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Brian Fleury: "Everyone Is Very Confident In The Football Team We Have Here" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Afternoon, everyone.
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  Speaker 2: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 1: Great. How are you guys? Good. Fire away.
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  Speaker 2: Just your general assessment of the way the offense played
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  Speaker 2: Thursday night.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, I think that we improved in some
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  Speaker 1: certain areas where we wanted to improve. We were able
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  Speaker 1: to target some things that we hadn't been doing as much.
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  Speaker 1: We were able to feature quick game being one of them.
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  Speaker 1: We were a little bit more efficient there. We showed
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  Speaker 1: some improvement in third downs. Obviously, we didn't get the
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  Speaker 1: result we wanted to. So, you know, everyone's disappointed with that.
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  Speaker 1: But I think in terms of improvement, we're still trending
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  Speaker 1: in the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: The two interceptions, what did you see on each of
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  Speaker 2: those plays?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I'm not going to be in the
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  Speaker 1: habit of diagnosing plays that ended poorly and, like, pointing
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  Speaker 1: fingers and everything like that. There's definitely some things we
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  Speaker 1: can improve on in there at all levels. Protecting the
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  Speaker 1: football is a unit objective, and everybody plays a role
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  Speaker 1: in that, so we'll just leave it at that.
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  Speaker 3: What do you feel like you guys were able to
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  Speaker 3: get done with this little break and assessing things and
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  Speaker 3: kind of whatever.
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  Speaker 4: You needed to do?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was awesome. You know, a lot of teams
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  Speaker 1: take the whole weekend off. Credit to our coaching staff.
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  Speaker 1: We all came in here and put in a lot
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  Speaker 1: of hours just kind of taking the time to look
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  Speaker 1: at the film from the first six games and evaluate
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  Speaker 1: what we're doing well at every level, just general schematically
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  Speaker 1: and even at the position level and kind of highlight
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  Speaker 1: some things that we can lean into and focus on
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  Speaker 1: moving forward that will give us a better chance to succeed.
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  Speaker 2: On that subject, Mike had said on Monday that he
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  Speaker 2: felt like you guys are definitely more aligned as a team,
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  Speaker 2: as a group, and I'm just wondering how you see that.
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  Speaker 4: What that kind of means to you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, 100%. I mean, anytime you've got people coming in
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  Speaker 1: from different places, myself with this offense, you know, there's
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  Speaker 1: a growth period that takes place. And so Mike and
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  Speaker 1: I getting to know each other and then obviously getting
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  Speaker 1: to know all these players and trying to fit all
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  Speaker 1: the right pieces to the puzzle and exactly where they
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  Speaker 1: need to be. It's just been a process. And we
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  Speaker 1: do feel a lot more aligned based on having the
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  Speaker 1: ability to have these conversations over the weekend and the
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  Speaker 1: direction we're going moving forward. It's going to be awesome.
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  Speaker 5: You mentioned not pointing fingers. It seems like that's a
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  Speaker 5: sentiment a lot of guys have shared. Do you think
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  Speaker 5: that's a sign that you guys are all on the
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  Speaker 5: same page? There's no panic involved with the offensive operation?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, one thing that's not happening in this building is
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  Speaker 1: nobody's pounding the panic button because we're 3-3. Everyone's very
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  Speaker 1: confident in the football team that we have here, and
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  Speaker 1: we just have to continue to grow in the right direction,
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  Speaker 1: and I think you will see that come to fruition
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  Speaker 1: over the course of the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 4: What have you learned about being in the fire of
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  Speaker 4: the job through six games and actually being the one
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  Speaker 4: calling plays in the circus that that can be kind
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  Speaker 4: of now that it is all on your shoulders and
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  Speaker 4: now you have a chance to kind of take a
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  Speaker 4: weekend to reflect on it and such too?
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  Speaker 1: No, it's been awesome. I'm happy to have been through
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  Speaker 1: some of these critical moments early on in the season
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  Speaker 1: where you've got opportunities to learn from them and get
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  Speaker 1: better from the quarterback situation or the running back situation
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  Speaker 1: or the offensive line and then We've been in some
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  Speaker 1: critical moments in terms of games, too, down two scores
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  Speaker 1: in the second half and having to find ways to
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  Speaker 1: fight back and then having to manipulate or manage some
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  Speaker 1: of those end-of-the-game drives where we're trying to get the
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  Speaker 1: winning score. I'm glad to have had all those experiences
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  Speaker 1: so early and been able to learn from them.
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  Speaker 3: Taking you back a little bit to this interview, you
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  Speaker 3: said third down improved.
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  Speaker 2: Without the specific plays, what were those things that you
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  Speaker 2: saw that improved your third down?
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  Speaker 5: Was it third manageable?
