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Clint Hurtt: "We Have A Great Challenge To Go And Meet" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How's everybody doing in excellent?
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  Speaker 2: All right, you get a test in the right game
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  Speaker 2: right out of the gate because Aker's finishing a strong
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  Speaker 2: note last year.
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  Speaker 1: So what are what are your expectations for a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of classes.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously to continue building on what we've done in the
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  Speaker 2: spring and training camp, which is obviously just the discipline
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  Speaker 2: and everybody, everybody understanding their fits, being physical with the
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  Speaker 2: line of scrimmage, guys getting off of blocks, those all
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  Speaker 2: the things we were working on, and then obviously you
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  Speaker 2: just want to see that come to fruition on game day.
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  Speaker 1: So that's the expectation.
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  Speaker 2: I love the challenge because obviously he's a heck of
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  Speaker 2: a running back, and uh, we know the challenge playing
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  Speaker 2: the rams of McVeigh does a hell of a job
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  Speaker 2: with the offense. So you know, we got something we
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  Speaker 2: had a great challenge of going meet. So I look
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  Speaker 2: forward to it. More.
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  Speaker 1: Players have talked about it being sort of trust issue
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  Speaker 1: last year and the trusting the guy next time, the
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  Speaker 1: church of the defense, did you see it that way?
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  Speaker 2: This part of that, and then also just understand like having
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  Speaker 2: a feel for where guys are. We were always in
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  Speaker 2: our history a big Cover three team so you always
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  Speaker 2: had a guy down that you were fitting in the
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  Speaker 2: run game with, whether you were a safety, Mike Becker,
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  Speaker 2: h Jack Becker, whatever the case may be. Last year
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  Speaker 2: we played a little bit more split safety, so it
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  Speaker 2: can be a little harder, you know, to do that
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  Speaker 2: and feel when that guy's next to you and I
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  Speaker 2: turning the ball back to him or am I spilling
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  Speaker 2: the ball to a guy?
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  Speaker 1: So it's just a transition period with that, but things
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  Speaker 1: are a lot cleaner right now. He's going to hear
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  Speaker 1: two of it, so it's a better understanding. How cupful
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  Speaker 1: would you do you feel with Julian Love back there?
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  Speaker 2: Very excellent football player. I think I've said before it
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  Speaker 2: is great that we got him here. Can do everything
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  Speaker 2: back there a cover guy and understand it fits good Blitzer.
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  Speaker 2: He can do a lot of different things that.
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  Speaker 1: You've had Bobby back out here for a full training
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  Speaker 1: camp and week one tiers.
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  Speaker 2: What does he drove to this defense to get back
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  Speaker 2: this year? Just the calmness as a guy on the field,
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  Speaker 2: to kind of be extension of myself as a coach
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  Speaker 2: and communicate with those guys so they understand fully what's
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  Speaker 2: going on. So that's the part that's been excellent with him,
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  Speaker 2: And obviously, like as teammates, when you know the guy,
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  Speaker 2: you know his resume, you know the person and the
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  Speaker 2: leader that he is, the player that he is. There's
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  Speaker 2: a level of respect and command that he has that
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  Speaker 2: is not common for everybody. So it's been great to have.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely, des Devin's been back on the practice field that
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  Speaker 1: Devion went through the back of the price before. You
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  Speaker 1: guys didn't get to play it all in the preseason,
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  Speaker 1: and where is your confidence level if he's able to
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  Speaker 1: obviously get through this entire week of being able to
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  Speaker 1: put him out there.
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  Speaker 2: We definitely confident in his talent understanding what's going on,
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  Speaker 2: but a lot of things you get better at playing
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  Speaker 2: football by practicing football and being out in the midst
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  Speaker 2: of everything else. So he's been doing really well when
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  Speaker 2: he's out here. But we're just still continue to evaluating
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  Speaker 2: them to see where he's going. But he's doing a
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  Speaker 2: really nice job. When it's George Brooks and years though,
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  Speaker 2: what was the realistic expectation in your mind for what this.
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  Speaker 1: Text for him?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're dealing with a guy that's been through
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  Speaker 2: his series of knee surgeris himself.
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  Speaker 1: The biggest thing you always think of.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously you want to be patient, but you assume that
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  Speaker 2: it's gonna be a minimum of a year, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when that stuff happens for anybody. I've been around some
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  Speaker 2: great talents. Was mcgahey went through that with a catastrophe
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  Speaker 2: knee injury. I was on the sideline watching that when
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  Speaker 2: we played Ohio State in the National championship game, and
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  Speaker 2: you would have thought it would have been over a
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  Speaker 2: year if he ever would have played again.
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  Speaker 1: And he was back.
