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Julian Neal: "I Knew This Was The Perfect Place To Showcase My Talent" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: And what was it like just that jersey holding on
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  Speaker 1: and walking out. I mean it was a dream come true.
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  Speaker 2: I was super nervous, you know, coming out, and then
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  Speaker 2: once I got out there, I just realized, like, like,
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  Speaker 2: I play football, I do this every day.
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  Speaker 1: It's my life. Do you take a suit with the
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  Speaker 1: story on the hats? And how you how you came
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  Speaker 1: to display? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: So, like I said in the video, uh you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was a certain company that they were supposed to
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  Speaker 2: send me all thirty two and uh two days two
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  Speaker 2: days before draft day, my assistant texted me and said
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  Speaker 2: that it won't be there by the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: So I was just like, what am I gonna do?
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  Speaker 1: When am I gonna do?
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  Speaker 2: So the day of the draft, well, the second day
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  Speaker 2: of the draft, I was like, all right, I got options.
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  Speaker 1: I can either get a couple or just get one.
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  Speaker 2: And I was like and I was just thinking about
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  Speaker 2: all my interviews and everything that I've been through, and
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  Speaker 2: plus my Auntie twelve years twelves fan, So I was
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  Speaker 2: just like, she's go give me a Seahawks hat. Auntie,
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  Speaker 2: just go give me a Seahawks when that's all I need.
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  Speaker 2: That's why, see, people don't realize. That's why I was
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  Speaker 2: so juiced in my video. That's why I was so
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  Speaker 2: juiced because I literally like it was just anticipation, Like
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  Speaker 2: I'm like.
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  Speaker 1: It really came true. That was a pure reaction. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was my auntie. Yeah where I don't know, she
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  Speaker 1: sh she s sh.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know because wherever she got it from, that
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  Speaker 2: had was all bent and stuff. But nah, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know where she got it from. Yeah, she's been a
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  Speaker 2: Seahawks fan twelve years counting that. She's just a Seahawks fan.
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  Speaker 2: That's just that's just what it is.
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  Speaker 1: So what was her reaction? She was juiced? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: turn you s. I mean, I don't know. It was
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  Speaker 1: just her.
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  Speaker 2: I can't explain it, brun. It was a different type
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  Speaker 2: of feeling different. And I knew that this was gonna
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  Speaker 2: be the per also a while, so just because I
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  Speaker 2: knew this was gonna be a perfect place for me
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  Speaker 2: to just showcase my talent, you know.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, I appreciate that first day out here on
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  Speaker 1: the practice field. You get to play for Nick Perry
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  Speaker 1: last year and he was on the Seahawks years ago,
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  Speaker 1: So how much carryover were you feeling already out there
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  Speaker 1: in terms of the technique and stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's and that's another thing because he called me
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  Speaker 2: right after it, because we already been talking about this
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  Speaker 2: since I got into Porol, like literally since day one.
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  Speaker 2: When I went on my visit, he told me like, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and if you come here, I know a coach on
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  Speaker 2: the Seahawks. They do all the same I do all
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  Speaker 2: the same techniques he does. I learned from him. So
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  Speaker 2: it's like coming in here and I'm on zoom withak coach.
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  Speaker 2: Especially like on my formal visit at the combine, I
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  Speaker 2: was telling him everything that they did.
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  Speaker 1: I was he was like, oh, tell me about your
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  Speaker 1: technique and stuff.
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  Speaker 2: I showed him everything that they did, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: after that, we just had so much chemistry and he
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  Speaker 2: was like okay, and I just felt the chemistry.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm like, yeah, this is perfect.
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  Speaker 2: More on the hat are like keeping that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I had gone in the safe.
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  Speaker 2: I had going in the glass safe and yeah it's
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  Speaker 2: gonna go right in the middle of my house.
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  Speaker 1: And if God's safe, it's gonna have lasers around it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just their history with corners and plus, like
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  Speaker 2: I said, I have a coach that was here, so
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  Speaker 2: I already know what they could do. I flourished under
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  Speaker 2: my coaches coaching, so I'm already knowing once I get here,
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  Speaker 2: it's probably gonna go to a next level. And like
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  Speaker 2: I said, just their history. I was just talking to
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  Speaker 2: Richard Sherman after practice. He was showing me a few things.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm just excited. Yeah, first day of mini campus
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  Speaker 2: Sherman and Richard Sherman coming up to me and telling
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  Speaker 2: me some stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, mid practice. He like, hey one, he like
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  Speaker 1: what you're looking at when you impressed? And this is
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  Speaker 1: mid rep.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like right here, he okay, all right, you feel me.
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  Speaker 2: So it's just stuff like that gets me pumped for
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  Speaker 2: this season.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have you got an you're for the hat
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  Speaker 1: thing you talk to us after the draft? How much
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  Speaker 1: attention you got for that?
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't even I try not to pay attention
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  Speaker 2: to it. But uh, I'm really just looking forward to
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  Speaker 2: this season. I'm hoping I could, you know, get out there.
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  Speaker 1: After the draft blow being drafted by a moment. Is
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  Speaker 1: that true? You?
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  Speaker 2: That's that's how Yeah, that's that's real. That's real, julian Neal,
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  Speaker 2: That's that's I told you. That's a pure reaction. You
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  Speaker 2: could and you could just imagine how I am on
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  Speaker 2: the field. It's just like I said, watch the film,
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  Speaker 2: turn on the tape, but that's old news. I'm ready
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  Speaker 2: to get a fan something new to look forward to.
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  Speaker 2: I really want to bring it for the fans and
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  Speaker 2: just for this organization and bring another Super Bowl with
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  Speaker 2: question with that energy. And what was it like getting
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  Speaker 2: to be out there with Bud Clark?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: So uh yeah, me and Bud he so we both
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  Speaker 2: trained down there in Texas, but he trained at a
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  Speaker 2: different spot, like ten minutes away from mine.
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  Speaker 1: So I used to go down there and get some
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  Speaker 1: working with dB. So our car. I alreadyknew him, met
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  Speaker 1: him at the senior.
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  Speaker 2: Ball man, I do it. He's different man, He's in
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  Speaker 2: a good way. He's just lively. He's a great teammate.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sitting right next to him at my locker and
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  Speaker 2: he's just yeah, I mean, he's a different type of guy.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited to play with him and be able to
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  Speaker 2: get him to feel with him this season.