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Speaker 3: Rosk, and Deem Whyman. Time to go inside the huddle.

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Speaker 4: Huddle, Dad, you are listening to the huddle with Dave Whyman,

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Speaker 4: Stacy Ross and Michael Bumpus and guys, we have a

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Speaker 4: win to talk about this time after Week two thirty

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Speaker 4: one seventeen over the Pittsburgh Steelers heading back home to

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Speaker 4: take on the Saints. Before we start this preview, I

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Speaker 4: figured we'd break this up into why they won, what

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Speaker 4: we liked, what we're wondering. Let's start with why they won.

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Speaker 4: Why men, Why did the Seahawks win this one?

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Speaker 5: I really liked what the d line did. I thought

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Speaker 5: they controlled the line of scrimmage. And then you got

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Speaker 5: guys like Murphy who finally got some numbers. I mean,

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Speaker 5: I think he had a half a sack his rookie year,

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Speaker 5: got one and a half sacks and the one tackle

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Speaker 5: for loss. He's got some quarterback hits there. Same thing

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Speaker 5: with Jay Reid, I thought and Leonard Williams. When I

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Speaker 5: the plane, I was looking at, you know, the D line,

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Speaker 5: and they did so much more than really their stats reflected.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, I thought I thought that was the number one.

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Speaker 5: I mean, there's a lot on offense to like and everything,

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Speaker 5: but I thought they controlled the line of scrimmage defensively.

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Speaker 4: What about you? Why did they win?

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Speaker 6: Why offense ran the football at a high clip? Try

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Speaker 6: at the outside zone. The toss wasn't working in Kobiack

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Speaker 6: adjusted when right downhill to inside zone?

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Speaker 7: That worked for you? He got oots, which Wyman broke.

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Speaker 6: Down on his his chalk talk is one on one

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Speaker 6: oots linebackers flying around everywhere. Yet the play action I

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Speaker 6: was there, the office just seemed more complete than it

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Speaker 7: So I was a nice.

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Speaker 4: Flow, more complete and more complimentary too.

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Speaker 5: Are we gonna roll with that?

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Speaker 7: You got oots?

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Speaker 4: I think we're going to see that taking taking oots back? No,

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Speaker 4: I'll work shop it. I'll come back to you, guys.

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Speaker 4: I gotta go into rhyme zone. What do we like

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Speaker 4: from this one. I know, we talked about what we want,

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Speaker 4: so this might be a similar answer. But was there

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Speaker 4: I loved seeing this and I want more of it.

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Speaker 5: I think the the recovery for a touchdown in the

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Speaker 5: end zone, everybody on the Seahawks team knew, and I

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Speaker 5: don't think anybody did on Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 4: Side, certainly not Caleb Johnson.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, and I heard that Tomlin was like, hey,

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Speaker 5: we practice that every day and we know and this

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Speaker 5: you know a lot of people didn't know what the

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Speaker 5: I thought it was just because I thought you have

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Speaker 5: everybody was dialed in on that, and it just shows

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Speaker 4: Bum One thing that stuck with me after this one.

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Speaker 4: One thing I like personally was being able to spread

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Speaker 4: the three of us talked about who's joining the JSN

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Speaker 4: Show this time. Not only did multiple other people, but

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Speaker 4: some people got to the JSN Show. First, Cooper Cup

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Coop had what seven for ninety yards a big

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Speaker 6: right there. But it all opens up because of the run,

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Speaker 7: I want to go and make.

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Speaker 6: The play, and all I need as receiver is a

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Speaker 5: don't have to have a run game in order to

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Speaker 5: to me, I don't know. I don't buy that no

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Speaker 6: I agree hundred percent, like you got to have at

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Speaker 6: I agree hundred percent.