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  Speaker 1: Was it a We did have a little bit more
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  Speaker 1: third and manageables. We put an emphasis on getting the
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  Speaker 1: ball out quicker because of how dynamic their pass rush was,
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  Speaker 1: and so we were able to execute those plays, which
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  Speaker 1: helped us from a percentage standpoint. There's still a lot
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  Speaker 1: of room for growth, don't get me wrong. We haven't
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  Speaker 1: solved every issue there, but we were able to identify
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  Speaker 1: some things that would lead to us having more success,
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  Speaker 1: and then we went out and executed those.
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  Speaker 2: You guys were in shotgun quite a bit in that game.
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  Speaker 2: Do you look at that as just a function of, hey,
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  Speaker 2: that's what you had to do based on how the
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  Speaker 2: game was playing, or do you see that as maybe
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  Speaker 2: kind of a departure from what you guys ultimately... the
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  Speaker 2: mode you ultimately want to be in?
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  Speaker 1: Both. Yeah. I definitely leaned in that direction in the
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  Speaker 1: second half. In hindsight, maybe more than I would have
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  Speaker 1: preferred to just because of the confidence I have in
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  Speaker 1: Sam in some of those moments in order to get
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  Speaker 1: the ball out down the field, in order to take
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  Speaker 1: advantage of how they were double teaming Jackson, leaving Sheed
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  Speaker 1: and Koop most of the time one-on-one on the opposite side.
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  Speaker 1: So it's just something, a decision I made in the moment.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there's plenty of different ways to go back
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  Speaker 1: and look at it. I'm always very critical of myself
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  Speaker 1: and there's some things I could have done differently that
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  Speaker 1: maybe would have helped the game play out differently, but
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  Speaker 1: just take it as a learning experience and move on.
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  Speaker 5: Brian, when you looked.
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  Speaker 6: Back at the first six games over the weekend, what
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  Speaker 6: was your evaluation of the run game and its sort of.
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  Speaker 1: Evolution through that time? Yeah, there's obviously room for improvement
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  Speaker 1: and we've been dealing with some moving pieces there at
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  Speaker 1: a couple of different places. And so, you know, there's,
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  Speaker 1: we were able to identify some schemes and some like
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  Speaker 1: formation structures and movements that Maybe we don't need to
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  Speaker 1: use as much and kind of lean into, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: the things that we feel like we're executing well, the
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  Speaker 1: blocks and the combination that we feel like the guys
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  Speaker 1: are executing well over and over again. We can lean
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  Speaker 1: more into those and hopefully gain some momentum. And then
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  Speaker 1: it doesn't mean it was a complete departure from the
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  Speaker 1: other stuff, just not what we want to feature right now.
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  Speaker 6: Maybe he plays this weekend, maybe he doesn't, but what
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  Speaker 6: could Zach add to that when he is able to
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  Speaker 6: finally come back?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the great thing about Zach is everybody
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  Speaker 1: in the building has a comfort level with him. There's
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  Speaker 1: a level of reassurance when he's out there, whenever that happens, right?
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  Speaker 1: The offensive line has a lot of faith in the
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  Speaker 1: fact that when we're giving Zach the ball, that he's
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  Speaker 1: going to not only hit the hole for where it's
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be, but he's going to generate extra yards
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  Speaker 1: by running through contact, and it's just like a momentum
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  Speaker 1: thing that I think everybody feels because of shared past experiences.
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  Speaker 1: Not that the other guys can't do that, but there's
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  Speaker 1: something to be said for doing it with somebody and
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  Speaker 1: you know exactly what you're getting.
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  Speaker 5: Zach's coming off, obviously, a serious injury. How has he
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  Speaker 5: looked to you the last few weeks with getting ramped
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  Speaker 5: up in practice?
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  Speaker 1: He looks great. I can't wait to get him back
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  Speaker 1: out there. Obviously, we're going through a process, and it's
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  Speaker 1: not my decision exactly as to when that's going to be,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm excited for when that moment comes.
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  Speaker 2: You had success with using Shahid out of the backfield
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  Speaker 2: a couple weeks ago. We haven't seen quite like that.
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  Speaker 2: Do you feel like you still get the same thing
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  Speaker 2: out of that when you give him the ball on
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  Speaker 2: like end around so he's when he's not lined up
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  Speaker 2: in the backfield but still gets it in his.
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  Speaker 1: Hands yeah um and you'd refer to the red zone
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  Speaker 1: play down there yeah yeah there's definitely some different ways
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  Speaker 1: that we've had to get him ball and that'll continue
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  Speaker 1: to be a part of our offense even after zach
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  Speaker 1: gets back that's not going to eliminate that feature um
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  Speaker 1: but it's really just a matter of it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: the opponent based on how we see them pursuing to
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  Speaker 1: fast flow plays what the blocking schemes are to get
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  Speaker 1: him out on the perimeter and in space and be
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  Speaker 1: able to read it like a punt returner it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of you know what we try and equate it to
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  Speaker 1: So it's week to week. They've actually always been on
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  Speaker 1: the sheet. It's just there's a lot of plays on
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  Speaker 1: the sheet I don't always have the chance to get to.
