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Mike Macdonald: "We've Made A Decision On Our O-Line" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Right. Great to see everybody.
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  Speaker 2: We had a great week, you know, we when you're
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  Speaker 2: on the West coast with all the transaction now it's going,
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  Speaker 2: it's tough to practice on early on Monday and Tuesday,
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  Speaker 2: so I felt it we got great work done there.
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  Speaker 2: But last two days really really got a couple of
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  Speaker 2: great practices in to ramp us into this weekend and
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  Speaker 2: guys will be back Monday ready to roll. So really
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  Speaker 2: excited about the process. A couple good a couple of
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  Speaker 2: days off for the coaches to to kind of refresh
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  Speaker 2: going into.
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  Speaker 1: The season, and off we go.
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  Speaker 2: We have made a decision on an offsive line, so
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  Speaker 2: able to start at right tackle, Anthony Bravis started right guard,
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  Speaker 2: Chanlen right Now was our starting center, Gray Is obviously
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  Speaker 2: at left tackle, and Charles Cross at left tackle or
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  Speaker 2: left guard and left tackle respectively.
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  Speaker 1: So good stuff.
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  Speaker 2: It's as you know, nothing set in stone, but.
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  Speaker 1: Those guys have done a great job. Well who's done
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  Speaker 1: a phenomenal job.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He's ready to go if anything happened. Uh, But that's
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  Speaker 1: the crew that we we'll start the season with.
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  Speaker 3: What did Jalen do that show you guys get ready
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  Speaker 3: to that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's you know, It's tricky because Olu was having
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  Speaker 2: a heck of a camp, probably playing his best football
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  Speaker 2: of his career before he got hurt, and Jalen just
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  Speaker 2: took advantage of the opportunity. So they were still competing
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  Speaker 2: at the time, and uh, we felt like the way
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  Speaker 2: Jalen played against Kansas City really put him in a
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  Speaker 2: in a in a premium position to ultimately start the season.
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  Speaker 1: It's at center, So uh, that's why we made the decision.
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  Speaker 4: You tak it would be the first to guard off
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  Speaker 4: the bench if you guys need to just have somebody
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  Speaker 4: in there.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, probably leave that one under wraps right now, but
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  Speaker 2: you could see some moving pieces if somebody lost their
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  Speaker 2: helmet for an extended period of time.
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  Speaker 3: How important is the continuity That kind of looked out
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  Speaker 3: with back to people five as well.
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  Speaker 1: Just kind of a.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, it's it's always really important and you always
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  Speaker 2: and you can't just rep the same five all camp.
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  Speaker 2: Let's say we went into camp and we knew our
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  Speaker 2: five guys were gonna be Yeah, of course you would,
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  Speaker 2: you know, have a lot of those reps and they
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  Speaker 2: probably probably get more.
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  Speaker 1: Than we got.
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  Speaker 2: But you do have to have contingency plan and cross
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  Speaker 2: train and things like that. So, Uh, our guys got
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  Speaker 2: a lot of reps together and that's a positive thing.
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  Speaker 2: But of course, you know, the more reps she gets
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  Speaker 2: like a secondary you know, the more you're gonna keep.
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  Speaker 1: The guys together, the better. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: But we're also in the development business and moving guys
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  Speaker 2: around and making sure that we you know, we're in
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  Speaker 2: for the long haul and guys are trained up in
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  Speaker 2: case something happened that in the last few days.
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  Speaker 4: What's what's left to you that maybe Finn or where you.
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  Speaker 2: Still be doing rests saying roster wise, well, I feel
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  Speaker 2: I feel great about our roster.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You know, might that might come back to bite me
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  Speaker 2: about like you know, if a couple you were a
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  Speaker 2: couple of plays away from being not deep at certain positions. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: we've lived we've lived that story. And when that happens,
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  Speaker 2: you get to you got to move and shake and
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  Speaker 2: make adjustments. And you know whether the person's coming up
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  Speaker 2: from from our our ready squad as we're calling it, uh,
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  Speaker 2: which is the you know, the ideal situation, or sometimes
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  Speaker 2: you got to go make a transaction.
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  Speaker 1: So but right now, I think we're great where we're at,
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  Speaker 1: and let's go play a real football.
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  Speaker 3: Game about defensive tackle and the high packers for those
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  Speaker 3: seam in the ententer.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, we made some moves at both positions,
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  Speaker 2: guys that we have kept track of, that we have
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  Speaker 2: respect for, that became available to us.
