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Quandre Diggs: "I Just Want To Win" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Horor congrats on captain again. What doesn't mean not only
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  Speaker 1: get elected capta again, but with Bobby Wagner back here,
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  Speaker 1: to still have your teammates.
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  Speaker 2: Down owner, it's dope. It's always an honor. It's always
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  Speaker 2: a privilege for you know, the guy sitting in his
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  Speaker 2: room to be able to you know, to vote me
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  Speaker 2: team captain again. So it's cool to even do it,
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  Speaker 2: you know, with some of the greatest people I've been around,
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  Speaker 2: you know, since I've been in the game. I mean
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  Speaker 2: from the Lord to j Maid to you know, Bobby
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  Speaker 2: Locke and Geno. We been here a while, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's we been here a w awhile we've been accorded
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  Speaker 2: team for a little bit down.
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  Speaker 3: So it's always great to have that respect around the room.
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  Speaker 2: And like you say, with Bobby, it's dope, you know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean because for so many years that see,
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  Speaker 2: when you saw the c in Seattle, you knew it
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  Speaker 2: was him, and you know, for me to be able
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  Speaker 2: to share that at this point in my career, his
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  Speaker 2: point in his career, the relationship we have, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's dope. So if he would have been captain by
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  Speaker 2: himself on defense, I'd have been fine with it because
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  Speaker 2: you know, he is the culture, he is Seattle. So
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  Speaker 2: for me, you know, it's just it's honest and privilege
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  Speaker 2: to have it that way.
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  Speaker 4: You know you're going to the playoffs at that time.
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  Speaker 1: But when you made that pick against the Rams lay
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  Speaker 1: of the game last year, I.
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  Speaker 2: Mean, what do you remember from that moment and how
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  Speaker 2: special that.
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  Speaker 1: Was considering guy looked wide open at the time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think for me, it's just those
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  Speaker 2: the type of moments that I love to have, you know.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's one of those ones. In baseball it's
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  Speaker 2: almost a walk It's a walk off day there. And
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  Speaker 2: you know basketball is like you know, Kobe Lebron and
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  Speaker 2: Mike you know, they hit a game winner. So anytime
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  Speaker 2: you can do something like that, and it's bigger than
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  Speaker 2: me at the end of the day, you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I I all gave our offense a chance to go
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  Speaker 2: down to score and you gotta you know, come in
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  Speaker 2: Lock and Gino and DK and the offensive line. Those
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  Speaker 2: guys went down there and scored and we won the game.
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  Speaker 2: So it wasn't all about me, but just to be
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  Speaker 2: able to make that type of play in that moment,
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  Speaker 2: it's definitely special, and you know, you always remember those plays.
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  Speaker 2: But you know what I mean, I'm sure they have
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  Speaker 2: some cooking up for me this week. Knowing that I've
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  Speaker 2: got him a few times.
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  Speaker 4: What do you go back to this week because you
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  Speaker 4: didn't play Matthew Stafford last year when he was hurt,
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  Speaker 4: Cooper's not gonna be in the game. What film or
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  Speaker 4: what do you go back to for that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean you just you watch film. You watched
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  Speaker 2: the Rams, you know what I mean. They played some
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  Speaker 2: games last year, so you can take all some things
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  Speaker 2: from that. But I mean me and staff go back
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  Speaker 2: to twenty fifteen, so I'm sure he knows my tendencies
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  Speaker 2: and I know a little bit of his tendency. So
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  Speaker 2: it's just, you know, it's a chess game between us
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  Speaker 2: two and for me just being able to to to
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  Speaker 2: find formations that I'm familiar with, and you know, just
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  Speaker 2: go make the plays that I'm able to make and
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  Speaker 2: think it'll be fun. You know, it'll be good to
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  Speaker 2: go up against my guy again. I missed him last year,
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  Speaker 2: so it'll it'll be interesting. So I'm excited to see.
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  Speaker 4: So you got to chest hit going and Bobby has
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  Speaker 4: a trust.
