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Julian Love: "The Seahawks Style Was Definitely Present Today" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How are we doing? Good.
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  Speaker 2: How are we doing? All right.
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  Speaker 1: Mike said you felt like you guys maybe got some
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  Speaker 1: of your swagger back today or whatever that felt like
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  Speaker 1: more of that kind of game.
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  Speaker 2: Did it feel like that to you?
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  Speaker 1: For sure. I mean, it's hard not to look at, like,
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  Speaker 1: the result of it. But I think the feel during
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  Speaker 1: the game, it felt like us. Offense was doing their thing.
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  Speaker 1: Drew Locke played a great game. Running backs ran their
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  Speaker 1: butt off. And, yeah, the whole line played ball. And
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  Speaker 1: on defense, we were running to the ball. We were,
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  Speaker 1: I think, pretty violent today, which was fun to see.
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  Speaker 1: Got to be cleaner, of course. We're always going to
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  Speaker 1: say that. But the swagger, the Seahawks style was definitely
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  Speaker 1: present today. 89 yards on that first drive and like
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  Speaker 1: 100-some yards the rest of the way.
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  Speaker 2: What changed, if anything, after that first drive to really
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  Speaker 2: settle in?
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I got to go back to that drive.
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  Speaker 1: But I feel like it was just a lot of
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  Speaker 1: stuff on us, just being clean, first series kind of
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  Speaker 1: jitters maybe for some guys as being the right calls,
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  Speaker 1: right checks.
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  Speaker 2: There's just a few just mishaps.
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  Speaker 1: And so you go to sideline after that, and I
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  Speaker 1: think the team that we are, the defense we are,
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  Speaker 1: it's like, okay, we just gave them 89 yards.
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  Speaker 2: We gave them 89 yards.
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  Speaker 1: And that's kind of the swagger and ego we kind
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  Speaker 1: of have, especially if it's true.
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  Speaker 2: Then you go out and, yeah, we shut them down
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the game.
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  Speaker 1: When you come into a game and you're missing the
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  Speaker 1: guys that you're missing and you're coming off a loss,
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  Speaker 1: do you kind of have that thought of something to
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  Speaker 1: prove maybe?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, do you enjoy that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you never wanted to have guys be down. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Just with something to prove, like, does that add anything? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean.
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  Speaker 1: I think I'll give you the coach speak answer first.
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  Speaker 1: That was a full 70 game. I'm sure Mike came
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  Speaker 1: up here and said it took all 70. You guys
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  Speaker 1: have seen that since Hard Knocks about kind of how
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  Speaker 1: we operate. But then just like as a person who's
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  Speaker 1: been in some of those roles, been in that position
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  Speaker 1: to step in and get your time, your opportunity, I
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  Speaker 1: think guys took it on themselves like, man, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: filling in for somebody. I'm going to make my opportunities
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  Speaker 1: shown here or known here. And, yeah, I think guys
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  Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball did that. We had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of young guys playing today. and the guys
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  Speaker 1: who are going to be household names in a few years.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's cool to see them get their shine
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  Speaker 1: in a big game, division game, and really just own
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  Speaker 1: the moment.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's just really cool to see.
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  Speaker 1: Me as a leader, just try to be just very stout,
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  Speaker 1: just be kind of that pillar people can lean on.
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  Speaker 1: But the guys, man, they were balling. It was pretty
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  Speaker 1: easy for them. He's special, man.
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  Speaker 2: You can't pitch a home into anything.
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  Speaker 1: Whether he's hitting the quarterback, whether he's in coverage, he's
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  Speaker 1: such a problem. And it's a mixture of... God-gifted, just
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  Speaker 1: being so tall, arms long, so fast and strong. But
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  Speaker 1: then just his mental, man, it's not easy. I think
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  Speaker 1: it might get really overlooked how smart of a player
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  Speaker 1: he is because he's doing so much. Not everyone on
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  Speaker 1: our team can be doing that. And so, yeah, can't
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  Speaker 1: speak highly enough. He should be talked about in a
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  Speaker 1: special sort of way. When you know the call is
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  Speaker 1: locking him up on McBride, do you feel like you
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  Speaker 1: don't even have to look there?
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  Speaker 2: You've got other.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. I think, you know, obviously out there today,
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  Speaker 1: McBride's a good player. But in general, yeah, if you
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  Speaker 1: feel confident in your guys, he's matched up on people
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  Speaker 1: for a reason. And they had, you know, Wilson and
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  Speaker 1: McBride are two dynamic players. I thought we did a
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  Speaker 1: great job on them today. I gave their catch at
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  Speaker 1: the end.
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  Speaker 2: I'm bummed about.
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  Speaker 1: But for the most part, we had a good game
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  Speaker 1: plan and we applied it. I saw you high-five Charbonnet
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  Speaker 1: after that 25-yard catch. It got negated, but just the
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  Speaker 1: style that he plays with, what does that do for
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  Speaker 1: you guys when you see just.
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  Speaker 2: The violence that he kind of plays?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, that was a play.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that was like first-half beast quake for a
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  Speaker 2: hot second.
