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Mike Macdonald: "The Guys Are Making Plays" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Everybody ready. Good to Seri bay Man. Good day again,
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  Speaker 1: Day four in the books.
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  Speaker 2: So focus is right now is finishing the day strong
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  Speaker 2: and recover tomorrow and do what we need to do
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  Speaker 2: to get ready to rock and roll on Monday. We're
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  Speaker 2: in practice in the morning on Monday at ten am,
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  Speaker 2: so a little bit of change the schedule, so we'll
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  Speaker 2: shock to the system, but pads will be on on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: So it would be a good good chance to evaluate
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  Speaker 1: where we're at as a football team.
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  Speaker 3: Is there a purpose behind that you're looking for and
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  Speaker 3: switching up the schedule like that?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, the first thing is this so it's just not mononymous.
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  Speaker 2: And then the other thought is we have a couple
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  Speaker 2: of East Coast trips where hey, guys, we've done it before,
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  Speaker 2: we've gotten up, we've gotten after it, gotten activated and
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  Speaker 2: had a great day. So just just another little set
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  Speaker 2: of confidence, you know, going into some of those East
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  Speaker 2: Coast games.
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  Speaker 4: Are you where you want to be going into the
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  Speaker 4: off day tomorrow?
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  Speaker 2: After?
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's hard to say yes or no to that.
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  Speaker 2: You're just you're you're constantly chasing where we want to be.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's about taking a progressive step every
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  Speaker 2: day and uh, you know, I will say that we
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  Speaker 2: have taken steps, but we want it to be faster.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we want to we want to accelerate the
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  Speaker 2: learning curve and uh, you know, that'd be fun to
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  Speaker 2: watch today's tape. There's a lot of good stuff out
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  Speaker 2: there and be fun to see what what really went on.
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  Speaker 1: A banker didn't do much in the off season. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: you've got a few days with them that are what
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  Speaker 1: are you seeing.
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  Speaker 3: Out of them?
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  Speaker 2: We got that well, I'm impressed to their poise right now,
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  Speaker 2: just the uh communications, you know, farther along than you'd
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  Speaker 2: probably anticipate. Uh, smooth, you know, there's not a lot
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  Speaker 2: of panic. It's not very physical right now. There's some
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  Speaker 2: things we you know, we're working on with that position,
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  Speaker 2: but uh, you know, just please with you know, the
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  Speaker 2: work that we've gotten. But we've got to We've got
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  Speaker 2: a good plan to kind of ramp them up and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know into shape here over the next week or so.
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  Speaker 4: What what traits or skills do they have that make
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  Speaker 4: them good fits for what you want to do in.
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  Speaker 3: This defensive steam.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think like the overrated thing that we're looking
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  Speaker 2: for specific type of guy or type of player or
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  Speaker 2: skill set.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we want really good football players, you know, linebackers.
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  Speaker 2: They need to make tackles, they need to make plays,
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  Speaker 2: they need to be able to communicate.
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  Speaker 1: Just so happens.
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  Speaker 2: Both these guys have a great movement ability, both communicate well.
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  Speaker 2: They've been around a lot of good football played at
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  Speaker 2: a high level, so we expect the same thing.
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  Speaker 5: Back to the pace of the learning. You were saying
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  Speaker 5: in the spring that you'll pull that back if you've
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  Speaker 5: fought the guys eating more time. Yeah, when do you
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  Speaker 5: when's that no longer the case? When you're just gonna
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  Speaker 5: get it going, because you've got to get going and
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  Speaker 5: camp here.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we have a plan. We have an install plan. Uh
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  Speaker 2: it's heavy install during the ramp period here during this week,
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  Speaker 2: and then we slow it down a little bit as
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  Speaker 2: the as the practices get a little more physical, and
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  Speaker 2: then you know, you're kind of you know, fill in
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  Speaker 2: the holes.
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  Speaker 1: You know, throughout the rest of the camp is really how
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  Speaker 1: it's built. So you know, we'll assess and what we're
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  Speaker 1: good at and what we're not we need to work on.
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  Speaker 2: So that'll evolve as we go, but it'll the the
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  Speaker 2: install slows down probably midway through next week.
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  Speaker 5: Are you where you had planned to be after this
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  Speaker 5: courting of camp?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, i'd say, so. What you like to watch
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  Speaker 1: your receiver run through a few days of.
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  Speaker 2: Camp making a lot of plays on the perimeter minutes.
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  Speaker 2: It's great to see. I mean, every everybody's touching the ball.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it's uh, I think as just talking to
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  Speaker 2: the quarterbacks, say, man, just you trust his trust the system,
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  Speaker 2: trust your reads, you know, field the space and the
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  Speaker 2: defense of what we're giving you on defense and and
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  Speaker 2: the explosive plays will come. So, uh, the guys are
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  Speaker 2: making plays. Man, there's a couple of drops here and there,
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  Speaker 2: so we're chasing that. I'm sure Friz will have, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a litany of things to uh to give you that
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  Speaker 2: they want to work on. But I'm pleased at the
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  Speaker 2: guys are high pointing the ball and catching back shoulder
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  Speaker 2: throws and.
