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Mike Macdonald: "Our Leaders Deserve A Lot Of Credit" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good to see everybody. She had a great practice.
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  Speaker 1: So we're really excited about the weekend and just keep
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  Speaker 1: thinking about night game at looming with the twelves. So
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  Speaker 1: we're excited about one more gay to go. So but
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  Speaker 1: the guys are in good spirits.
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  Speaker 2: All NFC West coaches need to be sucking wet this week?
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  Speaker 2: Is that the look you got going?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's funny, like it's some camera camera angles,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't look like it's raining, and then and some you're like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: snack's coming down.
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  Speaker 3: But this isn't rained out here. So they tell me, Mike.
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  Speaker 4: You talk about opportunity. What what does sending offers an
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  Speaker 4: opportunity for this team?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we talked about it this morning. It's it's it's
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  Speaker 1: the it's I mean, it's the next game, but it's
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  Speaker 1: about becoming who we want to become as a team
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  Speaker 1: and where we want to go, and it's the next step.
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  Speaker 1: It's a big stage, obviously, but you got to I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's why you do all the things you do
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  Speaker 1: your whole life and this whole year as a team,
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  Speaker 1: and all the steps that we've taken to earn this
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to have you know this stage with this amount
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  Speaker 1: at stake, so got to love.
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  Speaker 2: It Last State's game, obviously I'm patched the standings. Did
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  Speaker 2: you talk about that kind of stuff with the team,
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  Speaker 2: like in terms of the specifics of where you guys are.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone knows what's kind of going on, but individual conversations
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  Speaker 1: about where we're at, but our.
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  Speaker 3: Focus is about us and winning the games that we
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  Speaker 3: need to win heading into the buy.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, standings wise, things weren't great for you guys.
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  Speaker 3: You've lost five estaytion.
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  Speaker 2: We never really heard the players seem to get down
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  Speaker 2: on that or lose faith.
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  Speaker 3: What do you think about?
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  Speaker 2: This team has kept them together to get back to
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  Speaker 2: where you are now.
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  Speaker 3: Our leaders deserve a lot of a lot of credit.
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  Speaker 1: Man, Just we love our guys and I think you
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  Speaker 1: know they've done a great job of staying steadfast and
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  Speaker 1: what we're trying to create.
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  Speaker 3: And.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think you just need to be
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  Speaker 1: consistent and like we weren't getting the results that we wanted,
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  Speaker 1: but I felt like the guys believed in the things
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  Speaker 1: we were trying to get done and it felt like
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  Speaker 1: there were there was progress going on. So those types
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  Speaker 1: of things I kept kept everybody together. But our players
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  Speaker 1: serve a lot of credit for keeping the faith and
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  Speaker 1: stand poised and staying together, and that's why.
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  Speaker 3: We love them. Where's kenn at with his injury? You
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  Speaker 3: guys want to know about ken Walker?
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  Speaker 1: H He hasn't practiced yet, so it doesn't look So
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  Speaker 1: we listen as doubtful, which it's probably the best way
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  Speaker 1: to explain it, and then anything can happen between now
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  Speaker 1: and the game.
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  Speaker 3: But I'd say doubtful right now. Have you sensed any
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  Speaker 3: improvement at all over the course of the week. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean.
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  Speaker 1: There's progress, you know, and there's not getting all the details,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah.
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  Speaker 3: There's progress.
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  Speaker 2: Jordan loves struggled against the Blitz all season, played well
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  Speaker 2: against it against Detroit. How much do you weigh full
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  Speaker 2: season performance of a player when you're game planning versus
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  Speaker 2: most recent performance.
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  Speaker 1: Without speaking to like his stats and him, it's probably
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  Speaker 1: more recent. Yeah, I mean teams evolve as the games
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  Speaker 1: go on, you know, players improve in certain aspects. But definitely, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: there's definitely a recency bias and how we evaluate teams
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  Speaker 1: and players.
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  Speaker 3: You said earlier, you mentioned that.
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  Speaker 1: This game is about the coming Glee would come and
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  Speaker 1: how would you discover.
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  Speaker 3: The type of team you guys want to see.
