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Shane Waldron: "It's A Great Challenge For Us" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good afternoon, has everyone doing right?
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  Speaker 2: Good start out, pretty challenging defense obviously the second week in.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we can with weekend week out in the league
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  Speaker 3: with great defenses everywhere. You know, this is a defense
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  Speaker 3: that you know, with the the starts really with the
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  Speaker 3: two inside linebackers, uh, you know, playing at such a
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  Speaker 3: high level and the elite level directing the defense. And
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  Speaker 3: they got a great defensive front where they mix and
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  Speaker 3: match a lot of different people in and you know,
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  Speaker 3: they're leading the league in sacks and it's they've got
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  Speaker 3: just a good well balanced uh you know, amount of
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  Speaker 3: guys that have three four sacks and so they've done
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  Speaker 3: a good job of just down in, down out, getting
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  Speaker 3: guys free. Uh, you know, starting with that rush plan,
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  Speaker 3: but playing great as a front seven, and then the
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  Speaker 3: back ends tied into the rush plan really well. So
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  Speaker 3: we got a it's a great challenge for us. We're
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  Speaker 3: ready for it and see where it goes.
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  Speaker 2: The run pass ratio on Sunday was I just sort
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  Speaker 2: of a matter of the way the game went or
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  Speaker 2: what do you did? You want to try to eat
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  Speaker 2: that out a little bit more, and this was.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of yeah, you know, in terms of being balanced
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  Speaker 3: to us for that game especially, it really comes back to,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the issue on third down that we after
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  Speaker 3: the first couple where we were successful, then we had
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  Speaker 3: some some three and outs mixed in there, So then
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  Speaker 3: the run pass balance will get a little off with
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  Speaker 3: the two minute drive at the end of the half
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  Speaker 3: and a two minute drive to close out the game.
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  Speaker 3: So it's always going to be our goal to be
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  Speaker 3: efficient in those situational calls in those situational football, especially
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  Speaker 3: on third down, which will lead us to having that
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  Speaker 3: better balance, get a chance to have more more carries
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  Speaker 3: in the run game, get a chance to get some
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  Speaker 3: more mixing and matching on those first and second down plays,
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  Speaker 3: you know, which we got a little bit away from
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  Speaker 3: after that that first quarter in that game. Yeah, I think,
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  Speaker 3: you know, really it's it's like everything all eleven guys
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  Speaker 3: doing an excellent job of execution in certain areas. You know,
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  Speaker 3: certainly the first third down of the game this past
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  Speaker 3: week where Tyler runs a great route, Gino's on time,
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  Speaker 3: and the line blocking. So I think every week, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just keep reemphasizing third down, keep playing in a great rhythm,
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  Speaker 3: trying to stay out of as many third and long
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  Speaker 3: yard situation as we can, which we knew Cleveland had
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  Speaker 3: done a great job of getting teams into those third
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  Speaker 3: and long second and longs throughout the first.
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  Speaker 1: Group of games of the season.
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  Speaker 3: So every week, you know that's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: point of emphasis, and you know, trying to balance that
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  Speaker 3: and being aggressive as well on first and second down
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  Speaker 3: is is something we're always mindful of.
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  Speaker 1: Exactly.
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  Speaker 3: You know what, I can't wait, you know, one day
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  Speaker 3: in in the way distant future there when when Tyler
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  Speaker 3: hangs them up, I hope they have either a bunch
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  Speaker 3: of footprints in that left corner of a loom and
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  Speaker 3: field to represent all the amazing plays that he's made
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  Speaker 3: in that in that same spot over and over again. So,
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  Speaker 3: uh yeah, Gino made a great job, you know, did
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  Speaker 3: a great job stepping through. And then you know Tyler
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  Speaker 3: always open donning games. Yeah, I think, you know, for
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  Speaker 3: him and for our offense in general. When the running
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  Speaker 3: game's going, you feel like you can get the the
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  Speaker 3: defense to have to really honor the run or the
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  Speaker 3: pass every single down. I think it obviously alleviates, uh,
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  Speaker 3: the past game a little bit in terms of the
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  Speaker 3: second level of the coverage. Isn't going to be as
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  Speaker 3: impactful on some of the play actions. So whenever we
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  Speaker 3: can run the ball efficiently, we know that's going to
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  Speaker 3: tie into the rest of our offense and especially help
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  Speaker 3: Gino in the throwing game.
