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Geno Smith: "We Knew How Much Was At Stake" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good evening.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know what.
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  Speaker 3: I know, it's just one one game, it's one upon it.
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  Speaker 3: But what is indeed for you applied to get that mostly.
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  Speaker 1: Back there to deal with you know. Uh, shoot, like
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  Speaker 1: you just said it's just one game. You know I
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  Speaker 1: said it. You know earlier in the week that division
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  Speaker 1: games are always gonna feel like this, these are the most
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  Speaker 1: important games of your season. I think the way that
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  Speaker 1: we came out and we fought, you know, collectively as
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  Speaker 1: a unit, as a team. Uh, it just spoke to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, our urgency. And I thought the way that
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  Speaker 1: we practice all week, I knew we were gonna come
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  Speaker 1: out and play well. Uh, you know, monkey off my back?
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  Speaker 1: I really never I didn't feel it at all. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there is no monkey on my back. I was telling
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  Speaker 1: lock Lockett, I was telling Tyler in the in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room, I was like, man, we already won. You
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  Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, No matter what happens in this
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  Speaker 1: life and this game, man like, we're blessed. And so
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  Speaker 1: you know, I know, narratives kind of shape a lot
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  Speaker 1: of this, but the reality is is that you know,
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  Speaker 1: we won one game today, division opponent, and now it's
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  Speaker 1: on to the next one.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan Greb said on Thursday, he said, your best trade
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  Speaker 2: is resilience, exact sad and then for you to throw
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  Speaker 2: that pig and then go out with a touchdown. Come
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  Speaker 2: I could be on the game leading game when what
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  Speaker 2: do you think allows you to kind of get past
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  Speaker 2: those moments and then drive afterwards.
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  Speaker 1: I just think perspective. I was out there smiling on
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  Speaker 1: that last drive, Like when I walked on the field,
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  Speaker 1: I mean I just had kind of felt like angels
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  Speaker 1: in the outfield, like somebody's just rubbing my shoulders the
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  Speaker 1: whole time, and I just felt like there was no pressure.
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  Speaker 1: And I think the perspective that I have that I've
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  Speaker 1: gained over my career has allowed me to play that way.
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  Speaker 1: And so whenever there is a moment or a mistake
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  Speaker 1: that's made, I don't I never really get too down
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  Speaker 1: on myself. And I also don't get too high when
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  Speaker 1: when you know good things happen. I think as long
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  Speaker 1: as you stay even killed throughout the process, I think
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  Speaker 1: you know things work out better that way. What was
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  Speaker 1: it about the two runs that made you decide to
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  Speaker 1: pick up Super Finitive Your their own lives drive? Shoot man,
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  Speaker 1: we gotta win just you know, doing whatever it took
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  Speaker 1: to win the game. I felt like they were you know,
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  Speaker 1: playing a lot of coverage there and just rushing forward.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, they were dropping back pretty deep, and
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  Speaker 1: I felt like if I could you know, escape that
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  Speaker 1: they were running some te games from Twist, so I
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  Speaker 1: knew the contain wouldn't be great and if I could
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  Speaker 1: just you know find a lane somewhere in there, I
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  Speaker 1: could you know, get out there and make some plays
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  Speaker 1: with my legs and you know got in there that
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  Speaker 1: made a few uh scrambled throws as well. So I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in those moments, man, I just you know,
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  Speaker 1: play with instinct and try to do do the best thing.
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  Speaker 4: That's the one aspect maybe it's intense either overlooked or
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  Speaker 4: can't cover for.
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback scrambles because.
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  Speaker 4: They're in the Touch Cover movie.
