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Mike Macdonald: "Now Is The Time To Step On The Gas" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: A little bit shorter practice today coming off the game,
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  Speaker 1: and then you know, we're practicing in the morning. So
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  Speaker 1: uh got the blood flowing, breathing, pretty breathing, pretty heavy.
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  Speaker 1: You got some good situation stuff flying around, good execution.
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  Speaker 1: So good day, and we'll regroup and get back at
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  Speaker 1: it tomorrow. He might stand out on film that maybe
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  Speaker 1: you didn't notice in the game that really.
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  Speaker 2: Had press here that you liked.
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  Speaker 1: I think just the effort, especially with the with the backups.
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  Speaker 1: The guys just played really hard, try to play as
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  Speaker 1: physical as possible. A lot of great execution, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of great stuff on tape, just and just and to
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  Speaker 1: show the vets and the guys that didn't didn't play
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  Speaker 1: in the game.
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  Speaker 2: You know who flashed, who did all who did?
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  Speaker 1: The The cool stuff was h was a fun team meeting.
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  Speaker 2: You might finishing in a dominate position. It cray that
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  Speaker 2: a time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he said, he said he had an interesting first play,
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  Speaker 1: but he regrouped and and he did a great job.
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  Speaker 1: And you can tell with these guys, there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of uncertainty going into the first game the NFL, but
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  Speaker 1: I think they realize, uh.
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  Speaker 2: Sooner than later that it's just ball at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day and trust your technique, go let it rip.
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  Speaker 2: All the things I think you know, we're trying not
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  Speaker 2: to make. It's not that we're trying to.
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  Speaker 1: Make it an extension of every every day that we
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  Speaker 1: operate on on the practice field. It's just anytime we're
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  Speaker 1: taking the field, you know that we're trying to we're
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  Speaker 1: trying to become the team we want to become.
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  Speaker 2: We're trying to, you know, uphold the standard that we've created.
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  Speaker 1: And so I think you're singing a lot of the
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  Speaker 1: extension of that of things that he's.
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  Speaker 2: Been doing throughout, you know, throughout the whole process.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, it's a definitely a different setting and
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  Speaker 1: you got the blood's pumping and nerves are rolling and
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  Speaker 1: all good stuff. But uh, he executed a high level
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  Speaker 1: just like he's been doing in practice, and might.
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  Speaker 2: Well the expectation doesn't change.
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  Speaker 1: What are you looking for from the players now that
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  Speaker 1: they've had a game and they need to avelt indicating good. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we're still in camp. I mean, we're still grinding away
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  Speaker 1: about making incremental improvements every day, so the work continues.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the face is on it's uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're in a little bit different mode now, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we're kind of in game in you know, in week
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  Speaker 1: in game camp mode, uh, instead of just a true
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  Speaker 1: install phase kind of getting after every day.
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  Speaker 2: So that changes a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: But it's good to change up camp rather than just
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  Speaker 1: so it doesn't get monotonous of what we're doing on
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  Speaker 1: you know, Cadence every day. So just keep keep keep
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  Speaker 1: banging away at it and keep making those improvements.
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  Speaker 2: What's Dell's showing at the center. He's having a lot
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  Speaker 2: of great plays.
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  Speaker 1: There's plays that I think that he'd be the first
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  Speaker 1: to tell you that he can improve on. But all
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  Speaker 1: the stuff that we're seeing, I means the athleticism, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the point of attack stuff is pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: Did I thought he did did a really good job.
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  Speaker 1: COM's still on even.
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  Speaker 2: Shaft is back today, let's talk about that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's not getting the extra couple of reps that
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  Speaker 1: was wasn't necessarily a part of the plan, but that
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  Speaker 1: was great to see.
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  Speaker 2: It looks good out there. Where does right guards stand
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  Speaker 2: right now? Competition?
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  Speaker 1: It seems like there's a lot of juts out there
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  Speaker 1: in your play play, delay, turnover period.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about the way that that one
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  Speaker 2: and the all three offenses were able to go work there.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about the way that your guys
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  Speaker 2: are situational football? It's compared to say, this time of
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  Speaker 2: year ago played delay turnover? Is that the fourth down thing? Okay?
