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Head Coach Mike Macdonald Recaps The Week 18 Win, Looks Ahead To The Postseason · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: It's a good wake you up.
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  Speaker 2: Hello everybody. Bob you want to get us started?
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  Speaker 3: Sure, Mike, Uh, just kind of what's your schedule I
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  Speaker 3: guess for the next for the next week or so,
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  Speaker 3: what do you what are you doing if you kind
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  Speaker 3: of prepare for all this?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we uh you know, we're the guys. We're in
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  Speaker 1: today really to put the game to bed, and then uh,
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  Speaker 1: they'll be off tomorrow and we'll have a good, good
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  Speaker 1: work day on Wednesday and Thursday, and then the players
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  Speaker 1: will have a few days off and we'll be back
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  Speaker 1: uh rocking on Monday. So you know, it's a little
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  Speaker 1: tricky because you don't know what day you're gonna play,
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  Speaker 1: and you're not sure you're gonna play, and not sure
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna play yet. So uh, there's a balance of
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  Speaker 1: you know, trying to stay ready, stay sharp, but also
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  Speaker 1: be able to take advantage of the opportunity we have
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  Speaker 1: to take care of our bodies and and get as
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  Speaker 1: fresh as possible.
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  Speaker 3: So during those practices obviously not game planning for a
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  Speaker 3: specific team, right, No.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, it's a combination of some some things when
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  Speaker 1: you to see some ways we've been attacked, and then
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  Speaker 1: really just try to go out and play really great
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  Speaker 1: clean Seahawk football, you know, just executing and running our
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  Speaker 1: stuff and trying to stay sharp.
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  Speaker 2: Mans Veda.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Mike, I've heard you mentioned we have the term
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  Speaker 4: come to life, and you mentioned it this morning. What
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  Speaker 4: are the elements needed for a programmed team to make
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  Speaker 4: it come to life and then be consistent in making
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  Speaker 4: it come to life?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think that's a trick. Is you got to
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  Speaker 1: you got to be consistent. You know, you can't you
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  Speaker 1: can't change the goalpostsh So it starts with a clear
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  Speaker 1: vision and then getting people bought in to go that direction.
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  Speaker 1: And then as as coaches, it's our job to steer
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  Speaker 1: the ship and and make sure they're written those those
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  Speaker 1: kind of daily standards to make to make it come
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  Speaker 1: to life. You know, it really is. It's just it's
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  Speaker 1: just effect of like it's coming from, you know, words
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  Speaker 1: on a board, words on a screen, conversation, your imagination,
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  Speaker 1: and then you know what shows up on tape and
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  Speaker 1: on a.
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  Speaker 4: Daily basis kind of a lighthearted When this morning you
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  Speaker 4: said you don't, I don't you don't want me making
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  Speaker 4: a playlist, So I was wondering if you were to
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  Speaker 4: make a playlist. What are some of the songs or
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  Speaker 4: groups that would.
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  Speaker 1: Be I'm on I'm on like the country kick right now,
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  Speaker 1: and then I'm on a good bit of like worship.
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  Speaker 1: There's some great worship music out there right now. So
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  Speaker 1: those were those were kind of the two go tos
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  Speaker 1: if if you go to my daily mix on Spotify,
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  Speaker 1: like I hit that button a lot, it's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of a lot of gospel songs.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Curtis.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Mike, he had a couple of successful screens in
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  Speaker 5: the game. You kind of had the screens coming to
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  Speaker 5: life more kind of in general recently. What do you
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  Speaker 5: think is kind of allowed that to kind of come
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  Speaker 5: and start to pop and have success in that front
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  Speaker 5: for you guys.
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  Speaker 1: See screen game coming to life. There you go. What
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  Speaker 1: did it take? Well, we wanted to be better at it,
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  Speaker 1: worked on it every day. Uh yeah, it's great, it's great.
