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Mike Macdonald: "There's A Lot Of Room For Growth" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, Uh, good to see every buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Good day back and then we got a big week
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  Speaker 2: ahead of us, So looking forward to travel tomorrow and
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  Speaker 2: practice against Tennessee will be great, and then we'll play
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  Speaker 2: another game on play another game on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: You good, You're good, Michael Sean, all right, how did you.
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  Speaker 3: Sleep the night before your first game?
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  Speaker 4: And how'd you sleep the night after?
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  Speaker 2: You know, let's telling people, I'm all surprisingly calm and
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  Speaker 2: just uh, it's got a lot of faith in our
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  Speaker 2: people and helps. It's the preseason game and just going
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  Speaker 2: in with the mentality of hey, let's you know, we
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  Speaker 2: got our guys, you know, we're ready to go. Let's go,
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  Speaker 2: you know, throw our best shot and then uh, and
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  Speaker 2: then just kind of move on from there.
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  Speaker 1: So it felt great.
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  Speaker 3: Have to look at the tape, anything really jump out at.
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  Speaker 1: You that wasn't as obvious the first time through.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's you're excited coming off the games
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  Speaker 2: is never as good, it's never as bad.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's there's so many.
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  Speaker 2: Details that that we can we can fix and chase
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  Speaker 2: from the first time to the next and it's all positive.
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  Speaker 2: But hey, there's there's a lot of room for for growth, uh,
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  Speaker 2: on an individual level with the guys, schematically, how we're
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  Speaker 2: teaching the details, process wise, you know, going through things
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  Speaker 2: with the coaches. So just kind of all levels of
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  Speaker 2: the organization of our football team.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think there's opportunities there for for a
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  Speaker 1: lot of growth.
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  Speaker 3: Would you see for Byron Murphy from his first game?
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  Speaker 2: Byron did play very well all the things that we
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  Speaker 2: saw during practice, you know, but same same idea of hey,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was a it was a small dosage
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  Speaker 2: in terms of what we were asking you to do.
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  Speaker 2: Now let's you know, you know, up that a little
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  Speaker 2: bit and see and see where how far you can
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  Speaker 2: take it.
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  Speaker 3: What are you excited for the most about these joint
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  Speaker 3: trackers as.
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  Speaker 2: In Tennessee Man, I mean, you know, we've talked about
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  Speaker 2: this before of why we're doing it, but one, the
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  Speaker 2: science behind it to kind of kind of calous the
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  Speaker 2: team get ready to go for the for the long haul.
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  Speaker 2: So that's number one, and just looking for the you know,
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  Speaker 2: the competition within a structured setting. Think they got a
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  Speaker 2: great team, Think they got a great coaching staff. So
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  Speaker 2: to do it in a in a in a tight
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  Speaker 2: manner like a you know, right here instead of a
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  Speaker 2: game in a game and kind of control the environment.
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  Speaker 1: And then it's an opportunity to evaluate.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of the guys where our starters are at,
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  Speaker 2: you know, going against their starters, and then where the
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  Speaker 2: guys you know, you know, seventy nine through eighty, you know,
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  Speaker 2: how those guys fit into the equation.
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  Speaker 3: Is the plan to go full pads contact both.
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  Speaker 1: Days right now? The plans full pads both days.
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  Speaker 4: That maybe the practices as an important or maybe more
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  Speaker 4: important in the game this week.
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  Speaker 2: There's an argument for that. There's an arg expect for
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  Speaker 2: the guys to get in thost reps. Like the starters
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  Speaker 2: probably won't play in the game, they'll get the majority
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  Speaker 2: of the practice reps. We'll get the threes out there
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  Speaker 2: as well. So there's a method behind the madness. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that you shouldn't see a lot of the starters on Saturday.
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  Speaker 4: Can you talk about the process of the Connor Williams signing.
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  Speaker 4: Was that something where the coaching staff identifies a need
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  Speaker 4: and personnel comes in or does personnel say there's an
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  Speaker 4: opportunity and they come to you and talk about it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just just an opportunity to get a great player.
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  Speaker 2: On our football team, and it's really that simplest.
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  Speaker 3: Health wise, and what can you tell us about his readiness?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a we got a pretty pretty uh pretty
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  Speaker 1: good plan in place. Now.
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  Speaker 2: He'll be with the sports performance folks for the next
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  Speaker 2: week or so and you know, until we can get
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  Speaker 2: him full speed for practice. But we're shooting for either
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  Speaker 2: Cleveland leak or after to get him out here in
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  Speaker 2: practicing for real.
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  Speaker 3: Him being able to play week one.
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  Speaker 1: Is that realistic at this point? That's the goal right now?
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  Speaker 3: Does he does he staying behind to work with them
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  Speaker 3: or has he going.
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  Speaker 1: With you guys to Nasalls.
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  Speaker 2: I think we're working through that right now. But we'll know.
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  Speaker 2: We'll know tomorrow, I hope, so otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: We might be in trouble.
