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Geno Smith: "Guys Understand What Is At Stake" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon. Yeah, what's the what's the challenge?
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  Speaker 2: I guess and kind of color back quickly from what
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  Speaker 2: happened on Sunday, and you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, obviously you got it. There's a lot of a
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  Speaker 1: lot of play on on this Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's not really a challenge. It's what
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  Speaker 2: we have to do. It's our jobs. And uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think gods are focused, Gods came.
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  Speaker 1: Back ready to work.
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  Speaker 2: I thought we had a great practice yesterday. I thought
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  Speaker 2: gods were flying around and then you know, so far,
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  Speaker 2: so good today. So, uh, guys understand what's at stake,
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  Speaker 2: And you know, just preparing for another game on Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: is it gonna.
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  Speaker 3: Be hard not to peak at the scoreboard or to
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  Speaker 3: try to find out what's going on in the other game,
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  Speaker 3: knowing that your playoff hopes kind of.
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  Speaker 1: Rest on that game as well.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, for us, we gotta win the game first.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, I mean, guys might peak at the scoreboard.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think that matters much. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you still gotta go out there and execute and do
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  Speaker 2: your job, and that shouldn't factor in the into the
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  Speaker 2: way you play. You know, you should play hard, regardless
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  Speaker 2: of what the situation is. So I don't know, you know,
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  Speaker 2: if that'll happen. I'm not sure how that'll work. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's up to Arizona to show it. But for us, man,
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  Speaker 2: we just gotta lock in and play play ball and
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  Speaker 2: do whatever it takes to win.
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  Speaker 1: And saw ken Walker get going in the first half
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  Speaker 1: of the game on Sunday, the last time you guys
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  Speaker 1: played Arizona.
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  Speaker 2: He will rush for a a hundred.
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  Speaker 3: Yards way he's on. What kind of difference does that
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  Speaker 3: make for the offense?
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  Speaker 2: I think, you know again, you know talking about when
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  Speaker 2: we have a balance, you know, offense. You know, it
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  Speaker 2: starts up front, starts with our offensive line. Uh, starts
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  Speaker 2: with us running the ball, being a fishing in a
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  Speaker 2: running game. Ken Walker again is one of the better
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  Speaker 2: backs in this league, one of the better guys in space.
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  Speaker 1: We gotta continue to get him the ball.
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  Speaker 2: We know how good he is when when he gets rolling,
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  Speaker 2: and we know the effects that has on the offense.
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  Speaker 1: So it's always positive things when he's doing a great job.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, you know, mixing zachting there and uh also
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  Speaker 2: with the you know, with the passing game, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being a fishing in in the passing game as well.
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  Speaker 1: I think all of that, you know, really leads.
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  Speaker 2: To us being in an explosive offense, something that we
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  Speaker 2: wanna be. And uh, you know, overall, we just gotta
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  Speaker 2: you know, continue to find that balance, continue to search
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  Speaker 2: for it. You know, run the ball obviously efficiently like
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  Speaker 2: I said, and then you know, be able to pass
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  Speaker 2: it as well.
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  Speaker 3: How's the Arizona look defensively now compared to early in
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  Speaker 3: the season.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they got some some new guys in there. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: two new linebackers who we didn't see uh in the
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  Speaker 2: first game. Overall, you know, having Booda back. I think
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  Speaker 2: our game was the first one that he played, and
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  Speaker 2: he's been playing you know, pretty well throughout and so overall, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's it's really really what we've seen. But uh, they
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  Speaker 2: have made some adjustments, they got some new personnel and
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  Speaker 2: uh overall, you know, just different players, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: pretty much the same scheme.
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  Speaker 3: Why do you think you guys haven't been as balanced
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  Speaker 3: as you wanted to be this year offense?
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  Speaker 1: Shoot, man, that's a great question.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, I wish I had a direct answer
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  Speaker 2: for you, but you know, as I always lead back
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  Speaker 2: to execution, you know, I just think it comes down
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  Speaker 2: to that on game day. You know, it's it's a
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  Speaker 2: hard league. It's tough, tough to win, tough to run
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  Speaker 2: the ball, tough to pass. Uh, it's not gonna be easy.
