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Geno Smith: "We Have A Lot More Games To Play" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Get from them. Yeah, alright, you doing when you went
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  Speaker 1: back and watched the Ravens game, what was the biggest
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  Speaker 1: things that stuck out to you? Yeah, I think you
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  Speaker 1: gotta look at it. You know, obviously wasn't a good
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  Speaker 1: game by any stretch of the imagination, but you gotta
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  Speaker 1: look at each play individually and then kind of go
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  Speaker 1: from there. And so one of the key things that
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  Speaker 1: we always talk about a third downs and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if you look at all twelve or eleven, I think
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  Speaker 1: it was twelve of 'em, all twelve of the third downs, right,
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  Speaker 1: you look at you know, the first one, great play call,
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  Speaker 1: they went cover zero, you know, got the ball out,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Jackson just bobbles it, you know, and that
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  Speaker 1: that's a human error. Things like that happen. Uh, ball
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  Speaker 1: gets tipped on the second one. You know, a couple
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  Speaker 1: of things happened, you know on the third and fourth one,
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  Speaker 1: where like I said, like I say all the time,
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  Speaker 1: if we execute better, just the small things, uh, then
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about conversions and not failed attempts. And so
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  Speaker 1: just looking at each one of those players individually, I
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  Speaker 1: just feel like we all, you know, had a part
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  Speaker 1: in it, and we all could have done a lot better,
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  Speaker 1: and so over all we're working to fix those things.
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  Speaker 1: That's an issue that's been hurting us all year. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, we got a lot more games to play,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, that's that's the positive part about it,
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  Speaker 1: is we got a lot more chances to go out
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  Speaker 1: there and really improve on it.
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  Speaker 2: Do you feel like the process on third down is
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  Speaker 2: generally okay?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And that's that's what I was speaking on.
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  Speaker 1: I think our process we always say process over results,
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  Speaker 1: and I think our process is really where it should be.
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  Speaker 1: I think the execution is where, uh, you know, too
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  Speaker 1: many times we've just kind of fell short the few
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  Speaker 1: passes which we don't always see. Was there something Is
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  Speaker 1: that just one of those things, or was there some
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  Speaker 1: reason why they were able to do that? Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we would just say that, you know. Unfortunately, it was
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  Speaker 1: one of those days where you know, they just batted
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  Speaker 1: a few passes and obviously there's things that we can
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  Speaker 1: do to kind of stop that from happening, but it
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  Speaker 1: was just one of those games. I don't think that's
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  Speaker 1: something that we've really dealt with a lot. But uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you gotta give your hats off to them.
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  Speaker 1: They made the plays that they needed to and uh,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, man, it was it was tough. You know,
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  Speaker 1: in that moment, it was tough. But the good thing
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  Speaker 1: is that we had to move on and you know
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  Speaker 1: we had to tell the truth Monday where we you know,
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  Speaker 1: we talked about all those things and then you know,
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  Speaker 1: now we're until a new week, so we're just focusing
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  Speaker 1: on the Commanders this week.
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  Speaker 3: The run game hasn't been where you want it to
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  Speaker 3: be at, but in what ways to Walker and do
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  Speaker 3: Charponay and that group still affect the game or rights?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, those two guys in DJ and you know Kenny
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  Speaker 1: when he gets his shot, and whoever else we put
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  Speaker 1: in there. Those you know, but we talk about Zach
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  Speaker 1: and Ken, two dynamic runners, two guys that we've got
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  Speaker 1: to continue to get them the ball. There are big
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  Speaker 1: time threats out there on the field. We see it
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  Speaker 1: each and every week what they can do with the
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  Speaker 1: ball in their hands, and so just getting them more touches.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously got to convert on third down to keep drives
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  Speaker 1: alive so that you can do that. But when they
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  Speaker 1: have the ball, they're special.
