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Uchenna Nwosu: "Once We Stop The Run, We Can Have Fun" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How encouraging was the second half of you guys as
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  Speaker 1: past rushing, that's something you've been waiting to see. Get
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  Speaker 1: going a couple of sacks and go six quarterback hits
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  Speaker 1: in the second half.
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  Speaker 2: It was good to see, especially consider how we started
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  Speaker 2: off week one. I don't think we got any pressure
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  Speaker 2: on that. So to just make that a point of
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  Speaker 2: emphasis going into that week and to see it just
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  Speaker 2: come a life a little bit, you know, not as
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  Speaker 2: much as we want to, but just to see it
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  Speaker 2: start to develop us good.
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  Speaker 3: Technique or approach change in the week leading up to
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  Speaker 3: that game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, Uh, not really much technique, really much approach.
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  Speaker 2: It's something we you know, we practice the technique all
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  Speaker 2: off season and during the training camp. So it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: really technique. It was more just approach of just you know,
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  Speaker 2: being more urgent, uh you know when that when it's
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  Speaker 2: third down, you know it's time to go. Just being
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  Speaker 2: more aware, knowing when to take our shots, things like that.
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  Speaker 1: So what's what's one of the biggest reason from your
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  Speaker 1: perspective of White the run defense has been has been.
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  Speaker 3: A lot better so far.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, guys are just more tuned in. I
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  Speaker 2: gets us more locked in. Uh, you know, it's always
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  Speaker 2: been a point in emphasis. You know, Coach Hurt talked
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  Speaker 2: about that going into the season, going into the training
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  Speaker 2: camp from OTA's you know, gotta stop the run. Stop
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  Speaker 2: the run. Nobody's gonna run the ball on this this.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he kept preaching them, guys, was finally like,
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  Speaker 2: bought in earlier than you know, and then it took
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  Speaker 2: last year. So everybody just made a key emphasis. That's
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  Speaker 2: what we worked on, it's what we strained hard for,
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  Speaker 2: and we're gonna continue to do that.
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  Speaker 3: What does that buy in look like?
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  Speaker 1: And what does it mean when.
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  Speaker 3: You say buy in?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: You just when you go to practice, you see people
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  Speaker 2: are striking, guys getting off blocks, you know, finishing to
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  Speaker 2: the ball. You can see eleven hats there. Leveraging. We
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  Speaker 2: talk about leveraging the ball. A lot of meetings. You
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  Speaker 2: see guys working on their techniques, working on their assignment
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  Speaker 2: and really taking the run. Game series.
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  Speaker 1: Sounds like it's probably gonna be playing the quarterback for
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  Speaker 1: them this week. Does that does anything change for you guys?
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  Speaker 1: Comparently the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: As, uh, nothing changes in terms of my mentality. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we know what we gotta do what to stop the run.
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  Speaker 2: They're a very physical team. We know that's what they
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  Speaker 2: came the building to do. That's what they did last year,
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  Speaker 2: so we expect to see that the same thing again.
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  Speaker 2: Andy Daltons, of course, more experienced quarterback, he might be
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  Speaker 2: able to make certain reads that you know, Bryce wasn't
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  Speaker 2: able to make yet. But he's not as I guess
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  Speaker 2: mobile as he used to be back in the day.
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  Speaker 2: So he always helps the pass rush. But Andy's a
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  Speaker 2: smart quarterback. You know, it's gonna be a good challenge.
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  Speaker 2: We faced him last year and when he was with
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  Speaker 2: the Saints, you know, and uh we got some get
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  Speaker 2: back to get to him.
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  Speaker 1: What I guess what do you remember that the game
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  Speaker 1: with with Andy when he did play that game was
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  Speaker 1: sort of what was it? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I don't really remember much of that game, to be honest,
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  Speaker 2: I just know we lost. But yeah, and he made
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  Speaker 2: he made a lot of good throws. He was poised
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  Speaker 2: in the pocket. He was able to make his reads
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  Speaker 2: and alerts and checks and all those things that the
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  Speaker 2: line of scrimmers, like a veteran quarterback should. So I
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  Speaker 2: expect a lot of that going into this week. And
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  Speaker 2: like I said, first and foremosts about stopping the run,
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  Speaker 2: then we'll get after him in the past game is there.