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Speaker 6: You don't have to rush for a buck fifty, but

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Speaker 4: Do you think that went hand in hand some of

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Speaker 4: that critique because we've heard that a million times, and

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Speaker 4: that was especially prevalent during like this like let Russ

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Speaker 4: and then you look at a team like Kansas City

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Speaker 4: that can establish the run and you go, yes, yes

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Speaker 6: I think it comes from people not understanding how to

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Speaker 6: But you can tell I look at linebackers and when

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Speaker 6: let me read it. Okay, my biggest guy, it for me.

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Speaker 6: So I think it's just sometimes just lack of knowledges.

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Speaker 6: People don't really understand how offices can really affect defenses.

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Speaker 5: But he might have learned something there. But yeah, that

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Speaker 4: All right, well, I have a lot of questions, good ones,

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Speaker 2: Back to the Huddle only on the home of the Seahawks,

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Speaker 4: You are listening to the huddle, and we are very

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Speaker 4: excited to be joined now by Kobe Bryant. Kobe, how's

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Speaker 4: it going? Feeling pretty good after a winning Week two?

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Speaker 8: Pretty good? Pretty good, Just so excited to go back

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Speaker 8: to work.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, Mike McDonald's been really really heavy with his

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Speaker 4: praise of your guys' physicality through two weeks. I mean,

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Speaker 4: even after the loss in week one he was asked

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Speaker 4: really physical out there. Is that something you feel when

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Speaker 8: Yeah, most definitely.

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Speaker 9: Obviously after the game, you know you're a little bit sore, sure, usual,

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Speaker 5: Yeah. Well, and you don't get a chance to do

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Speaker 5: that these days a lot in practice, right, I mean

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Speaker 5: it's you have to kind of tone it down. But yeah,

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Speaker 5: it just seems like this team, just the characters, the

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Speaker 5: people that you have they I think it kind of

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Speaker 5: starts with the D line, right, I mean, those guys

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Speaker 8: When you say about those guys, absolutely we appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: Man.

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Speaker 9: You know when they rest in a quarterback, stopping and run,

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Speaker 9: you know, that's exciting, especially for me. I'm in the

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Speaker 9: middle of the peel seeing that. So it's always exciting

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Speaker 9: to see those boys go ahead and play.

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Speaker 6: Man, it seems like you guys are deep in that

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Speaker 6: secondary do no't matter who's out there, dudes are are

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Speaker 6: gonna make plays. Sure as you know, I say, you're

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Speaker 6: kind of freelancing. You've seen it all go down. What

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Speaker 6: does it do for you when you see the d

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Speaker 7: Spot, Like, how does that help your game?

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Speaker 8: It helps a lot, Honestly.

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Speaker 9: We don't have to cover for twenty five minutes back there,

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Speaker 9: We definitely have to, you know, have had signals and

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Speaker 8: So he gets loud.

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Speaker 7: What's the life for you?

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Speaker 6: Because you're you're young enough to where you're gonna play

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Speaker 8: Rights, definitely.

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Speaker 9: We always respect his talent, his arm strength, and just

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Speaker 7: Now this is the NFL. Like there's like six all

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Speaker 4: thank you for embracing Thank you. Yeah, I mean you're

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Speaker 5: what's what would you say it's different about the Mike

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Speaker 8: It's exciting, man.

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Speaker 5: I think we're gonna have Tyle Cotta, right m hm.

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Speaker 5: So one of your your running mates there, ok, told

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Speaker 8: I was extremely smart man.

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Speaker 9: You know, he's confident in what he does, the playbook

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Speaker 9: I just just ask him, what's what's his favorite dance,

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Speaker 8: I'll just be like, okay, I'm doing this on all right.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, the warmers and football never made sense to me.

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Speaker 6: You guys are getting pressure without really blitzing, and I

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Speaker 5: That's the first thing Kobe is going to think about.

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Speaker 3: What I think it is.

444
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Speaker 4: We know how to take the ball away. He knows

445
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Speaker 4: what to do here. I think we think this is

446
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Speaker 4: a great choice and feeling pretty good about it. No pressure,

447
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Speaker 4: you know, to embraced pressure. Anyways, He's cool to cucumber

448
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Speaker 4: right now. Thank you for joining us, Kobe. Tayakotta coming up.

