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AJ Barner: "We're Going To Start Playing Our Best Football" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: What's up with everybody? How's it going?
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  Speaker 2: Signed back my favorite player to the Seahawks this week?
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  Speaker 2: Charles Cross hype about that and Abe? We got Abe
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  Speaker 2: locked up? So why is are my guys, why.
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  Speaker 1: Is Charles winning favors?
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  Speaker 2: I play next to Abe and Charles like seventy percent
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  Speaker 2: of the game and just like they're just dude. It's
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  Speaker 2: like you look at them, their dogs, the attention to detail,
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  Speaker 2: the enthusiasm that they bring, the personality that they bring,
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  Speaker 2: and honestly, our whole O line, like the strides that
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  Speaker 2: they've made, like give our O line their respect, Like
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  Speaker 2: we have stud to O Line, like they move bodies.
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  Speaker 2: So I love those guys. But I'm hype about Chuck.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm just lit about that.
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  Speaker 1: On that front.
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  Speaker 3: You have both of them locked up now the interior guy,
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  Speaker 3: it's kind of a couple more years of runway on
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  Speaker 3: their deals. Like how excited are you about the continuity
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  Speaker 3: you might have the unit there over the next little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm stoked.
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  Speaker 2: I mean I went to Michigan and like Michigan prides
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  Speaker 2: themselves on O line, right, So like when I was
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  Speaker 2: at Michigan, like our O line was a huge reason
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  Speaker 2: for our success and I truly believe that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a big reason to our success this year. And
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  Speaker 2: you know, having those guys play more ball together, it's
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's super impactful.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm glad they're all going to be here for
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  Speaker 1: a while.
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  Speaker 2: And us tight ends and running backs and the receivers
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  Speaker 2: as well that contribute in the run game and all
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  Speaker 2: the things.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great group.
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  Speaker 3: Charles and Gray have gotten close and they seem kind
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  Speaker 3: of like an odd couple.
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  Speaker 1: What's the chemistry between nice two man?
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  Speaker 2: I think just playing, you know, side by side, Like
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  Speaker 2: it's something that you know you can't like when you're
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  Speaker 2: in the heat of the battle and go through all
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  Speaker 2: the things together. The relationship off the field is only
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  Speaker 2: going to follow through with it just because, like in
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  Speaker 2: the game, you're obviously verbally communicating as well. So those
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  Speaker 2: two and you know they're they're two of the best
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  Speaker 2: in the business and both young players too. Like it's
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  Speaker 2: exciting to see the direction that we're headed.
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  Speaker 4: Is there anything about practice that fels different this week?
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. I think guys still getting after it.
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  Speaker 2: If anything, I think it's more competitive between the offense
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  Speaker 2: and defense because like we're not preparing for a team
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  Speaker 2: per se, but just going up against each other.
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  Speaker 1: You hear Spoon talking, e j. D.
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  Speaker 2: Hall talking, and it's like, we're kind of playing them
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  Speaker 2: this week, so you kind of want to compete with them.
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  Speaker 3: Is there more like ones versus ones this week?
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  Speaker 2: Because yeah, I think a bit more ones versus ones,
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  Speaker 2: just offensive offensive ones on defensive ones and getting the
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  Speaker 2: young guys going at it too.
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  Speaker 1: So it's been a good week. What do you think
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  Speaker 1: has worked well with the right gang the last few weeks?
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  Speaker 1: You know, the numbers we've gone up little bit.
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  Speaker 2: I think just sticking with it and I think it
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  Speaker 2: was just a matter of time. Like I feel like
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  Speaker 2: the whole year we've had, you know, physical physicality up front,
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  Speaker 2: the backs doing their thing, and I think just collectively
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  Speaker 2: at the perfect time, it's really coming together.
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  Speaker 1: So got to continue to do that.
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  Speaker 2: I think it'll be great to run the ball at home,
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  Speaker 2: like playing up here in Seattle, like bring on the weather,
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  Speaker 2: bring on the elements, and let's run the.
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  Speaker 3: Rock another third and really long conversion running the ball
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  Speaker 3: three games in a RUNNT What does that do for
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  Speaker 3: you guys?
