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Head Coach Mike Macdonald On The Week 5 Loss To The 49ers · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right. I think we just preemptive strike on the injuries.
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  Speaker 1: I think as of now, no updates except for Drake.
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  Speaker 1: He had an ankle, but he finished the game. So
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. We're disappointed. I think our guys played hard.
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  Speaker 1: We stuck together. I think we got a tough team.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're a connected team, but in terms of
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  Speaker 1: playing like complimentary football, the way that that, that we
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  Speaker 1: want to play here as Seahawks and become the team
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  Speaker 1: that we want to become. Uh, we're not there yet.
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  Speaker 1: So good news is we have a game in four
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  Speaker 1: days that we can move forward and, uh, learn from and,
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  Speaker 1: and try to, uh, and try to grow from. So
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  Speaker 1: that's the good news, but we got, we got, we
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  Speaker 1: need to grow quickly in terms of complimentary football, definitely
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  Speaker 1: taking care of the football, um, way too many giveaways
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  Speaker 1: at this point in the season. And, uh, We'll look
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  Speaker 1: at those and see how we can get it fixed
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  Speaker 1: moving forward. The guys played incredibly hard. The complimentary piece
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  Speaker 1: of what we want to become right now is not there,
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  Speaker 1: so we didn't do it, and the 49ers did that today.
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  Speaker 1: Give them credit. They played a good game, and we'll
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  Speaker 1: move forward. Mike, what was your view of the final
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  Speaker 1: offensive play? I don't know. They said he was short,
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  Speaker 1: so you've got to live with it. We're just, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's not like he doesn't know to like, we don't want,
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  Speaker 1: we don't want to throw interceptions, you know, like, so
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  Speaker 1: stay positive, stick, stick to it. Trust your reads. take
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  Speaker 1: care of the ball. I mean, there's a lot of good,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of, you know, obviously don't want to
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  Speaker 1: throw the picks and, and we need to find ways
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  Speaker 1: to start games a little faster on offense, but excuse me.
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  Speaker 1: But I mean, Sam also did a lot of great
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  Speaker 1: things today, extending plays. So you don't want to take
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  Speaker 1: that away from me either. Can you walk us through
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  Speaker 1: the end of the second quarter, the fumble in the
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  Speaker 1: end zone, run the stretch. They had three timeouts, just
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  Speaker 1: kind of what you're thinking there. And is there any,
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  Speaker 1: Any lesson you learned in that? We should be able
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  Speaker 1: to execute run plays. So we want to stay aggressive.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he kicks a touchback. We're two plays away
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  Speaker 1: from field goal range, and we're in good shape. So
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  Speaker 1: we want to stay aggressive and get points at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the half, the opportunity to get the ball
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  Speaker 1: coming out of the second half. But we've got to
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  Speaker 1: be able to execute our run game and hold on
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  Speaker 1: to the football. Straight up. You felt Murph today. Happy
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  Speaker 1: for him. I think there's some good stuff. Russian coverage
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  Speaker 1: on defense that we did and there's some things that
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  Speaker 1: we need to improve on as well. Like we talked
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  Speaker 1: about all week, their quarterback's a really good player. He
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  Speaker 1: saw a lot of plays off schedule today that it's
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  Speaker 1: just a tough guy to get on the ground and
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  Speaker 1: it's like a sixth sense on knowing where everybody's at. So, um,
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  Speaker 1: that's something that we want to obviously improve on, but
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  Speaker 1: Murph played a really good game. Mike Evans obviously had
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  Speaker 1: some huge catches that just kind of great individual plays
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  Speaker 1: by him. Yeah. Yeah. Great individual plays by him. George
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  Speaker 1: Maloney had obviously a couple of fumbles today. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it was a giant price. There's a point where he
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  Speaker 1: came out after the fumble. Was there any thought about
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  Speaker 1: that or is there a different perspective after the Washington
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  Speaker 1: game in terms of how to handle that? Uh, We're just,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, no. I mean, short on backs, you know.
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  Speaker 1: I can't go out there and carry the ball, so.
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  Speaker 1: Nor do we want to. You have to look at
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  Speaker 1: the film. The tie kind of came back. What would
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  Speaker 1: you think of his return to action? Good to have
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  Speaker 1: a tie back. Felt like we were on point. I
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  Speaker 1: don't really have, like, a– I got to watch it
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  Speaker 1: to see how a tie played, but I felt like
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  Speaker 1: we did some good things. What's your early read on
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  Speaker 1: Sharper Day and whether or not he'll play Thursday? Okay.
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  Speaker 1: As of right now, the plan right now isn't for
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  Speaker 1: sure for him to play, so that could change. But
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  Speaker 1: as of right now, he's not going to play. What
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  Speaker 1: about Nehemiah Pritchett with the fumble? Yeah, Nehemiah played a
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  Speaker 1: great game, man. Probably the best play was a special
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  Speaker 1: teams play, you know. So, guys playing double duty as
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  Speaker 1: a gunner and as a corner for us. So, guys...
