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Geno Smith: "The Crowd Was Electric All Day" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How you're going after that one, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, I feel like obviously a great win,
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  Speaker 2: you know, great to get our you know, first win
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  Speaker 2: of the season in front of our home crowd. I
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  Speaker 2: thought the crowd was just electric all day. Uh, they
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  Speaker 2: were rocking.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't start out great, Uh not not the way we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to start a football game. Was very ugly, But
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  Speaker 2: I thought we stayed poised throughout. You know, I was
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  Speaker 2: really proud of the guys and how the communication was
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  Speaker 2: on the sideline.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, everyone was, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, picking each other up, and you know, no one
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  Speaker 2: was really getting down on themselves. And then obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the defense played a tremendous game, kept us in it
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  Speaker 2: all game. We found our rhythm and then we you know,
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  Speaker 2: found a way.
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  Speaker 1: What do you attribute the ugly start?
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  Speaker 2: Shoot man, Uh, interception on the first drog can't have that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's the worst way to start a game.
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  Speaker 2: With a turnover, you know, giving them possession after they
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  Speaker 2: you know obviously deferred the kickoff, and then you know,
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  Speaker 2: just having penalties and you know, too many self inflicted wounds. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: too many setbacks that didn't allow us to go out
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  Speaker 2: there and execute. And so you know, those are things
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  Speaker 2: that we got to clean up and get better at,
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  Speaker 2: and I suspect we will.
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  Speaker 1: Was there, think of the adjustments that Coach Grubb made
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  Speaker 1: going into the second half, especially if the run game
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  Speaker 1: to help you guys out taken a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: pressure off the passing games.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought Grub did a tremendous job at uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, b staying discipline and staying with the run game.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, when you start out the way that we started out,
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  Speaker 2: you know that first quarter and then that first half,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you know a lot of coordinators would you know,
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  Speaker 2: say hey, let's just pass it, and uh, you know
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  Speaker 2: I thought, you know, Grub trusted our old line. I
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  Speaker 2: thought the old line did a great job, uh settling
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  Speaker 2: down and then really.
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  Speaker 1: Took over the game.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, you know, Knin ken Walker was a beast today.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he really set the tone for us. And
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  Speaker 2: then Zach got in there, he did his thing, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, once the run game opened up, it allowed
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  Speaker 2: us to then you know, get into some of our
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  Speaker 2: tempo stuff and then started to pass the ball, and
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  Speaker 2: then you hit started to see our offense really come alive.
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  Speaker 1: What was the.
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  Speaker 2: Grubs in the year, like between players between the series,
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  Speaker 2: that the same as always, you know that. Uh that's
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  Speaker 2: what I love about him. He's the same guy every day,
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  Speaker 2: no matter the situation. Uh, no matter what's going on. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's got that same same uh calming tone and calm demeanor.
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  Speaker 1: And uh that's something we love about him.
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  Speaker 2: And you know it really it erupts off on all
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  Speaker 2: the coaches and then you know, down to the players
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  Speaker 2: and uh that's I think that's a big part of
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  Speaker 2: why we, you know, were able to find our groove
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  Speaker 2: later in the second half. I have your touchdown a
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  Speaker 2: round where you looking to go down and just gone
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  Speaker 2: hurt showed themselves and just kept running. Uh. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I kind of saw the guy in my m in
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  Speaker 2: my uh you know, perif in my le on my
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  Speaker 2: left side, so I gave him a little move and
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  Speaker 2: then you know, felt the corner coming from the right.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. You thought about kind of hurtling them, and then I.
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  Speaker 2: Second guest, I was like, nah, I ain't to move,
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  Speaker 2: so that I just kind of just got in there.
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  Speaker 2: Uh got the touchdown, and and that was that was
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  Speaker 2: good to give us a spark.
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  Speaker 1: You always tell us he could bruhn you don't do
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  Speaker 1: it a while, but it.
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  Speaker 2: Was that idea over Yeah. Uh, you know, I felt
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  Speaker 2: like a shooting. I was running like the wind out there.
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  Speaker 2: I felt like I you know, I've been saying I've
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  Speaker 2: been getting faster, and I it really, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: felt like it out there on the field today.
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  Speaker 1: So that was cool.
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  Speaker 2: How was you describing the level of trust you have
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  Speaker 2: a Tyler when, especially when you know he's gonna get
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  Speaker 2: one on one covers.
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  Speaker 1: Man, Tyler Lockett?
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  Speaker 2: Uh again, Man, one of my best friends and one
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  Speaker 2: of the best players in this game.
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  Speaker 1: Man, he's uh so close much.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just think about all the catches he's made
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  Speaker 2: in club situations.
