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AJ Barner: "We Have A Really Good Culture Here" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How does it still getting past where you're you know,
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  Speaker 1: training camp, preseason.
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  Speaker 2: Now you're trying to turn more than Frank this season.
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  Speaker 2: I just went forward to that the mentality of the guys.
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  Speaker 3: I mean not that it wasn't go time before, but
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  Speaker 3: like it's really go time now and you see the
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  Speaker 3: roster take shape and uh, you know, fall camps are
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  Speaker 3: grind o. T as is a grind and it's finally here,
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  Speaker 3: so you can kind of sense that making team.
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  Speaker 2: The drafting guy in your position, what have you guys
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  Speaker 2: seen that? Uh, just a physical player.
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  Speaker 3: I mean he's a He's a guy that's came in here,
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  Speaker 3: worked really hard, done his job on special teams, which
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  Speaker 3: is huge, and anything that's been asked for him, he's been,
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  Speaker 3: you know, more than willing to do it. And he's
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  Speaker 3: a great piece for us and a guy that's gonna
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  Speaker 3: have a great year.
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  Speaker 1: What do you what do you like about your your
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  Speaker 1: how you've learned throughout the season camp or.
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  Speaker 2: Anything you guys have been taking in the seasons.
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  Speaker 3: One, we're very close and it's a position where we
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  Speaker 3: could have one of us on the field. Two three,
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  Speaker 3: and you know the fact that it doesn't matter who
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  Speaker 3: gets the credit. It doesn't matter who's doing what job.
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  Speaker 3: We're all very supportive of each other, and we have
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  Speaker 3: complimenting skill sets. All of us can do different jobs.
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  Speaker 3: All of us have, you know, complimenting skills Like I said,
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  Speaker 3: that work well together. And like I said, it's really
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  Speaker 3: a group effort and it's there's no egos to it.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a job that we expect to get done.
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  Speaker 3: Whatever it is that you that you're required to do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I take that question realistically. Yeah, what's if I
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  Speaker 1: be feeling funded team, not.
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  Speaker 3: Just the tight end, but yeah, really good culture here.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we have great culture in this building. We
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  Speaker 3: know what the expectation is, we know the physical brand
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  Speaker 3: of football that we're trying to play, and there's really
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  Speaker 3: like there's egos and everyone has their swag and this
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  Speaker 3: and that to them, but there's no pointing fingers. There's
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  Speaker 3: no I need this, I need that. It's let me
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  Speaker 3: do my job, let me play the style of football
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  Speaker 3: that we're gonna play, and let's win games. So does
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  Speaker 3: it change anything for you at all at the first
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  Speaker 3: game of the season at home against the division opponent, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I think so, Like you're not supposed to fall in
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  Speaker 3: that trap. But it's division game, it's a big game,
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  Speaker 3: and it's the first game of the year, so obviously
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  Speaker 3: you know you're you're looking forward to the first game
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  Speaker 3: of the year and divisional opponent, it's a big game.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, camp with Sam Darnold.
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  Speaker 1: What what maybe just stands out most about David.
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  Speaker 3: Just getting just as poise, you know, really great player,
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  Speaker 3: really great thrower of the football, consistent. I've touched on
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  Speaker 3: the timing piece before, but I think he's great with
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  Speaker 3: his timing, like you know, when the ball is getting out,
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  Speaker 3: and yeah, I think we all expect really great things
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  Speaker 3: from Sam. He doesn't turn the ball over either, makes
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  Speaker 3: a great decisions, smart decisions, checks the ball down when
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  Speaker 3: he needs to, checks the run plays, never messing up
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  Speaker 3: calls in the huddle.
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  Speaker 2: So it's very consistent.
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  Speaker 3: He's a pro, he's been in this league for a while,
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  Speaker 3: and he's gonna have a really really great year.
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  Speaker 1: Were consistent twice there about him that position in particular.
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  Speaker 1: I know that's what he's talked about.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Sol with that position in particular. How valuable is.
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  Speaker 3: When you know extremely Yeah, you know what you're gonna
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  Speaker 3: get from Sam. You know, like I said, the timing
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  Speaker 3: on his passes. You know, he's gonna know what the
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  Speaker 3: play is in the huddle, he's gonna make the checks
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  Speaker 3: to the line, he's gonna control the two minute. So
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  Speaker 3: it's huge and he's going a heck of a job.
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  Speaker 1: It's one drive in a recent game to see the
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  Speaker 1: first game offense.
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  Speaker 2: Do what it did.
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  Speaker 1: But what kind of confidence can that deal for you
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  Speaker 1: guys about what this offense could do? It's time to
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  Speaker 1: go here?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a really good drive. Really, the intensity
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  Speaker 3: was there. What we wanted to do was there. And again,
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  Speaker 3: like we said, it's one drive, and you know that
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  Speaker 3: was two weeks ago, so we got to put that
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  Speaker 3: behind us and you know, set our focus on getting
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  Speaker 3: as good as we can this week and then you know,
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  Speaker 3: roll into the regular season with that.
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  Speaker 2: Same mindset and same mentality.
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  Speaker 3: Based on what you know about the offense and the
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  Speaker 3: guys you have on it, what do you feel like
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  Speaker 3: you're gonna be able to do best on that side
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  Speaker 3: of your bread and butter? Yeah, I think just the
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  Speaker 3: combination of running the ball, obviously throwing it, but the
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  Speaker 3: physical mentality that we do it with and the angles
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  Speaker 3: that we hit you at. You know, it's gonna be
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  Speaker 3: a variety of outside z own gap scheme, all the things,
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  Speaker 3: play action pass, and you know, we got a lot
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  Speaker 3: of different weapons that we can get the ball to
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  Speaker 3: and great backs and I think the old line's done
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  Speaker 3: a really good job of gelling together.
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  Speaker 2: So it's complimentary football.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we got a really good defense that you know,
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  Speaker 3: we're gonna try and keep them off the field as
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  Speaker 3: much as we can and let them stay rested and
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  Speaker 3: let them go hunt on third DOWNB.
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  Speaker 2: You've got the highest score quote in the tight end shoot.
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  Speaker 2: I would say Oots gets in there every now and then.
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  Speaker 3: Oots isn't a tight end, but you know he gets
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  Speaker 3: the quotes and they've done a good job with him.
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  Speaker 3: It keeps it light at practice, gives you something to
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  Speaker 3: kind of get you going, you know, in those dog
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  Speaker 3: days of camp. So those have been fun. That's some
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  Speaker 3: of that sob brought over here. So those are fun
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  Speaker 3: for the guys. I mean we always bring in one
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  Speaker 3: of somebody from a different position group as well, so
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  Speaker 3: it kind of brings everyone to together.
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  Speaker 2: From the tight end perspective, how different is the blocking.
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  Speaker 3: A little bit different, more consistent in the things that
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  Speaker 3: I'm asked to being do to do, and I think
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  Speaker 3: I personally, I like, you know, the under center running.
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  Speaker 3: We were kind of in the shotgun a lot last year,
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  Speaker 3: kind of changes the angles for us being under center
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  Speaker 3: using a full back, and I feel very good. I
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  Speaker 3: feel like, you know, I'm one of the best run
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  Speaker 3: blocking tight ends in the league. And I'm not just
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  Speaker 3: that either.
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  Speaker 1: So anything else has about somebody to the day.
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  Speaker 2: Congrats to them. Man, that's awesome. I'm sure the whole
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  Speaker 2: TMZ will cover that. But yeah, all right, how a
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  Speaker 2: god one