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Mike Macdonald: "We Played A Complementary Game Today" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, good to see everybody. Great, great team win
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  Speaker 1: for us.
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  Speaker 2: Uh Man, just the mentality that we're in right now,
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  Speaker 2: coming down the home stretch December football.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I thought the guys were ready.
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  Speaker 2: To play, trying to put it all together all three phases.
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  Speaker 1: I thought we took a step today.
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  Speaker 2: On special teams, I've been great if Challe would have
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  Speaker 2: held onto the ball when he's done by contact.
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  Speaker 1: Gave me a little scare.
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  Speaker 2: But uh, offensively, being able to run the rock, control
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  Speaker 2: the tempo of the game, find some explosives in the
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  Speaker 2: running pass game. Defensively stelling down after that first drive
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  Speaker 2: and made some adjustments as we went and then really
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  Speaker 2: you know, tried to keep it, you know, a multiple
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  Speaker 2: score game in the second half. So just this is
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  Speaker 2: a great win. Great guys, had a great mentality, great
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  Speaker 2: week of prep. So we got to keep stacking it.
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  Speaker 2: And uh we got a you know, we got a
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  Speaker 2: big game coming up on on primetime this this week.
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  Speaker 1: So excited.
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  Speaker 2: But we're moving forward and keep stacking wins. The game today, well,
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  Speaker 2: I thought one, we had a great plan. Hats off
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  Speaker 2: to the offensive line. I mean I thought they bucked
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  Speaker 2: their tails off. I think I think you what you're
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  Speaker 2: seeing is just continual progress on all of our processes
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  Speaker 2: and our guys kind of getting on the same page.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, hopefully this is something that well, it is
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  Speaker 2: something that we need to build off of moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: But guys did a great job. And then Sarge is
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  Speaker 1: the lead, stepped up, filled up for Kenny.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, exactly, did a great job. Gave me a
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  Speaker 2: game ball, gave the offensive line a game ball. Just
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  Speaker 2: ran really physical and stuff to tackle that guy in
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  Speaker 2: the open field.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's got speed and power, So excited for him.
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  Speaker 3: He's not going to show up in the box.
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  Speaker 1: Coach.
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  Speaker 3: But Derek Hall drew three olds today.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the first one was right before Jones interception. How
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  Speaker 1: big were those plays in the scheme and things just
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  Speaker 1: getting them behind the sticks?
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  Speaker 2: Great? Yeah, we were fortunate on some of the penalties
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  Speaker 2: that went back, but you know, if you look at him,
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  Speaker 2: those are not necessarily unforced errors. Those are, to your point,
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  Speaker 2: our guys playing the right way. So Derek's had a
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  Speaker 2: great season. Uh, he's a he's a very physical player
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  Speaker 2: and plays his plays the absolute tail off. So even
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  Speaker 2: the short yardage play, you know, they they creased us
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  Speaker 2: there in the sea gap and character the holding there
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  Speaker 2: where it probably would have made the play. So those
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  Speaker 2: were two two huge games or plays going into the game.
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  Speaker 3: I've been struggling a little bit lately. Can you talk
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  Speaker 3: about the dry and the work that which graub Gas
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  Speaker 3: has gotten all those guys have been doing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's going.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they deserve a lot of credit, you know. I
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  Speaker 2: just I have been saying for weeks, we've been we're going,
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  Speaker 2: we're working on this thing. So we're working through all
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  Speaker 2: the processes. By no stretch of the imagination are we
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  Speaker 2: have we made it. But it's great to kind of
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  Speaker 2: get a breakthrough on productivity on how we want to play.
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  Speaker 1: I thought grub called the great game.
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  Speaker 2: And Amber we go, you know, so I think now
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  Speaker 2: we can hopefully we just generate some more confidence for
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  Speaker 2: us and the things that we've been doing and the
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  Speaker 2: inputs that we're putting in. But I thought we played
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  Speaker 2: a complimentary game today. The ball wasn't in jeopardy. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: Gino didn't take any sacks, and so that's what's gonna
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  Speaker 2: take to win, especially late in the.
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  Speaker 4: Year today, that even when you knew Ken couldn't go,
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  Speaker 4: that you're gonna stick with the plan.
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  Speaker 3: And run exact the way to.
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  Speaker 1: Do well well.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, Ken's obviously a dynamite back and
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  Speaker 2: we would have loved to have him, but so is
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  Speaker 2: Zach and h Kenny McIntosh has proved that he can
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  Speaker 2: run the ball effectively as well, so we didn't feel
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  Speaker 2: like we need to make any any adjustments.
