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AJ Barner: "The Foundation That We've Laid Is Going To Be Here For A Long Time" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Honestly, not really. I try and keep it the same.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not really wanting to be into superstitions either. I
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  Speaker 1: used to, like, you know, maybe do a thing or
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  Speaker 1: two before the game, but recently I like to just
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  Speaker 1: not really have any type of routine and just go
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  Speaker 1: really play the game and focus on my preparation and
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  Speaker 1: make sure I feel good once the balls kicked off.
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  Speaker 2: What do you what do you mean to you against
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  Speaker 2: a team that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think obviously when the super bowlil be very special.
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  Speaker 1: And to do it against a team you know that
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  Speaker 1: we lost to a decade ago or whatever it was,
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  Speaker 1: I think would make it even more sweet. But just
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  Speaker 1: winning a super Bowl in general extremely special. Uh you can, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I think about midway through the season you really realize that, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we have a uh definite chance to do this. I
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  Speaker 1: think you go into the season with belief that you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can maybe get to a point like this, but
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  Speaker 1: I think it's solidified once you get throughout the season
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  Speaker 1: and feel like you have a really good team.
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  Speaker 3: Thank yep.
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  Speaker 4: H m hm. Dave Mother or Softy case A Radio
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  Speaker 4: Seattle see it all right.
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  Speaker 5: First of all, it feels like I've been down here
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  Speaker 5: for a month already, right, media every day, save questions
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  Speaker 5: every day. I'm getting kind of just a look on
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  Speaker 5: your face and you're kind of ready to be done
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  Speaker 5: with this and play this game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm getting ready for game time.
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  Speaker 1: Been down here for a week now or part of
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  Speaker 1: a week and been in the hotel and all that,
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  Speaker 1: So getting ready to get back to football and play
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  Speaker 1: this game and then uh, enjoy what happens after.
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  Speaker 3: Have you been able to.
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  Speaker 4: Have any fun at all? Soak this up? Enjoy this?
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  Speaker 4: Or has been all business since you guys got here,
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  Speaker 4: since ye since you beat the Rams?
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  Speaker 1: I think, yeah, I just enjoying our time with our inmates.
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  Speaker 1: But quite honestly, our team is very focused and we
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  Speaker 1: have a mature team, and you know, I think when
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  Speaker 1: we win this game and then we'll be able to
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  Speaker 1: celebrate and enjoy the enjoy what happens after that.
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  Speaker 4: You said when when we win this game?
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  Speaker 5: Right, So there's some confidence there that this team's got
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  Speaker 5: to talk about that And why.
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  Speaker 4: You don't mind sharing that.
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  Speaker 1: I just think you go into a game expecting to win.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously you have a lot of respect for the opponent,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm just not going to say if you know
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  Speaker 1: you want to go in the game.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, we have a very good.
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  Speaker 1: Team that we're playing, and uh, they're very sound across
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  Speaker 1: the board, but we came here and expect to win.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: A Ja talk about Coach Max's role in preparing you
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  Speaker 5: guys to face Mike Rabel's defense. He's got his own
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  Speaker 5: issues obviously with Drake May and the Patriot offense, but
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  Speaker 5: what kind of role has he played in getting the
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  Speaker 5: offense ready to face Mike Rabel and what.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to throw at I think just uh, just
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  Speaker 1: staying on our principle is just reminding us of the
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  Speaker 1: things that we do. How if we're ourselves and locked
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  Speaker 1: into our details, really our offense with our rules can
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  Speaker 1: handle all the different things that this defense is gonna
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  Speaker 1: throw at us.
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  Speaker 3: And but that's one thing that this defense does well.
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  Speaker 3: They're very very stile.
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  Speaker 1: They can play a lot of different fronts and defensive structures,
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  Speaker 1: So that's something that we're prepared for.
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  Speaker 5: A Jaye talk about kind of how your role has
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  Speaker 5: evolved right in just the.
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  Speaker 4: Last maybe three or four months. And if I would have.
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  Speaker 5: Told you five six months ago that you'd be here
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  Speaker 5: now in this game with a role that you're playing
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  Speaker 5: for this football team.
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  Speaker 4: Would you have even bought that?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 1: I think obviously, you know, to be in this game
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  Speaker 1: is you know, pretty pretty special and amazing.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, you play this game to do these things.
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  Speaker 1: And I think me as an individual player, I'm still
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  Speaker 1: trying to reach my full potential.
