WEBVTT - Deebo Samuel Sr. 'Lead by Example' Ahead of 2024 Season | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>People when you make up the the new kickoff rules

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<v Speaker 1>and whether you see uh uh a better opportunity for

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<v Speaker 1>returners like you.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, it's kind of well, like, looking at it is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of weird, but I feel like on on the

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<v Speaker 2>side of we don't force the returning team, I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like we have ah a real big advantage of like

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<v Speaker 2>you make one got missed. I mean, it's it's just

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<v Speaker 2>you and a kicker, and nine times out of ten

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<v Speaker 2>the kickers not making tackles. So I'm pretty sure like

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<v Speaker 2>people will try to turn like skill guys into kickers

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<v Speaker 2>at some point if it continue to go just so,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll have a last line of defensive tackling.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>How much the change it like make you wanna do

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<v Speaker 1>it more?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean just looking at it, it's just like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like at some point, like if it, if

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<v Speaker 2>it don't got to this point, I feel like in

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of years or so, it won't probably won't

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<v Speaker 2>be a kick return or s uh anything along those lines.

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<v Speaker 2>With I feel like it's gonna be a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>touchdowns coming from not just us, but from other teams

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<v Speaker 2>as well, cause I'm pretty sure other people got a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of skilled guys.

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<v Speaker 3>That's you know, really good in space as well.

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<v Speaker 1>U did you see the finished product of the REI receiver? Uh?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>George Kittle was talking about He said he was pretty

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<v Speaker 1>happy with the way he came out. What about you?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, for sure, I kind of you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>kind of seen it before everybody else got to see

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<v Speaker 2>it for sure, cause we have to approve everything. But

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<v Speaker 2>I think it came out wonderful, you know, shout of

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<v Speaker 2>payment and all the guys that you know, included me

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<v Speaker 2>and Kidling the other guys.

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<v Speaker 3>In it, and I thought it was a great show.

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<v Speaker 1>What was a why did you decide to do that?

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<v Speaker 1>To let peoples just see more of what you're really like?

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<v Speaker 2>It was kind of brought to me late my my

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<v Speaker 2>marketing Manager's like, hey man, it's show call receivers coming out.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, do you wanna do it? And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I was just like, yeah, why not?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, kind of just see the ins and outs

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<v Speaker 2>of you know what I'm saying, not just what we

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<v Speaker 2>do on the field, but at practice. You didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>a really good glimpse of stuff we do in here

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<v Speaker 2>cause you're not supposed to.

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<v Speaker 3>But uh, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Just like practice, how we interact with the guys, how

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<v Speaker 2>well how connected our team is. I just thought it

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<v Speaker 2>was just a great opportunity just to show the world

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of team we have.

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<v Speaker 1>How come you don't have to wear the Guardian cat

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<v Speaker 1>at right?

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<v Speaker 3>Well I technically do, but I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I uh now, my special helmet to be here uh

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<v Speaker 2>next week, so I actually really don't have to wear

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<v Speaker 2>it then, so just waiting on it.

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<v Speaker 3>So whenever it get here, I really don't have to

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<v Speaker 3>wear it. But now I'm supposed to wear it.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean it's the same helmet but different,

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<v Speaker 2>like different kind of type, but the same face, mas,

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<v Speaker 2>same everything. It's just a a different type of type

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<v Speaker 2>of build on the inside of the helmet.

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<v Speaker 1>You known, what's been a key for you to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of maintain focus, you know this time of year when

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<v Speaker 1>when you know the expectations for this team or to

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<v Speaker 1>play deep in the January, February all that, when we're.

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<v Speaker 2>Sitting here at July, I just leak me personally. I

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<v Speaker 2>just take it day by day, you know, from offense

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<v Speaker 2>to defense. You see like you see the same things

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<v Speaker 2>you've been seeing.