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Speaker 2: Next, back to the huddle only on the home of

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Speaker 2: the Seahawks, Seattle Sports.

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Speaker 4: You are listening to the huddle joining us right now,

452
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Speaker 4: Ty Okada coming off a big win for the Seahawks

453
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Speaker 4: in Week two. Now I would imagine every week it's

454
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Speaker 4: want to know, every single week it's you know, hey,

455
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Speaker 4: doesn't matter, We're focused on the next one. Probably does

456
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Speaker 4: feel a little bit better though, on that plane coming

457
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Speaker 4: back from a win, all of.

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Speaker 11: Our work coming together and to see it all come

459
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Speaker 11: to fruition like that, it was definitely a great feeling,

460
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Speaker 11: and you know, taking a quick moment to celebrate that,

461
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Speaker 11: and then, as you said, it's kind of just onto

462
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Speaker 11: the next one after that.

463
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Speaker 5: I screwed up twice during the interview. I told you

464
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Speaker 5: to talk and when you weren't supposed to, and then

465
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Speaker 5: I didn't turn on tis microphone.

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Speaker 12: I'm just I'm saying, well, I appreciate that.

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Speaker 6: Now we got to create hey, one for three in baseball,

468
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Speaker 6: you're Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 4: You judge right now.

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Speaker 5: One of the things I was so impressed with was

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Speaker 5: the kickoff that you guys scored on, and you were

472
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Speaker 5: one of the first guys down there, and it seemed

473
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Speaker 5: like every guy on the kickoff team knew the rules

474
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Speaker 5: and it didn't look like they knew them at all.

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Speaker 5: But I mean, just to shout out to Jay Harbaugh, right,

476
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Speaker 5: I mean, you guys just dialing in on that. I

477
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Speaker 5: was was very impressive.

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Speaker 11: No, I appreciate you saying that, and that is a

479
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Speaker 11: credit to Coach j and just having us all dialed

480
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Speaker 11: and on the same page. You saw all eleven of

481
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Speaker 11: our guys screaming towards that ball, and I think they

482
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Speaker 11: only had about one guy that really was aware of

483
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Speaker 11: what was going on. So yeah, definitely credit to Coach

484
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Speaker 11: Jay and our guys just being aware in that situation.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that was crazy.

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Speaker 6: I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before

487
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Speaker 6: I knew the rule, but I'm still like, all right,

488
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Speaker 6: let me check, let me make sure, let me make sure.

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Speaker 6: So the fact that you guys process that so quickly

490
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Speaker 6: admit it happen is great, man. And you know, I

491
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Speaker 6: was an undrafted free agent myself, and you know our

492
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Speaker 6: opportunities don't always you know, aren't out.

493
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Speaker 7: There like that, but we have to stay ready.

494
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Speaker 6: I was the guy on the sideline, like I'm on

495
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Speaker 6: my coaches hit like, whenever you need me, I'm here.

496
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Speaker 6: What are you like when you're waiting for your chance

497
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Speaker 6: to get out there and make some play?

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Speaker 11: Absolutely just chomping at the bed that exact same way

499
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Speaker 11: where I'm right next to my coaches, ready to be

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Speaker 11: thrown in there at any moment. Also, just you know,

501
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Speaker 11: throughout the weeks, making sure I'm prepared for that moment

502
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Speaker 11: as well, and approaching each week like I'm gonna start

503
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Speaker 11: that week, because you never know when your opportunity is

504
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Speaker 11: gonna come up, and you want to be able to

505
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Speaker 11: take advantage of it when it comes.

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Speaker 6: I know you probably we move well past it. But

507
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Speaker 6: the one hand pick at Green Bay was filthy. It's

508
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Speaker 6: no way I'm going to talk to you and not

509
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Speaker 6: bring that up. What was your phone like after that game?

510
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Speaker 6: I know all the boys was hitting you up after that.

