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DeMarcus Lawrence: "I Expected To Be A Part Of A Super Bowl Team" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How we doing good about the business.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, speaking of that, just what's ahead for you
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  Speaker 2: guys as you're prepared for your costs?
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  Speaker 3: Uh, you know, just taking it one day at a time,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just going one to know, control what we
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  Speaker 3: can control and you know, just keep playing football.
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  Speaker 1: How did it feel to make the Pro Bowl?
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  Speaker 3: Definitely incited, you know, shout out to my peers. I
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  Speaker 3: mean there's so many other guys you know, deserving of that,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, I definitely accept it.
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  Speaker 1: What'd you expect when you signed here? And what have
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  Speaker 1: you gotten? Maybe in addition to what you're expecting?
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  Speaker 3: H I expected exactly what I said, you know, to
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  Speaker 3: be a part of a you know, super Bowl team
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  Speaker 3: and you know the little partner with my words, and
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  Speaker 3: you know everything is coming to fluition. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: excited about the journey, decided to be here and you know,
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  Speaker 3: gotta continue to fight the good fight.
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  Speaker 1: What made you? What made you think that?
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  Speaker 2: When you sit here? I guess what did you see that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean all the miserables were there.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, got a great head coach, defensive
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  Speaker 3: minded head coach, you know, a stacked defense, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and just was missing a couple of key weapons, you know, quarterback,
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  Speaker 3: you know me now just play? But uh yeah, man,
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  Speaker 3: so you know I seen all the weapons that you know,
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  Speaker 3: Seattle had and just wanted to be a part of
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  Speaker 3: a group like that.
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  Speaker 2: As long as you were in one place in your career,
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  Speaker 2: did you wonder what can be like going to a
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  Speaker 2: new team, new locker room, everything, and then kind of
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  Speaker 2: how was that relative to what you expected?
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  Speaker 4: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, most definitely, you know it was it was more
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  Speaker 3: of am I coming in as a rookie or do
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  Speaker 3: they need me to come in as a vet? You know,
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  Speaker 3: and being able to shuffle you know with those ways
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  Speaker 3: of you know, my play, but also just you know,
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  Speaker 3: being around the guys. You know, once you around the
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  Speaker 3: guys and you know y'all able to you know, make
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  Speaker 3: those bonds on the football field. I feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: to come right, three comes together better.
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  Speaker 2: And it's a it's a job, it's a profession for you,
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  Speaker 2: but it's also a game. Has it been more fun
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  Speaker 2: for you this year.
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  Speaker 1: Than it's been in a little while.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it's definitely been rejuvenating, you know, being able to
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  Speaker 3: be in a new city under you know, new leadership,
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  Speaker 3: but also you know, new group of guys, that's hungry
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  Speaker 3: just as well as you and you know, you have
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  Speaker 3: all the talent in the world. It's just all about
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  Speaker 3: you know, going out there doing the weekend and week out.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's the special part about the whole
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  Speaker 3: journey is you know we're able to go in and
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  Speaker 3: do it weekend and week out and you know, still
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  Speaker 3: being here and you know, have fun.
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  Speaker 4: What'd you think of the play involving Derek Thursday night
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  Speaker 4: in the NFL's decision to suspend him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, man, you know, I mean that's a tough one.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I didn't think he would get suspended off
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  Speaker 3: of an incident like that, but I don't know how
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  Speaker 3: they came down to the judgment or you know what
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  Speaker 3: else happened.
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  Speaker 1: So you know, yeah, man, I just.
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  Speaker 3: As long as he holds his head, you know, No, no,
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  Speaker 3: we have his back end.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he'll be back next week.
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  Speaker 4: You faced uh Bryson in the Panthers a couple of
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  Speaker 4: years ago. He's obviously made some improvements since something. But
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  Speaker 4: what did you kind of remember from from facing him?
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  Speaker 4: And where have you seen him kind of take some
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  Speaker 4: strides and slots him he saw?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean even you know that.
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  Speaker 3: He's a short quarterback, He's still elusive. You know, he
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  Speaker 3: has more of columbarial abilities, you know, but I feel
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  Speaker 3: like just as an overall quarterback, he came along you
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  Speaker 3: know so well being able to lead his team down
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  Speaker 3: the stretch. You know a lot of two minute drives
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  Speaker 3: this season. You know where he came alive. So, you know,
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  Speaker 3: hats off to him.
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  Speaker 2: You know how hard it is to get to this
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  Speaker 2: point where he two INDs away from getting the number
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  Speaker 2: one seed. How do you lead these last couple of weeks?
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  Speaker 2: Is it how you practice? As soon as you say,
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  Speaker 2: what's your what's your style?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, man, just focus on, you know, one thing to
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  Speaker 3: get better at, you know, especially down in the stretch
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  Speaker 3: on you know, some people thinking about you know, their
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  Speaker 3: vacations or you know where they're going.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, you have to think about it.
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  Speaker 3: If you know, somebody came to you with the opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to say, you have five games left and it's a
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  Speaker 3: two million dollar part. You only have guaranteed two games
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  Speaker 3: and the other three games it's up to you, like
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  Speaker 3: you know, you're going to put all your chips in
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  Speaker 3: and you're going to you know, kill and die for it.
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  Speaker 3: So I feel like as long as we keep that mindset,
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  Speaker 3: everything will work out perfectly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And just going back, how have you led before
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  Speaker 2: these last two games?
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  Speaker 1: What's your leadership style mean? And because you did, you
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  Speaker 1: did have to come.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you know, thankfully, you know, the Seahawks
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  Speaker 3: are adapted and you know receive my leadership. And the
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  Speaker 3: way I like the lead is by example, you know,
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  Speaker 3: going out there each and every day, putting in the work,
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  Speaker 3: you know, going through the fundamentals, and you know.
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  Speaker 1: Usually the guys pick up with that, you know, and
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  Speaker 1: y'all able to take off.
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  Speaker 3: So just leading by example, making sure you know I'm
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  Speaker 3: doing all the right things on the field, and you
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  Speaker 3: know we'll be good.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, thank