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  Speaker 1: It's it's a it's a it's a really important part
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  Speaker 1: of our offense. And uh, and it and we called
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  Speaker 1: him in some good times, you know, Clint did a
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  Speaker 1: great job of calling him and and the guys execution.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like it's really taking steps. It's kind of
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  Speaker 1: been like one thing or another throughout the course of
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  Speaker 1: the season, and I felt like we finally really been
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  Speaker 1: aligned on some of those plays. So it's great to
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  Speaker 1: get the screen game off the ground.
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  Speaker 5: And and you mentioned talking about Charles this morning that
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  Speaker 5: he's kind of a big factor in the locker room
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  Speaker 5: for you. Seems like a pretty quiet personality. So how
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  Speaker 5: does that that show up to you guys in there, Like, well,
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  Speaker 5: what what is he kind of like behind the scenes
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  Speaker 5: to kind of make you feel that way about him
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  Speaker 5: and what he brings.
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  Speaker 1: Well, he's he's got such a great spirit to him
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  Speaker 1: and uh, great teammate, you know, just very unselfish, extremely
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  Speaker 1: hard worker, humble, uh, confident, all those things, and they
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  Speaker 1: come into all sorts of different personalities and he's he's
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  Speaker 1: authentic to him and I think this teammates really respect
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  Speaker 1: the heck out of him. He's been great for Gray
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  Speaker 1: since Gray walked in the door. Uh that's what you see,
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  Speaker 1: you know. And then just a great person man, just
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  Speaker 1: really is. I mean, I don't know if you've gotten
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  Speaker 1: to know him, but he's just he's just a great,
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  Speaker 1: great person that we really respect. And turns out he's
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  Speaker 1: a great football player too.
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  Speaker 6: Jen coach out of all of the congratulatory messages that
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  Speaker 6: you got, is there one message or one conversation that
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  Speaker 6: stands out or means the most.
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Probably, I mean, I look, it's cheesy, but like
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  Speaker 1: just to go home to Like Steph doesn't go on
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  Speaker 1: the away trip, so you know, I gave her a
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  Speaker 1: hat and a T shirt when we got when we
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  Speaker 1: got home, and that was pretty great.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Michael sean.
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  Speaker 7: They might get With Jackson. There are a few times this
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  Speaker 7: year we've actually about you have referenced kind of his
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  Speaker 7: attitude in the offseason, kind of how he approached it,
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  Speaker 7: you know, with the season it had, the regal seasons
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  Speaker 7: over the season he's had. How much do you think
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  Speaker 7: just want to on Jackson's part contributes to how he's
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  Speaker 7: able to produce the way he does.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I I uh, I'd say it plays a huge part.
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  Speaker 1: You know. That's if you slice the way you know,
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  Speaker 1: slice the pie, it's a that's a big chunk that
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  Speaker 1: But that goes to like the daily inputs, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like you gotta be you gotta be committed to that
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  Speaker 1: process to do it every day. And uh, and he's
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  Speaker 1: a competitor, you know, I get like he's got he
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  Speaker 1: had this vision of who he thought he could be
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  Speaker 1: as a player, and he's just all he's done is
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  Speaker 1: just chase it. And so there's a lot of want
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  Speaker 1: to behind that.
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  Speaker 7: And and uh, look at it. You've talked a lot
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  Speaker 7: about John and his vision for the roster and things
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  Speaker 7: like that because you were more involved, you know, like
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  Speaker 7: being able to go to the Senior Bowl and all
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  Speaker 7: that stuff this last like cycle. How much do you
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  Speaker 7: think being more involved contributed to you you matching his vision,
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  Speaker 7: you know what I mean, Like, you guys aligned and
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  Speaker 7: how you wanted to build things.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I think I think when we say like,
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  Speaker 1: I think we were aligned on how we wanted to
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  Speaker 1: build it from the from the beginning. I think just
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  Speaker 1: having the opportunity to have a full off season to
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  Speaker 1: work together is really just kind of more more ways
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  Speaker 1: to connect. You know. It's kind of like our players like, hey, look,
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna come in the off season, you know, if
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  Speaker 1: you're gonna be here, get the best out of it,
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  Speaker 1: Spend time with one another, you know, get to know
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  Speaker 1: each other, get to know all the kind of the
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  Speaker 1: idiosyncrasies of things. I think it's the same thing with
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  Speaker 1: John personnel side, and the coaching is this, the more
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  Speaker 1: conversations we can have about more players, about more more
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  Speaker 1: things we want to want to build, how we want
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  Speaker 1: our team to look, it's just there's gonna just things
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  Speaker 1: get ironed out inevitably and it just becomes a lot
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  Speaker 1: like more streamlined, I think. And so that that was
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  Speaker 1: probably the biggest benefit of being able to spend a
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  Speaker 1: lot of time together in the off season.
