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Head Coach Mike Macdonald Recaps Week 2, Gives Injury Updates · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, Coach, two quick questions. One, you guys, after
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  Speaker 1: two weeks, lead the NFL in rushing success rate allowed
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  Speaker 1: in terms of lowest rushing success rate for opponents, and
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  Speaker 1: you also have the highest tackle for loss rate, one
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  Speaker 1: every 5.4 carries, all this while having one of the
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  Speaker 1: lightest number of most defensive backs on the field in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. So what is it that allows you guys
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  Speaker 1: to continue to not just be efficient when you have
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  Speaker 1: light personnel in defending the run, but be the best
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  Speaker 1: run defense in the NFL?
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  Speaker 2: Well, my first reaction is it's early, and there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of great stuff on tape from the first two
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  Speaker 2: weeks in the run game, and there's some stuff where
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  Speaker 2: I'm thinking of, hey, man, we can take it to
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  Speaker 2: another level on how we play things, whether it's how
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  Speaker 2: we game plan stuff, how we package our personnels. Yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: I thought I could have done a better job of
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  Speaker 2: responding in terms of our front structures to some things
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  Speaker 2: that we saw that the Cardinals were doing to us.
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  Speaker 2: But my other reaction is really, we got great players
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  Speaker 2: and they play together. And if you want to play
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  Speaker 2: with light boxes, you need to constrict space and you
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  Speaker 2: need to win one-on-one matchups and You need second level
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  Speaker 2: players that have an understanding for run fits and also
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  Speaker 2: how to pace the ball and beat blocks. It's a
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  Speaker 2: three level thing where our third level needs to be
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  Speaker 2: able to tackle if the ball spits, things like that.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds like a good stat. I feel like we're doing
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  Speaker 2: a lot of great things. I also understand that it's
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  Speaker 2: early and we've got to keep attacking the things that
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  Speaker 2: we're doing on a daily basis to keep that coming
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  Speaker 2: to life. Our guys are playing really hard right now.
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  Speaker 2: They're playing really physically. I'm definitely proud of that.
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  Speaker 1: One other quick one. You guys are the first team
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  Speaker 1: since 2006 to not allow a play of 20 yards
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  Speaker 1: or more in your first two weeks. I see 666
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  Speaker 1: other chances for that to happen.
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  Speaker 3: Brian, you've got all the stats, man.
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  Speaker 2: I have I don't think I've ever prior, like previously
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  Speaker 2: heard any stuff.
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  Speaker 3: That you were, you told me, but this uncle.
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  Speaker 1: So my question though, is you done that while the
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  Speaker 1: pressure rate has not necessarily been as high as it
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  Speaker 1: was last year. I'm curious how you guys are able
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  Speaker 1: to hold down the explosive plays while not getting as
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  Speaker 1: much pressure and what you're looking at from a pressure
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  Speaker 1: perspective right now.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're trying to try to create more pressure. Um,
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  Speaker 2: that's definitely, it's definitely the intent of what we're trying
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  Speaker 2: to do. Uh, yesterday we did hit our, like affect
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback, our, our metrics. We did hit our quarterback effect,
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback metrics. Uh, first week we fell a little short,
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  Speaker 2: but that's something that we're going to evaluate from week
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  Speaker 2: to week on, on how we want to, um, approach
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  Speaker 2: our game plan and how we want to attack teams.
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  Speaker 2: But I think, um, I think defensively with our, with
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  Speaker 2: our coaching staff and our players, there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: alignment right now on, on how we're playing our, uh,
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  Speaker 2: our defenses and our coverages.
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  Speaker 3: And, uh, so that's a shout out to them.
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  Speaker 2: And I also think, you know, I think our, our,
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  Speaker 2: the kind of the aperture is tightened in terms of
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  Speaker 2: what we're going into the week and what we want
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  Speaker 2: to get to and how we want to play those
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  Speaker 2: defenses versus, uh, what I think that, what we think
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  Speaker 2: that offense is going to be able to do. So, um,
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  Speaker 2: say it's a probably more focused approach than we've had
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  Speaker 2: our first two years.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Corbin?