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  Speaker 3: Can going, Yeah, we do. It's what we do.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think the older you get, the you
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  Speaker 2: the the more you realize, you know, you your brain is
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  Speaker 2: really the most powerful thing out there. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you know what's going on, you know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean, you can go make plays and and
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  Speaker 2: do different things when you see different formations. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: they know Bobby because obviously he was there, and I
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  Speaker 2: mean they know me. I've been playing against these guys
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  Speaker 2: for five years now, so we all pretty familiar with
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  Speaker 2: each other.
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  Speaker 3: Do you hear from you?
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  Speaker 4: Uh after you pick him off sometimes?
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  Speaker 2: I mean me and Staff, I think we've I know,
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  Speaker 2: the last time we played him in La me and
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  Speaker 2: him got into it a little bit, little trash talk,
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  Speaker 2: but that was normal for us, you know. I mean
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  Speaker 2: that's one of those things where it's just kind of
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  Speaker 2: how me and him bonded in Detroit, you know, kind
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  Speaker 2: of talking trash each other Texas guys and just enjoy it.
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  Speaker 2: But I mean, me and nine, we'll we'll have our
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  Speaker 2: trash talk, we'll talk and I definitely still gotta send
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  Speaker 2: him those two balls from twenty one to get those
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  Speaker 2: sign for sure.
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  Speaker 4: Has A has Kobe come to you for any advice
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  Speaker 4: kind of making that corner nicol safety transition that he's.
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  Speaker 3: Made them, no doubt.
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  Speaker 2: He sits beside me in meetings now and you know,
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  Speaker 2: we just I just try to talk him through the
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  Speaker 2: in and outs of you know, what's going on, and.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's just, you know, just try to ease.
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  Speaker 2: His mind with that transition, because same thing Glover Quinn
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  Speaker 2: did for me. That's what I'm trying to do for him.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, at the end of the day, the
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  Speaker 2: NFL is what the NFL is. You always see guys
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  Speaker 2: that remind you of yourself, and I always told you guys,
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  Speaker 2: Kobe reminded me of myself from the jump.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm excited to see him, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 3: I'm excited to see him go.
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  Speaker 2: He's just so multiple and I told him, you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you might be playing six seven positions, but I did
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  Speaker 2: the same thing early in my career.
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  Speaker 3: And you find a.
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  Speaker 2: Place and you make you make a home atter and
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  Speaker 2: you you make yourself the best in the world at it.
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  Speaker 2: So just enjoy the process, learn as much as you
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  Speaker 2: can play in these different positions, and you know, when
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  Speaker 2: your time comes to settle in at one position, be
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  Speaker 2: great at That was the.
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  Speaker 3: Tougher transition for you?
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  Speaker 2: Is that you've experienced that going from outside court a
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  Speaker 2: slot or moving to safety.
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  Speaker 3: W What was the tougher move for you?
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  Speaker 2: I think for me probably going from outside to slot,
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  Speaker 2: because it's totally different from from you know, when you're
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  Speaker 2: out on the island, it's cool, you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you don't have a receiver. He ain't really got a
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  Speaker 2: three way go, you know what I mean. But when
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  Speaker 2: you go inside, you got a three way go. You
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  Speaker 2: gotta run fits, you know what I mean. You gotta
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  Speaker 2: know what the D line is done. You gotta do
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  Speaker 2: all that different stuff. So luckily for me, I made
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  Speaker 2: that transition in college, so it was a little bit
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  Speaker 2: easier for me, but it was you know, it's difficult
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  Speaker 2: going inside outside and some of those guys that can
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  Speaker 2: follow guys inside outside.
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  Speaker 3: Those are the special ones. So that probably was the
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  Speaker 3: hardest transition along those lines.
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  Speaker 2: Devin's been has to do that here your campus, and
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  Speaker 2: what have you seen from him when he's been able
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  Speaker 2: to be out there making that move into the nickel
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  Speaker 2: spot and how he's handled.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's natural.