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  Speaker 1: I mean time and time again, week after week.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's a guy who's who's going to show up
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, I was talking to Grub about
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  Speaker 2: that this week. I was like, Man, wait to see
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  Speaker 2: Lockett on game day. It's a completely different player. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's out there like getting in fights with d Lineman
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just doing all those type of things,
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  Speaker 2: and you know that big time third down catch, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to really steal the game for us, that last one.
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  Speaker 2: That's who he is and that's why we love him.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to continue to rely on him, and he's
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  Speaker 2: always going to show up in those moments. We'll gonna
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  Speaker 2: tell you about him, like give that a tiny nsity
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  Speaker 2: and plays the preseason and then just goes out there
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  Speaker 2: leading receiver, big question or got catched?
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  Speaker 1: What was that? You got? Just get That's who he is.
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  Speaker 2: Big time, big time players, make big time plays and
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  Speaker 2: big games.
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  Speaker 1: Man. I remember, you know, hearing that when.
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  Speaker 2: I was a kid, and Tyler Locke, Tyler Lockett is
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  Speaker 2: the epitome of that. You know, every time it's there's
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  Speaker 2: a play to be made, he's going to make the
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  Speaker 2: play leading.
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  Speaker 1: Tomlins credited you for rallying guys at halftime. Obviously there's
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  Speaker 1: there's a different offense second half of what was kind
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  Speaker 1: of the message that you were trying to give off
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  Speaker 1: to everybody to keep everythy together.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, just stay poise, stay calm. You know,
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  Speaker 2: if we don't, we don't you know, shoot ourselves in
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  Speaker 2: the foot. If we don't beat ourselves, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll get rolling. You know that first half we gave
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  Speaker 2: them two safeties and field gold off a turnover. You know,
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  Speaker 2: so that's seven points right there. The defense was playing tremendous.
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  Speaker 2: Uh you know, I felt like if we just settled down,
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  Speaker 2: just played our game, you know, we we we come
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  Speaker 2: out on top, and uh you know, there was no
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  Speaker 2: panic in the locker room. I thought everyone was poised.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, like I said, the demeanor of the guys
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  Speaker 2: was great all the way throughout, and uh it allowed
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  Speaker 2: us to go back into the second half and get
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  Speaker 2: things rolling on.
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  Speaker 1: That touchdown to Zach Sharponay, can you walk us through
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  Speaker 1: what you saw there from them? It looked like you
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  Speaker 1: were able to get Alex Singleton to be baited a
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  Speaker 1: little bit when you stepped up in the pocket there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we got up there, went on a quick count.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we we had them in a personnel that
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  Speaker 2: we liked, so we went on a quick count and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we had a great play call on the
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  Speaker 2: cornerback who maybe should have peeled off actually you know,
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  Speaker 2: chased the guy inside, so the d N tried to
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  Speaker 2: peel with him, and then Singleton tried to go with them.
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  Speaker 1: So h just kind of try.
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  Speaker 2: I did, like, you know, no, no, look him a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, and uh, you know I saw Zach get
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  Speaker 2: behind him, so I was able to get him the
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  Speaker 2: ball and I thought great, called a uh girl called
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  Speaker 2: a great play.
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  Speaker 1: You know, everyone did their jobs and it helped us
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  Speaker 1: out right there. I under celebrate that one those link
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  Speaker 1: and locker room and by yeah, that was fun. You know.
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  Speaker 2: Coach has been great and uh it's just great for
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  Speaker 2: him to get that first win. I think, Uh, he's
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  Speaker 2: done a tremendous job with his team. Obviously we got
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  Speaker 2: you know a lot of uh room for improvement, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, so far, so good.
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  Speaker 1: What'd you say to him when you presented the game?
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  Speaker 1: More to him? Man, I couldn't say anything.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone was out, you know, the whole team, the whole
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  Speaker 2: locker room was just shouting, man, and everyone was just
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  Speaker 2: so uh so happy for him, and you know he
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  Speaker 2: was he was holding the ball up and I mean
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  Speaker 2: that was such a cool moment, man, just for coach,
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  Speaker 2: just to uh, you know, get that first win.
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  Speaker 1: I know that was important for him.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know the last time you played the Broncos
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  Speaker 2: here you'll start twenty twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, how do you think you have grown?
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  Speaker 2: And as a leader of player in the two seasons
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  Speaker 2: you getting self starved? You know hopefully, Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: my teammates, can you know, speak for that, Uh, But personally,
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  Speaker 2: I just feel like I've take taken the approach to
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  Speaker 2: get better every single day. I've taken that approach and
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  Speaker 2: my leadership, you know, and my faith walk as well
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  Speaker 2: as you know, all the football stuff. So hopefully, you know,
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  Speaker 2: for the guys, you know, they can attest to that
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  Speaker 2: and say that you know I've grown, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm just trying to get better every single day.
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  Speaker 1: Really just stuck in that mindset. Still want running back,
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  Speaker 1: Still not writing back anything else. Thank you, guys,