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Head Coach Mike Macdonald Recaps The Preseason Finale, Gives Update On Jake Bobo & Tyler Hall · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, appreciate those who are still here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's look at the game obviously didn't go in
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  Speaker 2: our favor, a lot of things that you know we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna be able to improve on. But coming out of
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  Speaker 2: the game, you're thinking about, hey, look at look at
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  Speaker 2: the week. I think it was a great week for
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  Speaker 2: our football team, our organization. Look, it's it's not easy
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  Speaker 2: to pull these things off, to kind of move your
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  Speaker 2: organization across across the country, you know, as being in
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  Speaker 2: Seattle and being able to have to pop around and
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  Speaker 2: get out here in Green Bay is uh is it
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  Speaker 2: big to do? And so I appreciate our organization, especially Jody,
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  Speaker 2: you know, John Chuck just making it, just making it
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  Speaker 2: happen and understanding how important it is for us.
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  Speaker 1: And it was great.
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  Speaker 2: It was great for our team, and I felt like
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  Speaker 2: we got a lot better and got a great a
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  Speaker 2: great evaluation for for our players as well.
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  Speaker 1: So I just wanted to say thank you on that front.
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  Speaker 1: And I thought the guys.
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  Speaker 2: Played hard today. Uh there's you know, look, there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of just told the team there's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: good and there's a lot we're gonna learn from. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's operation stuff, there's penalty these you know, just making
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  Speaker 2: quick decisions, being decisive, playing our style ball. That will
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  Speaker 2: that we'll learn from these things. But uh, I thought
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  Speaker 2: the guys played really hard and they put a heck,
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  Speaker 2: they put a heck of a training camp together, so
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  Speaker 2: they should be proud of themselves. Yeah, so Jake has
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  Speaker 2: a concussion. He has a concussion. It's that that's what
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  Speaker 2: he has right now. Man, he's in good spirits and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we'll kind of start that protocol and go
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  Speaker 2: from there. But considering what it looked like, I think
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  Speaker 2: we're fortunate that. Uh, that's that's what we're dealing with
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  Speaker 2: at this point.
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  Speaker 1: So that was a that was a scary I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: And Tyler he's gotta he's got a a NEB. It's
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  Speaker 2: we don't think it's that serious. We think like structurally
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  Speaker 2: it's okay. So we'll you know, we'll imit it, we'll
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  Speaker 2: get all the information. But right now, signs are positive
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  Speaker 2: long term with Tyler.
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  Speaker 3: With Jalen, that's a difficult mission, of course, against their starters.
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  Speaker 3: What could you clean for that, if anything, anything that
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  Speaker 3: you could evaluate him on.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just keep keep shopping away, man, keep building, keep building,
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  Speaker 2: the foundation. Uh yeah, Like I said, I mean, he's
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  Speaker 2: out there, he's he's playing his tail off.
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  Speaker 1: He's and there's and there's things we're gonna learn from.
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  Speaker 1: You know. Taking care of the football is probably the
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  Speaker 1: number one thing.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. And he knows that, and and we'll learn from
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  Speaker 2: it and grow from it. But Uh, I think it
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  Speaker 2: was definitely worth it to get him out there and
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  Speaker 2: have this experience. He's definitely gonna be able to build
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  Speaker 2: off this in the future.
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  Speaker 3: You talked a lot about operationally in and out of
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  Speaker 3: huddles and things for him all camp.
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  Speaker 1: How with that today, Yeah, it's improved. It's improved today. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Andrew Gunoko called the game on offense our quarterback coach.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he had a great job getting jail On
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  Speaker 2: ready and uh and I thought, for you know, for
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  Speaker 2: the most part, we operate all right. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: weren't flirting with the play clock, and we were able
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  Speaker 2: to you know, getting it out of plays and get
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  Speaker 2: from one play to the other and do that type
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  Speaker 2: of stuff. But you know, we got we gotta operate
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  Speaker 2: at an elite level to be a championship football team.