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Speaker 12: No, I do appreciate that.

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Speaker 7: It's uh yeah, I needless to say.

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Speaker 11: I actually haven't gotten back to everybody, which is awesome,

514
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Speaker 11: and I do appreciate all the love and support. But

515
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Speaker 11: you know, going forward from there, it was like, man,

516
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Speaker 11: we gotta you know, it's on a week one.

517
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Speaker 7: It was.

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Speaker 11: It was definitely a great feeling, and to just see

519
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Speaker 11: all that love and support of a lot of work

520
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Speaker 11: that went into that. You know, you see the one play,

521
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Speaker 11: but all the work that went into that game as

522
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Speaker 11: a whole, and how well we played on defense was

523
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Speaker 11: a fantastic feeling.

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Speaker 4: So Wyman and Bump have already asked this of your

525
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Speaker 4: teammate Kobe, who we had in, but I figured just

526
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Speaker 4: grab one more perspective here. Always nice to ask about

527
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Speaker 4: kind of like a player's perspective of Mike McDonald's defense

528
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Speaker 4: in particular. I mean, we always hear guys say like

529
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Speaker 4: this playbook is unbelievable, or like this guy's so brilliant.

530
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Speaker 4: Where does that brilliance.

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Speaker 11: Show up, Oh my gosh, Just in the way that

532
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Speaker 11: our defense is so multiple, right, And it's it's a

533
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Speaker 11: culmination of, you know, our our approach weekend and week out,

534
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Speaker 11: of the game planning and what he sees and how

535
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Speaker 11: he wants to dial up the defense that week, and

536
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Speaker 11: also just being able to put guys on our defense

537
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Speaker 11: in the right spots too. And you just see that

538
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Speaker 11: come to fruition each week, and it's just it's awesome

539
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Speaker 11: to be a part of and to see it and

540
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Speaker 11: kind of the steps we take throughout the week. You

541
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Speaker 11: see some of the installs we put in on Wednesday,

542
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Speaker 11: and then you see it come to life on a Sunday,

543
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Speaker 11: and it's just like seeing that progress and how it

544
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Speaker 11: works within this scheme defensively is awesome.

545
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Speaker 5: So when you say multiple, you mean like guys are

546
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Speaker 5: playing in different all kinds of different positions and things

547
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Speaker 5: like that. Is that what you mean.

548
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Speaker 11: By absolutely you're dropping into different areas that you know

549
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Speaker 11: guys don't always do. But we get so many reps

550
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Speaker 11: at it in the way that coach Mike's coach Mike

551
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Speaker 11: coaches up the defense and being able to have guys

552
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Speaker 11: that can do a variety of different things is super

553
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Speaker 11: important in this defense. And so it's just yeah, putting

554
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Speaker 11: guys in different positions and and everybody's got to know

555
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Speaker 11: everybody's job, which is is awesome when that comes to

556
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Speaker 11: fruition because you can see it come to life on Sundays.

557
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Speaker 5: Well mentioned your your pick in Green Bay. I saw

558
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Speaker 5: Patio running down the down the middle with the the

559
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Speaker 5: your linebacker you know, was great there and then you know,

560
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Speaker 5: and a lot of people were saying, look, uh, well

561
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Speaker 5: it's a preseason game. That still happened. You made that play, man,

562
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Speaker 5: I mean, how much how much do you think that

563
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Speaker 5: that helped you as far as you know, your status

564
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Speaker 5: with the team, and because you know, when you see

565
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Speaker 5: a guy like that's the the upper end and that

566
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Speaker 5: was one of the most beautiful interceptions I've ever seen.

567
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Speaker 11: Now I appreciate and uh, you know, that was an

568
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Speaker 11: awesome play. I was super excited about it. But I

569
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Speaker 11: think it was just you know, a testament to things

570
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Speaker 11: that I had done over the years, and just being

571
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Speaker 11: a consistent player that the coaches could rely on, and

572
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Speaker 11: then being able to make that play really helps me,

573
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Speaker 11: you know, get me over the edge maybe on making

574
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Speaker 11: the fifty three, but at that point, it was just

575
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Speaker 11: everything that I had put forth in the off season

576
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Speaker 11: and in previous seasons and just being a guy that

577
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Speaker 11: the defense and the coaches know that they can rely

578
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Speaker 11: to be in the right spots and make the right place.

