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Leonard Williams: "This Defense Is Amazing" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Going around Sama.
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  Speaker 2: But now what is could he describe what he's what
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  Speaker 2: he's done for this team, what he needs this team.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he means a lot to this team. I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I've been around him in college, I've been
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  Speaker 2: around him early in his career on the Jets, and
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  Speaker 2: I think as soon as I seen him in the
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  Speaker 2: building here, I just seen a different guy. I think
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  Speaker 2: I've just seen a dedicated guy. He's dedicated to his craft,
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  Speaker 2: dedicated to the work, dedicated to his organization. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think he's just a special leader on this team.
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  Speaker 2: Different is he from the Jet days? Obviously more experienced,
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  Speaker 2: but in other ways how difference. I mean, I think
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  Speaker 2: we're both very different. I think, you know, for the
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  Speaker 2: guys that much. You know, now I'm a veteran, I
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  Speaker 2: kind of can understand, like what guys are going through.
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  Speaker 2: I could be more a leader in that, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: in that space where I can see what's going on
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  Speaker 2: in the locker room where you know, when he first
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  Speaker 2: got to the Jets, I was still young as well,
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  Speaker 2: so it was harder for me to pay attention to
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  Speaker 2: what other guys were doing. You know, eight quarters, no
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns against the Greek Irish. Why what what do you
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  Speaker 2: do to do that? I mean, this defense is amazing.
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  Speaker 2: It's just it's fun to play with him. You know,
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  Speaker 2: Mike has his slogan, uh loose and focus that he's been,
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  Speaker 2: you know, instilling in this team since day one he
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  Speaker 2: got here, and I think that's really what has allowed
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  Speaker 2: this team to to play so free, play so fast,
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  Speaker 2: and we I think we just believe in one another.
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  Speaker 2: We trust on one another, and you know, regardless of
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  Speaker 2: where we're at on the field, when we take the field,
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  Speaker 2: I think we we trusting ourselves, we trusting the guy
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  Speaker 2: next to us, and uh, we get the job done.
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  Speaker 2: And it's amazing to not let them score.
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  Speaker 1: Your fourth oun Seck, he took a straight line.
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  Speaker 2: Did you know that's gonna be a pocket fast? Or
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  Speaker 2: why were you so? I got to give a shout
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  Speaker 2: out to the rookie Gray's Abel Actually, Uh, I mean
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  Speaker 2: he's a smart kid. Since camp, since ot as, we've
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  Speaker 2: been going back and forth, communicating, you know, giving each
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  Speaker 2: other to some what works, what doesn't work, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes it's good to get insight from a guy on
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  Speaker 2: the other side of the ball. And he said to
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  Speaker 2: me at one point that, you know, he can tell
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  Speaker 2: I was getting the slide. The center slid into me
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  Speaker 2: a lot, and he's like, hey, why are you taking
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  Speaker 2: that inside move when the slide is coming to you.
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  Speaker 2: You should just try to burn the B gap. So
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  Speaker 2: that whole drive I was just taking off trying to
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  Speaker 2: burn the B gap and it works for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Where is it to have a situation like that with
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  Speaker 1: a rookie where things go full circle that you are
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  Speaker 1: the one giving him advice. You're in training camp and
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  Speaker 1: now now you're leaning on the rooks as if he's
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  Speaker 1: the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean it's funny because even d Law try to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, give me crap about it on the sideline.
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  Speaker 2: He's like, what like a vet learning from a rookie.
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  Speaker 2: But that goes back to another thing that coach Mike
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  Speaker 2: talks about is like old school principles, new school methods.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm just like, you know, I'm not you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not above myself enough to take advice from someone.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that's how this team is. You know,
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  Speaker 2: if somebody had some good insight, I think we're all
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  Speaker 2: willing to learn from each other, willing to grow. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter what year I am I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm learning from a young guy that you know, the
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  Speaker 2: game is changing, always adapting. You know, I learned the
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  Speaker 2: slogan a long time ago when I was younger Adapter Die,
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  Speaker 2: and it's like, that's how this game is. You got
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  Speaker 2: to always adapt.