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  Speaker 4: Coach, with AB out, we got to see both Christian
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  Speaker 4: Haynes and Bo Stevens out there. What was the rationale
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  Speaker 4: behind having those two rotate out there? How did you
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  Speaker 4: feel the way they played and contributed to the way
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  Speaker 4: the offensive line played in the second half?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we felt like it was an opportunity to not
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  Speaker 2: only give Christian Earn the start, but also to give
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  Speaker 2: Bo some well-earned reps. I think there's some flexibility in
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  Speaker 2: terms of how we wanted to approach the rotation, which
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  Speaker 2: we're pretty happy with.
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  Speaker 3: The way it came out.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes it's hard to control because you'll tell a guy
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  Speaker 2: he has a series or whatever, you don't know how
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  Speaker 2: long that's going to go. But I thought there was
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  Speaker 2: some really good stuff for both guys. Different things respectively
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  Speaker 2: on what we want them to work on, which is great.
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  Speaker 2: But to get an opportunity to go in and play
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  Speaker 2: really good football.
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  Speaker 3: When A.B.
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  Speaker 2: Wasn't able to go, I think, was great for our
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  Speaker 2: team depth, our offensive line depth. It was great for
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  Speaker 2: Bo being a rookie and getting experience. But we'll kind
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  Speaker 2: of monitor the situation with A.B. moving forward and kind
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  Speaker 2: of take it from there.
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  Speaker 4: Jen?
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  Speaker 5: The 162 rushing yards yesterday is a pretty impressive number,
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  Speaker 5: but when you looked at the tape, what behind that number,
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  Speaker 5: like what part of that attack stood out to you
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  Speaker 5: most or impressed you even more than that number?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we knew we had to be ready for the
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  Speaker 2: multiple looks that Arizona could give us defensively, both by
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  Speaker 2: what personnel they could throw on the field and how
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  Speaker 2: they package their front and movements and things like that.
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  Speaker 3: So really impressive.
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  Speaker 2: Really great first step from our coaching staff to our
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  Speaker 2: players to be ready for those different looks, I thought,
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  Speaker 2: for the most part. We ID'd them and targeted them
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  Speaker 2: pretty dang good. I thought our effort was tremendous. I
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  Speaker 2: think as an offense, I think we have great opportunity
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  Speaker 2: for growth to really just get the one more block.
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  Speaker 2: You know, kind of like on special teams, like, hey,
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  Speaker 2: you're a block away. Everyone's at the point of attack
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  Speaker 2: all the time. Uh, we have the, we have the
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  Speaker 2: right mentality. I'll tell you that on offense. I think
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  Speaker 2: the guys want that. It's just, I think when you
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  Speaker 2: watch the tape, um, there's a hunger there for, for
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  Speaker 2: more explosive runs, which is, uh, which is really cool.
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  Speaker 3: We've got a great opportunity in front of us. Andrew.
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  Speaker 6: Mike, you hit on a lot of it there with
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  Speaker 6: the run game, but curious, Emmanuel Wilson in particular, what
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  Speaker 6: stood out to you about his play?
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  Speaker 3: And also, do you have any updates on Jadarian Price?
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  Speaker 3: I know you mentioned that earlier on radio, but just
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  Speaker 3: curious if you have any more details. No, no details.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's pretty much what it is with JD.
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  Speaker 2: It's just something we'll monitor throughout the week. Shouldn't be
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  Speaker 2: a long term thing. And with Emmanuel, it's the things
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  Speaker 2: that we saw him do throughout training camp before he
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  Speaker 2: had that minor setback there. And so really glad to
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  Speaker 2: see him kind of do his thing. But a decisive
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  Speaker 2: runner gets downhill, not just on the inside run game.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's on the perimeter game as well. Had
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  Speaker 2: a great run there on the third down where kept
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  Speaker 2: the drive going on the last drive, which is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: So a lot of great stuff, a lot of great stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So we're happy to have him.