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  Speaker 8: Thank you, Greg, Mike or you doing your staff doing
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  Speaker 8: any advanced scouting on the what if opponents, you're just
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  Speaker 8: gonna wait till that's no.
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  Speaker 1: What we'll be We'll be working on those teams throughout
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  Speaker 1: the week. Yep, it's it's it's a it's a it's
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  Speaker 1: a combination where I think the possible teams are Green Bay, Carolina,
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles, and San Francisco. So you know, we have
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  Speaker 1: we have those recent games with those with three of
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  Speaker 1: those teams, and so we'll spend some a good amount
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  Speaker 1: of time working on Green Bay as well. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know whatever, whoever, however the weekends ends up shaking out,
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  Speaker 1: we should feel really great going into Monday.
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  Speaker 8: And there's another new frontier it looks like might be
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  Speaker 8: coming down your leadership, Pike is, what's your philosophy on
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  Speaker 8: assistant coaches and opportunities to interview and and do you
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  Speaker 8: do you do anything during a season to prepare them
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  Speaker 8: and dual track of what their job is and what
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  Speaker 8: their future job might be.
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  Speaker 1: I think I think part of our vision of what
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  Speaker 1: we want to create here is is a is a
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  Speaker 1: team where coaches want to work, you know, and they
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  Speaker 1: can feel like they're getting developed too, and they're getting opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: And so if if we're doing we're supposed to on
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  Speaker 1: the field, those opportunities are gonna come. And it's great
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  Speaker 1: that some of those are happening, you know, So we're
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  Speaker 1: we're cheering those guys on. It's a little bittersweet to
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  Speaker 1: a certain degree that you might lose lose a great
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  Speaker 1: person and a great coach from your team, but not
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  Speaker 1: enough to to kind of stymy their progress. We're definitely
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  Speaker 1: rooting for those people and encourage them to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: look at if it's a great opportunity for them now.
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  Speaker 1: You know. On the other hand, if someone doesn't really
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  Speaker 1: want to be if they want to pursue an opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: they don't want to be here, then let them go.
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  Speaker 1: As well too. You know, we want guys that want
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  Speaker 1: to be here. But we've got a great staff. And
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  Speaker 1: but and then to your question about throughout the season,
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  Speaker 1: I think it maybe some people can pull that off.
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  Speaker 1: I find it difficult throughout the in season to really
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  Speaker 1: work on that type of stuff. But we'd be focusing
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  Speaker 1: on those type of types of growth opportunities in the
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  Speaker 1: off season, which which I feel like we do a
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  Speaker 1: good job of that.
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  Speaker 9: Brian, Yeah, coach, I'm just thinking about Riek Woolan and
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  Speaker 9: kind of his trajectory and and you know, not having
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  Speaker 9: the best first game or at least a couple of plays,
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  Speaker 9: and then losing some snaps and then getting him back.
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  Speaker 9: Curious if if you've learned anything about him this year
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  Speaker 9: as a professional, as a player, as a teammate, I.
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  Speaker 1: Would I wouldn't say I've learned this because I feel
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  Speaker 1: like we we knew this from the get go. But
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  Speaker 1: Thereek is a great person. He's just he's just a
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  Speaker 1: good dude. He's just a he's just a he's a
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  Speaker 1: great person man. He just uh, he loves his teammates.
