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Riq Woolen: "We Have To Lock In" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: What's up? Are you good? Good? How y'all doing playing
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  Speaker 1: the track? Oh? Yeah, ah yeah, of course of course. Shoo.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, you know, my my really my only year.
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  Speaker 2: You know, made some plays there and it was a
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  Speaker 2: lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: You were able to.
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  Speaker 2: Do something the very people have done that is intercept
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  Speaker 2: Jared Golf.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Why has he been able to go.
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  Speaker 2: So long without throwing an interception? What is it about
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  Speaker 2: his stock?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Shoot?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, he just a uh a pr a really good quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a smart guy with the ball, makes the
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  Speaker 2: right decisions and has ah a great old line and
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  Speaker 2: when you mix that in with great receivers, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to throw intercessis when you got a uh
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  Speaker 2: uh a real good three of those combos and I
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  Speaker 2: felt like he uses it real well, and you know
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  Speaker 2: it's it's hard to throw intercessors when you got that.
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  Speaker 1: Who had the loudest voice in the locker room this
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  Speaker 1: week as everybody was regrouping, Uh should really? Uh Bobby?
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  Speaker 2: You know, Bobby played a big role because you know,
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  Speaker 2: Bobby being here this is like Bobby really first and
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  Speaker 2: second home.
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  Speaker 1: He been here longer than everybody on the team.
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  Speaker 2: So really, Bobby got like a strong voice, people like
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  Speaker 2: to listen to him, and just the guy that he is.
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  Speaker 2: He carried a lot of weight with him because you know,
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  Speaker 2: he knows what to do in different situations because he
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  Speaker 2: done seen almost every single one of them.
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  Speaker 1: So what a guy like Bobby speaking up?
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  Speaker 2: A lot of guys trust him because one here leader,
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  Speaker 2: and two you know he a guy you can trust
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  Speaker 2: and he been here.
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  Speaker 1: What does that be like?
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  Speaker 2: You were here obviously with Bobby played here before, so
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  Speaker 2: kind of getting to know Bobby now, what's that had
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  Speaker 2: been like?
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  Speaker 1: Honestly is pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: As a kid, I used to just play the video
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  Speaker 2: game and see Bobby on there, and then now I'm
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  Speaker 2: older now being able to be on the same team
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  Speaker 2: with him is pretty cool. And just playing with him
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  Speaker 2: and having him out there, you can you can tell
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  Speaker 2: it's a difference, just because you know, in the run game,
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  Speaker 2: as you see last game, we did a pretty good
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  Speaker 2: job in the first half, and we could have did
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  Speaker 2: more better in the second. But as you've seen, you
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  Speaker 2: know the run game, man, it seemed like it was
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  Speaker 2: non existent really, So being able to play with Bobby,
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  Speaker 2: having a playmaker like him, it makes it a lot
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  Speaker 2: easier on the defense. What was the talk that you
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  Speaker 2: gave you guys, like before practice yesterday, just telling us
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  Speaker 2: that basically this is what it was, just telling us
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  Speaker 2: that yesterday's yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: You can't really change it.
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  Speaker 2: Just have your mind ready for today because tomorrow you
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  Speaker 2: don't know what you're gonna get. So today, just have
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  Speaker 2: your mind ready for today and take care of your task.
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  Speaker 1: At hand and pretty much just be where your feet at.
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  Speaker 2: Because he kind of sensed that there was a vibe
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  Speaker 2: on the team that guys will still feeling type of
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  Speaker 2: way towards the loss, even though we got another big
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  Speaker 2: game coming up and it was.
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  Speaker 1: Just we won. What was practiced like that?
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  Speaker 2: After that yesterday we had a great practice. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like this type of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: You need sometimes on the team.
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  Speaker 2: Because, like I said, Bobby is our leader, so whenever
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  Speaker 2: he sents something wrong with the team, it feels good
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  Speaker 2: to know that we got a galent team that can
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  Speaker 2: help us self reflect but also help us come together
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  Speaker 2: as a team too, because that's what makes a team closer.
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  Speaker 1: Uh Devin to have on this defense, which.
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  Speaker 2: Uh yeah, uh man having him back that'd be pretty
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  Speaker 2: fun too. A real confident guy knows what he doing
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  Speaker 2: out there. He plays a nickel in outside corner, So
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  Speaker 2: that speaks a lot too because as a rookie, not
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  Speaker 2: a lot of guys can play both. So for a
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  Speaker 2: guy like him to come in and know what to
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  Speaker 2: do and know the different tools of using coverages and
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  Speaker 2: different things like that, it's gonna help us out a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Because Ya, whenever you have a great player out there
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  Speaker 2: on the field on your defense, it raises your defense
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  Speaker 2: of greatness too.
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  Speaker 1: Jared Golf has been pretty good at getting those explosive plays.
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  Speaker 2: Is that a function of the receivers and the playmakers
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  Speaker 2: he has or the scheme that they run?
