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DeMarcus Lawrence: "Being A Part Of This Locker Room Is Something Special" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Good afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: What's the most impressive thing this defense has done through
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  Speaker 2: two weeks?
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  Speaker 3: The most impressive thing? I'd say picking up where we
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  Speaker 3: left off. You know, just the camaraderie, the brotherhood that
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  Speaker 3: we have in our locker room. I feel like that
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  Speaker 3: propels us and sets us forward throughout our week. Knowing
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  Speaker 3: that we can trust in each other, knowing that we're
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  Speaker 3: going to go out there you know, and handle our
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  Speaker 3: business as a brotherhood and, you know, do it happily.
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  Speaker 1: Is that why you came back?
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  Speaker 4: I know you said you wanted to try to run
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  Speaker 4: it back and the challenge of it, but the camaraderie,
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  Speaker 4: the tightness, would you maybe not have come back if
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  Speaker 4: it wasn't as tight a locker room?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, man. You know, I.
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  Speaker 3: Mean, just being a part of this locker room is
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  Speaker 3: something special. And, you know, being able to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: capitalize on the season that we had last year, I
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  Speaker 3: know we had a great opportunity to do it again.
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  Speaker 1: So, yes, of course. D-Law, yeah. But we understand the
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  Speaker 1: importance of the brotherhood, the connection off the field.
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  Speaker 2: How does that manifest itself on the field?
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  Speaker 1: I understand it off the field. How does it manifest
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  Speaker 1: on the field?
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  Speaker 3: I say it manifests on the field through repetition, you know,
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  Speaker 3: through those tough conversations, through those, you know, tough days
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  Speaker 3: at practice where, you know, you're in the heat of
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  Speaker 3: the moment and, you know, you and your brother finally,
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  Speaker 3: you know, come to that position where, you know, y'all
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  Speaker 3: are in sync, but y'all don't have to communicate. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just, you know, over time and repetition, I
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  Speaker 3: feel like that, that gravitates and help the brotherhood grows.
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  Speaker 2: Who do you enjoy competing against the most on the
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  Speaker 2: other side of the ball in practice?
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  Speaker 3: On the other side of the ball, I say, I
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  Speaker 3: love Charles and Abe. You know, I feel like iron
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  Speaker 3: sharpens iron to help me get better each and every day.
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  Speaker 3: We talk about different techniques and, you know, different ways
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  Speaker 3: that other people will try to, you know, block the
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  Speaker 3: moves that I'm doing. So, You know, iron sharpens iron,
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  Speaker 3: but those are my guys.
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  Speaker 2: Who's the most chippy?
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  Speaker 1: The most chippy? I wouldn't say nobody is too chippy.
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  Speaker 3: I think everybody in this room knows our defense pretty well.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think you want to start chirping against those guys.
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  Speaker 3: What have you seen from some of the young guys,
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  Speaker 3: Riley and some of the other young guys, kind of
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  Speaker 3: add into the mix of the veteran guys you have
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  Speaker 3: in front?
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  Speaker 1: I'd say the details in their training.
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  Speaker 3: You know, being a young guy, it's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: things that, you know, you have to get when you,
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  Speaker 3: you know, coming into the NFL. You know, schedule's different,
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  Speaker 3: you know, long seasons. You got to deal with, you know, housing,
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  Speaker 3: all that, you know, being a Seahawk, you know, whatever. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just going through all those things and being
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  Speaker 3: able to hold in on your details on the field and,
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  Speaker 3: you know, come to work each and every day, I
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  Speaker 3: think that's very important for a young guy.
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  Speaker 2: You were working with Nicky Midwary on pass rush moves
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  Speaker 2: like earlier and just playing that position. What do you
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  Speaker 2: see as his potential as being an edge rusher?
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  Speaker 3: The sky isn't even the limit for, you know, Nick.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he's so versatile and, You know, the more
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  Speaker 3: and the more that he gets reps at the edge position,
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  Speaker 3: I feel like he's getting better and better each and
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  Speaker 3: every day. I think he did get a, you know,
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  Speaker 3: edge rep in.
