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Mike Macdonald: "That Was An Awesome Day" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, that was our longest practice so far at
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  Speaker 1: Camp Man. It was an awesome day, great practice. There's
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  Speaker 1: a moment out there there's a bald eagle soaring through
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  Speaker 1: the wind, got Lake Washington in the background, blue angels
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  Speaker 1: flying around. At one point we had a dog on
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  Speaker 1: the field. So you know, check your Bengo cards. But overall,
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  Speaker 1: great day, Man, is this the guy's got after? Is
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  Speaker 1: a great competitive practice, went down to the wire. I
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  Speaker 1: just really pretty pleased with the effort.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's just working through a couple of things from
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  Speaker 2: the other day. But get some imaging tonight and we'll
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  Speaker 2: see tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know about tomorrow, but but we'll see what
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  Speaker 1: what comes out.
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  Speaker 2: Of when he goes and sees the dog. What did
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  Speaker 2: you see? How obviously got a lot of work today.
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  Speaker 2: What did you think of him?
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  Speaker 1: And kind of how that w was. Yeah, it was
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  Speaker 1: a great guy stepped in, did a great job, operated
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  Speaker 1: the offense, moved the ball, you know, got it out times.
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  Speaker 2: I think you know.
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  Speaker 1: It took a couple of sacks, but there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of It was a big like third down pressure day
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  Speaker 1: sort of thing. So the guys they saw a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good gamut of stuff. So good to see him in
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  Speaker 1: and out of the protections and operations and stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So, uh look good.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we'll see on tape and see what we
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  Speaker 1: want to want to go, go fix, move forward.
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  Speaker 2: You know, imaging all what exactly. I'll kind of keep
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  Speaker 2: that on the d L right now and then we'll
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  Speaker 2: keep you guys updated. What'd you think the right round practice? Oh?
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  Speaker 1: It was great to see him make a play at
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  Speaker 1: the end. You know it's tied, so we we Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I asked the guys if they want to do a
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  Speaker 1: two point play for the win, and uh, unanimously all
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  Speaker 1: said yes.
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  Speaker 2: So, uh do a fade ball? He made He made
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  Speaker 2: a great play, coach, What makes what are the characteristics
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  Speaker 2: of a great third down defense? Uh? Man, you don't
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  Speaker 2: let him get the first down. It's my first thought.
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  Speaker 1: But I think I think and without making it like
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  Speaker 1: too simplistic, I think that's the that's the spirit behind it.
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  Speaker 1: It's what do you need to do to get them
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  Speaker 1: off the field. So you need to have answers. You
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  Speaker 1: got to be able to you know, understand their operation.
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  Speaker 1: Take away primary options affect the quarterback via timing being
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  Speaker 1: you know, maybe see something take something away but you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can't go crazy fancy and have them catch the
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  Speaker 1: ball and fall forward for a first down. You don't
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  Speaker 1: look very smart when that happens. So it's all about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, whatever it takes to get them off the field.
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  Speaker 2: How importance first and second down so that they have.
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  Speaker 1: A Yeah, it's a great point. Yeah, that's a great point.
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  Speaker 1: It's incredibly important. You know that if you just look
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  Speaker 1: at the stats, it's exponentially difficult to you know, get
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  Speaker 1: a longer third down. So stop in the run, handle
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  Speaker 1: the play action passes on early downs, trying to deny
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  Speaker 1: the ball when you can, so you you know, create
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  Speaker 1: some of those certain longer situations so you can, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you can get to your best stuff. We've heard your
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  Speaker 1: linemen talk about the way you move guys around, obviously
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  Speaker 1: we saw in Baltimore before.
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  Speaker 2: What do you like about that? What does that do
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  Speaker 2: for you, Efens, when you can move guys around the line, Well,
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  Speaker 2: it gives you flexibility.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, again it sounds sweet here and and
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  Speaker 1: you know we're doing these things, but you know, you
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  Speaker 1: get into a third down game and there's probably i
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  Speaker 1: don't know, ten to fourteen third downs throughout a game.
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  Speaker 2: Those are really precious downs.
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  Speaker 1: And to your point, those are you know, high leverage situations,
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  Speaker 1: so you want to be dialed up and dialed in
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  Speaker 1: and the you know when it's when it's time.
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  Speaker 2: To get rocking.
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  Speaker 1: So you can't do everything and you but you need
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  Speaker 1: to get good at stuff and then you know, we'll
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  Speaker 1: start to dial it in here as.
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  Speaker 2: Camp starts to wind down. But right now we're we're in.
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  Speaker 1: Go mode and see who can do what, And I
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  Speaker 1: think that's where you feel the flexibility and guys moving
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  Speaker 1: around and then they're right, that's what we are doing.