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  Speaker 1: I think throughout the game, you know, I've always had
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  Speaker 1: the ability to be a dual threat, you know, but
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  Speaker 1: my main, my main thing is to win you know
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  Speaker 1: from the neck up, and then use my arm uh
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  Speaker 1: to beat guys. But whenever I can use my legs
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  Speaker 1: and I can you know, be a threat that way,
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  Speaker 1: I think it just puts the extra pressure on the defense,
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  Speaker 1: and so yeah, they might not be paying attention to it,
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  Speaker 1: or they might. You know, it's just it's just doing
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  Speaker 1: the right thing at the right time, to the count
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  Speaker 1: right or what were your appearing at that moment, to
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  Speaker 1: the score. Guys, we want won the game. We knew
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  Speaker 1: how much was at stake. Man, We're trying to turn
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  Speaker 1: our season around. Uh, we got we had a bye
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  Speaker 1: week and and we got eight games ahead of us
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  Speaker 1: to you know, put ourselves in positions to to that
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  Speaker 1: we wanna be in. And so, uh this is just
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  Speaker 1: a step in the right direction for us. And so, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I was very ecstatic and happy for that game.
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  Speaker 1: And then he got to.
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  Speaker 4: Fill in the context of last game you're saying.
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  Speaker 1: And he made some mistakes that cost him. Uh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean it feels great anytime you win. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I made mistakes today. I made a mistake that you
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  Speaker 1: know cost us some points today. And so there's still
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  Speaker 1: always a learning process and a learning curve when you're
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  Speaker 1: playing this game. Man, It's never gonna be perfect. But
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  Speaker 1: the main thing, like I said last week, is you
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  Speaker 1: find ways to win, and you know, it just makes
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  Speaker 1: those things feel a little bit better.
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  Speaker 4: You talked about your two offensive linemen to me and
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  Speaker 4: able to get just getting their first games in the season.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man, I thought there were the unsung heroes throughout
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  Speaker 1: the game. Man, just o loud, just how much he's battled, right, Like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he battled all throughout camping didn't get the
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  Speaker 1: starting nod, and you know it was actually step in
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  Speaker 1: and you know a lot of guys would have taken
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  Speaker 1: the wrong approach, but throughout the entire process, he's had
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  Speaker 1: the right approach, and I think that led to him
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  Speaker 1: stepping right in and playing a tremendous game. I thought
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  Speaker 1: he led the guys throughout the entire game. His communication
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  Speaker 1: was great, and then he played a great game.
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, if you watched the tape, I thought he
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  Speaker 1: did some some tremendous things just out there and then
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  Speaker 1: for a knowing how much he battled back from injury
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  Speaker 1: and just he's my lockermate, So just talking to him,
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  Speaker 1: you know every single day about you know, how's he feeling,
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  Speaker 1: and you know where's his mindset and he was just
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  Speaker 1: locked in the entire time, and so you know, I
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  Speaker 1: knew when he steps on the field, man, he's a
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  Speaker 1: difference maker. He means a lot to this team, means
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  Speaker 1: a lot to me, you know, my right tackle, and
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  Speaker 1: I was really happy to have him out there today.
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  Speaker 3: Catches from Jay and stand on that last drive, another
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  Speaker 3: one hundred yard game. What are you seeing now as
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  Speaker 3: this season progresses, with the chemistry and where he's developing
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  Speaker 3: as a player coming up in those moments.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Jackson's a such a special player. His
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  Speaker 1: confidence is growing. You know, he can do so so
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  Speaker 1: many great things out there. He's got such a feel
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  Speaker 1: for the game. He knows how to play, and he's
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  Speaker 1: so young. But you know, he's just a professional in
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  Speaker 1: every sense of the word. And so I think as
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  Speaker 1: long as he continues to work the way that he does,
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  Speaker 1: he's got I mean a tremendous future. I think he
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  Speaker 1: can be one of the best in this game. And
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  Speaker 1: he's shown it. Man, he's shown it. He's so tough,
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  Speaker 1: he blocks, he catches, he runs out to catch U
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  Speaker 1: and then he's just a great teammate. I think he
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  Speaker 1: does all those things really well.
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  Speaker 2: Say about the defense today, holding them down like they did,
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  Speaker 2: and then getting you guys fall back at the end there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, like I said the week of practice
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  Speaker 1: kind of showed me what it was gonna be. They
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  Speaker 1: were locked in, just communicating throughout the week of practice,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, when they come out and they play
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  Speaker 1: the way that they did today, we deserve to win.
