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Clint Hurtt: "We Added Another Big Time Playmaker To The Group" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Guys that position means that'd be a fine right there.
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  Speaker 1: Being late, it's pretty pricey. Well, there's a club fine
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  Speaker 1: and there's a position group fine. Position group find is
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  Speaker 1: easily a hundred bucks to the group that you kind
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  Speaker 1: of just put into the pot that goes to the
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  Speaker 1: unit uh dinner at the end of the year, you know,
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  Speaker 1: but a club fine, I don't know. We have to
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  Speaker 1: talk to coach about that one.
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  Speaker 2: How excited were you.
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  Speaker 1: To find out?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Very anybody that's a D line coach by uh nature
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  Speaker 1: and you get a chance to get a guy like that,
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  Speaker 1: very excited, happy, easier.
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  Speaker 2: What does that allow you to do with.
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Really?
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  Speaker 1: I mean you add another uh big time play maker
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  Speaker 1: to the group, and obviously it adds to your depth.
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  Speaker 1: Uh so you can continue to rotate and keep guys fresh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, but obviously a a outstanding football player, impactful
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  Speaker 1: player and uh and that's the depth of the group. Quality,
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  Speaker 1: a high level quality depth that Christmas is that very
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's you gotta see it with teams around
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  Speaker 1: the league. Usually the teams that make the long runs
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  Speaker 1: uh and have a lot of staying success. You have
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  Speaker 1: depth in the defensive line.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Just so guys can stay fresh. It's a taxing position
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  Speaker 1: but obviously very impactful. But you need to have guys
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  Speaker 1: to be as fresh as possible throughout the duration of
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  Speaker 1: the game, especially fourth quarter to be able to finish strong.
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  Speaker 1: Is there a percentage of snatcher looking for for those
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  Speaker 1: guys up Puget's ideal or does it go game to
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  Speaker 1: game and based.
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  Speaker 2: On like where they are off the site.
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  Speaker 1: You always kind of have like a feel of where
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  Speaker 1: you want things to be, like generally like sixty forty
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  Speaker 1: is where you want things to be at. But obviously
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  Speaker 1: just the natures of the game and how things flow,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes that can go off a little bit and you
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  Speaker 1: can you can maybe deviate a little higher, but obviously
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  Speaker 1: you like to keep it on sixty forty range and
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  Speaker 1: and be on top of that as much as you
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  Speaker 1: can during the flow of the game. You go. You
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  Speaker 1: would always wanna add a guy like Leonards to this group,
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  Speaker 1: but the fact that it is ten games in ten weeks,
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  Speaker 1: there is no for it.
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  Speaker 2: Is there something shooting out where there's an added fuel there?
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I mean, cause it's hard to find. You're
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  Speaker 1: never gonna get a guy that's on the waiver wire.
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  Speaker 1: Guy that's walking the streets of this stature, of this
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  Speaker 1: ability and all those things. So to be able to
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  Speaker 1: get him in the mix. And the benefit is he's
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  Speaker 1: incredibly sharp, has picked up things really well, and so
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  Speaker 1: to get him in the rotation of understanding exactly what
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  Speaker 1: we want. And the big plus is the unselfishness of
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  Speaker 1: the group and uh, the openness for him to be
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  Speaker 1: fitting and and being with these guys already has been awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Uh So it's a a look forward to seeing that
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  Speaker 1: on game day. It seems like you haven't done as
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  Speaker 1: much of down here. Yeah, I mean we still have
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  Speaker 1: versatility and everything that we need to do. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there's nothing that is changed, so to speak. We're just
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  Speaker 1: playing to uh put our best guys on the field,
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  Speaker 1: and what's needed by game.
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  Speaker 2: Is really what's going on right now? How long do you?
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  Speaker 1: I mean six fourg and change to make six y
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  Speaker 1: five guy? Thirty five inch arms? I mean this guy's
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  Speaker 1: hen He can tie his shoes without bending over, So
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  Speaker 1: I mean he's got long arms.
