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Geno Smith: "The Only Stat That Matters Is A Win" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. Nice to just kind of feel like you're
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  Speaker 1: going into normal week after all the ups and downs
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  Speaker 1: with injuries and uncertainty and all that. Yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it feels pretty normal.
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  Speaker 2: You know, still taking care of everything as far as
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  Speaker 2: rehabbing and getting myself ready, you know for Sunday. I
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  Speaker 2: feel like at this point in the season. Uh, that's
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  Speaker 2: every single player on every roster. So you know, just
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  Speaker 2: trying to get as healthy as I can and be
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  Speaker 2: ready for Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: What stands it out about this Pittsburgh defense team when
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  Speaker 3: you look at obviously they're quite good TJ. Watson things,
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  Speaker 3: but like what else kind of teacher interest?
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  Speaker 1: Well, uh yeah, t uh starts with, uh, you know TJ.
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  Speaker 1: Watts seventeen sacks.
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  Speaker 2: You know, one of the better defensive, uh defensive players.
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  Speaker 1: In the league. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Great edge guy. You know, a guy who uh he
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  Speaker 2: has it all. You know, he's got the bull rush,
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  Speaker 2: he's got you know, quicks on the edge.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: He's really good at uh punching the ball out, causing
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  Speaker 2: causing have it getting turned over to them, and also
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  Speaker 2: great at you know, baton balls at the line of scrimmers.
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  Speaker 2: So just be mindful of where he is at all times,
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  Speaker 2: you know, knowing that we have to have a plan
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  Speaker 2: for him and h be able to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: he isn't uh impacting the game the way that he has.
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  Speaker 2: And then overall, you know, Mike Tomlin coach team. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: a defense that that plays hard, that gives you, gives
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  Speaker 2: you multiple looks. They're gonna go out there, they're gonna fight,
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna compete. They leave the league and turnover differential
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  Speaker 2: they're plus ten right now, and uh, you know, they
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  Speaker 2: get a lot of turnovers, and you can see they're
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  Speaker 2: in a lot of close games. They fill figure out
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  Speaker 2: ways to win at the end. They keep believing, they
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  Speaker 2: keep fighting. Very similar to how we are and how
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  Speaker 2: we're built.
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  Speaker 1: So a great.
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  Speaker 2: Defense, a lot of good players on that side, some
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  Speaker 2: young players, but uh another challenge. You know, they got
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  Speaker 2: Hyde Smith on the other side, who's uh got about
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  Speaker 2: seven sacks, but I think he's got two interceptions, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a couple force fumbles. So uh, a couple
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  Speaker 2: of guys on that side, we gotta be uh very
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  Speaker 2: mindful of.
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  Speaker 3: Most of the secondary. They've had a lot of injuries
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  Speaker 3: and and now Patrick Peterson's played in a.
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  Speaker 1: Position and.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, shoot man. I feel like I've been p playing
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  Speaker 2: Pat you know s my entire life since high school
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  Speaker 2: to see him transition into to safety. He's always been
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  Speaker 2: an athlete. He's always been able to play all the positions.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't think that's no difference, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think he's always gonna be an impact player. That's just
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  Speaker 2: the type of guy he is. Uh type of ability
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  Speaker 2: that he has. And then yeah, rookie corner, but uh,
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  Speaker 2: he's out there, he's playing like a vet. You know,
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  Speaker 2: he's he's Uh, he's got a lot of confidence. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a taller, slip, more slender guy, long arms.
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  Speaker 2: Uh seems like he does well in and out of break. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: another guy we gotta be, you know, on top of
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  Speaker 2: and make sure that you know, when we're going at him.
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  Speaker 1: We're replacing the ball in the right places.
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  Speaker 2: They got a lot of talent, talented guys on that defense,
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  Speaker 2: on that team, and uh, we expect him to come in.
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  Speaker 2: They're fighting for their season, so we expect them them
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  Speaker 2: to come in and uh be prepared.
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  Speaker 1: Do you do you know, what are your thought so much?
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  Speaker 1: Russell Wilson's going through just him talk about stevens Kay
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  Speaker 1: so three three was that? Wasn't this? Was that a
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  Speaker 1: message of support for you? Uh? Yeah, I'm talking about
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  Speaker 1: the still us today. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: The run game has been a little bit hit and miss.
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  Speaker 2: You're getting the yards through the air, and you're getting
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  Speaker 2: the points that you need.
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  Speaker 3: What would have a more yards on the ground do
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  Speaker 3: for options and just.
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  Speaker 1: The offensive Hut?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think again, more yards on the ground in
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  Speaker 2: the air, however we can get 'em. It's gonna help
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  Speaker 2: our offense, gonna help any offense. We always talk about
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  Speaker 2: being balanced. That's a huge thing here.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: It's a big part of who who we wanna be
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  Speaker 2: as an offense. And so the more we can run
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  Speaker 2: the ball, the more efficient we can be in the
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  Speaker 2: running game. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: It'll open up everything else for our.
