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Jay Harbaugh: "We're Chasing Improvement" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Going great, good to see everybody.
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  Speaker 2: You get an opportunity to have some reflection on your
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  Speaker 2: first year as a special team sportator in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: How did that process go for you and where you're
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  Speaker 2: looking to improve upon the.
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  Speaker 3: Post story of this season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was the opportunity to reflect is I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's what we all do after the year, which is awesome,
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  Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's everything in terms of the improvement,
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  Speaker 1: even the stuff that you feel like you did well
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  Speaker 1: with enough time and.
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  Speaker 3: You're you're really self critical, you you know, want to
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  Speaker 3: do even better, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 1: So every phase, really, regardless of how how it went,
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  Speaker 1: you're trying to chase those improvements. Some going to be
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  Speaker 1: smaller than others probably, and then looking again at what
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  Speaker 1: you have on your roster and hey, we have this
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  Speaker 1: particular player, maybe this is an area where we could
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  Speaker 1: do something a little bit different than we did before.
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  Speaker 1: So that's a kind of a different wrinkle on it,
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  Speaker 1: but it makes it really exciting. But yeah, the self reflection,
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  Speaker 1: just the same as we ask for the players, is
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  Speaker 1: a huge part of what we do as coaches too.
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  Speaker 2: We're your thoughts of moving the touch back to with
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  Speaker 2: the idea of get more returns.
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  Speaker 1: I think it'll be effective in terms of the having
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  Speaker 1: that having that result more times than that. It feels
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  Speaker 1: like it's never going to be quite as extreme as
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  Speaker 1: as what your initial gut reaction would be, Hey, it's
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  Speaker 1: going to be this percentage, It's usually not quite that.
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  Speaker 1: But I do think if that is the desired goal,
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  Speaker 1: then it will be effective.
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  Speaker 3: When we look back at it, I.
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  Speaker 1: Havn't gone through a whole whole year with that pretty
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  Speaker 1: drastic change of came off. What did you think about
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  Speaker 1: the way that I played out overseason.
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  Speaker 3: About the just the format in general.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was great. You know, it's it's good football.
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  Speaker 1: It's all the stuff that we love about it, the blocking,
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  Speaker 1: the tackling, the big plays, the you know, big defensive
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  Speaker 1: plays that light up the stadium.
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  Speaker 3: It's all that same stuff. So A big fan of it.
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  Speaker 1: And and it gives those guys in that realm and
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  Speaker 1: and and the special teams world. It's more opportunities, which
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  Speaker 1: is which is really fun. So UH loved it, and
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  Speaker 1: I think a few of the tweaks that were made
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  Speaker 1: have a chance to make it even better. And like
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  Speaker 1: like everything else in the game, trying to trying to
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  Speaker 1: make it, uh, you know, as safe as possible, make
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  Speaker 1: it exciting to watch and fun to watch.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's I think it's really cool. So when
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  Speaker 3: you look at.
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  Speaker 2: This year, is it easier to prepare for that or
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  Speaker 2: is it is it harder because now you're looking for
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  Speaker 2: like that next spots to chase edges with.
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  Speaker 1: Those roles, And the question is preparing for it as
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  Speaker 1: opposed to last year.
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  Speaker 2: She didn't know what was gonna happen last year.
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  Speaker 1: Now you've got some decent, great place. Yeah, So it's
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  Speaker 1: interesting you compare it to Yeah, a year ago, we
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  Speaker 1: just started watching the the u f L, and so
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  Speaker 1: now we're watching our own league, and uh, I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: like I think you hit on it. It's it's not
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  Speaker 1: one is really easier than the other. It's just different, right,
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  Speaker 1: one of them. A year ago, you're acting, Hey, this
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  Speaker 1: is what we think it'll be like, this is what
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  Speaker 1: types of plays we think will be effective, This is
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  Speaker 1: what we anticipate, timing and spacing and all that. Well,
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  Speaker 1: now we know and it's it's the same. It's like, man,
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  Speaker 1: you never feel like you've you've made it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in any part of football as a coach, so you know,
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  Speaker 1: more stuff and you're gonna apply it. But it's just
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  Speaker 1: it's like, yeah, it's it's different, but the same. You're
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  Speaker 1: still chasing the those trying to understand it better, trying
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  Speaker 1: to put the players in a little bit better position
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  Speaker 1: to make a big play.
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  Speaker 3: That kind of thing.
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  Speaker 1: We see Steve Simms back there doing catch us and
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  Speaker 1: punts and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 3: What do you like about you know, is that kind
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  Speaker 3: of a guy that could take over that room. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: A big fan of Steve.
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  Speaker 1: And he's quick, he's twitched up, he takes it really seriously.
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  Speaker 1: He loves that role and really embraces it. Works his
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  Speaker 1: tail off, and you guys see it from pre practice
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  Speaker 1: to to just throughout his tremendous stamina and uh and
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  Speaker 1: enthusiasm that that doesn't wean either from you know, the meetings.
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  Speaker 3: Too, throughout the rest of practice. So all those things.
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  Speaker 1: Plus he has a lot of God given talent too,
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  Speaker 1: So you combine those two things, that's pretty exciting and
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  Speaker 1: we're thrilled to have them.
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  Speaker 2: Michael Dixon has the third highest funning average in compleat history.
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  Speaker 2: Taken for granted, sometimes you think and just thoughts on
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  Speaker 2: him making the top fifty and franchise history.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's certainly not taken for granted within this building.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we love him and highly impressed by him
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  Speaker 1: all the time. Just yeah, I think the world of him,
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  Speaker 1: his consistency as a performer. He's really a model, even
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  Speaker 1: though what he does is really different from a lot
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  Speaker 1: of other positions on the field.