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  Speaker 2: And so we know we're not there yet with with
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  Speaker 2: those guys and really as football team and something we're
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  Speaker 2: still chasing.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, it's definitely improved.
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  Speaker 3: Sindel in a baseball cap and all the tommy's and
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  Speaker 3: foot paths as I'd say that Snell.
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  Speaker 2: Who started, well, it was it was just we needed
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  Speaker 2: a guy as an emergency in case something happened. We
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  Speaker 2: ran a guy, so just decided just asked all to
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  Speaker 2: stay dressed and stay ready with mill Road.
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  Speaker 4: There was obviously some issues that really just different things
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  Speaker 4: on going a way to finish stronger and like at
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  Speaker 4: a touch on drives that shake them.
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  Speaker 1: Just to get Yeah, what's great about it is like
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  Speaker 1: he didn't flinch.
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  Speaker 2: You know that a couple couple of setbacks earlier, but uh,
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  Speaker 2: just kept kept fighting man, kept working away at it,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, up until the very end we had
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  Speaker 2: a chance to get back in the game and give
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  Speaker 2: ourselves a chance to win it.
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  Speaker 1: Ultimately we're fighting uphill battle the whole game, which is.
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  Speaker 2: Not how we want to play, but uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes things aren't going to go your way, you gotta
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  Speaker 2: fight through it.
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  Speaker 3: What do you like about his demeanor for that position,
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  Speaker 3: whether it was a touchdown to White or the fumbles
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  Speaker 3: he looked exactly the same each time.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's important.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's really just be you. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: don't try to be anybody else, b John Milroe.
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  Speaker 1: We want Sam to be Sam.
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  Speaker 2: We want Drew to be Drew. That's gonna be the best.
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  Speaker 2: That's how you're gonna get the best version of that,
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  Speaker 2: and that's what I believe at least.
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  Speaker 1: So that's good. Just shows you that. I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: guy's played in big game too. Four.
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  Speaker 2: He's played in some some tough environments and h some
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  Speaker 2: some big time games at Alabama, so it's nothing new
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  Speaker 2: to him a couple of years now.
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  Speaker 3: That every time Cody White gets a chance he produces.
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  Speaker 3: What is it about him?
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  Speaker 2: I told him in golf, when you play a scramble
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  Speaker 2: and you get your own eagle, that's what he had
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  Speaker 2: on that drive. Uh yeah, given him the opportunity he.
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  Speaker 1: Makes place.
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  Speaker 5: Y.
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  Speaker 1: I'm happy for him.
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  Speaker 2: He's this guy when we've talked about it for two
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  Speaker 2: years now. But the guy worked extremely hard and you're
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  Speaker 2: in that today.
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  Speaker 1: That was really cool.
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  Speaker 3: That position. Normally this team keeps six, but if there's
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  Speaker 3: ever a year you might keep five wide receivers. That's
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  Speaker 3: when you have two tight ends and full back. Is
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  Speaker 3: it fair to say you might not keep as many
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  Speaker 3: as you normally do.
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  Speaker 1: I think I think it's fair to say. It's part
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  Speaker 1: of the conversation.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't made any decisions yet, you know, set in stone,
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  Speaker 2: but yeah, I think I think because of the personal
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  Speaker 2: groups that we are and the players that we have,
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  Speaker 2: that's something that we have to consider in the next
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  Speaker 2: next few days.
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  Speaker 4: Jared Ivy show, he goes out like he's injured, then
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  Speaker 4: came back and led the team and tackles, have some practice.
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  Speaker 1: Every thing is down there for a minute, but just
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  Speaker 1: happy that he's healthy.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, And you know, you gotta go out there and
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  Speaker 2: he's playing a lot of snaps, played hard that I
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  Speaker 2: thought all our guys on defense again didn't flinch, came out.