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  Speaker 3: First had a big play, but outside of that is
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  Speaker 3: pretty dominating performances.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, was the most significant change in the last few games.
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  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, we I mean, again, similar to the offense,
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  Speaker 2: I think the curve just happened a little bit earlier.
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  Speaker 2: Just it's a it's a room full of guys and
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  Speaker 2: full of men that just decided that we're gonna stick together,
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  Speaker 2: do it together, prepare our tails off throughout the week,
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  Speaker 2: stay poised, and we decided we want to play a
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  Speaker 2: certain way.
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  Speaker 1: And so when it shows up.
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  Speaker 2: On tape, and when it doesn't show up on tape,
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  Speaker 2: then you know, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
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  Speaker 2: And our guys are starting to you know, step up
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  Speaker 2: as leaders too, where we're there feeling confident and in
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  Speaker 2: talking to the group and taking ownership, but of what
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  Speaker 2: shows up on tape.
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  Speaker 1: So uh, we got to keep building season high and
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  Speaker 1: rushing yards. I think was only head twice. Just was
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  Speaker 1: that your offensive line today only? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean I thought they probably their best game to date.
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  Speaker 2: But Gino deserves a lot of credit too. I mean
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  Speaker 2: he's playing really decisive, really accurate. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 2: big time throws going on out there, especially in critical.
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  Speaker 1: Moments at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe it's multiple, multiple score game, but that can change
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  Speaker 2: in a blink of an eye. And so to try
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  Speaker 2: to keep moving the sticks on some of those second
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  Speaker 2: down throws where it kept drives going, that was a
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  Speaker 2: that was big time. And then being able to manage
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  Speaker 2: the clock in all the situations. He's just doing it.
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  Speaker 2: He's doing a tremendous job right now.
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  Speaker 1: He goes your offensive line quite a bit.
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  Speaker 4: When you say that guys have gotten on the same
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  Speaker 4: page in the run game, how much is it just
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  Speaker 4: the offensive lineman getting used to play.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's great to go two games in
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  Speaker 2: a row with the same five guys.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, I think you see the same thing.
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  Speaker 2: Just anytime you have continuity and you can stack reps,
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  Speaker 2: that's important. Now, sometimes you got to make necessary adjustments
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  Speaker 2: or guys go down. Guy's got to step up that
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  Speaker 2: which is u happened throughout the season, but it's been
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  Speaker 2: great to get two weeks in a row where you know,
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  Speaker 2: same five guys are out there and they can build
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  Speaker 2: off of these performances to moving the ball in the air,
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  Speaker 2: the ball the draft, getting two interceptions, get in the
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  Speaker 2: quarterback of your trunks and hose, all this stuff.
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  Speaker 4: Just feel like toms upon them.
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  Speaker 2: I think, yeah, probably probably That's something that we've been
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  Speaker 2: really focusing on, trying to really play complimentary football, three
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  Speaker 2: phases together.
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  Speaker 1: Tilting field.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is a really good football team and
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  Speaker 2: if if you're not careful, they can kind of squeeze
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  Speaker 2: the life out of you with how they control, possess
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  Speaker 2: the ball, create explosives, tilted field position. So those are
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  Speaker 2: things that you need to Those are battles, kind of
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  Speaker 2: games within the game that you have to win in
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  Speaker 2: order to beat a team like this, and our guys did.
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  Speaker 3: That has an interception both games against Arizona. To talk
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  Speaker 3: about what he didn't bring in.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we sailed their tail on that one. I mean
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  Speaker 2: we we had a coverage bus actually on that one.
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  Speaker 2: So having a post safety that can erase some things.
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  Speaker 2: It's a huge I mean it's you need those guys.
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  Speaker 2: So he's playing at a high level right now and we're
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  Speaker 2: communicating really well. And I'm really happy for Kobe because
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  Speaker 2: he's he's he's worked it extremely hard to prepare himself
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  Speaker 2: and really master what we're asking him to do. So
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  Speaker 2: he's doing a great job. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I just saw him walking in here. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how about that.
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  Speaker 2: I mean the week of like of all time, this
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  Speaker 2: week has been an in it's but uh, it became
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  Speaker 2: kind of it became clear today actually that Dicko was
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  Speaker 2: going to be able to go and and man, he
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  Speaker 2: punted his tail. I mean really talking about flipping field
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  Speaker 2: position and playing complimentary football.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he he's can't imagine anybody doing it better
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  Speaker 1: than he does.
