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Geno Smith: "We Present So Many Matchup Problems For Defenses" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Do you know, if you're looking at the film and
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  Speaker 1: evaluate reevaluating the game, which where you decided to count
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  Speaker 1: out your film.
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  Speaker 2: You know, obviously we didn't win the game.
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  Speaker 3: I think that was That's really all that really matters.
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  Speaker 3: I thought, Uh, we had many opportunities, uh obviously to
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  Speaker 3: uh get that done and didn't get it done. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: which is unfortunate. You know, really would have liked to,
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  Speaker 3: you know, win that game. I felt like we were
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  Speaker 3: right there. But uh, overall, you know, just something to
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  Speaker 3: learn from, you know, uh, a lot of good things
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  Speaker 3: on tape and a lot of things we wish we.
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  Speaker 2: Had back, and so, uh, just some things to learn from.
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  Speaker 1: Did you did you said, say, any real feet to
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  Speaker 1: the brintone issues that are kind of looking at the
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  Speaker 1: the tape.
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  Speaker 2: Not really.
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  Speaker 3: I would say, Uh, it was probably a bunch of
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  Speaker 3: different things that.
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  Speaker 2: Happened, and uh, whatever it is, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, we gotta make sure that we correct it, and uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, usually we don't, we don't have those mistakes.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, for for whatever reason, it happened. So
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  Speaker 3: I think it was just another good opportunity for us
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  Speaker 3: to learn from some things. And uh, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: I looked forward like I said after the game, and
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  Speaker 3: I look forward to the next opportunity.
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  Speaker 4: Do you know when you when you think of how
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  Speaker 4: efficient you've been out side of third guns in the
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  Speaker 4: rent zone, like knowing if you guys can just get
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  Speaker 4: a little bit more out of those areas, the offense.
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  Speaker 2: Might take off.
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  Speaker 4: What do you kind of see is how that fits together?
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  Speaker 4: And how encouraging would that be if you cast cancel that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, would be very encouraging.
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  Speaker 3: But as we all know, it's about execution and it's
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  Speaker 3: about what you do. So we haven't you know, been
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  Speaker 3: our best on third down or in the red zone.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel like, you know, that's something we've talked about,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you guys and I have talked about.
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  Speaker 3: Every single week that I've been up here, is just
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  Speaker 3: how to correct those issues. And so you know, that's
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  Speaker 3: something that we all collectively can do a better job at.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, like I always say, it starts with me.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm gonna, I'm gonna gonna, you know, figure out
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  Speaker 3: ways to be better in those situations. And I know
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  Speaker 3: we'll have more of those situations, uh, you know, in
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  Speaker 3: the in the next coming games, and so it'll be
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  Speaker 3: a great chance for us to to correct those and
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  Speaker 3: write those zones.
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  Speaker 4: There's been a few times after losses, include on Sunday,
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  Speaker 4: where you've gone out of your way.
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  Speaker 2: That's put it on me, and this is on me.
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  Speaker 1: Why is that so far to you to that level
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  Speaker 1: of accountability.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Uh, well, I think I'm just being honest.
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  Speaker 3: To be honest, you know, when I'm when I'm when
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  Speaker 3: I'm up there speaking or when I'm always talking to
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  Speaker 3: you guys, I'm really being honest about how I feel
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  Speaker 3: about the game. And uh, you know, anytime you get
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  Speaker 3: the ball in your hands in the fourth quarter, uh
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  Speaker 3: two minute drive, or you know, with the chance to
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  Speaker 3: go and.
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  Speaker 2: Take the league, which we did, we had that opportunity.
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  Speaker 3: Those are the moments I live for and I look
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  Speaker 3: forward to those opportunities. And uh, I feel like when
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  Speaker 3: the ball is in my hand, when the ball is
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  Speaker 3: in the offensive hands and we have a chance to
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  Speaker 3: go take the game, that's what we need to do,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that's what we need to do. And so
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  Speaker 3: when it doesn't happen, I always look at myself and say, what.
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  Speaker 2: Do I need to do better?
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  Speaker 3: And you know, as one of the leaders on this team,
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  Speaker 3: it's always gonna be on me. And never anyone else.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I'm gonna always put it on my shoulders.
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  Speaker 3: And uh, it's not a specific reason why I do it,
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  Speaker 3: it's just me being honest. What do you think that
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  Speaker 3: the message to the rest of the team, that's what
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  Speaker 3: you do, hopefully accountability. You know, like I said, I'm
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  Speaker 3: always trying to find ways to get better and improve.
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  Speaker 3: I felt like, uh, you know this this last weekend. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: this game wasn't my best game. I felt like I
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  Speaker 3: could have done a lot of things better. And uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I'm not gonna back down from that. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I'm a human being, not perfect, make a lot of mistakes,
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  Speaker 3: but I'm working on correcting those, and so I'm never
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  Speaker 3: gonna back down from those challenges. And uh and in fact,
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  Speaker 3: I look forward to the next opportunity to go out
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  Speaker 3: there and kind of correct some of those things.
