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Tory Horton: "This Team Is Special" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Where what we talked to you Friday back and round
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  Speaker 1: you ran a couplesn't gonna play? Did you s get
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  Speaker 1: a sense if you might have opportunities to play like
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  Speaker 1: you dial with kid? Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, just something that we kind of harp
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  Speaker 2: on in the receiver room. You know, you just always
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  Speaker 2: gotta be prepare for, you know, when your numbers called,
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  Speaker 2: you know, some unfortunate but that's you know, the game
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  Speaker 2: we play. You know, players go and players go up,
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  Speaker 2: players go down. You just gotta be you know, uh
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  Speaker 2: prepared and ready to you know, step in and pick
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  Speaker 2: it up. So uh, you know, uh, just the preparation
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  Speaker 2: within the weekend, you know, make sure I was on
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  Speaker 2: top of my game.
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  Speaker 1: Was uh you know what my.
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  Speaker 2: My mindset and head was moving forward leading up.
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  Speaker 1: To the week. See him completing seventeenth straight past if
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  Speaker 1: you ever played to the quarterback in your football.
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  Speaker 2: Career, that was that locked in ah man, Nah, not really,
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  Speaker 2: you know Sam he uh you know he plays with
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  Speaker 2: that chip on his shoulder. You know, he's he's always
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  Speaker 2: bringing his a game and you could tell how bad
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  Speaker 2: he wanted. So you know, uh, from the whole week
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  Speaker 2: uh preparing, you know, we we knew he was gonna
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  Speaker 2: be dieding and you know, uh she was one hell
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  Speaker 2: of a quarterback. You know, he's he's on fire right
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  Speaker 2: now and uh song you gonna you know, it's only
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  Speaker 2: gonna get better.
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  Speaker 1: You know. That's just how we prepared.
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  Speaker 2: That's just how we carry ourselves, uh as a team,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, just having that mentality to always get better.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that that second time showing the route
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  Speaker 1: you were end up heat the stake or what can
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  Speaker 1: you saying about that?
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  Speaker 2: But uh yeah, you know, just uh just some some
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  Speaker 2: of the uh reps that we kind of uh did
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  Speaker 2: that practice. You know, Uh we knew that they uh
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  Speaker 2: played a lot of you know, corners over and things
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  Speaker 2: like that. Uh you know with that nickel and you know,
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  Speaker 2: just trying to make uh make the most out of
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  Speaker 2: your one on one battles, and you know, that was
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  Speaker 2: just something that uh, you know, we kind of got
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  Speaker 2: and that's something that we practiced on and you know,
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  Speaker 2: just made the most of it. So uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, it's just the the
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  Speaker 2: preparation that we uh take in and you know, make
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  Speaker 2: sure we're you know, dialting to making sure we on
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  Speaker 2: top of everything.
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  Speaker 1: Cause when we see a federation, can you talk about
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  Speaker 1: a competition to help each other with that you the
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  Speaker 1: receiver's room or you're going to do something.
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  Speaker 2: Look, yeah, you know, I feel like it plays a
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  Speaker 2: huge part in all roles, you know are you know
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  Speaker 2: scout team, practice squad. They do a great job of
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  Speaker 2: giving us looks. You know, they're they're just as imporant
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  Speaker 2: as you know, the active roster and I and we
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  Speaker 2: count them as the active roster because they are the
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  Speaker 2: ones who get us, you know, ready for you know,
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  Speaker 2: these games that we play, and you know, it's huge
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  Speaker 2: kudos to them to go out there and you know
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  Speaker 2: give us those looks and you know, play with that
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  Speaker 2: much effort. So uh, you know we're not slacking and
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  Speaker 2: making sure we're on top of our game. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a huge shout out to those guys who come
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  Speaker 2: every day to work and you know, just like I said,
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  Speaker 2: the preparation in the receiver room and you know, just
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  Speaker 2: just offense collective, even the whole team. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: all prepare uh a certain way, and you know we
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  Speaker 2: want to make sure we got there and compete at
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  Speaker 2: the highest level.
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  Speaker 1: You practice squad, see Cody White come out, you know
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  Speaker 1: he did and get that touched. I mean, oh man,
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  Speaker 1: we're juice.