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  Speaker 2: What what's the most impressive part of UK out here myself? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Credit to the kid, you know, continuing just one putting
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  Speaker 1: the rush, playing together, but his time and now studying
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  Speaker 1: tackles and seeing what's going on. And I tell the
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  Speaker 1: credit to to BT. You know, his ability to get
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  Speaker 1: with these guys and spend a lot of time with
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  Speaker 1: them one on one and help them see things and
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  Speaker 1: put their time, you know, put their rush plays together
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  Speaker 1: versus the opponent has been invaluable.
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  Speaker 2: And you guys talk about this a lot.
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  Speaker 1: This. Yeah, I mean, anytime you see all the things
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  Speaker 1: that you anticipated and expect to happen, then it is,
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  Speaker 1: then it's realized. Y as a coach, you already you
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  Speaker 1: expected for the player. What's exciting is when they see
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  Speaker 1: it happen too, because then their and their confidence goes
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  Speaker 1: through the roof. So it's uh, it's been great for him.
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  Speaker 1: Did crease the amount of time that you the boy
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  Speaker 1: is getting out much faster than How does that change
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  Speaker 1: a rush plan or how to him? Especially the off Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you gotta kind of see and figure
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  Speaker 1: out the situations when the ball's coming out fast, when
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  Speaker 1: you kind of studying and do a breakdown to that
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  Speaker 1: the other side, whether the ball's coming out faster, he's holding.
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  Speaker 1: You have to continue to rush in those situations and
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  Speaker 1: obviously be ready to get your hands up in some
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  Speaker 1: quick game situations. But with him and the dynamic athlete
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  Speaker 1: that he is, you have to always be conscious or
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  Speaker 1: conscious of rush lanes and making sure that you try
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  Speaker 1: to keep him bottled up the very best you can.
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  Speaker 1: And is a large offensive line, so you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: a heck of a matchup. They're really good up front,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, he's really improved as a passer and having
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  Speaker 1: a really he's having a heck of a year.
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  Speaker 2: Today. How you've kind of seen him handle all the
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  Speaker 2: attention and stuff like that, or you know, these.
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  Speaker 1: Thing's gonna come for him. He's really a humble kid,
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  Speaker 1: and he does a lot of he talks a lot
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of that. He's talking to himself, and
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  Speaker 1: he's always engaged and in the moment and all those things.
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  Speaker 1: But he's a humble kid. He's always looking for more
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  Speaker 1: in other ways to get better, always asking the right questions, uh,
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  Speaker 1: with something that that I love, you know. So he's
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  Speaker 1: just he's really engaged. He's not thinking about anything what
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  Speaker 1: he's trying to get done or any accolades.
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  Speaker 2: He's not reading any of the press clippings.
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  Speaker 1: That's not the type of kid that he is, so
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  Speaker 1: that usually bodes well with his talent for a really
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  Speaker 1: bright future and handling the success well.
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  Speaker 2: Craig, where did you see out of Frankhout Sunday?
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  Speaker 1: Still quick and explosive, he played really hard, knew everything
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  Speaker 1: that was going on, didn't have any mental layers.
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  Speaker 2: That part was awesome considering.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he was here for a couple of coffin
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  Speaker 1: and he was like, Okay, put on a helmet, let's
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  Speaker 1: go play.
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  Speaker 2: So he did well, and I know he'll get the
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  Speaker 2: more and more.
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  Speaker 1: I know he's an experience vetteran, but the more and
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  Speaker 1: more he plays in it, he's gonna make plays and
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  Speaker 1: be im packedful for us. So I'm excited to have
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  Speaker 1: him here.
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  Speaker 2: He looks like he's about twenty pounds lighter that you
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  Speaker 2: guys had him last time. Yeah, now he's lost some weight.
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  Speaker 2: It feels really good, you know. I think that's more
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  Speaker 2: of a you know, personal decision you could talk to
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  Speaker 2: him about.
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  Speaker 1: But he's still strong and still twitchy and powerful. So
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  Speaker 1: even though he might be a little bit lighter, you know,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes it happens the guys get a little bit later
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  Speaker 1: in their career, they want to shed weight a little
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  Speaker 1: bit so it's good as long as he feels good,
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  Speaker 1: I feel.
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  Speaker 2: Good everything help that. That's take care