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Mike Macdonald: "I'm Really Excited About Where We Are At" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Mm hmm.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we were scheduled for practice tomorrow, but we
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  Speaker 1: told the guys that you know, we're not going to practice,
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  Speaker 1: that we're done for for our spring program. Just really
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  Speaker 1: just couldn't be happier with the effort we just That's
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  Speaker 1: what I was just telling him, just the effort, the intent, uh,
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  Speaker 1: the energy, the attitude, all the things we're asking to do.
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  Speaker 1: They responded every day and just really excited about where
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  Speaker 1: we're at. And we've been going out of here. We
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  Speaker 1: had the extra week being the new staff and everything,
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  Speaker 1: so I felt like there was an opportunity to get
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  Speaker 1: out of here healthy and and have a great have
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  Speaker 1: a great offseason.
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  Speaker 2: Probably about Jackson.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I mean I preface everything with we don't know
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  Speaker 1: yet with the with the tempos. Again, we're not contesting
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  Speaker 1: for football's pads, aren't on game plans, the whole thing.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, he's a guy that we can focus our
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  Speaker 1: offense around along with other guys. I mean, Tyler Lockett
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  Speaker 1: is still great player, DK Metcalf, phenomenal player of the Runners.
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  Speaker 1: Noah fan I mean, but he's definitely gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: massive piece of of what we're trying to do. Offensively.
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  Speaker 2: Is he okay or earlier?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think so. I think he nicked his
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  Speaker 1: shoulder a little bit. So we just you know, played it.
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  Speaker 2: Safe, standing the ball like you would have all the
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  Speaker 2: football situation. You get to see the corner.
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  Speaker 1: You really flex their muscles a little bit today when
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  Speaker 1: Mike Jackson having that pick six and yeah, we're just
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  Speaker 1: going to pick it off. But what do you think
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  Speaker 1: about where that group is at right now in terms
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  Speaker 1: of depth and pick.
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  Speaker 2: It up the defense?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I think you've seen their confidence grow every day,
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  Speaker 1: and I think it comes with understanding what we're asking
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  Speaker 1: to do and understanding the scheme and how it fits
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  Speaker 1: and how it all plays together. Got a good part
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  Speaker 1: of the defense end now for quite a while, So
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  Speaker 1: just getting those extra reps every day, you can feel that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they have a lot of confidence in and
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  Speaker 1: what they're doing. So it's it's it's cool to see
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  Speaker 1: they're having some fun out there.
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  Speaker 2: Mike letting him go the day early. What does that
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  Speaker 2: say about the players, you know, the coaches on the
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  Speaker 2: you that you have created for the team.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I hope we're I hope we're building what we're
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  Speaker 1: trying to build, you know, I think we're on our way,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, shout out to our coaches too, like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we we just tried to take advantage of
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  Speaker 1: every meeting and just stack all those meetings over and
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  Speaker 1: over and over again, stack every opportunity we've had on
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  Speaker 1: the field. And I just felt like, you know, it
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  Speaker 1: was time to say, Okay, I think we you know,
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  Speaker 1: we've gotten great work in and you know, let's let's
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  Speaker 1: get the heck out of here.
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  Speaker 2: Like what was the reaction. I felt like the words
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  Speaker 2: spread a little bit from the guys.
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  Speaker 1: I told our leadership council that that's what we were
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  Speaker 1: thinking about doing. So I think we might have had
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  Speaker 1: a leak in the locker room, but it sounded like
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  Speaker 1: they were excited.
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  Speaker 2: Was it the same idea not doing the.
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  Speaker 1: Last Uh No, So he counsels an o TA to
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  Speaker 1: go to the military base and there's some other things
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  Speaker 1: going on there. But yeah, it was just hey, let's
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  Speaker 1: you know, let's change it up, you know, go hang
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  Speaker 1: out with the troops for a day.
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  Speaker 2: That was the thought.
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  Speaker 1: Has all this that kind of process from when you
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  Speaker 1: got the jobs and now kind of gone as you knows.
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  Speaker 2: There kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean again, it's just you know, it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to like, again I've said this before, but it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to like have a one hundred thousand day plan where
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  Speaker 1: you just get every hour just etched in stones, Like
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  Speaker 1: you got to be flexible, you got to be able
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  Speaker 1: to move and shake. So I think if you go
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  Speaker 1: in with that mindset, you know, when things pop up,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of like you're expecting the unexpected to a
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  Speaker 1: certain extent. So I wouldn't say just rolled the punches,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, apply the principle of what we're trying
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  Speaker 1: to achieve. But yeah, look, I'm really excited about where
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  Speaker 1: we're at. But again, I just told the guys, like,
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  Speaker 1: we haven't stopped anybody yet. We haven't scored any touchdowns yet,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and nor should we.
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  Speaker 2: You know, It's it's not the time for that.