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  Speaker 3: Like a good birthday president for Jack.
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  Speaker 2: One day, I'll tell him about this week and it'll
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  Speaker 2: be good.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe a bedtime story one day.
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  Speaker 4: And going back to your first year in Baltimore is
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  Speaker 4: a d C in twenty twenty two, through weeks one
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  Speaker 4: through eight, you guys were twenty third in the league
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  Speaker 4: in terms of defensive just the defense allowing points.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: From weeks nine through the rest of the season, you
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  Speaker 4: were number one in the NFL this year, the eighth
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  Speaker 4: game was Buffalo. At that time, you sat around twenty first.
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  Speaker 4: Since then you're thirteen and a half points a game,
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  Speaker 4: which I believe came into the weekend at second. I
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  Speaker 4: know you touched on the mindset, but what other traits
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  Speaker 4: and attributes about what you install and what you do
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  Speaker 4: defensively kind of fits in your mind Why it might
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  Speaker 4: hit at about the half of half season.
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  Speaker 1: Mark in your first year. I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 2: I mean don't I don't want it to be taking
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  Speaker 2: a shift like that. You don't want to be given
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  Speaker 2: up points at any point. Trading for rokwand Smith helped
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  Speaker 2: in Baltimore, and then I think you know, speaking that,
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  Speaker 2: I just think, like the there's a lot of parallels
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  Speaker 2: because we traded for Ernest and I understand that. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's a new where, a new staff, the
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  Speaker 2: new players. This is the first time we've heard everything.
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  Speaker 2: I've learned a lot on the job about what works,
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  Speaker 2: what doesn't work, but we can execute it a level
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  Speaker 2: what our guys are good at. All of our coaches
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  Speaker 2: are working extremely hard to stay connected and to move forward.
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  Speaker 2: And uh, I'm glad that it's start you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's coming together and we got to keep building on it.
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  Speaker 2: In order to do that, you need to have urgency,
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  Speaker 2: you know, every day bringing it and enjoy the process.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's fun process building a team and I'm
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  Speaker 2: having guys buy in and things like that. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: but it takes a lot of work, and so our
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  Speaker 2: you know, our our coaches and our players there's a
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  Speaker 2: little deserve a lot of credit for having that faith
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  Speaker 2: and saying, hey, you know, we're not necessarily getting the
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  Speaker 2: results that we want right now, but we can see
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  Speaker 2: some really cool things on tape, and there's things where
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  Speaker 2: we can there's opportunities for us to really grow here,
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  Speaker 2: and if we stick to it and stay together, then
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  Speaker 2: you know, then really the skuy's the limit for us.
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  Speaker 1: We really believe that. So everybody else deserves a lot
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  Speaker 1: of credit. Good that's seques where.
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  Speaker 3: You not only get the two picks, but then convert
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  Speaker 3: them into quick touchdowns. How does that change it feel
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  Speaker 3: the game when you're able to.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, and I mean every we're broken record.
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  Speaker 2: This is the cliche of a lifetime, but it's true.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the turnover margin is huge, and then to
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  Speaker 2: do it in positive territory for our offense. And then
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  Speaker 2: what a great play by Jackson and Dino on the
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  Speaker 2: sudden change touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: So we needed it.
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  Speaker 2: I mean we had we had a slow start on defense,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we kind of made it right on
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  Speaker 2: defense to be able to affect the ball and put
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  Speaker 2: our position, our offense in position to go get a
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  Speaker 2: couple of scores.
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  Speaker 1: What's the really read on Ken Walker his chances to
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  Speaker 1: be back this week? All right, not sure, not sure.
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  Speaker 1: We'll work through it right now, but we're not sure.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I have one on the.
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  Speaker 3: Road and talk about what that said with character the
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  Speaker 3: team and what you saw from the traveling Seahawks fans here.
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  Speaker 1: Well, our twelves deserves a lot of credit. Man, they
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  Speaker 1: were lowed.
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  Speaker 2: I think we had them on silent cadence for the
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  Speaker 2: majority of the game. So man, what an awesome atmosphere
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  Speaker 2: to shout out to everybody showing up being loud. It
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  Speaker 2: was an awesome atmosphere. Yeah, we're lucky, man, I mean
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  Speaker 2: we got the best answer.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that was cool. That was that was cool.
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  Speaker 3: So here we are.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks all right, great, thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Question