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Head Coach Mike Macdonald Gives Final Updates Ahead Of Week 8 vs. Bears · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Taking no questions on injuries.
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 1: I believe the injury list just came out, so hopefully
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  Speaker 1: that clears everything up, but I'm sure there will be
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  Speaker 1: more injury questions, which is okay.
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  Speaker 3: Mike, what did you see from Jadarian and Zach this week.
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  Speaker 1: In the amount of work that they were able to get?
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  Speaker 1: Guys have done a really good job. Our team's done
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  Speaker 1: a good job. Having Quentin come in in the mix, too,
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  Speaker 1: and shaking up the offensive line a little bit, I thought...
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  Speaker 1: Just had a really good process, and I think the
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  Speaker 1: message to the team, too, is also, hey, it's Friday
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  Speaker 1: for us. So there's still time before the game where
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  Speaker 1: really our focus should shift to really dial into the
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  Speaker 1: details and making sure our kind of mind-body spirits are
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  Speaker 1: in the best spot going into the game.
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  Speaker 2: What's the plan for how Zach and Jadarian will be
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  Speaker 2: utilized in this game?
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  Speaker 1: Well, we have a plan for Zach, and with J.D.,
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  Speaker 1: I think... if we were to make a move, I
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  Speaker 1: think that would happen on, on Monday to my knowledge.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll see, um, if that's what we do, we've
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  Speaker 1: got some things going on roster wise that we're working
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  Speaker 1: through right now. So, um, but we have a plan
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  Speaker 1: for Zach with Nelson.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously he's coming in, catching up in a hurry. Just
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  Speaker 3: what'd you see out of him and kind of how
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  Speaker 3: the line looked with him in there.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, uh, pretty much on brand of, of how you
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  Speaker 1: expect them to go. It's pretty cool that you just,
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  Speaker 1: it's great to see him and see hockey or, you know, uh, but, um,
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to see our guys play. I think they've
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  Speaker 1: done a great job this week with the changes and
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  Speaker 1: really the focus on being able to stack off of
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  Speaker 1: last week and really the rest of the year. We'll
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  Speaker 1: have to figure out some solutions as the game goes on,
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  Speaker 1: going against a really good team, and that's par for
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  Speaker 1: the course, and we'll go from there.
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  Speaker 2: To clarify, so Jadarian doesn't have an injury designation, so
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  Speaker 2: if he's not activated, it's not injury-related on Monday. It
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  Speaker 2: would be some other reason.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're just going to let the transaction speak for
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  Speaker 1: itself on that one. How'd Rasheed's week go? Obviously, he's out,
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  Speaker 1: but how's he progressing? He's doing well. He wasn't able
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  Speaker 1: to make it to the game, obviously, and we'll see
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  Speaker 1: next week, but He's done a great job. Do you
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  Speaker 1: have a sense if it's just this game or a
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  Speaker 1: couple week kind of thing? Right now he's out this
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  Speaker 1: game and we'll recalibrate next week.
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  Speaker 2: Do you do anything extra with all the shuffling on
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  Speaker 2: the line, new left tackle, new left guard, new right
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  Speaker 2: guard as far as procedural operational to prepare for that?
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  Speaker 1: I just think our coaches did a great job of
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  Speaker 1: calibrating what's easy transition for Quinton, what's What's kind of
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  Speaker 1: a stretch? How much of the stretch do we want
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  Speaker 1: to go for this week? Finding what the right medium
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  Speaker 1: is between what we can go out and nail and
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  Speaker 1: execute versus what we already want to be able to do.
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  Speaker 1: Just problem solving one day at a time. With Nelson
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  Speaker 1: coming in, obviously he has so much to learn from
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  Speaker 1: a Seahawks point of view, but what has he taught
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  Speaker 1: his teammates with all the veteran experience as he's guarding?