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Speaker 13: Cool.

580
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Speaker 6: When you get to this level, I feel like every

581
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Speaker 6: coach gets the benefit of the doubt as soon as

582
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Speaker 6: you step into the building, right their NFL coaches. But

583
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Speaker 6: I remember when Holmgren was coaching me and he put

584
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Speaker 6: together scenario, Hey, guys, this down in distance, this part

585
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,439
Speaker 6: of the football field, this is what they're gonna do

586
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Speaker 6: against our formation. I remember coming out and thinking, damn,

587
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Speaker 6: he's right. So ever since then, I go, whatever he says,

588
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Speaker 6: it's gold, I'm gonna believe it like it is the Bible,

589
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Speaker 6: the gospel. Have you had that moment where Mike got

590
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Speaker 6: you guys so ready that the team comes out and

591
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Speaker 6: down in distance formation, you're thinking, Hey, this is exactly

592
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Speaker 6: what he preached.

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Speaker 1: Oh.

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Speaker 11: Absolutely, He's extremely dialed with that and it's on us

595
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Speaker 11: as players to make it come to life right And

596
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Speaker 11: it's you know, I would I would agree with you

597
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 11: wholeheartedly that that is. You know, we've had plenty of

598
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Speaker 11: moments like that, and it's just a credit to coach

599
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Speaker 11: Mike and our preparation as well.

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Speaker 4: We were talking with you a little bit before we

601
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Speaker 4: came on, Aaron. We're talking about TV shows and you

602
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Speaker 4: mentioned your fiance getting you into some shows. How'd you

603
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:01,640
Speaker 4: guys meet?

604
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Speaker 11: Oh at Montana State? So she is a Montana gal

605
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,400
Speaker 11: born and raised. I'm originally from Minnesota. When I got

606
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Speaker 11: out to Bozeman, instantly fell in love with the state

607
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Speaker 11: of Montana. And we actually met in accounting class, and

608
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Speaker 11: so I was I was counting. Yeah, I always make

609
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Speaker 11: the joke, I'm like, if we can make it through

610
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Speaker 11: accounting together, we can make it through life together.

611
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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: Absolutely, Yeah, a little dry yeah, right.

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Speaker 5: Uh. There was something about a dance, a tyger cat

614
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Speaker 5: a dance I think that we heard I heard it somewhere.

615
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Speaker 5: I can't remember where. But what are we talking about?

616
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Speaker 7: Her?

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Speaker 11: Man, they're letting you in on all the secrets. Yeah, no,

618
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Speaker 11: it's just I hit a little squabble. There's a joke

619
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Speaker 11: you know that. You know, people call me Tyrone when

620
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Speaker 11: I make plays and they turn on the color.

621
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Speaker 12: And so I hit my little.

622
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Speaker 11: Squabble and that's uh, that's kind of just been my

623
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Speaker 11: go to.

624
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Speaker 12: Celebration when I make plays.

625
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Speaker 11: Now it's awesome to kind of just have all those

626
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Speaker 11: guys back and yeah, when I hit the squab.

627
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Speaker 6: You know, it's funny because it's my first time talking

628
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Speaker 6: to you, right, But I remember saying just watching, you know,

629
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Speaker 6: because football, especially the skill guys.

630
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Speaker 7: But we got to be fresh man. You gotta make

631
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Speaker 7: sure sleeves is good.

632
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Speaker 6: On point I was liked, is invited to the cookouts

633
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Speaker 6: by the way he puts his stuff together. Appreciate that.

634
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Speaker 6: Where where where does swag come from? That's just the

635
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 6: natural thing was.

