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Byron Murphy II: "We Have Everything We Need In Order To Be Successful" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: What's up? What's up, what's up?
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  Speaker 2: How you doing? I'm doing good, how you doing? What's
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  Speaker 2: going on with... Chris, can we go? What's going on
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  Speaker 2: with camp? Camp, man, it's been going pretty well. I
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  Speaker 2: feel like I'm in a great spot right now. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we finishing up camp, so I just got to take
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  Speaker 2: every advantage that I got, every opportunity of camp left,
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  Speaker 2: so just working on stacking days and getting better.
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  Speaker 1: And we've talked about it, Leonard Williams and just that room,
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  Speaker 1: important for you guys. Can you talk about that room?
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  Speaker 2: Say it again?
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  Speaker 1: Your D-line room.
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  Speaker 2: Can you talk about it? Man, it's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: talent in there. A lot of dogs. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: versatile players that can do a lot of things as
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  Speaker 2: far as pass rushing, stopping and running. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: we got everything in our D-line room. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: we got everything that we need in order to be successful.
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  Speaker 1: What is there left to do this week with the
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  Speaker 1: preseason game and a few more practices before the regular season?
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  Speaker 2: Really just sharpening up, sharpening up my tools, just getting prepared,
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  Speaker 2: getting my body ready, my mental as well, and just
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  Speaker 2: getting ready for week one.
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  Speaker 1: For those of you guys that aren't playing in the preseason,
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  Speaker 1: what do you have to do to get ready? Like,
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  Speaker 1: does it feel like college again, like where you're going
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  Speaker 1: out in game one where you don't have somebody else
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  Speaker 1: you played in the lead up to it? Kind of
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  Speaker 1: how do you manage that and what's different about it
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  Speaker 1: trying to get ready?
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  Speaker 2: I'd say really just, like, we know we're not playing,
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  Speaker 2: but attacking the game day like we are playing, you know. Also, too,
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  Speaker 2: just taking real mental reps, you know, You know, mental reps,
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  Speaker 2: you know, watching film, just things like that, like you're
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  Speaker 2: just getting prepared for a game. So, really just being
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  Speaker 2: a pro for real.
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  Speaker 1: Coach, what does he expect from past productivity and the
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  Speaker 1: past rush from you this year?
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  Speaker 2: What does that mean to you? What does that look like?
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  Speaker 2: Just me rushing. That's what it's going to look like,
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  Speaker 2: just me rushing, getting to the quarterback, but also, too,
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  Speaker 2: just working with the guys around me to get to
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: Is that more opportunities up and down the line? What
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  Speaker 1: have you noticed already that maybe gets you from behind?
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  Speaker 2: I'm getting opportunities playing, you know, rushing from the three,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a couple lower rushes here and there, also
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  Speaker 2: two rushing from the nose. So really just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being all around and taking, you know, every opportunity they
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  Speaker 2: give me.
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  Speaker 1: We're still just getting started, but you saw what Jalen
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  Speaker 1: Carter got. You have to notice the defensive tackle marker.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think of that and where do your
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  Speaker 1: goals go?
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Chill out, man.
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  Speaker 2: It's pretty cool to see, but I'm not really worried
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  Speaker 2: about that right now. I'm just focusing on me, focusing
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  Speaker 2: on what's happening right now as far as training camp
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  Speaker 2: and just going into the season.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have a lot of tenure plus that's in
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  Speaker 1: defensive line, outside linebackers. Still relatively young player and coming
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  Speaker 1: up last year, what have those guys made you down
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  Speaker 1: all those fat dreams of yours?
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  Speaker 2: It means a lot to me, man. I've learned a
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  Speaker 2: lot of ball over the last three years being with
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  Speaker 2: these guys. I feel like Leo, Jay Reed, Law, they
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  Speaker 2: just helped me take my game to a whole other level.
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  Speaker 2: So having them guys, you know, give me a, I
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  Speaker 2: feel like it gave me a lot of confidence in
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  Speaker 2: my play and just the ability, you know, to go
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  Speaker 2: play free and not to worry about nothing because I
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  Speaker 2: know they got my back and I got theirs.
