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Ernest Jones IV: "I Want Our Defense To Be Remembered" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How do you feel about your h I don't want winning, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Rookie of the Week.
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  Speaker 2: I'm great, man. He deserved it. He balled out this
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  Speaker 2: past weekend, man, So I'm excited for him. His career
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  Speaker 2: is just continue to elevate, so I'm happy for him.
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  Speaker 3: We've actually seen him kind of grow into that role
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  Speaker 3: a little bit going back to training camp. But when
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  Speaker 3: you came in, what was your first syndication that he
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  Speaker 3: had that ability in.
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  Speaker 2: That skill set? I could just tell the you know,
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  Speaker 2: he was able to just flow to the ball. It
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  Speaker 2: was effortlessly. He he just was able to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: be where the running back was going. Reminded me of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a lot like not saying I'm great at it,
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  Speaker 2: but just saying that I think I do it well
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  Speaker 2: as far as just mimicking where the back's going. He
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  Speaker 2: does the great job of that. So I've seen that
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  Speaker 2: up front and he wants it. You could tell he's
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  Speaker 2: in the playbook asking all the right questions. So he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be a hell of a player in this league.
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  Speaker 3: Is that ability his natural instinct or because he studies
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  Speaker 3: so much?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's natural. I think when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: that part of playing linebacker. That's all natural. You can't
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  Speaker 2: you can't teach that.
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  Speaker 1: What uh what sets out you about the about Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay kind of their offense and Josh Jacobs and all that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Josh Jacobs uh stands out. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's their bell cow. He's towing the ball for him. Well,
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  Speaker 2: loves back there getting the ball out, distributing well. So
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  Speaker 2: we got a you know, tough chan tough challenge ahead
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  Speaker 2: of us. But you know, I believe in our scheme,
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  Speaker 2: our system. I believe in the players, and I believe
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  Speaker 2: we can go out there and be be be really good.
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  Speaker 3: What stands out about the explosive plays that they've been
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  Speaker 3: able to generate. It looks like every wide receiver's gotta
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  Speaker 3: play over forty yards.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think for us, it's uh, for from from
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  Speaker 2: when I see that, it's just a lot of broken
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  Speaker 2: down plays. Dbs may not be in the right spots.
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  Speaker 2: Quarterback does a great job extending throws and getting out
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  Speaker 2: of the pocket so that they can be open. So
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  Speaker 2: for us, we got to rush and cover well and
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  Speaker 2: you know, eliminate those explosives that they do have.
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  Speaker 1: You talked about the instinct linebacker at times it looks
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  Speaker 1: like linebackers are like running backs avoiding you know, offensivemen,
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  Speaker 1: running backs are trying to avoid defenders. What are the
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  Speaker 1: similarities differences between those two positions?
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  Speaker 2: I always said similar. I always i'd say a really
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  Speaker 2: good linebackerul be a really good running back too. So
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  Speaker 2: just bases just like you know, we have to just
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  Speaker 2: see where hole's at. We have to anticipate where they're going.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're basically a running back just tackling them now,
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  Speaker 2: Like it's it's crazy how similar it is. How short space,
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  Speaker 2: how you know, short area quickness. You got to have
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  Speaker 2: to get to those points. So it's it's really similar
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  Speaker 2: in my eyes.
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  Speaker 1: Coaches have anything to say about your ball security on.
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  Speaker 2: The return, yeah yeah they did. Yeah they definitely did.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely want to get that in tighter, but yeah, nobody
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  Speaker 2: was around. I'm just kidding. Definitely will be better with
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  Speaker 2: that though.
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  Speaker 3: You use the term death zone to describe the team's
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  Speaker 3: playoff mode right now, but some fans have picked up
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  Speaker 3: on that Moniker to kind of describe the defense. Do
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  Speaker 3: you like that?
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  Speaker 2: I love it, I love it, I love it, I
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  Speaker 2: love it, I love it. I don't know how much
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  Speaker 2: you know anything other than say I want to be
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  Speaker 2: I want our defense to be remembered. I want the
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  Speaker 2: defense that I'm on and the players in our and
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  Speaker 2: on our defensive side to to to really be remembered.
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  Speaker 2: And know, when you're playing Seattle, you gotta gotta handle
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  Speaker 2: their defense.
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  Speaker 1: You know about the kind of lore of Packers games
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  Speaker 1: in Seattle with Golden Tate's big catch and that NFC
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  Speaker 1: Championship game.
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  Speaker 2: I'm learning, I'm learning this is a this is a
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  Speaker 2: big one, not just because it's the next game, because
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  Speaker 2: it's the Packers and there's some there's some robbery there.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm learning. I'm still kind of getting adjusted to that.
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  Speaker 2: And you know what teams we don't like at all.
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  Speaker 2: So but I'm picking it up.
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  Speaker 3: When you talk about want of the defense to be
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  Speaker 3: remembered and to be memorable, which defenses did you watch,
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  Speaker 3: whether it was growing up, when you were in college
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  Speaker 3: that have always been memorable to you?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, can't go without saying Legion to Boom. They
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  Speaker 2: they've always rightfully so they were they were them guys. Man.
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  Speaker 2: But I grew up, I mean, for me, my favorite
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  Speaker 2: player was ray Lewis, So every defense he was a
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  Speaker 2: part of, I felt like he had a big way in,
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  Speaker 2: you know, how they played, just because of his energy,
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  Speaker 2: the way he played, the way he led those guys.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, it would definitely have to be a lot
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  Speaker 2: of a lot of Baltimore for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Would it surprise you to know that Terry Snyders tried
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  Speaker 3: to model.
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  Speaker 2: His game after Lewis I would me too. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: be surprised at all. You can't. You can't be a
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  Speaker 2: want to be a great linebacker, not speak to one
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  Speaker 2: of or want to be like one of the greatest.
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  Speaker 2: So in my eyes, he is good. Thank you.