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Leonard Williams: "We Are Always Looking For Areas To Improve" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Hello, good, are you.
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  Speaker 2: Why a little bit more certainly last game it was
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  Speaker 2: in the second half. Why is the past rush a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more in safe now than it was a
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  Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think that ties into our total defensive play,
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  Speaker 1: uh has stepped up. We've been giving up less explosives
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  Speaker 1: and uh. You know, we've been harping on putting ourselves
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  Speaker 1: in better third down situations by uh stopping them on
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  Speaker 1: first and second second down, putting us in more manageable
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  Speaker 1: third down situations. And UH that's been allowing us to
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  Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback and and UH also the
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  Speaker 1: secondary has been really playing playing well, and that's given
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  Speaker 1: the the front uh time to rush.
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  Speaker 2: When you look at the final numbers, the explosive places
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  Speaker 2: have gone down, those rushing yards are still higher.
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  Speaker 1: Than you would like.
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  Speaker 2: Is that concerning to you or do you just look
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  Speaker 2: at the final score and know that.
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  Speaker 1: That's I mean, I think we always look for areas
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  Speaker 1: to improve. So I mean, like we, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: we've been we've been getting out to the quarterback on
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  Speaker 1: third down. Secondary been playing well. We've only given up
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  Speaker 1: seventeen points in the last game, so that's you know,
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  Speaker 1: all positive, but at the same time, we look forward
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  Speaker 1: to improve and that's definitely one of them is a
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  Speaker 1: stop on the run that's gonna allow us to be
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  Speaker 1: in even better situations on third down to the rush
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  Speaker 1: of quarterback, and you know, that's definitely an area where
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  Speaker 1: you know the Steelers are going to try to attack
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  Speaker 1: us and we need to step up for you.
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  Speaker 2: You're still relatively you here. Just how much with each
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  Speaker 2: passing game do you feel like you're sitting in better
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  Speaker 2: at that defensive front.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, well, you know, from the first week, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's a lot of learning the playbook, learning the system,
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  Speaker 1: learning my teammates, learning the area, the coaches. There's so
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  Speaker 1: much to take in all at once when you first
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  Speaker 1: get here. So now I just feel more comfortable to
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  Speaker 1: be myself. You know, I'm more comfortable with my teammates,
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  Speaker 1: so that helps our communication on the field and all
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  Speaker 1: those type of things. You know, I know what the
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  Speaker 1: coaches are asking out of me in certain calls and
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  Speaker 1: situations on the on the defense, and uh, that's allowing
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  Speaker 1: me to play a lot faster.
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  Speaker 2: I know you're in the middle of a football season.
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  Speaker 2: You probably don't have a ton of free time, but
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  Speaker 2: what in Seattle have you been able to do?
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  Speaker 1: And see I did go up to the fish Market
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  Speaker 1: the other day. Uh my girl had her mom in
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  Speaker 1: town and we got to uh explore the little downtown
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  Speaker 1: Seattle a little bit. And I also went to a
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  Speaker 1: restaurant called I forget the name of it, starts sort
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  Speaker 1: of see it's like one of those like menu I mean,
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  Speaker 1: uh set menu type of places. You know, canles canless. Yeah, Kansas,
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  Speaker 1: How was up? It's pretty good? I needed a burger
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  Speaker 1: after though.
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  Speaker 2: You talk about the limiting opponents and the points that
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  Speaker 2: they've scored, but the Steelers are coming off and most
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  Speaker 2: of the points they scored since T twenty T twenty one.
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  Speaker 1: Look at last week's game with Mason Rudolph, did you
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  Speaker 1: notice efficiency. I mean, he definitely stood out. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he led the quarterback, he led their offense pretty well,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, they scored a lot of points. They're coming
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  Speaker 1: off of a high right now, so you know, they
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  Speaker 1: have a lot of momentum going into this game. You
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  Speaker 1: know they're a good team and uh they're they're not
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  Speaker 1: no slouch and we should definitely not overlook them. Uh
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  Speaker 1: you know that's every week in this league, though, and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think it's definitely gonna be a test
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  Speaker 1: to our defense to slow down their offense and uh
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  Speaker 1: put our offense on the field.
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  Speaker 2: Do do you thinks feel like different kind of in
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  Speaker 2: the locker or whatever that after these last two weeks?
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  Speaker 1: And they did kind of you know when the Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: for sure. I mean being on three different teams. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I'm realizing that that's you know, the National Football League.
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  Speaker 1: When you're losing, it's it's not the best energy. I'm
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  Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it's like that in any sport, any
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  Speaker 1: anything that has competition involved. When you're losing, it's not
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  Speaker 1: gonna be the greatest uh morale or energy around the building.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, we picked it up though, and I
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  Speaker 1: think guys take that as a challenge. You know, nobody's
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  Speaker 1: hanging their head or you know, thinking like a woe
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  Speaker 1: is me mentality. Uh, everybody's looking in the mirror to
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  Speaker 1: see where they can get better and step up to
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  Speaker 1: to get those wins rolling again. And uh, you know
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  Speaker 1: we got two back to back important ones now and
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  Speaker 1: uh we gotta finish the season strong.
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  Speaker 2: What was the reaction like for you seeing Julian have
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  Speaker 2: that big hit really in the game, coming home, a
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  Speaker 2: little sleep and practice the last week. He comes in
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  Speaker 2: that kind of sense to telling for you guys in
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  Speaker 2: that game this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I love to see you know, I've known
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  Speaker 1: Julian since he was uh a rookie at the Giants
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  Speaker 1: and you know, like you said, he was handling some
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  Speaker 1: family business. UH got in town uh last minute. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, Julian is one of those guys that I
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  Speaker 1: just always look at as you know, I know he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna per be prepared for the situation, uh, regardless of
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  Speaker 1: the s uh you know, his circumstances, and uh I
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  Speaker 1: see him as a ultimate pro, you know, and uh
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  Speaker 1: he showed that on Sunday. Anything else, y, thank you