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  Speaker 1: Coach? Okay, Yeah, that that one was some operations stuff
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  Speaker 1: that we do on fourth down, which is really cool.
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  Speaker 1: All three groups executed and then we got into some
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  Speaker 1: you know, end to end a half, you know, situations
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  Speaker 1: there both in our game simulation period and then we
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  Speaker 1: you know with the Vets doing our long drive drill.
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  Speaker 2: Was just pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to see one more preseason game before you
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  Speaker 1: make any decisions on the red guard, et cetera. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you mentioned operational for there were some things. Is there
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  Speaker 1: anything you can elaborate.
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  Speaker 2: On the god.
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  Speaker 1: Just there's just some details that go from you know,
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  Speaker 1: when it's it's it's as much as we say it's not.
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  Speaker 2: It is a different setting.
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  Speaker 1: Now you're getting the play call from the sideline in
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  Speaker 1: the stadium, there's noise, we're backed up situationally, you just
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  Speaker 1: gotta we got to iron out some of those details
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  Speaker 1: from when we get the play call that when we
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  Speaker 1: get the ball snapped, you know, all those things that
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  Speaker 1: are included and and it's and it's not just Jalan,
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  Speaker 1: it's all three units. But there's a couple of plays
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  Speaker 1: where you know, we'll get figured out moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: What have you seen from Connor tools so far in
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  Speaker 2: his camp?
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  Speaker 1: Seemed like he was really active rushing the passer the
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  Speaker 1: other night as well, just the play speed, physicality, did
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  Speaker 1: a lot of great things on teams. He's still he's
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  Speaker 1: got he's kind of a rookie attitude in terms of
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  Speaker 1: kind of you know, having the two ears and one
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  Speaker 1: mouth sort of thing. So it's great to see his
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  Speaker 1: personality come out on the field, which is which is exciting. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so Tyre, he's getting close with his knees. Also has
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  Speaker 1: another medical issue that we're working through right now that
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  Speaker 1: we're not going to give you the you know, all
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  Speaker 1: the details on it, but we're working through it and
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  Speaker 1: we expect them to.
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  Speaker 2: Be back for the opener, but it's gonna it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a couple of weeks. Another separate from it's a
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  Speaker 2: separate issue. Yeah, how do you feel about your death?
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  Speaker 2: And that's the sideline back? I know Ross is that
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  Speaker 2: out as well?
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  Speaker 1: Think, well, yeah, you know, the guys. I mean, I think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Patio's had a great camp. Drake's strung strowing together a
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  Speaker 1: lot of great performances. You know, Josh, he's right in
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  Speaker 1: the mix. You he'll be back from his hand sooner
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  Speaker 1: or later. A lot of great competition there. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: with teenite, you know, taking some time out here, there's
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  Speaker 1: a great opportunity for guys who assert themselves.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's a new thing, but unrelated to the nine.
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  Speaker 1: Your your address to stuff in general.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you guys kind of Tyreek Smith or
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  Speaker 2: some other guys who kind of got involved the other day,
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  Speaker 2: how do you kind of feel about your death with
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  Speaker 2: the address blog kind.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I don't think it's changed throughout camp in terms
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  Speaker 1: of how we feel about it. We got we have
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  Speaker 1: guys that are playing really good football for us. You've
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  Speaker 1: seen Tyree Smith make a lot of great plays doing it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's improved on the things that he needs
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  Speaker 1: to improve on in the run game, and uh, you
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  Speaker 1: felt him in the pass rush the other day, and the.
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  Speaker 2: Rest of the guys are doing it. I mean, Mike
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  Speaker 2: Morris I thought, had a really good performance.
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  Speaker 1: So great competition there, and again they're not just competing
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  Speaker 1: against those guys in that room, and there's guys that
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  Speaker 1: can play those positions or we can move around, and
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  Speaker 1: how it fits on special teams is going to play
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  Speaker 1: a big part of how this whole thing unfolds. So
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  Speaker 1: but it was great to see how the edge Groom
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  Speaker 1: played in the game. I was really exciting it might
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  Speaker 1: in particular, where are you seeing him grow maybe.
