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Jaxon Smith-Njigba: "We All Feel Like We Have Something Special" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Another long reception from Sam. Just the the ball he
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  Speaker 1: threw a roll left. Just how good is that throw?
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  Speaker 2: You see it come to beautiful throw, great throw, put
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  Speaker 2: it right on the money. You know, Sam's been playing
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  Speaker 2: great and uh gave me a chance on it. So
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate it on that on that catch, look like
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  Speaker 2: you you when you where the defender, cause you did
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  Speaker 2: like a basketball scene, bruh to catch the ball and
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  Speaker 2: just talking about that. We yeah, I had a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of time, so just uh try to box out
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  Speaker 2: the defender and then uh fe for him step on
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  Speaker 2: my step on my heels and falls. So it was
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  Speaker 2: just easy from there, just had to focus on you know, scoring.
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  Speaker 1: U how does he stack up compared to other quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: you played in terms of the his ability to roll
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  Speaker 1: out to his left, to throw across his body. It
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  Speaker 1: just seems like he has uncanny abilities, just like those
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  Speaker 1: downfield throws field to do that look that those difficult angles.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, sound I don't know how he does it, honestly,
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  Speaker 2: but uh, he's a competitor and you know he's gonna,
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  Speaker 2: you know, shoot for the moon. And you know, guys
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  Speaker 2: like me receivers, we appreciate that, you know, him, giving him,
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  Speaker 2: giving me a chance to make a play on the ball,
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  Speaker 2: and you know he's a special player, and uh, it's
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  Speaker 2: like the Sam Donald show out there. For it's just
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  Speaker 2: one moment.
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  Speaker 1: Did you notice the defense depending you any different news
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  Speaker 1: she he read out there?
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  Speaker 2: Not really. I feel like they stuck to you know,
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  Speaker 2: what they usually do. And but you know, we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: be ready for any looks and having sheet out there
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  Speaker 2: is definitely gonna open some stuff up. And excited for
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  Speaker 2: him to you know, get this thing going and for
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  Speaker 2: us to be rolling the.
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  Speaker 1: Less an happy to be escorted to the side arcs there.
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  Speaker 1: Do you realize they hit the concussion guy? That the
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  Speaker 1: whole deal. Did you realize what was going on there? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I realized what was going on. I didn't know it
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  Speaker 2: was gonna be multiple players later, and uh wanted to
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  Speaker 2: stay in the game cause I felt fine, But you
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  Speaker 2: know that's protocol and gotta a buy a by the rules.
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  Speaker 2: They feel right, game a thousand yards thirty feel great.
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  Speaker 2: I'm blessed man, I'm thankful, thankful I'm healthy and can
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  Speaker 2: continue you know this thing going forward next week. Like
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  Speaker 2: I said, it's a long season and we got a
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  Speaker 2: lot a lot more, a lot more games and ways
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  Speaker 2: to go. So you know, just focus, locked in and
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  Speaker 2: and ready to to prepare for la get.
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  Speaker 1: The run game go the way you guys did, especially
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  Speaker 1: that second half. How big is that for this offense?
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  Speaker 2: It's huge, It's huge. We wanna have a great balance.
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  Speaker 2: We wanna have a great balance, and uh we put
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  Speaker 2: up some numbers rushing today, So excited for those guys.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we have great playmakers and you know our
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  Speaker 2: old line you know, wants to run the ball, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, uh receivers doing a good job blocking downfield,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, anytime we can get the ball in
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  Speaker 2: the k nonsns and sharpening A's hands with the with
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  Speaker 2: the lane, you know, we we know it's gonna bring
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  Speaker 2: good things.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe on that front. After you guys have had some
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  Speaker 1: turnal reserve to have that drive where you basically just
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  Speaker 1: ran it all the way down as you know, was
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  Speaker 1: that kind of leading way? How how big of a
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  Speaker 1: spot was that for you guys to kind of do
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  Speaker 1: that at that point time?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels great for the team. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: love seeing that. You know they can't stop it, you know,
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  Speaker 2: let's keep let's keep going. And you know, I thought
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  Speaker 2: everybody did a a great job and it's just another
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  Speaker 2: thing to to focus on for defenses, which you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll open more things up. So excited about that they
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  Speaker 2: did a great job today.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go through your head watching Dla pick up a
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  Speaker 1: fumble and run for the second time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I said, I I'm just thankful the Marcus Lawrence
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  Speaker 2: is on my team. Honestly I grew up watching him,
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  Speaker 2: you know, on the Cowboys, so to have him and
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  Speaker 2: to honor and still can't really believe that he's on
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  Speaker 2: my team, but you know, just thankful for you know
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  Speaker 2: a lot of great players that we have.
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  Speaker 1: Well, what would you say is the biggest reson job
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  Speaker 1: for you guys being.
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  Speaker 2: Set into right now preparation, our culture and the building
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  Speaker 2: the guys that we have in this locker room, you know, uh,
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  Speaker 2: doing whatever it takes to win. That's from Monday to Sunday,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know what we're building here. We we
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  Speaker 2: all feel like we have something special and we just
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  Speaker 2: wanna keep it going and and protect what we have.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have to stay take sure and say Davy