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  Speaker 4: How would you evaluate your tight end play, and what's
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  Speaker 4: the potential that's there?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's really disappointing to lose Elijah. I was really
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  Speaker 1: happy with his development. I know he didn't have the
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  Speaker 1: pass-catching production that everybody was looking for, but he's really
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  Speaker 1: grown a lot as a player, and we were getting
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  Speaker 1: a lot out of using him. in different ways, just
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  Speaker 1: based on how the defense was reacting. So it's disappointing
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  Speaker 1: to lose that element. But I do have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of confidence in the three that are going to be
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  Speaker 1: playing for us, the majority of the snaps now. AJ
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  Speaker 1: plays a number of, like a variety of roles and
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  Speaker 1: has been really, really reliable in everything that we're asking
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  Speaker 1: him to do. And then Eric is a really, really
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  Speaker 1: helpful and useful player. I mean, he made a great
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  Speaker 1: play pushing George into the end zone down there on
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  Speaker 1: the touchdown. And then, you know, obviously Nick's been evolving
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  Speaker 1: and getting better ever since he started playing last year.
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  Speaker 1: And so we're, it's really great exciting to have him
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  Speaker 1: up and active every single game now most likely moving
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  Speaker 1: forward so that we can continue to see him grow you.
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  Speaker 3: Mentioned pushing the play before the touchdown right as a
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  Speaker 3: coach i gotta imagine that's the kind of play you
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  Speaker 3: guys love to see when the whole offense.
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  Speaker 1: Is basically yeah it's really it just like galvanizes everybody
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  Speaker 1: the entire team the sideline i'm sure the fans when
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  Speaker 1: you see stuff like that happen and so like that's
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  Speaker 1: that actually is what prompted me to go in a
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  Speaker 1: no huddle situation and just call the very next play
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  Speaker 1: as a run the opposite direction is because i just
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  Speaker 1: had a lot of faith on what they had just
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  Speaker 1: done was going to translate into the next play.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned that you're very critical of yourself just naturally
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  Speaker 2: and I'm wondering in this role like is it hard
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  Speaker 2: then to flush things that don't go well or.
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  Speaker 6: Like a game or how do you kind of approach
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  Speaker 6: that kind of thing?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah it can be challenging at times but I mean
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  Speaker 1: we all have a responsibility in this industry to do
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  Speaker 1: that you can't like carry your own your own issues
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  Speaker 1: into the next snap or the next down or whatever
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  Speaker 1: it is the team environment because you're just you know,
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  Speaker 1: you have a responsibility to, like, flush it and bring
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  Speaker 1: your best the next play for everyone else that you're
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  Speaker 1: working with.
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  Speaker 4: With the run game, I think the success rate on
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  Speaker 4: the early downs has kind of been struggling a little bit.
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  Speaker 4: Is that just kind of set a tone for everything
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  Speaker 4: where you're kind of chasing the sticks the whole time?
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  Speaker 4: And are you getting enough, you know, creases for guys?
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  Speaker 4: Or are they– is it enough yards before contact to
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  Speaker 4: kind of be what you want? Or how are you
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  Speaker 4: kind of seeing the whole picture?
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's– There's 22 moving pieces on every single
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  Speaker 1: run play, so you can't point to one thing that
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  Speaker 1: has been an issue every single time. Everything's kind of
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  Speaker 1: taking their turn. Yes, to answer your question, when you're
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  Speaker 1: not getting production out of the run game early on
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  Speaker 1: and you end up in a second and seven or
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  Speaker 1: a third and long, obviously it makes it more challenging
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  Speaker 1: to convert in those situations. If that's happening to you consistently,
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  Speaker 1: then that's something that you have to find ways to
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  Speaker 1: get to other things to move the ball, which is
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  Speaker 1: similar to what happened when I was talking about being
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  Speaker 1: in Denver and leaning more towards the drop-back pass. But we, again,
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  Speaker 1: are going to be moving in the right direction there.
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  Speaker 1: We've identified some things we can lean into to get
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  Speaker 1: us going.
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  Speaker 2: Can I do one more? We hadn't seen Bayless Jones
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  Speaker 2: on offense much before that game. What did you feel
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  Speaker 2: like he gave you with those four, whatever it was,
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  Speaker 2: four carries?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, obviously he brings a different type of speed element
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  Speaker 1: to the game, and we can use him a little
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  Speaker 1: bit differently than maybe we want to use Rasheed because
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  Speaker 1: his role is limited in other areas. He has a
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  Speaker 1: skill set that I think is very unique and that
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  Speaker 1: we can take advantage of in the right circumstances. So
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  Speaker 1: I do think he's somebody that's going to continue to
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  Speaker 1: see some action on offense. Thanks, Brad. Thank you.