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  Speaker 2: Passing game, for our play action, uh, for the boots
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  Speaker 2: and the nakeds.
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  Speaker 1: Uh. It all works together.
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  Speaker 2: And it also allows the line to get settled in,
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  Speaker 2: allow those guys to uh, you know, move guys, get
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  Speaker 2: their feet moving, start to dominate games, take over games.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: It just helps out in a bunch of ways. So
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  Speaker 2: of course that's something we gotta stay on top of.
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  Speaker 1: Does it matter what.
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  Speaker 3: The anal balance isn't necessarily get it fifty to fifty?
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  Speaker 1: Does it matter what the yard, how the yards are
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  Speaker 1: distributed when you look at the.
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  Speaker 2: Final box for as long as the not to be Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think stats matter, is long. The only stat
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  Speaker 2: that matters is a win. You know, I don't think
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  Speaker 2: any of those stats really matter if you don't win.
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  Speaker 2: But obviously, you know, you wanna be efficient in all
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  Speaker 2: you know, uh, aspects of the game. And so whether
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  Speaker 2: that's passing, whether that's running third down, red zone, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's all about being efficient. And uh that's a that's
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  Speaker 2: a big part of our offense. So uh, as long
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  Speaker 2: as we win, I could care less about how the
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  Speaker 2: numbers look.
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  Speaker 1: Uh that's something we'll fix later.
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  Speaker 2: But uh, obviously we wanna just be efficient and be
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  Speaker 2: and be great at all things.
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  Speaker 3: Oh how critical is it to be efficient inside the
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  Speaker 3: red the red zone you know, with the balance attack that.
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  Speaker 2: You're talking about, Yeah, you know, the red zone is
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  Speaker 2: all about positive plays, you know, y, it's a shorter
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  Speaker 2: feel for the defense, right, so they obviously have that advantage.
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  Speaker 2: And as an offense, you know, you just wanna continue
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  Speaker 2: to you know, if you can't move the chains continue
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  Speaker 2: to move the ball forward. You know, if you get
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  Speaker 2: any uh negative plays in the red zone, it'll kind
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  Speaker 2: of set you back. So you know, for us, we
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  Speaker 2: just talk about being positive around the league. The yards
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  Speaker 2: per the rush is gonna be down, the yards for
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  Speaker 2: pass is gonna be down because of the shortened field.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, you just wanna make sure that uh you're
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  Speaker 2: being po getting positive runs, you know, two and three
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  Speaker 2: yard runs, uh, being able to move the chains, and
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  Speaker 2: then once you get inside that five, you know, just
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  Speaker 2: finishing the drive with the touchdown, whether that's a pass
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  Speaker 2: or run. So being efficient down there in the red
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  Speaker 2: zone is big too.
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  Speaker 3: Did you say Dan Marino and Damon Hewart sent you
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  Speaker 3: a gift?
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  Speaker 2: Is that right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, that was cool? Was that for the the
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  Speaker 1: history that they referenced there was that? Yeah, two different
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  Speaker 1: quarterbacks leading.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, uh Damon Hewart and uh Dan Marino they did it,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, I guess Izzo was actually on that team,
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  Speaker 2: so he might be uh the common denominator and all
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  Speaker 2: this and uh, you know they did it back then,
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  Speaker 2: and Drew and I were able to kind of uh
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  Speaker 2: do that, you know.
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  Speaker 1: These past couple of weeks. So it was cool to
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  Speaker 1: get that from them.
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  Speaker 2: Dan Marino has always been one of my favorite quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, that's something I'll I'll hold on to forever.
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  Speaker 1: Were you a Dolphins fan growing up? Uh? I wasn't
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  Speaker 1: a Dolphins fan, but was a Marino fan.
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  Speaker 3: Did you get the fact that you ended up going.
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  Speaker 1: Seem score the games even?
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  Speaker 2: I know, I actually just realized that and that was
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's kind of how football is sometimes, man.
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  Speaker 2: It just kind of happens like that seventeen to twenty,
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  Speaker 2: you know, both games, and you know, that was pretty cool, man,
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  Speaker 2: just for both of us to have that moment, especially
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  Speaker 2: for Drew to have that moment and for it to
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  Speaker 2: come out the way that it has, you know, that's
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  Speaker 2: pretty cool.
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  Speaker 1: You hit Jackson for that twenty yarder to start the
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  Speaker 1: ninety six yard drive, he hit the third down on
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  Speaker 1: the last drive. Obviously a couple of game winners this year.
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  Speaker 1: What about him as a rookie makes him come through
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  Speaker 1: in those big moments? I think it starts with his confidence.