636
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Speaker 11: With that, you know, naturally, I think it just comes

637
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Speaker 11: with being a dB, right, Like you have to have

638
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 11: that swag, that confidence that you know nobody can mess

639
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 11: with you type of you know, swagger to you, and

640
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 11: it's it's a it can be a lonely world sometimes.

641
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,919
Speaker 11: As a dB, there's a lot of football players know,

642
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 11: so it's like you gotta have confidence and a part

643
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,080
Speaker 11: of that is, you know, stepping out on game.

644
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Speaker 7: Days feeling good, looking good.

645
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Speaker 4: Absolutely is it acceptable to bring a caesar salad to

646
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Speaker 4: a cookout because Bump claims. Bump claims that I'm not

647
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Speaker 4: allowed to go to the cookout.

648
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Speaker 7: My other brother in the delegation here, Come.

649
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Speaker 4: On, come on. Everyone loves the caesar, sound loves the.

650
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Speaker 7: Caesar, but that thing will be hot.

651
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Speaker 4: Yeah, he claims, I cannot until I refused to bring

652
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Speaker 4: the caesar salad that I can't. It was just one

653
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 4: conversation we had months and months ago when I said

654
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 4: it was like fourth of July, so it was like, well,

655
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Speaker 4: what do you bring? So it was caesar salad. Everyone

656
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 4: likes that and they haven't let it go him and.

657
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Speaker 5: Hurts, well, maybe if you bring a caesar salad, but

658
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Speaker 5: like if a linebacker brings a caesar salad, it's no good.

659
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Speaker 4: Okay, what are you bringing?

660
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Speaker 11: Oh gosh, I'm gonna have to bring some corn bread

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Speaker 11: for sure.

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Speaker 7: Let's go Wow. Okay, but Caesar salad, you can't miss bad.

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Speaker 4: It's crazy, that's crazy. Uh Ty, We appreciate your time.

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Speaker 4: You've been very generous and uh again you guys. Mike

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Speaker 4: McDonald has send this week one, week two, just bringing

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Speaker 4: a ton of energy and physicality on defense. And you

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Speaker 4: may not see it, but we see texts from listeners

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Speaker 4: all day at our jobs, and I think people are

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Speaker 4: really excited about the direction this team, this defense is

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Speaker 4: moving in so really cool stuff. And thank you for

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Speaker 4: joining us.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I appreciate you'all having me on.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, Voice of the Seahawks coming your way.

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Speaker 2: Next on the Huddle Back to the Huddle only on

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Speaker 2: the Home of the Seahawks, Seattle Sports.

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Speaker 6: Welcome back to the world famous hutto Michael bump Is

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Speaker 6: with Stacy Ross and Dave Wyman. We are joined now

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Speaker 6: by the Voice of the Seahawks, Raves Raves.

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Speaker 8: How we doing?

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Speaker 6: Oh, Raves ain't even hear yet. Oh my goodness, gracious,

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Speaker 6: So a little bit I thought, you know, I'm so

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Speaker 6: used to do on the post game show that Raves

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Speaker 6: is uh is usually online, but yeah, let's.

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Speaker 7: Been a little bit before Raves, because you're a Stacy,

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Speaker 7: how you.

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Speaker 5: Doing yeah, lazy. No, he's not hardest working guy for

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Speaker 5: a business.

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Speaker 4: I would imagine. So, uh, you know what I was

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Speaker 4: curious to ask Raves Wyman, is both of you obviously

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Speaker 4: doing the broadcast together kind of when you realize this

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Speaker 4: one was put away? Like was there a moment where

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Speaker 4: you thought, oh, this is the game changer right here?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: I think I think the recovery in the end zone,

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Speaker 5: you know, that was I think what right as the

696
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Speaker 5: fourth quarter started and you're like, yeah, this they're just

697
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Speaker 5: they're on top of it today. They really handled everything well,

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Speaker 5: and everything at Pittsburgh threw at him, and like I said,

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Speaker 5: you know when they were their defense, like they'll bring

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Speaker 5: like the entire left side, and you know they they

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Speaker 5: did a good job of like handling all of that.