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  Speaker 1: They deserve to win, and you know it's my job
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  Speaker 1: as the quarterback to make sure that happens. And like
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  Speaker 1: I said last week, man, I thought, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: did not last two weeks ago. I thought I did
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  Speaker 1: some things that that hurt those guys, and I just
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  Speaker 1: wanted to make up for it. And you know, I
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  Speaker 1: talked to coach during about week. I told them I
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  Speaker 1: was gonna, you know, do everything in my power to
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  Speaker 1: make it right. And so today was just a step
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  Speaker 1: in that direction, but got long ways to go.
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  Speaker 4: Forty nine Ers came into this year as one of
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  Speaker 4: the Super Bowl favorites.
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  Speaker 2: What is it?
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  Speaker 4: What can it mean? What's now possible for this team?
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  Speaker 4: After you guys have beat them on their home field.
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  Speaker 1: We get to determine that. I think that's the best
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  Speaker 1: part is we get to determine what are season's gonna be.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean the forty nine Ers are a great team.
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  Speaker 1: Hats off to them, much respect to those guys. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they have great players, but we do too, So you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think we just got to working and I think
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  Speaker 1: things will be all right this already.
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  Speaker 2: But but on the on the TV run at the end,
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  Speaker 2: what what did you see there in the bait you
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  Speaker 2: kind of take off?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I felt like they were playing a quarters coverage there.
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  Speaker 1: We had one of the one of our vertical concepts on.
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  Speaker 1: I saw Fred, you know, he related to the back
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  Speaker 1: we had to back out empty. He related to the
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  Speaker 1: back they rushed forward to a T game. I saw
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  Speaker 1: a lane stepped in there, potential to maybe throw one
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  Speaker 1: they plastered, and you know, I saw the pipeline got
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  Speaker 1: to it.
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  Speaker 4: Scoring there and then throwing the ball into the tunnel.
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  Speaker 4: Was that one of your more satisfying throws as a Seahawk?
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  Speaker 1: I probably my best of the day. But I was
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  Speaker 1: just you know, happy for the team and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just glad we got to win.
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  Speaker 2: Are you un quirked that celebration before or is that
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  Speaker 2: just adrenaline kind of you're adrenaline to Steph.
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  Speaker 1: Selly, Yeah, yeah, in the bay you gotta do it,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta do it.
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  Speaker 3: Seething like in the second half, you guys were able
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  Speaker 3: to kind of comp with a run game with a
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  Speaker 3: few little screens sprinkled in. Did you see that something
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  Speaker 3: that kind of got the offense going a little bit
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  Speaker 3: and losing them up.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I thought Grubb did a tremendous job called the
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  Speaker 1: heck of a game. I thought the line did a
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  Speaker 1: great job. I thought, you know, a lot of our
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  Speaker 1: like stretch runs were hitting pretty good early in the
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  Speaker 1: game and even in the second half. And then I
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  Speaker 1: thought the screen game really opened up, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: lot for us. I thought, you know that that drive
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  Speaker 1: when we went to take the league, hit like two
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  Speaker 1: or three screens on that drive. And I thought the
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  Speaker 1: lineman getting down field, you know, being able to block
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  Speaker 1: some guys downfield, all those things really led to us
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  Speaker 1: kind of you know, getting momentum, and I thought that
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  Speaker 1: led to the victory.
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  Speaker 2: So you talked to Mike.
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  Speaker 1: Junnerbiley totally gonna lake up for it last year.
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  Speaker 3: When at what point did you.
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  Speaker 1: Talk to Mike Bones Like, was that like a dome
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  Speaker 1: like conversation.
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  Speaker 4: The conversation, Yeah, the people have talked about you've had
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  Speaker 4: to kind of carry the team at times this year
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  Speaker 4: and the defense to struggle at times. Talk about what
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  Speaker 4: you've seen from the defense the last two games and
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  Speaker 4: what that can mean for the offense going forward.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, a great defense. I've seen that throughout practice
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  Speaker 1: through our training camp. O tas a really really, really
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  Speaker 1: sound and I mean so many playmakers on that side
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  Speaker 1: of the ball, so many young guys who are developing.