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  Speaker 2: You know, like I said, the you know, the practice squad,
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  Speaker 2: those guys, you know, they they you know, go out
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  Speaker 2: there and compete every day. You know, they a uh
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  Speaker 2: play play with they all and you know it just
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  Speaker 2: goes to show, you know, Cody why he's stepping up,
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  Speaker 2: and you know we knew he was ready. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like every guy you know on our team
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  Speaker 2: is ready practice squad or not. You know, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like we're we're already and you know, whoever gets caught up,
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  Speaker 2: we know that that they're gonna go out there and compete,
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  Speaker 2: and you know they're gonna make plays just because of
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  Speaker 2: you know, how we practice and how we roll. So
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  Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, him making that play, it
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  Speaker 2: wasn't no surprise to us. You know, we were juice,
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  Speaker 2: but you know we seen him make those plays and
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  Speaker 2: you know we we were excited, you know, just any.
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  Speaker 1: Program.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, I feel like it's we we try
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  Speaker 2: to keep it the same. You know, we'll we'll you know,
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  Speaker 2: try to let the day or the you know, the
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  Speaker 2: the time and our lives get too big. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you know, uh what we kind of go by is
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  Speaker 2: it's another day to go out there and compete. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: you know Sunday night is always you know, great to
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  Speaker 2: have that opportunity. But but you know, we just wanna
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  Speaker 2: take that approach of you know, every game. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it don't matter if it was Sunday, you know, Thursday
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  Speaker 2: or Monday. You know, we just wanna go out there
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  Speaker 2: and have that same mindset as if it was you know,
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  Speaker 2: the super Bowl. Kind of you know that just the
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  Speaker 2: chip that that chip on our should that we got
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  Speaker 2: as a team to go out there and you know,
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  Speaker 2: just you know, just play with our heads on fire,
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  Speaker 2: and you know that's what we kind of went out.
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  Speaker 1: There and did.
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  Speaker 2: Uh shoot, we got some great leaders, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: got we got some great leaders, and you know we
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  Speaker 2: got you know, vest that kind of you know, set
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  Speaker 2: that tone for us. And we got a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: young guys who you know, it's picking up from those
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  Speaker 2: vets and you know, we're all bought in.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's nobody left out and.
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  Speaker 2: We're all on the same mission, which which you know
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  Speaker 2: why I feel like this team is so you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's so special and uh, you know coaches and all,
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  Speaker 2: you know, even even the you know, the staff that's
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  Speaker 2: on board. I feel like we all just bought into
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  Speaker 2: one mission and you know, uh, you know that that
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  Speaker 2: mission is not.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna change for us. So that's how we go about
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  Speaker 1: our days. I'm sorry if you were asked us already,
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  Speaker 1: but were you guys aware like in real time that
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  Speaker 1: Sam had completed so many passes without furna or something. Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Nah, We we wasn't even aware. You know, we were just flowing,
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  Speaker 2: uh we We kind of get into that flow.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we know.
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  Speaker 2: Sam's gonna make those plays and that's not new to us,
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  Speaker 2: cause you know, he shows that practice. And you know
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  Speaker 2: when it is some of those you know plays where
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  Speaker 2: you know it may it may have not looked good
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  Speaker 2: or it wasn't you know, it wasn't how we wanted.
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  Speaker 2: We you know, we made sure were going attack and
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  Speaker 2: you know, make sure we get that right. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: him going in and and doing what he d doing
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  Speaker 2: what he did, you know, that's that's no surprise to us,
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  Speaker 2: cause just how you know, how much he preparing, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just how much we collect.
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  Speaker 1: We go out there and you know, compete your first school.
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  Speaker 1: You were second right.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Uh sure, I I if it c if
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  Speaker 2: it's like that, I don't know, but uh we we
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  Speaker 2: kind of just take that mindset of you know, uh
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  Speaker 2: you know, always always trying to look at yourself as
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  Speaker 2: you know that ball's coming to you, so second or
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  Speaker 2: third read. You know, I just wanted to make sure
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  Speaker 2: I gave him another outlet. And you know that's just
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  Speaker 2: kind of how you know, uh the offense roll. You know,
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  Speaker 2: make sure we give him that outlet to place the
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  Speaker 2: ball in the right spot.
