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Ryan Grubb: "Kenneth Walker III Played With A Lot Of Heart" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How are we doing, doing great? Doing great? What did
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  Speaker 1: you think of Jackson's fists?
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  Speaker 2: His pass on that the way that I'll turned out,
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna have to work on his level. Two throws
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  Speaker 2: left it inside a little bit, but he knew the
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  Speaker 2: big guy'd come down with it.
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  Speaker 1: Decision make him decision.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a little bit skeptical there, but one for one,
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  Speaker 2: how long have you been waiting to run that play?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, we've run that for a while. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I had the look we wanted and felt good about it.
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  Speaker 2: So it's been it's been in the it's been cooking
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  Speaker 2: for a while about how it's easier to run plays
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  Speaker 2: like that and the playbook opens up in the playing
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  Speaker 2: from the front.
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  Speaker 1: How refreshing was that in Atlanta to be able to
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  Speaker 1: play with the league.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean obviously defense played really, really well, and
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  Speaker 2: we played a little bit more clean as far as
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  Speaker 2: they out of the sticks and things like that. So
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  Speaker 2: anytime you're in that position, I think you always want
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  Speaker 2: to be aggressive, whether you're up or down. But at
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  Speaker 2: the same time, and they get it certainly opens up
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  Speaker 2: a few more options.
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  Speaker 3: What ken show you playing through illness and having the
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  Speaker 3: game he did?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of heart. That was a lifetime memory
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  Speaker 2: for Ken. Just really cool moment, just his birthday and
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  Speaker 2: playing through illness and yeah, I mean he was and
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  Speaker 2: he wasn't like a little sick, he was a lot sick.
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  Speaker 2: So just amazing to see what he could do out there.
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  Speaker 2: So we tried to get him out there as much
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  Speaker 2: as we can, but still take care of him, you know.
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  Speaker 2: And that was the thing I thought we did a
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  Speaker 2: good job of, had a good plan going into the game,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and just talking to him about managing the
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  Speaker 2: reps and getting them out there, and we can and
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  Speaker 2: obviously when he was there, he made a huge impact.
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  Speaker 1: Did you have to kind of shift that plan late
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  Speaker 1: in the week.
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  Speaker 2: No, Again, you know, Zach, I think can do everything
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  Speaker 2: that Ken does. You know, they do it a little
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  Speaker 2: bit differently obviously, But there was nothing in the game
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  Speaker 2: plan that I felt like we couldn't do, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if Ken was out, you know it just certainly when
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  Speaker 2: he's on the field, you know, when he touches the football,
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  Speaker 2: he's electric.
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  Speaker 3: You have to do anything differently this week with DK's
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  Speaker 3: availability potentially been.
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  Speaker 2: No, No, we just keep working through it and seeing
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  Speaker 2: what we can do. And I know he's working his
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  Speaker 2: tail off to get back on the field, and he's
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  Speaker 2: looking pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: Offensive game plans. Is it for the player, like how
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  Speaker 1: much he can take the still.
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  Speaker 4: Set into consideration versus this is what needs to happen against.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's a fair question.
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  Speaker 2: I think you definitely have to balance that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: find the strength of your players and find out what
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  Speaker 2: the dents are and the defense and the things that
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  Speaker 2: you can attack, while you know, really maintaining that we're
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  Speaker 2: going to still be in our DNA, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: things that we do and the things that we want
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  Speaker 2: to be good at every single week. So you certainly
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  Speaker 2: try to find those balances. But I think highlighting our
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  Speaker 2: best players has always been part of this offense.
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  Speaker 4: Do you enjoy, though, finding something for everybody but oh.
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  Speaker 2: It's the best, Yeah, obviously you want you want to
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  Speaker 2: get everybody involved, not just because of the buy in
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  Speaker 2: and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: I think the guys naturally buy in.
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  Speaker 2: But at the same time, I think the complexity for
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  Speaker 2: the defense and trying to defend all those guys is
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  Speaker 2: what you're really that's the ultimate goal, is that they
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  Speaker 2: have to think about each one of these guys individually
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  Speaker 2: and how we're gonna get him the football.
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  Speaker 1: What'd you think of Mike Durell at a right tack.
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  Speaker 1: He did a great job. He did a great job.
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  Speaker 2: You obviously, you know, had a couple of plays with
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  Speaker 2: the penalty and the sack.
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  Speaker 1: But it was a cool moment.
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  Speaker 2: I think, the the not I think, I know, the
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  Speaker 2: whole team rallied behind him. I know, on our offensive
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  Speaker 2: meeting before we went out on Saturday and walked through,
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  Speaker 2: we just talked about Mike getting his first start, and
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  Speaker 2: the guys got pretty riled up, and it was just
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  Speaker 2: a cool moment, you know, seeing how much everybody supported
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  Speaker 2: Mike and the energy that they brought. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: Mike just went out there and played. You know, that's
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  Speaker 2: what he said. When everything goes away and and uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's NFL, it's this, it's that you just you still
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  Speaker 2: got to go out there and play.
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  Speaker 1: And that's exactly what he did. Did a good job.
