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Shane Waldron "You See Everybody Competing" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Off pup right to roll. What do you guys got
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  Speaker 1: doing good? Doing good? No strick and McKenzie, c J.
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  Speaker 2: Harrison, Mike, that whole crew had been you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: been a not an ideal time to go through this
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  Speaker 2: beginning of training camp. They've been awesome though, And so
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  Speaker 2: I don't have to run anywhere anytime soon, so be
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  Speaker 2: all right.
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  Speaker 1: Sure, fuck at all. There's been a lot of time
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  Speaker 1: to solid.
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  Speaker 3: Different weapons, especially when you're at Jackson and and Mannix
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  Speaker 3: ATNUE running backs.
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  Speaker 1: What have you seen in terms of the overall firepower
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  Speaker 1: of the offense?
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  Speaker 2: I think right now in training camp mode, you see
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  Speaker 2: everybody competing, you know, and and and the receivers are
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  Speaker 2: looking to push each other. We've got a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: different guys that are that are looking to push and compete. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: and not just the guys you named, like guys like
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  Speaker 2: Cody Thompson, Guys like D. S.
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  Speaker 1: Gridge. You know, they're all making each other work and
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  Speaker 1: work harder.
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  Speaker 2: And then the the dbs that are that are out
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  Speaker 2: there competing against us. So I see a group of
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  Speaker 2: guys on offense and on defense that are that are
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  Speaker 2: coming together right now with the right attitude and the
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  Speaker 2: right work ethic.
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  Speaker 1: As we're in this time of year in training camp,
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  Speaker 1: what have you.
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  Speaker 3: Thought of the running game against last several day we're
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  Speaker 3: Gonta having kennethan Zach out there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know, with DJ and and Kenny,
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  Speaker 2: those guys stepping right in there, and and Bryant and
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  Speaker 2: then Sir Roder coming in today or yesterday. Actually, you know,
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  Speaker 2: done a nice job. You know, Chad Morton does a
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  Speaker 2: great job with those guys. They really set the tone
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  Speaker 2: for our offense and our style of play, doing a
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  Speaker 2: great job of finishing runs, you know, getting the team going.
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  Speaker 2: And then in the past game, in the past protection
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  Speaker 2: in the routes. You know, just all the guys you
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  Speaker 2: know running at the running back spots. They might bring
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  Speaker 2: a little different flavor as far as the style of their.
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  Speaker 1: Play, but they're all going to play hard.
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  Speaker 2: They're all going to play with great effort and enthusiasm,
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  Speaker 2: and like I said, it sets the tone for our offense.
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  Speaker 3: You feel about where Jamic ng is at now compared
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  Speaker 3: to this Tommy Damergo TQ player come to the NFL now.
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  Speaker 2: The seasons, Yeah, I still stick with him and the
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  Speaker 2: hard work pays off. You know, all he's done out
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  Speaker 2: is come out here every day and work hard, and
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  Speaker 2: you see him develop more and more. You know, he
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  Speaker 2: set the tone last year by being a great on
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  Speaker 2: special teams and was able to get on the field
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  Speaker 2: that way, and then we were able to utilize them
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  Speaker 2: at wide receiver in certain scenarios there. And he's come
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  Speaker 2: out here and he's refined his route running and.
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  Speaker 1: He's just looking to improve every day.
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  Speaker 2: So I've been really really impressed with his work ethic
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  Speaker 2: and what he's been able to show as far as
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  Speaker 2: improvement goes throughout his early career.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, what have you seen an obviously the battlet
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  Speaker 1: center more about that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Evan and Olu have done a great
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  Speaker 2: job of competing right there, and Joey Hunt of pushing
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  Speaker 2: the group still looking for that that player that's going
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  Speaker 2: to replace Austin Blythe and that elite level of communication
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  Speaker 2: that he provided for our offense. And so I think
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  Speaker 2: all three of those guys have done a really good
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  Speaker 2: job in terms of early in training camp.
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  Speaker 1: How are you going to figure out, you know, what
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  Speaker 1: direction that's heading. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: We still got a little bit of time, but their communication,
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  Speaker 2: our ability to get into the right calls up front,
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  Speaker 2: you know, all the stuff that we're looking for in
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  Speaker 2: the center position. And now we've got a couple of
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  Speaker 2: days of pads under our belt, so we can start
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  Speaker 2: to get more of a true evaluation as we get
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  Speaker 2: through training camp.
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  Speaker 1: Right now is their timeline you have to get the
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  Speaker 1: senate position.
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  Speaker 2: I don't see an exact timeline right now. We have
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  Speaker 2: in house thought process behind it, but you know, we'll
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  Speaker 2: keep those guys competing and looking for those guys to
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  Speaker 2: bring out the very best in themselves.
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  Speaker 1: Tight end.
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  Speaker 3: You don't have like the one guy who had the
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  Speaker 3: big season last year, but collectively they were among the
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  Speaker 3: most productive in the NFLS What do you like about
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  Speaker 3: that group and maybe about having a bunch of guys
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  Speaker 3: doing it and set it as one guy you're leaning on.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, those guys have really come together.
