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Klint Kubiak: "Sam Darnold Has Done A Phenomenal Job" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Been a really good camp for our men. They're they're
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  Speaker 1: getting better as a group.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I can't say nothing good things about our coaching staff
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  Speaker 1: and how how much they're pushing these guys and and
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  Speaker 1: uh following Mike's lead. So with any questions, let's scope.
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  Speaker 2: What area did you circle as like Thursday?
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  Speaker 1: On Thursday, I just think that the first group really competed.
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  Speaker 1: You know that they just put their starters out there,
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  Speaker 1: and those guys didn't flinch. You know, we had a
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  Speaker 1: lot of our starters in there too, but they were
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  Speaker 1: ready to play. You know. I think that speaks to
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  Speaker 1: Mike's practice and and how how hard they are and
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  Speaker 1: makes the games easier.
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  Speaker 2: Like the run game was coming to life in that game.
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  Speaker 3: Now, you cannot enough that from you guys who did
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  Speaker 3: go what you see in the run game.
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  Speaker 1: I saw our guys play like they practice. They were physical,
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  Speaker 1: they were detailed. Some of those young backs did a
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  Speaker 1: great job. George Flawney, I was running by a really
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  Speaker 1: physical offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: Jalen in that game. And what do you want to
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  Speaker 2: see from him in.
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  Speaker 1: The next year his first first ever touch in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: I thought he handled this the the day very well.
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  Speaker 1: Wanted to see him keep growing, you know, not be satisfied,
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  Speaker 1: and keep pushing to get better. And that's part of
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  Speaker 1: his DNA. So I'm not worried about that.
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  Speaker 3: What do you see this kind of a us he's
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  Speaker 3: gotten here.
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  Speaker 1: Sam has done a phenomenal job, you know, and we're
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  Speaker 1: adjusting to him. We're going to play off his strengths.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's He's played a lot of football in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. He's been accurate throughout camp, been a great leader,
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  Speaker 1: and as coaching staff, we want to do what he
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  Speaker 1: does best.
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  Speaker 2: He could have gone a last that we saw on
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  Speaker 2: Thursday about what he would like to do regular person.
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  Speaker 1: We're just trying to evaluate our players, you know, We're
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  Speaker 1: trying to evaluate our offensive line, receivers, quarterbacks, tight ends.
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  Speaker 1: So that game is all about evaluation.
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  Speaker 3: He kind of have gone a lot of different ways
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  Speaker 3: with the fullback.
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  Speaker 2: What did you like about Robbie's in college or whatever?
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  Speaker 1: You like what you see the part area, Well, you
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  Speaker 1: just see a very physically gifted guy, you know, two
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  Speaker 1: hundred and seventy plus pounds, moves very well, has soft
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  Speaker 1: hands and as a fullback, he had to be extremely intelligent.
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  Speaker 1: Our offensive line are our running back room. Some really
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  Speaker 1: smart guys there, led by Kennedy, Paul Motto, Michael Burn.
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  Speaker 1: Those guys do a great job, you know, developing those guys.
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  Speaker 2: What do you feel about the way.
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  Speaker 1: I think I see I see growth every day, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the guys, the guys since the spring have made strides.
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  Speaker 1: You know, as we get into the dog days of
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  Speaker 1: camp here and get these long, padded practices, that's when
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  Speaker 1: you see, you know, who the real guys are. So
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  Speaker 1: that was it was exciting to see them got it
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  Speaker 1: out today and know we're gonna have a lot of
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  Speaker 1: long days like that.
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  Speaker 3: Action part of a big part of the offense. In
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  Speaker 3: Minnesota and New Orleans. You run among the highest and
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  Speaker 3: play action in the league. What dictates when you use
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  Speaker 3: it when you don't.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's how good you are on on bass downs.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if you're getting in front of the chains,
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  Speaker 1: then you're able to do that stuff. More so, it's
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  Speaker 1: situationally dictated. But whether we're running it, play action, we
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  Speaker 1: got to do what our players do best, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we got to There's gonna be a lot of different
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  Speaker 1: ways we're gonna have to win a football game, whether
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  Speaker 1: it's run it forty times or throw it fifty times,
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  Speaker 1: and we have to be prepared to do both.
