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Bobby Wagner: "I Feel Good About Where We Are At" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: My bide week was good. Shorter than you know, but
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  Speaker 1: it's good.
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  Speaker 2: You talked about not ever complaining about the bye week
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  Speaker 2: when the schedule comes out.
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  Speaker 3: I did.
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  Speaker 1: I did looking.
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  Speaker 2: Back, what's the biggest benefits of the bye week for
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  Speaker 2: this particular team?
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  Speaker 1: When I felt, I think it allows for some of
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  Speaker 1: the guys that were injured to get more healthy, some
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  Speaker 1: of the guys like Jamal and things like that, as
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  Speaker 1: we're working him back into the fold, he gets to
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  Speaker 1: have a a week off after a game like that.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, I think the the biggest thing is just health,
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  Speaker 1: giving guys time to get back and be healthy so
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  Speaker 1: we you know, can make him run.
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  Speaker 2: There trick or thing you have to do to make
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  Speaker 2: sure tricks off the ereat work, but something just make
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  Speaker 2: sure guys kind of pick up where you left off.
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  Speaker 4: And always even momentum after some time.
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  Speaker 1: Away not really cause a lot of times like uh
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  Speaker 1: that first like the beginning of the season, you come
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  Speaker 1: back and you know your body's getting used to get
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  Speaker 1: you know, tackling, getting hit, all those different things. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, sometimes early on the week off is good
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  Speaker 1: just to allow your body to recover a little faster.
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  Speaker 1: I like I said, the energy, the big plays, the swag.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 1: Unfortunately it was just nine plays, but you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: excited to have him back. His energy is contagious, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, we look forward to having more big plays,
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  Speaker 1: more big tackles, you know, a lot of just game
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  Speaker 1: changing plays.
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  Speaker 4: With anybody, the way that he plays stuff there, the.
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  Speaker 1: Intensive it's kind of different because you know, I've been
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  Speaker 1: around some good corners and you know, he has a corner,
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  Speaker 1: but he comes inside and he blitzes and he you know,
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  Speaker 1: so it's not really anybody that I've played with per se.
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  Speaker 1: He's just a really really good player.
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  Speaker 5: Just surprise you.
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  Speaker 3: I mean three games and some of the things he's
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  Speaker 3: been able to do or not really cause when he
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  Speaker 3: came in, you know, they talked about how smart he was,
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  Speaker 3: but you saw it when he was studying plays or
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  Speaker 3: you know, his ability, you know, cause in OTA's he
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  Speaker 3: had a couple injuries, but you know, the way he
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  Speaker 3: was picking up concepts and seeing things.
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  Speaker 1: You knew once he got his momentum and you know
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  Speaker 1: he was gonna be good. And I think the physicality
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  Speaker 1: is the thing that everybody was waiting to see as well.
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  Speaker 1: And so I think there's just more he gets comfortable,
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  Speaker 1: the more plays hes gonna make you cool out.
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  Speaker 2: The way that he practices. Does anything about his attention
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  Speaker 2: to detail or the way he practice is stand out
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  Speaker 2: to you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think he's just constantly owning, constantly
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  Speaker 1: trying to talk about different things, even when something happens,
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  Speaker 1: you know, after the plays coming up and seeing like
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's constant conversation. I think as a young
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  Speaker 1: player that's not really normal a lot of times. You know,
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  Speaker 1: young players are just like wanna do their job and
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  Speaker 1: kind of quiet and things of that nature. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's always trying to learn, always trying to figure out
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  Speaker 1: the angles of blisses, the the the coverages, things of
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  Speaker 1: that nature. So I think that's the biggest thing. And
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  Speaker 1: he flies around so.
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  Speaker 5: So the other day that he's starting to get some
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  Speaker 5: attention and some honors and stuff like that. So now
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  Speaker 5: he's got to learn how to or you know, he's
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  Speaker 5: got to handle that a little bit, do you. I mean,
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  Speaker 5: he's the kind of guy, you know, as a rookie
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  Speaker 5: that can kind of they handle this the right way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. I don't think any of the I
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  Speaker 1: think the like these accolades are cool, but I think
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  Speaker 1: there's a bigger picture and a bigger thing that he
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  Speaker 1: wants to accomplish. So I think some of the stuff
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  Speaker 1: that he's finally getting knowledged for is cool, but I
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  Speaker 1: think he understands what the bigger picture for him is,
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  Speaker 1: so I think he'll handle it just fun.
