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Geno Smith: "That Was A Big Win For Us" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. I do you.
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  Speaker 2: Know what was that like Washington again watchington Drew to
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  Speaker 2: get that nineteen yard drive for the whey.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that was awesome. So excited for Drew.
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  Speaker 2: Uh man, that was that was really cool to see
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  Speaker 2: just him in that moment, you know, and for all
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  Speaker 2: the guys. Really, that was a big win for us,
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  Speaker 2: A big, big time game Monday, that football against a
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  Speaker 2: really good team.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I thought Drew played really well throughout the game and
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  Speaker 2: then you know, for him to close it out the
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  Speaker 2: way he did, for all the guys to make the
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  Speaker 2: plays the way they did, man, I was Uh. I
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  Speaker 2: was just so happy, man, I couldn't you know. It
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  Speaker 2: was one of those nights where you'll remember for the
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  Speaker 2: rest of your life. Man, just seeing him in that
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  Speaker 2: moment and just the way that he handled all that
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  Speaker 2: was real cool to see. He talked that for the
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  Speaker 2: game about the way you guys have always supported each other,
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  Speaker 2: going back to when you're competing for the starting job, blasts.
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  Speaker 1: What's that relationship in Like between you two, it's been great.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. You know, Drew is a guy who over the
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  Speaker 2: course of the time we've been together, man, we've developed
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  Speaker 2: a real good friendship, a real good bond.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: We've gotten to know each other. We even worked out
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  Speaker 2: together and y'all season. So that's something that you know,
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate just being here the QB room, the way
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  Speaker 2: that we all are together, uh, with Shane and Tator
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  Speaker 2: and you know Coach Oldston and Carrie, Uh, Sean Manyon,
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  Speaker 2: you know Holton when he was here, Brett Rippon, just
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  Speaker 2: any you know all the guys. Man, they they make
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  Speaker 2: it special. You know, they make it special. We're collective,
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  Speaker 2: We're we're always together, we're working together, and we're all
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  Speaker 2: pulling for one another no matter who's out there playing.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, I think that's just an another example of that.
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  Speaker 1: What was it like for you when he's out there?
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  Speaker 1: You books over you, he smiling you guys had that
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  Speaker 1: moment that's calling cameras and kind of reveling in that
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  Speaker 1: when when it happens.
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  Speaker 2: Shoot, man, just a ton of excitement, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited for him being excited that, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: just got the lead in the game.
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  Speaker 1: Just a ton of excitement. You know. That was just
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  Speaker 1: little deal back in Missouri.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I talked to him about that.
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  Speaker 2: You know, a couple of year ago, and I was like, man,
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  Speaker 2: that was a cool celebration. And I was like, next
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  Speaker 2: time you throw a touchdown, you know, you gotta do it,
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  Speaker 2: and you know we'll all do it. And so, uh
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  Speaker 2: it was great for it to happen in that moment.
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  Speaker 2: And like I said, man, I'm super proud, super excited
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  Speaker 2: for him. Uh and all the guys. Man, that was
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  Speaker 2: a special night.
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  Speaker 1: Pete said, it was God wrenchane to tell you you
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  Speaker 1: were gonna play. I guess what what? What? What? What was
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  Speaker 1: that all like that, that kind of that thought. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was Uh, it was tough.
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  Speaker 2: It was tough, you know, just preparing myself and doing
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  Speaker 2: everything that I possibly can and be ready to play,
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  Speaker 2: feeling like I was ready to play, you know, expecting
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  Speaker 2: to go out there and play, and then you know,
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  Speaker 2: coach making that decision. You know, it's we gotta live
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  Speaker 2: with it. And uh, obviously I was hurt by it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I want to go out there and compete.
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  Speaker 2: I wanna play any chance that I get. But I
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  Speaker 2: do understand that he's got to make the decision for
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  Speaker 2: the team and also for my for me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to kind of protect me from myself at times. So uh,
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  Speaker 2: it was, you know, had to deal with it and
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  Speaker 2: and move on and go out there and support the guys.
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  Speaker 2: So that was my main focus once I learned that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I wouldn't be able to play.
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  Speaker 1: How did you do with it? How did you deal
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  Speaker 1: with it? What it had interim between him telling you
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  Speaker 1: and when you decided to come out and be a teammate?
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  Speaker 1: What was How long was that interim and what w
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  Speaker 1: What were you thinking?