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  Speaker 1: And that's how we roll.
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  Speaker 2: If you know, we feel like we can bring in
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  Speaker 2: a great player to help our football team, that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're going to do.
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  Speaker 1: So we're in a great spot. I think you know
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  Speaker 1: you like about to test Rode.
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  Speaker 2: Well, a special teams tape is great and that that
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  Speaker 2: right now, that's the easiest way for him to contribute
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  Speaker 2: to us as he starts to learn our system.
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  Speaker 1: But this guy that can.
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  Speaker 2: Play both spots, he plays all four special teams, great
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  Speaker 2: coverage ability. I thought you see him some some really
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  Speaker 2: good plays in the run game and the preseason tape.
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  Speaker 2: So a guy that we had a lot of respect
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  Speaker 2: for coming out of the process, and we've kept having
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  Speaker 2: on over the years that that we have a lot of.
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  Speaker 1: Respect for him. We're glad he's here. He was practicing today.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's almost like there's a lot of stuff
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  Speaker 2: that he picks up that might be crossover from you know,
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  Speaker 2: schematically what he's used to and it's got a lot
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  Speaker 2: of great energy. He's a great competitor, so excited to
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  Speaker 2: see how he fits in.
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  Speaker 4: You added Chris Paul and Cotey Jackson. What would you
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  Speaker 4: like about those guys and as their chance that Courtney
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  Speaker 4: Jackson could.
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  Speaker 2: Be your returner Week one with Courtney, we'll see, we'll
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  Speaker 2: see how it goes over the course this week. UH
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  Speaker 2: with Chris another guy throughout the process, we had him
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  Speaker 2: in for a visit, a lot of respect for him
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  Speaker 2: throughout the building going into the draft process, and UH
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity to bring him here.
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  Speaker 1: We took advantage of it. Story or healthy enough that
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  Speaker 1: you could put him the comvery time we'll go.
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  Speaker 2: I think, so, yeah, would you see grand draft?
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  Speaker 1: You guys takings.
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  Speaker 5: With Fannessee through th famous in the apartments, Well, you know,
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  Speaker 5: when you're making the initial fifty three, it's people, there's
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  Speaker 5: a big to do about it.
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  Speaker 2: It's probably more so, I mean, it's cool because there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of work that goes into that initial decision.
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  Speaker 2: Like we said last week, this is a this is
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  Speaker 2: a bigger picture puzzle that we're trying to solve. As
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  Speaker 2: we go to try to keep as many great players
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  Speaker 2: as we possibly can. These are guys that put together
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  Speaker 2: great preseasons, great great training camps.
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  Speaker 1: Showed that they could offer a valuable.
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  Speaker 2: Role on our football team, and it was a way
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  Speaker 2: for us not to expose the waivers too. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's really that simple. But the guys deserve a lot
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  Speaker 2: of credit. And we have a lot of guys that
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  Speaker 2: are going to be on our ready squad that uh,
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  Speaker 2: that are great football players and aren't going to contribute
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  Speaker 2: sooner than later on our football team. I'm really sure
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  Speaker 2: of that, and we train them accordingly.
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  Speaker 3: You like Paul Paul at my backer, like both inside spots.
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  Speaker 1: I we'll figure that out right now. Not sure any
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  Speaker 1: spot that in practice they're ready to play.
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  Speaker 2: It's some other terms we've floated around, but that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're settling on it right now. So you'll see some
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  Speaker 2: T shirts floating around the building.
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  Speaker 4: The Packers just made a big move to add Mica Parsons,
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  Speaker 4: and the X mans are gonna wonder like, is this
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  Speaker 4: just a cost thing that didn't do? Are there other
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  Speaker 4: reasons why you guys wouldn't make a move like that.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of that's a tough question.
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  Speaker 2: To answer, Uh, probably probably shouldn't be commenting on guys
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  Speaker 2: on other teams right now. But look, I mean, our
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  Speaker 2: philosophy is always going to be the same. We're always
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  Speaker 2: you know, Johny say, we're in everything, and I think
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  Speaker 2: that gives you a lot of flexibility to do things.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't kind of, it doesn't pigeonhole you into. Hey,
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  Speaker 2: we only acquire players a certain way, so we're always
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  Speaker 2: going to be looking to make our team better, whether
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  Speaker 2: it's how we develop our guys, how do we acquire
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  Speaker 2: people at any point in the season. That's going to
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  Speaker 2: be our philosophy. But probably shouldn't comment on that right now.