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  Speaker 2: Baltimore is really going to taking away down the fields, especially.
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  Speaker 1: A video of China.
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  Speaker 2: But I want to hide a value of helping.
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  Speaker 1: Up with you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you know, whether it's our group of
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  Speaker 3: receivers or our tight ends running backs, we feel like
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  Speaker 3: we do have a good balance of players that can
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  Speaker 3: all come alive down the field, uh, with different opportunities.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, like you said, Baltimore does a great
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  Speaker 3: job of really preventing the deep shots.
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  Speaker 1: Their safeties do a great job.
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  Speaker 3: I know Geno stilling with the five interceptions there, and
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  Speaker 3: you know down in, down out, those dbs are doing
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  Speaker 3: a great job with ball disruption way down the field.
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  Speaker 3: So they make a heart on you, especially with the
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  Speaker 3: rush plan like we mentioned before. But feel confident in
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  Speaker 3: our receiver's ability and when the time allows, or you know,
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  Speaker 3: when the look allows, you know, trust in Geno to
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  Speaker 3: to put the ball down the field and and give
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  Speaker 3: us some opportunities for those explosive plays to go way back.
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  Speaker 1: He teaches that position.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, No, I think Andy does a great just
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  Speaker 3: as a teacher in general, because I think that's so
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  Speaker 3: much about this game, and especially with the old line play,
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  Speaker 3: where you know, the offensive line has so much time
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  Speaker 3: of individual time, whether it's certain special teams, whether it's
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  Speaker 3: you know during some of the past game stuff we're
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  Speaker 3: doing in seven on seven uh and and he has
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  Speaker 3: a unique ability to keep teaching, you know, constantly for
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  Speaker 3: the two hours, two and a half hours, whatever the
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  Speaker 3: link to practice is.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's NonStop.
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  Speaker 3: And I think you know, his ability to teach you know,
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  Speaker 3: the starters all the way through the practice squad guys
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  Speaker 3: the same way. You know, everyone's getting different information and
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  Speaker 3: everyone can can take a little bit of information from
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  Speaker 3: a tip maybe to another player that they can use
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  Speaker 3: for their game. So Andy's done a great job with
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  Speaker 3: that and being a teacher, and being a teacher first
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  Speaker 3: at that position, I think is paramount.
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  Speaker 1: How did Jason Peters experience show up with you?
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  Speaker 3: I thought, you know, first, his leadership was awesome. You know,
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  Speaker 3: between Jason and Tyler Lockett in the game, I thought
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  Speaker 3: both those guys stepped up as leaders. You know, when
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  Speaker 3: we hit a little bit of a lull, and and uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I think that was something that enabled us,
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  Speaker 3: especially with Jason, and that that last drive right there
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  Speaker 3: where he's got that confidence that that or about himself
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  Speaker 3: where you know, he's been in all these situations. It's
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  Speaker 3: good calming presence, but also, you know, a good motivational
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  Speaker 3: presence for everybody around him. And I think, you know,
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  Speaker 3: one of the great things of any leader is making
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  Speaker 3: yourself and everyone around you better, and that's something that
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  Speaker 3: Jason's able to do through his leadership ability.