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't really counting, but you to shoot, man, I
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  Speaker 2: was just trying to, you know, come to grips with
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  Speaker 2: the fact that I wouldn't be able to play. It's
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  Speaker 2: always gonna hurt it, you know, I always told you guys, Man,
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  Speaker 2: anytime that I wasn't able to go out there all
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  Speaker 2: those years, Uh, it hurt me. You know, it hurt
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  Speaker 2: me because I felt like I was ready, and so
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  Speaker 2: that was no different. You know, I want to be
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  Speaker 2: a part of this team. I want to help this
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  Speaker 2: team and contribute and be a part.
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  Speaker 1: Of the wins.
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  Speaker 2: And so you know, for me not to be able
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  Speaker 2: to go play, I mean obviously you know, as a
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  Speaker 2: as a as a competitor, you know you're hurt by it.
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  Speaker 1: But as a teammate.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta put your pride to the side, put those
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  Speaker 2: things to the side. You go to the side and
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  Speaker 2: go out there and do whatever you can to help
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  Speaker 2: the team in another role. So that's you know, kind
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  Speaker 2: of what I did.
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  Speaker 1: How did that work out go for you? Like, how
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  Speaker 1: did you feel coming out of it? Did you? Were
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  Speaker 1: you maybe even better than you thought you were gonna
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  Speaker 1: be at that point kind of working through it and
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  Speaker 1: trying to get ready.
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  Speaker 2: I actually expected it, you know, I expected to be
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  Speaker 2: ready because of the amount of work I put in.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I talked to you guys about that about
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  Speaker 2: you know, the early mornings and the late nights, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that helps me, you know, recover faster. And
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  Speaker 2: so I expected to be ready to play. And like
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  Speaker 2: I said, you know, coach made a decision and that
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  Speaker 2: how was that?
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  Speaker 1: But you know I was.
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  Speaker 2: I was doing everything I can to be ready, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, just as I always do, So it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: no different.
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  Speaker 1: There was there for you rather be on the field.
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  Speaker 2: But what do you learn when you were in a
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  Speaker 2: position to help coach or help teach, or be the
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  Speaker 2: second set of eyes.
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  Speaker 1: For somebody on the shield.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I've been in that role before, so, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was kind of natural for me, and
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  Speaker 2: I was able to just go out there and you know,
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  Speaker 2: be the second eyes for Drew, like you said, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, help him see some things on the field,
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  Speaker 2: talk him through some scenarios, and really just give him
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  Speaker 2: some confidence, you know, give him some love, let him
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  Speaker 2: know that, uh, you know, he's playing great and that
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity is gonna come for him to go out
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  Speaker 2: there and make it happen.
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  Speaker 1: And uh that's what he did.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think you appreciate a little more everything Drew's
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  Speaker 2: going through because of the journey your career is taken.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, without a doubt, you know, without a doubt.
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  Speaker 2: I know exactly, you know, not exactly, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: I kind of know what he feels, and I know
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  Speaker 2: he wants to be out there competing as well. And uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, your opportunities come when they come, and you
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  Speaker 2: gotta be ready for him. And I think he did
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  Speaker 2: a great job being ready.
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  Speaker 1: How are you feeling this week now? I feel pretty good,
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  Speaker 1: still getting better, Yes, sir, you think you're gonna place
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  Speaker 1: on that I would hope. So when you look at
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  Speaker 1: the Staitans defense, then what stands out most in the numbers.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, just overall watching them, you
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  Speaker 2: l you look at uh the guys up front. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they got a bunch of sacks. Uh Denico Archie, I
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  Speaker 2: think that's how you say his name. US already got
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  Speaker 2: eleven sacks. You got uh Simmons in there, who's uh
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  Speaker 2: one of the best interior guys in the league. I
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  Speaker 2: think Hero Harold Landry's you know, starting to get you know,
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  Speaker 2: better and better each week coming off an injury.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the mindset of their coach and Mike v Raabel.
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  Speaker 2: Defensive minded coach, tough guy, so they're gonna follow suit.
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  Speaker 2: And so they got guys all across the board that
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  Speaker 2: can make plays a bunch of different packages. They mix
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  Speaker 2: the looks, multiple looks, multiple coverages, and you know, they
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  Speaker 2: really play hard, uh throughout the game. So another great
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  Speaker 2: challenge for us, uh on the road. You know, I've
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  Speaker 2: played in Tennessee once before early in my career, so
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  Speaker 2: I know how that is, and so just got to
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  Speaker 2: be prepared for that, and you know, just ready to
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  Speaker 2: handle all the noise and you know, be prepared to
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  Speaker 2: handle the rush and then go out there and get
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  Speaker 2: the ball up.
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  Speaker 1: What do Uh? What were you what are you able
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  Speaker 1: to do now?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe physically that you know couldn't get you cleared on
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday or excuse.