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  Speaker 3: Didn't see John Radigan or d esk Me out there today?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: John has a heel d nothing nothing serious. He finished
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  Speaker 2: the game fine. I think we're kind of in the
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  Speaker 2: phase of evaluating it. I don't think it's too serious,
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  Speaker 2: but whether it's days or weeks, I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 3: Mike, what did you.
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  Speaker 1: Think of your offensive line?
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  Speaker 2: I think you know, Mirror and the rest of the
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  Speaker 2: football team. There's some there's some really great plays, and
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  Speaker 2: there's some some plays that we need to chase.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, our offensive line, you know, to a
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  Speaker 1: high degree, is gonna.
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  Speaker 2: You know, drive our football team and we expect great
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  Speaker 2: things out of them. And then there's a there's a
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  Speaker 2: high standard to play here offensive line wise. But there's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of good stuff on tape. But you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think we need to be more consistent, you know,
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  Speaker 2: especially with our targeting and then some of the run schemes,
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  Speaker 2: and then I think we need to give our quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: some more time in some of those critical past situations.
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  Speaker 3: Talking to some of the.
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  Speaker 4: Young defensive players, they said that it transitioned nicely from
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  Speaker 4: practice to the game as far as communication.
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  Speaker 1: Did you see that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean preseason there's not They're not putting
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  Speaker 2: a lot of stress on you schematically. I mean, they
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  Speaker 2: were pretty standard in their formations, you know, by design.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, the reason that you train the way you
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  Speaker 2: train is, you know, so you follow the level of
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  Speaker 2: your training. So uh, you know, when the games go,
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  Speaker 2: you want you want the games to feel slow, so
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  Speaker 2: to speak. And if the guys felt that way, then
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  Speaker 2: it seems seems and it means probably doing something right.
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  Speaker 3: In general, how do you feel about what your in
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  Speaker 3: rush is right now?
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  Speaker 1: I think you can.
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  Speaker 2: You can feel the continuity and the guys plan off
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  Speaker 2: one another little bit better.
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  Speaker 1: I felt.
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  Speaker 2: I was pleased with the way the ones rushed. Guys
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  Speaker 2: like Derrek Hale popped showed his power off the edge.
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  Speaker 2: So that was that was pleased to see you feel
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  Speaker 2: about the operation of the communication you guys had.
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  Speaker 1: As a staff. You know, overall the feedback is positive.
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  Speaker 2: I mean there's little things here or there, but uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I just there's a calm that we like
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  Speaker 2: on the headset. You know, it can't be chaotic, and
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  Speaker 2: I think, uh, there's things here and there that the
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  Speaker 2: coach is brought up, but nothing major.
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  Speaker 4: One today that heard you say let's speed up practice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know it's we started, probably not as fast
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  Speaker 2: as I'd like, but the guys finished in a nice job.
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  Speaker 2: And then and then know what we're trying to accomplish.
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  Speaker 1: You just got to remind.
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  Speaker 3: Him what did you the kickoff? I know we've asked you,
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  Speaker 3: but getting to see it live, what did you come up?
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: It was really cool to see, you know, just the
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  Speaker 2: and the guys get a feel for the timing of
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  Speaker 2: the timing of the play.
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  Speaker 1: It's so hard to simulate and practice.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get another couple of great reps against Tennessee in practice,
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  Speaker 2: so looking forward to that, but a lot of good
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  Speaker 2: stuff on tape, and then you know, I just can't
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  Speaker 2: be given up forty yard kick return, So we'd like
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  Speaker 2: to be better in that department.
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  Speaker 4: Both of the kickoffs that kind of popped, one for
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  Speaker 4: each of you guys end up with your kickers making
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  Speaker 4: attack at the end of it.
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  Speaker 3: I know that's kind of been something that spot that
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  Speaker 3: that might pack or in a little bit more to
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  Speaker 3: see that that might be a possibility in real time.
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  Speaker 2: What that kind of showed you tell Jason to get
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  Speaker 2: an extra lift in. I mean, uh yeah, I think
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  Speaker 2: I think you know you need you need overlap, you
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  Speaker 2: need levels. I mean, if you put all eleven guys
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  Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage on defense, you might get a.
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  Speaker 1: Couple of negative plays, but if the ball pops, you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's no second line of defense.
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  Speaker 2: So uh, same principles kind of at hand and some
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  Speaker 2: of those point of attacks, so you know, creating different
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  Speaker 2: levels at the point of attack, being able to kind
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  Speaker 2: of guide the ball where you want, I think will
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  Speaker 2: be important as as we kind of as the play
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  Speaker 2: starts to evolve.
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  Speaker 3: Just in general with the center adding Connor but trading
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  Speaker 3: Nick Harris kind of how do you feel like I
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  Speaker 3: guess the whole center of position is right now.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm excited to see Connor come out here and
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  Speaker 2: do his thing. So I haven't seen him live yet
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  Speaker 2: with us, and you know, I think, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: we got a great plan with him and we'll see
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  Speaker 2: where he's at in a week or so.