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  Speaker 5: That position in particular, would you say accountability might be
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  Speaker 5: the most of the poor pattribute?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I think in just in life.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's just the way I view life overall,
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  Speaker 3: not just in sports, but you know, overall in life.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's it's great to.
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  Speaker 3: Be accountable, and uh, I think it it'll it'll help
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  Speaker 3: everybody out just being more accountable.
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  Speaker 1: I guess I have to believer these points. But there
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  Speaker 1: was a play with about five minutes ago where it
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  Speaker 1: looked like Jackson was maybe got open down the though
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  Speaker 1: I got a lot of thet kind of when you
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  Speaker 1: look at that and you feel like you should have
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  Speaker 1: gotten that to him or yeah, no, he.
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  Speaker 3: For sure it was open and should have gotten the ball,
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  Speaker 3: and that would have given us a lead. And like
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  Speaker 3: I said, that was one of the mistakes that I
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  Speaker 3: made in the game, which was you know a few
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  Speaker 3: of them, which was a few too many, uh, that
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  Speaker 3: I made in the game that uh could have helped
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  Speaker 3: us win that game. And so that again that's why,
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  Speaker 3: when being honest, I say, you know, I put that
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  Speaker 3: right on me because everyone else did their job and
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  Speaker 3: I just failed to do mine.
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  Speaker 4: With Jackson, it seems like that was his most productive
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  Speaker 4: game at the very least. W how have you seen
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  Speaker 4: him kind of take strikes forward each week? I mean
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  Speaker 4: he's gotten away from the risk injury now too. How
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  Speaker 4: much you seeing that kind of change of you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, I've I've always said it, man, I thought Jackson,
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  Speaker 3: uh the way that you know, even after he got
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  Speaker 3: the injury, and just you know, kept rolling through it.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you s you saw his toughness, and I
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  Speaker 3: think as the week's come along. He's a rookie and
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  Speaker 3: he's got a you know, everyone's got high expectations. We've
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  Speaker 3: all got high expectations for him. He's got high expectations
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  Speaker 3: for itself. And so with the games Man, it's just
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  Speaker 3: it's a process. And so I was always speaking about
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  Speaker 3: that process, and I felt like Jackson was doing all
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  Speaker 3: the right things, and uh, you know, you can see
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  Speaker 3: where he's coming along and where he's starting to fit
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  Speaker 3: in into this offense, and his role is gonna, you know,
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  Speaker 3: continue to grow and uh, you know, I think it's
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  Speaker 3: a tremendous player and he's just gonna continue to get better.
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  Speaker 2: Uh over time.
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  Speaker 3: When you defense, some of the numbers are to seeing
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  Speaker 3: what do you know to be true about that unit? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: anytime you know you have a defensive head coach, UH,
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  Speaker 3: defensive mind, a tough minded head coach uh and coach Gannon,
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  Speaker 3: you're gonna have tough dudes out there on the field.
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  Speaker 3: And so they've got a bunch of guys who are
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  Speaker 3: out there flying around. They're playing extremely hard. When you
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  Speaker 3: watch the film. You know, their record, uh doesn't dictate
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  Speaker 3: their effort. They're out there giving it all their got
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  Speaker 3: they got and they're flying around, and so they're gonna,
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  Speaker 3: you know, be another tough challenge for us.
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  Speaker 2: Man, it's the league.
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  Speaker 3: Every team's gonna you know, have some some some good
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  Speaker 3: things about them and some things that we can exploit.
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  Speaker 3: And so the key is to manage those things and
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  Speaker 3: to make the plays when they come.
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  Speaker 1: Even if the result wasn't what you guys wanted to see,
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  Speaker 1: the defense do it. It did this past game and really
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  Speaker 1: the previous couple of games.
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  Speaker 2: Just how much is that?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I was so I was so excited for
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  Speaker 3: those guys. You can see where things are, you know,
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  Speaker 3: kind of coming together for the defense, and they're exactly
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  Speaker 3: where we thought they'd be all along. They got so
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  Speaker 3: many great players, such great leadership on that side, great coaches, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just overall a bunch of talent and guys
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  Speaker 3: who have passion and who love the game. And so
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  Speaker 3: you can see where I mean they're album. We saw
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  Speaker 3: it in camp, you know, we sol it all camp.
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  Speaker 3: How they just presented so many matchups, matchup problems, and
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  Speaker 3: so I'm.
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  Speaker 2: Just excited for those guys.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate having a defense like that because it makes
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  Speaker 3: our job on offense that much easier.