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  Speaker 1: Things like that. So it's exciting to see, Like Trey
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  Speaker 1: Brown's been having some really good battles with all those guys.
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  Speaker 1: What what have you seen out of his hand? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: We had a had a great competition in the corner
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  Speaker 2: room and you know, moving guys around.
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  Speaker 1: But Trey's out there, he's battling.
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  Speaker 2: He's a competitive dude. Just pleased with where he's you know,
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  Speaker 2: his progress, his energy's attitude. But again, you know, four
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  Speaker 2: days in and we got a lot of great other
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  Speaker 2: players in that room as well that are you know,
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  Speaker 2: battling for playing time, but he's right there with him.
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  Speaker 3: Speaking of that, thee Williams over the corner from from receiver.
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  Speaker 3: What what did you like about making that switch and
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  Speaker 3: what have you seen from him a couple of days
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  Speaker 3: he's made move the defensive side.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I was really just given another opportunity to get
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  Speaker 2: on the field. Corner wise, it wasn't getting a lot
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  Speaker 2: of reps at receiver, but I think the games will
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  Speaker 2: more natural to him on the defensive side. It's got
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  Speaker 2: really good movement ability. You know, we'll see as it
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  Speaker 2: as it evolves here. But pleased with what we've seen,
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  Speaker 2: you know, since the switch to defense. And he's a
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  Speaker 2: he's a you know, all American juco corner you know
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  Speaker 2: in his college days, so you know he's familiar with
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  Speaker 2: that position more so probably than wide out.
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  Speaker 5: Does channel maybe uniquely fit the new kickoff game, the
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  Speaker 5: kickoff style, the way he's bigger yards after catch type
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  Speaker 5: of guy.
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  Speaker 1: Initially you probably think, so, you know, we'll see how
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  Speaker 1: the how the how the play.
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  Speaker 2: Kind of evolves and how it starts to kind of,
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  Speaker 2: you know, declare itself. But yeah, it seems like it
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  Speaker 2: might be more of a you know, a slash and
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  Speaker 2: cut type of play, and he's got the power behind him,
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  Speaker 2: so we're excited to see what he does. When when
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  Speaker 2: it becomes reality, you're not.
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  Speaker 5: Going to really I'm assume the whole league won't even
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  Speaker 5: know what that thing's gonna look like until game.
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  Speaker 1: Situation sounds like it.
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  Speaker 3: How's Draymond Joe?
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  Speaker 1: He's good.
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  Speaker 2: He he kind of nicked his hammy a little bit
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  Speaker 2: and it feels good. But you know, we're assessing it
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  Speaker 2: right now. It doesn't seem like it's a serious issue.
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  Speaker 4: Like safety is a fair amount or previously MBA more.
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  Speaker 4: What have you seen from cavan Ellis's point, It seems
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  Speaker 4: like he was a very active today end zone interception
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  Speaker 4: and where he fits into.
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  Speaker 1: The defensive players.
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  Speaker 2: I just told the guys today you know where they're
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  Speaker 2: they're begging for multiple DV groups and getting eight guys
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  Speaker 2: out there, and I was like, well, we've done it before.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's but it's up to you guys. You know,
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  Speaker 2: if you were in the spot and then that's gonna
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  Speaker 2: put us in the position to.
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  Speaker 1: Make a play, then that's what we'll do. So I
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  Speaker 1: think his words will all right. Bet what one end
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  Speaker 1: of the decision might bring back Marti's player.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he had a stellar workout and obviously you know,
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  Speaker 2: the building loves him from his time being here.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not as familiar with them, but we're just excited
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  Speaker 1: to see what he can do.
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  Speaker 2: And he's in He seems like he's in great spirits
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  Speaker 2: and h picking up the system, you know, quickly for
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  Speaker 2: being only here a couple of days. It seems like
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  Speaker 2: he's moving around great and it's been it's been cool
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  Speaker 2: to get to know them over the last day or two.
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  Speaker 1: You played some nickel here. Is is he an option
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  Speaker 1: that that's bot or here? Yeah, that's possibility. Yeah, in Mike,
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  Speaker 1: it's early days.
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  Speaker 3: D line.
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  Speaker 5: You're not hitting you, but what are you seeing from
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  Speaker 5: the rotation and the communication and how they're moving around there.
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  Speaker 2: That's not where we want it to be yet, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's but it's, uh, we'll get there. And I think
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  Speaker 2: the guys have an idea of what we're trying to create,
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  Speaker 2: so uh, they're into it. But you know, when you
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  Speaker 2: start adding live situations, you know, to the you know,
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  Speaker 2: to the recipe a little bit, then it's things start
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  Speaker 2: to move a little fast. So, uh, those are you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're we're chasing it right now. Uh, but the guys
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  Speaker 2: are bought in and it's gonna work out. They got
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  Speaker 2: a great plan for it. But it'd be good to
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  Speaker 2: be good to be a little cleaner on that front.