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure yet. He's been here a few days.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure that'll continue. Um, it's just, it's a process,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think, but I think right now, like
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  Speaker 1: there's a little bit of like a shock that, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: this happened. And then I think, I think now you're
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  Speaker 1: feeling really the excitement from both parties of, of, uh,
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  Speaker 1: understanding like how much, how much it's going to make our,
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  Speaker 1: our club better, you know? So, uh, we're a few
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  Speaker 1: days in hope for, for hopefully a long, long relationship. And, um,
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  Speaker 1: I can tell you just how psyched we are that
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  Speaker 1: he's here. It's really cool.
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  Speaker 2: I know that Elijah's been out for a little bit now,
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  Speaker 2: and Nick Callerup, two totally different kinds of tight ends.
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  Speaker 2: Did you notice his impact in that game?
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  Speaker 1: Nick Callerup, yeah. Yeah, Nick's someone that's done a great
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  Speaker 1: job when he's had his opportunities with us, and we
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  Speaker 1: expect the same just moving forward. He's a physical player,
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  Speaker 1: and I think probably underrated ability to catch the ball
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  Speaker 1: and get forward you know move forward but uh yeah
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  Speaker 1: I mean I'm thinking you know the duo play that
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  Speaker 1: that hit at the end that uh we scored on
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  Speaker 1: he made a great block on and uh wish got
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  Speaker 1: lined up a little quicker but he made up for.
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  Speaker 2: It you mentioned the kind of the shock with Nelson
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  Speaker 2: coming in I guess how did you see him maybe
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  Speaker 2: handle all that in terms of just.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah he's done he's done a phenomenal phenomenal job just
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  Speaker 1: like you can feel the poise the confidence uh you
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  Speaker 1: know it's way more new for him than it is
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  Speaker 1: for us you know so uh for him to come
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  Speaker 1: in and just kind of get get right to work
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  Speaker 1: and really attack it and uh lean on his teammates
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  Speaker 1: and also you know like we were saying earlier i'm
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  Speaker 1: sure there's a lot of you know knowledge being passed
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  Speaker 1: around but uh you know i think right now is
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  Speaker 1: focused on just trying to get game ready so we
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  Speaker 1: can go play his best ball Josh Jones last week
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  Speaker 1: stepping in for Charles.
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  Speaker 2: Is the plan still for him.
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  Speaker 1: To go left tackle? Yeah, Josh will play left tackle.
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  Speaker 1: He's done a good job when he's gone in there
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  Speaker 1: and played. I know there was a stretch of time
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  Speaker 1: last year where we were missing Charles and Josh came
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  Speaker 1: in and played really good football for us and that's
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  Speaker 1: what we expect. That's why we want him here. That's
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  Speaker 1: why he's such an important part of our team. Shout
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  Speaker 1: out to the guys for being able to bring him
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  Speaker 1: back because he's a really good player.
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  Speaker 3: I was kind of see it with Josh, like what
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  Speaker 3: he showed you guys at the end of last year,
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  Speaker 3: when you guys were banged up there and he was
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  Speaker 3: playing through some stuff, the way he was able to
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  Speaker 3: kind of gut it out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was awesome. I mean, it just, well, having the,
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  Speaker 1: having the depth of that position so critical. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I think, I think it's an example of, yeah. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: when we have some situations going around, it's like, Hey, I'm, I'm,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not quote unquote a starter. I'm not on the 53,
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  Speaker 1: like all these levels of these labels that people put
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  Speaker 1: on the, you know, which are important, right. Cause you
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  Speaker 1: get opportunities and things like that. And there's money involved, but, um,
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  Speaker 1: Also the importance of, hey, I'm on the team, I'm
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  Speaker 1: on the 70, I have a responsibility, and when given
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity, I'm going to be ready to rock and
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  Speaker 1: help our team win. And so what Josh has done
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  Speaker 1: for us since he's been here is a great example
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  Speaker 1: of that. What have you thought of Graves Abel's year
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  Speaker 1: overall and then kind of how he handled the bump
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  Speaker 1: across this week? Yeah, Graves is doing a good job.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is life in the NFL. Things happen,
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  Speaker 1: and I know for a fact he's excited and he's
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  Speaker 1: going to become one. even a better version of himself
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  Speaker 1: and a better football player for moving forward, you know.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see where he goes.
