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DK Metcalf: "I'm Looking Forward To Another Battle" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: You're in here to hear what Mike just said about Tyler,
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  Speaker 1: But what Tyl him do in the game, even when
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  Speaker 1: the ball's not coming his way a time, when you
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  Speaker 1: go back and look at last week, like how was
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  Speaker 1: he impacting the game beyond just the catches.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he drew two pis one that helped us close
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  Speaker 2: the game out on our final drive. So even I
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  Speaker 2: think when he doesn't catch the ball, he still impacts
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  Speaker 2: it because defenses have to respect him. He's a tenured
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  Speaker 2: ven in his league who's done an amazing thing, so
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  Speaker 2: you got to prepare for him. Is there an art
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  Speaker 2: to drawing a pi at all? I mean, it seems
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  Speaker 2: like he gets maybe a few more of those than
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  Speaker 2: some guys. Yeah, it seems like I can't get none
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  Speaker 2: of he get all of them. So yeah, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I guess it evens out. But now he's one of
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  Speaker 2: the best that I've ever seen, you know, drawing a pi.
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  Speaker 2: Whenever the ball goes this way, he either catches it
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  Speaker 2: or there's a PI nine times out of ten. So no,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there's an art to it. I think,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he has a downpack. Miam is a team
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  Speaker 2: that you basically don't see very often.
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  Speaker 1: Does that make a difference when you go to game
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  Speaker 1: plan or when you're trying to figure out tendencies for
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  Speaker 1: some of those guys you'll go against.
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  Speaker 2: Uh No, I mean I've been going against Jalen quite
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  Speaker 2: a bit. Kendall Fuller, he used to be with the
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  Speaker 2: Washington Commanders, so seeing him quite a bit, and they
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  Speaker 2: got to New safety and Justin Poyer d line is
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  Speaker 2: pretty much the same. But I think they're the key
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  Speaker 2: focus of this group. So no, I mean, it doesn't
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  Speaker 2: change the game plan. You still gotta go out there
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  Speaker 2: and execute. But I think the defensive scheme is pretty
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  Speaker 2: much the biggest point that we got to try to
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  Speaker 2: decipher and you know, execute better than them. We go
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  Speaker 2: against the defense every day pretty much. Mike runs the
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  Speaker 2: same defense. Well, they run the same defense as Mike.
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  Speaker 2: Let me not, you know, give him his credit, but nah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just pretty much comes down to execute
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  Speaker 2: along those lines.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, how similar is it, Like, is it pretty
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  Speaker 3: much the same thing?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty much the same defense they do. They
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  Speaker 2: have a couple of nuances, just like the Tennessee Titans
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  Speaker 2: had a couple of nuances. Still same defensive scheme with
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  Speaker 2: it's uh, you know, little alignment issues here and there.
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  Speaker 1: So what have you learned it going against your defense
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  Speaker 1: and being ready.
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  Speaker 2: For that style? Very multiple, uh, very schematic to where
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  Speaker 2: they will bluff, uh bluff and blitz and other places.
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  Speaker 2: I mean they try to take advantage of the pressure
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  Speaker 2: sometimes when they bring more guys that we can block,
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  Speaker 2: hoping the rush hits home before you know the coverage
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  Speaker 2: breaks now. So I think that the difference is basically
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  Speaker 2: the coaches tendency that he likes the blitz a lot,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, looking forward to that on Sunday, and we
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  Speaker 2: just got to handle the blitz well. K.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned you've gone against Janleen Ramsey a number of times.
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  Speaker 3: Can talk about what that matchup brings.
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  Speaker 2: I mean with any corner, Uh, whenever you got a
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  Speaker 2: dB and a receiver going against each other, it always,
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  Speaker 2: you know, brings out the best competition in my opinion,
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  Speaker 2: especially going against a great corner like that. But I've
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  Speaker 2: had a good chance to go against two good corners
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  Speaker 2: and Gonzales and the first two weeks, but uh, looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to another battle. Nothing different, still football at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the day, Kay.
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  Speaker 3: These first two weeks, you guys it's been close games
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  Speaker 3: that you finally play, you have to make to win
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  Speaker 3: the game. Y, And what does that do for a team?
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  Speaker 3: What does that say about the team that when it's
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  Speaker 3: coming down to you and you guys have found the way.
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  Speaker 2: Uh. I think it's just NFL. Mike put up a
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  Speaker 2: stat that said ten out of the first sixteen UH
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  Speaker 2: games finished in UH one score games in the fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 2: and then last week it was either twelve out of
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  Speaker 2: sixteen or thirteen out of sixteen. So it's just the
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  Speaker 2: nature of the game.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: You're not gonna win every game by blowout, so you
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  Speaker 2: gotta learn how to close out and you know when
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  Speaker 2: it matters.
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  Speaker 3: D K imagine you felt it was gonna come to
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  Speaker 3: some point for him anyway. But to see Jackson have
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  Speaker 3: the the numbers he did in.
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  Speaker 2: The game, I say it was that Was that good
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  Speaker 2: for you guys to see him finally have a breakout
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  Speaker 2: like that? Specifically, Uh, I don't think it was good.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's bad for the defenses UH that try
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  Speaker 2: to cover us from here on out, cause UH, you
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  Speaker 2: got locked me Jackson. You still haven't seen Noah. Uh
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  Speaker 2: you saw Ken week one, UH, Zach Starvan, They still
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  Speaker 2: has to break out. Uh. So I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just a taking time to time bomb for all
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  Speaker 2: of our stars on offenses to you know, have their game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know when you watch film how much you
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  Speaker 1: look at the offensive line play, But what if you do,
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  Speaker 1: how much does Charles Cross stood out to you this year?