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  Speaker 2: Getting eleven sacks and wholding a team to three points
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  Speaker 2: may not be something you can expect every week, but
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  Speaker 2: just a bigger picture. How have you seen the defense
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  Speaker 2: progress and how good you feel about the direction you're heading?
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  Speaker 1: I feel good. I think, you know, all off season
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  Speaker 1: we were talking about stopping a run and so I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we we've been able to do that thus far,
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  Speaker 1: and then after that it's how do you compliment that
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  Speaker 1: with everything else? And so I think last game, you know,
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  Speaker 1: our rush did a really good job and it really
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  Speaker 1: made things easier for the coverage. So I think the
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  Speaker 1: more and more that happens, the more we put together
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  Speaker 1: games like that, you know, I feel good about where
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  Speaker 1: we're at.
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  Speaker 4: Has JV played helping the run defense this year?
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  Speaker 1: I just think how smart he is and his communication.
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  Speaker 1: I think he has a really good understanding of what
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  Speaker 1: the office in line tries to do from a blocking
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  Speaker 1: scheme perspective, and he's really really good at communicating that
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  Speaker 1: to all the D linemen, so you know, you can
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  Speaker 1: hear him sometimes before like call out some plays and
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  Speaker 1: call out some past or the protections and things of
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  Speaker 1: that nature. I think that really allows the guys that's
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  Speaker 1: playing next to him to play fast.
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  Speaker 2: And he yells the protection and that's what it is.
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  Speaker 1: He goes to play side and that's what good.
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  Speaker 5: He's pretty accurate.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he's pretty accurate.
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  Speaker 3: Very ear You guys have spent a ton of time
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  Speaker 3: in nickel when you're still stopping the run really well,
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  Speaker 3: what's been the key to that?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's just understanding our run fits, trusting the
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  Speaker 1: people around us, making the tackles when we have to,
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  Speaker 1: being aggressive in the run game. And then just you know, personally,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like the personnel is doing a really good
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  Speaker 1: job of just you know, owning your assignment and bracing
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  Speaker 1: your role and making the place when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: you with.
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  Speaker 5: A lot better class week.
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  Speaker 2: Just what you've seen from them the.
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  Speaker 5: Challenges this week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Burroughs looking more more comfortable and more healthy,
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  Speaker 1: and I think all that always, you know, helps their
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  Speaker 1: team they're finding out ways to get their playmakers the ball,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we just have to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: we try to make a one dimensional I think people
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  Speaker 1: a lot of times people sleep on their run game.
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  Speaker 1: They don't run as much, but they have a really
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  Speaker 1: talented back that can get going if you don't stop them.
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  Speaker 1: So our job is to stop them, make them do
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  Speaker 1: what they want to do with you throw the ball
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  Speaker 1: and then make our plays. In the past game, the
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  Speaker 1: number of play.
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  Speaker 2: And the deep balls that Joe Burrows has completed since
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty, is it the ability of the wide receiver
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  Speaker 2: to get open.
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  Speaker 3: Is it confusing the defense and creating bus to keverge?
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  Speaker 5: Just what's happening on those plays downfields.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a combination of a lot of things.
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  Speaker 1: I think they have great wide receivers, so I think
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  Speaker 1: it starts there. I think they have a guy who
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  Speaker 1: can really throw the ball and get it get it
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  Speaker 1: there pretty accurately. And then, yeah, you got so many playmakers,
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  Speaker 1: you gotta you try to shift to one and opens
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  Speaker 1: up to another. And so I think they try to
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  Speaker 1: utilize the talent that they have and they have a
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  Speaker 1: talented quarterback to get them the ball. So I think
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  Speaker 1: it's a combination, it's not just one thing. But you
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  Speaker 1: know they're a good team.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly what where you were saying about the Nickel position.
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  Speaker 2: You guys playing as much as you have for a
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  Speaker 2: long time, Nicol was a third down guy who would
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  Speaker 2: come in and play in obvious passive situations. Become more
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  Speaker 2: of a starter's position. When did did you start to
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  Speaker 2: see that kind of changer or more of the where
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  Speaker 2: teams felt comfortable just playing Nickel almost as their base.
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  Speaker 1: I think it became kind of a thing more when
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  Speaker 1: because offenses back in the day, they would try to
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  Speaker 1: motion to put that that smaller guy majority of time
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  Speaker 1: into the runfit. So you would bring him into the
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  Speaker 1: box and you would run right at him, and that's
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  Speaker 1: where they felt like they had to play. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: as defensive seen that they understand how they try to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, put the guy in the box. I think one,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you find the right people that feel comfortable
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  Speaker 1: in the box to make those plays, and then two,
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  Speaker 1: understanding when you're going to get attacked and how they're
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  Speaker 1: attacking you allows you to play faster. Also, the guys
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  Speaker 1: around you know that that play is coming, so you
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  Speaker 1: could cheat that way as well. So I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a combination of just guys understanding what the offenses was
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  Speaker 1: trying to do to attack that particular person, and then
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  Speaker 1: kind of leaning towards that way.
