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Ryan Grubb: "Geno Smith Is As Good As It Gets" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Hello, how are we doing great? Oh, a lot of things. Honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I thought in general, I thought the staff did a
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  Speaker 1: really good job of diving into some of the details
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  Speaker 1: of you know, where we've been, things that we need
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  Speaker 1: to execute better obviously, and then trying to build off
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  Speaker 1: some of the strengths as well. And I thought that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a lot of things that showed up were
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  Speaker 1: the obvious things, you know, the turnovers and penalties, and
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  Speaker 1: I think it's easy to talk about those and be like,
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  Speaker 1: we can't have as many. It's another thing to try
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  Speaker 1: to dive into two ways to try to create environment
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  Speaker 1: that can improve those things. I thought, Uh, this week,
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  Speaker 1: we've done a really really good job of that, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, Mike's helped foster that within the team atmosphere,
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  Speaker 1: and man, I just think we're doing a really good
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  Speaker 1: job trying to get that that narrowed in.
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  Speaker 2: What does it look like if you try to fix
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  Speaker 2: that problem?
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  Speaker 1: You know, first of all, is you know, accountability for
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  Speaker 1: everybody both you know, for coaches, you look inward first
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  Speaker 1: and try to find out, okay, what is it this
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  Speaker 1: you know, the scheme or the operation or the number
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  Speaker 1: of reps on something that's you know, causing some of
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  Speaker 1: those problem points. And then from there, if it's a
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  Speaker 1: physical problem like holding, you try to drill it, you
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  Speaker 1: build things into practice to try to place more emphasis
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  Speaker 1: on it, and then point out the good and the bad, what.
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  Speaker 3: It's supposed to look like, what it's not supposed to
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  Speaker 3: look like.
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  Speaker 1: And we've done that both offensively, and then Mike is,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, backed it up in a team setting
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 3: What are the types of.
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  Speaker 2: Things you can dive into over a bory like this
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  Speaker 2: is just maybe as a feasible on a.
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  Speaker 3: Week a week basis.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, you really can look into some of yourself scout,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a little bit, you know deeper.
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  Speaker 3: We do that obviously every week.
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  Speaker 1: But what are some of the trends that show up
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  Speaker 1: that you need to dive into, whether it be personnel based,
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  Speaker 1: scheme based, you know, reps, timing, all those kind of
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  Speaker 1: things that you really want to look at so or
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  Speaker 1: things that we've underutilized as well. I thought we did
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  Speaker 1: a good job with that.
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  Speaker 3: The interceptions.
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  Speaker 4: I guess that geno'sata particular when you looked at all
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  Speaker 4: of those, is the ame.
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  Speaker 1: Or no, you know Geno, I think Geno's always I think,
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  Speaker 1: I know, Geno's always been a really good decision maker
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  Speaker 1: for us, honestly, and that has not been a problem. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: he has a couple of he'd love that back, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And and uh.
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  Speaker 1: I think the big thing for Gino is putting him
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  Speaker 1: in a position where he doesn't feel like he has
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  Speaker 1: to do at all. And you know, he puts a
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  Speaker 1: lot of pressure on himself because it means a ton
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  Speaker 1: to him. You know, he's super competitive. Wins and losses
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  Speaker 1: mean everything to that guy. And and so I think
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  Speaker 1: he you know, you start pushing in some of those moments,
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  Speaker 1: and some of those things can happen. But uh no,
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  Speaker 1: I think you know, Gino has had you know, a
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  Speaker 1: few tips, a couple of drop things like that, and
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  Speaker 1: then you know, the two in the red zone were
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  Speaker 1: what they were. And the best part about Geno is
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  Speaker 1: he'll move on and he'll learn from it and take
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  Speaker 1: it with him.
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  Speaker 4: Donald said, they, you guys considered moving Connor Williams to
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  Speaker 4: guard and playing a different center, but decided not to
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  Speaker 4: do that. Can you talk about why?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the biggest part was just we felt
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  Speaker 1: like we had made enough headway, you know, with with Connor.
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  Speaker 1: There and and you know, also just moving a guy
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  Speaker 1: into a position like that, you may set him back further.