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  Speaker 3: Let's seas came on.
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  Speaker 1: Uh Ab has has made great strikes. He's been obviously
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  Speaker 1: is a physical presence, but you see more consistency in
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  Speaker 1: his game throughout throughout camp. So I see a guy
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  Speaker 1: that's uh, that's playing more confident.
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  Speaker 3: People know Mike as a defensive coach, but how do
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  Speaker 3: you collaborate with him on hopins?
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  Speaker 1: We speak every day. He spends a lot of time
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  Speaker 1: with our offensive staff, UH specifically situationally, and the way
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  Speaker 1: he prepares us for situations is as good as I've
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  Speaker 1: ever been around. He's talking to us about, you know,
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  Speaker 1: things that give them trouble on defense, give suggestions that
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  Speaker 1: way and overall, you know, we're just feeding off his
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  Speaker 1: message of physicality. You see it as a rookie. You
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  Speaker 1: know he's ready for the moment. You know it's not
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  Speaker 1: too big for him. He belongs out there. He's got
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  Speaker 1: a long way to go. But I love the mentality,
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  Speaker 1: love the makeup and uh, you know I think that
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  Speaker 1: that's uh, you know, John Snyder drafting a guy with
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  Speaker 1: a big heart. I love the work and that comes
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  Speaker 1: from you know, his work habits and it comes from
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  Speaker 1: his mom and dad. The way he's race.
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  Speaker 2: What is the biggest girl for our offensiveplignment.
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  Speaker 3: To to make that jump?
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  Speaker 2: And it was starting holding the same year the good
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  Speaker 2: way you want to see them.
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  Speaker 1: It was just playing against elite interior players and we
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  Speaker 1: have we have some right now, especially number nine to nine,
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  Speaker 1: so we got to go face him every day. You know,
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  Speaker 1: that's as good as it's going to get in the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: You've seen that chemistry between Sam and as a pass cutcher,
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  Speaker 3: especially Scats and the Koodler.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously now the light go out before the piers.
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  Speaker 1: How you seen that grow? Yeah, they've they've put a
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  Speaker 1: lot of time together. They've they've grown with with the
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  Speaker 1: accumulated reps. I see, I've seen progress there and that's
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  Speaker 1: stuff that you know doesn't stop. They just got to
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  Speaker 1: keep the timing of the past. Game is just about
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  Speaker 1: practicing it every day and staying on the details, and
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  Speaker 1: and they've been they've been good with that so far.
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  Speaker 1: We can get better.
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  Speaker 2: You feel about the how do you feel about the
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  Speaker 2: depth that you have a better receiver position as far
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  Speaker 2: as all around players. Seeing Tory Horde emerge, Jerike Young
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  Speaker 2: having a great camp.
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  Speaker 1: I think coach Jackson has done a great job of
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  Speaker 1: developing guys. There's, you know, guys coming from the bottom
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  Speaker 1: of the roster that are making plays, Guys that we drafted.
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  Speaker 1: It's a very competitive group and it'll be some hard
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  Speaker 1: decisions to make.
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  Speaker 2: Performance saying maybe compared with your.
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  Speaker 1: Executions of the well, usually you play how you practice,
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  Speaker 1: and he's put together some solid practices. He's still a
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  Speaker 1: rookie with a lot to learn and there's new details
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  Speaker 1: he's going through every day. But it was good to
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  Speaker 1: see when the lights came on he was the same
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  Speaker 1: guy he was here on the practice s field.
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  Speaker 2: You called the game from the sidelines the other day.
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  Speaker 1: Where you got to do it for the season or
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  Speaker 1: that's my plan, But I done both and always reserve
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  Speaker 1: the right to go upstairs if need be.
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  Speaker 2: Just what do you like about it?
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  Speaker 1: I just like being around the guys and feeling their
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  Speaker 1: energy and feeling substitution patterns and overall being to look
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  Speaker 1: a guy in the eye and make adjustments. That goes
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  Speaker 1: along with one of.
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  Speaker 3: The building blocks to being a great offense. And where
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  Speaker 3: do you start.
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  Speaker 1: Well, the building block is your quarterback and you're having
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  Speaker 1: a leader at quarterback, guy that can run the show.
