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Jaxon Smith-Njigba: "It's An Honor To Be Selected To The Pro Bowl" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: They do great. How you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Do you have a special Pro Bowl outfit plan for
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  Speaker 2: this week?
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  Speaker 1: I don't. I don't haven't thought that far yet.
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  Speaker 3: Mmmm.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see.
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  Speaker 2: Does that anything to you to make it again?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: It's an honor. It's an honor to be selected. Credit
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  Speaker 1: goes out to everyone involved, my teammates, coaches, everything. So
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  Speaker 1: it's a proud moment.
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  Speaker 2: Team record for.
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  Speaker 4: Leading NFL yards, making the playoffs, Pro Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: Those were goals for you as soon What what else
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  Speaker 2: is left?
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  Speaker 1: M Yeah, you could say that what else is left?
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  Speaker 1: The lot's left, the the real, the real play the
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  Speaker 1: real everything I really wanted is left for us to
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  Speaker 1: go get. So that's why I'm looking forward to these
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  Speaker 1: last two games. Go out, take care of Carolina and
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  Speaker 1: push pushing the playoffs.
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  Speaker 4: He saw Tyler Lockett pretty quickly after he broke that
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  Speaker 4: reception record, posting something I don't know out He just
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  Speaker 4: doesn't mean that. He's, you know, keeping an eye on
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  Speaker 4: you and rooting for it.
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  Speaker 1: It's great. I love getting the text or call from
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  Speaker 1: uh T lock and it means the world to me.
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  Speaker 1: You know. I definitely looked up to him and the
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  Speaker 1: traditions that he has left here are still here. I
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  Speaker 1: try to still carry that and and push it forward.
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  Speaker 1: And he has been, you know, a great, a great help,
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  Speaker 1: you know to me, you know, like a big brother,
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  Speaker 1: just helping me along this way, along this journey, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm super grateful for him.
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  Speaker 2: Was your spontaneous?
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  Speaker 4: Was the celebration after the after the hours spontaneous?
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  Speaker 2: After what I'm sorry, after the after the winning catch?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was spontaneous. Just wanted to
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  Speaker 1: celebrate with the fans. I thought it was just awesome.
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  Speaker 1: I love jumping in the crowd, to be honest. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's a cool thing, you know, I definitely look
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  Speaker 1: forward to. So, yeah, definitely spontaneous Jackson.
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  Speaker 4: You guys have come half game game shy the last
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  Speaker 4: two years to break through and make the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: A sure, what does that mean to you?
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  Speaker 4: Ultimately?
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  Speaker 1: It's a definitely a weight off our shoulders. Definitely proud,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, of our team just getting there, something
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  Speaker 1: that you know, I've kept my eye on in an
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  Speaker 1: off season and just really wanted to be in this situation.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm super grateful, and you know, I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to waste any opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, receive there's receivers tend to as they get bigger
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  Speaker 2: and explode on the scene, kind of start feeling themselves.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like as a position group, you you haven't
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  Speaker 2: seemed that way. What is it about that position that
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  Speaker 2: maybe it leads people down that path?
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  Speaker 1: M m hm. You know, as a receiver, you're definitely
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  Speaker 1: in the spotlight a lot. You know, you score the touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: you move the chains, and you know, I would I
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  Speaker 1: would say that's the reason.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, sorry, what is Cooper cup met to you this
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  Speaker 3: season and your development in year.
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  Speaker 1: Three meant a lot. You know, I don't think we're
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  Speaker 1: here definitely. I don't think I'm here without him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just leading the group and you know, pushing me and
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  Speaker 1: just having the high level talks that we have and
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  Speaker 1: being able to just see it in person. You know,
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  Speaker 1: how he operates and how he goes about his process
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  Speaker 1: has just went around the room, went around the team,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we're super grateful to have him.
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  Speaker 2: Those high level talks. Is that like x's and o's
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  Speaker 2: type stuff or is.