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  Speaker 1: You know, some great veteran leadership Jay Reed, and you
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  Speaker 1: know all the guys that are just pushing those guys
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  Speaker 1: to be the best that they can be, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And then you got a great coordinator with Mike and
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  Speaker 1: a d and you know that entire staff man. I
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  Speaker 1: think they jail really well. And I think our defenses
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  Speaker 1: they have the capability to be the best defensive football.
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  Speaker 1: They're they're on their way to being that. I think
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  Speaker 1: they just got to continue to build and we all do.
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  Speaker 2: In your experience, getting an emotional man like this, that
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  Speaker 2: a turnaround of the fact the team to you know,
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  Speaker 2: where their seasons not knowing the way.
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  Speaker 3: They wanted to.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it definitely has a positive effect on
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  Speaker 1: your team. You know, in our division, I mean we're
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  Speaker 1: thinking about winning our division and everyone's you know, pretty
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  Speaker 1: much right around the same record, and uh, that's why
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  Speaker 1: these the next seven games are going to be that
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  Speaker 1: much bigger because you know they're gonna feel like playoff
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  Speaker 1: games because we're fighting to get into the playoffs. And
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  Speaker 1: so we just got to continue to fight, continue to
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  Speaker 1: stick together, and I think, you know, positive things are
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  Speaker 1: always happened for us. You guys always like celebrating each
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  Speaker 1: other's success.
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  Speaker 2: Have a Jonathan Hankins getting the first pick of his
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  Speaker 2: career twelve, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You're twelve, same draft class, got his first pick. He
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  Speaker 1: got off the ground pretty good too. I didn't know
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  Speaker 1: we had hops like that, so, you know, I saw
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  Speaker 1: the ball when it tipped up in the air, I
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  Speaker 1: was like, man, somebody get it. And you see big
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  Speaker 1: Hank just jump up and get it. I was happy
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  Speaker 1: for him.
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  Speaker 4: Did you guys have had so much success on the
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  Speaker 4: road this year.
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  Speaker 1: I just think we band together well, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: band together well. Our fans travel well, we take our
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  Speaker 1: fans with us. You see the Seahawks flags, you know,
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  Speaker 1: flying throughout the stadium, and I just think, man, when
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  Speaker 1: we're on the road, we know we only got each other.
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  Speaker 1: And that's that's the type of team we have. Man.
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  Speaker 1: We're so connected, so close together, and we always play
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  Speaker 1: for one another. And so road games don't feel like
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  Speaker 1: road games.
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  Speaker 2: What was the from the outside, just given the losses
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  Speaker 2: the last few weeks and things like that, I looked like, maybe,
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  Speaker 2: you know, which was a kind of a turning point
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  Speaker 2: week for you guys as a team and everything. Did
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  Speaker 2: you guys feel like that internally? Or was this kind
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  Speaker 2: of this business as usual?
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  Speaker 1: Or yeah, business as usual. It can be a turning point.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it depends on how we do the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the way, but business is usual. It's one game.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta get back. I'm ready to get back to
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  Speaker 1: the weight room and get ready for the next week.
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  Speaker 1: So I mean, like I said, you always got to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, win these division games, and every every opponent
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  Speaker 1: in this league, every opponent our division, is gonna be tough.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, we got the guys, We got the
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  Speaker 1: makeup of the team that can you know, get this
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  Speaker 1: thing going down the stretch. And it's gonna take a
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  Speaker 1: lot of hard work, and you know, I'm prepared for it.
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  Speaker 3: Set in the game when it drives in the fourth
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  Speaker 3: quarter or overtime in the news since it started last season,
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  Speaker 3: as for most of the NFL, what do you make
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  Speaker 3: of that?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, team ball man, team ball takes everybody. It takes
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  Speaker 1: everybody to win. So you know, obviously, uh I get
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  Speaker 1: the stat, but you know, without the guys around me,
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  Speaker 1: it wouldn't be possible. So uh, you know, obviously games
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  Speaker 1: is gonna be close in this league. And uh, like
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  Speaker 1: I say, man put the ball in my hands. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 4: Next year,