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Shane Waldron: "The Thing We're Seeking Is Consistency" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, here we go, let's kick it off. Well,
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  Speaker 1: what do you got for us? What are you going
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  Speaker 1: to kick it off with? You know, football starting to night.
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  Speaker 1: It's that time of the year. Here we go.
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  Speaker 2: Got a little college football action last week, which was
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  Speaker 2: fun to watch some some exciting things when you had
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  Speaker 2: a chance, and that by week to see some teams
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  Speaker 2: out there playing and some guys competing.
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  Speaker 1: So excited for our turn this weekend coming up.
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  Speaker 2: It's a coordinator. Our big is continuity from year to year,
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  Speaker 2: when you have the same quarterbacks, a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: same offensive linemen, a lot of the same weapons.
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  Speaker 1: Is to make your job easier and kind of know
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  Speaker 1: who a lot of these guys are.
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, like anything else started in OTA's
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  Speaker 2: with that good continuity and then adding in the draft
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  Speaker 2: picks and and some of the different free agents that
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  Speaker 2: came in and joined us, and so really starting there
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  Speaker 2: with with Gino leading the way as the incumbent starter
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  Speaker 2: right there, just allowed us to start, you know, you know,
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  Speaker 2: with the system that we'd already had in place, you know,
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  Speaker 2: get to start a little bit ahead of where we
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  Speaker 2: were the previous season, when when obviously Drew and Gino
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  Speaker 2: we were out there competing against each other and just
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  Speaker 2: being able to accumulate so many reps together as a
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  Speaker 2: unit now over a couple of year period, I think
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  Speaker 2: is just you know, led us to be better communicators,
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  Speaker 2: you know, better chances to get us in and out
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  Speaker 2: of different things on the field, and then the players
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  Speaker 2: really taking full ownership of what we're doing on offense.
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  Speaker 1: Beth talkers work, you guys, I've got all off third downs,
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  Speaker 1: red zones and what exactly see what are you throwing?
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  Speaker 2: I think the thing we're seeking really is the consistency,
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  Speaker 2: you know. I think we did a good job last
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  Speaker 2: year of creating explosive plays, you know, scoring a lot
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  Speaker 2: of touchdowns outside the ten yard line, outside of the
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  Speaker 2: traditional red zone plays, but then we did have some
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  Speaker 2: drives installed in the red zone, So looking for consistency
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  Speaker 2: there and then really for that improvement in the red
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  Speaker 2: zone and on third down is really eliminating those negative
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  Speaker 2: plays that got us off track, got us off schedule.
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  Speaker 2: Same thing could be said for third down, where we
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  Speaker 2: started the year doing a really nice job of converting
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  Speaker 2: and and being on pace on those third downs, and
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  Speaker 2: then we hit a little bit of a lull and
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  Speaker 2: like anything else. When you take a off season to
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  Speaker 2: go back and study, there's so many little nuances that
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  Speaker 2: go into you know, where did the play break down?
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  Speaker 1: What can I do better?
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  Speaker 2: You know, starting with the play call, putting our guys
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  Speaker 2: in the best position for success. So getting a chance
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  Speaker 2: for the full off season to really hone in on
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  Speaker 2: those areas and without getting into specifics, just making those
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  Speaker 2: focal points of the meeting time, the practice time, and
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  Speaker 2: getting guys on the same page and feeling like we're
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  Speaker 2: going into this season here with a good plan of
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  Speaker 2: attack and ready to go execute in those critical situations
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  Speaker 2: in the game.
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  Speaker 1: It's more of an episodes now than any other season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, you know, one part of you talk about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, having a little bit of continuity coming back
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  Speaker 2: into it. You know, some of those times in the
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  Speaker 2: early part of training camp or the early part of
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  Speaker 2: OTAs where traditionally you might still be installing some of
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  Speaker 2: your first and second down plan or formations, stuff that
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  Speaker 2: guys have a good grasp on. We can focus a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more energy onto third down, onto the red
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  Speaker 2: zone a little bit quicker maybe than normally we would.
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  Speaker 2: But it's like anything else, I feel like the stuff
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  Speaker 2: that you need to emphasize in the off season, the
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  Speaker 2: points that you need to make. You need to shift
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  Speaker 2: gears a little bit and allocate a little bit more
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  Speaker 2: time to things to improve on to keep yourself a
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  Speaker 2: balanced offense.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what we're able to do.
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  Speaker 3: Everybody's gonna look at.
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  Speaker 1: Geno and in those situations. But how critical is.
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  Speaker 3: The run game for those third down numbers?
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  Speaker 1: Threats of numbers?