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  Speaker 2: I haven't seen his name on the little comments section,
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  Speaker 2: uh and when I'm watching films, So I think that's
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  Speaker 2: that's a good thing in my book, Yes, sir, But
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  Speaker 2: I mean you don't hear his name much. You don't
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  Speaker 2: you know, see much from the offensive line. But I
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  Speaker 2: think they've played their butts off these first two weeks
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  Speaker 2: as an offense. As a whole, we got to execute
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  Speaker 2: better and you know, help them out with running quicker routes.
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  Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, offenses, the offensive
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  Speaker 2: line is one of the toughest positions to play because
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  Speaker 2: you got a lot of beats on the defensive line.
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  Speaker 2: But I think hats off to our whole ole line,
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  Speaker 2: you know, forgiving us time to score as many points
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  Speaker 2: as we did.
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  Speaker 1: From his personality as it's come out in the years, Charles,
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  Speaker 1: he don't got one.
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  Speaker 2: Him and Durryna you don't don't expect many words from.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you mentioned the the week with matchups because cornerbacks
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  Speaker 3: in terms of certain and his valance, and there's never
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  Speaker 3: a week off for you.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: How would you describe your makeup in terms of embracing
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  Speaker 3: the fact that every week there's gonna be their number
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  Speaker 3: one guy? And have you always been that way in
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  Speaker 3: terms of sort of embracing that challenge?
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  Speaker 1: Uh?
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  Speaker 2: I really don't look too much into the matchup. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I study every dB or every defense, Uh the same.
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  Speaker 2: But UH, at the end of the day, the way
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  Speaker 2: I looked at look at it is uh on Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: they have to guard me and I don't have to
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  Speaker 2: go against uh, you know pretty much anybody. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like my mindset is, uh, you know, they got to
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  Speaker 2: stop me or stop the stop our offense. Uh, you
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  Speaker 2: know before they you know, distract us or disrupt any
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  Speaker 2: of what we have going on a lot.
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  Speaker 3: About Gino's kind of underrated, But can you just talk
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  Speaker 3: about his I believes stand down field and then distribute
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  Speaker 3: the ball to the different receivers you just talked about.
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  Speaker 2: Now, y'all have been calling this man underrated for three
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  Speaker 2: years and when is it gonna stop. I do know
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  Speaker 2: you just said it, but uh, he's not underrated by
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  Speaker 2: any means. He's an NFL quarterback just like you know,
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  Speaker 2: thirty one other NFL quarterbacks. I don't think the underrated
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  Speaker 2: titles should be used anymore. I mean, he's very successful
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  Speaker 2: in what he does. He's you know, led us to
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  Speaker 2: one playoff appearance and should have been the playoffs last year,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, we just got to play better as
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  Speaker 2: a team, do better for him on offense. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: his preparation, his approach to the game has always been
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  Speaker 2: the same.
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  Speaker 1: Is Gino Smith one of the best leaders in the
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  Speaker 1: NFL at quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? In my opinion, Yes, he's a great leader at
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  Speaker 2: quarterback and great at what he does at the quarterback position.
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  Speaker 1: Is there anything you feel like he's gotten better at
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  Speaker 1: or is it just kind of a continuation of kind
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  Speaker 1: of what.
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  Speaker 2: He's I think just seeing him from a pure leadership
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  Speaker 2: standpoint standpoint, you know, we've both got here at the
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  Speaker 2: same time, so we've been together for six years, and
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  Speaker 2: just seeing him go from a backup to a starter
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  Speaker 2: I think is just crazy because you know, you go
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  Speaker 2: from Russell Wilson to Gino Smith and there's really no
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  Speaker 2: drop off in play. They both executed at a high level.
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  Speaker 2: Both can have the ability to extend plays and lead
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  Speaker 2: a huddle and lead their team to victory as you
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  Speaker 2: know both of them. Michelle K.
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  Speaker 3: There's a couple of catches I'm guessing you would have
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  Speaker 3: liked to have in that game, but then you were
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  Speaker 3: key on the drive to tie the game and key
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  Speaker 3: on the drive to win as well as the big touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: You talk about like the mental fortune it takes to
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  Speaker 3: kind of go to the next play after a drop.
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  Speaker 2: Or something like that. Oh you just said it, Just
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  Speaker 2: go to the next play. You can't cry over spill
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  Speaker 2: milk is I think an old saying, But uh yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you got to forget about it and just move on
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  Speaker 2: because you know the next play the ball may find you,
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  Speaker 2: and you know you can't be thinking about the last
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  Speaker 2: player or a previous drop.
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  Speaker 3: You feel like you're the same in that capacity is
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  Speaker 3: when you came into the league or have you grown.
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  Speaker 2: In that No, I've definitely grown in that aspect. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think I'm the same person or football player as
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  Speaker 2: you know from our rookie year.
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  Speaker 1: Just like defenses are bluffing.
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  Speaker 2: A lot more I think so, yes, because you have
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  Speaker 2: to disguise it just by how good the quarterbacks are.
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  Speaker 2: The quarterback play and you know, recognizing pressure or recognizing
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  Speaker 2: defense and their ability to uh see a blitz and
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  Speaker 2: then throw right behind the blitz to where it kind
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  Speaker 2: of scares the defense out of uh blitzing again and
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  Speaker 2: makes them sit back and coverage. And that's when you
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  Speaker 2: try to run the ball.
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  Speaker 1: What challenge is from a receiver perspective, does uh a
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  Speaker 1: defense that bluffs a lot?
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  Speaker 2: And we put on you guys. Uh, we can't do
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  Speaker 2: anything but run our routes. And if the ball finds us,
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  Speaker 2: it finds us. If it doesn't, then you know, we
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  Speaker 2: gotta go back to the sideline game plan better and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, execute better than the next drive. All right,
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  Speaker 2: thank you, Thanks