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  Speaker 3: Have a long way to go.
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  Speaker 1: But I think this weekend is a great opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: show Seahawks fans and the rest of the world what
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  Speaker 1: I know about myself.
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  Speaker 5: How tight is this team honestly? How together is this
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  Speaker 5: team right now?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? Very close.
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  Speaker 1: We enjoy all the time that we spend together, play
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  Speaker 1: for one another, and you know it's gonna be uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna it's our last game, and unfortunately, you know,
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  Speaker 1: some guys will move on. There's always new faces with
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  Speaker 1: this league, but I think the foundation that we've laid.
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  Speaker 3: Is gonna be here for a long time.
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  Speaker 4: How many people coming from home? How many tickets?
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  Speaker 3: Really just my immediate family.
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  Speaker 1: I like to keep it, you know, pretty focused and
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  Speaker 1: have so much support back home. My hometown is really
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  Speaker 1: really excited for the game. But when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: having people at the game, I like to just kind
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  Speaker 1: of keep it low key and have the family here.
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  Speaker 4: Great stuff, go get them. We'll talk after a win,
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  Speaker 4: hopefully on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: And I appreciate no doubt. Yes, sir, thank you. What's
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  Speaker 3: going on.
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  Speaker 1: Good to see you, Yes, sir, Yes, sir. Yeah, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think they have a lot of depth up there.
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  Speaker 1: They have, you know, four or five guys that they'll
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  Speaker 1: play and all of them, I think they have a
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  Speaker 1: couple of guys that are you know, maybe better on
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  Speaker 1: bass downs, a couple of guys that are more pass
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  Speaker 1: rush specific, and the interior guys will line up outside
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  Speaker 1: over the tight ends too and half out to us.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, I think they have a very solid defense, Like.
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  Speaker 1: They know their rules, they play it well, and they
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of different schemes at the run. They
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  Speaker 1: play a lot of defense, so something that we have
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  Speaker 1: to be prepared for.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the physicality that we play with I
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  Speaker 1: think will match how they play. I think that's popped
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  Speaker 1: on tape with them. They play physical, we play physical,
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  Speaker 1: so that'll be good for both sides. And I think
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  Speaker 1: how we mix the running pass together. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: our play action and things that we do with my
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  Speaker 1: position specifically looks very similar to the the runs that
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  Speaker 1: they're going to see. So I think that can present
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  Speaker 1: a challenge to a defense. And you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: a strength of our team is how we wear on
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  Speaker 1: you throughout the game too. I think it'll be a
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  Speaker 1: good battle for both sides to you know, play a
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  Speaker 1: full sixty minutes of football. Yeah, no doubt situation you guys.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think the motions that we do, uh, the different
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  Speaker 1: types of blocking schemes, and the movement of our O line,
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  Speaker 1: and then the role of the tight end, and I
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  Speaker 1: think myself to being more of a traditional tight end
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  Speaker 1: lining up with the tackle sometimes you can get lost
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  Speaker 1: in the mix and kind of find your way out
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  Speaker 1: of there and get past some linebackers. So something that uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm excited to show on Sunday and should
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  Speaker 1: be a good strength for our offense.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir, Yes, sir, good to see it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Uh, it's awesome. I'm really excited about it. Really
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  Speaker 1: trying to prepare to you know, have a big game
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  Speaker 1: and help my team win whatever they asked me to do.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's the great thing about the position
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  Speaker 1: that I played with in this offense is I can
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  Speaker 1: affect the game in so many ways, so just really
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  Speaker 1: just trying to get a win. However, we can yep
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  Speaker 1: what's going on a JA good to mita.
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  Speaker 6: A super Bowl before, but you were in a national
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  Speaker 6: championship game not long ago.
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  Speaker 7: I was how is this.
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  Speaker 4: Off and circumstance and media day? How does it compare
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  Speaker 4: to what you went through a couple of years ago
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  Speaker 4: A mission.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a bit similar.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly, I think that you know can help as a player,
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  Speaker 1: a young player in this league, being that had that
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  Speaker 1: experience in college, you get kind of used to all
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  Speaker 1: the things that are associated with a big time game
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  Speaker 1: like this, and also to just the end game experience
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  Speaker 1: of playing in a championship game is I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: helpful for myself.
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  Speaker 3: We'll see what happens on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously it's going to be a little bit different, but
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  Speaker 1: I think I'm ready for all the things that are
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  Speaker 1: associated with the championship game.
