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Sam Darnold: "Today Was A Total Team Effort" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought today was a total team effort.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously in the first half, didn't get off to the
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  Speaker 1: start that we wanted to offensively, you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: we did, you know, most of everything that we wanted to.
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  Speaker 1: We just didn't finish in the red zone, you know,
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  Speaker 1: And so I think for us, like that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: been a theme. You know, we just got to continue
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  Speaker 1: to finish in the red zone and harp on that
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  Speaker 1: throughout the week. But we did a great job in
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  Speaker 1: the second half of coming back and finishing the game strong.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like our defense and obviously our special
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  Speaker 1: teams the way that they started the second half is unbelievable.
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  Speaker 2: It seems like you got in a rhythm at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the first half with the stood in the
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  Speaker 2: sheet and then the show to a j Was that
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  Speaker 2: last drive kind of important for you guys.
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  Speaker 1: And getting readised like half, Yeah, for sure, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just kind of getting up on the ball and using
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  Speaker 1: some tempo there, I think definitely helped us defense.
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  Speaker 2: Way it is saying, how much does that give the
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  Speaker 2: offense at least a cushion to know if it's not
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  Speaker 2: going right.
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  Speaker 1: And they'll hold it down. Yeah, I mean our defense
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  Speaker 1: has been playing well all year. We know, we know
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  Speaker 1: how good they are on that side of the ball.
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  Speaker 1: But as an offense, we got to continue to sustain
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  Speaker 1: you know, the the drives and you know, we got
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  Speaker 1: to sustain our success throughout the season and throughout the game.
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  Speaker 1: You know, if we just if we continue to do that,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like we'll be in a good spot as
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  Speaker 1: a team.
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  Speaker 2: You took out run a couple of times in the
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  Speaker 2: second half. Did hitting the first time?
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  Speaker 1: This something you wanted to do as a game went on,
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  Speaker 1: and you recognize I just you know, I try to
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  Speaker 1: take some of the opportunities that the defense gave me.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's going through my reads and if something
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  Speaker 1: wasn't there, it was just you know, not not panicking
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  Speaker 1: and just understanding that I could get out of the
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  Speaker 1: pocket and make something happen with my legs.
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  Speaker 2: Does it feel like a game like this was coming.
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  Speaker 1: For Yeah, you know, I think just the work that
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  Speaker 1: he's been putting in. You know, obviously he had the
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  Speaker 1: huge kick return, but he makes plays all the time
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  Speaker 1: in practice and for him to actually you know, be
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  Speaker 1: able to come out here and and you know, have
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  Speaker 1: success the way that he's been doing and he's been
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  Speaker 1: you know, executing at a high level throughout these games.
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  Speaker 1: Ever since he's gotten here. He just hasn't had hasn't
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  Speaker 1: had necessarily the opportunities the other guys have had. And
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  Speaker 1: you know that, you know, the fact that he finally
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  Speaker 1: got his today was a you know, it's special to see.
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  Speaker 2: Your last touchdown. What sort of the decision making process
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  Speaker 2: there where you're you know, you escape pressure, you're running
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  Speaker 2: and you can assume you gotta be aware of the
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  Speaker 2: line scrimmage and all that. Just what what's that play
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  Speaker 2: like in the moment?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's you know, trying to you know,
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  Speaker 1: just going through the read understanding that you know it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't really there, and just trying to make a play,
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  Speaker 1: you know, escaping escaping up instead of up and out,
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  Speaker 1: you know, which is something that I've been working on.
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  Speaker 1: But again, it's just kind of the opportunities that you
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  Speaker 1: get throughout a game, you know. So I just felt like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, their edge rushers were getting around a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: and so I just you know, try to get up
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  Speaker 1: the middle and uh, you know obviously made a play
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  Speaker 1: and Jack said, a great job of getting open. You
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  Speaker 1: do differently there, I think just put it on him.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's Elijah's such a big body. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I left that one kind of high
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  Speaker 1: for him. You know, if I could just get that
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  Speaker 1: one down, he could you know, box out almost like
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  Speaker 1: a rebound in basketball and and get the ball.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen teams now use their best corn to shadow Jackson.
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  Speaker 2: Why doesn't it work? How can you still get in
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  Speaker 2: the bad money just by that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think, you know, Jackson is a really good player. Obviously.
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  Speaker 1: I give a lot of credit to those guys in Atlanta,
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  Speaker 1: you know, especially their dbs. I felt like on tape
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  Speaker 1: just watching them. You know, they're they're some of the
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  Speaker 1: best in the league. And you know, I just feel
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  Speaker 1: like Jackson is a really good player. You know. There's
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  Speaker 1: nothing much else to be said other than that.
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  Speaker 2: Seemed like a second half. There was a lot of
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  Speaker 2: uh wide open players. Kui Kubiak maybe worth a talking
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  Speaker 2: about shout out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Uh No, Clint's been doing a great job, you know,
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  Speaker 1: ever since Otier's he's been doing a great job as
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  Speaker 1: our offensive coordinator. And you know, we have full trust
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  Speaker 1: in him to to be able to get us in
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  Speaker 1: really good situations, which again you know in the second
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  Speaker 1: half to be able to make some of the adjustments
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  Speaker 1: that we made. You know, it's a huge credit to
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  Speaker 1: not only Clint, but our entire offensive staff, priture.
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  Speaker 2: You're ten and three, what's the assessment of the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you know, we you know, we're able
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  Speaker 1: to go up and down the field, you know. I
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  Speaker 1: think for us, like I said, we just got to
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  Speaker 1: finish our drives, you know, not be satisfied once we
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  Speaker 1: get down there. You know, being able to punch the
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  Speaker 1: ball in the end zone. That's gonna be a huge
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  Speaker 1: thing for us moving forward. And then as always, it's
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  Speaker 1: staying positive on first and second down, getting in those
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  Speaker 1: third and five or unless to be able to make
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  Speaker 1: everything manageable for us. But I feel like we're in
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  Speaker 1: a good spot. We just got to continue to harp
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  Speaker 1: on the details of everything and we know that in
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  Speaker 1: the locker room, and we'll do a good job with that.