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  Speaker 1: Someone who plays this position. Is how impressive is seeing
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  Speaker 1: what Jackson's doing every week? Oh man, he's great.
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  Speaker 2: You know that's a you know, it's just me being
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  Speaker 2: that young guy come behind him and Coop, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just just everybody that's in that room. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's doing this thing and you know it's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of it's a lot of his his game that I
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  Speaker 2: try to you know, uh watch and take just piece
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  Speaker 2: by piece from it, you know, on how he maneuver
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  Speaker 2: through routes and you know, get get separation. You know,
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  Speaker 2: just this uh run after catchability. You know that's you know,
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  Speaker 2: something that you can always learn from. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: even with coop, you know, uh, just how his mentality
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  Speaker 2: on the game and how he maneuver through things like that.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm truly blessed to be behind those guys. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, I picked I picked they brain whenever I
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  Speaker 2: get a chance, if I got questions or you know,
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  Speaker 2: if I see something, you know, I asked him how
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  Speaker 2: how they read this and how they you know, release
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  Speaker 2: or you know, run the robe based off how they
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  Speaker 2: know how they plan.
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, it's all it's nice to have this
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  Speaker 1: guys in front. Tori. How are you feeling the way
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  Speaker 1: that teams are defending Jackson right now? How are you
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  Speaker 1: feeling that make an impact on what's available for you downfield?
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  Speaker 2: And uh, I don't know, it's you know, I just
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  Speaker 2: feel like it's opportunities for everybody. You know, we know
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  Speaker 2: Jackson is you know, having having Jack's doing Jackson.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's all I can say.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's he's making plays, he's doing he's doing
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  Speaker 2: all he can.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, he even.
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  Speaker 2: Came up and said, it's gonna be times where you know,
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  Speaker 2: teams are gonna you know, try to you know, try
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  Speaker 2: to x him out and do things like that. But
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  Speaker 2: you know how we roll in the receiver room, you know,
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  Speaker 2: win your battles.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it may be.
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  Speaker 2: Games where you know, uh, it's it's gonna fall upon
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  Speaker 2: another player to you know, go out there and make plays.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, just like I said on how we prepare,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we just make sure we always on top
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  Speaker 2: of our game. So you know, when your name or
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  Speaker 2: numbers call, you make sure you're on top and making
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  Speaker 2: those plays.
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  Speaker 1: So that's how I feel like we were.
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  Speaker 2: Came up the rookie game. What was it like washing
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  Speaker 2: first touch down?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know it was great. You know, just uh
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  Speaker 2: us coming in as rookies. That's just something that we
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  Speaker 2: always talked about just making the impact. Uh it w
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  Speaker 2: it didn't have to be a huge impact, but just
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  Speaker 2: making some kind of impact. And you know, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like that's something that you know, we we kind of
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  Speaker 2: harped on a lot as rookies, making sure we don't
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  Speaker 2: let those bets down. And you know, that's that's the
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  Speaker 2: last thing we wanna do, you know, is go up
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  Speaker 2: there and you know they they uh you know it's
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  Speaker 2: in our hands already, know it's it's it's up to us,
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  Speaker 2: and we let them down. You know that we never
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  Speaker 2: wanna bet those kind of rookies. And you know, see
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  Speaker 2: you know, as you get that touched down and you
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  Speaker 2: know Nick on defense making plays, you know.
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  Speaker 1: We got great. We got a whole bunch of rookies.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, rooky getting caught up and you know, being ready
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  Speaker 2: to play. Uh, it means a lot to us, rookies.
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  Speaker 2: Uh make sure you know, we don't disappoint our best
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  Speaker 2: because we know how much that they put into this game.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, just uh wanna make sure we play
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  Speaker 2: our role and play our part and just uh could
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  Speaker 2: you know, just contribute to the team. So yeah, rookies,
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  Speaker 2: it's we said, it's the rookies game. That's just us
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  Speaker 2: talking and making sure we contribute to the team.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Sory, Yeah, thank you.