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  Speaker 6: I know this is a team game, but you individually
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  Speaker 6: have really stepped up this year.
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  Speaker 4: The twelves know all about you that a barn is
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  Speaker 4: going to be a star tight end this league.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think the country know that.
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  Speaker 6: A Barn is going to be a star time, so
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  Speaker 6: you kind of feel like, Okay, this is kind of
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  Speaker 6: my opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt. I think the twelves believe it.
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  Speaker 1: I believe in myself, this organization believes in me, and
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  Speaker 1: I think you spoke to it. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: the national audience really knows much about me, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: really ready for that to happen. And I think just
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  Speaker 1: play within yourselves, make the players when I can, and
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  Speaker 1: play with that juice I have, play with that confidence
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  Speaker 1: I have, and I think that's when I play my best.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm really ready to become one of the premier
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  Speaker 1: tight ends in this league. And I think when you
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  Speaker 1: check my tape out, I think it speaks to that
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  Speaker 1: the first.
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  Speaker 6: Two playoff games you face two teams you probably knew
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  Speaker 6: better than any team the league.
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  Speaker 3: Right now you're facing you've never faced. Yeah, So is.
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  Speaker 4: That is that a challenge? Is of refreshing? How is it?
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  Speaker 1: I think both? Honestly A bit refreshing though too. I
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  Speaker 1: think you know, when you play a team three times
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  Speaker 1: within the season, you become very familiar with the personnel
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  Speaker 1: and the schemes that they run. So it's cool to
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  Speaker 1: you know, play a team that we haven't played all year,
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  Speaker 1: And a lot of respect to the Patriots. I played
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  Speaker 1: them in my second game of my rookie year, and
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  Speaker 1: how far they've come and my team has come from
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  Speaker 1: last year, I think is very impressive.
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  Speaker 3: So it's exciting to play a different team.
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  Speaker 1: And honestly, I'm more excited to play a team that
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  Speaker 1: we haven't played versus someone that.
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  Speaker 3: We would have already played.
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  Speaker 6: I think if there's one thing that kind of the
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  Speaker 6: national pundits are talking about that could be a weakness
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  Speaker 6: for you guys, is just protecting against that front.
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  Speaker 4: What type of challenges do they present?
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  Speaker 6: And then also are you guys kind of taking that
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  Speaker 6: on your shoulders and say, Okay, yeah, the world doesn't
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  Speaker 6: think we can protect them against these guys kind.
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  Speaker 3: Of chip on Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think we had a chip on our shoulder all
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  Speaker 1: year with the naysayers and especially our O line and
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  Speaker 1: all that, and I think it's improved, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: lot throughout the season. And I think honestly, with their
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  Speaker 1: front and their defense in general, they just they run
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  Speaker 1: a lot of different defense. You know, you gotta be
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  Speaker 1: ready for multiple different base formations. Nickel and Nickel five
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  Speaker 1: to one goal line in the middle of the field.
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  Speaker 1: So I think just knowing our rules and just having
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  Speaker 1: our eyes in the right places will will help to
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  Speaker 1: combat their rush.
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  Speaker 4: Why has that protection?
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  Speaker 1: Big shout out to our O line coach, our offensive coordinator,
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  Speaker 1: and all of our coaches on the offensive side of
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  Speaker 1: the ball. They really harp on the details. We have
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  Speaker 1: a great scheme and I think we're prepared every week.
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  Speaker 1: They do a great job of preparing us. And then
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  Speaker 1: also just the continuity that we have up front. Those
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  Speaker 1: guys have taken pride in, you know, on and off
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  Speaker 1: the field, really having a tight knit O line room.
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  Speaker 3: So I think that goes a long way.
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  Speaker 6: Twelves are headed down thousands of ballans coming down here
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  Speaker 6: for trips, So what's your message.
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  Speaker 4: For them is they get shut down?
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  Speaker 1: That be the twelves. They always support us. I feel
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  Speaker 1: it on and off the field. So if they're going
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  Speaker 1: to be here, which they will be, like, we know
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  Speaker 1: what they bring so and they know what they bring
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  Speaker 1: to so we're excited about that and uh, expecting a
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  Speaker 1: lot of twelves in Levi Stadium. Yes, sir, yep, let's go.
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  Speaker 1: Good AJ, nice to meet you.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think very encouraging.
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  Speaker 1: Any NFL player, I think goes through ups and downs
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  Speaker 1: and all the all those things associated with the league.
