have the utmost confidence in
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  Speaker 2: my guys, the guys up front, our defense, our coaching staff,
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  Speaker 2: the entire organization. And it's a big game coming up,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we all know that, but we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: stick to our probers and get ready, you know, for
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  Speaker 2: for another week of preparation.
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  Speaker 3: About what your guys defense did today with three.
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  Speaker 2: Points outstanding, you know, outstanding, and those those are the
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  Speaker 2: things that we expect of those guys. Like I said, man,
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  Speaker 2: they got so many you know, guys on that side
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  Speaker 2: of the ball. We just saw Jay Reed, Man, he's
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  Speaker 2: been playing out of his mind. Leo wrecking games, getting
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  Speaker 2: Channa back.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 2: He got his first sack after you know, a year
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  Speaker 2: and a half of battling injuries and just the secondary
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  Speaker 2: with Spoon and Wooland and the way Kobe Bryant's playing,
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  Speaker 2: the way you know, Jay Love's leading that bunch. Just
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  Speaker 2: so many guys that we can name, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's that's something that gives us confidence.
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  Speaker 1: Going early on. Was that a matter if you guys
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  Speaker 1: just taking what they were giving you with some.
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  Speaker 2: Erboxes, Yeah, for sure. And you know, we want to
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  Speaker 2: run the ball even if there's a heavy box. Man,
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  Speaker 2: we gotta run the ball and we gotta commit to it.
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  Speaker 2: And that's something that we've again we've been working on
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  Speaker 2: all season, commit to our run game and and finding
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  Speaker 2: answers versus whatever looks they give us.
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  Speaker 1: Today they're playing a little shell.
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  Speaker 2: But they also play some three week so there's just
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  Speaker 2: some things that you know, we're working through and you know,
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  Speaker 2: when we can get the run game rolling, it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: make our offense that much tougher to defend.
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  Speaker 1: Look Like, in the middle of the game to play action,
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  Speaker 1: you did a shot? Can you do that under center?
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  Speaker 1: How much the early running felt help that. I think
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  Speaker 1: it helps it out a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Man. You know, I noticed the backers were obviously being
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  Speaker 2: more affected by the play action. The better we were running. So,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, the more that we stay balanced. And
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  Speaker 2: I thought Grub called a great game. I thought he
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  Speaker 2: he dialed up some shots when he needed to and
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  Speaker 2: and it gave us, gave us a chance to you know,
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  Speaker 2: be balanced. And uh when when Zach's running like that,
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  Speaker 2: I thought Kenny McIntosh came in and ran the ball. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna be a tough team. But you know, like
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  Speaker 2: I said, we gotta get better. There's things that we
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  Speaker 2: left out there on the field, in my.
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  Speaker 1: Opinion, and uh, you know, we want to work on
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  Speaker 1: those things.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of these Thursday night games have been, especially recently,
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  Speaker 4: have been on the lower scoring end. Do you think
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  Speaker 4: that that short rest maybe he has a little bit
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  Speaker 4: more of an impact on the offense trying to prepare
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  Speaker 4: that maybe it does for the.
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  Speaker 1: Defense for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I mean defense only has a couple of calls. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they got they gotta work on, you know, offense. Man,
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  Speaker 2: we lose hours and hours of game planning. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're facing the Chicago team that's not in our division,
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  Speaker 2: so we're not gonna know these guys as well as
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  Speaker 2: you know the teams that we play.
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  Speaker 1: A lot so yeah, there's gonna be some difficulties.
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  Speaker 2: But like I said, it's the pros and our coaches
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  Speaker 2: did a phenomenal job with the game plan.
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  Speaker 1: I thought the game plan was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: We had opportunities, and uh there's just you know, one
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  Speaker 2: or two plays here where we didn't execute that really
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  Speaker 2: held us back.
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  Speaker 3: You guys are gonna watch the game on Saturday night
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  Speaker 3: together and and do you think you're gonna reach out
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  Speaker 3: to Devin Brown DJ Dallas some of the guys offer
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  Speaker 3: them some stake.
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  Speaker 2: If they you know what, man, honestly, we shouldn't be
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  Speaker 2: in this position. I think that's the main thing, is
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  Speaker 2: like understanding that we gotta control our destiny when we can.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, you know, I'm gonna be a big collar
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  Speaker 2: Murray fan on on Saturday, and uh, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: they get it done, they get it done. But we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna go into this last week of the season with
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  Speaker 2: the same mindset no matter what.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know?
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  Speaker 4: Healthwise is another specific, but just the mental preparedness YouTube
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  Speaker 4: to get any and physical for short term page that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's tough.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's it's tough to get ready for uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a game with seven days of you know rest,
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  Speaker 2: and you just think about just having three days and
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  Speaker 2: just coming off of the injury that I had and
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  Speaker 2: then you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, playing a tough game and then you know, coming
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  Speaker 1: right back.
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  Speaker 2: We knew it was gonna be, uh something that we
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  Speaker 2: had to get out And you know, I'm not the
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  Speaker 2: only guy who's out there feeling something. There's other guys
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  Speaker 2: who are pushing through some things. And uh that's why
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  Speaker 2: you know, we have the team that we have. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we got a bunch of tough guys on our side. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: guys who love to play and they love to play
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  Speaker 2: for their teammates. And uh, I think that's something that's
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  Speaker 2: just you gotta fight through it and uh and it
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  Speaker 2: was good to get it done today.
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  Speaker 1: He's a leader.
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  Speaker 3: Important is that for you tomorrow?
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  Speaker 1: That just so the other leaders as well and the
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  Speaker 1: team could feed off that.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean, uh, you know, hopefully they feed
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  Speaker 2: off it. But again, this is the pros and guys
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  Speaker 2: have got to do their jobs. And uh, like I said, man,
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  Speaker 2: we love we love playing football. Uh, we love playing
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  Speaker 2: alongside each other. And that's the reason why you see
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  Speaker 2: guys out there the way that they are.
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  Speaker 1: Ye, thank you thank you guys,