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Aden Durde: "Leonard Williams Is Playing Lights Out" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: Happy New Year, Unity Sunday presents for your for the
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  Speaker 1: team and also the defense.
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  Speaker 2: And you just talk about that. Sorry, I didn't hear
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  Speaker 2: the question. Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: I know you're not to play as with the opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: Sunday disiens.
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  Speaker 2: For your team wins. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think like anytime you take the field, you have
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  Speaker 1: to ultimately respect this game, you know, Like I think
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  Speaker 1: like that's where first and foremost starts. And then I
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  Speaker 1: think after that is what we're building, you know, like you.
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  Speaker 2: Like Mike talks about it all the time. Process of
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  Speaker 2: a results.
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  Speaker 1: It's like as we're going through game by game, week
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  Speaker 1: by week, day by day, it's like are we practicing
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  Speaker 1: the right way? Are we attacking the ball the right way?
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  Speaker 1: Are we doing our fundamentals the right way? This is
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  Speaker 1: another chance to showcase that. Like I think the more
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  Speaker 1: you can focus on those things, the more the results
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  Speaker 1: and the outcome on the field kind of feed themselves.
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  Speaker 1: And that that's the kind of mindset might have been
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  Speaker 1: pushing all year. And I think he's done a great job.
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  Speaker 2: What do you, boy in my faith? Can you just
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  Speaker 2: talk about the your heir?
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  Speaker 1: I know you with the screen, Yeah, I thought, I thought, boy,
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  Speaker 1: had a great you know, like he came out and like,
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  Speaker 1: I think the things that I've grown in Boy are
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  Speaker 1: his ability to play every down, ability to affect the
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  Speaker 1: game on every down. I've seen that grow throughout the year.
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  Speaker 1: I think like he started and he was really affecting
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback. You remember, like the New England game, even
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  Speaker 1: in the Denver game. When at the start of the season,
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  Speaker 1: in the Miami game, I think he got a little
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  Speaker 1: nick and he was out for a few weeks, and
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  Speaker 1: I think he's like over the last I would say,
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  Speaker 1: for six weeks, he's kind of refound himself and really
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  Speaker 1: kind of found his ability to play on edges of
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  Speaker 1: players and attack the quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: In the same way. And that's what I see. Boy's
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  Speaker 2: done a great job this year.
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  Speaker 1: Leo's productive actual level of surprise and now, yeah, obviously
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  Speaker 1: you're surprised, you know, Like I think Leo's playing an
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  Speaker 1: extremely high level as anyone in the league, I would say,
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  Speaker 1: And I think we're all proud of him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I think, like you want recognition from your peers. It's hard,
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  Speaker 1: like you say today, but what he's done is like
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  Speaker 1: what sixty tackles, nine sacks, like he's playing lights that
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  Speaker 1: he's a game record week in week out, and.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's he's what our defense needs. Love him.
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  Speaker 3: You guys had three takeaways in the first game against Denmver.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a little harder the rest of the way.
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  Speaker 3: What needs to happen for the defense to get and
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  Speaker 3: get back to the ring turnovers?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think like it's hard like turnovers.
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  Speaker 1: I think again, it's like it's an easy answer for
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  Speaker 1: me to stand there behind the poldium and say to your
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  Speaker 1: it's process over results, and you've got to detectable. You
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  Speaker 1: have to, like we try and do it every day here,
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  Speaker 1: build a mindset of how how are we taking the
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  Speaker 1: ball away in practice?
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  Speaker 2: Are we counting it?
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  Speaker 1: Are we can't how many times we're disrupting the ball.
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  Speaker 1: The more you hit the ball, the more you rush
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  Speaker 1: and cover as a group as a collective, and the
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  Speaker 1: more you put pressure on an offense, you.
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  Speaker 2: You change the mindset of how they protect the ball.
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  Speaker 2: I believe.
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  Speaker 1: So I think the more we consistently do that, hopefully
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  Speaker 1: we can bring it a life and it comes out.