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<v Speaker 3>From year and the year out.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, Gods flying around, God's making plays, defense, playing at

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<v Speaker 2>a high level, offense, playing at a high level, and

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<v Speaker 2>just going against our guys every day. It's just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>make us better. It's gonna make them better. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just always that one goal that that we got.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're gonna stay where our feet are, take it

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<v Speaker 2>day by day and just get better day and day out.

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<v Speaker 1>And you practice against this sch this cornerback group is

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<v Speaker 1>this is this group? Uh maybe have more quarterback depth than.

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<v Speaker 3>You've seen here for a while, Oh yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>And like from top to bottom, like got a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of good guys and it's gonna be you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be tough to see who make it and who

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<v Speaker 2>don't make it, but you know, we just take it

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<v Speaker 2>day by day. And you know, you see a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of young guys who making plays and a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>old guys just doing what we know they do and

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<v Speaker 2>it's just gonna make us better.

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<v Speaker 3>Good reps against Isaac Yadam? What's that battle being like with?

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<v Speaker 1>What's your impression?

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<v Speaker 2>He pretty nice, long guy, smart, you see things well,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's pretty cool, got his break.

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<v Speaker 1>People are the receivers a little different? What do you

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<v Speaker 1>think of cowing? What do you think of Piersau so far?

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<v Speaker 2>Pierce I was on a recovering from a hamstring, so

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<v Speaker 2>he'll be back next week. But the things I was

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<v Speaker 2>seen in l ot As when I was here, very fluent,

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<v Speaker 2>very fast. Jacob you know's flying fast guy. Just watching

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<v Speaker 2>his tape from college. He's still tough with decides that

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<v Speaker 2>he have. And I think if you're in well with.

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<v Speaker 1>Us, do you were back to the kick? The kick

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<v Speaker 1>returns real quick. I mean in years past you would

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<v Speaker 1>do it usually when there's high stakes and they really

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<v Speaker 1>need it. I I get the sense you want to

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<v Speaker 1>do this from go.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't mind doing it from the get go. You know, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I'm saying. I'm a I'm a team

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<v Speaker 2>first player. So if col was like, hey man, we

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<v Speaker 2>don't want you to do it full time, we just

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<v Speaker 2>use you whenever we really need it, and I'm fine

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<v Speaker 2>with that.

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<v Speaker 3>But if you wanna use me full time, and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>off for that as well.

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<v Speaker 1>You right, you changed vocally in terms of your role

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<v Speaker 1>as a leader, especially so many young.

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<v Speaker 3>Guys coming in. I wouldn't say that.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm more of a like, lead by example type guy,

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<v Speaker 2>go out here and work hard. So that's my way

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<v Speaker 2>of leadership. I'm I've never been like a a row

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<v Speaker 2>rode guy called a team up and like yell at

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<v Speaker 2>somebody this, that and the third. But if somebody drop

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<v Speaker 2>a ball or make a mistake, you know, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna yell and we're gonna pull it to the side

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll chop it up that way.

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<v Speaker 3>Far as like not making the.

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<v Speaker 1>Scene's more, you see more vocals guys coming.

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<v Speaker 2>Up to nah, Yeah, that's just that's just part of

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<v Speaker 2>the game. Like you know, Uh, you go out here

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<v Speaker 2>and make a play, you gonna che your teammate on.

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<v Speaker 2>If you make a bad play, you still gotta you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta be the leader and chop him up and tell

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<v Speaker 2>him what he did wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>As a teammate and a as a friend. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>how can you support Brandon right now?

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of way he's going me personally?

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I know what it feels like to go

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<v Speaker 2>what he's going through right now, And the only thing

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<v Speaker 2>I can do is just tell him keep his head up.

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<v Speaker 3>Things is gonna work out.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just day by day, like it's a

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<v Speaker 2>long process, like real long. It's frustrating. All I can

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<v Speaker 2>do is tell him keep his head up, be where

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<v Speaker 2>his feed are. Just continue to do the things that

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<v Speaker 2>he do for his communication on his end and the end,

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<v Speaker 2>and hopefully things just pay out. Huh, try to turn

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. Alright, I don't know you call an accent.