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DK Metcalf: "We're Going To Be Firing On All Cylinders" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Real good. How you doing. You were just talking about
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  Speaker 1: the energies. How did you became close to earlier career?
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  Speaker 1: What was your reaction when you found out the spring
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  Speaker 1: he was come back here. I was just very excited. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: One, he's a familiar face that you know has been
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  Speaker 2: here for a long time, and you know, just his energy,
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  Speaker 2: his presence, you know, just him being a professional, being
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  Speaker 2: the professional that he is. I mean, he was just
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  Speaker 2: happy to have him back, and you know, just somebody
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  Speaker 2: I can look up to and somebody who I know
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  Speaker 2: will keep me accountable. So just all those things just
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  Speaker 2: in one but Mo, mainly I was just excited.
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  Speaker 1: Did you're away change him at all? Sir? Did he
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  Speaker 1: you're away change him at all?
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  Speaker 3: No?
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean shit, he came back more playful if
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  Speaker 2: you ask me, uh kay, what what's.
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  Speaker 3: The expectations for you guys to spofense? For for you.
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  Speaker 4: And the guys in the room with with Jackson coming
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  Speaker 4: in the running back group that you have, what are
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  Speaker 4: what are your expectations to be out?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: I mean just to be the best in the world.
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  Speaker 2: I mean that's always everybody's goal at the beginning of
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  Speaker 2: a season. And then you know we work back from there,
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  Speaker 2: but just starting out just trying to be the best offense,
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  Speaker 2: you know, running, passing the ball, being the best efficient offense,
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  Speaker 2: and just putting up the most points. I think that's
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  Speaker 2: the best way I can describe it. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: with the key additions that we had with Jackson and
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  Speaker 2: I think Zach, you know, at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: I think we have that goal to be attained, you know,
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the season. So just out there
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  Speaker 2: practicing every day, going against the defense, I mean, you
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  Speaker 2: could see that we're gonna be an explosive offense, and
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  Speaker 2: then the defense is definitely a challenging us every day,
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  Speaker 2: so you know we're gonna be firing on all cylinders.
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  Speaker 3: What have you thought of Jackson getting back as quickly
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  Speaker 3: as he has from the resurgery.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it just shows his commitment. And I knew
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  Speaker 2: I knew he was always gonna play we one just
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  Speaker 2: you know, just from talking to him, you know, around
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  Speaker 2: the locker room. But you know, he's always a competitive
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  Speaker 2: dude who always wants to be out there on the
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  Speaker 2: field competing. I know he hated just watching practice, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the few days that he had to sit out, So
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  Speaker 2: just good to have him back. But I think you
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  Speaker 2: know his I said, it is perfect you know for
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  Speaker 2: coming back and playing week one.
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  Speaker 1: He has success out there.
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  Speaker 3: How much easier does that make yours and Tyler's job
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  Speaker 3: out there? Obviously not necessarily not even to worry about.
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  Speaker 2: Out the teams, right, I mean, he's gonna have success.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know just about the type of person that
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  Speaker 2: he is. He's an automatic baller, automatic uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: natural football player, natural pass catcher, you know. But teams
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  Speaker 2: are gonna have to pick their poison if they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: play man against us, or they're gonna crowd the box
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  Speaker 2: and try to you know, tackle Ken Walker and Zach
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  Speaker 2: and DJ all day. So I think you know, we
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  Speaker 2: got all the weapons on offense, is just you know,
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  Speaker 2: up to us if we're gonna use him.
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  Speaker 3: Right, how does the how does the skill set? How
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  Speaker 3: does the strengths of his game? How do they truly
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  Speaker 3: compliment you? You guys were a top ten offense last year?
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  Speaker 3: But how does his game specifically help this passing game
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  Speaker 3: get to that next one?
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  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, man, he's a natural pass catcher, nas
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  Speaker 2: natural route runner. I mean you've seen that at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, just his competitive edge I think is
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  Speaker 2: gonna be what separates him from everybody else. And you
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  Speaker 2: know what fits w uh what makes him fit well
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  Speaker 2: me and Tyler. Uh, he's gonna get open automatically and
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  Speaker 2: then he's gonna catch the ball and he's gonna try
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  Speaker 2: to score every time he catches the ball. So uh,
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  Speaker 2: that alone is just gonna is what it's gonna make him, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a great player in this league and what's
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  Speaker 2: gonna compliment me and Tyler. Tyler was named captain for
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  Speaker 2: the second year row.