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  Speaker 1: He's got his own unique personality, which is awesome. And
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  Speaker 1: it's and it's and it's him and like and it's
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  Speaker 1: kind of just it's great, you know, and you respect
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  Speaker 1: him for it because he's just so authentically him. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, in addition to the football, you know journey
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  Speaker 1: that he's had and put himself in this position, uh,
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  Speaker 1: which you're really happy for him for that, and it's
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  Speaker 1: great for us because it helps us play great defense.
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  Speaker 1: And but he's a he's a he's a really really
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  Speaker 1: good guy.
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  Speaker 9: And then this is kind of your second year, I
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  Speaker 9: guess focusing on offensive film maybe as much as you
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  Speaker 9: focus on defense. I don't know if that's the case
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  Speaker 9: as at being a head coach. Now, what have you
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  Speaker 9: picked up? You know, what are some of the things
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  Speaker 9: that you've learned now that you've watched offensive tape in
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  Speaker 9: a different kind of way.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I've learned a lot from our offensive staff, I
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  Speaker 1: can tell you that throughout the off season and how
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  Speaker 1: we install things and things that they're looking for, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of great insights, how we coach certain techniques, things
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  Speaker 1: that they're looking for, how we're coaching the quarterback. All
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  Speaker 1: those things have really helped our defense. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: this year, throughout the season, it's not as much time
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  Speaker 1: that I'm spending with the with the offensive staff just
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  Speaker 1: because of our responsibilities on defense. But I can tell
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  Speaker 1: you this, I've learned a lot from those guys and
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  Speaker 1: and they obviously they're doing a great job, but it's
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  Speaker 1: really helped us on defense as well.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, John.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, defentsively, the last couple weeks of explosive numbers have
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  Speaker 10: been really low. I note that's, you know, an any
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  Speaker 10: defensive coach want to see that. But what's kind of
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  Speaker 10: been the key to really eliminating those recently?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you, like, one of one of the
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  Speaker 1: things that I think we're most proud of of our
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  Speaker 1: defensive tape is the waves of football, waves of Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: that get to the ball. And what that does is
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  Speaker 1: it allows you to take really aggressive angles. So I
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  Speaker 1: don't feel like I'm just playing by myself out there,
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  Speaker 1: and so I feel like our team is really committed
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  Speaker 1: to playing in that type of style and that type
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  Speaker 1: of speed and that type of effort. And when you
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  Speaker 1: do that, you know, you might miss a tackle here
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  Speaker 1: or there, but you're gonna it's gonna get cleaned up,
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  Speaker 1: and you're gonna get multiple, multiple people at the point
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  Speaker 1: of attack where you can limit some of those extra
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  Speaker 1: hidden yardages.
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  Speaker 10: And then one on the other side of the ball.
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  Speaker 10: I know you've said you're hoping to get Charles back
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  Speaker 10: after the buye here, but Josh s Jones, Just what
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  Speaker 10: has he given you last three weeks, especially playing through
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  Speaker 10: an injury last week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Josh has done a great job. Amari. Obviously did
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  Speaker 1: you know was ready to go if something happened to Josh.
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  Speaker 1: He played really good football. You know, he's he's a
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  Speaker 1: great ad by John the in the gang, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in the off season, and uh, he's just he's just
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  Speaker 1: been steady for us. He's been ready to go. He's
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  Speaker 1: been I mean in camp he was competing for you know,
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  Speaker 1: for for the significant playing time and put himself in
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  Speaker 1: a position to really, uh to really carve out a
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  Speaker 1: great role for him and and he has, you know,
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  Speaker 1: but once you have to kind of declare you're starting five,
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  Speaker 1: then he's been great in that kind of swing tackle
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  Speaker 1: role and he was ready to go. So we appreciate him,
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  Speaker 1: you know, playing through it on Saturday because we really
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  Speaker 1: needed him.
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  Speaker 9: Brady, Mike with your run game, are there things that
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  Speaker 9: you guys have found there that there are tweaks that
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  Speaker 9: you guys.
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  Speaker 1: Had made or I think you kind of talked about
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  Speaker 1: this last week.