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  Speaker 1: Get guys kind of fired up. Yeah, it's huge.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you look on the scoreboard and you see
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  Speaker 2: K nine got the ball pitched out, and it's like, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: all right, Like I'm not surprised that he got it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, just seeing that guy run the rock is
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  Speaker 2: something else. So I mean it's just obviously we can't
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  Speaker 2: hang our hand on that. We don't want to be
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  Speaker 2: in those third and lungs, but you know, knowing that
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  Speaker 2: we have an option like that to get a first down,
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  Speaker 2: it's huge.
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  Speaker 3: Getting Elijah back in the next for you guys kind
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  Speaker 3: of do here moving forward.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, getting you dog back will be great. Just a
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  Speaker 2: guy that can you know, really run from a tight
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  Speaker 2: end position as well, get the f kind of more
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  Speaker 2: involved and just add another element. You know, he's been
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  Speaker 2: chomping at the bit staying locked in doing his thing,
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  Speaker 2: so it's kind of the perfect time for him to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, come back and make his presence felt.
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  Speaker 4: So on the broadcast, they said, I think it was
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  Speaker 4: a hip injury that you were dealing.
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  Speaker 2: With, a feeling feeling good, just dealing with some bumps
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  Speaker 2: and bruises. I think I've probably been on the injury
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  Speaker 2: report every week, you know, for the past ten But
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna play regardless.
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  Speaker 1: So feeling good though.
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  Speaker 3: You've been hyping up.
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  Speaker 4: Sam says this summer just kind of how confident you
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  Speaker 4: and your quarterback went into these playoffs when it's do
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  Speaker 4: or dic.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, very confident. Sam's pro. Sam's a great.
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  Speaker 2: Quarterback, a pro bowler, and he's gonna play his best
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  Speaker 2: football now and he started starting to do that. So
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  Speaker 2: we're extremely confident in him and just the offensive group
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  Speaker 2: as a as a collective. You know, we're gonna start
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  Speaker 2: playing our best football with a hip.
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  Speaker 1: And everything else. How beneficial is this week for you
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  Speaker 1: in particular? Yeah, No, it's huge.
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  Speaker 2: I think all the things that I do outside the
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  Speaker 2: building as well as inside the building, and just trying
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  Speaker 2: to get you know, my feedback under myself myself and
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  Speaker 2: you know, I like to play physical at the end
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  Speaker 2: of the day, and that can take a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a toll on your body. But all good, All
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  Speaker 2: good on my end, and you know, whatever I gotta
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  Speaker 2: do to be ready for game time is going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: Outside the building.
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  Speaker 3: Is it hot?
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  Speaker 2: Yoga is off season? Maybe, hyperbaric chamber for sure. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of massage, therapy, acupuncture, some like herbal things like
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  Speaker 2: wraps and stuff that you can do that Obviously, the
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  Speaker 2: you know, people in the facility are great. So any
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  Speaker 2: anything that I can do to to help myself heal
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  Speaker 2: is is unwilling.
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  Speaker 1: To do the Tisch push. But what do you think
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  Speaker 1: about just the weapon that that play has been for years?
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  Speaker 1: Love it?
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  Speaker 2: You know, honestly it's pretty easy on my end, you know,
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  Speaker 2: get the snap and try and get as many yards
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  Speaker 2: as I can and ride the wave. Sometimes your head
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  Speaker 2: gets ripped off or your you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 2: But get you in the flow of the game too,
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  Speaker 2: like good Like I'm getting a yard, you're not stopping it.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's a it's a great play. I
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  Speaker 2: think the O line likes it too.
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  Speaker 4: And yeah, who's got the hardest job of all the
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  Speaker 4: old lemons on that plate?
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  Speaker 2: I asked Jalen and Olu, like what their thoughts are
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  Speaker 2: on it, because I was just curious and they seem
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  Speaker 2: to like it, so I guess I would say them,
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, I don't.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think. I don't think it's myself for leverage
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  Speaker 1: up and down or you're going forward.