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  Speaker 2: He's from day one, Jackson's been the guy that's been
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  Speaker 2: extremely confident in his ability. He wants the football, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and so those pressure moments he's played a ton of
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  Speaker 2: big games at Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: He's been the go to guy all his life.
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  Speaker 2: So he wants the ball and in those moments he knows,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's gonna probably come to him, and he
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  Speaker 2: just gets to the right spot.
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  Speaker 1: He's got great hands.
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  Speaker 2: He makes the tough catches look easy, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's a dynamic player.
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  Speaker 1: He's a guy if they want to double DK and
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  Speaker 1: they want to double.
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  Speaker 2: Tyler, he's another guy that can win his one on ones.
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  Speaker 2: And I think he's continued to show that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: over the course of.
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  Speaker 1: The season on your cast. UH way back in shoot when.
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  Speaker 2: We were uh in Miami throwing, uh kind of kind
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  Speaker 2: of hit him with a pass and UH kind of
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  Speaker 2: hurt his finger a little bit, and most guys would
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  Speaker 2: kind of shut it down and be like, you know, well,
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  Speaker 2: let's come back another day. He went inside, wrapped it up,
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  Speaker 2: came right back out and finished the drill. And so
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  Speaker 2: that that to me, spoke volumes about who he is.
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  Speaker 2: When was that uh shoot off season?
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  Speaker 3: Do you know it seems like you guys have been
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more consistent on the third gamers than anything.
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  Speaker 1: You kind of take away from.
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  Speaker 3: That area of success that you guys have had where
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  Speaker 3: the iro what's come from?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I would say, Uh, as.
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  Speaker 2: I've said every week, better execution, you know, that's always
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  Speaker 2: gonna be the main thing. You know, protection starting with protection,
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  Speaker 2: starting with play call, and then protection me getting the
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  Speaker 2: ball out on time, being accurate, being decisive in my
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  Speaker 2: decision making, receivers, route runners, you know, running great routes,
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  Speaker 2: getting to the open spot at the right time.
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  Speaker 1: Catching the football.
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  Speaker 2: We've had a bunch of you know, where we've thrown
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  Speaker 2: short of the sticks and guys have had to make
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  Speaker 2: somebody miss or you know, catch it and get two
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  Speaker 2: or three extra yards. So guys understanding the situation, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and just being locked in and executing. I think that's
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  Speaker 2: been the total difference.
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  Speaker 1: But in terms of what stands.
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  Speaker 3: Out about Seattle and the emphasis on two minute drills
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  Speaker 3: and things like that, different it's differentiating from the rest
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  Speaker 3: of the league.
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  Speaker 1: Is it just the emphasis or is it how you
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  Speaker 1: guys do the two minutes stays?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say it's just the preparation in terms
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  Speaker 2: of you know, today we were just going over two
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  Speaker 2: minutes right before I came you know, came in here,
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  Speaker 2: and so, uh, that's something that we do, you know,
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  Speaker 2: at least two or three times a week, and we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about it throughout the entire week. We have meetings
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  Speaker 2: about it, we walk through things on the field, we
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  Speaker 2: talk about adjustments, we talk about you know, things that
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  Speaker 2: they do as a defense. And so when that situation comes,
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  Speaker 2: I think everyone is you know, pretty much just locked
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  Speaker 2: in and understanding what's what's the situation at hand and
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  Speaker 2: what to expect, and so there is no indecisiveness. Guys
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  Speaker 2: that know exactly what to do, and you see guys
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  Speaker 2: out there playing fast and being confident in that. So
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  Speaker 2: I think it's it's really a testament to the overall
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  Speaker 2: preparation that we have.
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  Speaker 3: Someone like makes some Rudolph to come in first start,
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  Speaker 3: how hard in your experience to to come in and
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  Speaker 3: not having to play the many games to follow it
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  Speaker 3: up with another good game.
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  Speaker 2: Shoot man, Uh, you know, obviously he had a really
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  Speaker 2: good game last week. And you know it's the NFL
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  Speaker 2: is hard, it's not it's not easy to win for
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  Speaker 2: any quarterback, starter or a guy who's stepping in, and
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  Speaker 2: so you know, hats off to him for playing a
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  Speaker 2: tremendous game. You know, I think the consistency part. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: that's really up to him. You know, I can't really
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  Speaker 2: speak speak to that. You know, I hope our defense
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  Speaker 2: crushes them and they don't get anything, so you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe next week he'll have a better game. But uh,
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  Speaker 2: for me, I just think it's overall consistency and uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think every guy who gets their shot,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you just gotta continue to show that you
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  Speaker 2: can continue to do it over the course of time
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  Speaker 2: and it's not like a one week or two week
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  Speaker 2: thing
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  Speaker 1: Doing You're all, yeah, thank you guys.