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  Speaker 1: should be really proud of himself, the position he's put
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  Speaker 1: himself in. He's playing really good football. How have you
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  Speaker 1: seen his game grow this year? Nehemiah? Yeah. He's, he's
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  Speaker 1: earned a role on our, on our defense, you know? So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the third corner spot was going to be a, uh,
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  Speaker 1: like was going to be something that needed to be
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  Speaker 1: competed for throughout the off season. And he didn't shy
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  Speaker 1: away from it and came every day and did a
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  Speaker 1: great job and just stuck to the process and just
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  Speaker 1: kept making plays, you know? So, um, He's earned a
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  Speaker 1: role for us, which is great for him, and it's
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  Speaker 1: good for us. You've been here before with your quarterback
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  Speaker 1: in the turnovers last year. What turned the corner offensively?
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  Speaker 1: Was there anything you can now try to revisit and
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  Speaker 1: revisit from last year that worked? I don't think we
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  Speaker 1: need to. We're not panicking or anything like that. We're
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  Speaker 1: just going through what we do every day. I think
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  Speaker 1: if we become more efficient and more effective as an offense,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to help our quarterback, too. I think it's everybody.
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  Speaker 1: It's not just Sam. Sam knows. It's not like he
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  Speaker 1: wants to turn it over. We need to just play
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  Speaker 1: collectively more efficient. I think when that happens, then the
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  Speaker 1: ball doesn't become in jeopardy as much. By the play
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  Speaker 1: where Greenlaw was ejected, did you think maybe another penalty
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  Speaker 1: could have been called there? Bro, that was crazy. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. I'm actually proud of our guys. We can
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  Speaker 1: talk about chasing edges. I thought we played a line today,
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  Speaker 1: and then they took care of it, given all the
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  Speaker 1: things that were going on. So EJ's okay, and whatever happened, happened.
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  Speaker 1: But what was the other penalty you implied on us?
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure if there was. I don't know how
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  Speaker 1: that works. I just heard that he had by the guy.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned EJ. I mean, for him to be the
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  Speaker 1: first guy there to kind of have Sam's back but
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  Speaker 1: then not retaliate when he gets head-butted. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: that speaks for our whole team. EJ led the charge.
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  Speaker 1: I know it was an emotional thing, but, like, we
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  Speaker 1: got to stay in the pocket, too, you know, for
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  Speaker 1: us to play our best ball. But I thought our
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  Speaker 1: guys did a great job, honestly, coming off the last
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  Speaker 1: week and understanding how we want to operate. So it
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  Speaker 1: just shows you, like, if we put our attention to things,
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  Speaker 1: our guys get better. We get it. We attack it.
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  Speaker 1: It's one of those things where it's like, yeah, there's
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  Speaker 1: things we want to attack, things we want to do better.
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  Speaker 1: And so let's put our focus on it and let's
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  Speaker 1: do it. You know, so there's a laundry list of
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  Speaker 1: things we need to get better at. And so, you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's no time to waste. Let's get after it. When
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  Speaker 1: we get to Sam for five sacks in this game,
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  Speaker 1: what were you seeing as far as what the 49ers
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  Speaker 1: are doing? I think it's the same thing. It's like
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  Speaker 1: we've just got to play better. You know, we've got
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  Speaker 1: to rush and courage, like the protection and the routes.
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  Speaker 1: And the timing of the play, that needs to be better.
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  Speaker 1: We can't be in second and long. We can't be
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  Speaker 1: in third and long. We've got to keep the ball
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  Speaker 1: moving forward. We've got to make smart decisions with the football.
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  Speaker 1: We've got to take care of the ball. We've just
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  Speaker 1: got to play good football. And right now, too frequently
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  Speaker 1: early in games, we're not doing that. What was your
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  Speaker 1: message to them in the locker room? Similar to you guys,
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  Speaker 1: we've got a tough, connected, great group. We've got the
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  Speaker 1: capacity to be a really good football team. But right
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  Speaker 1: now we're not doing the things to become a great team.
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  Speaker 1: So let's go do those things. And let's go through it.
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  Speaker 1: Let's attack it. Let's figure out ways to get better.
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  Speaker 1: And let's do it in a hurry because we play
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  Speaker 1: pretty soon. Mike, it seemed like your pass rush was
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  Speaker 1: impactful for most of the game. the fourth quarter seemed
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  Speaker 1: like it wasn't as impactful. Do you share that observation?
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  Speaker 1: And if so, is it a fatigue thing or is
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  Speaker 1: there any other factors involved? I'm not sure. You got
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  Speaker 1: to give them credit. I think they got to some solutions.
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  Speaker 1: I thought the quarter, their quarterback made some plays probably
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  Speaker 1: better answer for you tomorrow, but you're probably right. I thought,
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  Speaker 1: I thought our, our rush early in the game was,
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  Speaker 1: was effective and they were able to throw it a
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  Speaker 1: little bit there in the fourth quarter. Going back to Micah,
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  Speaker 1: was there any thought of approaching him a little bit
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  Speaker 1: differently after, you know, they featured him there at the end? Or,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what were those conversations on the sideline? What
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  Speaker 1: do you mean, treat him to anything differently? Like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: covering him up any differently? It seemed like Cho was
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  Speaker 1: kind of on an island. No. What do you mean,
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  Speaker 1: treat him to anything? The guy's a great receiver. We're
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  Speaker 1: trying to cover him. Anything else? Thank you. All right.