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  Speaker 2: You can see the natural footwork that hit the the instincts.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, you can just see that that he has, you
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  Speaker 3: know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: So now it's just all about him getting healthy and
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  Speaker 2: being ready to go, and I'm excited. I'm excited to
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  Speaker 2: see him get out there. You can just tell he
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  Speaker 2: has that. That's the wagger that you know that that's
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  Speaker 2: natty to be able to go do those type of things.
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  Speaker 2: So you can put him outside inside you know he wasn't.
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  Speaker 2: He's not just a nickel, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: We drafting the fifth pick to be able to do everything.
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  Speaker 2: And I think when he gets healthy, you get ready
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  Speaker 2: to go, he'll be he'll be out there.
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  Speaker 1: How much more important is that position now?
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  Speaker 3: In today's NFL? It used to kind of be a
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  Speaker 3: niche position, so to speak.
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  Speaker 1: How much more important is that even now compared to
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  Speaker 1: when he came into the league with the way.
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  Speaker 3: Things have changed.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just so spread spread offenses and guys
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  Speaker 2: are running RPOs and you know, the whole college transition
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  Speaker 2: is transitioning to the NFL. Not as much, but it is,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean. So you know that quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: throwing the ball all around the field and moving your
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  Speaker 2: best guys inside.
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  Speaker 3: You know your best guys can play inside outside.
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  Speaker 2: And good to have people that can play inside and outside.
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  Speaker 3: So it's it's about the same.
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  Speaker 2: When I came to lead twenty fifteen, we played predominantly
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  Speaker 2: Nickel and I was on the field at least seventy
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  Speaker 2: percent of the time, So it's about the same thing.
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  Speaker 2: How does the.
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  Speaker 1: Report kind of come along with working with Julian Love
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  Speaker 1: is the other other safety.
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  Speaker 2: Then, I mean, it's been good, you know what I mean,
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  Speaker 2: It's been really good. Jay Love is a smart, smart
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  Speaker 2: individual and the things that you know that he doesn't
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  Speaker 2: get right there, you know, I can go explain it
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  Speaker 2: to him and he understands it. So it's been good.
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  Speaker 2: It's been good to to have him in the building.
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  Speaker 2: It's been good to have, you know, somebody that's uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, me and Ma we can be real high
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  Speaker 2: strong sometimes and kind of have Jay Love there. Well,
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  Speaker 2: he really don't say too much but make smart comments,
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  Speaker 2: so it's been really good for to to to.
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  Speaker 3: Even me and Ma out a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: And he's really really smart, so you know, you don't
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  Speaker 2: have to tell him what to do every time and
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  Speaker 2: things like that. So it's been really good.
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  Speaker 3: Good.
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  Speaker 2: I enjoy it and you know, I'm excited to see
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  Speaker 2: it and be out there beside him on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Is someone who yourself made a quick comeback from an injury.
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  Speaker 1: How impressive is what Jordan Brooks has done. I know
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  Speaker 1: it's a different injury, but just to get hurt at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the season.
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  Speaker 2: And be back there, I mean, the guy's different. I
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  Speaker 2: remember texting him in like June or May, and I
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  Speaker 2: was like, I seen him running and I'm just like,
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't even want to race you right now, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I mean. And it was only five months,
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  Speaker 2: six months after surgery. So for him, he's one of
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  Speaker 2: those guys that he loves the game. He's dedicated to it.
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  Speaker 2: The you know, coming off of ACL and you know,
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  Speaker 2: being able to come back and be ready for Game one,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's that's definitely, that's amazing, and I'm excited
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  Speaker 2: to see.
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  Speaker 3: Him back out there. You can just tell how he
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  Speaker 3: looks at.
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  Speaker 2: The game different, and you know how he feels, and
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean, he was working his way
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  Speaker 2: in but now he's out there thudding guys up and
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  Speaker 2: throwing guys on the ground. You can just tell he's
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  Speaker 2: ready to go out there and just go hit somebody.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm excited to see him out there.