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  Speaker 9: Is it really just you guys sticking to what you've
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  Speaker 9: been doing and now it's finally clicking.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think that's a big part of it. And
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  Speaker 1: then I think I think we have a better idea
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  Speaker 1: of like how much we can handle on a week
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  Speaker 1: to week basis, you know, like how many how many
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  Speaker 1: runs can we carry? How many different types of runs,
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  Speaker 1: how many different formations can we build it out of
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  Speaker 1: a kind of like kind of like how much you
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  Speaker 1: put on your quarterbacks plate. That's defensively too, It's like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, how many how much stuff can we bring
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  Speaker 1: into a game where our guys where we have the
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  Speaker 1: right balance of like answers and enough you know, scheme
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  Speaker 1: to really let us give us an advantage or we
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  Speaker 1: feel like it's an advantage. And then you know there's
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  Speaker 1: a balance of that of like how much can you
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  Speaker 1: actually execute giving the amount of reps throughout the week.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that's been a something that we've kind
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  Speaker 1: of chiseled the way out throughout the year and really
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  Speaker 1: throughout maybe the last month, probably since the buy honestly,
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  Speaker 1: or coming out of the Thursday game, I feel like
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  Speaker 1: we really had a better understanding of you know, of
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  Speaker 1: what of like what that balance is, so it's helped us.
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  Speaker 7: And then based on your answer to the Gregs question,
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  Speaker 7: it sounds like there's you guys have.
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  Speaker 3: Had multiple requests for for your assistance to get interviews.
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  Speaker 5: Are you able to tell us who that is?
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  Speaker 1: To my knowledge right now, it's just Clint Oh, okay, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: but there there might be more. I just I haven't
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  Speaker 1: heard of it any yet.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, thank you, Bob.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, M I just do you anticipate anybody returning to
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  Speaker 3: practice this week or anything like that or.
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  Speaker 1: I haven't gotten the update on the guys that have
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  Speaker 1: been out, but those the timetable is still the way
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  Speaker 1: we said at the end of last week, where we're
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  Speaker 1: still optimistic to have them back either during practice this
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  Speaker 1: week or sometime next week.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, and then when we're I know you talked about
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  Speaker 3: the third and long runs on the radio this morning,
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  Speaker 3: specifically the one with Ken on the third and seventeen
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  Speaker 3: that he picked up. Just what did you really see
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  Speaker 3: coming together on that play that made that play work.
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  Speaker 1: So well that I was like, A that's a twelve
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  Speaker 1: was one play? I mean everybody. Everybody hit their targets,
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  Speaker 1: they hit their blocks, and then my favorite part of
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  Speaker 1: the play is is Bobo and Jack's you know, celebrating
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  Speaker 1: more than anybody else. You know, two receivers on a
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  Speaker 1: third long who uh who got their guys blocked and
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  Speaker 1: and sprang the run that that got kind of the
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  Speaker 1: first sound of a heck of a run by Ken.
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  Speaker 1: But there's a lot of great blocking go on on
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  Speaker 1: that play. And then to see the guys celebrate like that, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for the success of the team and their
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  Speaker 1: teammate was was really cool.
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  Speaker 9: Brian, Brian, Yeah, sorry, if you already answered this, let
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  Speaker 9: me know. But just for folks that don't know all
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  Speaker 9: the things that go into decisions on play calling. When
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  Speaker 9: when you're at the one yard line, people see all
• 15:29
  Speaker 9: the success with the barnyard, why isn't it as simple
• 15:31
  Speaker 9: as just calling that play a couple of times?
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: Well, that's something certainly we probably should have done in
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: that situation we had. You know, we go over our
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: goal line plan every week and all those plays. You know,
• 15:45
  Speaker 1: ultimately I sign off on and I thought we had
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: a great plan and it was a good play. You know,
• 15:49
  Speaker 1: we just we just didn't get it done, so you know,
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: maybe we saved that play for another situation or you know,
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: who knows, but definitely the sneak is under consideration that
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: in that moment.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Curtis.