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  Speaker 1: The last game.
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  Speaker 3: So, you know, I think, you know, throughout the season,
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  Speaker 3: we'll see more of Nick on the edge and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: getting those type of reps.
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  Speaker 1: But, I mean, he's a game changer, man. Anywhere we
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  Speaker 1: can have him on the field, that's what we want him.
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  Speaker 2: Where do you start with helping someone like that who
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  Speaker 2: hasn't played a lot at that position?
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  Speaker 1: You start with their talents.
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  Speaker 3: You want them to expose their talents, threaten the opposition.
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  Speaker 3: And the opposition knows his talents too. He's fast. He's quick.
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  Speaker 3: So make sure you use that against them at first,
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  Speaker 3: and then everything else will open up.
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  Speaker 4: Is it still weird to look over before the snap
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  Speaker 4: and see a guy who's listed as a safety playing
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  Speaker 4: on the line of scrimmage?
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  Speaker 1: No. you're a baller, you're a baller.
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  Speaker 3: It don't matter if, you know, what number you have
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  Speaker 3: on or what position that you play. You know, I
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  Speaker 3: don't play with, you know, all different types of people
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  Speaker 3: that you wouldn't even think that are DMs, but, you know,
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  Speaker 3: they're good pass rushers. So, you know, it's just all about,
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  Speaker 3: you know, honing in on your techniques. Like, I hate
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  Speaker 3: dropping the coverage, but, you know, I make sure that I,
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  Speaker 3: you know, work on my technique and practice so, you know,
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  Speaker 3: when that time comes that I'm built to drop in coverage.
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  Speaker 3: So it's just those little things, like you want to
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  Speaker 3: just build people up to be athletes and men, you know,
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  Speaker 3: not just one, you know, one-trick ponies.
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  Speaker 2: What are you preparing for with Mariota at quarterback this.
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  Speaker 1: Week?
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  Speaker 3: We're still preparing. But, yeah, I don't face them before. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it's just really, you know, us as a defense,
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  Speaker 3: you know, going in there, sticking to our plan, stopping
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  Speaker 3: the run, You know, and then we'll put pressure on
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  Speaker 3: the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: You've shared a locker room with Dante Fowler before in Dallas.
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  Speaker 2: Just what makes him a special pass rusher?
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  Speaker 1: You know, Tay, I call him an airbender.
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  Speaker 3: You know, he likes to float around, and, you know,
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  Speaker 3: he exposes his chest a little. But I say, you know,
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  Speaker 3: at the point of contact, he's very decisive, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and he's not afraid to hit.
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  Speaker 2: Did you come up with that nickname, airbender?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. nah, I wouldn't say I came up with it. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know who came up with it though. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Would you describe Ernest Jones, you know, on the field
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  Speaker 1: and then going back to.
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  Speaker 2: That off field relationship?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, man.
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  Speaker 3: Um, you know, Ernest is a dog, man. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 3: EJ is our leader. Um, you know, it's well respected
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  Speaker 3: throughout our locker room.
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  Speaker 1: Um, yeah, man.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, um, he's a man of men, you know, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he take care of his business off the field.
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  Speaker 1: Um, Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Is there any law of logic you want to drop
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  Speaker 2: this week?
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  Speaker 1: Nope. No law of logic.
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  Speaker 3: Don't have anything for you guys. You know, just some
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  Speaker 3: good football. So stay tuned on Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: What's been the– oh, can I do one more? What's
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  Speaker 4: been your impression of what Drew Locke has done the
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  Speaker 4: first two games?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man, it's special, man.
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  Speaker 3: Man. Just to be able to come in, support your team,
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  Speaker 3: but also go in and expose how talented that you are.
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  Speaker 1: Is unique.
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  Speaker 3: There's not too many backup quarterbacks in the league that
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  Speaker 3: can go out there and put up how Drew Locke
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  Speaker 3: put up for us for these last two games.
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  Speaker 1: With that being said, pay the man. Thank you.