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  Speaker 3: You guys only had one rushing touchdowns in the five
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  Speaker 3: yard line last year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was kind of a strange thing because in
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  Speaker 2: the run game, we had a couple where Ken did
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  Speaker 2: a nice job on some runs right at the ten, eleven,
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  Speaker 2: twelve yard line, which typically you're not expecting that explosive player,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and even in the Giants game where he
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  Speaker 2: was able to create an explosive totally off schedule for
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  Speaker 2: a red zone touchdown. But being more consistent and not
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  Speaker 2: taking those negative plays once you get down in the
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  Speaker 2: low red zone, I think will be critical and key
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  Speaker 2: for us, you know. And it all starts with the communication,
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  Speaker 2: making sure our targets are right, making sure we're giving
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  Speaker 2: them back the best chance, and then for me, just
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  Speaker 2: staying balance in those scenarios and taking the opportunities to
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  Speaker 2: take shots or go to the past game when the
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  Speaker 2: when the opportunities present themselves, and not being in some
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  Speaker 2: instances too aggressive when we know we got some great
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  Speaker 2: backs that can make things happen, make things happen on
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  Speaker 2: their own.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Donald never seems so solow down.
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  Speaker 3: And how do you attempt to neutralize center.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a He's a great player, you know. And
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  Speaker 2: Aaron's gonna, you know, have a chance to make his plays.
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  Speaker 2: He's been at the top of the game at his
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  Speaker 2: position for a long time now. Don't see anything changing.
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  Speaker 2: I know the way he works, the way his mindset is.
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  Speaker 2: You know, whether he missed a few games at the
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  Speaker 2: end last year or not, He's coming in ready to go.
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  Speaker 2: And and for us, I think, you know, the training,
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  Speaker 2: the technique, you know, the stuff with with Damian Lewis,
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  Speaker 2: with Evan Okay, with Phil Haynes, the guys inside that
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  Speaker 2: will be matched up with him a lot, you know,
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  Speaker 2: is trusting their technique, trusting that they're also great players
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  Speaker 2: in this league. You know, they've accumulated a lot of
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  Speaker 2: snaps as well. So obviously a player of Aaron's stature
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  Speaker 2: you have to have a plan for him, but then
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  Speaker 2: also making sure that the plan for him doesn't take
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  Speaker 2: away from the rest of the game and the other
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  Speaker 2: guys that they have, like like Michael Hoyd that gave
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  Speaker 2: us problems last year, or the different rush packages that
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  Speaker 2: they present. And I know, you know one thing with
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  Speaker 2: you know, starting with Donald, but then with with coach
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  Speaker 2: Henderson there his rush plan that him and Shuler put
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  Speaker 2: together is really top notch every week, and they use
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  Speaker 2: guys in a lot of different ways, and going into
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  Speaker 2: an opening game where you don't really know who the
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  Speaker 2: bodies are exactly going to be in those different scenarios
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  Speaker 2: with personnel packages, like I said, going back to technique
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  Speaker 2: communication and trusting each other.
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  Speaker 3: How much more challenging is it for a Week one
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  Speaker 3: when you know, all the turnover they've had, is Jalen
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  Speaker 3: Ramsey not being there, Bobby now being back here, and
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  Speaker 3: all the different changes they've had, Or is it really
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  Speaker 3: not that big of a difference just because Week one
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  Speaker 3: is always.
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  Speaker 1: Like yeah, I think you know.
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  Speaker 2: The one benefit of that part for US is week
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  Speaker 2: one is always a little bit of an unknown, whether
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  Speaker 2: you know, last year going against a team that was
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of unknown exactly how they were going
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  Speaker 2: to implement a system with a gerro Evere who had
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  Speaker 2: been at the rams and knowing, hey, you have an
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  Speaker 2: idea of what it might look like, but you're not
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  Speaker 2: one hundred percent sure, just like this year going into it,
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  Speaker 2: and I know Raheem Morris is going to have a
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  Speaker 2: great scheme. He's going to get guys in the right position.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to play sound, fundamental football, They're going to
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  Speaker 2: play really really hard. And so for us, it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be about identifying the structures, identifying the people that
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  Speaker 2: they want to in different groupings, knowing that they're you know,
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  Speaker 2: most likely going to mix and match a lot of
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  Speaker 2: different guys, and so that's for us, starting with that
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  Speaker 2: clear communication at the line of scrimmage and then staying
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  Speaker 2: in that attacking mindset you can help you. I think
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  Speaker 2: Sharma has displayed his physical toughness as a runner, you know,
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  Speaker 2: is the starting point right there. So knowing when he
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  Speaker 2: goes in the game, you know, I think there's a
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  Speaker 2: great you know, change of styles from him to Ken
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  Speaker 2: Walker to DJ Dallas, and so I think the three
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  Speaker 2: of those guys just present a little bit different running style.