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  Speaker 3: Bob?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, Mike, you guys, that's your 12th straight franchise record win,
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  Speaker 7: including playoffs. Is that the kind of thing you mentioned
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  Speaker 7: to the team? Do you guys ever talk about streaks
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  Speaker 7: like that at all?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: No, we don't talk about it.
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  Speaker 7: What do you think of that? Do you think it's
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  Speaker 7: an impressive number or you just don't even think about it.
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  Speaker 3: At all? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great stack because we haven't lost, which is nice.
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  Speaker 2: I think one of the reasons we're probably able to
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  Speaker 2: do it is because we don't think about it. We're
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  Speaker 2: really focused on what what we want to do right now.
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  Speaker 2: And I just think we have a really great group
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  Speaker 2: in terms of how we focus our attention from week
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  Speaker 2: to week and day to day. And we try not
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  Speaker 2: to make things extra, you know, we just, we're determined
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  Speaker 2: to become, you know, to see where this team goes
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  Speaker 2: and how far we can take it. And that's really
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  Speaker 2: the extent of our focus. But yeah, I mean, let's
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  Speaker 2: go try to get, another win this week. It's really
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  Speaker 2: our focus at this point. And at some point we're
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  Speaker 2: not going to win a game and the streak will
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  Speaker 2: stop and we'll try to start another one.
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  Speaker 7: And, and how did Nick and Maria make it through yesterday?
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  Speaker 3: Uh, really good, really good.
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  Speaker 2: Um, we wanted to, uh, I think for what we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to get out of the game, I think it
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  Speaker 2: was probably best case scenario where we could really ramp
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  Speaker 2: into this week and, and, uh, he's got confidence and,
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  Speaker 2: and what he's able to do. And, um, he's also
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  Speaker 2: got some, some really good reps, you know, stacked behind him.
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  Speaker 2: And now we can have clarity going into the week
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  Speaker 2: in terms of game plan, how many reps he can,
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  Speaker 2: he can manage.
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  Speaker 3: Maz Vita.
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  Speaker 8: A couple of conceptual questions here. Um, why is it
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  Speaker 8: important for players to understand the concept of being ahead
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  Speaker 8: of plays and how does that show up on your defense?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you can't look at everything and, uh, we want
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  Speaker 2: to be decisive. So like, what are the things they're
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  Speaker 2: going to tell you what to do? You know, if you're,
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  Speaker 2: if you're looking kind of, there's an old saying in ball,
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  Speaker 2: like you see a little, you see a lot. And
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  Speaker 2: so we try to keep it as simple as possible,
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  Speaker 2: keep it clear. And if you play with anticipation, then that's,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of times where there's plays to be made
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  Speaker 2: out there, and we want our guys to feel like
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  Speaker 2: they have an opportunity to be productive.
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  Speaker 3: What was the second question?
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  Speaker 8: The other one was about a foundational coach in your program.
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  Speaker 8: What are the elements, assets that make up a foundational
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  Speaker 8: coach in your program? It's related to your offensive line coach.
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  Speaker 3: You talked about him a little bit. Bet this morning.
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  Speaker 3: What are the, what are the traits that we're looking for?
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  Speaker 9: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Problem solvers, um, anticipators, connectors, teachers, uh, edge chasers, all
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  Speaker 2: those things.
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  Speaker 3: Um, good people.
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  Speaker 10: Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Harry.
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  Speaker 9: Harry.
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  Speaker 11: So coming into this season, um, were you guys expecting
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  Speaker 11: defenses to play Jackson differently? And I guess only through
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  Speaker 11: two games, what have you seen that either like confirms
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  Speaker 11: that or denies how defenses have been playing Jackson to
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  Speaker 11: try to contain him?
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  Speaker 3: That's interesting question.
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  Speaker 2: I don't, I don't think we've framed it of like
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  Speaker 2: an expectation of, of how we, how we see it.
