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Clint Hurtt: "Monday Was Very Encouraging" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: How encouraging is what you guys are able to do
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  Speaker 1: against explosive player to prevent a splessive plays this past
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  Speaker 1: game compared to what you saw the week before. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: very encouraging obviously. I I've spoke about that. That's something
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  Speaker 1: that we wanted to do, was eliminate explosives sometimes. To
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  Speaker 1: get those things done, Uh, there're certain things that you
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  Speaker 1: have to give up from time to time. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we knew or I knew going into it and maybe
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  Speaker 1: kind of be a little bit more you know, spacey
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  Speaker 1: underneath and have a lighter box and some of the
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  Speaker 1: run game stuff in order to eliminate the big plays. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: to get that done. So the guys did a nice
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  Speaker 1: job of owning a game playing and getting that accomplished
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  Speaker 1: from an execution standpoint, How did how did they do that? Then? Uh?
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  Speaker 1: Just guys staying on top uh schematically do some things
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  Speaker 1: where we could be aggressive on the perimeter screens and
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  Speaker 1: the quick throws with the RPO game, which we know
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  Speaker 1: is stable of what they do, you know, and obviously
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  Speaker 1: you're having the ability to stay on top of the
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  Speaker 1: big throws to uh Devonte Smith and also with aj Brown.
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  Speaker 1: So uh we wanted to do that schematically with you know,
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  Speaker 1: coverage wise or playing some quarters and things like that
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  Speaker 1: and some safeties, some coverages that we can roll to eleven.
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  Speaker 1: So the guys did a great job alone it, and
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  Speaker 1: I know obviously that was gonna make it hard on
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  Speaker 1: us to to take care of some of the things
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  Speaker 1: in the run game. But the whole thing is you're
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  Speaker 1: just gonna say, Okay, they're gonna do that, We'll give
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  Speaker 1: up some of that stuff. But when they wanna take
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  Speaker 1: their shots deep down the field, we gotta be able
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  Speaker 1: to capitalize because we're maximizing coverage or where we can
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  Speaker 1: take care of the ball when it happens. And obviously
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  Speaker 1: on Julian's two plays we were able to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Of Julian, the four turnovers the last two week obviously
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  Speaker 1: standing out to him. But beyond that, what do you
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  Speaker 1: like about the way he's playing for you guys are now, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's really came into his own you know a lot
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  Speaker 1: of early on in the year with him getting comfortable
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  Speaker 1: with everything, and and obviously you can see he's at
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  Speaker 1: that point now where he's no longer kind of just
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  Speaker 1: making sure he's on the same page with the teammates,
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  Speaker 1: and now he knows what's going on, so he can
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  Speaker 1: go and let the game come to him, and when
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  Speaker 1: his opportunities are there to make plays, he can go
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  Speaker 1: and take care of that. So it's been awesome to
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  Speaker 1: see it, and I think he's gonna continue to ascend,
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  Speaker 1: uh throughout the rest of the year. I'm sorry you can.
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  Speaker 1: With their scheme and with Hurts, was passed us something
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  Speaker 1: that you maybe the sack numbers and kits from there,
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  Speaker 1: but containment was more important. Containment was way more important.
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  Speaker 1: You know. It's just the thing is, there's so many
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  Speaker 1: throws with him where the ball's gonna come out fast.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of his throws in the passing game are
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  Speaker 1: rpo throws and quick screens, you know, things of that nature.
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  Speaker 1: So you're not gonna get sacks on those kinds of plays. Generally,
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  Speaker 1: when you're gonna get sacks on him is gonna be
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  Speaker 1: third down and two minutes. But because of his ability
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  Speaker 1: to extend plays, push the ball down the field, or
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  Speaker 1: him as a runner, it was more important to confine
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  Speaker 1: and keep him in the pocket as opposed to just
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  Speaker 1: go crazy, go cut it loose, and now you got
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  Speaker 1: space and bad things happen, So that was more important
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  Speaker 1: for us to get that done. And I thought the
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  Speaker 1: guys up until the last that twenty yard scramble he
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  Speaker 1: had in that two minute drive, they had done a
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  Speaker 1: good job of that all night long. So I mean,
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  Speaker 1: obviously you want to go get sacks, but it's about
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  Speaker 1: doing what you need to do to beat the opponent
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  Speaker 1: and what the challenges they present present to you. How
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  Speaker 1: much did you highlight the team winner Williams play on
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  Speaker 1: third down? I think it was the next to last
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  Speaker 1: drive that he ran and made him hurt. Absolutely, that
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  Speaker 1: was the whole thing coming into it. You know, obviously
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  Speaker 1: made a There's a lot of plays the big Cat
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  Speaker 1: made in that game that we're outstanding, you know, being
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  Speaker 1: on top of the screens, you know, whipping some blocks
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  Speaker 1: one on one in the run game and make some
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  Speaker 1: plays and obviously the effort uh on the third down
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  Speaker 1: finish and forcing them ball out about and make him
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  Speaker 1: throw the ball out of bounds. So that was a uh,
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  Speaker 1: excellent play by him. You gotta have to have those
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  Speaker 1: kind of plays that continue to win big games. When
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  Speaker 1: you talk about being lighter in the box last week
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  Speaker 1: and you've got a guy like Derek Henry though this week,
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  Speaker 1: I would imagine you have to shift some priorities and focus.
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  Speaker 1: You always gotta adapt to what style of offense you're
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  Speaker 1: playing your opponent, and obviously still fit things that you
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  Speaker 1: know that fit your style of players too, not always
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  Speaker 1: making so much about the opponent. But yeah, it's a
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  Speaker 1: different style of offense. It's a team that wants to
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  Speaker 1: run the football. They won't pound you. Uh, get multiple
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  Speaker 1: tight ends in the game, and they do a good
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  Speaker 1: job of presenting some different challenges to you. And they'll
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  Speaker 1: be my m assuming it'll be a veteran quarterback that
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  Speaker 1: I will be playing against 'em without. If Jamal Allens
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  Speaker 1: can't play and you need a heavier box, the kind
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  Speaker 1: of options do you have? You know we uh Devin
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  Speaker 1: Bush has played in that kind of big nickel spot
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  Speaker 1: for us, So he's a guy even when whether Jamal
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  Speaker 1: is up and ready to go or not. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we always keep Devin available to us. UH, So he's
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  Speaker 1: locked and loaded for that. So he'll be another option
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  Speaker 1: for us to be ready for to have us ready.
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  Speaker 1: What is Mike Jackson's physicality bring when you have a
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  Speaker 1: guy outside and do like you mentioned the Eagles a
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  Speaker 1: quick passing game one, he was kind of wrecking some
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  Speaker 1: of those. Yeah uh, Like you said, I mean, he's
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  Speaker 1: a big, physical corner. Whether it's a tight end outside
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  Speaker 1: trying to block him more, even if it's a bigger receiver,
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  Speaker 1: I'll take that matchup all day. You know, Mike is
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  Speaker 1: a physical player by nature. He plays to his body
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  Speaker 1: style and temperament. So uh, he did a heck of
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  Speaker 1: a job out there, and he understands himself. He does
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  Speaker 1: a good job of staying on top of routes and
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  Speaker 1: challenging guys at the top of the catch. So he
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  Speaker 1: and he played a heck of a game. Anything else,
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  Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thank you.