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Jarran Reed: "We Have To Be Able To Answer The Call" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Firing had a baby. Did you have any advice?
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  Speaker 2: Farm, I got a lot of advice for him, But
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  Speaker 2: I'm happy for him. Man tell him well in the fatherhood,
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  Speaker 2: Well he's already strong. But you know it's different if
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  Speaker 2: y'all got kids, you get that that dadd strength.
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  Speaker 3: HM. You guys are obviously are a proud defense and
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  Speaker 3: you have high expectations. Is how motivated are you this
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  Speaker 3: week to put last week.
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  Speaker 1: Out of a year? Uh, We're very motivated. You know.
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  Speaker 2: It was just good uh to get back to work
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  Speaker 2: and get back to the things. Uh that we work
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  Speaker 2: the kinks out from the last game that we had,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we're not like just forgetting about it,
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  Speaker 2: but we're ready for this week and I think we're
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  Speaker 2: ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: When you look at the run games that the Jacks have,
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  Speaker 3: they can be pretty explosive.
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  Speaker 4: Is there something that's unique about what they're doing or
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  Speaker 4: is there something specific that jumps out?
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  Speaker 2: I think, uh, like a little issues that we had
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  Speaker 2: UH had had the past couple of games. They have
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  Speaker 2: a good perimeter run run game, and I think we
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  Speaker 2: gotta hone in on that and we have to be
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  Speaker 2: able to answer the call.
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  Speaker 3: Daring Mike was fairly critical of the tackling you guys
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  Speaker 3: have been doing recently. H how do you kind of
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  Speaker 3: take that yourselves and when you look at it and
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  Speaker 3: where where's that shortfall coming? And how do you kind
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  Speaker 3: of work at it at this time of year where
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  Speaker 3: you're not going to the ground and practice and doing
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  Speaker 3: those sort of things that I do.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the thing is just taking the extra
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  Speaker 2: step the guys, you know, getting a body on 'em,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and it's kind of hard to do that
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  Speaker 2: when you're not in pat so you gotta put more
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  Speaker 2: of emphasis on it, right or we're in practice. So
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  Speaker 2: things that we're doing now is just making sure we're
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  Speaker 2: taking the ch step, making sure we get in contact
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  Speaker 2: with the guy, not take him to the ground, but
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  Speaker 2: putting a body on the body. I think we've done
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  Speaker 2: a good job tackling this season, way better than some
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  Speaker 2: of the past seasons. And you know, it was just
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  Speaker 2: a quick, quick fix. Uh that was the NFL, right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, stuff happens in games and you get to
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  Speaker 2: come back and you get to have a chance to
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  Speaker 2: change those things.
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  Speaker 4: When you explain it like that, it does sound like
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  Speaker 4: a quick fix in the game, Like you know, the
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  Speaker 4: tackling is of where you want it to be.
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  Speaker 3: Why is that a hard thing to change when you're.
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  Speaker 2: In game Kathien's game. You know how when the game
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  Speaker 2: goes and stuff happens. As players, you got to be
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  Speaker 2: able to forget the last play and play the next play.
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  Speaker 2: And sometimes you can lose sight of that. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're normal, we're all humans, and it happens. But you
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  Speaker 2: know that now that we're on it, I think the
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  Speaker 2: guys are taking the initiative with with inside themselves to
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  Speaker 2: make sure that each guy take takes the next step
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  Speaker 2: when they're there to make those plays.
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  Speaker 1: And once again, we gotta hold each other accountable.
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  Speaker 2: So we all gotta be ready for constructive criticism and
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  Speaker 2: we gotta take that and we gotta hit it head on.
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  Speaker 3: When when the offense was going in early OTAs it
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  Speaker 3: it w was, you know a lot of times the
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  Speaker 3: defense was ahead of the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, uh, are you a little surprised by how quickly
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  Speaker 2: this offense is uh, you know, become really powerful?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: I think I said this before in a previous interview.
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  Speaker 2: I have a feeling like they're gonna be real good.