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  Speaker 2: I think he was going over edge out bags in
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  Speaker 2: like seven months, you know, So just like freak show
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  Speaker 2: type stuff. Jordan's that kind of athlete. So it speaks
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  Speaker 2: to God given ability. Uh God's grace and obviously his
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  Speaker 2: work ethic and a great job with our rehab team here,
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  Speaker 2: and I know the people he's used to get himself back,
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  Speaker 2: So it's really an impressive feat to get him back
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  Speaker 2: as quick as as he teamed.
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  Speaker 1: Gonna put a governor on him, as competitive as he is.
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  Speaker 2: It's gonna be tough, you know, because obviously with that
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  Speaker 2: kind of nature and spirit, they don't ever want to
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  Speaker 2: leave the field. Uh So, but we're gonna have to
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  Speaker 2: take care of him. I've already started having those conversations.
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  Speaker 2: I know Pete has as well.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: The number one thing is caaren for the players and
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  Speaker 2: making sure you do right by them and don't put
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  Speaker 2: them in harm's way. So if he can go, we'll
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  Speaker 2: keep on rolling with it, but we're always gonna keep
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  Speaker 2: an eye on that to to take care of him.
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  Speaker 2: Do you articulate a snap count in this case shortening
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  Speaker 2: before knowing that once it gets no.
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  Speaker 1: You know, no, you don't do that. I think a
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  Speaker 1: lot of that.
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  Speaker 2: That's the open communication, you know, talking to him, see
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  Speaker 2: how he's doing, and things like that.
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  Speaker 1: Has got has worked their way back and uh, and
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  Speaker 1: we played by here you're calling the game from this
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  Speaker 1: year at all?
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  Speaker 2: Or yeah, I mean you guys don't make Yeah, oh yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'm in the box. So it's different than last year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess why you want to do that or uh,
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  Speaker 1: that was something that you know wanted to do last year.
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  Speaker 1: But there's a lot of things.
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  Speaker 2: There's different dynamics that go into that, you know, with
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  Speaker 2: how the staff is situated and things of that nature.
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  Speaker 2: So definitely a lot easier calling them from upstairs this year,
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  Speaker 2: at least have seen that way. This is just going
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  Speaker 2: through the preseason, Uh, being able to see everything and.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, just kind of operate from up there. So I
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  Speaker 1: like it. It's been good. Has that been most Uh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, from guys that I've been around, Yes, there's you know,
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  Speaker 2: most of them have called and operated from up in
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  Speaker 2: the box. Uh, guys have done that so and then
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  Speaker 2: and I've seen guys that have done it from the
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  Speaker 2: sideline as well.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if you have the ability to see the
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  Speaker 2: game from the sideline, uh, it's really good. But there's
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  Speaker 2: so many other fas actors, you know, handling the substitutions
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  Speaker 2: the player communication during the course of the game. Like
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to answer stuff from guys when you got
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  Speaker 2: to get the next play call out and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a lot of chaos on the sideline. So
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  Speaker 2: a little bit smooller up upstairs.
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  Speaker 1: Is their value of separating yourself from the emotion of
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  Speaker 1: the player.
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  Speaker 2: And I think, yeah, you gotta have your brain ready
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  Speaker 2: for the next call, and you got to be ready
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  Speaker 2: for the next situation, you know, whether you know it's
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  Speaker 2: a two minute drive in the game, situation four minutes,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you got to have your brain has to
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  Speaker 2: be clear for the next thing. So you put the
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  Speaker 2: players in the best position to be successful.
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  Speaker 1: Who you rely on now on the sideline to kind
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  Speaker 1: of be your person taking care of stuffs down there
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  Speaker 1: with you up in the mindset?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, I mean really, I trust all the guys. The
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  Speaker 2: estaff has done a great job with that, Carl or somebody.
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  Speaker 2: I rely on a lot downstairs, A lot of those
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  Speaker 2: things that you know, there's a lot of emotions that
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  Speaker 2: going on the sideline.
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  Speaker 1: During the course of the game.
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  Speaker 2: You know, when I was down there, if there's anything
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  Speaker 2: that's going on, I can calm everything down because I've
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  Speaker 2: known the players for a long time, having a strong.
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  Speaker 1: Relationship with them.
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  Speaker 2: These guys now have been around the players enough where
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  Speaker 2: they have that relationship, so I don't have to kind
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  Speaker 2: of handle all those things. I can be upstairs and
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  Speaker 2: really fort warry and focus on the game. So I
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  Speaker 2: trust all the guys. They all have done a great job.
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  Speaker 2: They've been there long enough. In Cars the stud I
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  Speaker 2: think he's got a super bright future in.
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  Speaker 1: Front of him.