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  Speaker 1: And we have one of those. We got some really
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  Speaker 1: good young guy guys. Or Drew's not a young guy,
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  Speaker 1: but Drew's done a phenomenal job too, So it all
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  Speaker 1: starts with him. And I think, uh, you know, we're
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  Speaker 1: happy to have Sam. I just want to keep getting
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  Speaker 1: them better.
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  Speaker 2: I'd like to have a right guard start the center
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  Speaker 2: the name.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I'd love to have it in April. You know. Ideally,
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  Speaker 1: those guys the longer they play together, they more they
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  Speaker 1: gel together. However, the competition is going to bring out
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  Speaker 1: the best in them, and it's bringing you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: showing us what some young guys can do. So that's
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  Speaker 1: an ongoing battle. Like center center's got to be the
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  Speaker 1: smartest guy in the field. We have two really smart
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  Speaker 1: centers Jalen lu Those guys are doing a really good job.
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  Speaker 1: It's a it's a tough competition and uh, it's bringing
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  Speaker 1: out the best in both of them. Systems were we've
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  Speaker 1: put our put our stuff in or we're just trying
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  Speaker 1: to accumulate reps on the stuff we put in.
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  Speaker 2: What what do you still want to you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we have two more football games to see if
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  Speaker 1: these guys can do you know, there's seventeen game season,
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  Speaker 1: so at large sample size, and there's guys that are
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  Speaker 1: playing now that might not make this roster, but we
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  Speaker 1: might need him. Uh as the weeks go on, you
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  Speaker 1: know when the battle of attrition happens throughout the NFL. So, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you learn about these guys every day and just how
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  Speaker 1: they how they approach their craft. We have really good
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  Speaker 1: coaches that push these guys. So we see what happens
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  Speaker 1: these next two games back Obviously, what do you be
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  Speaker 1: to his camp? For you when he's I think he's
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  Speaker 1: had a really good camp. I think I think he's
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  Speaker 1: he's battling with a lot of guys, but his speeds
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  Speaker 1: really shows up. Coach. I think a coach has done
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  Speaker 1: a phenomenal job of keeping the top off our defense,
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  Speaker 1: of our offense with some of their covers. Look, so
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  Speaker 1: some of the stuff that he's shined hasn't shown up
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  Speaker 1: as much. But I see the guy winning on his routes,
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  Speaker 1: see a guy with a great attitude, and uh see
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  Speaker 1: a you know, big time player for US.
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  Speaker 2: Eric was out here the other day called him the
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  Speaker 2: silent engine of this offense.
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  Speaker 1: Protecting I think it's a very mature group led by
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  Speaker 1: you know, no one, you know, Eric Sobert coming here
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  Speaker 1: has been a big, a big plus just to lead
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  Speaker 1: the young guys and then guys like Aj and Elijah
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  Speaker 1: they have no they have no option but to step
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  Speaker 1: up to his level mentally physically. So I think, I
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  Speaker 1: think it is a talented group. You only gets to
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  Speaker 1: play you know, two or three in a game, though,
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  Speaker 1: so we got to find out who are were going to.
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  Speaker 2: Be going for more and more on fourth down?
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  Speaker 3: Has that effect get your third down strategy and installs
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  Speaker 3: and and maybe imas Sin's been on fourth down as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it does. And it's all about, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: communication on when you're going to be aggressive. And just
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  Speaker 1: couldn't say enough about the communication I get from our
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  Speaker 1: head coach, you know, just things that he wants to accomplish,
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  Speaker 1: going into drives and when he's thinking about going for it.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's something that you guys don't get to
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  Speaker 1: see every day, but for me gives me a lot
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  Speaker 1: of confidence. What do you hope you could do this? Yeah? Ken,
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  Speaker 1: I know he hasn't. He hasn't been in every practice,
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  Speaker 1: but the ones he's that he's been able to attend.
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  Speaker 1: You see the flashes of his talent, So you know
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  Speaker 1: he's out there today making plays in the past game,
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  Speaker 1: in the run game. I see him just continuing to
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  Speaker 1: get better with reps.
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  Speaker 2: He feels about where this offense is at right now,
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  Speaker 2: with sure the situational football will going seven for ten
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  Speaker 2: in the first half on third downs that preseason open,
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  Speaker 2: doing all the fourth downs the other day.