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  Speaker 1: But at some point, you know, this music kind of stops.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's got to find a chair, so to speak.
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  Speaker 2: Is the genal stuff from that happened in practice on Tuesday?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I got banged up limit on Tuesday. That
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  Speaker 2: was yeah, Tuesday, Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: Did you get the boost you were hoping today from
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  Speaker 1: having to walk through kind of practice yesterday and then
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  Speaker 1: going along today and seeing the kind of energy you
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  Speaker 1: guys are able to have that workout? Uh, the aim
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  Speaker 1: wasn't really just to boost it back up. The energy
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  Speaker 1: has been there. It was really just uh, injury prevention driven.
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  Speaker 1: He's got a Tricep that he's he's dealing with but
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  Speaker 1: we should see.
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  Speaker 2: Him here tomorrow. Jones and he I guess we just
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  Speaker 2: still have no update from Draymond. Still a still positive,
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  Speaker 2: but no update.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, coach Sean McVay recently said some nice things about
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  Speaker 1: you in the press and that you're gonnadd some competition
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  Speaker 1: to the division.
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  Speaker 2: What was it like for you coming into a division
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  Speaker 2: with two of the best.
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  Speaker 1: I don't believe a word that he's saying. Don't don't
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  Speaker 1: buy the smoke man, that's a trap. Yeah, we got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of respect for all the coaches in our division.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the AFC AFC North went against the NFC
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  Speaker 1: West last year, so we're kind of fresh off of
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  Speaker 1: going off of all those guys and all have the
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  Speaker 1: unique identity, unique vision for how they want to operate
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  Speaker 1: as an offense.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Three really really good quarterbacks, great coaching. I mean, just
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  Speaker 1: a lot of respect for him. I'll operate differently, So
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  Speaker 1: definitely have our hands full, but you know we're up
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  Speaker 1: for the challenge. Is making any progress to getting back
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  Speaker 1: at this point? Again, again trying not to be vague,
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  Speaker 1: but like just not an update for you from from
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  Speaker 1: last time.
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  Speaker 2: We gave you where he was. We didn't see Caerl Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't see him out there today.
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah without getting into a just lower body working
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  Speaker 1: through some stuff, all injury questions.
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  Speaker 2: I love. This is great. Keep him coming. No ball
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  Speaker 2: mat can tell me. With his size, what could he
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  Speaker 2: give you what you want to see? Yeah? Baby?
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  Speaker 1: Uh mac coul tell man, big, strong, eager, great attitude.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's things that we're working on with him
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  Speaker 1: so and he knows those things.
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  Speaker 2: But he's right there. He's competing.
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  Speaker 1: You know, where we're at d line wise and how
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  Speaker 1: how you allocate reps and things like that. He's got
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  Speaker 1: a great opportunity ahead of him, uh to make a
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  Speaker 1: name for himself. And especially in pre season we practice
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  Speaker 1: against the Titans, he'll vample opportunity to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and make some plays. But I think he felt him
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  Speaker 1: today in the run tip period. It'd be fun to
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  Speaker 1: go watch it and uh and see how he's improved.
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  Speaker 2: DJ James getting his first pick today, Yeah, I was
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  Speaker 2: happy for him.
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  Speaker 1: We were laughing the other day that you know, if
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  Speaker 1: some day he's gonna he's gonna look back on his
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  Speaker 1: career and tell his kids, Hey, let me tell you
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  Speaker 1: about my first NFL training camp.
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  Speaker 2: You'll never believe. There's some things that have gone on
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  Speaker 2: that you know, just he needed a break.
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  Speaker 1: So it's good he's been he's been working and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know when you ball finds energy, you know, so
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  Speaker 1: you're doing things the right way, executing at a high level.
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  Speaker 1: It's funny the ball kind of finds finds your way.
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  Speaker 1: So happy for him.
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  Speaker 2: Nick Harris and obviously played a lot of center. What
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  Speaker 2: have you kind of seen from him?
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  Speaker 1: And well, he's a guy that the offensive coaches have
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  Speaker 1: familiarity with being able to exude the offense. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of calls the center as to make
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  Speaker 1: it's on top of those things, he's sharp, his attitude
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  Speaker 1: is right where we want it to be. H and
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  Speaker 1: you know he's right there in it. You know, there's
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  Speaker 1: a great competition we have in the middle of our
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  Speaker 1: offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: Is a guy you'd like, obviously to sign a for MC.
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  Speaker 2: But now you've seen him out there for a week.
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  Speaker 2: What do you like about his game? Well, I think
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  Speaker 2: you start to feel them.
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  Speaker 1: How you feel them in practice is starting to accelerate
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  Speaker 1: when we have pads on.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's Jenks's game.
