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Shane Waldron: "The Guys Are So Committed To Improvement" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: All right, real, good evening. How's everyone doing? Ready to go?
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  Speaker 1: Estame good? You know, when you get the ball out
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  Speaker 1: of the popcait quick, it's not that simple.
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  Speaker 2: What are the complexities that come in to get the
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  Speaker 2: ball out of that too?
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  Speaker 1: Sure? I think you know. Number one starts me getting
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  Speaker 1: the guys in the position where we can get some
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  Speaker 1: of those plays where they are ball out plays in
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  Speaker 1: a good rhythm against the right coverage structures. You know,
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  Speaker 1: But anytime we drop back and throw the ball or
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  Speaker 1: or any of our plays, it's always going to involve
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  Speaker 1: all eleven guys and everyone's going to have their their
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  Speaker 1: part in that. And for the receivers with the timing
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  Speaker 1: and rhythm in which those throws get out, for Gino
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  Speaker 1: staying in that rhythm, getting good pre snap coverage indicators,
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  Speaker 1: understanding what's going on in the play, and then the
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  Speaker 1: O line and the running backs doing a nice job
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  Speaker 1: being aggressive upfront there. So we're going to continuously work
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  Speaker 1: at getting better and improving every single day in that
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  Speaker 1: areax is something that we need to do and we
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  Speaker 1: will do like that. Yeah, I think Zach, you know,
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  Speaker 1: with his professional approach that he's since the day he
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  Speaker 1: walked in the door. I think it really has helped
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  Speaker 1: him now as he's been the lead back the last
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  Speaker 1: few weeks with Ken out, He's playing physical, playing tough,
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  Speaker 1: doing a good job, knowing all the protections, all the plays,
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  Speaker 1: what to do, and you know, looking for him to
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  Speaker 1: keep continuing to improve as he's been doing.
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  Speaker 2: He knows Smiff mentioned too, so he needs to throw
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  Speaker 2: guys on everything see him. I think that is part
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  Speaker 2: of the problem.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if that's a specific part of the problem,
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  Speaker 1: but I think you know, as we've talked through, had
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  Speaker 1: a great week of practice right here starting yesterday with
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  Speaker 1: Wednesday and leaning in today, is really proud of the
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  Speaker 1: guys the way they handled it and getting those front
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  Speaker 1: pad throws, getting those throws out in front so we
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  Speaker 1: can get our catch and run opportunities like we had
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  Speaker 1: a few weeks ago where we're able to produce a
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  Speaker 1: lot of those yards after catch. So I think that's
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  Speaker 1: one thing that we'll continue to work on throughout the
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  Speaker 1: course of the year, of throwing those guys open and
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  Speaker 1: putting the ball in position, and that great accuracy which
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  Speaker 1: Gino knows he has and has displayed in the times
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  Speaker 1: that we're rolling and really working on that every day
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  Speaker 1: in practice.
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  Speaker 2: He hasn't run as much this year, but when he
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  Speaker 2: does run it, he can still be effected. And there's
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  Speaker 2: the two runs the corner there. Do you want to
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  Speaker 2: see more of that from them?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think, you know, as the pocket allows it
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  Speaker 1: in different rush structures present themselves. I think the ability
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  Speaker 1: for the quarterback to scramble on it, especially in a
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  Speaker 1: third down scenario or in a known passing scenario just
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  Speaker 1: adds that extra layer to the defense that they know
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  Speaker 1: they have to defend. And I think, you know's John
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  Speaker 1: a good job of, you know, understanding when's the right
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  Speaker 1: time to do that and when's the time where you know,
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  Speaker 1: maybe the throwaways better than putting himself at risk as
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback, you know, with the rush lanes are as
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  Speaker 1: they're going. But something we'll talk about each week and continue,
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  Speaker 1: just like we talk about the timing in and rhythm
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  Speaker 1: of the pass game. Is one of the right times,
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  Speaker 1: one of the moments where Gino can show off his
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  Speaker 1: athleticism and gain the first down through a rush and
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  Speaker 1: also at the same time protecting himself.
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  Speaker 2: How you felt like the offensive line has sort of
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  Speaker 2: held up with all had a lot of movie parts
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  Speaker 2: this year and things like that tough defensive line last.
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  Speaker 1: Week together this week. Yeah, I think the old line,
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  Speaker 1: you know, as a whole every week they're going to
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  Speaker 1: go against these these top notch defensive linemen. Got it
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  Speaker 1: again this week obviously with Parsons and the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the guys there. But I think they've done a good
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  Speaker 1: job of, you know, having a mix and match, different
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  Speaker 1: guys playing together different you know, moving parts throughout the
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  Speaker 1: course of different weeks. But I think, just like the
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  Speaker 1: O line, just like our offense as a whole, it's
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  Speaker 1: something that we need to work out of this rut
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  Speaker 1: that we're in right now and continue to improve. And
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  Speaker 1: like I said, all reference back to Wednesday's practice, where
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't be more proud of our team and knowing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, why do we have confidence moving forward because
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  Speaker 1: we got a group of guys that are so committed
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  Speaker 1: to improvement, starting with the offensive line and coming out here,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in a full padded practice. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: I say Wednesday, knowing I'm talking football language here, I
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  Speaker 1: have no idea what day of the week it actually
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  Speaker 1: is right now, but on our Wednesday schedule right there,
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  Speaker 1: the guys coming out there and able to run and
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  Speaker 1: hit and get back into it. And for us as
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  Speaker 1: an offense to get out of this rut that we're in,
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  Speaker 1: we need to show that, we need to show that improvement,
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  Speaker 1: and we know we can and we have confidence in
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  Speaker 1: the players and ourselves in getting getting that done.