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  Speaker 2: The Rams receive and grow without Cooper Cup, How does
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  Speaker 2: that change what they're able to do or what you
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  Speaker 2: would expect, you know what. I know, they're all really
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  Speaker 2: really well coached. I know there's great discipline to their
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  Speaker 2: offense and how they run things. If anything, it can
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  Speaker 2: make them just as dangerous because now as opposed to
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  Speaker 2: worrying about who the primary target is, the ball can
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  Speaker 2: go anywhere, you know, with uh, with all the guys
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  Speaker 2: they have available, and that would be the anticipation. So
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  Speaker 2: you just make sure you do your job within coverage
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  Speaker 2: and you don't have that one guy that your eyes
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  Speaker 2: maybe need to go too. So guys gotta make sure
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  Speaker 2: they're on top of the details in their roal concepts
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  Speaker 2: and pickups.
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  Speaker 1: How's the look up format gone in your eyes? I
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  Speaker 1: s I would say this.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there's been a competition and back and forth
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  Speaker 2: with these guys since spring and going through all the
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  Speaker 2: training camp, so I mean, we'll kind of see all
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  Speaker 2: this whole thing shakes his way up.
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  Speaker 1: But it's been awesome. We're doing damn good. If either
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  Speaker 1: one of them on the field look like the version
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  Speaker 1: of himself that he was at Rocky Y, yes it does. Yep.
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  Speaker 1: You like you know, if you guys ended up rotating
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  Speaker 1: during the game or whatever. I mean, you like to
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  Speaker 1: do the talking about up front or in the back end.
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  Speaker 1: In that corner.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's usually not a common thing, you know, cause
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  Speaker 2: those guys when they're playing the back end, it's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of that is so much feel and the communication
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  Speaker 2: and different layers and stuff that you can't make a
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  Speaker 2: mistake on the back end. You make a mistake up front,
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  Speaker 2: you get on the ground. It's like a twenty yard game.
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  Speaker 2: You hate those two. Make a mistake back there at seven,
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  Speaker 2: it costs your game. So you wanna make sure guys
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  Speaker 2: are used to playing together, communicating and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: But generally we don't rotate. But we're so confident in
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  Speaker 2: the guys that we have. Whoever's out there and has
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  Speaker 2: to play, we we have a ton of confidence and
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  Speaker 2: we'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: Like lock you and that's before how much you surprised
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  Speaker 1: you make, you will make the surprise the wrong word.
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  Speaker 1: But Mario Edwards do what's how do it? You know
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  Speaker 1: what he Uh? Yeah, I wouldn't say it's surprise. He's
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  Speaker 1: always been a really talented player. Uh.
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  Speaker 2: It's been great having him here and kind of getting
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  Speaker 2: to know him a little bit, kind of outdate myself,
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  Speaker 2: but myself and and Damian Lewis. We were at Miami
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  Speaker 2: together playing when his dad was playing in Florida State.
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  Speaker 2: So it's kind of like, dam I'm getting that old,
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  Speaker 2: you know. I'm looking at Mark. He's got great hair
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  Speaker 2: in his beard and his hair, and I'm like, Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna be forty five or sixty five this year.
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  Speaker 2: But no, he's a great kid, a hard worker, really
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  Speaker 2: adds great depth to us. So we feel like when
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  Speaker 2: even when he rotates into the game, we don't miss
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  Speaker 2: a beat. A tense guy, right, very very intense guy.
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  Speaker 1: I like that. I don't like guys A smile of
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  Speaker 1: that show a lot of teas. What's something you've learned
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  Speaker 1: from Po and Dre and his past year being in
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  Speaker 1: the Ordinator world and maybe he didn't know about it
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  Speaker 1: when you were mostly cut you this looking life. Let's see.
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  Speaker 2: The calls are different, like in terms of the phone
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  Speaker 2: calls I get from him in the evening. So we've
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  Speaker 2: always had a great rapport in conversation, but now it's
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  Speaker 2: a it's the text message at eleven o'clock at night
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  Speaker 2: or eleven thirty saying, uh, you know, what do you
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  Speaker 2: think about display or what do you think in this situation,
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  Speaker 2: the third down and Quandre, you know, it'll be a
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  Speaker 2: little back and forths. He likes his calls, what puts
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  Speaker 2: him in a position and to make plays. So if
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  Speaker 2: I'm not calling it enough, you have to say you
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  Speaker 2: better make sure your tires aren't flat or something like
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  Speaker 2: that in the parking lot. So that's the difference in
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  Speaker 2: the relationship. Now I get threatened by him a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more.
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  Speaker 1: Yup, that's all. Yeah. Well, m uh, I'm calling the
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  Speaker 1: games from the booth. I mean, was that a reaction
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  Speaker 1: to what happened laster year or was there something you
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  Speaker 1: wanted to do? No, no, no, it's not no, no,
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  Speaker 1: no reaction to it.
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  Speaker 2: Uh just something else different to be able to try
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  Speaker 2: and uh I felt it would be helpful and it's
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  Speaker 2: been a smooth transition so far.
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  Speaker 1: Anything else, okay,