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  Speaker 1: Some night mural over there, you know, trying to not
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  Speaker 1: just making a bunch of words on the wall, but
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  Speaker 1: who we are. So, I mean, the stuff we talk
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  Speaker 1: about twelve is one that visual that that imagery, that
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  Speaker 1: vision of what we want to be.
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  Speaker 3: So we're getting there. But we understand there's a month.
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  Speaker 1: We had a month of football to play some pretty
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  Speaker 1: pretty big time games.
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  Speaker 3: Starts at this one.
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  Speaker 2: How much does your game plan change and you see
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  Speaker 2: the end of the week injury report for your opponents
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  Speaker 2: versus how much is just set based off of how
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  Speaker 2: they play regardless of player.
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  Speaker 3: How much can you say that again?
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  Speaker 2: How much does your game plan change based off of
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  Speaker 2: who's out for the opponent at the end of the week.
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  Speaker 2: Today they come out with Guryport.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, I get you. I see saying I wouldn't.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't, I wouldn't overthink it depends on the player
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  Speaker 1: and how they build it. But yeah, I mean you
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  Speaker 1: have to make some adjustments late in the week based
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  Speaker 1: off of who's available and who's not.
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  Speaker 3: For sure? Would you hope to see from exactly gets
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  Speaker 3: the start? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Keep building, keep running it tough, take care of the rock,
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  Speaker 1: finishing runs, doing what he does, you know, catching the
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  Speaker 1: balls out of the backfield, doing a great job in protection.
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  Speaker 1: He's done that the whole season, and Kenny Mack and
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  Speaker 1: George as well.
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  Speaker 3: If if George is in there and say Ken what he.
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  Speaker 2: Liked about about George.
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  Speaker 1: Man, I mean, I mean you guys, have you guys
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  Speaker 1: have been exposed to George since he's been near me.
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  Speaker 1: This guy's really tough. You can block on the perimeter,
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  Speaker 1: can run all the runs. A lot to like about
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  Speaker 1: George smart. I'm sorry went late, A kind.
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  Speaker 4: Of similar to a Twitter's question, but this is about
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  Speaker 4: the channell. What are you expecting after the game that
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  Speaker 4: we could practice.
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  Speaker 3: Just about going into the game.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yes, so yeah, we'll keep keep building his role
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  Speaker 1: and excited about him. He's I thought, he's had a
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  Speaker 1: tremendous week of practice and yeah, go beat channel Wilsu
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  Speaker 1: go big guy.
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  Speaker 2: We love Yeah, as you say, Josh Joe, I'm just
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  Speaker 2: kind of held.
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  Speaker 3: Like that job for the last but what well, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: he competes every day.
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  Speaker 1: He's really detail oriented and if you just watch him
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  Speaker 1: in walkthroughs, I mean the stance, the like the intent,
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  Speaker 1: the eyes, I mean, how he plays the ball in
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  Speaker 1: the short and intermediate game deeper routes. He's just really
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  Speaker 1: on his details, so all that stuff shows up on
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  Speaker 1: Sunday where he can go play confident, go play fast.
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  Speaker 1: So he's doing a great job.
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  Speaker 4: Is any concerned that.
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  Speaker 3: The trade Brown might need to go on my or anything?
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  Speaker 3: For the answer right now? Right now?
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  Speaker 2: No, Did you learn anything or change anything after playing
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  Speaker 2: some evening games earlier in the year for what your
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  Speaker 2: schedule will be going into this one?
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  Speaker 1: I think, Well, short answer is yes, But this one's
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  Speaker 1: a little unique because it's more of a normal cadence.
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  Speaker 1: So I wouldn't say sticking to like our Sunday night
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  Speaker 1: plan of what we thought it was going to be,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, Monday night games will definitely change some
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  Speaker 1: stuff in the future.
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  Speaker 3: What a j.
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  Speaker 2: Barner in the last few games really like last month
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  Speaker 2: or so, it seems like his role has grown.
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  Speaker 3: Just what have you seen where have you seen him
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  Speaker 3: grow as a rookie?