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  Speaker 1: And I think to have a guy like Sam who
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  Speaker 1: has had multiple different stops and really never lost faith
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  Speaker 1: in the player that he is and to be doing
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  Speaker 1: what he's doing at this point in his career, I
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  Speaker 1: think is encouraging for a young player just to know
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  Speaker 1: that you know you're gonna go through it, and you're
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  Speaker 1: gonna have highs and lows, but if you keep pressing on,
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  Speaker 1: you know you'll reap the benefits. And having a guy
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  Speaker 1: like Coop too, I think just having a guy that
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  Speaker 1: has played in these games and the details that he
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  Speaker 1: brings to the table has been just awesome to be
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  Speaker 1: a young player and be able to pick those guys' brains.
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  Speaker 1: I think the casual answer for most guys is their mom.
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  Speaker 1: My Mom's definitely someone that I go to for advice
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  Speaker 1: on and off the field, honestly, and just when I
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  Speaker 1: need someone to talk to about, you know, just vent
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  Speaker 1: and get something off my chest, I think.
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  Speaker 3: I go to my mom. So, yeah, be a dog,
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  Speaker 3: go be you.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: When I let that dog out, uh, that's when I
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  Speaker 1: played my best football yep, thank you, hey Ja, this year,
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  Speaker 1: I would love to play overseas. Hopefully we have a
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  Speaker 1: bye week after that because of the long travel. But
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  Speaker 1: I think playing in a new environment and uh playing
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  Speaker 1: in front of, you know, an overseas crowd, I think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: from what I've seen on TV, they have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of fun over there, and uh definitely enjoy the games
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  Speaker 1: when they're played over there.
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  Speaker 3: You I haven't.
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  Speaker 1: No, I would love to get over there, and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: when we do get over there, we get the chance
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  Speaker 1: to to uh enjoy ourselves outside of football a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, yes, sir. Year yeah, uh yeah, I think so.
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  Speaker 1: I think obviously you know, that game was played quite
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  Speaker 1: some time ago, but I think it still stays for
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks fans. So being that to rematch, yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: we'd like to, you know, take care of business that uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, from from ten years ago to what LEXI, Lexie,
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  Speaker 1: what's up? Shout out from a J. Barner excited for
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  Speaker 1: the super Bowl. Hopefully you'll tune in, yes, sir, that's up?
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  Speaker 3: Good, Yes, sir? Yeah, right, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Difference, I don't think think uh you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: when you're in Seattle, most of us are far away
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  Speaker 1: from home anyways, you don't get to see family too much,
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  Speaker 1: but being here in a hotel for a week is
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  Speaker 1: a little bit different. But I think if you treat
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  Speaker 1: it the right way, you can lock in even more
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  Speaker 1: and really get prepared to play a big game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: And I think.
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  Speaker 3: Was talking about yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Earlier this week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think early in this week you try
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  Speaker 1: and bank sleep, try and ramp into the week just
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  Speaker 1: because you don't want that fatigue at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the week. So yeah, I think preparation, getting your sleep,
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  Speaker 1: and then later in the week channeling those butterflies and
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  Speaker 1: any of those feelings that you might have to to
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  Speaker 1: use it in a positive way on game day.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, that's kind of my personality.
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  Speaker 1: I like to have fun within the game, have fun
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  Speaker 1: with my teammates on and off the field, and I
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  Speaker 1: think then once the game, you know, starts, I like
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  Speaker 1: to you know, play physical, play fast, and also have fun.
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  Speaker 1: So we have a bunch of guys that play that way,
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  Speaker 1: so it makes it a bit easier defense on the
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  Speaker 1: other side, Yeah, unique especially for sure. Yeah, I have
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  Speaker 1: to handle those guys a lot. I think they have
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  Speaker 1: really talented players up front, and they play well as
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  Speaker 1: a whole. Their interior probably gets more of the credit,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, they have good edge defenders too, and
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  Speaker 1: they're versatile. They play a lot of different defense, So
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  Speaker 1: I think identifying the different fronts and personnels that they're
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  Speaker 1: in and then using my rules to determine, you know,
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  Speaker 1: who am I doing is really vital for my job, Yes, sir, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think the expectation that we hold ourselves to at Michigan.