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  Speaker 1: You ever give them a hard time about being like
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  Speaker 1: the older guys in.
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  Speaker 2: The group or anything? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
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  Speaker 1: How big a difference is it trying to rush from
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  Speaker 1: the nose in the free check for people that don't
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  Speaker 1: understand the difference? What fundamentally changes in that role for
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  Speaker 1: you when you're in the different spots?
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  Speaker 2: Well, at the three, you know, you got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of space, so you got a lot more opportunities. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you can win in B, win in the B gap.
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  Speaker 2: You can win B to A. You can just mix
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  Speaker 2: it up from a three, but from a nose standpoint, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's pretty hard because you've got the center and the
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  Speaker 2: guard right there, so you're pretty much rushing two, really.
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  Speaker 2: You hardly get any one-on-ones when you're rushing at the nose. So, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's a bit difficult. You've got to be tight with
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  Speaker 2: your rushes, have your hands ready when you're at the
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  Speaker 2: nose position. And then also, too, everything just happens quicker
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  Speaker 2: at the nose. It's pretty challenging, but I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: find a way and manage to get the job done. Byron,
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  Speaker 2: with it only being your third season, it's year three, though.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like some of the things that you've
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  Speaker 1: learned from those vets that now some of the younger
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  Speaker 1: guys on the team that maybe you've started to take
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  Speaker 1: on a little bit more of a leadership role?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, most definitely. For sure, I feel like I
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  Speaker 2: took a huge step as far as being a leader,
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  Speaker 2: leadership role, helping the younger guys. No matter what it
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  Speaker 2: looks like as far as playing blocks, re-informations, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when they're kind of, you know, pass rushing, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just little things, just like, just try to help them
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  Speaker 2: as much as I can, like just give them little niggas,
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  Speaker 2: you know, to improve their game.
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  Speaker 1: What's the key in playing off double teams?
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  Speaker 2: How are we able to kind of, you got more
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  Speaker 2: and more, how are we able to do that? Man,
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  Speaker 2: I've been playing doubles for a long time, so, and
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  Speaker 2: then the technique that I use, man, I've been using
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  Speaker 2: it for a while, so it's really just like, it's
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  Speaker 2: second nature now, so. When I'm playing a double or
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  Speaker 2: when I know I'm about to get a double, I'm
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  Speaker 2: not even thinking about it. I'm just reacting.
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  Speaker 1: What did you get out of the joint practice? What
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  Speaker 1: did you get out of the joint practice?
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  Speaker 2: I got some good work in. I feel like that's
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  Speaker 2: what we needed. Going out there, being in Tennessee, it
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  Speaker 2: was hot. Really just learning how to be comfortable with
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  Speaker 2: being uncomfortable. I feel like that was very much needed,
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  Speaker 2: but I feel like I got some great work out there.
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  Speaker 1: The rookie talent show.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: What was the highlight and the low light?
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  Speaker 2: I'd say the highlight was for me when Oos, man,
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  Speaker 2: Oos had the guitar. That surprised me. I didn't know
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  Speaker 2: he could play the guitar. I'd say the low light,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I feel like everybody did good. I
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  Speaker 2: feel like everybody did good. I feel like everybody performed.
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  Speaker 1: For you guys as a defense, with Clark going down
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  Speaker 1: in the preseason game, how tough is that for you
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  Speaker 1: guys to watch him? He might be out for a
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  Speaker 1: pretty long time.
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  Speaker 2: It's pretty tough, man, because you hate to see that.
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  Speaker 2: You don't want to see nobody getting hurt or being
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  Speaker 2: injured or anything like that. But we got Bud. We
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  Speaker 2: got his back. He can depend on us. So whatever
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  Speaker 2: he got to do, you know, To get healthy, he
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  Speaker 2: can do that, man. So, you know, he don't got
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  Speaker 2: to worry about nothing else. Just focus on him and
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  Speaker 2: his recovery and getting healthy. Thanks, man.