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  Speaker 2: You guys get Drake Thomas back, it sounds like. Tyrus
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  Speaker 2: Knight played well in his absence. You know, how do
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  Speaker 2: you see that position going forward? Is it just as
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  Speaker 2: simple as Drake takes his job back?
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  Speaker 1: Drake will start the game. T. Knight still has played
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  Speaker 1: really good football for us. We've shown in the past
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  Speaker 1: that we'll put both guys out there at the same time.
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  Speaker 1: We're not hesitant to do that. But right now, Drake's
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  Speaker 1: had a great week, so has T-Knight, and we'll go
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  Speaker 1: from there.
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  Speaker 3: What are the changes.
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  Speaker 1: With the running backs?
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  Speaker 3: What's the mentality in that room right now?
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  Speaker 1: Let's go play great football. I think as a team, again,
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  Speaker 1: we're up against the ropes a little bit. We kind
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  Speaker 1: of recalibrate. We have a solid game, a win at home,
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  Speaker 1: which is awesome. But it's time to go. It's time
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  Speaker 1: to step our game forward, and there's a sense of
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  Speaker 1: urgency to grow. I mean, it's not like those guys
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  Speaker 1: haven't been together. They've been in the room the whole time.
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  Speaker 1: Certain guys have been playing, certain haven't. So I think
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  Speaker 1: it's a cool way for Sharps to get his opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to come in. Again, I just think this is a
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  Speaker 1: great opportunity to give a shout out to Sharps. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: to come back on the timetable he is and to
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  Speaker 1: be in the position that he is and the work
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  Speaker 1: ethic that he's shown and been able to work through
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  Speaker 1: what it takes to get back from an injury like
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  Speaker 1: that at this point in time is remarkable, you know,
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  Speaker 1: and so Zach's a guy that kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 1: works in the shadows, and I think he's already had
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  Speaker 1: our respect, but just hopefully people understand what kind of
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  Speaker 1: stud this guy is to come back on this timetable
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  Speaker 1: and be ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: I know, speaking of Zach, I.
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  Speaker 2: Know he was limited yesterday. Was that just kind of taken?
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  Speaker 1: You've been kind of all go for a while here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's just like, yeah, again, it's you have a plan,
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  Speaker 1: and then you kind of, part of the plan is
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  Speaker 1: that you leave room to navigate the plan. And so
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  Speaker 1: now we're at the stage of the plan where he's
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  Speaker 1: going to play and we have a plan for how
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  Speaker 1: much and what types of plays he's going to have
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  Speaker 1: and all that. And again, it might waver a little
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  Speaker 1: bit throughout the game, but that's okay. But we're sticking
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  Speaker 1: to it and so far we've put ourselves in a
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  Speaker 1: position where I feel like he's really confident going into
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  Speaker 1: the game.
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  Speaker 2: You talked last week about how important running backs can
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  Speaker 2: be in pass protection. Zach, as a runner, people know
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  Speaker 2: talk about like the other things he brings at that position.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. Uh, I mean, he's, he's a three down back.
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  Speaker 1: He can catch the ball in the backfield. He can
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  Speaker 1: run pretty significant route tree out of the backfield. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he can run all the different types of runs and
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  Speaker 1: all the different types of situations. And then his pass
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  Speaker 1: protection is, is, uh, has been excellent since he's been here.
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  Speaker 1: I saw, saw George, some great pickups last week. Um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Jadarian has done that earlier in the season
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  Speaker 1: as well. He's underrated pass blocker. So, um, But Zach's
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  Speaker 1: as good as they get blocking out of the backfield.
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  Speaker 1: What are you looking.
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  Speaker 3: To get out of Torrey Horton as he gets a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more long?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got more of an opportunity. Expect him to
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  Speaker 1: take advantage of it.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else?
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  Speaker 1: All right, thank you.