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  Speaker 5: How do you feel like you're playing? And I asked,
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  Speaker 5: because if you're thirty three, obviously you know that was
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  Speaker 5: sort of the three. Yeah, well that's what it says.
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  Speaker 1: But keep lying.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, go ahead, sorry, but no, just you know, like
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  Speaker 5: this player's age, there's always a question can you play
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  Speaker 5: the same level? Things like that, But statistically it seems
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  Speaker 5: like you are.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have it?
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  Speaker 5: It's a staff, but it than when they took you
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  Speaker 5: out at the end of the So I Askage for
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  Speaker 5: a couple of plays. I mean, do you feel like
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  Speaker 5: you're playing the same way did it.
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  Speaker 1: Five years ago? Or I mean I feel pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: I mean I feel like I'm you know, making plays.
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  Speaker 1: I still I feel like there's things that I could
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  Speaker 1: do improve my game, which I feel like that's always
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  Speaker 1: something that I'm proving myself on. It's trying to uh
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  Speaker 1: improve and get better. I think it's hard to say
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  Speaker 1: whether or not someone's doing good. There's so many there's
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  Speaker 1: so much more Steven left. I feel like it's off
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  Speaker 1: to a good start and there's a lot more stuff
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  Speaker 1: to do and I'll just leave that to you guys
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  Speaker 1: to judge it, but I won't really care about it.
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  Speaker 5: So do you pay tens? Do you pay attention to
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  Speaker 5: like pro football for guess or any of those kind
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  Speaker 5: of ratings?
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  Speaker 1: Not really? I mean I think when it works in
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  Speaker 1: your favor, you love it. When it doesn't, you don't
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  Speaker 1: love it.
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  Speaker 4: So said I think NBA game, wh I say, how
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  Speaker 4: much fun was that? How much is the leak?
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  Speaker 2: Need to come back to Seattle full time?
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  Speaker 1: It was great, It's great being on the court. It's great.
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  Speaker 1: Uh seeing those guys. It's like a reminder that they're
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  Speaker 1: professionals for a reason. But I definitely feel like this
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  Speaker 1: city needs an NBA team. I think it would be
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  Speaker 1: fun to have that to compliment our women's team. And
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  Speaker 1: who knows, we'll just sit here and wait. I know
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people talk about Vegas, but you know
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  Speaker 1: who wants to go to Vegas?
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  Speaker 5: How much differently do you see the game you have compared.
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  Speaker 3: To when you're in your career.
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  Speaker 5: You just knows it helps you that you know what's
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  Speaker 5: coming more.
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  Speaker 1: Offens I think the game's a lot just slower. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's what it is. Like you kind of like
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  Speaker 1: know what's coming, you understand. I think when I was
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  Speaker 1: a rookie, there's a lot of like wasted steps. So
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  Speaker 1: it's a lot of like you want to be so fast,
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  Speaker 1: you want to get to everything so quick that you just,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you just waste movement, waist steps. Like you know,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of times people say you out there just
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  Speaker 1: running with a chicken with a head cut off, And
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  Speaker 1: so as you be more comfortable, you understand, like you
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  Speaker 1: don't have to move as fast when you know where
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  Speaker 1: the balls go on your you know, sometimes you'll step
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  Speaker 1: this way when the boss come that way, and it's
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  Speaker 1: no reason to do that, so you might just even
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  Speaker 1: sit there and just not move. There's been a couple
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  Speaker 1: of times where I don't even move because I know
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  Speaker 1: where the ball's coming. So that's just trusting what I see,
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  Speaker 1: trusting what I've seen over my career, and just make
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  Speaker 1: it a play when I need to.
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  Speaker 4: Did you ever get got by the safe space thing
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  Speaker 4: that Pete does?
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  Speaker 1: Safe space? Yeah? No, no, I was, I was too
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  Speaker 1: aware of that.
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  Speaker 4: If do you remember a time where someone really got
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  Speaker 4: got like they're about to the heart out.
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  Speaker 1: No, there's been a couple of times where you know, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I was like, Pete, you might wanna I would have
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  Speaker 1: cut him. He was about to say a real story
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  Speaker 1: that uh, we don't want to hear. But it's been cool.
