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Rylie Mills: "I Was Itching To Get Back Out There" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Let's come on.
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  Speaker 2: How are you doing.
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  Speaker 1: How was it out there today doing It was fun.
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  Speaker 1: It was you know, first day on the job. It
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  Speaker 1: was cool.
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  Speaker 2: First impressions of Seattle, Uh, you know on the field
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  Speaker 2: at least.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean on the field, it's kind of reminds
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  Speaker 1: me of a lot of what we did in college,
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  Speaker 1: like my college coach, similar drills, So it was nice
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  Speaker 1: having that familiarity. And you know, it's been nice as
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  Speaker 1: coach Hines has You've kind of been showing me the
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  Speaker 1: ropes and showing what they do. So it was great
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  Speaker 1: to observe, and you know, I was kind of I
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  Speaker 1: was itching to get back out there.
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  Speaker 2: Talk about how a d and and Justin Hines really
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed their pre the thirty visit with you. What'd you
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  Speaker 2: guys cover in there? How'd you impress them in that
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  Speaker 2: in that visit?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I just I just try to myself. It was good.
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  Speaker 1: I just kind of went in there and you know,
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  Speaker 1: Coach Haines brought me through some of the defense, so
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  Speaker 1: you know, it was cool. He had me pull out
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  Speaker 1: the chairs and just walk through some of the calls
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  Speaker 1: with him, and I was the first time I did
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  Speaker 1: anything kind of really football related since I injury, So
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  Speaker 1: I was like kind of getting hyped up in there,
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  Speaker 1: so everyone kind of like that. And then uh yeah,
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  Speaker 1: talking to a duh coach a d was just great
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  Speaker 1: hearing his vision for me and his plan. I felt
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  Speaker 1: like we were on the same page in terms of,
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  Speaker 1: you know, my versus Hill and the things I can bring. So,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I walked away being like, this is where
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  Speaker 1: I want to be and I feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm super happy I'm here because of that similarity between
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  Speaker 1: what you did in your name and here. Is it
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  Speaker 1: that much easier to kind of see how they want
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  Speaker 1: to fit you in and what that's going to look
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  Speaker 1: like when you are able to get out there, and
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  Speaker 1: you think that puts you a little bit ahead of
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  Speaker 1: the curve on that in the front. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: you know, I was looking a coach Golden Ran an
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  Speaker 1: NFL style defense. So for me, you know a lot
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  Speaker 1: of the terms, a lot of things are doing here,
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  Speaker 1: stuff that I was able just to kind of translate over.
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  Speaker 1: So that's really helped me because here it's you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's coming really quick and there's a lot of uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, different calls and things that can happen so
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  Speaker 1: having that experience in college and be able to carry
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  Speaker 1: it over has been really helpful.
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  Speaker 2: Is there sort of a basic plan for when you
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  Speaker 2: will get on the field that you know kind of
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  Speaker 2: the steps will have to take to get to play
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  Speaker 2: in and everything?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, so you got a plan in place. I
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  Speaker 1: was actually going over today. So I feel really confident, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, on the team and the planet's in place,
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  Speaker 1: and I feel like the staff here has been, you know,
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  Speaker 1: really great with helping me feel clear on what I
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  Speaker 1: got to do. What did you like about your game
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  Speaker 1: and the way you were playing before the dreaming that? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think for me, I was just maximize my potential
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  Speaker 1: and you know I went out there and my strength
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  Speaker 1: or you know, my toughness and how I'm gonna take
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  Speaker 1: on blocks and you know, getting the quarterbacks. So I
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  Speaker 1: felt like, you know, honestly, at that Indiana game that
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  Speaker 1: was probably you know, my best work to date, and
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  Speaker 1: I felt like everything was coming together the way I
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  Speaker 1: wanted to. And you know, it's a bummer that happened,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, God has a plan and I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: follow it and I'm excited to get to work.
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  Speaker 2: Rileana, you just gotten here but man, you had an opportunity,
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  Speaker 2: you get to talk to me of the veteran defensive
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  Speaker 2: lineman like Lennon Williams or those players to disappointed exciting
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  Speaker 2: if you haven't pub excided, or you can get to
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  Speaker 2: pick their brains right now?
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  Speaker 1: What you been a really focus on the mental party. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet,
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  Speaker 1: just because I know it's there's rules with like rookie
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  Speaker 1: mini camp and stuff. I know, like Byron reached out
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  Speaker 1: to me, and you know, I'm just super excited to
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  Speaker 1: see those guys and you know they've done it at a
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  Speaker 1: high level obviously, Leonard Williams has done it, you know
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  Speaker 1: for ten plus years. So just being able to pick
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  Speaker 1: their brain and even with coach Haines, just watching his
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  Speaker 1: film and seeing what Leonard does, I mean, it's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm really looking forward to it. He's talking to
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  Speaker 1: the post draft conference call.
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  Speaker 2: Zach Allen's a guy you watch a little bit. Is
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  Speaker 2: he like a good comp for what like you'd hope
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  Speaker 2: to be or is there another player that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: a good example of the skills you want to showcase.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the things I take from Zach's game
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  Speaker 1: is that he's able to go off his power really quick,
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  Speaker 1: but he's also still strong. So I just feel like
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  Speaker 1: we have a lot of similarities, and I think he
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  Speaker 1: plays it at a high level. So that's something I
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  Speaker 1: was trying to emulate and something I was trying to
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  Speaker 1: work on. But obviously, like you know Leonard Williams, the
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  Speaker 1: way he plays the run and you know the way
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  Speaker 1: he gets after and his versatile and can play the three,
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  Speaker 1: the five, and all over the line. So yeah, those
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  Speaker 1: are kind of things I'm working into my game and
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to keep working on. Well.
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  Speaker 2: He talked about toughness of his just pot his energy
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  Speaker 2: and just that motive that won't play as part of
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  Speaker 2: your games.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you're not gonna play in the NFL
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  Speaker 1: if you don't have effort and if you don't give,
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  Speaker 1: you know, your best every day. And that's something in
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff from you know, I was in you know, college,
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  Speaker 1: and then even here it's translated. It's like you got
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  Speaker 1: to be out there given a hundred percent effort. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, that's my brand of football, and that's how
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  Speaker 1: I want to play. I want to run the ball
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  Speaker 1: and you know, I'm just excited. I was itching today
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  Speaker 1: just to get out there and seeing everybody go. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I just want to be as great as a teammate
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  Speaker 1: as I can be. But I'm really excited to get,
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  Speaker 1: you know, back to putting in the work.
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  Speaker 2: Like this draft class has talent, but also the personality.
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  Speaker 2: Have you noticed some of the personality is starting to
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  Speaker 2: come out in this in this group?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, a little bit. I know Zabel, big bush guy.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, and everyone's got their own little quirks. I
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  Speaker 1: think everyone's still meet each other. But it's been cool
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  Speaker 1: just getting to meet this class and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: really good guys. On that note, did you drive the
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  Speaker 1: RV out here or did you just class? Yeah, I'm
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  Speaker 1: flying for no on. I think the rvy's retired for
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else? Thank you, Vor,