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Johnathan Hankins: "We're Still Learning Each Other" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Right up here.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, coming for a decided to go go play in
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  Speaker 2: front of some imagine friends and family will be there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it'd be nice.
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  Speaker 3: Got a lot of people ask them for some tickets,
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  Speaker 3: so I'm trying to work through that.
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  Speaker 1: At least twenty.
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  Speaker 2: How does that work?
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  Speaker 1: Like, how many do you guys get? I wanna get two?
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  Speaker 3: Well, we got paid on the away game, so yeah,
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  Speaker 3: those tickets be way up in the sky. So people
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  Speaker 3: think they're gonna get fifty yard line first two rolls.
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  Speaker 3: I said, that's not me, sorry, but most definitely my
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  Speaker 3: parents will be there for sure.
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  Speaker 2: So are your teammatesersually pretty good about giving theirs up
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  Speaker 2: or do they?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, normally teammates, No, they're pretty good about it. It's
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  Speaker 3: just a housele of trying to track everybody down and
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  Speaker 3: get these tickets. I got about twenty people coming, so
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  Speaker 3: everybody think they're gonna just be all together, and it's
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  Speaker 3: not gonna work that way.
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  Speaker 1: So you just gotta be happy what you get.
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  Speaker 4: You play for a lot of a lot of great
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  Speaker 4: defensive lines over the years. How does this defense the
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  Speaker 4: line has a similar how's it different than some of
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  Speaker 4: the lines.
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  Speaker 1: You've played on. I will say this one.
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  Speaker 3: We got a lot of guys that can move and play,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a lot of different areas.
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  Speaker 1: We got tackles that can play in. We got ins
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  Speaker 1: that can play tackle.
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  Speaker 3: So far as you know, I don't want to say
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  Speaker 3: we're an old group of guys, but we got a
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  Speaker 3: nice balance about older guys, younger guys, and a good,
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  Speaker 3: good combination of guys that can just play good ball.
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  Speaker 3: And to say this is the best defense I've been on,
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  Speaker 3: that's wait to week ten. I'll let you know that,
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  Speaker 3: but we definitely they're definitely up there. As far as
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  Speaker 3: defensive I.
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  Speaker 1: Haven't played on it, and guys that I've been with.
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  Speaker 4: How does it affect the defensive rotation?
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  Speaker 2: Byron's not able to.
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  Speaker 3: Play this week, whoever we got out there, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the standard doesn't drop off. I'm not sure you know
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  Speaker 3: what his status is it. That's a you know, Mike
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  Speaker 3: McDonald question. But I feel like the guys that uh
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  Speaker 3: that comes in it shouldn't be no drop off. You know,
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  Speaker 3: once you get the opportunity to go out there and play,
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  Speaker 3: you just got to go out there and do your job.
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  Speaker 3: So as far as drop offs, you know, he didn't
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  Speaker 3: he didn't finish the game last weekend.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think there was a drop off.
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  Speaker 2: What's the challenge. It's one thing to go into a
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  Speaker 2: week game playing for injuries, but when two guys in
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  Speaker 2: your position group go down during the game, what's the
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  Speaker 2: challenge for the rest of you. I mean, I'm guessing
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  Speaker 2: you're playing more than you had planned. That's the rest
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  Speaker 2: of that game.
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  Speaker 3: Like, I'm not excited that that got hurt, but I
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  Speaker 3: get to be out there a little bit more, and
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure that guys that haven't been out there get
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  Speaker 3: the chance to go and get some plays. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's a good opportunity for guys to get those reps
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  Speaker 3: that normally they wouldn't get.
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  Speaker 2: Jared Goff has been sacked among the fewest times in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL. When you look at team, is that more
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  Speaker 2: of a function of the way he's being protected or
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  Speaker 2: how quickly he gets the ball out.
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  Speaker 3: Of his hands? I would say both, how quickly he
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  Speaker 3: gets the ball out great running team, great scheme team. Offensively,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you do a good amount of play action
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  Speaker 3: a good football team, so you know they're doing a
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  Speaker 3: good job of protecting them, not letting them get hit much.
