Latest / Seahawks Press Pass / Rashid Shaheed: "The Belief Within This Team Is Amazing"
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Rashida a lot of times with running backs, so they
- 0:02Speaker 1: get like big plays. They'll talk about with a certain
- 0:05Speaker 1: moment where they thought, Okay, now I get a shot
- 0:07Speaker 1: to take this. Was there a point in that punt
- 0:10Speaker 1: return where like I've got a real chance to house this.
- 0:13Speaker 2: Yeah, based off the field position, we knew we were
- 0:15Speaker 2: gonna be able to get a return. We've been focused
- 0:17Speaker 2: on that left return field return all week. We knew
- 0:20Speaker 2: that they had kind of a weak point with their
- 0:23Speaker 2: special teams, and you know, we were able to circle
- 0:25Speaker 2: the part team and make a big play.
- 0:28Speaker 1: You guys just.
- 0:29Speaker 2: Clinch your playoff Berth.
- 0:30Speaker 1: You've got two touchdown return since you've been here. We
- 0:33Speaker 1: just the last whatever month and a half to spinners.
- 0:36Speaker 2: How many time it's looking for It's been a great time.
- 0:38Speaker 2: It's been a lot, but it's been fun this team
- 0:40Speaker 2: being around these guys. They encourage each and every one
- 0:44Speaker 2: of us. The coaches, they believe in us, and that's
- 0:47Speaker 2: the biggest thing that the belief within this team is amazing.
- 0:49Speaker 2: I feel like that's how we're able to accomplish all
- 0:51Speaker 2: these amazing things.
- 0:53Speaker 1: You guys go down sixteen, they're ahead of that pup return.
- 0:56Speaker 1: The energy is kind of down on the building to
- 0:58Speaker 1: kind of flip every thing instantly. Just what does that
- 1:02Speaker 1: kind of mean for you to kind of be able
- 1:03Speaker 1: to bring that energy in that moment and spark this
- 1:05Speaker 1: full thing. Then?
- 1:06Speaker 2: Yeah, just being able to create a spark for my
- 1:08Speaker 2: teammates is always a great opportunity. You know, any chance
- 1:12Speaker 2: we get to create momentum going into the drives or
- 1:16Speaker 2: with whatever a special team's offense defense, you know, it's
- 1:18Speaker 2: always good for the team. And you know, being able
- 1:21Speaker 2: to celebrate with those guys for the big play means everything.
- 1:26Speaker 1: You're I think you just the fourth guy in team
- 1:28Speaker 1: history to help both the kick and pomp return in
- 1:30Speaker 1: the same season, kind of do it three games apart
- 1:32Speaker 1: and kind of have one as big as this moment.
- 1:34Speaker 1: What does that kind of speak for? East continue? You
- 1:36Speaker 1: only make here? It's short?
- 1:37Speaker 2: Yeah we have Yeah, No, that's crazy, Yeah, I know
- 1:40Speaker 2: it's that's that's cool to think about. But yeah, just
- 1:44Speaker 2: shout out to the other guys that you know, allow
- 1:46Speaker 2: me to uh make those plays and this is all them.
- 1:50Speaker 2: Would your quarterback show you.
- 1:51Speaker 1: In this game turn it over twice and then come
- 1:54Speaker 1: back and lead to tie and driving regulation and the
- 1:57Speaker 1: game winner and over time.
- 1:58Speaker 2: Yeah, he's resilient, he's a great competitor, he's a leader
- 2:01Speaker 2: of this team and he knows that. And uh, just
- 2:03Speaker 2: to put us in that position, you know, it shows
- 2:05Speaker 2: the type of quarterback that Sam is. And yeah, that
- 2:08Speaker 2: was that was an amazing way to finish the game.
- 2:09Speaker 1: What's the kind of boost you get from from Mike
- 2:11Speaker 1: and the decision to go for two as well to
- 2:13Speaker 1: to chase that try to end it right there and
- 2:15Speaker 1: get still to win that way? Yea, what kind of
- 2:17Speaker 1: does that do for you guys as a team to
- 2:18Speaker 1: go in there and to happen this is just made
- 2:19Speaker 1: and then pulling out.
- 2:21Speaker 2: Uh, I think it shows how much he believes in
- 2:23Speaker 2: our ability to make plays and especially in that time,
- 2:25Speaker 2: you know, at the end of the game, to go
- 2:27Speaker 2: for two and you know execute it that that's huge
- 2:31Speaker 2: and uh, like I said, it's just all belief and yeah,
- 2:34Speaker 2: that we're able to go out there and execute and
- 2:36Speaker 2: finish the game.
- 2:37Speaker 1: And it was.
- 2:37Speaker 2: It was a beautiful thing.
- 2:38Speaker 1: Leonard Williams told us that he keeps going to lark percent.
- 2:41Speaker 1: You changed the game. Did you feel after that pump
- 2:44Speaker 1: return the whole team's five shifts been out pipotal.
- 2:48Speaker 2: That was yeah, one hundred percent. I feel like the
- 2:50Speaker 2: whole vibe in the stadium changed and we turned it
- 2:52Speaker 2: back to one score game. And once once that happens,
- 2:55Speaker 2: you know, you know you got a shot and there's
- 2:57Speaker 2: plenty of time left and all we had to do
- 2:59Speaker 2: is get a few stops. Defense did a great job
- 3:01Speaker 2: and offense came out and executed and that's how it
- 3:03Speaker 2: kind of went down.
- 3:04Speaker 1: You mentioned stadium, what was the atmosphere like to time?
- 3:07Speaker 2: Adamshire was crazy. Thursday night night games are always fun
- 3:11Speaker 2: playing the NFL, just being in fun of all the
- 3:13Speaker 2: twelves and the energy they bring. They definitely definitely carried
- 3:17Speaker 2: us to that win. Everything else