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  Speaker 2: From last year when he wasn't as involved more this year,
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  Speaker 2: I don't. I don't see it as like a huge jump.
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's it's it's gradual little goals that he
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  Speaker 1: disc keeps hitting that he's determined to make. Both in
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  Speaker 1: the early down game like playing anywhere, we got to
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  Speaker 1: move them all over the place and he's playing where
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  Speaker 1: from a three technique out to a nine. So that's
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  Speaker 1: important for us to be able to play those different positions.
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  Speaker 1: And then uh, you know in pass downs being able
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  Speaker 1: to move inside and out.
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  Speaker 2: And he's a really good game runner. I think that
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  Speaker 2: showed up in the in the in the game.
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  Speaker 1: So just just keep keep hammering away, man, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like this is it's easy to kind of get LOLd
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  Speaker 1: of sleep. Hey, we've seen one exposure here kind of
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  Speaker 1: in front of the world. Let's not let's not quit now.
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  Speaker 1: Let's now it's the time to step on the gas
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  Speaker 1: and and really accelerate into the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: See they threw both kinds of nice plays today. Yeah yeah,
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  Speaker 2: talking about like it seems like that's.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well that was one of the reasons we're really
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  Speaker 1: excited about Sam is his ability to throw in the
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  Speaker 1: move and his accuracy on the move, which is really cool.
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  Speaker 1: And then I mean Drew had a great throat today,
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  Speaker 1: move into his left on the sideline through it, I'm
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  Speaker 1: with a guy in his face, and that was that
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  Speaker 1: was a heck of a throw.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to see that one again. So both
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  Speaker 2: guys have the ability.
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  Speaker 1: We saw Jalen do it in the in the game
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  Speaker 1: on that on one of the on one of the movements.
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  Speaker 1: So all three guys can move and throw on the run.
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  Speaker 1: I thought they showed up, you know, I thought they
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  Speaker 1: were physical. I thought they finished plays really exciting. Thing
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  Speaker 1: was you felt them on special teams, the physicality. So
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  Speaker 1: I think, uh, I think we got a great room.
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  Speaker 1: Max doing a tremendous job with those guys. They're they're
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  Speaker 1: they're really you know, they're they're kind of like the
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  Speaker 1: silent engine of what we're doing on offense too.
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  Speaker 2: I mean we asked a lot of those.
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  Speaker 1: Guys and uh, I think they're playing really good football
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  Speaker 1: for us soon. Yeah, he gave it a go today
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  Speaker 1: and I think it just tightened up on a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: So just add a precaution. We shut him down earlier
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  Speaker 1: in practice, so probably tomorrow or earlier in the week.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully any you tend and when on Jenna, but he's
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  Speaker 1: he's kicking, but as a matter of fact, he's going
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  Speaker 1: so hard that we got to slow him down.
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  Speaker 2: It's the best. That's the best guys here. Guys. Love them.
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  Speaker 2: It's got great advice from me, just bouncing ideas off
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  Speaker 2: and it's got a great perspective. Love them, love them.
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  Speaker 2: I'll leave that between us, but it's wise, trust me.
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  Speaker 1: Can't where you have to do some things the coaching
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  Speaker 1: staff to guard against fatigue because it felt like there's
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  Speaker 1: a little lesser intensity for coaching together. I like hearing that.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. No, our guys are our guys are awesome.
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  Speaker 1: I mean we understand what's cool is like as a team.
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  Speaker 2: We we we.
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  Speaker 1: Know what we're trying to achieve as individuals as like
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  Speaker 1: position units, and everyone's kind of pushing their you know,
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  Speaker 1: their goals in that in their room too. All three units,
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  Speaker 1: all three phases are you know, in the middle of
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  Speaker 1: trying to figure out who we're going to be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: how who's gonna play what. And so there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of great battles and our coaches are bringing a lot
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  Speaker 1: of energy every day and there's always something at stake,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and any opportunity you have to come out
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  Speaker 1: here and be with our guys. I mean, it's just, uh,
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  Speaker 1: especially in this setting, it's just I mean, how could
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  Speaker 1: you not be fired up?
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  Speaker 2: Uh he's still working through his back getting better. There
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  Speaker 2: I go, thank you, thank you,