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Rashid Shaheed: "It Felt Really Good To Make An Impact" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: We heard Mike mighta predicted your kid return at half time.
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  Speaker 2: He did call it, Yeah, he did. Yeah, ye, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I'll give him credit for that.
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  Speaker 3: What was something about the look or that you guys
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  Speaker 3: had to practice this week or something. How did you
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  Speaker 3: know or how did you know? What you think that's
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  Speaker 3: when it was coming.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we just knew that we were gonna have our
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  Speaker 2: opportunity coming out of halftime. Uh, based off the film
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  Speaker 2: that we watched, we knew that we were gonna have
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to score. And uh that's what we did. We
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  Speaker 2: had perfect uh calls and you know that's a testament
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  Speaker 2: to our coaches and how they get us prepared.
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  Speaker 1: Looked like you were pretty involved in the passing games.
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  Speaker 1: Is that just a matter of getting more reps, getting
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  Speaker 1: more practicing with with a new team, and being able
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  Speaker 1: to be more feature in the offense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's all it is, you know, getting the connection
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  Speaker 2: right with Sam, practice reps, you know, that's that's how
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  Speaker 2: you know you build with a quarterback. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: uh he was able to see me today and uh
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  Speaker 2: that it felt felt really good to make a impact
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  Speaker 2: on offensive side.
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  Speaker 3: What do you guys, you and Sam connecting on better
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  Speaker 3: or maybe more sharply than you were a month ago.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, just timing, just knowing where where I'm gonna be
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  Speaker 2: and what he's you know, what he's expecting. You know
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  Speaker 2: that takes time to build. And I feel like we've
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  Speaker 2: grown uh good amount in the little time I've been here.
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  Speaker 1: Are you.
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  Speaker 3: Uh you had a couple of catches specifically on third
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  Speaker 3: down to move the sticks? Is that where mean the
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  Speaker 3: timing shows up as well and the critical down?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. It felt really good for tech, for
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  Speaker 2: Sam to uh trust me in those situations, uh, being
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  Speaker 2: able to move the sticks and keep our offense on
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  Speaker 2: the field. And it's always a good feeling. And personally speaking,
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  Speaker 2: to go from New Orleans a team that is not
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  Speaker 2: in the playoff picture?
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  Speaker 3: Is it this one? Can you describe just kind of
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  Speaker 3: what it's done for you psychologically? Maybe?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? You know, I haven't been uh part of a
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  Speaker 2: playoff team yet, and uh, you could feel the difference.
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  Speaker 2: You could feel how every body is body and how
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  Speaker 2: everybody believes that we could win. And I miss a
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  Speaker 2: great feeling. I felt that coming in day one. You know,
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  Speaker 2: in the locker room, vibes are high. Everybody believes and
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  Speaker 2: that's how you know a team comes out victorious every Sunday?
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  Speaker 3: What do you see it? You so you can feel
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  Speaker 3: the what do you see it to make you feel
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  Speaker 3: like high? These guys really believe that we could be someone.
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  Speaker 2: Uh just a camaraderie in the locker room. How together
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  Speaker 2: the team is. I just feel like every time we
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  Speaker 2: go out on the field, we know that special things
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  Speaker 2: are gonna happen, and everybody is bought in and everybody
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  Speaker 2: knows it is a special team and we could do
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  Speaker 2: a lot of big things.
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  Speaker 1: You played against this defense earlier in the season, now
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  Speaker 1: you're practicing against them just two games a rowing all
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  Speaker 1: out on the team of the Endzoners.
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  Speaker 2: What can you say about the defense man? They're playing
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  Speaker 2: there at their best defense of the year and uh
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  Speaker 2: at at the perfect time. You know they they work
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  Speaker 2: super hard day in and day out. You can tell
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  Speaker 2: how close they are and they just you know, show
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  Speaker 2: that on the field and they're doing a great job
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  Speaker 2: for us.
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  Speaker 3: How can you talk a close dam.
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  Speaker 2: Uh just out in practice, you know pre game all
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  Speaker 2: the you know things that they say and how you
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  Speaker 2: know just prepared they are and how they kind of
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  Speaker 2: stick around. I feel like a lot of the leaders
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  Speaker 2: are on the defense, so uh yeah, they do a
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  Speaker 2: good job.
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  Speaker 3: What did you think of the way Sam performed in
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  Speaker 3: the second.
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  Speaker 2: Half, Yeah, no, he he kind of he brought us
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  Speaker 2: all together and just let us know that we need
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  Speaker 2: to put points on the board. And he's a leader
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  Speaker 2: and we knew that, you know, opportunities were gonna come
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  Speaker 2: and he was gonna be ready. He played a great
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  Speaker 2: second half and yeah, we put uh, what was it
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  Speaker 2: thirty points in the second half something like that. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: so that's just a shout out to him.
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  Speaker 3: So you brought you guys all together.
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  Speaker 2: When was that at halftime?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you have in the locker room everything else.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you ask for sure.