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  Speaker 3: So it's gonna be able to us to go out
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  Speaker 3: there and change that.
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  Speaker 4: Getting more tackles for lost than any nose tackle in
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  Speaker 4: the NFL so far this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sure, I didn't know that.
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  Speaker 4: Something about this defense that's letting you penetrate more, or
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  Speaker 4: something about revival for you this year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of coaches, Actually, how do you see
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  Speaker 1: the play so fast? I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I guess just playing twelve years understanding you know what
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  Speaker 3: I'm getting. You know, to me, it ain't really that complicated,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, just playing a little bit more aggressively,
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  Speaker 3: having a you know, a better feeling of the defense,
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  Speaker 3: and with t Dop behind me and just you know,
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  Speaker 3: just trying to be impactful and you know, help guy
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  Speaker 3: us out there.
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan, this is a top five rushing offense. You're going
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  Speaker 1: to place this weekend.
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  Speaker 4: What have you thought of your guys's rushing defense overall
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  Speaker 4: for three games and.
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  Speaker 3: And maybe the little bit about hickup the New NG
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  Speaker 3: game anything, I think we've been doing pretty well.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously, the New England game was a big outlawer.
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  Speaker 3: They kind of got open on some big runs and
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  Speaker 3: you know that game, we had a lot of missed tackles.
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  Speaker 3: But you know it's only what week four, so you know,
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  Speaker 3: we're still learning each other, still getting you know, you know,
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  Speaker 3: used to how we want to play, and you know
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  Speaker 3: it's an NFL at some point, some you know, runner
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  Speaker 3: backs gonna have a you know, a big game or
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  Speaker 3: a big run. It's just that at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the day, long as we do we got to do
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  Speaker 3: to win the game. Obviously you won't want to have
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  Speaker 3: high rushing yards. But at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 3: we still you know, working progress of you know, getting
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  Speaker 3: everything going. And it's on the week four, so but
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  Speaker 3: with you know, the Lions being a great running team
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  Speaker 3: and two six, you know we're gonna definitely have to
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  Speaker 3: drop our boots up and get ready.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm excited for it.
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  Speaker 2: Were you pretty big Liones fan growing up or were
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  Speaker 2: you not paying much.
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  Speaker 3: Touchy fifty when Bearry Center was there. I was a
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  Speaker 3: Lions fan even though I was young, but I grew
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  Speaker 3: up a Stillers fan.
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  Speaker 2: I was gonna say, like, just being from there, what's
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  Speaker 2: it been like to see I mean, it was kind
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  Speaker 2: of some bleak years when you were probably a teenager,
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  Speaker 2: like what they become in the way the City's.
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  Speaker 3: I was tough watching and doing Thanksgiving because we'll always
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  Speaker 3: get I don't want to say, you know, demolished, but
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  Speaker 3: you know, it was definitely a little rivalry there with
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  Speaker 3: Green Bay, but you know it's I don't really look
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  Speaker 3: look too much into it, like I would say, I'm
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  Speaker 3: happy that they're doing well. Uh the city is, you know,
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  Speaker 3: gathering behind them, and it's always good when you're you
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  Speaker 3: know your team is doing well.
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  Speaker 1: So okay, say much playing with behind you? What what
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  Speaker 1: what's that been like in terms of getting to learn
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  Speaker 1: each other during.
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  Speaker 3: Before the player, just understanding how you see things and always,
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  Speaker 3: you know, throughout the course of the game, accum you know,
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  Speaker 3: do you like this technique? You know shot press faster
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  Speaker 3: shore I do that just so we're on the same page,
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  Speaker 3: because sometimes I see things different than he does, and
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  Speaker 3: sometimes I just I don't want nobody.
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  Speaker 1: To touch with half the time.
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  Speaker 3: But if there's a chance I can, you know, take
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  Speaker 3: a shot and make a play, I just let him know.