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  Speaker 3: What what can Kenny back and Tosh in particular, do
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  Speaker 3: for you guys if he's up and playing this week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, Kenny's look really good from my vantage
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  Speaker 1: point in practice, He's running fast, He's been on top
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  Speaker 1: of his assignments. You know, I know, Chat's really coaching
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  Speaker 1: them hard on just all the protection stuff and you know,
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  Speaker 1: his how to run the ball and you know, how
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  Speaker 1: to do different things with the mid zone and some
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  Speaker 1: of the things that we're incorporating. So I think Kenny's
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  Speaker 1: been really good and I'm really you know, looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to what he can do. You know, I think he
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  Speaker 1: can bring a lot to the table, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's got to go out there and do it.
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  Speaker 3: Prior to the trades Washington made, there was a lot
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  Speaker 3: of focus on the rushers, right, sweat and young, But
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  Speaker 3: what does the interior of their team line do well?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they are two of the best guys in the league.
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  Speaker 1: When you talk about Darren Payne and then you talk
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  Speaker 1: about you know, Allen, two of the best guys in
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  Speaker 1: the league in the interior. They're very stout up front.
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  Speaker 1: They can play the run and get after the passer
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  Speaker 1: and so you know, we we trust our guys up
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  Speaker 1: front as well. You know, I like our guards and
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  Speaker 1: our centers and really our entire old line. So we're
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  Speaker 1: trusting our guys to go out there and do what
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  Speaker 1: they've always done, which is hold up and protection and
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  Speaker 1: allow allow me and whoever's back there to get the
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  Speaker 1: ball out mentioned your center. What kind of job has
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  Speaker 1: Evan done this year with all the changes around him?
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  Speaker 3: I think you guys, if he's like seven different offensive
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  Speaker 3: line combination, just the.
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  Speaker 1: Row he's had and holding out all together, yeah, Evan's
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  Speaker 1: he's done a great job. You know, he's even played
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  Speaker 1: guard for us in one game, so you can look
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  Speaker 1: at him as one of the guys who's really been
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  Speaker 1: an anchor up front. You know, I think Evan Brown
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  Speaker 1: is a really, really good player, and I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he adds a lot to this offense, you know, with
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  Speaker 1: not only his smarts, but his ability to just play
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  Speaker 1: center and to be able to help the guards and
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  Speaker 1: help the tackles and communication and overall leadership as well.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, really pleased with Evan and the way
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  Speaker 1: he's been playing, and uh, you know, really looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to you know, just continuing to grow with him as
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  Speaker 1: the season goes along. Do you know we're halfway through
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  Speaker 1: the year now, for you guys, how would you kind
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  Speaker 1: of describe what your offense is halfway through the year,
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  Speaker 1: which you've learned about it through the first nine games
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  Speaker 1: and eight nine weeks and and and all of that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I would say, you know, a multiple offense. I would
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  Speaker 1: say a lot of dynamic playmakers. I would say, you know,
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  Speaker 1: very very good in the clutch situations. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: we've been really good aside from probably one game, uh
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  Speaker 1: with with you know, getting touchdowns in the two minute
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  Speaker 1: and and you know, obviously late in the game. And
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  Speaker 1: then I would say a little inconsistent, you know. I
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  Speaker 1: would say that's something we can improve on. If we
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  Speaker 1: can clean up on our inconsistencies, then I think we
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  Speaker 1: can be even better. But for the most part, man,
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  Speaker 1: we know what we have as far as talent, we
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  Speaker 1: know we have the coaches, We know the work we're
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  Speaker 1: putting in and how much effort every guy spins into,
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  Speaker 1: you know, making this offense really good. And the key
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  Speaker 1: thing for us is to continue, continue to believe, trusting
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  Speaker 1: one another, trusting the preparation, and then once the game
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  Speaker 1: comes to go out there and execute and be who
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  Speaker 1: we are.
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  Speaker 2: The splits with the passing game of the season have
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  Speaker 2: been pretty you know, different with non play action versus
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  Speaker 2: play action. What do you make how much more successful
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  Speaker 2: it's been with play action?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think circumstantial. I think we're all good at
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  Speaker 1: you know, we're we've always been pretty good at play
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  Speaker 1: action in the Naked and Boot game. I think that's
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  Speaker 1: something we've carried over from last season to this one.