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  Speaker 1: Like on Monday. Uh, I'm not sure. I you know,
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  Speaker 1: I I felt the same Monday that I do now
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  Speaker 1: with with Jackson too, his touchdowns and game winners down
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  Speaker 1: on the year.
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  Speaker 2: He's obviously playing some big games at Ohio State previously,
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  Speaker 2: but what's kind.
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  Speaker 1: Of made him be ready for for moments like that?
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  Speaker 1: From from your skin.
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  Speaker 2: Point, yeah, I think you know initially what you spoke on,
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  Speaker 2: you know, playing at Ohio State, playing in a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: big games, and uh being dominating those big games, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being the key factor in those games. So he expects
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  Speaker 2: to make those plays when the game's on the line.
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  Speaker 2: And I think, just you know, from knowing him for
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  Speaker 2: the short time I've known him, the confidence he has
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  Speaker 2: in his ability, his understanding of the game, his cool, calm,
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  Speaker 2: collective demeanor, uh, and just the way that he goes
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  Speaker 2: out there and competes every single time. When his opportunity comes,
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  Speaker 2: he's ready for it and he makes the play. And
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  Speaker 2: that's you know, that's all you can ask from a
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  Speaker 2: guy like that he's a special player, as I've always said,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, he's just getting better and better each week.
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  Speaker 1: He pete speech after the game, they could put it
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  Speaker 1: on video got a lot of attention. Was that any
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  Speaker 1: more out of ordinary than it's been for him? Or
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  Speaker 1: did that seem like a different one Onday? Or nah?
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  Speaker 2: That's the classic? Uh Coach Carroll's speech after the game. Man,
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  Speaker 2: he uh, shoot, he was fired up, though, he was
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  Speaker 2: really fired up.
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  Speaker 1: You can tell that one. You know he wanted that one.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, you know, we love the energy he brings,
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  Speaker 2: the passion he brings.
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  Speaker 1: It rubs off on all the guys.
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  Speaker 2: And so you know when Coach Carroll, when he's happy
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  Speaker 2: like that, that usually means a good thing.
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  Speaker 1: So we gotta keep that up.
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  Speaker 2: If you're able to play Sunday with the full game
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  Speaker 2: of aid and full game with Charles and kenon Zach,
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  Speaker 2: what difference do you think that would make me to
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  Speaker 2: have as close to a healthy offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: That you've had and both backs?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I obviously, like I said, man, you know,
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  Speaker 2: having Charles and a back, they're a big factor on
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  Speaker 2: the offense. I obviously they're you know, two great young
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  Speaker 2: tackles and I think gonna be franchise tackles here for
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  Speaker 2: a while.
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  Speaker 1: So they they help our offense in a ton of ways.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, on the field, just the way
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  Speaker 2: that they play, the things they bring, the toughness and
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  Speaker 2: all that, and then overall the j just their demeanor,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the toughness that they bring in the way
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  Speaker 2: that they go about their work. Uh, it's something that
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  Speaker 2: we need on offense, and we uh we trust those
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  Speaker 2: guys to bring that. And then with Ken and zach Man,
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  Speaker 2: just either one of those guys can you know, can
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  Speaker 2: be the bell cow, but with them together, man, it's
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  Speaker 2: just you know, it's it's that much harder on the defense.
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  Speaker 2: Anytime we can establish that run, uh, we can be
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  Speaker 2: more balanced, and then obviously the play action in the
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  Speaker 2: passing game will open up. So uh, they do a
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  Speaker 2: great job at just you know, kind of leading our offense.
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  Speaker 2: And and we wanna count on those guys weekend and
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  Speaker 2: reach outs, uh weekend and week out. So uh, just
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  Speaker 2: with those two guys, man, we gotta keep getting them
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  Speaker 2: ball and uh letting them do their thing cause they're great.
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  Speaker 1: Which has with that is that still affecting you at all? Uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's getting better.
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  Speaker 2: Getting better not really affecting me as much, but I
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  Speaker 2: mean something I have to stay on top of.
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  Speaker 1: What stands out.
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  Speaker 2: When you watch the Titans red zone defense, man, they're stout,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they they uh usually hold guys the field goals,
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  Speaker 2: you know, not many touchdowns giving up.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. They're they're great in the run game.
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  Speaker 2: They stop the run first, and then you know, they
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  Speaker 2: kind of put it in an umbrella on the on
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  Speaker 2: the defense where you can't really get behind him. You
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  Speaker 2: gotta kind of dunk and dunk and throw in front
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  Speaker 2: of him, and then they rally and tackle. So for us,
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be you know, finding the one on one,
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  Speaker 2: finding the open guy, gotta run the ball down there,
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  Speaker 2: and then obviously being efficient and scoring touchdowns in our
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  Speaker 2: field goals anything else.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, guys,