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  Speaker 2: I think, uh, I think it's one of those things
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  Speaker 2: where you have to understand what like things teams can
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  Speaker 2: get to in the past on how they've handled receivers.
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  Speaker 2: I think one of the things that, uh, Jack's presents
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  Speaker 2: a problem with is like, you can, you can, you
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  Speaker 2: can allocate two people to defend them, but you can't
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  Speaker 2: do three.
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  Speaker 3: So is it high, low? Is it inside, outside?
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  Speaker 2: Is it, you can't do both versions of double, you know? And, uh,
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  Speaker 2: And that kind of opens up other things as well.
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  Speaker 2: So it'll be interesting to see how it starts to
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  Speaker 2: evolve throughout the season, but it's definitely something we have
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  Speaker 2: to be aware of. I think moving them around is
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  Speaker 2: the way that Jacks can align in different locations does
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  Speaker 2: make it more difficult from a defense perspective. And so
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  Speaker 2: that's something that we want to continue to do.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 12: Yeah, Mike, Jaron reads a guy that maybe in some
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  Speaker 12: games doesn't show up a ton on the stat sheet.
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  Speaker 12: For him to get a sack, some pressures in this game,
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  Speaker 12: I guess, what does he do on a game-to-game basis
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  Speaker 12: that doesn't show up and make him an important part.
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  Speaker 3: Of your defense?
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  Speaker 2: He's probably a heartbeat of our defensive line room, probably
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  Speaker 2: our defense. We have a lot of great players up front,
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  Speaker 2: and there's only four or five of them that can
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  Speaker 2: play at the same time, maybe two, three sometimes. Playing
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  Speaker 2: time is at a premium, and I think what we've
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  Speaker 2: created here is that like all those opportunities are being
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  Speaker 2: competed for all the time. And so that brings out
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  Speaker 2: the best you. And I think that's what you've seen
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  Speaker 2: from Jay Reed this year and last. He's a physical presence.
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  Speaker 2: He can play multiple spots in the interior D line.
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  Speaker 3: He's a good game runner.
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  Speaker 2: He's obviously incredibly tough, smart. I mean, he makes a
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  Speaker 2: lot of calls out there that go unnoticed that gets
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  Speaker 2: us aligned and organized, which is really cool. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's pretty high level stuff.
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  Speaker 3: Curtis? You're muted. Curtis is.
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  Speaker 3: Tim, why don't you go ahead?
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  Speaker 8: Hey, Mike.
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  Speaker 13: Do you have any more of a sense... past this
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  Speaker 13: morning about Sam and whether you think he might be
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  Speaker 13: able to get out to the practice field on Wednesday?
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  Speaker 2: Right now, the plan is for him to be out
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  Speaker 2: there in some capacity, and we'll go from there. How much,
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  Speaker 2: we'll see from here to Wednesday on what that number is,
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  Speaker 2: but right now, that's the goal.
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  Speaker 13: And you had also mentioned this morning about Zach and
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  Speaker 13: trying to figure out his timeline for a possible return.
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  Speaker 13: Is that more targeting when to open the window or
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  Speaker 13: when you guys think he might be to the point
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  Speaker 13: of return to play?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think, I think they're kind of one in
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  Speaker 3: the same.
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  Speaker 2: We just, we want to be, uh, want to be
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  Speaker 2: as close to accurate on, um, we want to try
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  Speaker 2: and maximize the amount of time he can practice to
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  Speaker 2: give us the opportunity for him to be ready to
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  Speaker 2: go back. You know, not saying that it'll take, it'll
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  Speaker 2: definitely take the most amount of time, most amount of, well,
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  Speaker 2: not that we're going to max out all the practices, but, um,
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  Speaker 2: that's something that we want to be able to consider,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and how much practice time it's going to
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  Speaker 2: take and things like that.
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  Speaker 3: So that's something we're still working through. Greg.
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  Speaker 10: Mike, Drew Locke, first time starting for you, what's he
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  Speaker 10: shown you, your coaches and his teammates and the whole
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  Speaker 10: process of being a starting NFL quarterback and how he
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  Speaker 10: operates that whole situation?