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  Speaker 3: I think when.
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  Speaker 1: You get past that, if you're another player and you
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  Speaker 1: see who he is as a pro and what he
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  Speaker 1: does day in and day out, the mental.
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  Speaker 3: Approach, the care he takes for his body, his ability to.
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  Speaker 1: Take information good or bad and process it and then
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  Speaker 1: move on. It's really a great ample for other players
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  Speaker 1: as well. So super happy for him. He's very deserving
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  Speaker 1: of that honor, and again, just really thrilled to have
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  Speaker 1: him on our team.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know how much of the boys do you
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  Speaker 2: have in the draft process for certain players, but how
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  Speaker 2: excited were you to get Tory Horton and Rick White,
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  Speaker 2: two guys who returned kicks for touchdowns and also what
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  Speaker 2: punts at the college ful outsideing e sent for you,
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  Speaker 2: personal friend.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really exciting and there's a I'm blessed to
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  Speaker 1: work with John and Mike, who I think do a
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  Speaker 1: fantastic job, including all of us as coaches in the process.
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  Speaker 1: And it's such a neat structure of low ego. Everybody's contributing.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody is, you know, hey, this is my guy, this
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  Speaker 1: is your guy, this is I'm gonna get really defensive.
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  Speaker 1: You don't see any of that, which is really neat.
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  Speaker 1: And so love to be able to contribute of our
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  Speaker 1: opinions of how we see a guy being able to
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  Speaker 1: come in and help us and what his role might
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  Speaker 1: look like.
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  Speaker 3: And certainly it's.
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  Speaker 1: A great thing when guys have done in college and
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  Speaker 1: I have shown you that it's important to them and
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  Speaker 1: they have certain skill sets. And then there's other guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, just depending on what school that they're at,
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  Speaker 1: they might not have had the opportunity and they have
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  Speaker 1: a great skill set and they're gonna take to it too.
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  Speaker 1: So I learned that even more this year of some
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  Speaker 1: guys that can be great for you. They they just
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  Speaker 1: haven't had the chance to show it yet. But those
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  Speaker 1: two guys are put a lot of great stuff on tape.
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  Speaker 3: Excited to have them Jay, Aul.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus is already out. But you know, you're your second
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  Speaker 2: year now in the NFL. What do you know now
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  Speaker 2: that you didn't know.
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  Speaker 3: When you do in the league.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean how much time do you guys have?
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  Speaker 1: That could be a really really long answer. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: the way that you'd love to operate as a coach
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  Speaker 1: and you'd loved our players to operate is I'd hope
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  Speaker 1: to be.
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  Speaker 3: Able to say the same thing to you to you
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  Speaker 3: next year.
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  Speaker 1: You know you because you're constantly looking critically at everything
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  Speaker 1: that you do. You're looking at what other people are doing.
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  Speaker 1: The trends hit, these are the things I think are true.
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  Speaker 1: This is what you know, oh Man ended up being
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  Speaker 1: a little bit different. Here's some things I could have
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  Speaker 1: anticipated happening a little bit different.
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  Speaker 3: So it's a lot.
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  Speaker 1: The things that are obvious are the the roster and
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  Speaker 1: the numbers and what that looks like week in a
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  Speaker 1: week out, like you know it logically and rationally you
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  Speaker 1: know it, and then a week in a week out
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  Speaker 1: when you see how drastically things can change and the
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  Speaker 1: availability of players. That's the one that would stand out
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  Speaker 1: as to any coach that's probably new to the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: is getting a feel for like the fifty three, then
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  Speaker 1: the forty eight and then how much that that can
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  Speaker 1: change and how late in the week that can change.
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  Speaker 3: And it's exciting.
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  Speaker 1: It's all cool stuff to learn, and you know, thankful
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  Speaker 1: to have a lot of experience around the building to
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  Speaker 1: draw and so there's people that there's certain things if
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  Speaker 1: you have an experience, they can help you see around
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  Speaker 1: the corner of like, hey, heads up, you know if
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  Speaker 1: this guy's down, then that might mean you know X,
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  Speaker 1: Y or Z. So yeah, I could go on and on,
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  Speaker 1: but that would be probably the main thing that would
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  Speaker 1: stand out.
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  Speaker 2: What are the things that you learned that help, you know,
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  Speaker 2: contribute to your evaluation of draft prospects into this season, like
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  Speaker 2: certain characteristics you're looking for in players.
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  Speaker 3: And maybe you wouldn't have otherwise compared to a year ago.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so again, that'll be I think, I
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  Speaker 1: hope I'm even better at it next to you know,
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  Speaker 1: coaching within this structure of scheme, because it is a
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  Speaker 1: lot different than college. Same fundamentals, same important things, but
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  Speaker 1: the limitations scheme wise. You know, Yeah, you learn about
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  Speaker 1: that and then you can really once you know it better,
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  Speaker 1: you can project players into certain roles better. Hey, I
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  Speaker 1: can clearly see what this guy can do for us.
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  Speaker 1: And then also having a better sense, like I.
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  Speaker 3: Was just saying about what the game day roster looks like.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the where guys have more value than others
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  Speaker 1: is another area that you just you realize certain skill
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  Speaker 1: sets are just more valuable, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 3: So that would probably be the main thing.
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  Speaker 1: Everything else.
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  Speaker 3: Appreciate you guys,