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  Speaker 1: All the shifts emotions that you guys like to do.
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  Speaker 2: Have you been able to do that as much as
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  Speaker 2: you want or some of that hard to get.
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  Speaker 1: To the times you've been able to catch up on?
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  Speaker 2: Uh yeah, certainly the clock I mean in the second
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  Speaker 2: half you know, there's an element of using motions and
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  Speaker 2: shifts to you know, manage the clock as far as
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  Speaker 2: keeping the time and possession on our side, So if
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  Speaker 2: you are down or losing it, it can be a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more difficult. You just got to be more
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  Speaker 2: efficient when you have the football and trying to get
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  Speaker 2: down the field and score as quickly as you can,
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  Speaker 2: so that that can be a component. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like, really it hasn't been. Even in the
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  Speaker 2: games we lost, we were within a you know, one
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  Speaker 2: score by the end and had an opportunity where we
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  Speaker 2: were in hurry up at the very last possession, but
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  Speaker 2: we still were able to utilize most of it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh well executed. Was that the final drive before the
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  Speaker 1: half and then the play with ten seconds left from
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  Speaker 1: DK to rid.
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  Speaker 2: Me from Yeah, those guys they operated at a really,
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  Speaker 2: really high level in two minutes, and I mean I
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  Speaker 2: thought they were really clean, the protection points were great
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  Speaker 2: and all those things. So we just I thought we
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  Speaker 2: did a good job of just identifying where the ball
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  Speaker 2: had to go, locating the coverage that we needed, and
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  Speaker 2: putting the ball where it needed to be. And then
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  Speaker 2: obviously DK and Geno looking up on that last one
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  Speaker 2: was perfect. Did you remind Smith in the headset, time
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  Speaker 2: and situation or he's a veteran, you don't need to say.
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  Speaker 2: I always Gino always like I just talked to him,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and remind him. But he certainly is very,
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  Speaker 2: very sharp. He always knows the situation, you know. But
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  Speaker 2: I'm just there to look out for him. So if
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  Speaker 2: i give him anything, it's not because he needs it.
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  Speaker 2: It's just that I'm just trying to be right there
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  Speaker 2: with him and help him as much as I can.
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  Speaker 2: But he is absolutely the countmate pro and super intelligent
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  Speaker 2: and he's just been through it so many times.
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  Speaker 3: I've got going with a couple of completions to Tyler Lockett.
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  Speaker 3: We've seen a few times this year where even if
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  Speaker 3: he hasn't it doesn't have a big game, he'll come
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  Speaker 3: through in those type of moments, late their downs to manage.
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  Speaker 3: What about him do you think makes him good in
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  Speaker 3: those situations?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Tyler is so good at understanding coverage in space
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  Speaker 2: and you know, finding those holes in the coverage. So
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  Speaker 2: he's just a savvy player can understand how to put
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  Speaker 2: their route concept together with the coverage and then just
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  Speaker 2: apply it and get the easy hit and him and
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  Speaker 2: Geno on the same page. You know, two veteran guys
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  Speaker 2: that know what the concept is and how to attack
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  Speaker 2: the coverage. So I think, just you know, a smart,
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  Speaker 2: savvy football player, how are.
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  Speaker 1: You going to be the right guard the spot right now?
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  Speaker 2: For you guys with the rotation or man, I would
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  Speaker 2: love to tell you we had her done, but they
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  Speaker 2: both took reps again today. So I think there's been
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  Speaker 2: some things that have helped both the guys just as
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  Speaker 2: far as being able to play at full level throughout
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  Speaker 2: a football game. We still are working to try to
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  Speaker 2: complete that, you know, because it does put stress on
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  Speaker 2: counter when he has to work with multiple people, but
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to use it and keep guys fresh and
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  Speaker 2: you know, keep those guys in an aggressive mindset. You know,
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  Speaker 2: not that we would want to rotate all the time,
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  Speaker 2: but it is allowing both of them to play at
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  Speaker 2: a higher level.
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  Speaker 1: What is the stress that it puts on the center.
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  Speaker 2: Well, just combos and doubles, understanding you know, how one
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  Speaker 2: guy fits a double team versus another guy. Footwork and
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  Speaker 2: just communication. Those things are you know, paramount for those
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  Speaker 2: guys that have to be on the same page.
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  Speaker 1: Offensive. Some teams like they have a good chut of
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  Speaker 1: the playbook available.
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  Speaker 2: Other teams like the streamline it and like focus on
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  Speaker 2: a smaller number of players to be really good at
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  Speaker 2: those Where do you guys fall at that? You know,
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  Speaker 2: luckily for us, probably in a bigger portion of the playbook.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of that has to do with just some
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  Speaker 2: of the temple things that we've been building in our
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  Speaker 2: reptoire since all the way back to April. You know,
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  Speaker 2: the guys have done a good job of consuming the
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  Speaker 2: whole offense and knowing that week to week those things
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  Speaker 2: that are in our temple menu could be brought up
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  Speaker 2: at any time. So even if it's not a primary call,
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  Speaker 2: it's something that we've worked for a long time and
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  Speaker 2: could apply to a two minute situation. So we feel
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  Speaker 2: like the systems really allowed us to carry a lot
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  Speaker 2: more than probably what some people do.