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  Speaker 1: And instead of trying to continue to pour into the
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  Speaker 1: development piece, you're you're kind of starting over and pushing
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  Speaker 1: rewind a little bit there. And that that was you know,
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  Speaker 1: not that he couldn't have been a good guard, but
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  Speaker 1: we really just kind of were looking at it in
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  Speaker 1: terms of, all right, do we really want to take
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  Speaker 1: that biggest step backwards when we think we're moving in
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  Speaker 1: the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe this is.
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  Speaker 5: Obvious, but getting DK back, just what.
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  Speaker 3: Can I do for an offense?
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  Speaker 1: I mean obviously tons DK he brings a ton to
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  Speaker 1: the passing game.
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  Speaker 3: Just his physical presence on the field.
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  Speaker 1: You know, defenses have to respect where he's at, single
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  Speaker 1: coverage and things like that. You know, those are things
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  Speaker 1: you can both take advantage of and then take advantage
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  Speaker 1: of HI when they are clouding and things like that.
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  Speaker 3: So how you build the.
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  Speaker 1: Structure of your offense And you know, all the things
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  Speaker 1: that people know about having a good receiver, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think it's any mystery there.
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  Speaker 3: And and then.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously just you know, having him back, having a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of juice where everybody sees the big guy out.
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  Speaker 3: There running around and.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you get really excited, and uh, I think
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  Speaker 1: he with the reps that we've been able to have
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  Speaker 1: him out there, he's done a fantastic jobs.
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  Speaker 3: Has a couple of weeks ago, Yeah, how can.
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  Speaker 1: You look and getting up to see you guys, he's
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  Speaker 1: done a great job. I thought he really took a
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  Speaker 1: step today and and has looked really good out there,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and we continue to evaluate that and see
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  Speaker 1: where he's going to be if.
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  Speaker 3: If he can or can't go, and all those things.
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  Speaker 1: But I thought the last two days, you know, he's
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  Speaker 1: really taking big steps, and steps like that are are
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  Speaker 1: you know, pretty typical of people.
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  Speaker 3: That have been out for a little bit. But I
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  Speaker 3: thought he looked great.
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  Speaker 1: Specific you know, I thought like his foot quickness and
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  Speaker 1: then his strike, you know, really it narrowed in with
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  Speaker 1: his eyes. It felt like, you know, the first couple
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  Speaker 1: of days you're out there, it's been a little while,
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  Speaker 1: it's moving fast, and so his eyes are kind of
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  Speaker 1: not all over the place but not quite as you know,
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  Speaker 1: a laser focus. And I thought the last two days especially,
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  Speaker 1: he's really tighten that up and his footwork matched his eyes.
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  Speaker 6: Going back to the drilling the turnovers, how do you
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  Speaker 6: manage that, drilling turnovers whatnot, and then trying to fast
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  Speaker 6: start and find a balance between that.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the big part is obviously just you know,
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  Speaker 1: taking care of the football and open space, which if
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  Speaker 1: you look at you know, throughout the season, our guys
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  Speaker 1: have done a better job as far as just taking
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  Speaker 1: care of fumbles and things like that. I think that
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  Speaker 1: really has corrected itself. So now lately, you know, it's
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  Speaker 1: been a little bit more of the interceptions that I
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  Speaker 1: put us behind the eight ball. So I feel like
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  Speaker 1: the things that we're doing to try to protect the
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  Speaker 1: football has been better and we're doing a little bit
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  Speaker 1: better job with that. And then now we just got
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  Speaker 1: to continue to hone the decision making.
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  Speaker 6: It's just pressure on a quarterback kind of speed up
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  Speaker 6: his internal clock.
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  Speaker 3: It's everything.
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  Speaker 1: When it's seventy and sunny there, there's not a throw
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  Speaker 1: Gino couldn't make in the world.
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  Speaker 3: And you know.
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  Speaker 1: And it shows if you watch this film and we
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  Speaker 1: take care of him back there, he's he's really really
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  Speaker 1: dangerous and as good as it gets. So we got
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  Speaker 1: to continue to try to find structures and ways to
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  Speaker 1: prevent pressure from happening when we do throw the football strong.
