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Julian Love: "I Just Have To Play My Game" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Nice first time in here, actually on the podium, power
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  Speaker 1: in here. Oh my gosh, what's like game? You know
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  Speaker 1: what's going on? It's unique for sure. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: people reaching out from New York. But I'm trying to
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  Speaker 1: keep it simple. It's another game, you know, the nameless,
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  Speaker 1: faceless opponent.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And that's you know, as much as as as difficult
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  Speaker 1: as that is, that's how I have to process. I
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  Speaker 1: just have to play my game, not do anything extra
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  Speaker 1: and just you know, get it one.
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  Speaker 2: On Monday night.
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  Speaker 1: You uh, you know, there are a bunch of lingering
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  Speaker 1: feelings for sure with different people.
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  Speaker 2: You know. I had great relationships with the staff.
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  Speaker 1: You know in the building, the kitchen staff, the people
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  Speaker 1: who worked around just the building every day. That's who
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  Speaker 1: I'm engaging with. And so yeah, you know those people
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  Speaker 1: I had great relationships with. From player standpoint, I have
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  Speaker 1: friends still on the team. You know, a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: those guys were at my wedding like all that. But
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  Speaker 1: you know, there's no ill feelings. I I had that
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  Speaker 1: moment of closure when I signed and I'm all Seahawks.
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  Speaker 2: Now, how much of this do you think it will
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  Speaker 2: be that's gonna affect Thanks for you guys back together
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  Speaker 2: how much?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, No, for sure. I mean that's Jamal Adams, that's
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  Speaker 1: the guy. So my my snaps might look a little different,
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  Speaker 1: but our defense will look a little more complex for sure.
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  Speaker 2: He brings a lot to the table.
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  Speaker 1: He's been practicing hard, has been meeting hard, and so yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's gonna look a little different going forward, and we're
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  Speaker 1: trying to take this s up. I think we still
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  Speaker 1: have areas we need to climb on defense, and I
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  Speaker 1: think him coming back will allow us to do that.
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  Speaker 1: What looks like, I'm excited. It's been feeling good in
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  Speaker 1: practice so far.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's those the two leaders. I'm next to
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  Speaker 1: two guys who have been doing it at a high
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  Speaker 1: level for a long time, and so I'm just trying
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  Speaker 1: to raise my play, uh and do what i have
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  Speaker 1: to do to represent them.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think it's special. This dB room.
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  Speaker 2: I've I've said since the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Is special, and so now I'm just trying to play
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  Speaker 1: my part in that.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: So, I mean I had three head coaches in four
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  Speaker 1: years in New York, three coordinators.
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  Speaker 2: I've done it all, I've seen it all.
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  Speaker 1: Uh you know, whatever it's been, it was a long
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  Speaker 1: four years, and I just learned to be resilient. I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, those early years, my first three years, we
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  Speaker 1: had losing seasons and I just learned to put my
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  Speaker 1: head down and work. Uh, and that you know was important.
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  Speaker 1: It was it was all meant to be for my
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  Speaker 1: game and growth. Last year I hit my stride and
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  Speaker 1: so yeah, that's definitely it was a it was a
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  Speaker 1: long four years for sure. Last year, Yeah, wink, I
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  Speaker 1: thought it was a good coordinator. He uh, he understood,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he understood his scheme, and he live and
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  Speaker 1: died by what he does, which we all know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of pressure. That's that's how how he is.
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  Speaker 1: But early honest, as he got there, he just kind
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  Speaker 1: of acknowledged what I did well in my game and
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  Speaker 1: let me do that. And so playing a lot of
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  Speaker 1: snaps last year, being the captain, learning how to lead
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  Speaker 1: guys in an intentional way. I think it was all
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  Speaker 1: part of kind of the defensive staff that came in
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  Speaker 1: last year for me, and so yeah, it helped me
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  Speaker 1: really sees a moment and get here right now, I
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  Speaker 1: think we're playing solid. I think there's area for improvement
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  Speaker 1: for sure. That swagger's there, the energy is there. We've
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  Speaker 1: been taking steps every game.
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  Speaker 2: MH. I think there's a few areas we want to
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  Speaker 2: clean up.
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  Speaker 1: We want to be better on third down, we want
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  Speaker 1: to be better in situational football. And so yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: never gonna be perfect, but we're gonna try to get
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  Speaker 1: as perfect as we can, which should be an endless
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  Speaker 1: pursuit for us. Yeah, it's Uh, I've faced him a
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  Speaker 1: lot over the past a bunch of years.
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  Speaker 2: He's a guy who works hard.
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  Speaker 1: He was the first in the building lost to leave
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  Speaker 1: every day, and I know how much he puts into it.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, I know him, and I know he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: he knows how I play as well, and so it's
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  Speaker 1: kind of that battle going to this game. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he's guy who can make all the throws he runs,
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  Speaker 1: has incorporated his game more these past a couple of seasons,
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  Speaker 1: lead with his his legs, and yeah, we have to
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  Speaker 1: take advantage, uh for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, those those games in New York, the Monday night games,
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  Speaker 1: the Sunday night, Yeah, I mean everyone's around. Uh it's
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  Speaker 1: the bright or the lights are bright for sure, Uh
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  Speaker 1: in that stadium.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And so yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It's always
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  Speaker 1: been a fun experience. And so you know we're wearing
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  Speaker 1: all whites. You know, we got some energy and some
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  Speaker 1: swagger going down there.
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  Speaker 2: Seahawks have been pretty good in met life.
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  Speaker 1: Uh and so oh yeah, I noticed that, and so
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking to continue that.
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  Speaker 2: We just had.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that little guy has some fire to him.
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  Speaker 1: Uh you see him. He's not little, but you see
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  Speaker 1: see him through all his way into these tackles, played
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  Speaker 1: with swagger. He has an inlimited amount of celebrations, it
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  Speaker 1: seems like, and so he's using all of them.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: He has been electric to the defense and just confident.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you don't see rookies that are that confident.
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  Speaker 1: And he's coming. He missed the first game. Uh, he
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  Speaker 1: was missing most of camp because you know who's who's
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  Speaker 1: battling rehabing, uh whatever, he was rehabbing. And yeah, he's
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  Speaker 1: come in and has impacted this defense in a positive way,
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  Speaker 1: which is huge. And now let's just keep taking such forward.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you'll hear him around the corner. He is
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  Speaker 1: a guy who is just you know, he's a ballplayer.
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  Speaker 1: He's a guy. My locker's right next to him, and
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  Speaker 1: so I'm used to how he operates. I mean, he'll
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  Speaker 1: have headphones on before practice, kind of getting through that zone.
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  Speaker 1: That's just kind of how he attacks a game of football,
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  Speaker 1: which is special not I've seen a lot of guys
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  Speaker 1: in that position of being early draft pick, you know,
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  Speaker 1: expectations this and that, and he's just taking it in
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  Speaker 1: a stride. And I just stood what it means, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to be a Seahawk, to be a competitor, to play
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  Speaker 1: that style that coach Carroll loves.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, I think he's done it very well. All Right, y'all,
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  Speaker 2: appreciate you