• 16:05
  Speaker 5: Yeah, Mike Rashid's got just two catches for ten yards
• 16:08
  Speaker 5: over the last three games. I know he's been factoring
• 16:11
  Speaker 5: another way his return game and everything and draw a
• 16:14
  Speaker 5: couple of penalties and such, But how do you kind
• 16:16
  Speaker 5: of see him as a receiver in your offense right now?
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: His speed theoretically should be able to give you guys
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: some chances downfield that maybe haven't hit as much as
• 16:24
  Speaker 5: you might think. What do you kind of do as
• 16:26
  Speaker 5: to that outlook right now and where he's been and
• 16:29
  Speaker 5: maybe getting them ball more and how that kind of
• 16:31
  Speaker 5: fits into what you're trying.
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: To do at the moment.
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't see like any you know, drop off
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: from where we were singing his praises before he started that.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: So it was that three weeks ago. I think he's
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: still continue to improve and the chemistry is still building,
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: and he's doing a lot of things that are helping
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: other guys, you know, taking the top off off the
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: defense to let an inn cut run behind him. I
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: mean he ran the slant that drew the DPI that
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: got us the first down. So it's not like he's
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: not being productive for us. Just the balls not find
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: him right now. And he's he's he's definitely part of
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: our plans. I mean we're drawing stuff up for him
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: every week. That's a big part of our plans. Just
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: hasn't hasn't hit yet.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: Okay, two more Nico.
• 17:14
  Speaker 7: H thank you, uh coach.
• 17:17
  Speaker 8: This team has been so good collectively.
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: But when he comes to your quarterback, what is it
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: that you've learned about him this season that you're excited
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: to see in the playoffs.
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: When it comes to Sam Darnel.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: Well, I think I think the strength of our team
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: is the synergy behind it. So Sam plays probably you know,
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: the most important position. But he's he's one of the
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: eleven guys out there of what we're trying to create,
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: it feels like twelve, and so he's he's been steadying that.
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: And part of our message to our guys is, I
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: know we're going to the playoffs, but nothing changes in
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: terms of our preparation, our mentality. You know the same
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: thing that you know, circumstances around the game. You know,
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: people are going to be talking about but for us,
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: you know, the things that we need to be able
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: to do to be able to have success is going
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: to stay the same. And so Sam's been a great
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: example of that for our whole team, the way he's
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: been so consistent all year.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: Last question, Greg, right back.
• 18:13
  Speaker 8: To Jake Bobbo. He's played about a third of the
• 18:16
  Speaker 8: offensive snaps he's been playing previous years. Healthy scratch a
• 18:19
  Speaker 8: few times, yet he comes up big on that third
• 18:22
  Speaker 8: and seventeen play. Like you said, how's he handled all
• 18:25
  Speaker 8: this and how his readiness is like it was for
• 18:29
  Speaker 8: that big place Saturday.
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Jake's been great. He was a captain in this
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: past game. That can tell you what the coaching staff
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: thinks of him and the job that he's done. So
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: it's been unfortunate we haven't been able to get him
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: active on some of those games. It turns, you know,
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: when you have receivers that are doing you know, when
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Cody was playing the way that he was playing, you know,
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: just there's only so many spots you can take going
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: into a game. So and Jake's a great competitor too,
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: and he's a great teammate and he's supporting the guys,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: but he's also competing, uh for that role as well.
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: And that's exactly the way that you want it, where
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: guys are shocking each other all the time, and in
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: the last couple of games being active, I thought he's
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: really shown the impact they can have on games though
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: the ball might not find him. The way he's playing
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: on special teams and the role he plays for our offense.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: So it hasn't been the you know, the the role
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: probably he envisioned for himself at the beginning of the season,
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: but I can tell you it's it's it's been very,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: very significant to help us, you know, get to this
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: point in the season.
• 19:29
  Speaker 8: And on a third and seventeen, I think he bought
• 19:31
  Speaker 8: two guys that probably wasn't his assignment, but was he
• 19:35
  Speaker 8: above and beyond there?
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a one call it a one point nine.
• 19:39
  Speaker 8: Yeah, thank you sir.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Okay, thank you everyone. We'll see your Wednesday and Thursday.
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: Okay, all right, thank you