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  Speaker 2: Really just forward anyway I can get it. I just
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  Speaker 2: want to stay low, get the canes right, get the
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  Speaker 2: ball and uh yeah, maybe maybe run outside zone one time,
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  Speaker 2: take it off the tackle.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see.
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  Speaker 4: Is it always predetermined which way you're gonna like, are
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  Speaker 4: you going right over the center?
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  Speaker 1: Are you going to left or right? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I can go wherever. The coaches haven't said where to go.
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  Speaker 2: So get the first down however you can. Is that cadence, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's uh, it's you know, it's intricate for sure, different
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  Speaker 2: variations that we can do to it, and obviously something
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  Speaker 2: that you know, we want, we want to get off
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  Speaker 2: on the cadence to get that first down.
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  Speaker 3: You guys are one of the youngest teams in the NFL,
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  Speaker 3: and that also means that, you know, this is the
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  Speaker 3: first for for a lot of you.
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  Speaker 1: How do you guys kind of approach you know, first
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  Speaker 1: playoff appearance.
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  Speaker 2: For for a lot of these these guys, Yeah, first
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  Speaker 2: of many hopefully, Like I think that's kind of the
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  Speaker 2: standard here. It's like kind of our expectation to be
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  Speaker 2: in there. But obviously it's a huge accomplishment for ourselves
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the day, Like we have our goals,
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  Speaker 2: we have our things that we want to accomplish. So
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  Speaker 2: it's just another step along that way, but you know
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  Speaker 2: it's win or go home at this point.
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  Speaker 1: So it's like.
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  Speaker 3: Prepping for four potential teams, three of which you just
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  Speaker 3: faced to wrap up the regular season and you're familiar with.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think being that we've played a couple of
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  Speaker 2: the teams that can always help. But like me personally,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not really going to watch any of the games
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  Speaker 2: this weekend. I kind of want to watch the film
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  Speaker 2: on whoever we play, not get too into it, and uh, like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're a part of the You're a part
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  Speaker 2: of the game. Like I don't want to watch the
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  Speaker 2: production on the weekend. It's like kind of weird. It's like,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. So, but whoever we got
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  Speaker 2: to play, you know, we'll be ready for it and
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  Speaker 2: be excited for it. I don't want to watch them now, honestly,
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  Speaker 2: more so in the NFL, Like it's like sometimes I'm
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  Speaker 2: watching them, like you.
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  Speaker 1: Know what I'm saying. It's like, I'm just gonna stick
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  Speaker 1: to being in the game.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we've heard you described as like one of
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  Speaker 4: the energizers on offense. I think your coach called you
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  Speaker 4: a spark plug.
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  Speaker 1: How would you describe your energy on the field. I
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  Speaker 1: love ball.
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  Speaker 2: It needs to continue to be consistent. I think when
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  Speaker 2: I get the ball in my hands and when I'm
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  Speaker 2: making plays, obviously I might you know, ramp up that energy,
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  Speaker 2: but it has to be consistent throughout the game. And
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  Speaker 2: like on our offense, like we need somebody that's going.
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  Speaker 1: To do that.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, that's just how I am. That's how I play.
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  Speaker 2: It's not fake, it's authentic. It's who I am. And Uh,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, I love my old linement. I'm kind
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  Speaker 2: of a bridge between all the positions. So I think
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  Speaker 2: that that juice that sparks is important along those lines.
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  Speaker 1: There doesn't mean you got to be playing playoff games
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  Speaker 1: at home to everything.
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  Speaker 2: It's the vision that we've had since we've got here,
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  Speaker 2: and to do it in front of our home crowd,
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  Speaker 2: like we know what it is. We know it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be loud, and it's an advantage for us.
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  Speaker 4: There was a moment you ran through a few guys
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  Speaker 4: in the Carolina game and Jeff Howard and we in love.
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  Speaker 4: We're looking at here like I love his mentality. I
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  Speaker 4: think Coach Howard said he plays like we play when
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  Speaker 4: you used to like that from guys on the defensive.
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  Speaker 1: Side of all, What does that mean to you?
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  Speaker 2: I just think of my head of highlights in high school.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, yeah, I think I play defense like y'all
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  Speaker 2: play defense because I was a dog on defense.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate it.