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Abraham Lucas: "All Of Our Running Backs Have Played Extremely Hard" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: What was the conversation among the offensive line coming after
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  Speaker 1: Monday's game and evaluating overall play and what happened?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we took a look at it kind of
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  Speaker 2: as a group, the film yesterday. And we just talked
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  Speaker 2: through kind of what we always talk through as far
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  Speaker 2: as like technique and, you know, different looks and stuff
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  Speaker 2: that we saw there. I mean, I don't really know
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  Speaker 2: if there was like a super emotional official conversation. It
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  Speaker 2: was just kind of business as usual. Mike told us.
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  Speaker 3: That Sam's not going this week and Drew will. What
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  Speaker 3: kind of confidence does an offense give you, having seen
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  Speaker 3: Drew do what he's done this season and play so well?
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  Speaker 2: Drew's always been a great quarterback. Regardless of who they
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  Speaker 2: have or who we're blocking for, utmost confidence in them.
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  Speaker 2: I know Sam will attack his rehab and Drew will
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  Speaker 2: step in and be the best version of himself for us,
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  Speaker 2: so I've got all the confidence in him.
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  Speaker 4: You've had a lot of different right guards next to
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  Speaker 4: you this season. How have you kind of done your
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  Speaker 4: best to help those guys all rotate in, and now
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  Speaker 4: what are you doing to help Gray?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just kind of a question of adapting
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  Speaker 2: to different styles of play. I mean, I played next to, what,
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  Speaker 2: four guys this year? So, I mean, yeah, it's just
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  Speaker 2: about adaptability. I mean, that takes a little bit of time.
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  Speaker 2: It's not an immediate just like easy flow type of thing,
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  Speaker 2: but for Gray and myself, it's just going to be
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  Speaker 2: learning each other's play styles is, weeks and practices progress
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  Speaker 2: and get through, and we'll, you know, get to the
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  Speaker 2: point where we want to be, you know, we're both
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  Speaker 2: going to work hard at it and communicate with each
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  Speaker 2: other and kind of understand, like, what each other wants
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  Speaker 2: to do in certain situations and all of that, and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Gray's a really bright guy, really smart, communicates really,
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  Speaker 2: really well, so we're on the right track, I would say.
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to play style, what does that cover?
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  Speaker 2: Play style, meaning, like, I mean, down and distance situationally,
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  Speaker 2: you know, if we're running, I mean, if we have
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  Speaker 2: a chip front side, if we have open the pass
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  Speaker 2: game from the backfield or the tight end or really
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  Speaker 2: the look on defense, you know what I mean? Or
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  Speaker 2: the type of type of rusher that's on the edge
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  Speaker 2: or in the three tech, you know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: So there's a lot of like, I mean, it's a
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  Speaker 2: process throughout the entire week, you know, it's not just
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  Speaker 2: a game day thing, but it's something that we work
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  Speaker 2: on the entire week, if that makes sense.
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  Speaker 4: How much of that is about communication, the run game
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  Speaker 4: coordination there, again, you feel how much of it's about
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  Speaker 4: picking up games and stunts and, and stylistic stuff there.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's really what it's all about. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: in kind of everything, right? I mean, there's no like,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's 100% and 100%, I would say. It's
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  Speaker 2: just about executing the play that's in front of you,
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  Speaker 2: you know, regardless of what the look is or what
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  Speaker 2: the play call is, you know.
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  Speaker 5: Mike said Sam cracked a rib on the second play
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  Speaker 5: of the game as well. Just him playing through the
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  Speaker 5: rest of the game with all that, I guess, what
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  Speaker 5: does that say.
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  Speaker 2: About him to you guys? He's a tough son of
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  Speaker 2: a gun. I mean, have a testament to who he is.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's always, he's always been that way. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I don't think he gets enough credit for
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  Speaker 2: that toughness, like physically and mentally, you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: hell of a quarterback and hell of a guy. Can't
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  Speaker 2: say enough good things about him.
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  Speaker 3: Mike mentioned, or sorry, you just mentioned like the line
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  Speaker 3: watching the tape together. First look at Quentin Nelson playing
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  Speaker 3: with you guys. Like what, what jumped out when you
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  Speaker 3: see his play?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Quentin Nelson is Quentin Nelson. I mean, he's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, one of the best ever to play and
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  Speaker 2: he brings a lot of knowledge and a lot of great,
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  Speaker 2: gritty attitude towards the O-line. I'd say he's fit in
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  Speaker 2: really well for only being here like 10 days. Also
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  Speaker 2: a testament to how smart he is picking up an
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  Speaker 2: offense after three or four days and being able to
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  Speaker 2: go out and have the success that he had.
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  Speaker 6: The quarterback on the other side on Sunday is someone
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  Speaker 6: that you know pretty well from Wazoo. Can you sort
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  Speaker 6: of encapsulate what Gardner or meant to that program the
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  Speaker 6: one year that he was there in Pullman?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I mean, in my personal opinion, I just like,
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  Speaker 2: I saw Gardner as a guy who, you know, he
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  Speaker 2: came in kind of not really on a whim, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, Leach obviously recruited him and he came in
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  Speaker 2: and just was himself. He was totally who he was.