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  Speaker 1: Well, he doesn't feel like a rookie. I mean, that's
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  Speaker 1: probably the best compliment I can give him. Sometimes he's
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  Speaker 1: a knucklehead, but he's our so we love him. But
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  Speaker 1: he's he's a great competitor, he's really smart, kind of
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  Speaker 1: does all the things at the tight end position. And frankly,
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  Speaker 1: I'm just really excited about our entire tight end room.
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  Speaker 1: I think I think Noah's plan are really really, really
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  Speaker 1: good style of ball right now. This guy he's I
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  Speaker 1: think he's an all around tight end. And then Pharaoh,
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  Speaker 1: I think, you know, we've just appreciate his leadership, his
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  Speaker 1: contracts on special teams, being able to catch the ball
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  Speaker 1: and like an extended plays in the flat and some
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  Speaker 1: of the movement stuff, and then it's one of the
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  Speaker 1: best blockers in the league, I think. So I think
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  Speaker 1: we got a great complimentary on Brady Russell. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: just guys of Seahawk throw and through we love him.
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  Speaker 3: So they're doing great.
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Mabray too when he gets gets his opportunity, So
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  Speaker 1: whole room's doing a great job.
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  Speaker 2: Russell and Jack grit are those like long term potential
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  Speaker 2: things be give him back.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll see on those two guys.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe make an announcement here in the next day
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  Speaker 1: or two on those guys. And you got to presents
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  Speaker 1: his captain set and Tyler and Jared what they do
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  Speaker 1: this week, never tasting meat on well, I just felt
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  Speaker 1: like with Tyler it was it was time to hear
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  Speaker 1: from him, and in a game like this with a
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  Speaker 1: guy that's been kind of seeing these types.
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  Speaker 3: Of games, was really valuable obviously. And then I think
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  Speaker 3: I think Jaren's just people ask me all the time
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  Speaker 3: like who's who's playing at a high level.
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  Speaker 1: I think Jaron Reid's kind of the forefront guy right there.
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  Speaker 1: That's I'm not sure what his production is, but the
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  Speaker 1: last couple of games you really felt this type of player,
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  Speaker 1: that what he's been able to do both in the
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  Speaker 1: run game and pass rush game. And then he's he's
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  Speaker 1: a he's a voice that kind of drives us, and
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  Speaker 1: we follow his lead on defense and it's a great
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for him to you know, get in front of
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  Speaker 1: the team and get a word in.
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  Speaker 3: So no brainers.
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  Speaker 2: I guess Jake Bobo was the other one.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Jakes the same way. He's for special teams.
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  Speaker 1: It's just man, he can he plays like I think
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  Speaker 1: he plays every special seams position we have, so he
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  Speaker 1: represents what we're looking for in our in our special
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  Speaker 1: teams players. And offensively too, I think he's bringing a
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  Speaker 1: lot to the table from what he's been he knows
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  Speaker 1: all the positions a receiver and.
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  Speaker 3: He's been able to make plays on the ball and
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  Speaker 3: blocking and all that. So he's doing a lot of
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  Speaker 3: dirty work for us.
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  Speaker 1: When the game captains talk to the team, does that
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  Speaker 1: happened in the night before beating?
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  Speaker 3: I mean it's we do.
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  Speaker 1: We do it at the end of practice and sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's after walkthrough. It's not as it's not as structured
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  Speaker 1: as you guys might want.
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  Speaker 4: So, Mike, how important has the next play mentality been
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  Speaker 4: to development of some of the young players who've taken
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  Speaker 4: the opportunity and taken that Tyree Snye, Josh Joel.
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  Speaker 3: That's just that's just how we want to operate.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we're talking about having a rough stretch there
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of the season. You know, if you
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  Speaker 1: start thinking about what's not important, you end up going
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  Speaker 1: in the wrong direction. So for us, what's always most
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  Speaker 1: important is the next thing. It's the next meeting, it's
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  Speaker 1: next meal, it's answering this question. It's that's the mentality
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  Speaker 1: you have to have and trying to get better. So
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  Speaker 1: if the young guys can adopt that and adopt our style,
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  Speaker 1: of how we're going to operate. Then you know that's
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  Speaker 1: a that's a sustainable strategy for us, everything else, Thank you,
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  Speaker 1: all right, thank you,