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  Speaker 1: Look obviously the coaching has changed there like that. Uh
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  Speaker 1: how they try to run the balls and look any
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  Speaker 1: different than it did last year or.
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  Speaker 2: Uh not really there always been a downhill football running team,
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  Speaker 2: you know, So it's gonna come down to us, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just being physical with the line of scrimmage, knocking guys back,
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  Speaker 2: getting off blocks, leveraging the football like I mentioned, and
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  Speaker 2: just killing the run.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned that word a couple of times. Pete has
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  Speaker 4: said that coming into the season, were the fundamentals emphasized
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  Speaker 4: differently coming into this year just to kind of reinforce
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  Speaker 4: and to reset things.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, then last year it's rules or like.
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  Speaker 4: With leverage, with force, with some of the things that
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  Speaker 4: there's maybe weren't showing up as as much last year.
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  Speaker 2: No, I feel like last year coaches were definitely, you know,
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  Speaker 2: doing all the necessary things in terms of you know,
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  Speaker 2: being on the fundamentals, teaching it or teaching how things
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  Speaker 2: are supposed to happen. They were doing it just as
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  Speaker 2: much as they're doing this year. I feel like the
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  Speaker 2: difference is guys have actually bought in more now you know,
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  Speaker 2: we we changed their personnel and the interior line and
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  Speaker 2: guys getting more experience on the edge too, So it all,
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  Speaker 2: it all plays a part in that. So the coach
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  Speaker 2: is doing a great job like they did last year,
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  Speaker 2: and they continue to preach it more this year.
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  Speaker 3: You guys have been in nickel and dime quite a
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  Speaker 3: bit and you've still been stopping the run. What's been
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  Speaker 3: the the key to that?
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  Speaker 2: I feel like it's just just our mentality, you know,
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  Speaker 2: guys that just know what we gotta do. Guys are
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  Speaker 2: just being more physical at the line of scrimmage. It
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  Speaker 2: just we're just it's it's in our mentality, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Just don't let them stop the run. Cause everybody up front,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we want to rush the past. You guys
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  Speaker 2: in the back end wanna get picks, you know that's
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  Speaker 2: what That's what you know, NFL players wanna do. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, once we stop the run, we can have
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  Speaker 2: some fun in terms of rushing and uh help helping
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  Speaker 2: the back end get interceptions and make good plays. You know,
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  Speaker 2: So guys wanna have fun the field into that we
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  Speaker 2: have to stop the run.
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  Speaker 4: When you think back to leaching a build or if
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  Speaker 4: you watch them. What's the thing that stands out most
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  Speaker 4: about all those guys that are coming back this week
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  Speaker 4: and to the.
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  Speaker 2: Superl I'll just say this is just how different everybody was.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they all had different personalities, They all it
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  Speaker 2: w They all were on the same page about everything
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  Speaker 2: that they did. You know, they hung out a lot.
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  Speaker 2: They were all just guys that were together. They're all in,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and it's good to have those guys back
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  Speaker 2: in the building, you know, to aks them questions and
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  Speaker 2: pick their brains about what, you know, what took place
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  Speaker 2: during their Super Bowl run and what you know sh
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  Speaker 2: they wanna see here? So that way you can, as leaders,
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  Speaker 2: we can try to, you know, incorporate that into our
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  Speaker 2: team this year. It might not go as great as them,
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  Speaker 2: but any little entry can get you know, from them
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  Speaker 2: and help our young guys out and help the team
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  Speaker 2: out now would be great.