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  Speaker 2: The way they work, the way they attack, the ball.
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  Speaker 2: The offensive coordinators great, The offensive line coach is great.
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  Speaker 2: I think their mentality overall is great. I mean I
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  Speaker 2: love to see it, man, Uh, offense that could do that.
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  Speaker 2: They had our back last game, and you know that's
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  Speaker 2: the way the season will go. That's why we're a
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  Speaker 2: team for a reason. Takes all three phases. I tell
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  Speaker 2: him that all the time. And it's just good to
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  Speaker 2: see them guard and make plays. It's actually makes us
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  Speaker 2: as a defense had to guard there and make sure
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  Speaker 2: we do our part as well to help the offense.
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  Speaker 2: You said, you're a great offense cording there, great offensive
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  Speaker 2: line coaching.
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  Speaker 3: You've got any unique perspective on seeing different offensive line
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  Speaker 3: coaches come here?
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  Speaker 1: What what makes him great?
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  Speaker 2: From your perspective, I think it's it's it's the mentality
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  Speaker 2: that he teaches the guys and how he's coaching.
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  Speaker 1: And he's doing a very great job man.
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  Speaker 2: And and the guys are actually taking issuees with inside
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  Speaker 2: themselves to ask questions, to really care about it, to
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  Speaker 2: be students of the game, and to wanna be great man.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: I think those guys all on the front, they're hungry,
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  Speaker 2: they're humble, and they work hard.
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  Speaker 3: Can you tell that Aj Barter plays tight ends with
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  Speaker 3: the mentality of a linebacker.
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  Speaker 1: You know it's crazy that cause I actually just told
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  Speaker 1: him that today. Man. I love the way plays.
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  Speaker 2: I love his enthusiasm, his energy on what he brings,
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  Speaker 2: the toughness. It reminds you of tight ends from like back.
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  Speaker 1: In the day.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the the grit that he has and determination,
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  Speaker 2: the physicality that he plays with.
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  Speaker 4: When you're communicating, like on defense pre snap and you're
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  Speaker 4: at home and it's really loud, is it any harder
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  Speaker 4: to do that, like to communicate the stuff you have
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  Speaker 4: to communicate in this defense compared to like the past defenses.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, yes, it's a lot of communication, and it's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of uh communication and practice. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: communication between each other in the locker room. And I'm
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  Speaker 2: laughing because we got to make sure we talk with
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  Speaker 2: each other. Look, we got great fans, man, and we
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  Speaker 2: love when it's loud, But we gotta be able to
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  Speaker 2: adjust to that on our side. And we know that
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  Speaker 2: during the week, So like before the crowd gets loud,
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  Speaker 2: we gotta make sure we over communicate then so we
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  Speaker 2: can already be step ahead with each other while we're
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  Speaker 2: talking to each other and if when the crowd gets
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  Speaker 2: allowed within the play, you know, if it's anything, we
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  Speaker 2: gotta make sure that we're on seeing those in.
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  Speaker 1: Communication we can't hear. We have to get closer to
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  Speaker 1: a related message.
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  Speaker 4: Are you look the communication that you're doing. Is that
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  Speaker 4: usually just with the front guys or do you ever
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  Speaker 4: have to turn around and and hear from Ernest or Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Of course you know, uh Aronson quarterback of our defense,
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  Speaker 2: and we do have to hear some certain calls, but
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  Speaker 2: majority of time, like I just told, made it joke,
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  Speaker 2: might today certain calls that we have my ears.
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  Speaker 1: Shut off after the front call.
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  Speaker 2: So but you know, we do have to be have
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  Speaker 2: open ears and have awareness to adjustments that we may have.
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  Speaker 3: You talked about the offensive line, wanted to ask questions
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  Speaker 3: and get better.
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  Speaker 1: Uh is that common that you have the offensive lines
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  Speaker 1: you've you've talked to.
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  Speaker 3: As much as this one?
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  Speaker 2: Well, no, because I think just in the past few
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  Speaker 2: years has been an older line, a couple of guys
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  Speaker 2: that's been experienced, so they kind of like had their.