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  Speaker 3: Is that when you have it, you can make it cleaner.
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  Speaker 4: Evaluation where they hit him.
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  Speaker 2: Then, So what you're saying, I just think this is
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  Speaker 2: a function of time, you know, you just you just
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  Speaker 2: got to go through the process of digging the situations
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  Speaker 2: and understanding who rushes well next to who, and you
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  Speaker 2: know how guys want to play off one another.
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  Speaker 1: It just takes time. So it's not perfect yet. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there's there's a lot of great plays on tape, but
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot that we you know, we need to make.
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  Speaker 3: Right back to Dodson and Baker, those positions, the linebacker
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  Speaker 3: spots are so pivotal for communication and for leadership on
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  Speaker 3: the defensive side of getting everybody in line ups. How
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  Speaker 3: have you seen them kind of jump into the mix
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  Speaker 3: there without the time in the off season getting up
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  Speaker 3: to speed on that aspect of their game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, to your point, you need chemistry and if you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna with the guy that's going to play next to you,
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  Speaker 2: how guys see the game and how you see the
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  Speaker 2: plays and how you alert and how do you communicate.
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  Speaker 2: So again, much much like the pass rush takes time,
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  Speaker 2: there's a process.
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  Speaker 1: You got to go through it.
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  Speaker 2: You can't just make it up one day and just say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we're we had great communication and great chemistry and let's
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  Speaker 2: go ball out. So these reps are really vital. But uh,
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  Speaker 2: they're attacking it and like I said, I mean, just
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  Speaker 2: the poise of what we're asking them to do and
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  Speaker 2: how they how they kind of take the game in
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  Speaker 2: is fun to work with him.
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  Speaker 5: It was Byron Murphy justin riv.
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  Speaker 2: I think Murphy had probably slower a couple of days
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  Speaker 2: than he wanted to to start out, but he's bounced
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  Speaker 2: back and he's making a lot of plays out there.
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know, initially you think more one you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe a B gap type player, but you know, being
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  Speaker 2: able to move in inside and out all the way
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  Speaker 2: a gap all the way out.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's you know, if he.
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  Speaker 2: Keeps staying on this progression that we could you could
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  Speaker 2: see him in any one of those spots.
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  Speaker 3: How happy we were with the receiver group.
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  Speaker 4: But Noah Fense has been pretty active here, has had
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  Speaker 4: a couple of red zone touchdowns. How important is getting
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  Speaker 4: him more involved in this passing game to really maximizing
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  Speaker 4: the talent you haven't the guys in the outside.
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't say it's like position exclusive, Hey, we need
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  Speaker 2: the type. It's just we're really excited about Noah and
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  Speaker 2: the type of player he is. And uh, man, I'm
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  Speaker 2: just I love his attitude every day. Man, he's just steadfast,
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  Speaker 2: positive sense of urgency about what he's doing. And then
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  Speaker 2: when he's out there making plays, you know, you can
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  Speaker 2: you feel that you know the process is coming to
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  Speaker 2: life and you and you're excited for him that there's
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  Speaker 2: results on the field.
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  Speaker 1: So, uh, you know, we want that to keep trending
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  Speaker 1: in the right direction, George.
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  Speaker 3: George Fan said on yesterday, Jonathan Hankin set out today
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  Speaker 3: those just rest states for them are they nursing anything.
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  Speaker 1: I believe, Yeah, I believe with those two guys, those
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  Speaker 1: are those are vet related for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Is there anything in the last four days that you've
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  Speaker 5: seen improved defensively.
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  Speaker 1: That you like to call up?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we kind of have like one thing a day
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  Speaker 2: that we that we want to improve on to keep
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  Speaker 2: the focus narrower, so you're not just kind of just
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  Speaker 2: run throwing the ball out there and playing. But to
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  Speaker 2: the guy's credit, they're they're they're they're bought into the thing.
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  Speaker 2: They see what they need to improve and they attack
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  Speaker 2: these date it's been different each day, and I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: we'll go wash the tape and say, hey, you know,
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  Speaker 2: let's go fix this on on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: So just very pleased with their mentality right now in
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  Speaker 1: the in the past of them on Monday. What are
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  Speaker 1: you most excited? Andy's just wanting to see. I want
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  Speaker 1: to feel this, man.
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  Speaker 2: I just I want to feel who's out there, and
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  Speaker 2: I want to feel the physicality and who's going to
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  Speaker 2: move people. We want to do it smart, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we want to take care of another but we also
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  Speaker 2: got to sharpen it as well. So that's a challenge
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  Speaker 2: to be our first first practice in pads. Understanding the expectations,
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  Speaker 2: but it'll be pretty clear when we get out here.
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  Speaker 1: Anything else, thank you, Okay, thank you,