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  Speaker 3: How does the open.
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  Speaker 4: Line of communication that cross good allows and help the players,
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  Speaker 4: particularly veterans like yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Oh it's good. I mean it didn't matter who my
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  Speaker 2: coach was. I was gonna say what I wanted to
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  Speaker 2: say anyways. So, you know, but with case Scott, I
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  Speaker 2: think we just have, you know, that natural chemistry of
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  Speaker 2: you know, he understands me and I understand him, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, sometimes we might see things different and at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, that's fine, you know what
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  Speaker 2: I mean. He doesn't take you know, he doesn't take
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  Speaker 2: a slight that I'm undermined his coaching is. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I played a lot of football too, and I understand
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  Speaker 2: things and I see things differently, and you know, sometimes
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  Speaker 2: I go back and I might watch a game for
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  Speaker 2: four years ago when he wasn't here, you know what
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  Speaker 2: I mean. So for me, it's just it's just different things,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean, And he sees stuff that
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  Speaker 2: I don't see.
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  Speaker 3: So, uh, it's been cool.
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  Speaker 2: I think everybody in the room's kind in the room
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  Speaker 2: kind of understands me as a person and who I
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  Speaker 2: am and as a football player. That. You know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: pretty smart, and you know, if I say something, I'm
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  Speaker 2: sure it has some merit to it. I just don't
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  Speaker 2: just throw stuff on the wall and hope it stick.
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  Speaker 2: I really thought about it. I'll put it in my
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  Speaker 2: notes and then I've rewatched the film and then I'll
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  Speaker 2: bring it the case Scott.
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  Speaker 3: But I mean, we're good, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: He's he's one of the guys that I think he knows,
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  Speaker 2: he knows how to motivate me a little bit and
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  Speaker 2: you know, kind of pissed me off and get me going.
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  Speaker 4: Still, what are you up to getting out of the season?
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  Speaker 2: Man? I just want to win, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 2: I want to win and just be great, you know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean. I think that's the main thing, is winning,
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  Speaker 2: being great and enjoying these moments, you know, with all
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  Speaker 2: my teammates, because you know, you know, you never know
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  Speaker 2: how long guys are gonna be together or how long
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  Speaker 2: guys are gonna.
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  Speaker 3: Play in the league.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, for me, it's just to win, have fun,
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  Speaker 2: and you know what I mean, continue proving myself right,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean. I think we win, and
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  Speaker 2: we win big. I think everything else comes along with that.
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  Speaker 4: One more, uh, that type of work in the moments
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  Speaker 4: like after you guys run out in the tone, that
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  Speaker 4: moments between that and the kickoff, like and the guys
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  Speaker 4: are usually praying or something like that.
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  Speaker 3: That moment look like for you before.
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  Speaker 2: A game, Oh, I'm usually go to the bench, I
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  Speaker 2: pray and m I just kind of think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think and.
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  Speaker 3: Just think, you know, how grateful I am.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when a national anthems plan, you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: thinking of how grateful how I get this opportunity and
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  Speaker 2: how you know, people around the world are getting to
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  Speaker 2: watch a little kid from Angleton, Texas go out there
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  Speaker 2: and play football at the highest level with when my
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  Speaker 2: family's there, you know, I just want to put on
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  Speaker 2: a show for them and enjoy those moments.
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  Speaker 3: And at the.
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  Speaker 2: End of the day, you know, I'm out there praying
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  Speaker 2: for praying for our health and our safety to play
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  Speaker 2: the game. But you know, I'm praying for my family,
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  Speaker 2: my friends, I'm praying for you know, people around the
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  Speaker 2: world that's going through different things. So it's not all
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  Speaker 2: about me in those moments. But at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, you know, I have a job of doing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I go out there and just try to
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  Speaker 2: do my job the best of my abilities
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  Speaker 3: All right on the field,