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Jaxon Smith-Njigba: "We Have The Best Defense In The World" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: When it's not rolling in the first half, Like it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't to say, how much can you guys rely on
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  Speaker 1: the defense? It's gonna hold it down until you guys
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  Speaker 1: get it right. Yeah, Like I said, uh, last week,
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  Speaker 1: we got the best defense in the world, So we
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  Speaker 1: know we're gonna get opportunities. It's just about maximizing them
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  Speaker 1: and and executing. At the end of the day. On offense,
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  Speaker 1: it felt like shit, he was getting a ton of
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  Speaker 1: separation today. Yeah, how much does that help you? And
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  Speaker 1: how much just help the whole top? Ye oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna be He is a a big key to
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  Speaker 1: this offense and we're gonna need him. I think us
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  Speaker 1: just playing that game, you know, two on two out there,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I can spring him open. He can
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  Speaker 1: definitely spring me open. So it's gonna be a vittle
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  Speaker 1: piece of this offense moving forward. Remember the first time
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  Speaker 1: that you lined up across from NICKI min worry and
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  Speaker 1: practice and and what that rep was like, Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I talk a lot of I talk a lot of
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  Speaker 1: crap to Nick. I talk a lot of crap all year.
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  Speaker 1: He's been my rookie that I kind of been picking on.
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  Speaker 1: But I tell him you know, he could be a legend.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Mike McDonald's gonna have him in a great spot,
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  Speaker 1: uh to play fast and we all know that. But yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'm on him until you know, probably next year, and
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  Speaker 1: then I'll probably still probably be talking a lot more
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  Speaker 1: crap next year. But yeah, that's the guy I kind
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  Speaker 1: of pick on and talks my act to the defense.
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  Speaker 1: It's working. Yeah, he's a great player. The whether she
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  Speaker 1: could you kind of sense just watching him practice that
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  Speaker 1: bigger games are coming. Just as he gets more comfortable
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  Speaker 1: on the offense with salmon or anything one thousand per
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  Speaker 1: one thousand percent. You know, he can run every single
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  Speaker 1: route and his speed is dangerous, so teams got to
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  Speaker 1: respect that especially you know, if you got eyes on
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  Speaker 1: me or whoever, you know, he's gonna spring open. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, just when opportunity, you know, when hard work
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  Speaker 1: meets opportunity, you know, I know he's gonna shine. And
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  Speaker 1: you know he saw a little bit at it, a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of that today. So the future is bright
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  Speaker 1: for him in this offense. It's a difficult thing to
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  Speaker 1: when we can weak out. You guys are kind of
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  Speaker 1: making it look easy right now. Yeah, you say about
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  Speaker 1: the way, you guys are just humming, We're flowing. We're
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  Speaker 1: learning how to you know, win games, you know, different
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  Speaker 1: types of games. And it's been it's been good. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we just gotta you know, come out and play our game.
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  Speaker 1: Coach is putting us in the best in the best
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  Speaker 1: position to succeed. So it's just about you know, overcoming
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  Speaker 1: and getting to win this football. How do you feel
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  Speaker 1: where you guys are as a team at ten and
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  Speaker 1: three right now? We feel really good. We feel really confident.
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  Speaker 1: This is a big stretch for us and we know that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, championship football heading into the playoffs, so we're confident.
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  Speaker 1: We're just gonna try to keep building this mojo and
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  Speaker 1: and win out. Howe are you for Spoon when the
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  Speaker 1: ball finds him and to get a chance to make
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  Speaker 1: big plays, Like, yeah, I'm very happy for Spoon. He's
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's our captain on the team and you know,
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  Speaker 1: wherever he goes, we're gonna follow him. So it's good
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  Speaker 1: for him to make plays and you know, spark that
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  Speaker 1: energy throughout the whole team. So, like I said, Spoon
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  Speaker 1: is Spoon is a great one. Anything else thinks you
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  Speaker 1: exactly