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  Speaker 1: It's part of the reason why we love them and
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  Speaker 1: just expect them to kind of keep keep the trend
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  Speaker 1: moving upwards too.
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  Speaker 2: That's the expectation.
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  Speaker 1: But we're it's it's been it's been fun to feel
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  Speaker 1: them out there when since we put pads on. That's
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  Speaker 1: something that you teach to your players then or be
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  Speaker 1: active just to go to That's not like you just
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  Speaker 1: go freelance out there, but hey, do it the right way,
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  Speaker 1: play fast, play with enthusiasm, you know, and then if
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  Speaker 1: you play the right way, ball kind of seems to
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  Speaker 1: come alive just kind of how it works. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: you show them examples and things like that, but they
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  Speaker 1: understand the importance of the ball, you know.
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  Speaker 2: That's that's where it all starts through none around. What's
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  Speaker 2: the meaning. I think you can kind of surmise what
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  Speaker 2: that means.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's a it's a mentality whatever happens,
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  Speaker 1: uh physically mentally as things go. It just how we
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  Speaker 1: confront things. We don't want to we want to shy
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  Speaker 1: away from challenges as the team or whatever, and that's it.
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  Speaker 1: That's just kind of how we take it off.
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  Speaker 2: One more injury with Michael Jackson.
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  Speaker 1: Uh just nicked up right now. I think you get
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  Speaker 1: a couple of tests done. We'll not sure on the timetable.
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  Speaker 2: What have you seen out of Jerome and Tyrell in
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  Speaker 2: the week They've been able to get out here.
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  Speaker 1: And be on the field with Yeah again in the
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  Speaker 1: ramp mode in terms of reps. But there's some intricacies
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  Speaker 1: within the defense that I think you're starting as to
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  Speaker 1: uncover as we get into you know, get through the
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  Speaker 1: install now. Uh So, you know my message then was
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  Speaker 1: just keep attacking it. You know the game they're they're
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  Speaker 1: executing at a high level, but you know there's another
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  Speaker 1: level we want to take it to and they'll get there.
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  Speaker 1: But it's just a function of reps. What are you.
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  Speaker 2: Saturday, going to looming where you sort of open to
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  Speaker 2: and get out. It's gonna be great. Fans will be there,
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  Speaker 2: I'll be rocking.
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  Speaker 1: Uh well, you know, we'll simulate a lot of like
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  Speaker 1: cool game situations.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of things are on the line.
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  Speaker 1: In a bigger stage kind of see who comes alive,
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  Speaker 1: who starts to make plays. You know, that'll be a
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  Speaker 1: lot of fun just having the fans being just being
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  Speaker 1: in the stadium going through the locker room, pregame, you know, operation,
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  Speaker 1: those things, and then uh, you know, as coaches just
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  Speaker 1: work again more reps at the operation.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get coaches in the box.
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  Speaker 1: We're working the headsets, you know, back and forth between
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  Speaker 1: all the people.
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  Speaker 2: So I used to hitting all the buttons, you know,
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  Speaker 2: so I need as much practice as anybody else. From
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  Speaker 2: Cody White and East South West. Oh, man, I like
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  Speaker 2: that's a good question that those guys are doing a
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  Speaker 2: great job.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think you you feel them on special teams,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, physicality from Cody is something that we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be expecting.
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  Speaker 2: It will come alive. Uh, Estop's got great hands.
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  Speaker 1: But just keep plugging away, man, I like, those are
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  Speaker 1: right in there with the with the with the competition
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  Speaker 1: in the wide receiver room, and just keep plugging away,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and and we'll see what happens.
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  Speaker 2: But it's still early.
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  Speaker 1: I mean I think at day eight, you know, day
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  Speaker 1: eight of a long camp, and uh, you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: it's uh the rest of the weary man like it'll
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  Speaker 1: it'll weed itself out and so and it come to
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  Speaker 1: life here over the next couple of weeks. You have
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  Speaker 1: the officials here today and obviously there's some big rule
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  Speaker 1: kind of changes this year.
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  Speaker 2: How much does that help?
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  Speaker 1: It's it's it's great just and you know, just to
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  Speaker 1: work with those guys, and you know, you saw us
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  Speaker 1: try to get to a bunch of situations where they
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  Speaker 1: can we kind of work together.
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  Speaker 2: On things and see how they see plays.
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  Speaker 1: We'll go watch some penalties here in the team meeting
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  Speaker 1: and get their two cents on it, on you know what,
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  Speaker 1: you know, why they call what they called. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's just great to you know, great to see him
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  Speaker 1: and then catch up, like we'll talk about the kickoff rule,
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  Speaker 1: they'll watch the reps, the'll give us feedback on what
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  Speaker 1: they see. So yeah, it's just great to have him
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  Speaker 1: in town. There we got okay, thanks guys,