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  Speaker 3: How do you feel about where they're at at this
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  Speaker 3: stage towards the season, the situation.
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  Speaker 1: I'm pleased with where we're at, but you know, there's
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  Speaker 1: there's plenty we can do to get better. We got
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  Speaker 1: to close that game out, you know, and that's the
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  Speaker 1: number one job of our offens is to win the game.
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  Speaker 1: So we didn't get that done, which position perfect.
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  Speaker 2: Gem of it. I'm trying to evaluate them going into these.
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  Speaker 1: Last year pame none of them are. We have two
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  Speaker 1: more games. You know, the tape will speak for itself,
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  Speaker 1: so we'll let the Let's let those guys go compete
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  Speaker 1: and they'll tell us what they're tape.
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  Speaker 2: We've talked, We've talked to you ever about some of
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  Speaker 2: the offensive players. What are the elements of a good
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  Speaker 2: running team. I know you said, winning first down of
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  Speaker 2: what are those elements that good thing.
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  Speaker 1: Around, Well, it starts up front. You know, you gotta
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  Speaker 1: have five guys that are on the same page and
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  Speaker 1: can't do that without you know, offensive line leaders as
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  Speaker 1: a coaching group getting them going. So I think between
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  Speaker 1: Rick Dennison and John Bitton and Justin Outen and Q like,
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  Speaker 1: we have some really good coaches that are preparing these
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  Speaker 1: guys for practice, getting them on the same page so
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  Speaker 1: that we can give them the tools to go play
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  Speaker 1: confidently and fast. So I couldn't say enough about the
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  Speaker 1: coaching staff.
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  Speaker 3: Physicality on point established him an offensive mind.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's important, but you know you're gonna draft that,
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna bring guys in that that's the you know,
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  Speaker 1: physicality is a price of admission, so those guys know
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  Speaker 1: that coming in. How are you and your family adjusted
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  Speaker 1: to the Seattle Uh? Kids starting school here next week.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for asking that question, by the way, Yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: really uh. You know, they're moving to a new town.
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  Speaker 1: They've enjoyed it a lot, loving the summer here. Can't
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  Speaker 1: wait for them to get started with school and start
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  Speaker 1: some sports.
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  Speaker 2: The whole You've got.
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  Speaker 1: To see him growing confidently you know, he's getting more
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  Speaker 1: experienced with the concepts. Just the way that his cadence
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  Speaker 1: has made strides, his ability to get in and out
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  Speaker 1: of plays, and you just see the competitive fire come
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  Speaker 1: out of him and then he's moved the ball periods.
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  Speaker 1: How do you feel about mechanics, says he's pointed out
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  Speaker 1: the lower body can't that's an area that he's really highlighted.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about what you've seen from him
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  Speaker 2: since he got.
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  Speaker 1: Him too now, Yeah, I've definitely seen progress. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Jinoko, Tyson Prince, that's their job to get our
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  Speaker 1: guys feet right and they they've done a great job
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  Speaker 1: of being demanding to our all of our quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 2: Something that stands out to maybe you got to see
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  Speaker 2: another question.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the thing that stands out thus far
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  Speaker 1: is the expectations are very clear and the practices are
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  Speaker 1: extremely physical. You know, we come out here for two
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  Speaker 1: plus hours and our guys are going hard and you
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  Speaker 1: don't see hear any complaining about how hard practices because
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  Speaker 1: that's the expectation and you guys know that going into
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  Speaker 1: practice and they embrace it. And that comes from the
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  Speaker 1: head coach.
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  Speaker 3: Wait with Jalen, have you started like putting in plays
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  Speaker 3: that you think he might be able to run in
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  Speaker 3: like specialty packages or has.
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  Speaker 2: It just been focusing on learning the basics of the offense.
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  Speaker 1: So loch uh, you know, we we've we're really given
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  Speaker 1: him the same a lot of the same style of
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  Speaker 1: plays that are ones and twos are getting. We want
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  Speaker 1: we want to train him like a trainer other quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 1: There will be other skill sets we can use, but
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  Speaker 1: we want to make sure that you know we're training
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  Speaker 1: him like we're training Drew and Sam. I thank you,
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  Speaker 1: thanks to