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  Speaker 2: But I think we just got to execute better. Overall,
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  Speaker 2: Starting fast is always a good thing. And then you know,
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  Speaker 2: being able to finish four minute, you know, having the
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  Speaker 2: lead and then running the ball late in games. I
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  Speaker 2: think that helps out as well. So just overall, you know,
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  Speaker 2: us executing better I think helps out.
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  Speaker 3: How big a factor in that is also just maybe
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  Speaker 3: get some third downs.
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  Speaker 1: And stayed on the field.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, last week the Steelers had like gowing to
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  Speaker 3: some more plays.
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  Speaker 1: Than you guess. Yeah, that's always a big thing. You know.
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  Speaker 2: We want to manage and really control the clock, control
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  Speaker 2: the possession game.
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  Speaker 1: That's why not turning it over. It's so important.
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  Speaker 2: Each possession is so important, and we got to make
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  Speaker 2: sure that we're doing great on third down, you know,
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  Speaker 2: keeping our own defense on the sideline, letting them rest,
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  Speaker 2: playing complimentary football, you know, and then scoring touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: It's all about scoring points in this league. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: we drive the ball pretty well.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like you know, for the most part when
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  Speaker 2: we have the ball, but we got to score points,
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  Speaker 2: and so that's really what it is.
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  Speaker 3: What are you and the offense and best stack you
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  Speaker 3: think this year?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I haven't even thought about it, honestly. I think the
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  Speaker 2: best thing so far, if that comes to mind, is
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  Speaker 2: us finishing games, you know, the the two minute offense.
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  Speaker 2: I think we've been really good at and being able
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  Speaker 2: to finish games and.
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  Speaker 1: You know, close them out. I think we've pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think the biggest improve in the area
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  Speaker 1: needs to be? Uh, you know, I think we just
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  Speaker 1: need to improve on everything. You know.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there's one thing that we can say
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  Speaker 2: needs to improve. I think our entire game has to improve.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's something I strive for every single day, man,
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  Speaker 2: just pushing myself and trying to be the best I
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  Speaker 2: can be so that you know, I can get better
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  Speaker 2: each and every day. And so all of us we
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  Speaker 2: got we all gotta get better. No one's a finished product.
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  Speaker 2: This offense is not a finished product, and we got,
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  Speaker 2: you know, some ways to go, so we just gotta
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  Speaker 2: keep working.
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  Speaker 3: You got a couple of big plays in past game,
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  Speaker 3: moving and around in the pocket or any pass rush
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  Speaker 3: that pocket movement.
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  Speaker 1: How much of that is just awareness instinct versus something
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  Speaker 1: that you are practicing.
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  Speaker 2: You know, A lot of it is is actually the
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  Speaker 2: drills that I did in the off season. You know
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  Speaker 2: a lot of those things that I do in my
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  Speaker 2: off season workouts are game like. You know, I wanna
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  Speaker 2: make them feel game like. So, I mean, I have
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  Speaker 2: tons of footage of me doing the exact same movements
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  Speaker 2: that I've done in the game, and being able to
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  Speaker 2: get a pass off, you know, either on or off platform,
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  Speaker 2: and just being able to find ways to get your
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  Speaker 2: body in the position, uh with with with bodies around you,
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  Speaker 2: And so a lot of that is instinct too. But
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  Speaker 2: you know it's really down the reps and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I really reped that in off season.
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  Speaker 3: Uh after the game, you sa, you know, you couldn't
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  Speaker 3: imagine that you'd be you gotta be right back here
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  Speaker 3: as a team and needing to win and be made
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  Speaker 3: to lose. How when you look at that, how do
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  Speaker 3: you feel about being in the same spot?
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  Speaker 1: You know, it is what it is.
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 2: You gotta you know, you gotta gotta play the cards
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  Speaker 2: that you're dealt. And I think we dealt ourselves these cars.
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  Speaker 2: We had a opportunity to you know, put ourselves in
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  Speaker 2: position to be in control. Obviously that didn't happen, but
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  Speaker 2: you know, we still got a chance to make the playoffs,
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  Speaker 2: and so we're gonna need some help, but we gotta
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  Speaker 2: handle our part first.
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  Speaker 1: And so that's what it is.