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  Speaker 1: Jake got the ball Bobbo a couple of times too,
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  Speaker 1: when you get him and Jackson kind of both consistently
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  Speaker 1: getting involved in a little bit more.
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  Speaker 3: How much can back off your guys off, man, I
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  Speaker 3: think the more efficient we are, the more we uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the more I can put the ball into
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  Speaker 3: the hands of the playmakers, which we got a bunch
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  Speaker 3: of those guys, and Jake, Jake and Jackson are two
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  Speaker 3: of the guys that we count on. I think the
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  Speaker 3: better our offense continues to be. Also, you know, with
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  Speaker 3: DK and Tyler and just all running backs and our
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  Speaker 3: tight ends, we present so many matchup, matchup problems for defenses,
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  Speaker 3: and so we just want to get the ball into
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  Speaker 3: the hands of the right guy and allow.
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  Speaker 2: That guy to make plays.
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  Speaker 3: And we got so many guys that can do it,
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  Speaker 3: so it's really not about one or two particular guys,
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  Speaker 3: really just making the right read and letting them do
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  Speaker 3: their thing.
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  Speaker 2: Or believe Sunday is National tight Ends Day?
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  Speaker 3: Why do you think tight ends or holiday? Uh, they're special, man,
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  Speaker 3: They're special, you know. They're the I always talk about,
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  Speaker 3: they're the glue guys on this offense, and uh, I
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  Speaker 3: think they deserve their own holiday just for all the
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  Speaker 3: dirty work they put in. You know, they gotta be
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  Speaker 3: past blockers, run blockers. You know, sometimes get overshadowed in
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  Speaker 3: the passing game. But as you can see when Noah,
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  Speaker 3: you know, Todd wrote that sideline. You know, they can
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  Speaker 3: make special plays too, and so we see that all
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  Speaker 3: year and uh, you know it'll be it'll be a
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  Speaker 3: great day on Sunday because of that.
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  Speaker 1: You tweeted after the game, We're gonna be alright when
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  Speaker 1: you speaking about yourself for the team.
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  Speaker 2: Or what what was your message you're trying to.
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  Speaker 3: Get out, Yeah, myself, the team, uh, everything in general.
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  Speaker 3: I think you know, after that game and a lot
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  Speaker 3: of emotions, and uh me as one of the leaders,
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  Speaker 3: one of the more passionate guys, I feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I I didn't want to get caught up in my emotions,
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  Speaker 3: and so I just understand that there's a bigger picture
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  Speaker 3: to it. We got a lot of games to play. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, I made some mistakes. That wouldn't be
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  Speaker 3: the first time I made a mistake in my life, right,
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  Speaker 3: But you know, I made some mistakes that I wish
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  Speaker 3: I could have back, and just knowing that there's a
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  Speaker 3: bigger picture and uh, you know, we we will be fine.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we'll be okay.
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  Speaker 4: Mentioned though, the matchups you guys present on offense with
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  Speaker 4: all the weapons, how why do you think those matchups
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  Speaker 4: aren't translating to production on third down, hand in the
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  Speaker 4: red zone.
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  Speaker 2: Uh?
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  Speaker 3: Just for whatever reason, the execution hasn't been there. And
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  Speaker 3: so you know, I think again it comes down to
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  Speaker 3: what we do on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: It it comes down to me putting the ball into
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  Speaker 3: the hands of the playmakers and getting the ball uh
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  Speaker 3: to them in rhythm so that they can make plays.
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  Speaker 3: So I think it just comes down to that overall execution. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: just in those moments, those specific moments, the third downs,
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  Speaker 3: the red zone, I feel.
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  Speaker 2: Like we can be a lot better.
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  Speaker 3: And so overall, I just got to do a better
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  Speaker 3: job of getting the ball off fast, being accurate, and
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  Speaker 3: allowing the guys to make plays in space.
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  Speaker 5: This accountability, you know, and in professional sports, it's always
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  Speaker 5: something there's a reason for this or a reason for that,
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  Speaker 5: And a lot of guys who deflect and say this,
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  Speaker 5: and that.
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  Speaker 2: Was to the New York experience. Part of you owning
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  Speaker 2: up and being as accountable as you are.
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  Speaker 5: You say, it's what's how you approach your life as well,
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  Speaker 5: but as your career arc contributed to how you.
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  Speaker 2: Refect your school.
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  Speaker 3: Great question, but I'll say no, I've just always been
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  Speaker 3: that way. I'm a perfectionist at heart, and so I've
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  Speaker 3: always been that way. You know, I don't I don't
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  Speaker 3: see it as anything hard or anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: It's not. It's not tough to be accountable.
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  Speaker 3: I just think that's who I am, this house raised,
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  Speaker 3: and so you know, in my upbringing, in my household,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you had to be accountable.
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  Speaker 2: So I just kind of took it to life, all right.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you,