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  Speaker 2: He stayed true to himself and he had great success
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  Speaker 2: and he was the best version of himself, uh, throughout
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  Speaker 2: that entire year, you know, and we ended up having
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  Speaker 2: really good success with him and he's a hell of
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  Speaker 2: a guy, hell of a player. Um, Can't say enough
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  Speaker 2: great things about him. I love to see him have
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  Speaker 2: success and be in the NFL as long as he's
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  Speaker 2: been and just continue to go until the wheels fall off. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: I don't want to beat him this week, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: happy for him. I love the guy.
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  Speaker 3: What was that year like? The buzz around him and
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  Speaker 3: the program.
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  Speaker 2: It was great.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was just a really complete year.
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  Speaker 2: Of team football for us. Um, and I mean, he
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  Speaker 2: was kind of the superstar of that team, but he
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  Speaker 2: was also, he didn't act like above anybody or anything
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  Speaker 2: like that. He was a consummate professional and a leader.
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  Speaker 2: And it, you know, is not a shock to me
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  Speaker 2: that he's still playing and continuing to have the success
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  Speaker 2: that he's having just because that's always been who he is.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when it comes to the run game that
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  Speaker 1: you guys had on Monday night, could you feel the
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  Speaker 1: difference in the back and having Zach back out there
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  Speaker 1: and having price back out there?
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  Speaker 2: Um, I mean, let me answer this appropriately. I'm not,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, all of our running backs have played extremely,
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  Speaker 2: extremely hard and run extremely hard and have given us
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  Speaker 2: great opportunities for success. Um, I mean, obviously Zach and
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  Speaker 2: JD are really good running backs and, um, happy to
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  Speaker 2: have them back in the fold, but that doesn't take
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  Speaker 2: away from what Eman and George have done, you know? Um, So,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't really, I don't really look at
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  Speaker 2: it as like there was a difference per se. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: to me, it's just business as usual, you know, I'm
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  Speaker 2: just trying to execute the blocks to give them the
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  Speaker 2: best chances for success.
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  Speaker 4: How much does it change your job when there's someone
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  Speaker 4: that's dedicated to a chip versus someone who's dedicated to
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  Speaker 4: stay in? Like, how does that affect your, your job
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  Speaker 4: on any individual play?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just, it's, it's kind of just part
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  Speaker 2: of the, part of the deal, you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: It's not like, I mean, I don't really know how
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  Speaker 2: to phrase it other than like it all is part
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  Speaker 2: of the position. You know, it's not like a new thing.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? It's something that we actively
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  Speaker 2: prepare for. And while it may seem a little bit
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  Speaker 2: different maybe from the outside looking in, like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we pay special attention to these sorts of things. And like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I mean, the game plan may change week
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  Speaker 2: to week, but that's all. I mean, we know that
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  Speaker 2: that could possibly be changing if that makes sense.
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  Speaker 5: You used the phrase business as usual a couple times.
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  Speaker 5: Is that just sort of the approach you guys have
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  Speaker 5: right now despite, I mean, obviously the record's not what
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  Speaker 5: you want it to be and things like that at
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  Speaker 5: this point of the year, but just kind of taking.
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  Speaker 2: It that way? Well, sure. I mean, I don't, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you don't, when things don't happen the way you want to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you don't just abandon your principles. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's a recipe for disaster. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: It's like you have to hunker down on what you do.
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  Speaker 2: You have to hunker down on your process and continue
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  Speaker 2: to commit to that even more hardcore regardless of the outcome,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean? I mean, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: will you take a look at your process and probably
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  Speaker 2: tweak some things? I mean, sure, but you know, you
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  Speaker 2: don't just throw caution to the wind and read, reinvent
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  Speaker 2: the wheel, you know what I mean? So yeah, it's
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  Speaker 2: just doubling down on what we do.
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  Speaker 4: You, uh, love working out in the off season as
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  Speaker 4: much as anybody, um, for the things you worked on
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  Speaker 4: this off season, how do you feel like those have
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  Speaker 4: translated so.
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  Speaker 2: Far to this, this year? Um, I mean, I won't
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  Speaker 2: get to like the scientific side of everything, but it's
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  Speaker 2: just like, I mean, I feel like, I definitely feel
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  Speaker 2: like I'm stronger, you know, and able to stay healthier,
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  Speaker 2: I guess more long-term. I mean, you guys know the
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  Speaker 2: history of my career just with stuff. But, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I feel good at this point, or about as good
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  Speaker 2: as you can feel after, you know, getting in a
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  Speaker 2: car wreck every Sunday. But, yeah, I mean, it's definitely,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, like you said, I love to work out,
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  Speaker 2: and I think my commitment to that helps me long-term.
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  Speaker 3: Anything else?
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Dave.