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  Speaker 1: Not just through his play. Hope.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, you know, I think every situation is
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  Speaker 3: totally different, right and uh, you know, certain certain guys
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  Speaker 3: you know, you want to you know, you don't want
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  Speaker 3: to rotate guys through. But we've now, you know, fortunately
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  Speaker 3: or unfortunately, through all the injuries that we've had to
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  Speaker 3: withstand this these first several weeks. You know, we have
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  Speaker 3: a lot of confidence in all these guys playing down
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  Speaker 3: in and down out and their communication because they've had
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  Speaker 3: to play with a couple of different combinations of guys
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  Speaker 3: next to him, you know, whether it's Stone or whether
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  Speaker 3: it's Jason, whether it Jake in there, all these different
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  Speaker 3: guys that have been able to practice with each other
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  Speaker 3: throughout the course of weeks and and feel good about
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  Speaker 3: in the game, you know, different than a situation where
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  Speaker 3: maybe a guy's going in that hadn't played next to
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  Speaker 3: the guard that's next to him, or hadn't played, you know,
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  Speaker 3: in a certain combination. So it's a little unique for
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  Speaker 3: us this year and feel totally confident than any of
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  Speaker 3: those things can can still take place and still allow
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  Speaker 3: us to execute at a high level in terms of
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  Speaker 3: rotating throughout the game.
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  Speaker 2: He kind of, I guess, how can that kind of
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  Speaker 2: work out with him maybe getting a few more with
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  Speaker 2: what you've already had kind of with those top more guys.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think you know, D's done a
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  Speaker 3: great job of being back in the mix now and
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  Speaker 3: and you know, flying around out here today, especially at
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  Speaker 3: a great day of practice today, And I think the
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  Speaker 3: more he keeps stacking up practice reps when he's around us,
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  Speaker 3: the more he'll be able to be impactful with more
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  Speaker 3: reps in the course of the games. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: starting point obviously is on special teams, and then you know,
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  Speaker 3: some of those reps bleed into the offense and and
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  Speaker 3: as different guys have been playing at a high level already,
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  Speaker 3: so still have to have that combination of of of
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  Speaker 3: getting back into the flow but also keeping the guys
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  Speaker 3: going that have been playing.
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  Speaker 1: At a high level as well. Igure it up. Oh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, hey, I'll say this with Jake.
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  Speaker 3: It's just one of those things just knowing that his
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  Speaker 3: football sense, his awareness there just felt great about however
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  Speaker 3: this is going to play out, and felt great that
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  Speaker 3: they were going to really extend the edge right there
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  Speaker 3: and he was going to find a way to get
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  Speaker 3: in the end zone right there.
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  Speaker 1: What's his best skill when the play breaks down?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he has a great spatial awareness and
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  Speaker 3: sense an urgency to get to the right spot, you know,
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  Speaker 3: in the flow of the quarterback scramble. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: once he's you know, set his angle or set his
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  Speaker 3: decision into motion right there, his ball tracking skills really
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  Speaker 3: take over.
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  Speaker 1: And he has that sense like.
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  Speaker 3: You know, can kind of figure out ways to get
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  Speaker 3: open and then from there figure out ways to track
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  Speaker 3: the angle of the football into a pocket of the defense.
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  Speaker 3: That's that's a void that you know, maybe not everybody
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  Speaker 3: seeing that the same way. And the other part of
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  Speaker 3: it too, is he seems to always have that inate
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  Speaker 3: ability to find that same window that the court that's
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  Speaker 3: through the quarterbacks. Quarterbacks lens right there as well.
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  Speaker 2: You tried to corral and at least give him a
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  Speaker 2: sign of escape route, so to speak.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, is that an area thing? I know my secretspit?
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  Speaker 1: Is that a yeahite this way? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I think all the good receivers have that understanding of
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  Speaker 3: if the play goes out of rhythm, goes off schedule here,
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  Speaker 3: you know, what are the routes around me? And then
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  Speaker 3: what is my scramble plan based on what the play
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  Speaker 3: is around me? And I think, you know, he does
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  Speaker 3: it as good as anybody in the world of understanding
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  Speaker 3: that and then being able to bring it to life.
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  Speaker 2: Russell and kind of similar is it? Is it kind
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  Speaker 2: of all the same with Russell and and g you
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  Speaker 2: know in terms of when the plays breakdown.