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  Speaker 2: But interesting news today if you.
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  Speaker 4: Have a thought on the rivalry, he reported.
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  Speaker 2: To you, guys, look, if you're asking me for fashion advice,
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  Speaker 2: you're asking the wrong guy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right. It's still a few.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, when you when you step out there, you're not
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  Speaker 2: allowed to be a rookie anymore, you know.
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  Speaker 1: And look, our rookie class has been phenomenal.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, these guys are We've talked about it at
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  Speaker 2: length and the off season about their approach and they
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  Speaker 2: stayed the same way, and.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, just have great habits.
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  Speaker 2: So they have very non rookie habits right now, so
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  Speaker 2: we're not really don't see it in that way. And
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  Speaker 2: there's gonna be things that happen in games that they
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  Speaker 2: haven't seen before. And there's gonna be mistakes made at
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  Speaker 2: some point and you know that. But that's that's style
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  Speaker 2: of play. We play. We we go, we get after it,
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  Speaker 2: we rip it, we fix it, we move on. So
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  Speaker 2: but they've done a great job so far. Just consistency,
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  Speaker 2: you know, being a just doing it every day all
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  Speaker 2: the time.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, you know when you see it.
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  Speaker 3: Yesterday about liking where the offensive line is trending less
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  Speaker 3: about individual players than the like compisuness and even the
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  Speaker 3: way to find how have you seen that kind of
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  Speaker 3: come to light this year with the seen on the staff.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you just spend a ton of time together.
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  Speaker 2: I mean like they're always watching extra tape, hanging out
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  Speaker 2: outside the building.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: It's a great group man, just determined bunch that uh
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  Speaker 2: that want to play great football for for the for
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  Speaker 2: the teammates and for our team.
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  Speaker 3: I know we've asked you about before about you and
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  Speaker 3: year two of the defense of the possability behind that,
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  Speaker 3: but hitting through the preseason and play again.
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  Speaker 1: Have you kind of seen that manifest itself?
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  Speaker 3: But put together kind of a lot of guys returning
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  Speaker 3: and you can kind of your two.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we understand the standard of what we're trying to
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  Speaker 2: create and it's a daily goal that we're trying to hit,
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  Speaker 2: and so there's an understanding there. When we don't do
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  Speaker 2: it, it's very obvious. And to the guy's credit, they they
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  Speaker 2: come back and they have every intention of making it
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  Speaker 2: right and that way we can keep moving forward together.
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  Speaker 2: You know how that shows up on the field, like
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  Speaker 2: we're not sure. I mean, we just want to go
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  Speaker 2: play our style ball and uh, that should that should
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  Speaker 2: take care of what we're trying to create. But we've
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  Speaker 2: got to get the inputs right before we go to
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  Speaker 2: this thing off every every week. If I think I
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  Speaker 2: think he's got a great he's got a really high
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  Speaker 2: standard for the way he wants he sees himself on
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  Speaker 2: how to play and what he expects of our offense
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  Speaker 2: and our offensive line. And uh, he's one of those
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  Speaker 2: guys that's not gonna accept anything less than that, and
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  Speaker 2: that's contagious. Uh, he's really connected with his with his
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  Speaker 2: teammates really well. That those guys have awesome relationships and
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  Speaker 2: they're playing for one another man, So that's all you
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  Speaker 2: can ask for.
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  Speaker 1: The efficiency in.
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  Speaker 4: Which you've seen the team run the ball in preseason
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  Speaker 4: and training camp, do you attribute that to the cooke
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  Speaker 4: to piss up this.
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  Speaker 1: New line or the new scheme of the offense or yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's I mean, it's it's our process.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's like it's not a fun answer, but
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  Speaker 2: it's just I mean, we have a game plan, we're
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  Speaker 2: going we're starting the beginning of game plan right now.
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  Speaker 1: This week.
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  Speaker 2: We're really sharpening our our tool set going into a
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  Speaker 2: real game week. It's hard to say, like, hey, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna go run the ball forty eight times for whatever
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  Speaker 2: we did against the Chiefs, and you know could have
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  Speaker 2: ran it better against against Green Bay at their place.
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  Speaker 2: So right now, let's again, let's am I am I
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  Speaker 2: excited about the inputs and how we do business.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. I love how we coach it.
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  Speaker 2: I love I love the soundness of what we're doing.