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  Speaker 4: Belieftball and any advantage game by scoring first football game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean on thousand percent, Yes, I think that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, NFL statistics would show you that over the
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  Speaker 1: last I can't remember honestly catching me on a stat here,
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  Speaker 1: so don't quote me on this, but I'm telling you
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  Speaker 1: it's it's over seventy percent of the games when you
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  Speaker 1: lead at halftime our wins for NFL teams, and that's
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  Speaker 1: over a decade long. So obviously getting into a first
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  Speaker 1: half lead is huge, and so starting fast for us,
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  Speaker 1: it's just working on efficiency first, you know, making sure
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  Speaker 1: that we're not behind the sticks and we're at least
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  Speaker 1: changing field position and gaining first downs.
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  Speaker 6: You know.
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  Speaker 5: So I've told us today Ryan that beating the forty
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  Speaker 5: nine ers is very personal to him. I know you're
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  Speaker 5: new to this rivalry, but you sense that in him
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  Speaker 5: or in the whole franchise.
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  Speaker 3: I do. I do, I very much do.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, especially the guys like you, you know that
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  Speaker 1: have been around and you know they've been one of
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  Speaker 1: the dominant teams in this division for a while, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, obviously this hasn't had our the win column hasn't.
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  Speaker 3: Stacked up for the Seahawks in the last few years.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's something that you know, we do
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  Speaker 1: take it as a rivalry and we do take it personal.
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  Speaker 1: And you could see the attention to detail and the
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  Speaker 1: amount of energy at practice. I thought the guys did
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  Speaker 1: a phenomenal job today just and I'd say the complete day.
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  Speaker 1: Like we we had some stuff we were working on,
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  Speaker 1: and I thought the stick toativeness and the mental attitude
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  Speaker 1: that the guys took from walk through and meetings this
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  Speaker 1: morning to apply it to practice and then execute at
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  Speaker 1: a high level was as good as I've seen it.
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  Speaker 3: So really really encouraged by what they did today.
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  Speaker 4: Connor was wasn't that practice yesterday? If he wasn't to play,
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  Speaker 4: who would step in at center?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we we'd still work through that.
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  Speaker 1: I mean there's there's a couple of guys obviously, you
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  Speaker 1: know Jalen Olu. Those guys all take reps there and
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  Speaker 1: have for a while.
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  Speaker 5: The starting centered in this prep the main prep days.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's disruptive for anybody. Obviously, you know
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  Speaker 1: center is tougher. That guy's making a lot of decisions.
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  Speaker 1: But the guys have adapted and done a great job
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  Speaker 1: being ready. And I think obviously any position, you know,
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  Speaker 1: guys have to be ready at any time to step
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  Speaker 1: in and be ready for the spotlight.
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  Speaker 4: Tatum, what have you seen from Jalen Sundow since he
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  Speaker 4: came out as a ricky drafted.
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  Speaker 3: Records, smart and tough. I mean, he really has done
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  Speaker 3: a good job.
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  Speaker 1: You think about how far he's come, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: his his knowledge retention within the system. When you're asking
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  Speaker 1: a guy to be a backup center and a backup
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  Speaker 1: tackle either side, I mean you're talking about a lot
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  Speaker 1: of information there, and he doesn't flinch with that. And
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  Speaker 1: I do think he's a gritty player that really has
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  Speaker 1: a good mindset and likes to play ball.
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  Speaker 3: About what about all kind of how you see his physical.
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  Speaker 1: Russions, Man, I think since counter has gotten here, Olu
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  Speaker 1: has has really stepped up, and you know, his competition
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  Speaker 1: with himself has went up, you know, and the way
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  Speaker 1: he pushes himself at practice and how he prepares and
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  Speaker 1: gets ready for a game, I think really has changed.
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  Speaker 1: Like I just feel like, honestly that he's a different
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  Speaker 1: guy than he.
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  Speaker 3: Was in OTAs.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, it was kind of him
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  Speaker 1: growing as a young player and realizing, you know, how
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  Speaker 1: difficult it is to win a job in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, I feel like instead of him backing
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  Speaker 1: down to that challenge, he's really stepped up to it.
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  Speaker 2: There's been a lot of discussion about like how much
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  Speaker 2: shotgun you guys have been in with part of like
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  Speaker 2: your self scouting over the buy it If so, what
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  Speaker 2: did you come away with?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean this offense, we're going to play in
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  Speaker 1: the gun and you know, be able to throw the
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  Speaker 1: football out of that and have runs that that we
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  Speaker 1: can you know, effectively execute. But it certainly was part
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  Speaker 1: of it. And I think you have to.