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  Speaker 1: Or Yeah, I think that, you know, they both both
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks have done a great job. You know.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, Russell for for years and years was unbelievable in
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  Speaker 3: those off schedule situations, and I think that obviously built
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  Speaker 3: part of Tyler's repertoire and understanding and and being on
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  Speaker 3: the same page. Same with DK and then I think
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  Speaker 3: Geno has done a great job of you know, learning
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  Speaker 3: from that, you know, starting to feel those voids, and
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  Speaker 3: so then when he was able to take over as
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  Speaker 3: the starter, you know, those some of those similar things
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  Speaker 3: have come to life, you know, whether it's with the
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  Speaker 3: tight ends or with the receivers, but having that understanding
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  Speaker 3: and that sense of.
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  Speaker 1: Where the where the ball should go when the play
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  Speaker 1: breaks down.
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  Speaker 2: That's caused the higher success rate at the screen game.
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  Speaker 3: And I think practice, practice, practice, you know, something that
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  Speaker 3: that we have, you know, tried to get better at,
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  Speaker 3: try to add to it as an area of our
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  Speaker 3: offense hasn't always come to life the way we've hoped,
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  Speaker 3: but you know, players bring the place to life. And
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  Speaker 3: Jackson did a great job this past week, you know,
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  Speaker 3: gaining I think he gained nineteen on a perimeter screen there.
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  Speaker 3: And so each week something that we'll keep looking at
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  Speaker 3: and keep practicing, trying to get better and better at.
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  Speaker 1: Jackson. Yeah, I think his ability to catch the.
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  Speaker 3: Ball staying grounded and instantly transition, you know, and then
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  Speaker 3: once he gets into traffic, you know, he has a
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  Speaker 3: good feel of where to weave, how to set blocks.
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  Speaker 3: So just like he does as a route runner there.
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  Speaker 3: I think that ability to play ground and play with
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  Speaker 3: that lateral quickness allows him to also excel in the screen.
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  Speaker 1: Game's got to be thought of him.
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  Speaker 3: The games playing as far, I think he's done a
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  Speaker 3: great job so far. You know, I think there's obviously
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  Speaker 3: the big thing with him. The thing we work at
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  Speaker 3: every week with all of our players is trying to
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  Speaker 3: limit the turnovers because we know some of those things
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  Speaker 3: make make the games either closer than they need to
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  Speaker 3: be or you know, keep the other team in the
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  Speaker 3: game longer than they should be. And if we can
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  Speaker 3: do a good job of taking care of the ball,
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  Speaker 3: I think that's the next step that we need to
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  Speaker 3: take as an offense, you know, Geno, but also anyone
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  Speaker 3: that's you know, part of possessing the ball, whether it's
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  Speaker 3: the running backs, receivers, tight ends, you know, everyone having
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  Speaker 3: that that conscience every day of taking care of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, our defense is playing at a high level,
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  Speaker 3: our special teams are playing at a high level. So
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  Speaker 3: as we keep to progress on offense, look for that consistency,
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  Speaker 3: you know, taking care of the ball first and foremost,
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  Speaker 3: and then going from there.
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  Speaker 2: Someone who had a game playing against.
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  Speaker 1: Oh Man. He has a lot of great traits.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm glad, well, it would have been nice
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  Speaker 3: if we had him before we had to play against
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  Speaker 3: him in New York this year, but no, his his
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  Speaker 3: ability to transition from speed to power, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: as an inside player, but also work edges. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he has a lot of complimentary moves, works well, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, I can't wait to see the you know,
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  Speaker 3: I don't get a lot to watch a lot of
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  Speaker 3: those guys on on game day as we're usually talking
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  Speaker 3: offense on the sideline there, But I can't wait to
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  Speaker 3: come in on the Monday there and see the highlights
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  Speaker 3: of those guys all working together and how he mixes
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  Speaker 3: in with a bunch of other you know, great defensive
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  Speaker 3: linemen that we have.
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  Speaker 1: All right, thank you, thank you,