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  Speaker 2: I love the creativity. I love the consistency that the
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  Speaker 2: stacking wins idea of hey, we're going to keep it
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  Speaker 2: in our wheelhouse and then we're gonna dress up different
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  Speaker 2: ways make it look all that stuff that you always hear, uh,
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  Speaker 2: process wise is awesome and so really excited about how
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  Speaker 2: that's going to show itself. But uh yeah, I mean, look,
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  Speaker 2: we're going into week one and it's really exciting, but
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  Speaker 2: we're uh it's like I'm thinking about, like, hey, this week,
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, let's go get a get a breath of
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  Speaker 2: fresh air, and then we'll come back. Let's be fresh,
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  Speaker 2: put the best possible game plan we can against San Francisco,
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  Speaker 2: and then go rip it on Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: See, you haven't seen regular season action yet, but if
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  Speaker 4: you think back to the end of last season compared
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  Speaker 4: to now, which parts of the team do you feel
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  Speaker 4: like I've advanced the most. Do you feeling like took
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  Speaker 4: them might make the most progress.
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  Speaker 1: If I told you anything, I'd just be I'd just
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  Speaker 1: be making it up.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't remember that far back. If
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  Speaker 2: you told me what we did on the first third
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  Speaker 2: and eight against the Broncos, I can tell you. But
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  Speaker 2: like other than that, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Bro, I really don't care. I just I don't I
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  Speaker 1: don't care. I just care where we're at. It's not
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  Speaker 1: trying to be a choch, but just don't care with.
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  Speaker 3: Sam obviously when you sign and he how she gets
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  Speaker 3: in and he studied and you do his game.
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  Speaker 4: But have you been around him now for half a year,
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  Speaker 4: what maybe.
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  Speaker 3: Stands out that he didn't know either how the way
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  Speaker 3: he plays or the personality, Like what what have you
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  Speaker 3: ordered out?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's one of those things I think.
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  Speaker 2: I think when you at least I don't know, you
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  Speaker 2: try not to go in with like expectations. It's like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: try to figure him out as a person, get to
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  Speaker 2: know him. What I love about Sam is is his consistency, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: his like the fact that he cares it like he's
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  Speaker 2: always trying to help his teammates. There's just there's cool
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  Speaker 2: like subtle ways on how he goes about a business
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't scream I'm a superstar quarterback. It just means
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  Speaker 2: that he cares about his teammates. He's trying to get
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  Speaker 2: it right. He wants the offensive to work a certain way.
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  Speaker 2: He cares about the precision, how he operate, he cares
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  Speaker 2: about the details. Great competitor, and but he does it
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  Speaker 2: his way, which is cool. You know, it's it's uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's authentic to him.
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  Speaker 3: Are you sticking with the day captain.
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  Speaker 2: It's the team.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, John, you make me a big deal.
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  Speaker 1: In the spring you did so about the participation about.
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  Speaker 5: A hund percent.
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  Speaker 4: We're here not for the involuntary stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, how did that show up in the preseason training?
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  Speaker 4: And not looking back?
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  Speaker 2: Glad you asked that, Greg. It's it's incredible. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's so important. It's just like, hey, why do we
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  Speaker 2: practice this week? You know we could take this week off.
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  Speaker 1: But it's about stack and wins.
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  Speaker 2: It's just it's about being with your teammates, building the connection,
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  Speaker 2: building your bodies, building the callous understanding the details, incremental
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  Speaker 2: gains all the time. I found that when you do
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  Speaker 2: it with your teammates in this atmosphere, you work the hardest,
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  Speaker 2: you get the most out of it, You get the
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  Speaker 2: most bang for your buck, and your team becomes better
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  Speaker 2: for it. And I guarantee you if we didn't have
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  Speaker 2: the attendance we had now, we would not be as
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  Speaker 2: confident going into the first game. Bout the connection we
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  Speaker 2: had the team, you know, the team unit, we have
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  Speaker 2: the shared understandab what we're trying to achieve. We would
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  Speaker 2: not be at this point if the guys didn't make
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  Speaker 2: that decision to come to the offseason program.
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  Speaker 4: Still expecting Tory and Tyrese and Jake to practice next week.
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  Speaker 2: Tory, Tyrese, and Jake. Both Tory and Tyrese practice in
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  Speaker 2: some capacity today.
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  Speaker 1: Jake will find out for the weekend everything else. Thank you, thanks, thanks, guys,