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  Speaker 2: And even though again, like especially this time of year,
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  Speaker 2: those guys are are competing for you know, the thought
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  Speaker 2: of playing time and how their role will look on
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  Speaker 2: the team. But I think throughout the course of last year,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Pat McPherson did such a great job of
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  Speaker 2: keeping those guys as a cohesive unit and so.
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  Speaker 1: Whether it was Will or Noah or Kolbe or.
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  Speaker 2: When Tyler maybe he steps in and gets his opportunity,
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  Speaker 2: he makes the most of it. But I think as
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  Speaker 2: an offense, having those blue guys at the tight end
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  Speaker 2: position that are like Swiss army knights that can do
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of everything, line up in multiple ways,
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  Speaker 2: get us in and out of different personnels informations because
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  Speaker 2: each one of those guys just like the running backs,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they're all different stuff of player maybe, but
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  Speaker 2: they all bring their own flavor to each play, and
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  Speaker 2: whether it's a route or whether it's a block, they
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  Speaker 2: all do an excellent job.
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  Speaker 1: Where would you like to see your offense get better
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  Speaker 1: this year? What is your area in one area that
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  Speaker 1: you seek?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think just overall, with now being together for
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  Speaker 2: multiple years in this I think just that in game
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  Speaker 2: communication we can always.
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  Speaker 1: Keep improving there.
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  Speaker 2: Making sure we're we're getting to premiere looks more and
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  Speaker 2: more now that guys have repp plays over and over
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  Speaker 2: again and and really have an understanding for where you
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  Speaker 2: know all the ins and outs of each play, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and Gino's done a great job of taking that step here,
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  Speaker 2: especially this camp. You know, being on the same page,
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  Speaker 2: and you're not always going to get there day one
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  Speaker 2: of training camp, but when you have that background over
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  Speaker 2: a couple of year period, now that he has, you know,
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  Speaker 2: just being on the same page on in terms of
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  Speaker 2: with the receivers, you know, nuances of the routes, the depths,
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  Speaker 2: the you know, the field versus different coverage structures. So
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  Speaker 2: just you know, keep progressing with that communication and staying together,
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  Speaker 2: staying tight as an offensive group.
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  Speaker 3: I've talked about, you know, you know, going into this
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  Speaker 3: year with the whole year experience under.
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  Speaker 1: His belt and helping him.
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  Speaker 3: What about for you as a play caller and just
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  Speaker 3: you have that much more experience with him, what he likes, what.
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  Speaker 1: He does well in games. How much will that help you?
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  Speaker 2: I think it helps And I think going back to
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  Speaker 2: the communication piece, and you know, a chance to be
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  Speaker 2: around each other now for going into our our third year,
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  Speaker 2: just having that clear, open and honest communication on what
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  Speaker 2: happens on each individual play and you know, really pushing
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  Speaker 2: him to strive to get those whether it's sixty five
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  Speaker 2: or seventy snaps in a game. The understanding of the
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  Speaker 2: importance and how hard that is at the quarterback position
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  Speaker 2: to be locked in individually, you know, on each play
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  Speaker 2: that many times in a row, and the mental toughness
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  Speaker 2: that it takes, and he does such a great job
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  Speaker 2: with working at it and striving to be the best
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  Speaker 2: version of himself that he can be. You know, like
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  Speaker 2: I said that, you know, being around each other, being
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  Speaker 2: able to openly communicate and get things right and at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the day, you know what gives us
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  Speaker 2: the best chance to win, And that's what Gino's main
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  Speaker 2: goal is again.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, he looks pretty ready. Yeah, he's ready to
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  Speaker 1: go now.
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  Speaker 2: He's he has a great job just being so natural
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  Speaker 2: on a first time in OTA's get a chance to
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  Speaker 2: see him really having an understanding and like every rookie,
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  Speaker 2: he's got a lot of work to do, which he's
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  Speaker 2: doing learning from the vets. The veterans have done a
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  Speaker 2: great job and all the receivers talked about that was
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  Speaker 2: the culture that Sanjay Law has developed in that receiver
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  Speaker 2: room with DK and Tyler leading the way. So a
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  Speaker 2: guy like Jackson can come in the building and those guys,
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  Speaker 2: you know, wrap their arms around him and try to
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  Speaker 2: get the best out of him, help him to keep
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  Speaker 2: being the best player he can be you know, whether
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  Speaker 2: there's stuff in the playbook, nuances out in an individual period.
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  Speaker 1: So I think he's done a great job.
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  Speaker 2: And like I said, there's a lot of guys in
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  Speaker 2: that receiver room that are continuing to push him as well.
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  Speaker 2: But he's walked in, he's he knows, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: basics of what to do, and now he's just going
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  Speaker 2: to keep honing in on his craft to be the
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  Speaker 2: best player that he can be.