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  Speaker 1: But I feel really good on like the foundation that
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  Speaker 1: we've been able to build and excited. You know, I'm
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  Speaker 1: be good to get a couple of days break, but
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  Speaker 1: it'll be I'm excited to start camp.
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  Speaker 2: It's it's a great time of year.
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  Speaker 1: What have you learned about being a head coach in
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  Speaker 1: this off season, guys meeting, Just take the long view
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  Speaker 1: on things you know. I mean it's uh, we got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of great people that are working in this building.
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  Speaker 2: It's not just it's not just me.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we got a lot of talent, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of great people that want to help the team.
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  Speaker 2: And let's just if we deploy all those people, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the way that we want, then you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: we can create something really special. Well to take a
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  Speaker 2: couple of days off for yourself, but what what do
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  Speaker 2: you kind of hope.
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  Speaker 1: To get downe between now and training camp and other
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  Speaker 1: etle Well, camp's pretty much planned. You know, we'll make
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  Speaker 1: some final tweaks and that sort of thing. U there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of studies that I haven't been able to
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  Speaker 1: get to, like on tape personally, that I want to
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  Speaker 1: get to. You know, I have a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: time on my hands. But yeah, at some point you
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  Speaker 1: do have to get away. So I've got a quick
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  Speaker 1: trip playing with my wife, but family will be in town.
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  Speaker 1: Will just be a good time to get away, get
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  Speaker 1: back into a routine outside of the building. And that's
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  Speaker 1: everyone should take that mentality. Get away, get refreshed with
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  Speaker 1: your loved ones, be safe, of course, but uh, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's an opportune time. We haven't really had a
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  Speaker 1: break yet since maybe last year, so be good at
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  Speaker 1: this point A serious I don't think me ready before
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  Speaker 1: you before the start of training cam. Yeah, like the
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  Speaker 1: statuses haven't really changed since really anybody you've asked about.
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  Speaker 2: But it'd be a couple of guys.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we'll reassess come when training camp starts, and
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  Speaker 1: again it'll be it's not smart to just throw a
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  Speaker 1: guy back into the Wolves and get all the reps.
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  Speaker 2: That he would be getting, you know, come week eight
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  Speaker 2: of the season.
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  Speaker 1: So we we'll play it safe with the player loads
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  Speaker 1: and try to be smart about it. Anthony, Anthony Bradford,
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  Speaker 1: he's right there.
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  Speaker 2: He's right there.
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  Speaker 1: It's just good to see him out there, you know,
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  Speaker 1: having missed a little bit of time there throughout some
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  Speaker 1: of the OTAs, but he's right in the mix, you
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  Speaker 1: know's we've got a great competition, especially on the right
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  Speaker 1: side of the line, and he's right there.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a great opportunity to go earn himself a job.
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  Speaker 2: Christian means obviously part of that stupid to see again.
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  Speaker 2: I guess he's done some good things.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think Christian's game is when pads are on,
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  Speaker 1: when he's moving people and can getting to the next level,
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  Speaker 1: things like that.
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  Speaker 2: So right now, I wouldn't say it's hard to feel the.
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  Speaker 1: Offensive line, you know, pushing the pile and you know,
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  Speaker 1: moving the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that's more his game.
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  Speaker 1: So hopefully we see that when Pat's come on, come
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  Speaker 1: camp time.
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  Speaker 2: Brand that's the first guy.
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  Speaker 1: You member about your first Sorry were distracted. Yeah, there's
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  Speaker 1: no footage during team team periods. Sorry, guys, that's coming
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  Speaker 1: from me. Hey, you can blame it on me, there's
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  Speaker 1: no you gotta keep it under wraps.
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  Speaker 2: Man, I didn't hear the question, like what did you
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  Speaker 2: learn about it?
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  Speaker 1: And maybe you like you, I think you're you're just
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  Speaker 1: kind of were emphasizing the things we've talked about.
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  Speaker 2: But I love Lesson Frasier.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, and there's a lot of people in this
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  Speaker 1: in this world, especially football world, that I love that man.
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  Speaker 1: And his reputation is is uh well learned, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a man of faith, a man of character, integrity, a leader, servant, leader,
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  Speaker 1: lead communicator.
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  Speaker 2: I always go back to that.
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  Speaker 1: But he's just got a way of kind of getting
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  Speaker 1: people's guard down.
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  Speaker 2: When he wants to give them a message.
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  Speaker 1: And uh, I really appreciate that about him, but trust
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  Speaker 1: him with one hundred percent all the time.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm just I'm really happy he's he's a seahawk.
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  Speaker 2: Is there a challenge that I'm just coming to through
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  Speaker 2: defensive background?
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  Speaker 1: You guys have I think five interceptions out there today,
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  Speaker 1: and tell you're a head coach.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a good play on one side.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for you personally, I mean you.
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  Speaker 2: You know me, you see me. I'm not like I'm
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  Speaker 2: just a all right, like that was a good play.
