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Sam Darnold: "We're A Very Resilient Group" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously, you know, it's a good win against a
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  Speaker 1: really good team. I think there's, you know, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of things that we could do better offensively. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we'll just got to look at the tape. We've got
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  Speaker 1: to look at ourselves in the mirror and see how
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  Speaker 1: we can get better from it.
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  Speaker 2: The way that game began with their interception and then yours,
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  Speaker 2: kind of a crazy thing.
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  Speaker 1: I guess what happened on that play for you? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you know, did a good job of getting out there,
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  Speaker 1: and I just– Told myself I was just going to
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  Speaker 1: get it to the check down if it wasn't there.
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  Speaker 1: If I felt like I couldn't really progress to the
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  Speaker 1: other side. Just tried to get it down. Right after
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  Speaker 1: I threw it, that's when I saw Tuohy kind of
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  Speaker 1: sitting there. Again, he did a great job of matching
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  Speaker 1: the back and covering it. Is it like seeing a
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  Speaker 1: player like Rashichi go back there and then get some
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  Speaker 1: good lives running back and score a win? Yeah, no,
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  Speaker 1: Rashichi wears a lot of hats for our offense. He
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  Speaker 1: obviously does great in special teams as well, so it's
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  Speaker 1: awesome to be able to see him do his thing,
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  Speaker 1: obviously running the football in some regards and obviously catching
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  Speaker 1: the rock as well.
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  Speaker 2: Is that why Emmanuel stepped up, taking that lead role?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought he did a great job, ran really hard,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like our offensive line really, you know, throughout
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  Speaker 1: the game they just kept pushing and they just kept going.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like that was kind of the theme
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  Speaker 1: of the game was like, all right, we're just going
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  Speaker 1: to continue to run the rock, play action pass, maybe
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  Speaker 1: drop back. But I feel like our offensive line did
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  Speaker 1: such a good job of just keeping their heads down,
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  Speaker 1: which they do every game. But they just kept their
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  Speaker 1: head down and they kept going throughout the game.
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  Speaker 2: Speaking of keep on going, when you slid and you
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  Speaker 2: got that hit, it looked like you took a moment
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  Speaker 2: and then you gathered yourself.
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  Speaker 1: And you went right back in the Yeah. Yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if there was a question there. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it was just a moment where I just felt like
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  Speaker 1: I slid. And, again, like sometimes when you see the
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  Speaker 1: guy coming, you can brace. And, you know, it doesn't
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  Speaker 1: necessarily hurt as bad. But for whatever reason, I couldn't
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  Speaker 1: see him. Obviously, he was behind me. And so when
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  Speaker 1: I slid, I thought the play was over, obviously. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, he– It felt like all of his body
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  Speaker 1: weight was on my head and neck, and so I
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  Speaker 1: guess that was more so the reason why it was painful.
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  Speaker 1: But when I realized I could move my neck around
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  Speaker 1: and throw, I was good. Are you still feeling that,
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  Speaker 1: or are you okay with that? Yeah, I'll be all right.
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  Speaker 1: I'll be good.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen it so many times over the last couple
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  Speaker 2: of years where you guys will lose a starter and
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  Speaker 2: someone will come in and replace it. Emmanuel Wilson did
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  Speaker 2: that today. Why do you feel like you guys are
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  Speaker 2: able to do that?
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  Speaker 1: That's what we're looking for. Yeah, I feel like that's
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  Speaker 1: just kind of how we are. We're a very resilient group. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: that's top to bottom, like our entire team. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we saw it with Leo as well. Like, Leo went
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  Speaker 1: down for a little bit, and, you know, whoever it
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  Speaker 1: was was able to go out there and play good football.
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  Speaker 1: So it's always kind of that next man up mentality.
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  Speaker 1: It's a cliche, but that's how we live. Those are
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  Speaker 1: the words that we live by. You know, it's... Everybody
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  Speaker 1: has a chance to go out there and play when
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  Speaker 1: they're suited up on Sunday, and you just never know
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  Speaker 1: when your number's going to be called. Again, Emmanuel did
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  Speaker 1: a great job of just stepping in and doing his
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  Speaker 1: job today.
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  Speaker 2: The touchdown to Torrey looked like that was almost perfectly
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  Speaker 2: designed and everything. Obviously, that's just going to Torrey there,
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  Speaker 2: or is there somewhere else they could go?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's like a run tag. If it's there, I
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  Speaker 1: can take it.
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  Speaker 2: For veterans in the locker room, how do you fix
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  Speaker 2: penalties besides just talking about it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's a– first of all, I think
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  Speaker 1: you just got to continue to play football, right? It's
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  Speaker 1: one of those things like you don't want penalties. There
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  Speaker 1: were a lot of penalties called on both sides today,
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  Speaker 1: but you obviously don't want penalties. But, you know, as
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  Speaker 1: we continue to play these games and, you know, continue
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  Speaker 1: to get this season going, I feel like our guys
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  Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball, special teams too, like
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  Speaker 1: we'll continue to get better with, you know, technique and not–
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  Speaker 1: you know, using our hands and our feet the right way,
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  Speaker 1: the way that we're supposed to.
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  Speaker 2: When a crew is, I don't want to say flag happy,
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  Speaker 2: but when a crew is throwing that many flags, does
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  Speaker 2: that penalty, is that something that can impact as a
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  Speaker 2: game goes on, the way that you guys maybe adjust
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  Speaker 2: your getting played a little bit?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it just affects the down and distance. That's
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  Speaker 1: really the only thing. And for us, especially for me
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  Speaker 1: as a quarterback, I can't worry about stuff that's going
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  Speaker 1: on like that. If it's a holding, I just got
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  Speaker 1: to play the first and 20 as it is. I
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  Speaker 1: can't be worried about what they're calling or what's going
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  Speaker 1: on out there. It definitely doesn't help the flow of
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  Speaker 1: the game. But at that point, it kind of is
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  Speaker 1: what it is. And for me as a quarterback, I
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  Speaker 1: just got to continue to focus on the next play.
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  Speaker 2: That was good.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate it.