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  Speaker 1: What what impact Kenny has uh having Jade here been
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  Speaker 1: for you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Up front, It's been great. He's a leader in that
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  Speaker 2: in that front, in that front four from communication to
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  Speaker 2: what he knows, what he sees, what's gonna happen, from
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  Speaker 2: hearing the center of communication to relenting it to all
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  Speaker 2: of us and to just getting everybody's mind rights and
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  Speaker 2: what we gotta do. Jerry's been a great addition. I
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  Speaker 2: know he's been here before, but he's been a great
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  Speaker 2: audition coming back to the team. He's my first year
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  Speaker 2: with him, and it's just like we've been to get
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  Speaker 2: working together since my rookie year, you know. So it's
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  Speaker 2: good to have him in the building. He's a leader
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  Speaker 2: and he's gonna be big for us continuing the year.
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  Speaker 2: What's it been like playing with Bobby. It's been really
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  Speaker 2: fun playing with Bobby. You know, just everybody thinks Bobby's
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  Speaker 2: all this serious guy, but he's really funny man. He
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  Speaker 2: likes to joke around, he likes to have fun. He
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  Speaker 2: reminds everybody to have fun. He's having fun. He's also
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  Speaker 2: a really good leader. He's like that glue, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when guys get out of whack. He's the guy that
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  Speaker 2: brings everybody back together in terms of like remembering your assigning,
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  Speaker 2: what you gotta do, you know, our expectations, all that stuff. So,
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  Speaker 2: and he's a really good player too. So, but just
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  Speaker 2: having Bobby around has been great for the morale of
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  Speaker 2: the team. Maal of the defense to see a Hall
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  Speaker 2: of Famer, a guy like his stature, just being around
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  Speaker 2: and still being able to do what he does at
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  Speaker 2: a high level.
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  Speaker 3: What he did last once to day gathering you guys
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  Speaker 3: before practice. Have you seen that before and I here
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  Speaker 3: or any other place that you've been h what like
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  Speaker 3: is the peptid or whatever you wanna call it, the
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  Speaker 3: the you know, the talk that he gave you guys
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  Speaker 3: before practice last Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you definitely see that, you know, with you expect
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  Speaker 2: that from leaders, you know, anywhere you at were guys
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  Speaker 2: who are the leaders? You know, bring everybody up together,
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  Speaker 2: try to get everybody you know, settled down, knowing what's
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  Speaker 2: going on. Let everybody know how much if important the
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  Speaker 2: day gotta be or whatever it is. You know, leaders around.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure every team does that, you know, but for
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  Speaker 2: this team specifically, Bobby does a great job of it,
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  Speaker 2: especially with a lot of young guys we got on
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  Speaker 2: our team as well as the veterans, you know, So,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, Bobby's a great addition for this team.
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  Speaker 1: You think it's tell the defenses, I mean Bobby and
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  Speaker 1: Jordan and sort of the you know, they're the way
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  Speaker 1: how they've been playing in the middle with the playing backing.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely absolutely, Bobby's uh, he could he He's so instinctual. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's so athletic. He can make plays. He sees plays
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  Speaker 2: before they happen. So if I'm like over here trying
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  Speaker 2: to spill the ball or or force it back in,
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  Speaker 2: Bobby's right there behind me, you know. So you can
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  Speaker 2: always count on him. Somebody can count on to make
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  Speaker 2: to do their job constantly, so not somebody have to
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  Speaker 2: worry about. He always communicates, let you know what you're
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  Speaker 2: expecting him and plus JB. You know they're getting double
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  Speaker 2: digital tackles every week, which which helps us, you know,
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  Speaker 2: stop the run as well. So you know those two
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  Speaker 2: is a good duo.
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  Speaker 1: What have you seen from when his.
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  Speaker 2: Plan or to wedding gage that's just the way he
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  Speaker 2: came in. And his physicality, yeah, exactly. His physicality, his energy,
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  Speaker 2: his attention to detail, his passion, those are all things
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  Speaker 2: you look for in the corner. He's he's not tough.
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  Speaker 2: He's not he's tough, he's not scared. He'll come up
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  Speaker 2: hit some things, he'll come up make some tackles, and
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  Speaker 2: he's very athletic, can make plays in the back end
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  Speaker 2: like you saw make the play on that fourth down
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  Speaker 2: to get us off the field. So the more repetition,
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  Speaker 2: the more reps he gets in the game. He's just
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  Speaker 2: gonna be a great player, all right. Thank you, Thank