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  Speaker 3: Look at all those anything that shows a tendency. You
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  Speaker 3: have to evaluate is.
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  Speaker 2: There any merit to the idea that when you are
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  Speaker 2: in shotgun it makes it a little easier for you know,
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  Speaker 2: pass rushers to you know, quote unquote pin their ears
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  Speaker 2: back and go after the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: I think anytime you're in shotgun that would be that'd
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  Speaker 1: be a fair statement. I mean I think anybody would
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  Speaker 1: sense that, you know, there's possibility or stronger possibility if
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  Speaker 1: you throw in the football. So I think creating balance
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  Speaker 1: and what the defense is seeing both under center and
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  Speaker 1: gun is is obviously something that can help.
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  Speaker 5: Got a piny down Brian. But can you think of
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  Speaker 5: one trade Gino smith trade that drives above.
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  Speaker 3: All what goes just as best resiliency. I do.
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  Speaker 1: I think that, you know, I think Gino's career has been,
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  Speaker 1: you know, very non traditional. I've said that before, just
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  Speaker 1: that you think what he's gotten through and just stayed
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  Speaker 1: with it. I was telling some of the TV broadcasters
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  Speaker 1: that today is I think there's a lot of people,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of guys that have played in this league
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  Speaker 1: that you know, never would have stuck with it as
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  Speaker 1: long as Gino did, and not just you know, I
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  Speaker 1: don't want to paint Gino as like this survivor. I
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  Speaker 1: think he's a guy that has continued to improve his
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  Speaker 1: craft and operating an elite level. He's leading the NFL
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  Speaker 1: and passing yards per game, and I think that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you think about that as far as him being a player,
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of guys that would be at this
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  Speaker 1: stage of their career that would be accepting of a
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  Speaker 1: backup role. And I feel like Gino just he prepares
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  Speaker 1: and gets himself ready like he still has his best
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  Speaker 1: ball in front of him, So I think he's a
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  Speaker 1: really resilient, tough guy.
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  Speaker 2: One more on during the BI week, when you just
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  Speaker 2: looked at the red game in particular.
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  Speaker 1: Pactics, obviously, you know the yards per carrying attempts are
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  Speaker 1: something we I think the part you have to be
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  Speaker 1: the most critical of is when you're not playing from
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  Speaker 1: behind and you're playing in normal downs, you're just playing ball.
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  Speaker 3: Are obviously are you trying to run the ball enough?
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  Speaker 1: You know, And so there's opportunities there to to increase,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and keep the efficiency up when we can
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  Speaker 1: be a little bit better with the run game on
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  Speaker 1: normal downs. So I think those are the things that
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  Speaker 1: you look to first, is like take all the stuff
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  Speaker 1: away late games and things like that, and just try
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  Speaker 1: to evaluate, all right, what has been successful or we're
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  Speaker 1: not behind the sticks, or we're not two scores down,
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  Speaker 1: whatever it is, like, what have we done a good
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  Speaker 1: job with their.
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  Speaker 2: What do you feel like you're doing best as an
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  Speaker 2: offense right down run?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously, you know, I think we do a
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  Speaker 1: good job at times of getting the ball to our playmakers.
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  Speaker 1: You know, some of our best guys are are doing
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  Speaker 1: a good job when the football is going down the field,
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  Speaker 1: and so when we do throw the ball, I think
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  Speaker 1: that we are you know, threatening to a defense. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the balance part of that has to get
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  Speaker 1: way way better and without losing you know, the effectiveness
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  Speaker 1: of being threatened by a defense that the.
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  Speaker 3: Ball can get vertical.
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  Speaker 1: So I think we want to continue to do that
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  Speaker 1: and utilize some of the really really good talent that
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  Speaker 1: we have on the outside and Ken and Sharps in
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  Speaker 1: the same way. And you know, if we can find
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  Speaker 1: ways to be more explosive in the run game, I
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  Speaker 1: think that'll that will really even help the pass game more.
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  Speaker 3: Right, Thank you, have a good day.