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  Speaker 2: Well, well, I, I, uh, I didn't sense much like,
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  Speaker 2: difference in the attitude or the emotion of the team
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  Speaker 2: last week, which is a tremendous compliment to Drew and
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  Speaker 2: the things he's been able to do day in and
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  Speaker 2: day out, the types of practices and type of football
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  Speaker 2: he's played on in the practice field throughout training camp,
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  Speaker 2: throughout his opportunities in the preseason. So I sense a
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  Speaker 2: lot of confidence in what he brings to the table.
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  Speaker 2: And I think I said it this morning, but like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Drew, Drew can play really great football, but
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  Speaker 2: he also does it in his kind of personality and
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  Speaker 2: his style, which is what we want from our quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 2: which is exciting. I think the players saw the best
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  Speaker 2: version of him out on the field. So I'm really
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  Speaker 2: happy for him, proud of all the effort and proud
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  Speaker 2: of our team. This is something that will, obviously this
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  Speaker 2: week's a little bit different with Sam's situation being a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more up in the air going throughout the week.
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  Speaker 2: So this is a little bit of a different approach
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  Speaker 2: in terms of our process about how we'll handle our
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  Speaker 2: preparation throughout the week.
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  Speaker 10: He told us yesterday that you overloaded him with pressures
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  Speaker 10: on an ACT Thursday morning and that Sam Donald took
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  Speaker 10: him upstairs and cleared his head on how to handle
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  Speaker 10: protection calls and all of that. Was that an intent
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  Speaker 10: on you to just test him mentally? Is that normal
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  Speaker 10: MO for you?
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  Speaker 3: I think that some– I don't think that's accurate.
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  Speaker 2: I think that might have been our Thursday morning walkthrough
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  Speaker 2: from what Arizona could, some of their looks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That wasn't coming from me. No, that's, that's our office
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  Speaker 2: of staff, but that's, that's par for the course on
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  Speaker 2: just our, what we do every week.
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  Speaker 10: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Curtis, you have your act together.
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  Speaker 9: I think so. Mike, staying on Drew's topic there, he
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  Speaker 9: made a couple of those throws yesterday, backing away from pressure,
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  Speaker 9: being able to get the zip on the ball, you know,
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  Speaker 9: retreating away from the line of scrimmage. What is it
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  Speaker 9: about his kind of arm strength ability skill set that
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  Speaker 9: allows him to kind of do that? Because I imagine
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  Speaker 9: that's not something you can get away with.
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  Speaker 13: In every instance.
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  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, that's the type of arm talent that Drew has.
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  Speaker 2: It's also an awareness of what your protection issues are
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  Speaker 2: and what your answers are when there's an issue in protection.
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  Speaker 2: So it's great preparation by him. It's just really high
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  Speaker 2: quality quarterback play, frankly. You know, sometimes we'll have the
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  Speaker 2: pressure picked up and you can play it a certain way.
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  Speaker 2: Sometimes we aren't and you got to play it a
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  Speaker 2: different way. So, but in all those cases, I thought
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  Speaker 2: he handled it tremendously. I thought he handled it tremendously.
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  Speaker 9: Through two games, what have you thought of Rodney Thomas
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  Speaker 9: filling in for Ty? It seems like he's been pretty
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  Speaker 9: strong for you in the back.
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  Speaker 3: Rodney had some really great plays yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: The play he made in the end zone on the
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  Speaker 2: double move on 85 was a really great play.
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  Speaker 3: His movement ability really shows up. I know he wants.
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  Speaker 2: The end cut on third down opportunity back on the
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: interception possibility, but there's some I think it's like everybody.
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: I think there's a lot of great stuff.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: And then I think if you ask Rodney, he's hungry
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: to improve his game and take it on a level,
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: which is probably, again, same message coming out of our
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: first week.