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  Speaker 2: And you guys are twenty ninth in the league in
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  Speaker 2: rushing at texts per game around twenty three game or so.
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  Speaker 2: Is that any where close to where you guys want
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  Speaker 2: to be or is it just kind of where things
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  Speaker 2: are gone? Starts to saying, how do you read into that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think you read into it in the games
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  Speaker 1: that we haven't had the first second down success, you know,
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  Speaker 1: has really led to our rushing game being low totals.
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  Speaker 1: You know, whether you talk about the you know, the
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  Speaker 1: different games that we've struggled offensively, we haven't got enough
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  Speaker 1: plays off you know, we haven't beneficient enough, like the
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  Speaker 1: first half in that San Francisco game especially, you know
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  Speaker 1: where we're getting in the three and out mode right there,
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  Speaker 1: and so you just don't have enough carries and then
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  Speaker 1: you end up in a two minute mode and and
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  Speaker 1: you know, so we're not where we want to be,
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  Speaker 1: right there with the run totals due to some of
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  Speaker 1: the other circumstances that we need to keep working on
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  Speaker 1: and keep improving. When the games are like two situations
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  Speaker 1: in the game. Is in a run numbers are rig yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think you know, we've looked back at it different
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  Speaker 1: games where we've been in a more balanced attack. You know,
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  Speaker 1: those are where our run numbers have gotten better. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we talked about the you know, getting over one hundred
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  Speaker 1: yards in a game is is just a number, but
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  Speaker 1: those are those are helpful things. Anytime you can get
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  Speaker 1: that rush total in the completions total together to get
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  Speaker 1: to a certain number, you know, whether it's fifty or
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  Speaker 1: whatever the number you want to get to, those are
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  Speaker 1: times we're usually playing in a good position in that game,
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  Speaker 1: and so for us as always looking back to get
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  Speaker 1: into our true identity as an offense, whether you look
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  Speaker 1: at the Detroit game or different games throughout the course
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  Speaker 1: of this season or the last couple, you know, those
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  Speaker 1: balanced attacks, those games where we can utilize our play action,
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  Speaker 1: our run game, our keepers, our screens have started to
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  Speaker 1: come to life more this year. You know, those are
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  Speaker 1: the times when we're at our best, and that's where
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  Speaker 1: we're searching that continuous improvement to get to that stage
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  Speaker 1: in our offense.
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  Speaker 2: What's the one aspect swift and two your offense to
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  Speaker 2: kick off?
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  Speaker 1: The one aspect I think for Gino is you know,
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  Speaker 1: that timing and rhythm in the past game right there,
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  Speaker 1: especially in the known passing situations in the third down.
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  Speaker 1: But for those two, you know, for those things that
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  Speaker 1: happen for Gino, there's a lot of things that go
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  Speaker 1: into it. And I think for us as an offense
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  Speaker 1: as a whole, in the passing game, you know, taking
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  Speaker 1: all eleven, every snap into account, including Gino, I think
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  Speaker 1: that's one thing where we're looking to take a step forward.
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  Speaker 2: How good was Jackson?
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  Speaker 1: This catch? As unbelievable, you know, I think I feel
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  Speaker 1: like that was one of those rare catches where the
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  Speaker 1: slow motion replays don't do the justice too as it
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  Speaker 1: was on the sideline. I mean, from my advantage point,
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  Speaker 1: I'm standing right there and looking at that ball in
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  Speaker 1: the air, thinking, wow, this is you know, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if he's gonna be able to even get a
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  Speaker 1: fingertip on the ball right here, and then sure enough,
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  Speaker 1: just like he's done. You know, no one should be surprised.
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  Speaker 1: He's done this in practice multiple times from training camp
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  Speaker 1: on through, so just so impressive. And then to be
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  Speaker 1: able to finish the catch through the through the you
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  Speaker 1: know hit and hit landing on the ground right there
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  Speaker 1: with it in that locked up position, just an unbelievable
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  Speaker 1: play and really displays his ball tracking skills to a
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  Speaker 1: t right there where you can picture him, whether it's
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  Speaker 1: Jackson or Willie May's making that catch, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: can picture the same the same body control, the same result.
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  Speaker 2: Seven getting a little more profitive kinds going on.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely think Jackson's confidence is sky high right now.