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  Speaker 1: There's games where like this year, I'll be honest with you,
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  Speaker 1: the ball's been on the ground a lot, and we
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  Speaker 1: just haven't hasn't bounced, you know, like and sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: overthink those things and you'll be like, Okay, we've got
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  Speaker 1: to run to the ball more. And then you look
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  Speaker 1: at the tape of the guys are running too the ball,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like so I haven't quite put my finger
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  Speaker 1: on that, I would say, but I've the guys are attacking.
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  Speaker 3: It with enough players when the ball bounced on their
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  Speaker 3: corporate if you will.
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  Speaker 2: With enough players around.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, sometimes there are there was one like like the
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  Speaker 1: difference between like Denver, the guy breaks a run, Julian
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  Speaker 1: hits him, ball bounce that bounces straight back to a
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  Speaker 1: player the Jets.
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  Speaker 2: Julian hits the.
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  Speaker 1: Guy, it bounces straight to ten Like it's like some
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  Speaker 1: do you know, Like it's you think about those things
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  Speaker 1: and it's not that over thinking it or putting excuses
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  Speaker 1: on people. We have got to run to a ball
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  Speaker 1: and run to the ball ever we play like is
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  Speaker 1: coming out and you just keep talking it, keep working it,
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  Speaker 1: and I think those good things will happen as you
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  Speaker 1: build it kind of.
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  Speaker 2: Shil puts personnel last offseason, how much do you perspect
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  Speaker 2: if I have to this off season and change a
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  Speaker 2: different I don't know the answer to that right now.
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  Speaker 1: I would say, like, uh, I'm really thinking about the rams,
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  Speaker 1: so like I haven't even got to the next phase.
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  Speaker 2: And that's that's how I'd answer that question.
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  Speaker 3: You've heard from coaches players all year about how well
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  Speaker 3: Whetherspoon's playing, even if the stats aren't always there, and
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  Speaker 3: it's good to see that recognized with a Pro Bowl
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  Speaker 3: function and gear where you can't have all the numbers
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  Speaker 3: popping off the stefield.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt.
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  Speaker 1: Like for for Spoon to get the recognition for the
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  Speaker 1: way he plays the game is like heartwoman, you know that,
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  Speaker 1: you see, like the effort that he puts in the
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  Speaker 1: ability has to close down certain parts of the field.
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  Speaker 2: He's tackling his effort.
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  Speaker 1: Like all those things people recognize and they recognize what
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  Speaker 1: type of player is and what he represents. I'm I'm
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  Speaker 1: super happy for him.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like you've changed your first year as a DC.
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  Speaker 3: Are you different now than you were when.
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  Speaker 2: The year started. It's a good question.
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  Speaker 1: I think I'm probably way more patient, way more comfortable
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  Speaker 1: with the things.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know sometimes as you go through it.
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  Speaker 1: I've got great people that I work with, like lairs
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  Speaker 1: and mic They're always there to kind of lean on
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  Speaker 1: and then be confident in the things you do know
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  Speaker 1: you know, like and the positive things you can do
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  Speaker 1: and working with a group.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been a good years.
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  Speaker 4: The way you got during his.
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  Speaker 1: Back huge like that, that's the business side of it,
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  Speaker 1: and I think you have to but the player is
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  Speaker 1: for our defense is huge.
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  Speaker 2: What kind of resources less me? Very good, valuable.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to kind of put those ones into words
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  Speaker 1: because like he he does a lot of different things
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  Speaker 1: on a lot of different levels, and he supports me
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  Speaker 1: as a friend, he supports me as a co worker.
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  Speaker 1: He supportedly mentors me, like for me personally I'm talking,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not really talking outside of that.
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  Speaker 2: He he means a lot to me. He's done, He's
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  Speaker 2: helped me a lot.
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  Speaker 3: I know you're focused on the Rams, uh as part
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  Speaker 3: of you also looking forward to starting next year with
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  Speaker 3: where you guys are ending this year instead of having
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  Speaker 3: to start at the beginning and the way you did.
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  Speaker 4: This past doctorson Yeah, obviously, but I like I I
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  Speaker 4: it's cliche to say I'm really excited to go and
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  Speaker 4: play the Rams this week, Like I'm really excited the
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  Speaker 4: way the guys practiced today and then go out and
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  Speaker 4: put the best show on for the defense.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else said, thanks guys,