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  Speaker 3: And have you seen him kind of grow into that
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  Speaker 3: leadership role that maybe he didn't need to take on
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  Speaker 3: early his career.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he's grown since I've been here. But uh,
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  Speaker 2: Tyler Tyler has been the same person. Uh, he's been
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  Speaker 2: the same you know, big brother to me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just like Bobby has been in you know, just a
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  Speaker 2: person that I can always talk to and and lean
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  Speaker 2: on it and depend on. But you know, last year
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  Speaker 2: he really started stepping up and using his voice and
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  Speaker 2: being you know, a very encouraging leader and you know,
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  Speaker 2: giving pregame speeches. You know, it got all the guys, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, ready to play so I mean it just
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  Speaker 2: speaks to the volumes of of the type of person
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  Speaker 2: that he is. And you know, he's always gonna go
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  Speaker 2: out there and make plays and you know, score on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: So I mean he's just adding to his resume of
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  Speaker 2: the type of person that he is.
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  Speaker 1: What you've heard up playing against Bobby Luster. Uh, he
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  Speaker 1: was talking a lot of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but you know he he had to come back
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  Speaker 2: to the winning team obviously, But I mean he just
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  Speaker 2: playing against him, you know, in the game, during versus
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  Speaker 2: in practice. I mean, it just showed how intelligent he was.
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  Speaker 2: And he hasn't lost a step, you know, ever since
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  Speaker 2: I've been here. So I'm just glad to have him
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  Speaker 2: back on our team. I'll I'll tell you that that much.
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  Speaker 4: Do you do you do about his count and all that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, he speaks on it, do you know really? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean you gotta ask him next week.
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  Speaker 1: I can't. I can't take what we talk about.
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  Speaker 4: Summer, you started your first movie, you continue to do
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  Speaker 4: a lot of ventures. What was it like being in
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  Speaker 4: the script commercial this year and how did that even
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  Speaker 4: come about?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I took a trip to uh Cam, France for
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  Speaker 2: the NFL. They they had uh U pop up out
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  Speaker 2: there and I spoke you know, around the uh event
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  Speaker 2: that I was at, and there the NFL asked me
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  Speaker 2: to do the script of commercial and kind of put
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  Speaker 2: it on my radar, and you know, I was excited
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  Speaker 2: to do it. I'm always excited to you know, try
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  Speaker 2: new acting things and uh, just trying to get my
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  Speaker 2: foot in the door there. So, uh, it was a
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  Speaker 2: great experience just being on set. All of us weren't
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  Speaker 2: on set at the same time, like we had you know,
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  Speaker 2: different UH people and everybody had a stand in. But
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  Speaker 2: I mean it was just a different experience and just
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  Speaker 2: a different part of of me that I'm trying to
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  Speaker 2: open up and just you know, trying to communicate better
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  Speaker 2: and just working on just being a more open person
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  Speaker 2: and learning how to talk about, you know, my emotions
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  Speaker 2: and you know, learn how to talk about and speak
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  Speaker 2: freely in public and not just you know, be in
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  Speaker 2: a shell all the time. So it was a great
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  Speaker 2: experience overall, but you know, looking forward to doing more, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with the NFL and more with acting.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking that you.
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  Speaker 4: Also went on Bloomberg This, I mean you talked about
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  Speaker 4: Kenneth Walker and some of the other guys that you've
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  Speaker 4: taken under the wing. You got a new rookie class.
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  Speaker 4: Has there been anybody that you've taken a liking to
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  Speaker 4: that you've been given your information about business and just you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, how to be a professional.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, I would say, me and Ken Are we
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  Speaker 2: talked every day. I mean, and his lockers beside mine.
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  Speaker 2: So and Jackson just moved two lockers down from me.
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  Speaker 2: So starting to talk to Jackson more and more. But
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  Speaker 2: I don't try to force myself into a you know,
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  Speaker 2: a rookie's life. If they, you know, come to me
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  Speaker 2: and ask questions and you know, are curious about things,
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  Speaker 2: that I'll start talking to him. But one that really
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  Speaker 2: stick Two people that stick out to me, Jake Bobo
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  Speaker 2: and Matt Landers are two people that I really try
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  Speaker 2: to you know, I'm I'm asking Bobo questions cause he's
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  Speaker 2: it's looks like he's opened every play and I'm asking
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  Speaker 2: him how how he does it after he ran a
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  Speaker 2: four nine. But jo Jake Bobo and and Matt Landers,
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  Speaker 2: there are two people that are on my radar and
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  Speaker 2: should be on y'alls.