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  Speaker 2: Like I said, I wish we had done a better
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  Speaker 2: job and being able to control, you know, our own destiny.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, things are where they are, and we
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  Speaker 2: just gotta move on and go with it. And so
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  Speaker 2: that's what we're doing.
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  Speaker 1: You saw Olu in the game for the first time
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  Speaker 1: in a while, how would you seen him just gain
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  Speaker 1: a better grasp for the offensive.
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  Speaker 2: Perform You know, I think Olu has done a great
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  Speaker 2: job from the f the first day he you know,
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  Speaker 2: came in and you know, he's a young guy, but
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  Speaker 2: he's a he's very experienced. He's played a lot of football.
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  Speaker 2: He understands the game. Uh, he's very professional. Comes to work, Uh,
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  Speaker 2: he studies, he asks the right questions and and then
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  Speaker 2: when his opportunity comes, he's always ready. He steps in,
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  Speaker 2: does a great job, and so I think Olu is
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  Speaker 2: only gonna get better the more reps he gets, the
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  Speaker 2: more he's able to see certain defenses, and uh, he'll
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  Speaker 2: get he'll get faster with his mic points, He'll get,
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  Speaker 2: you know, faster with all of his communication.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, so far man, I thought, he I,
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  Speaker 1: I think he's done a great job.
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  Speaker 3: Rookie that you go against and practice quite a bit.
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  Speaker 3: Devin Witherspoon gets a uh gets a pro bowl?
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  Speaker 1: Not yeah, how does he challenge you with practice? Little spoon? Man?
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  Speaker 2: He Uh, he's so feisty man, like you know, just
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  Speaker 2: the type of energy he brings.
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  Speaker 1: He's so competitive.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, great ball skills, great blitzer, very smart for his age,
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  Speaker 2: understands spacing, understands concepts, and you know, when you go
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  Speaker 2: up against guys like that, you know it's always gonna
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  Speaker 2: make you better. And hopefully we're making him better as well.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm very happy for him, you know, really proud
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  Speaker 2: of him. You know, I know he's battled some things,
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  Speaker 2: but he's very deserving and you know, really happy for.
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  Speaker 1: Him, like I know you are. You know, I know
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  Speaker 1: you and your set.
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  Speaker 3: To devote a little bit of a relationship.
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  Speaker 1: Did he get a chance to watch him on the
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  Speaker 1: night and your thoughts on what you playing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I did watch. I did watch the game.
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  Speaker 2: I thought he played phenomenal. You know, I think Mike
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  Speaker 2: has a a bright future. I think he's a guy
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  Speaker 2: who obviously has a a ton of talent. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I saw that, you know, up close, and I you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think he has the ability to play in this league.
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  Speaker 2: I know he does. And Uh, shoot, man, I hope
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  Speaker 2: he I hope you know they pull it off. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: get the win and and bring it back to to Seattle. Man,
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  Speaker 2: it's uh, it's been a great story for them. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: great story for Mike, all the things he's battled back
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  Speaker 2: from and uh, you know, I'm just proud to see
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  Speaker 2: him doing this thing.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, he's doing a great job. DK, going over.
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  Speaker 3: A thousand yards for back to back years. How would
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  Speaker 3: you describe the chemistry you guys have had in the
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  Speaker 3: last couple of seasons.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, DK, Man, he's it's you know, it's it's funny.
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  Speaker 2: He's only getting better, you know, he's only getting better.
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  Speaker 2: He's only really scratching the surface of of who he's
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  Speaker 2: gonna be as a player. He's a young young man,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, he's.
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  Speaker 1: Still got some ways to go.
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  Speaker 2: And to say that is really scary because he's already
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  Speaker 2: one of the best. So for him, you know, consecutive
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  Speaker 2: thousand yard seasons, Uh, you know, it's it's really all
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  Speaker 2: the work he's put in.
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  Speaker 1: He's deserving.
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  Speaker 2: I know he's gonna say he you know, he wished
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  Speaker 2: he had more yards, more catches and all that. But
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  Speaker 2: I think he's done a great job. You know, he's
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  Speaker 2: having a heck of a season and he's a great player.
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  Speaker 3: Man.
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  Speaker 1: We love to have anything else. Thank you for