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  Speaker 1: Own style ordeal.
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  Speaker 2: But this this line is kind of young, and like
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  Speaker 2: I said, there are students of the game man. They
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  Speaker 2: love to learn any chance to get and wear a
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  Speaker 2: little bit on the older side on the defense. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, with whatever game we to pour into 'em
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  Speaker 2: stuff that we see, stuff that we change or or
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  Speaker 2: how that we see stuff from a defensive perspective that
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  Speaker 2: we can give to those guys and they can use it.
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  Speaker 2: Did you get to spend any time with u some
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  Speaker 2: of the uh former Syhawks when it came for the
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  Speaker 2: top fifty stuff?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Man, those guys are like my brothers, Like they're
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  Speaker 2: they're like my big brothers.
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  Speaker 1: Man, I'm their little brothers.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, anytime I get to see those guys,
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  Speaker 2: it's just like a family reunion to me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: getting to see those guys come back, man, then it
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  Speaker 2: just really hits me that I've been playing for a
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  Speaker 2: long time as well, seeing them out there with the
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  Speaker 2: Jackson stuff on.
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  Speaker 3: You're you're the like the pregame speech guy. Now it
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  Speaker 3: seems to sweet who was that when you were like
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  Speaker 3: a young player? Was that camera or some of them?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, that's a great question.
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  Speaker 2: I really don't remember, to be honest, it was something
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  Speaker 2: everybody talking 'em that team was full of dolls, so
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  Speaker 2: everybody something say I was just a little puppy, just listening,
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  Speaker 2: just ready to go play hard for those guys.
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  Speaker 1: When did you start to take over?
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  Speaker 2: That's I have no clue, But like now, I'll just
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  Speaker 2: be having a lot of energy. I talk a lot,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll be trying to let the other guys talk,
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  Speaker 2: and sometime I think my mouth just starts before I
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  Speaker 2: even think.
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  Speaker 4: When you do addg the team, is that just off
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  Speaker 4: the cuff for you kind of have an idea of
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  Speaker 4: what you want the message to be in.
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  Speaker 1: It a lie.
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  Speaker 2: I started, you know, taking nuggets throughout the week, certain
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  Speaker 2: words or certain feelings that I feel that I want
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  Speaker 2: the team to know, or a type of mentality I
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  Speaker 2: wanted to take on, and from my point of view,
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  Speaker 2: I just want to relate it to them so we
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  Speaker 2: can all be on one accord from my point of view.
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  Speaker 1: But uh, each person talks, or Charles may talk e
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  Speaker 1: j uh leo, I'm Sam. You know it.
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  Speaker 2: It's not just one guy, you know. I just happened
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  Speaker 2: to be the guy in the middle the hood all
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  Speaker 2: the time. I might maybe pre work.
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  Speaker 4: Out is it is it hard to come up with
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  Speaker 4: something new to say every week?
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  Speaker 1: Or or is it kind of like similar things every week.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's not similar. Like I said, it depends on
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  Speaker 2: how the week went. Uh, what we made emphasis on
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  Speaker 2: during the week, or maybe just sitting at home in
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  Speaker 2: the bathroom or something, or just thinking about football, or
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  Speaker 2: if I'm watching like Thursday Night football.
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  Speaker 1: You know it's just or even the movie.
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  Speaker 2: You know, something that can keep us to get Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: something that can have our mentality right to go into
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  Speaker 2: that game.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, this is basically those type of things.
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  Speaker 3: Is there any kind of meal that you would wanna
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  Speaker 3: get when you go back to the South?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, back to Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 2: Uh nah, not before the game, probably afterwards. I can't
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  Speaker 2: eat before I play. It just makes me feel kind
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  Speaker 2: of sluggish. But I mean it, it's good to go
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  Speaker 2: back to the South and I'm from the South and
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  Speaker 2: the food is a lot different. You'll put a lot
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  Speaker 2: more calories on you hoigh, blood pressure.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you if you