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  Speaker 1: I think the only one that's really got us, I
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  Speaker 1: think was t O where he didn't want to sit
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  Speaker 1: down and he was gonna tell his story and we
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  Speaker 1: thought it was we thought it was real, but it
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  Speaker 1: was actually a joke. So he flipped it on us.
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  Speaker 1: I believe so.
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  Speaker 4: But the meeting that you guys have before games and
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  Speaker 4: how unique they are with how Pete doesn't do you
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  Speaker 4: think those have any impact over the years and how
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  Speaker 4: successful a team has been.
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  Speaker 1: I think so. I think it does a really good
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  Speaker 1: job of bringing everybody together. I think he's done a
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  Speaker 1: really good job of honing in whatever message for that
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  Speaker 1: particular game. You know, I think it's something over a
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  Speaker 1: period of time, you know, you have like you appreciate,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the amount of effort that he I'm pretty
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  Speaker 1: sure he puts in and the thought that he puts
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  Speaker 1: in to making sure those meetings go and be productive.
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  Speaker 1: And so I feel like As I've gotten older, I
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  Speaker 1: appreciate it. I appreciate it more because I started to
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  Speaker 1: see how hard that possibly is to, you know, every
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  Speaker 1: single game, come up with a different message, different theme,
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  Speaker 1: different thing for each game and try to execute that message.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 4: What are some of those messages, the themes?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it could be anything. He always has a
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  Speaker 1: story that relates to the particular message. It can be
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  Speaker 1: the thing for or being physical. It can be you know,
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  Speaker 1: be aggressive. It's so many different things. It's just like
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  Speaker 1: that particular game what we have to do to win
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  Speaker 1: that game. And you know we come in money to
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  Speaker 1: see if we execute.
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  Speaker 3: It as a defense.
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  Speaker 2: But what's the key to making your boarding back to
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  Speaker 2: the comfortable one.
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  Speaker 1: Dimensional if you will, without changing where you are to
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  Speaker 1: disguise as physical as I think it's a lot of
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  Speaker 1: it is film study. A lot of it is watching
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  Speaker 1: and understand what are the things you like to do. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you have a really really good receiver on the outside,
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  Speaker 1: and so you know he's gonna get his touches and
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  Speaker 1: knowing where he's at, you know, every play is important.
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  Speaker 1: I think applying pressure when you have it and you
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  Speaker 1: need it. I don't think he's been sacked as much
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  Speaker 1: on first and second down, so you know, trying to
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  Speaker 1: try and accomplish that third down, you know, put him
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  Speaker 1: in longer yard of situations. A lot of us to
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  Speaker 1: prive pressure. So I think it's just not letting a
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  Speaker 1: guy like that that can have the ability to do
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  Speaker 1: it just sit back there and just do all of
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  Speaker 1: his reads and make all of his throws. You have to,
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  Speaker 1: you know, be aggressive, and you have to you know,
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  Speaker 1: get in his face.
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  Speaker 3: Oba what is it about the house rush that you
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  Speaker 3: think makes the improvements you guys have make the last
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  Speaker 3: couple of weeks sustainable.
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  Speaker 2: Or as you push forward, what you're really to get.
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  Speaker 1: Like, I think a lot of it is just the guys,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being around each other and playing with each other,
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  Speaker 1: cause a lot of it is, you know, these are first,
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  Speaker 1: our first real opportunities to to run some games or
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  Speaker 1: do some different things together. And I think, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as you do it more and more, like you know,
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  Speaker 1: you understand how somebody likes to do it. You understand
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  Speaker 1: like how you can trust the person to do And
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  Speaker 1: I think that's what's happened over the last like four games.
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  Speaker 3: You done any work with BT on.
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  Speaker 2: House rush stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I I actually did a lot of work with him
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  Speaker 1: before last game. He's been really really helpful for.
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  Speaker 2: Me about what he teaches or helps helps you.
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  Speaker 1: As I think it's just a lot of like teaching
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  Speaker 1: his communication and being relatable and understanding like the person
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  Speaker 1: that you're talking to. So I think that's the biggest
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  Speaker 1: thing to me is like I've probably been coached some
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  Speaker 1: of those things that he's teaching, but the way that
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  Speaker 1: he communicates it helps me understand exactly what I need
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  Speaker 1: to do so that when I'm in the game, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not thinking about it. I'm just trusting my movements, trusting
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  Speaker 1: what we practice. So I think that's been the biggest thing.
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  Speaker 1: Anything else, Yeah, I appreciate it. He's