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  Speaker 1: A little surprising with the dropback stuff, but there are
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  Speaker 1: factors to it, and so we've got to be mindful
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  Speaker 1: of those. Again. I like to look at each play individually.
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  Speaker 1: I don't like the group things. I think you got
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  Speaker 1: to look at it, you know, one at a time,
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  Speaker 1: because that's how the game's played. And there's things on
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  Speaker 1: each one of those drop backs that I can do better,
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  Speaker 1: some other guys can do better, and so that's how
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  Speaker 1: we look at it. You know. Obviously, the play action
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  Speaker 1: has been really good, so we want to continue to
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  Speaker 1: do that, but we also want to improve in the
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  Speaker 1: drop back in the quick game as well.
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  Speaker 2: You have a successful play action game like without you know,
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  Speaker 2: quote unquote establishing the run in a game.
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  Speaker 1: First, I'm not sure, you know, I don't know. I
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  Speaker 1: can't tell you that I've seen it. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know with our team, our style, we want to
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  Speaker 1: run the ball. And I think that's the reason why
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  Speaker 1: we are really good at play action, is because we
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  Speaker 1: do establish the run and we do have that mindset
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  Speaker 1: that we want to get our backs involved in the
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  Speaker 1: running game and in the passing game. And so I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if you can or you can't. I think
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  Speaker 1: that's a good question. But you know, I know we
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  Speaker 1: want to be balanced at all times. Is running more
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  Speaker 1: sent and converting third downs to get the chance to
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  Speaker 1: run more? I would say, so, you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: the more you convert on third downs, the more opportunities
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  Speaker 1: you get, the more players you get in the game,
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  Speaker 1: the more you can own the time of possession. And
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  Speaker 1: you know obviously that you know you get more. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: of course, so uh, I would say, y, just the
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  Speaker 1: more you convert, the more plays you get.
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  Speaker 2: Your coaches have said we need to help Geno, we
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  Speaker 2: need to help you.
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  Speaker 1: What does that look like? What would help look like?
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  Speaker 1: Do you?
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 1: I think every all eleven just playing together, playing together, executing,
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  Speaker 1: each man doing his job to the best of visibility,
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  Speaker 1: winning this matchup. And then you know, me going out
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  Speaker 1: there and being myself.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, in terms of pressure, in terms of
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  Speaker 2: dealing of pressure, maybe last week and then maybe in
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  Speaker 2: the Cincinnati game. Is the issue is it pre snap stuff?
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  Speaker 2: Is it communication between the lineman or is it maybe
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  Speaker 2: the one on one battles? Am I is it just
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  Speaker 2: all that stuff that when it breaks down?
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  Speaker 1: Is that? I think the issue is this overall execution.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't think you can look at one
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  Speaker 1: thing or the other and say it's that. I think
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  Speaker 1: it's just overall getting the job done. Whether or not
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  Speaker 1: it's you know, one of the things that you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter. You know, it's about getting the
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  Speaker 1: job done and going out there and executing on third
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  Speaker 1: downs and making making sure we pick up those first
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  Speaker 1: down so that we can continue those drives and score points.
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  Speaker 3: I know he said that being able to rotate offensive
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  Speaker 3: linemen in and out is a is a good thing,
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  Speaker 3: but also for you it creates a different kind of
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  Speaker 3: challenge to communicate how much of them? Does that really
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  Speaker 3: take an effect in gaving you how these different guys
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  Speaker 3: rotating in each different game?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think you can look at it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the way that it's been. Man, we got
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  Speaker 1: guys who've stepped up and played really good. We're a
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  Speaker 1: five and three team. Uh, we got a lot in
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  Speaker 1: front of us, a lot to look forward to. And
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  Speaker 1: some people might try to look at it as a negative.
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  Speaker 1: I look at it as a positive. Not many teams
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  Speaker 1: can do that, can shuffle the line and and still
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  Speaker 1: be able to get these wins. And so you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think for us, man, we can't look at it
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  Speaker 1: and and look at it as a big challenge. It's
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  Speaker 1: just what we have to do. And uh, sometimes that's
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  Speaker 1: how it is. And you know, we just got to
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  Speaker 1: get the job done no matter what.