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: But we're really, really.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: Proud of like the psyche of our team, the resilience,
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: you know, the things that take that we say, like
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: the stuff that makes us us. And there's also an
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: excitement and a sense of urgency for us to be
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: able to take our game to that level, really, in
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: all three phases. And I think that's what you're probably
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: most excited about our team right now is there's a
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: lot of room for growth. And there's also a sense
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: of urgency to get there, which which makes me excited
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: to get to practice on Wednesday. Brady.
• 19:05
  Speaker 6: Hey, Mike, you've made a few mentions of like Drew
• 19:08
  Speaker 6: and his style of football and playing his style. Do
• 19:11
  Speaker 6: you what do you think is like the most distinguished
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: trait of his style.
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: Of I don't know, but I can feel his personality
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: out there.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: How he celebrates plays is a little different than Drew.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: I think there's some types of throws that might be
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: a little bit different than what's up Sam's alley, which
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: is cool. That's kind of par for the course. I
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: think it's probably more of a personality thing, Brady, than
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: maybe a style. Maybe that's a better way to describe it.
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: I see.
• 19:45
  Speaker 6: And then with Julian's interception yesterday, and maybe it's as
• 19:49
  Speaker 6: simple as just the ground that he covered, but is
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: there something about that play that just a casual observer
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: might not realize how impressive that was that obviously you
• 19:57
  Speaker 6: would know about?
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: Well, he's playing the post on that, and when you're...
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: A lot of times when you're rotating that way.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: And the quarterback feels like he has a one-on-one to
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: the X that's where the ball is going to go.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: So I have an understanding of this is very well
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: where the ball could go to be able to play
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: that type of anticipation and then actually be able to
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: get to the, get to the ball and make the
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: catch is, um, is.
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: Uh, a recipe for a great, great football play. Thank you, Brian.
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: Coach, uh, you've talked about not necessarily, I always wanted
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: to be at the center of attention and, you know,
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: have all this stuff in the press, but you've done
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: a lot of interviews this off season. And obviously I
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: had the hard knocks thing and the recent thing with
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Graham curious why you've said, yes, you could say no
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: to those things, why you've said yes. And what's it
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: been like kind of having your visibility increase as you
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: do this job?
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: Why did I say yes?
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: I think, I think, I don't know. If someone's interested
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: in talking and you feel like it's an honest process,
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: why not? I don't have a long relationship with Graham,
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: but I was really impressed by how they did their business.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: There's other podcasts and things. You have prior relationships with
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: folks and you respect the work that they do. We
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: have prior relationships that you want to honor those It's
• 21:38
  Speaker 2: probably that simple. What is it like? Honestly, it just
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: doesn't feel the same. I understand there's more things out there,
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: but we're so insulated here.
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: It's kind of business as usual, frankly.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: It might change after this season, but Right now, it
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: feels pretty normal. Thanks.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: John?
• 22:12
  Speaker 12: That's a really deep topic to follow with a question
• 22:14
  Speaker 12: about the punter, but here I go. Mike Dixon, I
• 22:17
  Speaker 12: don't think you guys have had a punt return yard
• 22:20
  Speaker 12: yet in two games. I know that's coverage and what
• 22:23
  Speaker 12: Mike's doing, but he's been doing this for so long,
• 22:25
  Speaker 12: maybe we overlook it, but what kind of weapon has
• 22:27
  Speaker 12: he been for you guys this year?
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: Tremendous.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: I always get this saying wrong. You can't Understate it.
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: Can't understate how important it is. I mean, he's tremendous.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: But it's also the whole unit.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: You know, it's.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: Getting our protections right when they want to rush us,
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: when we're singled up by a gunner, being able to
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: get down the field, when we're getting advice, being able
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: to work through some of those things, some of the
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: mechanics we have within our punt team of directional punts
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: and things like that. Michael's, you know, the driving force
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: behind it. And his talent obviously says a lot in
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: terms of being able to pin guys deep and things
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: like that, hitting different types of balls. But our punt
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: coverage unit right now is operating at a high level,
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: and we expect it to continue.
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: Thanks, everyone.