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Speaker 1: seven more Seahawks were named as alternates to the Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 1: For more on the selections and the matchup with the Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: Lunka here now with head coach Pete Carroll and coach

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Speaker 1: the Big news this week, obviously, the Pro Bowl players

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Speaker 1: were announced. What do you think of your team's selections. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think we missed some guys that they should have gotten.

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Speaker 1: You know, I can't imagine that Dwayne Brown wasn't out there.

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Speaker 1: Good for the first time guys to get some recognition.

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Speaker 1: The alternates, you know, we take we take pride in

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Speaker 1: that as well, but uh, we should add some more

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Speaker 1: guys on there. Yeah, I didn't like that. Yes, but

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Speaker 1: for the guys who were selected, even in the alternate role,

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Speaker 1: how really important does that actually mean for a player

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Speaker 1: to get that recognition. Yeah, there's so they take a

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Speaker 1: you know, that's a fantastic accomplishment. Tyler did it a

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Speaker 1: But it means a lot. Yeah, it doesn't mean a lot.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't count, you know, on the scoreboard at all.

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Speaker 1: But those guys take that with him absolutely. Now obviously

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Speaker 1: we're moving forward off the disappointing loss in San Francisco.

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Speaker 1: As you look back on the tape and study that game,

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Speaker 1: what has been your biggest takeaway that you're using this

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Speaker 1: week moving forward. Well, it's about getting rid of the

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Speaker 1: times we're hurting ourselves. You know, we had all those

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Speaker 1: the game. The rest of the game was played pretty well.

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Speaker 1: We did a lot of things that we like to do,

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Speaker 1: But for whatever reason, you know, we had a terrible

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Speaker 1: football game. How is your team responded to that this

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Speaker 1: week of practice. Well, we've responded and that we're really

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Speaker 1: then numbers have gone up in the last three weeks

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Speaker 1: more stuff. Chiefs tomorrow first time hosting them since your

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Speaker 1: that's not only out of your division, but out of

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Speaker 1: They've got so much firepower on offense, a great coach

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Speaker 1: don't use it properly. They certainly do. What do you

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Speaker 1: You know, these guys have been ahead a lot, they've

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Speaker 1: How big is this match up? Our stuff? I can't

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Speaker 1: Hopefully have a lot of celebrat Marry Christmas. To all

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Speaker 1: great holiday. Awesome thanks coach, And if you have a

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Speaker 1: using the hashtag ask Coach Pete. We'll use one or

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Speaker 1: two on the air every week. Again, that's hashtag ask

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Speaker 1: Coach Pete. Sure. Dustin britt and the Seahawk's offensive line

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