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  Speaker 3: Indeed handling competition to try and fit into that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think d scrig has done a great job
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  Speaker 2: of stacking days. You know, he's had multiple days in
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  Speaker 2: a row of making the right play, making big plays
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  Speaker 2: down the field. And again it's another guy who's had
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  Speaker 2: some unfortunate circumstances.
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  Speaker 1: Due to injuries.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, and now he's been you know, consistently out there
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  Speaker 2: during training camp and you know times when D's consistently
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  Speaker 2: out there and had a chance to showcase his skill set,
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  Speaker 2: he's maximized it.
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  Speaker 1: So really please with where he's at.
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  Speaker 2: And and like we keep talking about the competition element
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  Speaker 2: and training camp, all those guys have been pushing each
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  Speaker 2: other to the highest level.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've got to see Matt Laiders and
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  Speaker 1: Jake Bobo.
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  Speaker 2: Now since otass a totally different style.
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  Speaker 1: Receivers, but which has been your expression of the way
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  Speaker 1: that they feel overpack them ad in TNFL.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, again, like all the different positions, you know, different
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  Speaker 2: styles of players, different you know, body types or skill sets.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: The the thing I think that these guys are starting
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  Speaker 2: to feel comfortable with is in an offensive system. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we have plays, and then when they have the true
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  Speaker 2: understanding of what those plays are, then they know how
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  Speaker 2: to maximize their ability. And I've seen a guys in
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  Speaker 2: both of those guys in the younger receivers, especially where
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  Speaker 2: they've taken the coaching from OTAs and then rather than
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  Speaker 2: going back a few steps coming into training camp, they've
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  Speaker 2: picked up right where they've left off and they're able
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  Speaker 2: to display their their individual talents. Especially you get some
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  Speaker 2: one on one periods going now, you get a chance
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  Speaker 2: to see those guys work, and you know, as the
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  Speaker 2: reps build for those young guys, you know, when we
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  Speaker 2: get into preseason games, to me, those are the times
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  Speaker 2: where you really get a chance to see, you know,
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  Speaker 2: what they have to to look forward to.
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  Speaker 1: What's the most things Shark he's shown. He's showing right now.
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  Speaker 2: He walked in the doors as a professional, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the way he handled himself, Uh, the way he approached
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  Speaker 2: every day in the meetings, his work ethic.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he fit right. And you talk about DJ Dallas.
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  Speaker 2: And and uh the running back room with the standard
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  Speaker 2: that they have from we talk about guys from the past,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's Chris Carson, Marshawn Lynch, just that effort, enthusiasm,
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  Speaker 2: toughness that they bring to the table. Well, we're trying
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  Speaker 2: to develop all the young players to figure out what's
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  Speaker 2: their style of play, but still matching the effort of
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  Speaker 2: those guys that that have come before them and got
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  Speaker 2: such great players here. And so I think with Zach,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he's taken to the coaching, He's brought his
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  Speaker 2: style to play.
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  Speaker 1: He's big, tough and physical.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I can't wait to get a chance to
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  Speaker 2: see him when it's when it's full contact and guys
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  Speaker 2: have to tackle into the ground. Because he has shown
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  Speaker 2: that that power and explosiveness in his running style. I
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  Speaker 2: think for him it's just gonna be about accumulating reps
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  Speaker 2: in the past game, you know, stuff that he's asked
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  Speaker 2: to do. I think he's done a great again, just
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  Speaker 2: like you know, similar to what Ken was like last year,
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  Speaker 2: where you know, things that they were asked to do,
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  Speaker 2: what was great for the systems that they were in.
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  Speaker 2: But we're a little bit different here and and so
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  Speaker 2: just that learning curve and and figuring it out.
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  Speaker 1: But he just like Ken did.
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  Speaker 2: They're they're smart, they're tough, they're reliable, they're gonna get
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  Speaker 2: it right. Just needs to start accumulating those reps. When
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  Speaker 2: that time comes.
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  Speaker 1: Its going to be some time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think part of that comes back
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  Speaker 2: to just the the communication and the comfort level that
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  Speaker 2: that Gino has with our offense, with our offensive coaches,
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  Speaker 2: with the receivers, and and the work that he's put in. Like,
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  Speaker 2: the one thing I've noticed with Gino is since the
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  Speaker 2: first day have been around him till today, like his
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  Speaker 2: has never wavered. Whether he was in the backup role,
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  Speaker 2: the way he approached the game like he was going
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  Speaker 2: to be the starter, whether he's in a competition to
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  Speaker 2: be the starter last season going into training camp or
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  Speaker 2: now when we look at the OTAs and in this
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  Speaker 2: training camp, you know, Gino's shown up in mid season shape,
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  Speaker 2: physically ready, to go, and now it's about accumulating those reps.
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  Speaker 2: And so you know, in my opinion, he's put himself
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  Speaker 2: in position to have long term success by the way
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  Speaker 2: he's approached it, in the way that he's
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  Speaker 1: Worked, anything else than all right, thank you,