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  Speaker 1: That was impressive. And I don't know, that's just a
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  Speaker 1: swagger and energy. You know, whether it's... Him doing the
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  Speaker 1: play or our sidelines erupting, it all snowballs. I think
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  Speaker 1: just ball finds energy. Yeah, that was a.
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  Speaker 2: Fun play, man.
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  Speaker 1: It's really cool to see him work for so long,
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  Speaker 1: just not complain. He's such a good dude. Everyone loves him.
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  Speaker 1: And then he just falls right back in place and
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  Speaker 1: just being a dynamic running back for us. JD played
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  Speaker 1: a great game as well. And so it was really
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  Speaker 1: cool to see the vibe and the energy of that
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  Speaker 1: running back room right now. What was it like seeing
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  Speaker 1: Drew kind of go through what he had to do
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  Speaker 1: to get ready this week, or did.
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  Speaker 2: He suffer another injury and kind of play through that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that dude's a beast, man. He's so tough and
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  Speaker 1: just so cool. Nothing fazes him, no matter what. He's confident.
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  Speaker 2: He has swagger.
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  Speaker 1: He really plays offense like a defensive player. I think
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  Speaker 1: that's why all of us really love him, especially on defense.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: There's confidence there.
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  Speaker 1: I've said it for years now. He's the best two
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  Speaker 1: in the game.
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  Speaker 2: We're really happy to have him on our team. 11
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  Speaker 2: straight wins over the Cardinals. I mean, that kind of
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  Speaker 2: success over one NFL team over another is pretty unprecedented.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what is it about year in, year out,
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  Speaker 1: year to year, that you just continue to have this.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of success for a division rival?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: That's a crazy number.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's kind of the opposite of what you
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  Speaker 1: would think.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like especially these past, I.
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  Speaker 1: Feel like, couple years, they have dynamic players and they
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  Speaker 1: have momentum always coming into playing us. And so it's
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  Speaker 1: like they're never overlooked. Like we are as charged up
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  Speaker 1: and as on the details playing these guys as everybody
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  Speaker 1: else in the division. Like because they present some serious stuff,
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  Speaker 1: they have a lot of good players on their team.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's that mindset I think what makes us special.
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  Speaker 1: It's not like you're looking down on any team.
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  Speaker 2: You were very prepared for these guys.
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  Speaker 1: We know their style. We know they can make plays.
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  Speaker 1: We just, we know it's going to be a battle.
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  Speaker 1: It was a battle for most.
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  Speaker 2: Of this game. We were able to pull away.
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  Speaker 1: And so I think it's that mindset that makes this,
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  Speaker 1: that number kind of is crazy. I mean, judging by
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  Speaker 1: my play there and that fourth quarter, I wanted them
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  Speaker 1: to get in the red zone. Just so we can
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  Speaker 1: maybe get our numbers right.
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  Speaker 2: No, I didn't. I'm kidding.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, teams are going to get
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  Speaker 1: in the red zone. Like, yeah, we want to stop them.
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  Speaker 1: We want to force three nows. We want to get turnovers,
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  Speaker 1: all that stuff. But the make and the mark of
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  Speaker 1: a good defense is stopping them no matter what. You
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  Speaker 1: can put the ball down wherever, and we're going to
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  Speaker 1: play until the last snap. And defend the blade of
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  Speaker 1: grass is kind of the mindset. And so it's cool
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  Speaker 1: to have two opportunities to show that. We've been putting
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  Speaker 1: a ton of work in our red zone defense.
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  Speaker 2: We needed to. Right now we're not very.
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  Speaker 1: Good at it. And so we want to put on
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  Speaker 1: display that we're turning this thing around.
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  Speaker 2: You do stop in the red zone.
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  Speaker 1: Then your offense takes.
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  Speaker 2: The ball for the last four points.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. No, it's big time.
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  Speaker 2: Zach's runs, Drew, that QB sneak to get him out
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  Speaker 2: of the backed.
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  Speaker 1: Up, that's style right now. If you want to get
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  Speaker 1: Mike McDonald smiling, just talk about that sequence of plays.
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  Speaker 1: Fourth down stop in the red zone and offense just
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  Speaker 1: kind of imposing their will in the run game.
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  Speaker 2: That's the Seahawk way. Julian, you talk about imposing the will.
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  Speaker 1: There was a time in the third quarter when no
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  Speaker 1: one on the defense had more than three tackles. How
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  Speaker 1: does that speak to your game tackling?
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  Speaker 2: That's kind of crazy.
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  Speaker 1: That's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. No one ever thinks that way.
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  Speaker 1: We kind of move as a wave. We're kind of
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  Speaker 1: a swarmy style of defense. I think that's what makes
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  Speaker 1: us fun, and I think that's what makes offenses really
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  Speaker 1: not like playing us because we have some talented players,
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  Speaker 1: of course, but we're going to get to the ball.
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  Speaker 1: We have each other's backs. People are going to miss sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: but you're going to have two, three more Seahawks hats
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  Speaker 1: to the ball. Kind of crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate y'all. Thank you.