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  Speaker 3: They might come get to you first, but just know
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  Speaker 3: that I might get there or you know, be able
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  Speaker 3: to stop to play. But just you know, it's important
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  Speaker 3: to have that communication with the backer, especially with t night,
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  Speaker 3: just trying to give them, you know, pointers and you
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  Speaker 3: know tipts that I feel like that can help them
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  Speaker 3: play faster and better.
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  Speaker 4: Where did you Where'd you get the big time? Hank?
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  Speaker 1: If they so? And lovely football?
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  Speaker 3: Because my brother was Hank My oldest brother was hanging
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  Speaker 3: at them, my second eldest brother. Obviously they called us
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  Speaker 3: by Hankins is our last name. But I guess they
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  Speaker 3: would say big time because I was the one that
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  Speaker 3: kind of you know, made it to the big leagues
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  Speaker 3: and you know, fulfilled everything I dreamed about.
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  Speaker 4: But you know, it was just a name some big
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  Speaker 4: defensive lineman had a reputation for, you know, conditioning challenges
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  Speaker 4: or motivation challenges. What's kept you at the top of
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  Speaker 4: your game for twelve years?
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  Speaker 1: I always say the grind of it. You know.
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  Speaker 3: Every year they drive younger d tackles guys that you
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  Speaker 3: know pretty much try to replace you, and I just
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  Speaker 3: take it as a challenge. You know, if I can
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  Speaker 3: go out there and compete at a high level and
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  Speaker 3: play and you know, still produce. You know, you know,
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  Speaker 3: teams are still calling ACTU about me, still wanted me
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  Speaker 3: so and then just the love for the game man,
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  Speaker 3: I've been doing this for twelve years now, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: my ultimate goal is to win the Super Bowl. So
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  Speaker 3: you know, within these you know, from the first year
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  Speaker 3: to now, I still think it's possible, especially.
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  Speaker 1: With the team that we've got.
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  Speaker 3: Now is even more I think become in real life
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  Speaker 3: for me that you know, it's a chance that I
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  Speaker 3: can get this done. And you're a Twilve, so it'd
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  Speaker 3: be great if you can win it this year. And
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  Speaker 3: you know see how it goes.
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  Speaker 2: You played for a D when he was a line coach.
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  Speaker 2: How have you seen him in the coordinator role? Like,
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  Speaker 2: just adjust to that change.
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  Speaker 3: I ain't really been seeing him too much, you know.
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  Speaker 3: That's been a little a little weird that we're here
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  Speaker 3: together that I don't really see him too much as
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  Speaker 3: much as it was when he was a D line coach.
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  Speaker 3: But he's been doing everything, you know, defensive coordingly, you know,
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  Speaker 3: as he should. He's talking to all the position groups.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he comes in, you know, and but I
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  Speaker 3: think he's I think he's doing well.
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  Speaker 1: So he bounces around the meeting rooms.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't he's not like in your meeting room primarily.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he comes in there because Obviously he's a D
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  Speaker 3: line coach. He used to be D line coach. But
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  Speaker 3: he's not in there every day or nothing like that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's making sure he's you know, hit in
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  Speaker 3: every position group and you know, throw out practice. So
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  Speaker 3: he's pretty much on our sideline. So we get to
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  Speaker 3: you know, chat with him.
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  Speaker 2: Then what kind of reaction do you get those game
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  Speaker 2: day blogs that you post and stuff like that, What
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  Speaker 2: kind of reaction do you get to those?
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  Speaker 1: And did you enjoy doing those?
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, Yeah, they're pretty cool. The fans like it, you know,
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  Speaker 3: subscribers are going up. You know, I enjoy it. Thanks
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  Speaker 3: kudos to my camera guy, Timmy. He's an actor, but
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  Speaker 3: he was the main one driving me to do it.
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  Speaker 3: He thought it'd be pretty cool. And not being a
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  Speaker 3: much of a you know, a talkative guy, I've learned
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  Speaker 3: to be more talkative to the cameras and now I
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  Speaker 3: feel like I'm doing pretty good at it.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate Joe