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Ernest Jones IV: "We Have A Lot Of Confidence On The Defensive Side Of The Ball" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Mike was just saying that the game reminds you guys
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  Speaker 1: of how good you guys can be when you play
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  Speaker 1: like this did you feel like you needed that at
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  Speaker 1: all or was it good to.
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  Speaker 2: Be able to go out and prove that yeah I
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  Speaker 2: think I don't know I mean needed it yeah we
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  Speaker 2: needed to win I think that's just part of this
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  Speaker 2: game but I mean honestly that's what we've been you
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  Speaker 2: know once we execute and do our job we should
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  Speaker 2: have been you know doing these things and it was
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  Speaker 2: just good to see it come out today We can play.
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  Speaker 2: We can play. We go out there, and that's our
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  Speaker 2: goal is shut you down, shut your lights out. I
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  Speaker 2: think that's a big up to the defense today. We
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  Speaker 2: came out there, executed, and was able to go out
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  Speaker 2: there and stop a real good offense.
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  Speaker 1: With the run game in particular, I mean, you guys
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  Speaker 1: take a lot of pride in our defense. Ken's been
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  Speaker 1: just putting up crazy numbers. What was the key to
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  Speaker 1: keeping him limited?
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  Speaker 2: Just getting after him, man. I mean, of course, he's
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  Speaker 2: been here. We know what type of running back was
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  Speaker 2: coming in here, but we don't allow people to run
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  Speaker 2: through our defense, and that's just us. And we were
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  Speaker 2: able to execute against a really good running back today
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  Speaker 2: and hold him to minimum yards in that category.
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  Speaker 3: Ernest, you've seen their offense, when it can fly as
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  Speaker 3: high as it does, to be able to, at some
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  Speaker 3: lowest points, they've had him a home start in his career.
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  Speaker 3: To kind of do that, what does that kind of
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  Speaker 3: do for you guys to kind of get this victory.
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  Speaker 1: And do it the way you did?
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  Speaker 2: I think it should give us confidence. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: think we got a lot of confidence on the defensive
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  Speaker 2: side of the ball. We know when we're clicking on all...
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  Speaker 2: levels that there's not too many offenses that can move
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  Speaker 2: the ball against us. So, we'll just continue to work,
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  Speaker 2: you know, fix the things that, you know, we need
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  Speaker 2: to fix today and just get ready to go, you know,
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  Speaker 2: next week. You guys hadn't.
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  Speaker 1: Lost two games in a row for a while.
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  Speaker 3: What did it feel like this past week?
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  Speaker 2: Man, it was– I wouldn't say nobody was down. It
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  Speaker 2: was just like, man, let's get to Sunday. Let's go
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  Speaker 2: get a win. We needed a win. We wanted to win.
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  Speaker 2: Hadn't played our style of ball the last two weeks,
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  Speaker 2: so we were just itching to get back out there
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  Speaker 2: and get an opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to see Nicky Minori, you know, come a
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  Speaker 1: lot of scrimmage rush in the passer one play, and
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  Speaker 1: then he's straight downfield with Xavier Worthy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Strive for stride. Man, Nick does it all. Nick's
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  Speaker 2: really good. Nick has a lot on his plate during
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  Speaker 2: these games, but to see him in year two be
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  Speaker 2: able to, you know, handle that and do it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: he's playing really well for us. Ernest, were you.
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  Speaker 3: Surprised at their approach in covering JSN? And then I
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  Speaker 3: guess the second part is, why is he able to
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  Speaker 3: get open regardless.
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  Speaker 2: Of what the coverage is?
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  Speaker 3: Am I surprised?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if I'm surprised. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when you're playing defense and you got a really good
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  Speaker 2: defense and you play your system, you live by the sword,
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  Speaker 2: die by the sword. So, I mean, I think that's
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  Speaker 2: just what they do. They play a lot of man.
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  Speaker 2: They trust their corners. And I think that's just the outcome.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you got a good receiver like Jax. You
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  Speaker 2: got to do certain things, but they stayed on their stuff.
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  Speaker 1: What did it mean to see Darnold and the offense
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  Speaker 1: play the way they did tonight?
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  Speaker 3: You know, it just seemed like the running game had
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  Speaker 3: a good rhythm and just like you guys were playing
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  Speaker 3: lights out.
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  Speaker 2: To see a complete game like that, what did it
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  Speaker 2: mean for you? That was everything. That's the type of
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  Speaker 2: ball we play around here. There's not one side that's
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  Speaker 2: always just dominating. I think we all work together. That's
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  Speaker 2: when we get our wins. And when we do that,
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  Speaker 2: we're a really good football team. And we know that.
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  Speaker 2: So it was good to see those guys out there rolling.
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  Speaker 2: We know what they can be. So carry it on
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  Speaker 2: the next week and let's, you know, keep going. Good.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much. Appreciate it.