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  Speaker 1: If you see this is the third youngest team in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, And how did you see Coach McDonald and
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  Speaker 1: the staff and you guys at Evans project the message
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  Speaker 1: to these young guys coming to this game where they
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  Speaker 1: haven't had a playoff experience to be able to go
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  Speaker 1: out and play loose and be able to play the
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  Speaker 1: way they did tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think we just have a great
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  Speaker 2: balance of young players and also like veteran players. And
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  Speaker 2: then I also think that what got us to this
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  Speaker 2: position in the first place is taking it day by day,
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  Speaker 2: taking it game by game. And you know, I've heard
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  Speaker 2: so many people at different times saying the same message
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  Speaker 2: that this is just another game. If you make the
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  Speaker 2: moment too big or too little, then that's bad for us.
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  Speaker 2: And I think we've been doing that all season.
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  Speaker 1: Jones are turnovers in this game five years that you
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  Speaker 1: during this season, what team meant that the defensive team
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  Speaker 1: got here last year.
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  Speaker 2: He's just a weapon. I think since he got here
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  Speaker 2: in the middle of the season last year, our run
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  Speaker 2: game drastically changed. He's just a vocal leader on the defense.
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  Speaker 2: And then he's also I don't know how many takeaways
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  Speaker 2: he's gotten this season, but those are like game changing
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  Speaker 2: UH players. And you know he's set up big time today.
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  Speaker 2: How complete this is the team? The ope you guys
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  Speaker 2: get it done all three phases in the scene get
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  Speaker 2: deleted the team. I mean today, I would say it
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  Speaker 2: was one of our most complete games for sure. She's
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  Speaker 2: starting the game off like that, setting the tone, scoring
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  Speaker 2: on special teams, UH defense out there, getting a stop offense,
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  Speaker 2: you know, capitalizing on that and scoring. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think teams talk about this all the time, especially
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  Speaker 2: going into UH you know, starting the season and camping
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  Speaker 2: things like that. You want to be a complete team
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  Speaker 2: that can win on all three phases. And I think
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  Speaker 2: this is truly one of the only times I've ever
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  Speaker 2: been on a team where we are good on all
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  Speaker 2: three phases.
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  Speaker 1: With John Schneider's never been the executive of the year.
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  Speaker 1: You were one of the players that came over here
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  Speaker 1: to trade deadline acquisition Ursus Jones and now Rashisha. He
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  Speaker 1: can see all of you guys go out there and
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  Speaker 1: make big plays tonight. What does that say about just
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  Speaker 1: the roster construction here with all the young talent guys
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  Speaker 1: happened to being able to push all those buttons here
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  Speaker 1: to help you guys reaching this point.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, upmost respects to John Schneider. I
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  Speaker 2: feel like he has done a great job of bringing
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  Speaker 2: in the right personnel, not just talent wise, but personality wise,
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  Speaker 2: which has helped create that family identity. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that's the type of vibe like he gives off as
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  Speaker 2: well as him and his wife, and you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think they do a great job of making it feel
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  Speaker 2: like family here and it makes everyone feel comfortable. It
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  Speaker 2: helps us lean into that loos and focused vibe where
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  Speaker 2: it's fun to go to work, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: Like I've been places where you know, you're kind of
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  Speaker 2: like have to drag yourself out of bed to go
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  Speaker 2: to work. It's kind of hard sometimes. Here it's like
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  Speaker 2: we love being around each other's in the briefcase anyway,
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  Speaker 2: was that the briefcatch? What are you? What are you?
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  Speaker 2: This dark side game plan right here ject by the
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  Speaker 2: dark tap this week.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, Legion of Boom was the last Sefons right here
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  Speaker 1: to have the next name.
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  Speaker 2: There were some of those guys here here, Sharans here,
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  Speaker 2: camp and some of the guys that mean anything for
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  Speaker 2: you guys to kind of be carrying the torch, I
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  Speaker 2: guess for lack of a little the better term there
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  Speaker 2: on defense. Yeah, for sure. I mean I think we all,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the everyone in this organization and like had
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  Speaker 2: so much respect for that, you know, for that group, uh,
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  Speaker 2: that defense Leagion to Boom. But we were so hyped
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  Speaker 2: to uh see like some Darth Vader guy out there
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  Speaker 2: today on on the on the screen, and like we're like, okay,
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  Speaker 2: we're finally getting our credit. You know, we've been talking
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  Speaker 2: about the dark side. Uh we've been you know, showing up,
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  Speaker 2: not just talking about it, we've been proving it as well.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, especially in the big game like this, we
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  Speaker 2: showed out. So anyone else, how did you do? Yep,
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  Speaker 2: thank you, thank you,