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  Speaker 2: I thought we played better football in the second half,
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  Speaker 2: which has been a point of emphasis for us given
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  Speaker 2: the circumstances, and you know, just go out there and
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  Speaker 2: play our style ball, which I thought they did in
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  Speaker 2: the second half. You think.
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  Speaker 1: I was a heck of a play man.
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  Speaker 2: It was awesome, man, going from the d path, got
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  Speaker 2: those of the ball on the middle read to be
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  Speaker 2: able to overlap in that air field is and make
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  Speaker 2: them wanted. I mean, it's just great play all around,
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  Speaker 2: a great team defense on that play with the rush
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  Speaker 2: and coverage complementing each other.
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  Speaker 1: But ultimately that was a that was a phenomenal play.
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  Speaker 1: Is Christian handes Okay, he's got a peck.
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  Speaker 2: It's not as serious as we thought. So we're kind
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  Speaker 2: of evaliant right now to see what we're dealing with
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  Speaker 2: going into next week. But uh, we're not sure right.
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  Speaker 5: Now and how long it's going to be from the
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  Speaker 5: joint practice, I believe, So, Yeah, is there any one
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  Speaker 5: Maybe it's a tough, too big of wide a picture,
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  Speaker 5: but is there anyone who took a jump this week,
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  Speaker 5: either in.
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  Speaker 3: The joint practice or today that wasn't jumping earlier.
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  Speaker 1: That's that's a good question. There's some guys that.
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  Speaker 2: We wanted to have great, you know, great competitive practice
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  Speaker 2: and show up and make plays, and they did that,
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  Speaker 2: and uh that was encouraging.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say it's like it's hard to it's hard
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  Speaker 2: to put in this amount of body work with the
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  Speaker 2: amount of refs that we ask our guys to do,
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  Speaker 2: and then they have this whole buy we're going in
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  Speaker 2: and all of a sudden, they're a different person. I
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  Speaker 2: think we have a pretty good feel for what guys
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  Speaker 2: are capable of and and we expect those guys. But
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  Speaker 2: it was good to see in a different setting, challenge,
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  Speaker 2: you know, challenging place to come in and play a
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  Speaker 2: really good football team and practice against those guys. It
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  Speaker 2: was good to see those guys make those type of plays.
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  Speaker 3: And this time Tyree Knight's been out.
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  Speaker 1: What's Drake Thomas?
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  Speaker 2: I thought Drake's had a great camp. He's uh, there's
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  Speaker 2: a there's a there's a poise to him in the defense.
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  Speaker 2: He's incredibly smart. He's shown the ability to play to play.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's kind of doing all the things at
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  Speaker 2: dime linebacker that we're gonna ask our guys to do,
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  Speaker 2: so that's really encouraging.
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  Speaker 1: But he's done a great job.
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  Speaker 3: Anything you didn't accomplish, you tried wanted two.
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  Speaker 1: This week we win the game. No, I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: we got the whole practice in.
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  Speaker 2: I know, I know we had the scuffles there and
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  Speaker 2: so be able to come back, can be able to
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  Speaker 2: get the whole practice in.
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  Speaker 1: It was really important.
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  Speaker 2: And it was a longer joint practice and you normally
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  Speaker 2: have normally these things are a little bit quicker, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, we ended up with a ton.
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  Speaker 1: Of plays and a uh.
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  Speaker 2: So, it's just it's just a great all around evaling
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  Speaker 2: understanding kind of hey, where are we got to step
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  Speaker 2: on the gas systematically, kind of declares who can do what?
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  Speaker 1: Who are going to be? Uh So, a lot, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of positives. You just spend time.
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  Speaker 2: When we had a team dinner and we did we
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  Speaker 2: uh just any time you get a chance to kind
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  Speaker 2: of get away. It was time for us to get
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  Speaker 2: out of out of Seattle, and uh so it was
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  Speaker 2: a great opportunity for us.
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  Speaker 3: Anything else bright, no, sir, thank you
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  Speaker 1: He deserves he stuck around right