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  Speaker 3: And you also played two maybe the best defensive fronts
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  Speaker 3: in the NFL the last two weeks. How much how
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  Speaker 3: much of a difference do you see with those two
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  Speaker 3: teams compared to the teams before, just because they are a.
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  Speaker 2: Looted as want of betters too.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly think they're all talented. Like I say every week,
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  Speaker 1: I don't look at one or the other and say,
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  Speaker 1: I know the numbers might say one is better than
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  Speaker 1: the other, but I mean it's the league. Everybody's got
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  Speaker 1: talented players. It's it's hard, you know, for for guys
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  Speaker 1: up front, think about you know, got the matchups, right,
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  Speaker 1: the guys that are blocking are usually more athletic than them.
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  Speaker 1: You got d ns now running four fours and four
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  Speaker 1: to three. So I mean, it's just there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of really good players on that side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: And we played against two really good schemes the past
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  Speaker 1: two weeks. But I thought, you know, against the Browns,
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  Speaker 1: we held our own. Obviously didn't do much against the
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  Speaker 1: Ravens and so but you know, like I said, man,
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  Speaker 1: that's the NFL. We're gonna face more really talented defenses,
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  Speaker 1: you know, down the line. So we gotta be prepared
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  Speaker 1: for each matchup. And uh, you know, I know our
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  Speaker 1: guys aren't shining away from it. We look forward to it.
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  Speaker 2: You guys want to turn the ball over once in
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  Speaker 2: your first four games, how Bordan isn't offense is to
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  Speaker 2: get back to that, whether you're taking care of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we gotta fix that. I gotta fix it. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it starts with me. I gotta fix it. Can't have
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  Speaker 1: any more turnovers, can't have any more of those plays
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  Speaker 1: that put our defense in tough positions. And so I
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  Speaker 1: look forward to it. Man, I look forward to it.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's something that I know that I can
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  Speaker 1: fix and I can correct, and so you know, these
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  Speaker 1: are only opportunities for me to continue to grow and
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  Speaker 1: to learn, and so I look forward to the next
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to really show that I can, you know, get
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  Speaker 1: those things corrected.
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  Speaker 2: Have the process and looking back the process of some
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  Speaker 2: of the turnovers. Is there anything that you've identified, like
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  Speaker 2: if I cut this it'll be better.
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  Speaker 1: I think just trying too hard, pressing, trying to make
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  Speaker 1: plays sometimes when they aren't there. You know, I have
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  Speaker 1: I've always been competitive. I always think that every place
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  Speaker 1: should work, and I hate giving up on a play,
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  Speaker 1: but hey, sometimes you have to. And so throwing the
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  Speaker 1: ball away is not a bad thing, you know, Putting
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  Speaker 1: the ball is not a bad thing, and so just
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  Speaker 1: being smarter in that regard. But overall, you know, just
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  Speaker 1: correcting it however it needs to be done.
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  Speaker 2: Just Coach Carol emphasizes that this week.
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  Speaker 1: He does it every week. Man. That's that's what we
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  Speaker 1: talk about every single week, all about the ball central
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  Speaker 1: theme of the program, and that's you know, obviously a
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  Speaker 1: big factor in wins and losses, and so we we
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  Speaker 1: you know, we emphasize it all week, every week. But
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  Speaker 1: this week in particularly and moving forward throughout the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the season. It's gonna be you know, huge for us.
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  Speaker 1: So we on the offensive side of the ball want
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  Speaker 1: to get those things corrected. Our defense is doing a
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  Speaker 1: great job at creating turnovers. Now if we can play
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  Speaker 1: complimentary football and not give the ball away, I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, things will be a lot better. To you
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  Speaker 1: about not trying too hard. How much is he emphasizing that? Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he really doesn't talk to me much about that.
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  Speaker 1: It's really just not turning the ball over. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you want players to try hard and to give it
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  Speaker 1: that they're all at all times. I don't think that's
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  Speaker 1: a negative. I think it's just about you know, being
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  Speaker 1: smarter with the football anything else. Thank you guys.