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  Speaker 1: You know, is able to battle through the tough start
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  Speaker 1: where he had his wrist injury and you know, getting
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  Speaker 1: his rapport going with everything, and now I think you
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  Speaker 1: see his his talents coming to life. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: he goes out there works hard every day. So it's
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  Speaker 1: no surprise that he's going to continue to get better
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  Speaker 1: his ball tracking skills. That's natural. If something's work there,
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  Speaker 1: Christ I think it's it's a combination. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a god given talent that guys have, you know, those
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  Speaker 1: those guys that you can feel like they can go
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  Speaker 1: play in any any of the outfield positions in baseball
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  Speaker 1: naturally track the ball, you know, like the Deshaun Jackson's
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  Speaker 1: or like Tyler Lockett's always been displaying to do and
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  Speaker 1: then got in and the combination of those guys that
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  Speaker 1: can do that naturally like Jackson, and then they work
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  Speaker 1: like crazy at it as well. And so I think
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  Speaker 1: those are the you know, you take a good skill
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  Speaker 1: set and then you maximize it by by your work effort.
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  Speaker 2: So did you have to alter and team plan or
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  Speaker 2: anything last week? But he and Retina was dealing with her.
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  Speaker 2: Where is he fully available to you everything he wanted
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  Speaker 2: to do?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think after we see him in pregame warm
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  Speaker 1: ups able to throw. You know, it did take all
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  Speaker 1: away until then to really see him you know where
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  Speaker 1: he was going to be at. But he was confident
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  Speaker 1: in it and and was able to spin it well
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  Speaker 1: in pregame and you know what, was able to carry
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  Speaker 1: it into the game.
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  Speaker 2: Third doubt, where you've seen a lot of tendency breakers
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  Speaker 2: from Tom NDErs Showman's Down for Senor show.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's a it's a combination each week,
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  Speaker 1: you know in the third down world where uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the it's rare to get a team that does have
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  Speaker 1: true you know, there's no eighty tendencies anymore. You know,
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  Speaker 1: guys doing defense do a great job just like just
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  Speaker 1: like coach Quinn does with mixing and matching different mass
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  Speaker 1: coverages or playing man and showing man and playing zone.
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  Speaker 1: So we have to do a great job in those
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  Speaker 1: things of using some pre snap tips and tells, but
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  Speaker 1: also that that pre snap picture transitioning into the post
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  Speaker 1: snap reed for the quarterback, for the receivers, tight ends,
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  Speaker 1: running backs, saying is something that we need to continue
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  Speaker 1: to keep getting better at to help our third down efforts.
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  Speaker 1: Regards absolutely when you're talking about different style of play
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  Speaker 1: and you know, what's what's it looking like this game,
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  Speaker 1: Because you're generally speaking game to game, you're going to
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  Speaker 1: see what that style of defense is going to be
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  Speaker 1: throughout that game, So you know you have a good
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  Speaker 1: plan going in. You have an understanding of what are
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  Speaker 1: the overall numbers look like, what are the analytics telling you,
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  Speaker 1: But then also the feel of the in the game. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: here's how they're playing us in this particular week in
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  Speaker 1: the third down world right there, and what are we
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  Speaker 1: anticipating for the next third down call.
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  Speaker 2: You see all that pretty.
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  Speaker 1: That's definitely a combined effort right there. You know, we
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  Speaker 1: have different guys, their eyes are responsible to be in
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  Speaker 1: different spots on every single play so that we make
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  Speaker 1: sure we're doing a good job maximizing seeing everything that's
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  Speaker 1: happening on the field, and then combining that with the
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  Speaker 1: surfaces are always a good tool, you know, post drive
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  Speaker 1: right there to go back through and verify the things
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  Speaker 1: that everyone's seen on live action. Why do you like?
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  Speaker 1: Do I like being on the field to be able
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  Speaker 1: to communicate with all the guys, you know, from the
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  Speaker 1: offensive line to the quarterback with that instant feedback to
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  Speaker 1: the running backs receivers tight ends. So for me personally
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  Speaker 1: and for us as an offensive staff, you know, that's
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  Speaker 1: that's our where we've seen that, we've seen advantage there.
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  Speaker 2: Players have mentioned us higher urgency. Where do you feel
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  Speaker 2: an urgency this week?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think there's an urgency every week in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: And I think after a performance like we had this
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  Speaker 1: past week, like I said, showing up on that Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: quote unquote practice schedule, there just the intensity, the sense
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  Speaker 1: of urgency, that urgent enjoyment though that the players still
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  Speaker 1: need to find, you know, because this is a game
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  Speaker 1: of excitement and game of playing with energy. So finding
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  Speaker 1: that balance of Okay, yeah, we're frustrated, we want to
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  Speaker 1: make this better, we want to fix this thing right now,
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  Speaker 1: but then also not going outside the box of what's
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  Speaker 1: our fundamentals, what's our core techniques, and how do you
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  Speaker 1: make that urgency use that urgency, uh, to funnel into
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  Speaker 1: the right place with your emotions and your energy out
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  Speaker 1: on the field. Me, thank you, good, all right, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: M hmmm,