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  Speaker 1: You know, let's go to the next one. Let's not
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  Speaker 1: get too crazy out there. But it's easier to go
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  Speaker 1: back on tape and say, okay, well this is what happened,
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  Speaker 1: or we could have made a better decision with the ball,
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  Speaker 1: or just you know, there's some plays where you know,
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  Speaker 1: interceptions happen, defensive guys make a great play and you
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  Speaker 1: know you kind of tip your cap and move on.
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  Speaker 2: So I think you got a mixture of those today.
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  Speaker 1: But again, it's like it's you're just like, if it's
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  Speaker 1: just I know this sounds weird, but if it's like
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  Speaker 1: a sweet, sweetly executed play, I'm like, that's what gets
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  Speaker 1: me going at this point in time. You know, you're like, okay,
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  Speaker 1: that was great. We had great communication. We leveraged the
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  Speaker 1: ball rush lanes look good, quarterback balls out on time, Like, okay,
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  Speaker 1: that's a good play for the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 2: So those are the players we're chasing right now, Like
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  Speaker 2: we saw a little bit better. Yeah, he's it's great,
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  Speaker 2: it's great.
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  Speaker 1: I told him that I couldn't believe that he was
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  Speaker 1: the smartest football player of all time. And it's only
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  Speaker 1: in the second year in the NFL. He's got an
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  Speaker 1: answer for everything. But uh now he's he's. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's like, hey, man, but yourself, Like that's who
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  Speaker 1: he is. We love him. He's a he's a great
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  Speaker 1: player already in this league. We're just really excited about him.
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  Speaker 2: But uh again, he's yeah, he's he's. All those guys
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  Speaker 2: are great man. Energy's right where we want it. Absolutely. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean we've talked about it the other day as
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  Speaker 1: a teams, like we got to be a player led team.
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  Speaker 1: Man Like coaches championship teams. Coach can only take the
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  Speaker 1: guys so far, and so you know they got to
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  Speaker 1: go take it.
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  Speaker 2: Doesn't matter. You can lead from whatever your role is.
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  Speaker 1: Devin has a unique role that's specific to him, which
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  Speaker 1: where like Chenna's role would be a little bit different.
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  Speaker 1: In his role, the more vocal with the guys and
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  Speaker 1: we just want to star the roles that you're in
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  Speaker 1: and unless rock and roll. But yeah, I mean he's yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the energy is pretty great.
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  Speaker 2: Does he stack out football IQ wise against some of
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  Speaker 2: the other Is he gonna hear this or not? Now
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  Speaker 2: he's Yeah, it's high.
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  Speaker 1: It's high for a second year guy to be able
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  Speaker 1: to take something from the meeting register it quickly.
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  Speaker 2: That questions.
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  Speaker 1: The asks are really spot on, like they're really no
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  Speaker 1: BS type questions, like he understands the concept. He understands
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  Speaker 1: like okay, he's playing that. You can tell he's visualizing
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  Speaker 1: himself going through all the rules. When it's clear, he's good.
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  Speaker 1: When it's not, he nails it and then you know,
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  Speaker 1: takes it right to the field. So yeah, it's pretty high.
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  Speaker 2: The team, like the whole secondary, you have a pretty
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  Speaker 2: good from what we can see, I think guys being out.
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  Speaker 1: There, Yeah you think you know, it's funny, it's like
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  Speaker 1: it's it's a passing camp. So like when you're playing
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  Speaker 1: past all the time, and you know there's no threat
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  Speaker 1: of like the ball just splitting the defense.
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  Speaker 2: Right down the middle.
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  Speaker 1: Like you know, we're working all of our coverages and
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  Speaker 1: we're working all the things and in the disguises with
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  Speaker 1: with a little bit of like you know, there's a
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  Speaker 1: lack of like a penalty if you're wrong, or when
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  Speaker 1: you get into games and you know there's a threat
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  Speaker 1: of a serial run coming right downhill and just changes things.
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  Speaker 1: So it's great to see the confidence and and the
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  Speaker 1: and the play speed and the communication.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, but you need to develop that first before.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you got to go, you know, smack somebody
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  Speaker 1: in the mouth and then play player pass responsibility.
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  Speaker 2: So uh yeah, I mean if that makes sense, that's
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  Speaker 2: that's where they're at. Like what happened with.
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  Speaker 1: I think you like hit his toe or something, but
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  Speaker 1: like it's nothing, nothing crazy, that's something with his toe.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's just on a load thing right now.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, he's fine. It'll be someone that will manage
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  Speaker 1: his reps. Come come camp.
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  Speaker 2: How what you gonna split him out and have him
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  Speaker 2: because passes free on the ship, can't I'm not gonna
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  Speaker 2: answer that on the record. That's my mam.
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  Speaker 1: Or not be the first thing I thought of when
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  Speaker 1: we signed him. Anything else.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, all right, thanks guys.
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  Speaker 1: On's next.
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  Speaker 2: I'll see a couple of months