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  Speaker 1: I could say both.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Uh, they they they got a good receiver
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  Speaker 2: fourteen amne. He a real cool dude. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: was at the probot with on him. Nice dude, but
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  Speaker 2: uh man, he have a real good receiver too. So uh,
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  Speaker 2: just a guy like him having him on your team,
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  Speaker 2: that makes it easier for to somebody to go to.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, whenever you're a great quarterback like Golf and
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  Speaker 2: able to use fourteen and the different receivers they have,
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  Speaker 2: you know you can have a team success. They run more.
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  Speaker 1: Crossers than a lot of teams. You studying a year
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  Speaker 1: and a half, shoot a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, the NFL, you know, team's gonna scheme
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  Speaker 2: up whatever they see versus another team. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: one week may get a lot of crosses the neighbors who
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  Speaker 2: you may not. It just depends on what covers just
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  Speaker 2: we bringing to the table this week, and we may
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  Speaker 2: expect to see acrossing just because of what our game
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  Speaker 2: plan is. Like when you look at the film of
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  Speaker 2: the Rams game, what would the issues cover.
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  Speaker 1: The middle of the field. Hm.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, we just gotta just lock in more, focus in
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  Speaker 2: on the little stuff, cause those are the type of
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  Speaker 2: places we see that practically practiced a lot of times.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, we just gotta lock in more and just
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  Speaker 2: trust the stuff that we've been taught and been coached,
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  Speaker 2: and sure enough, those type of players will slow 'em
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  Speaker 2: down or make sure they don't happen.
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  Speaker 1: What's the last What was the last week thick for
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  Speaker 1: you at all?
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  Speaker 2: Just kind of giving the knee injury and stuff like
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  Speaker 2: that you have the offseason and kind of the whole.
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  Speaker 1: Game and everything.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean during the game, I didn't think
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  Speaker 2: it was eighty four snaps, but I mean at the
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  Speaker 2: same time your body feel it at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the game.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it was pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: Just going out there and just getting my feet underneath me,
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  Speaker 2: you know, not playing no preseason and then just having
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  Speaker 2: limited practice leading up to the game, and then just
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  Speaker 2: being out there with my guys.
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  Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 2: Just knowing in my head that I can come back
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  Speaker 2: from you know, a slight knee injury and knee procedure.
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  Speaker 2: It feels good in my head because it gives me confidence.
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  Speaker 2: So as we start early in the season, last week
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  Speaker 2: was Week one, and as we go along throughout the season,
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  Speaker 2: I just learned to trust myself, trust my abilities and
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  Speaker 2: everything I know I can do.
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  Speaker 1: What was it like having Jamal back in practice yesterday?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, no, that's pretty cool, man. Just having thirty
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  Speaker 2: three out there. I've been waiting for him to be
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  Speaker 2: back because whenever everything connects together and just together, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's like.
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  Speaker 1: A complete team. That's the guy we need out there.
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  Speaker 2: So having him out there, his energy is like contagious
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  Speaker 2: and he don't even have to practice.
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  Speaker 1: You just be on the sideline. It's contagious.
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  Speaker 2: So having him being able to be out there and
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  Speaker 2: go out there and make plays with us, and he
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  Speaker 2: go out there and dominate. It's just a real privilege
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  Speaker 2: and the honor to play with him.
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  Speaker 1: We've heard that before that he's known as like an energizer.
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  Speaker 1: What does that look like and sound like?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's hard to like do his energy and
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  Speaker 2: stuff like that. But shoot, honestly, you just gotta see
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  Speaker 2: for yourself, you know, you just gotta see. If you're
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  Speaker 2: out there doing practice and stuff, just have an eye
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  Speaker 2: on him and you will see you with all the
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  Speaker 2: other players and the people throughout this building, seeing a
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  Speaker 2: guy like him, and you know.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, he's he just like Bobby.
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  Speaker 2: He's a leader, and he's he hold people, uh with
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  Speaker 2: accountability and credibility. And having him on our team and
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  Speaker 2: having him back is gonna be a lot of fun. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I f all the last summer, your rookie preseason, you
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  Speaker 2: were told, here's how we're gonna play defense with Jamal
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  Speaker 2: Adams in it.
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  Speaker 1: Here's what's gonna look like Adams in it, like plays
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  Speaker 1: two bus and two quarters. How curious are you of
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  Speaker 1: what your f defense? Like you said, becoming full, what
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  Speaker 1: your defense gonna look like? What Adams is center?
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  Speaker 2: Uh? Shoot, we already a little scary, but with him
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  Speaker 2: on that, it's even more scarier.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Once we just go out there in jail and play
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  Speaker 2: a full game of great ball instead of just one
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  Speaker 2: half of great ball, uh, I feel like we'll be
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  Speaker 2: a team that a uh that puts the nation on notice.
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  Speaker 2: And whenever we have all our people together and be
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  Speaker 2: a healthy team, you know, we a team that can
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  Speaker 2: be a contender.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Thanks, thanks for thanks for making me