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  Speaker 2: Uh and so when you take just like we talked
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  Speaker 2: about with Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf, you know, he
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  Speaker 2: might run the same exact pass route with them, but
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  Speaker 2: they're different styles of players. They're going to make the
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  Speaker 2: same play come to life different ways. That's where I see,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Zach and Ken as a as a combination
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  Speaker 2: of runners right there. And and Zach showed in the
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  Speaker 2: preseason he's willing to be physical. He's going to try
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  Speaker 2: to run through people. And then also you know, tempering
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  Speaker 2: him a little bit in the first game where he knows, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I can go run someone over, but I also want
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  Speaker 2: to stick with my responsibilities.
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  Speaker 1: And read the runout true each time.
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  Speaker 2: So be fun to watch those guys protection.
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  Speaker 1: He's done a great job.
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  Speaker 2: So I feel great with all three of those guys.
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  Speaker 2: You know, if they any of those guys end up
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  Speaker 2: in a known passing situation in the backfield, they've they've
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  Speaker 2: all taken really good ownership, especially Zact the last few weeks,
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  Speaker 2: where's going to chance to be in there and and
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  Speaker 2: really get get a hold of our protection scheme and
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  Speaker 2: our protection system with a lot more live reps that
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  Speaker 2: he accumulate in pads throughout campse. I think it's one
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  Speaker 2: thing to talk about it in the offseason and go
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  Speaker 2: through in the meetings, go through it in the non
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  Speaker 2: padded UH situations, but then it's a whole nother animal
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  Speaker 2: going through pass protection. We've got guys that are really
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  Speaker 2: rushing and guys that are challenging those running backs, and so,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, all three of those guys from the
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  Speaker 2: mental standpoint and the physical standpoint have the ability to
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  Speaker 2: play in all three downs.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think Jackson's styles.
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  Speaker 3: At this point?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he's calm, cool and collected.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it doesn't seem like any any of these
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  Speaker 2: situations or anything we give to him is too big
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  Speaker 2: for him. He can he understands, you know, the spatial
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  Speaker 2: awareness of the defense, so he can find soft spots.
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  Speaker 2: He can play all sorts of you know, different alignments,
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  Speaker 2: can line up out wide, line up in the slot,
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  Speaker 2: can move them around with no issues, which you know
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  Speaker 2: for a young guy that's coming into a system, making
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  Speaker 2: sure that he feels good and he can play fast,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's it's a it's a great thing to
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  Speaker 2: see with him and the other receivers, you know, having
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  Speaker 2: that ability to align in multiple spots and do multiple
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  Speaker 2: things and not just be you know, him just going
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  Speaker 2: to be in one spot the whole game. I think
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  Speaker 2: anytime you add another another weapon that's a good reliable
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  Speaker 2: pass catcher, you know it's going to help our third
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  Speaker 2: down cause right there and so I think, you know
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  Speaker 2: still going you know, in the mindset of the quarterback
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  Speaker 2: no One, we've got the two dynamic receivers with Tyler
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  Speaker 2: and d k you know, if the defense is going
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  Speaker 2: to you know, lean to those guys or try to
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  Speaker 2: double those guys. Anytime the rest of the guys, including
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  Speaker 2: the tight ends, have that ability to get open and
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  Speaker 2: catch the ball consistently, you know it's going to open up.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the thought of the ball is going to
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  Speaker 2: go where the ball should go based on the coverage,
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily based on the people.
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  Speaker 1: So Adam Jackson into the mix, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, ading Noah or Will or Kolby, any of those
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  Speaker 2: guys into that mix, now you feel really good about
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  Speaker 2: progressing through the plays. And like I said, the ball
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  Speaker 2: goes where the ball goes based on the coverage, which
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  Speaker 2: we know in this league has turned into a multiple
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  Speaker 2: coverage league. It's not banking on one thing every down. Anymore,
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  Speaker 2: and so you've got to be ready to adjust and
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  Speaker 2: adapt as the game goes on.
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  Speaker 1: Back to Donald uh, sort of, what did you learn about.
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  Speaker 3: Him anywhere with the rams that you didn't know about
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  Speaker 3: him before?
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  Speaker 2: Just his work ethic is is what you you know,
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  Speaker 2: what you would hope that every great player shows. And
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  Speaker 2: then when you're around him, you just realize that you know,
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  Speaker 2: the reason he's great is because of a unique skill set,
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  Speaker 2: unique athletic ability, but also a work you know, work
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  Speaker 2: habits that are that are unmatched.
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