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  Speaker 1: Going into the year, we felt like we had a
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  Speaker 1: good chance to put ourselves in a position to compete
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  Speaker 1: for a national championship, and I think same thing with
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  Speaker 1: this team. We hold ourselves to a high standard and
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  Speaker 1: we expect to be here. Yeah, going into this season,
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  Speaker 1: I knew I was going to be playing more football
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  Speaker 1: and playing more snaps, So I just really wanted to
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  Speaker 1: be more durable, get myself in a position to play
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  Speaker 1: starting minutes. And I felt like I did a good
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  Speaker 1: job of that, and going into next season, I think
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna continue to do the same thing. Yeah, really
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  Speaker 1: just excited about it. I felt like I kind of
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  Speaker 1: fit in to do the job, and yeah, I was
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  Speaker 1: excited about the opportunity. And it's been a great play
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  Speaker 1: for us, so hopefully we'll get to running on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, thank you.
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  Speaker 4: What are you doing.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: I'm able to kind of limit distractions.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: I'm twenty three, no family whatever, So I'm out here,
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: you know, with my teammates and really just getting ready
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: for the game. And I think my family's coming out
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: later in this week. But outside of that, you know,
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: I'm really just gonna enjoy the moment with my teammates
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: and my family and lock in to have a great
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: game on Sunday. Sam, Yeah, I mean just hanging out communicating.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: I think I trained in California in the off season.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: Sam's from Cali, So anytime I get the chance to
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: go throw with Sam in the off season, I definitely,
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: uh make my way down there and get to it.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: I think just identifying what coverage I'm getting, uh man eyes,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: zone eyes, reading the safeties, and having a planned pre
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: snap to go execute post snap is important from it.
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: That's your favorite?
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: I like the lemon lime sir, Yes, sir, yep. I'm
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: excited anytime you get to put on the pads. It's
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: late in the year, in February and get ready for
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: a game. The position that I play. I'm excited to
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: put on pads for sure. I've thought about it and
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: I'm ready for that moment to do it in the
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: big game.
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah, uh huh.
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: Just trying to keep it the same that we've that
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: we've done obvious see to get to this point with
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: our process. It's it's working for us. So I want
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: to keep this week as similar to that as we
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: can and then go let it rip on Sunday now.
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and then with THEE.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: I think it just goes to show the player that
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: I can be and how I can continue to grow
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: into a larger role on this team. And then with
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: this offense and the talented tight end room that we have,
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: just so much as given much as expected, so you know,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: we're expected to have a big year and big role
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: on our offense, so we want to continue to do that.
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: Yep.
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: Really just my younger self, the kid that really started
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: playing this game for fun and enjoys this game, and
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: just uh playing for my teammates as well. I think
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: it's important to you know, there's eleven there's ten other
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: guys on the field with you, and you know that
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: if if you just do your one one eleventh of
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: the job, we got a chance to have success.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Just BEU, have fun and uh enjoy the moment.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Yep pregame rival outfits.
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: Sleeper I would say j R. Singleton shout out the spot.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: Uh he always brings the heat and yeah he's a
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: sleeper pick for sure.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Uh, I.
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Just think I have good swag. I definitely bring out
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: some good swag and I get it from my mom.
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: My Mom's got great taste and uh look good, feel good.
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: Play good.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: I was able to collaborate withermez and uh drop a
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: cool and have a cool bag too, So they were
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: able to hook it up and feeling confident about the fit.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah. So on a j Good to meet.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: You, doing good, excited to be here. Uh yeah, it's
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: awesome playing in the super Bowl. Can't get better than that.
• 23:19
  Speaker 7: Yeah, huh.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Sam, I think just gives you confidence to know that
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is in this league, you can
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: continue to push through it and through the highs and lows,
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: UH make make great opportunity from it.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: So Sam's been consistent all year.
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: Just a humble beast and a great quarterbacks Yeah, no doubt.
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: I think for myself it's really crucial to know when
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: they're in base defense, when they're in nickel defense.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: And then the.
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: Play that we have called to follow my rules with
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: what personnel they have on the field. Anybody else know, Yeah,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: I think both. I think our whole line, our center,
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: our other tight ends. Yeah, we want to be in
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: communication and if you see something, yeah, you might as
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: well say something and.
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: Communicate so we're all on accord. Yep, yep, of course. Yeah.
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: I think very important.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: Faith, family, football, All those things I think create a
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: great foundation for any good football player. And uh, I
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: think my family has created a strong faith in me.
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: And just having their support and the support of you
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: Know, all my community is is really important to me.