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  Speaker 1: But do you do the wristband thing in those situations
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  Speaker 1: during no I mean we just we just talked on
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  Speaker 1: the headset. Yep. What do you see the Buffalo does
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  Speaker 1: well defensively?
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  Speaker 2: The discipline they're discipline. I think they do a really
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  Speaker 2: good job of running their scheme. I know that sounds
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  Speaker 2: over simplistic, but they do. They don't get out of position.
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  Speaker 2: They know where they need to be, they understand, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the sets that you're in and what the weakness is
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  Speaker 2: are that they're up against, and they're just they don't
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  Speaker 2: give up explosive plays. They're going to keep the ball
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  Speaker 2: in front of them. And I just think they execute
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  Speaker 2: what they do at a really, really high level. You
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  Speaker 2: just don't see very many busts at all on film,
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  Speaker 2: So that that's one of the things I think when
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  Speaker 2: you see defenses that communicate at a really high level
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  Speaker 2: and they're not making busts, that's one of the things
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  Speaker 2: that a mark of a really really you know, well
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  Speaker 2: tuned defense that communicates at a high level. Oh yeah, Now,
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  Speaker 2: Leslie is always great, Honestly, every week he's awesome. Just
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  Speaker 2: talking about defenses. He can break him down quickly. Obviously
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  Speaker 2: he has a good background with this one.
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  Speaker 4: So how patient wise against a good defense, you have
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  Speaker 4: to be patient. So when do you know, like, Okay,
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  Speaker 4: we need to get away from this concept we're trying
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  Speaker 4: to go against him, it's not going to work, Or
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  Speaker 4: when do you say it's getting.
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  Speaker 1: Ready to clid changes every game?
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean like that's that's something that
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  Speaker 2: you just have to feel throughout the football game and understand,
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  Speaker 2: you know, all the studying that you've done on film preparation.
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  Speaker 2: Know like when this has worn out or this coverage
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  Speaker 2: has matched to you, you know when to move on
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  Speaker 2: so and then when to stay stubborn that something might
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  Speaker 2: still be there and you can come back to it.
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  Speaker 2: So I think there's a lot of feel and trust
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  Speaker 2: in your preparation for.
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  Speaker 1: That, and that's in game as well. Right, Oh yeah, yep, absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: what you know, what are you seeing him? He's doing better?
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  Speaker 2: I think last week I come in on knowing his
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  Speaker 2: commitment to get better as a pass blocker and a
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  Speaker 2: run blocker, I think is what's helped superstart some of
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  Speaker 2: the things that are.
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  Speaker 1: Going on in his game. He's just he's playing a more.
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  Speaker 2: Physical style of football, and we think he's you know,
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  Speaker 2: really starting to utilize all his tools and I know
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  Speaker 2: it's super coachable. I think he still wants to you know,
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  Speaker 2: improve his game and prove that he can be out
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  Speaker 2: there and any down and distance, and and that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're you know, continuing to try to you know, run
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  Speaker 2: the ball when he's in there.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously and and do a great job with that. We
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  Speaker 1: stigned Atlanta talking to Mike Pennis for the game. That
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  Speaker 1: was awesome. Oh, Mike's awesome, you know it.
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  Speaker 2: It was cool to see him complete his first pass
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  Speaker 2: and but it was it was awesome just to catch
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  Speaker 2: up with him, see how him and his folks are doing.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, my daughter told me I'd be kicked out
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  Speaker 2: of the house if I didn't say hi, so I
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  Speaker 2: had to make sure I checked that box. But no,
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  Speaker 2: it was it was awesome seeing Mike. He's doing great.
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  Speaker 2: Talk to a couple of the coaches with the Falcons
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  Speaker 2: and and he's doing awesome learning from a really good
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  Speaker 2: you know, quarterback and Kirk. So he's he's in a
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  Speaker 2: great spot.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Mike's awesome that way.
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  Speaker 2: He's a student of the game, and he knows where
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  Speaker 2: he's at, and he's a he's a team guy, you know.
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  Speaker 1: So I think he's he's.
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  Speaker 2: Soaking it all in and he'll be ready when the
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  Speaker 2: spotlight hits him.
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  Speaker 1: I think a few gets.
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  Speaker 2: Ago, when you were talking about on the mind, I
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  Speaker 2: think you got to he found that that scheme, that
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  Speaker 2: style of the run that would flip. Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 2: it's still been our Our zone scheme mixed in with
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  Speaker 2: some gap has definitely shown up in the last couple
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  Speaker 2: of weeks, and I think that's something that will continue
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  Speaker 2: to build. But those are the game runs we've been
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  Speaker 2: working for for a long time. The scheme, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you can handle a lot of different stuff with it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, but you still have the gap scheme and
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  Speaker 2: the pin pull that are you know, identifiable to different
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  Speaker 2: schemes in fronts that that we want to attack.
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  Speaker 1: So we like to be wide in our variety and
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  Speaker 1: attack it all everyone else. You all right, you bet
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  Speaker 1: have a great day.