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  Speaker 3: How much how much time have you and your staff
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  Speaker 3: worked with Brian and the Titan staff are kind of
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  Speaker 3: coming up with the.
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  Speaker 1: Plan and the structure for what the next few days
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  Speaker 1: are going to look like A lot, a lot.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Brian's been great, you know, very just opening
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  Speaker 2: about how how they want to operate. We're trying to
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  Speaker 2: do the same thing. Jake Petez has kind of headed,
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  Speaker 2: you know, spearheaded that a whole operation. So he's done
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  Speaker 2: a great job on our end. But a lot of
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  Speaker 2: communication on how we want to operate, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: and then we'll get together before the whole thing kicks
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  Speaker 2: off on Wednesday and make sure everybody's on the same page.
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  Speaker 2: And the expectations from both sides is you know congruent.
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  Speaker 3: You talk about being a physical, tough team.
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  Speaker 4: He ran the ball thirty nine times, Lemiscus hin All
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  Speaker 4: and Derek Young brings a go the colity the receivers
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  Speaker 4: by Can you talk about those two and what they bring.
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  Speaker 3: Through the offense?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you know.
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  Speaker 2: Grub mentioned this week, Like I know, I talk about
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  Speaker 2: the offensive line driving our offense, but it's also a
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver driven you know, scheme for years and if
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  Speaker 2: you have guys that can block at the point of attack,
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  Speaker 2: you know, run the entire routry, play the different positions,
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  Speaker 2: be able to handle the ball, block on the perimeter,
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  Speaker 2: it really opens up all your options.
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  Speaker 1: So just really pleased with how Drake blocked.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, and he made some great plays down the
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  Speaker 2: field as well, but I was more fired up at
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  Speaker 2: the blocking at the point oft tech Franklin, what.
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  Speaker 1: Have you thought of Drake's camp overall in the.
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  Speaker 2: Days, Drink, I think I think he's like the asylum assassin.
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  Speaker 2: He just does there was the right thing all the time.
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  Speaker 2: He's tough, his nails. See you guys, right now, all
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  Speaker 2: that down, I'll see that somewhere. But I yeah, he's
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  Speaker 2: not to be uh catch catch phrases and buzzwords, but
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  Speaker 2: just a lot of respect for how he goes about
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  Speaker 2: his business.
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  Speaker 1: I guess I probably is probably the best way to
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  Speaker 1: put it.
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  Speaker 3: Drake Thomas is back. Any of the other guys that
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  Speaker 3: are on PUP any closer to coming back?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no updates on that. You know, Drake was out
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  Speaker 2: here today. We'll we'll ramp him up. But it's great
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  Speaker 2: to see him now. He's been working in his absolute
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  Speaker 2: tail off. Just type of you know, just type of
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  Speaker 2: guy we're excited about to come out here and go compete.
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  Speaker 3: They're a little bit here, Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Yeah, he's fine.
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  Speaker 2: He finished practice playing against the Chargers.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Te he's doing He's a rookie. He's got he's he's
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  Speaker 2: doing the things. He's making plays that he needs to
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  Speaker 2: make right now to compete. But he needs to keep
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  Speaker 2: chasing it. There needs to be a sense of urgency
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  Speaker 2: there on on his mentality and uh, and he's doing that.
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  Speaker 2: But I told him it's gonna take him three years.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you haven't made it yet, buddy. He played
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  Speaker 2: one one preseason game. You got you got a ways
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  Speaker 2: to go. But he'll get there. He's we're excited about him,
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  Speaker 2: but he's he's got he's got some room to grow.
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  Speaker 3: The touchdown, but just beyond that, what is he giving
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  Speaker 3: you that position? Just all the different things that tight
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  Speaker 3: ends are pass to do.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: Just another guy on the team that you just love,
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  Speaker 2: his mentality, his work ethic.
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  Speaker 1: You guys get bored me talking about special teams.
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  Speaker 2: But I mean this guy, you know, carries the torch
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  Speaker 2: for us, you know, on special team, especially for Ja,
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  Speaker 2: so very police to where he's out. He can play
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  Speaker 2: all phases, can play different spots at tight end, move
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  Speaker 2: them around, so it gives you flexibility there. But I'm
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  Speaker 2: just I'm just more happy with his mentality and his
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  Speaker 2: and his toughness.
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  Speaker 1: Is a blocker, well he's I think you might.
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  Speaker 2: I mean the most excited I got during the game
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  Speaker 2: was on that sweep to UH to d s Ridge
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  Speaker 2: And I mean, that's the type of plays we want.
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  Speaker 1: That was big time art of contact on that.
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  Speaker 3: Play, driving a safety down.
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  Speaker 1: For a little bit. That was that was shown in
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  Speaker 1: the team meeting.
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  Speaker 3: Anything else.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks all right, thank you, thank you.