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  Speaker 3: It beyond that?
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  Speaker 1: It's it's beyond that, but it's sexes and o's. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's everything, but just understanding defenses and coverages and
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  Speaker 1: you know, definitely things beyond football, you know, have led
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  Speaker 1: us into some good things.
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  Speaker 4: Spent your rookie season and trading camp last year with
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  Speaker 4: Mike Jackson going against him practice. Obviously he's having a
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  Speaker 4: good season for the Panthers. Now, just what do you
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  Speaker 4: think that match up with a lot of comes today
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  Speaker 4: when you're running up against him.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's same approach, you know, definitely respect
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  Speaker 1: to those guys. They play really hard and they run
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  Speaker 1: to the ball and obviously been playing good this year.
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  Speaker 1: So same approach, you know that I go into each week.
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  Speaker 1: Do you know what Tedler billet at all?
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  Speaker 2: Or and what do you think of his game?
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  Speaker 1: I don't have not met him, but he's very impressive,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to be a rookie. You know, I think
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  Speaker 1: he runs great routes, catches the ball. I think he's
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  Speaker 1: a big time player. So you know, credit to him.
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  Speaker 1: He's doing a great job.
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  Speaker 2: There's so much focus on the two point conversion. Almost
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  Speaker 2: your touchdown didn't get as much attention. Fine, talk about
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  Speaker 2: that plays.
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  Speaker 1: On the two point conversion, the touchdown. Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: first and four, you know, got to getting in. So
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  Speaker 1: Sam went through his progression at the back line, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just making sure I show up for my quarterback at
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  Speaker 1: the right time and and that I'm there for him,
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  Speaker 1: and he put it in a perfect spot in the
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  Speaker 1: back line and we scored. So that was a great
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  Speaker 1: play by everyone involved.
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  Speaker 4: Sam a lot of you know, big late game moments
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  Speaker 4: this season. What about his approaches to me already think
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  Speaker 4: makes him good late in games when everything's online.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he stays even he's even killed, and
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  Speaker 1: it's just no equip mentality, keep punching no matter what's
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  Speaker 1: thrown at you. And that approach has, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: has gone to the whole team. So it's been great.
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  Speaker 3: In terms of like goals for the team. Is to
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  Speaker 3: when you and Spoon got drafted, I think, yeah, just
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  Speaker 3: played in just that one playoff game. Did you guys
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  Speaker 3: have thoughts or talks when you guys first guy here
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  Speaker 3: about like we're gonna get these guys to the top?
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  Speaker 1: Oh for sure, definitely, definitely that was the mindset, you know,
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  Speaker 1: coming here and do our part. They picked us high
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  Speaker 1: for a reason, they believe in us for a reason,
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  Speaker 1: and we're gonna show him you know, how we play,
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  Speaker 1: you know, bring our style the ball that fits in
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  Speaker 1: obviously with the team, and you know, just take it
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  Speaker 1: as far as we can.
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  Speaker 3: What have you thought of just Spoons three years and
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  Speaker 3: you know him being a pro bowler, you know, three.
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  Speaker 1: Man greatness, greatness he has. He has shown greatness and
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  Speaker 1: displayed greatness every single day. There's not a day he
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  Speaker 1: has missed. And you know, for me, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: always say he's a he's a Hall of Famer, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, you can see it, and it's a great
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  Speaker 1: example for everyone else in the building, not just the players,
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  Speaker 1: but everyone else in the building to come with that approach,
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  Speaker 1: that attitude and you know, to be God fearing and
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  Speaker 1: you know, put it all out on the line. So
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  Speaker 1: we're behind Spoon and you know, it's it's great to
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  Speaker 1: have Spoon who's competitive. I would say it's about I
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  Speaker 1: would say it's about the same. I would say it's
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  Speaker 1: about the same, and it's very high level competitiveness, and
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  Speaker 1: I think we express it definitely different, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: I would say it's right there.
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  Speaker 4: Anything else has