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  Speaker 3: I'm surprised for you to see in the OTAs that
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  Speaker 3: are early in training camp, the way that that bobo
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  Speaker 3: was able to get over and you mentioned the huge stuff,
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  Speaker 3: and how does that really paint a picture that speed
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  Speaker 3: isn't everything.
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  Speaker 2: Right at at a position where I thought, you know,
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  Speaker 2: speed kills or you know, speed wins everything. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I was watched and I wasn't here the whole ota.
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  Speaker 2: So I would pull a my iPad and watch, you know,
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  Speaker 2: some of the competition Piers or seven on seven, and
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  Speaker 2: I just seen his white kid getting open every play.
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  Speaker 2: Like I called up to Tyler, I'm like, who is this?
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  Speaker 2: Who is number nineteen? He said, oh, this bobo man,
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  Speaker 2: he's a tall receiver. I was like, okay. Then I
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  Speaker 2: got up here and I've seen the way he ran
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  Speaker 2: routes and the way he practices. He practices harder than me,
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  Speaker 2: Like he's more detailed than I ever will be. And
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  Speaker 2: I use that as motivation to practice harder and make
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  Speaker 2: sure I'm holding into more details because he's doing all
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  Speaker 2: the little things right, and you know he's reaping the
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  Speaker 2: benefits of it because he's very consistent. Every time he
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  Speaker 2: lines up on the field, you have to know where
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  Speaker 2: nineteen is. That's just what I'm gonna say off the
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  Speaker 2: rip and you know, just me just watching him, I'm
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  Speaker 2: very curious on you know, how he gets open every time.
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  Speaker 2: So I asked him by the skip release or I
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  Speaker 2: asked him about what he see here or what do
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  Speaker 2: you see there? So, I mean, he's just a unique
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  Speaker 2: player in my opinion, who's gonna make a lot of noise.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have any different that's for yourself this year?
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  Speaker 2: Kind of just you know, uh no, sir man. I
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  Speaker 2: mean I'm just tryna come in here, just be the
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  Speaker 2: best player that I can be, best person that I
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  Speaker 2: can be, best teammate, and you know, do whatever it
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  Speaker 2: takes to win every day and have a consistent attitude
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  Speaker 2: and uh a consistent mindset.
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  Speaker 1: Uh how do you think Genio's gonna be better this year?
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  Speaker 1: With the year of staring years?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just a whole year of wisdom in this
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  Speaker 2: offense playing you know, with pretty much the same offense
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  Speaker 2: that we had last year. You know, you you you're
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  Speaker 2: not gonna make some of the same uh, you know mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say make the some of the same
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  Speaker 2: mistakes I made, You know, Tyler, everybody on the offense
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  Speaker 2: is just gonna be a year wiser year older, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, our our communication has gotten a lot better.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: From Shane to Geno, Gino to me, Me to Shane,
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  Speaker 2: everybody around the offense just communicates better. So I think
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  Speaker 2: just our communication took uh a step forward, and you
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  Speaker 2: know it's it's gonna help us a lot on the field.
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  Speaker 2: And you know when we go to away games or
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  Speaker 2: play at home, or you know, if some adversity hits,
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  Speaker 2: We're not gonna blink. We're just gonna keep going.
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  Speaker 3: Be guys that you would consider to be really elite
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  Speaker 3: and high level competitors. What are some of the characteristics
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  Speaker 3: that you see that allow you to come to that.
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  Speaker 2: Conclusion and those gay Uh, consistency Like Bobby every morning
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  Speaker 2: is gonna be here at six six thirty, and he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna always work out. Uh, he's gonna always get his massages,
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  Speaker 2: gonna always you know, be the same person and never waiver.
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  Speaker 2: So I think consistency is a big part of being
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  Speaker 2: you know, great and being an ultimate competitor in this league.
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  Speaker 3: Are you doing a natural hair color this year?
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  Speaker 4: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: I'm'a see man, I haven't decided. I probably am am
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  Speaker 2: gonna s decide Friday or Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: Here what makes Tyler Lockett's suppert or getting the red zone.
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  Speaker 1: He never stops moving.
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  Speaker 2: Tyler Lockett is always going to continue to move and
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  Speaker 2: he knows, you know, everybody else's job, which makes his
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  Speaker 2: job easier at if a play, if a play breaks
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  Speaker 2: down in the uh red zone, he always has his
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  Speaker 2: second move, always in his back pocket of what he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna do. So, I mean he just has uh uh
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  Speaker 2: a foresight, like he knows what's gonna happen before the
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  Speaker 2: defense does.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's what makes him or separates him in
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  Speaker 1: the reson. Thank you appreciate