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Speaker 5: And then you know, you could just see that they

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Speaker 5: were they were the better team when they recovered that

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Speaker 5: that kickoff. So I love that. That was to me,

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Speaker 5: just such a great sign because baseball, I think it's

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Speaker 5: the one that's the one sport where you have to

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Speaker 5: like pay the most attention and there's like this lull

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Speaker 5: that goes on. You know, it doesn't go like rapid fire,

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Speaker 5: and so you have to really be dialed in and

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Speaker 5: and I feel like that's the the kind of focus

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Speaker 5: that these guys have, that they're like Josh Naylor type

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Speaker 5: of focus.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, I think when that happened, I don't know,

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Speaker 5: what do you what about you.

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Speaker 7: Bump after the special teams touchdown?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I felt okay, but I'm still I'm like, I

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Speaker 6: need the offense to get one more on my offense,

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Speaker 6: one more to put this thing away just because they

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Speaker 6: got Aaron Rodgerson DK, cause they're one play away.

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Speaker 7: I mean, Warren had.

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Speaker 6: Was a sixty five yard reception that would have scored

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Speaker 6: if Rie Willing wasn't on his horse. You know, a

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Speaker 6: DK is capable of had a seventy three yard touchdown

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Speaker 6: last year.

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Speaker 7: So I felt okay. I felt the same way I

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Speaker 7: felt last.

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Speaker 6: Night when the Manners were up like ten to five

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Speaker 6: or something like I should win this, but I would

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Speaker 6: like some insurance. And then you get that bomb from

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Speaker 6: Dom Canzone and I feel better. So that that was

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Speaker 6: the final score and drive us. Okay, there's the bomb. Okay,

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Speaker 6: now I can sit.

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Speaker 7: Back and relax.

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Speaker 4: Rapes on his way over right now. So soon Voice

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Speaker 4: of the Seahawks will be joining us.

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Speaker 5: Funny because usually he walks really fast whenever we're like

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Speaker 5: going down to do the pregame show.

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Speaker 4: Oh really, Like you're like, wait, what do you mean

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Speaker 4: faster than you? You guys both have legs.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, no, it's ridiculous. And this time I guess he

742
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Speaker 5: just decided to walk like I do slow.

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Speaker 4: Well, he can take its time. I mean, I guess

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Speaker 4: when you're Steve Rabel, it's something certainly earned. And this

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Speaker 4: time we kind of get both of you. Guys thought

746
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Speaker 4: that you were done with each other. You thought you'd

747
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Speaker 4: have a chance to wait until Sunday until you had

748
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Speaker 4: to to sit with this guy again, Rabel. And I'm

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Speaker 4: sorry about that. But here you are next to Wyman

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Speaker 4: once again. I asked Wyman when this game kind of

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Speaker 4: felt like it turned like when you could feel that

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Speaker 4: the Seahawks were kind of seizing it. Wyman said it

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Speaker 4: felt like a special teams moment. Bump said he needed

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Speaker 4: just one more offensive score after that to feel pretty confident.

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Speaker 4: What about you?

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Speaker 1: You know, it's tough. I that's a good question, and

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Speaker 1: it's tough for me to kind of go back and

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Speaker 1: find a specific point where I thought that's where it

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Speaker 1: turned I think part of that is when you've been

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Speaker 1: around a long time, you're never really feeling like it's

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Speaker 1: over until there's no until it's all zero's up there

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Speaker 1: on the scoreboard. I mean, you know, in the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl back in the Meadowlands, we were a mile ahead

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Speaker 1: of the Broncos heading into the last few minutes of play,

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Speaker 1: and my then broadcast partner Warren Moon was kind of

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Speaker 1: sort of, hey, you know, we got a great win here,

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Speaker 1: and I was just so against saying that, you know,

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Speaker 1: we've won this game until there are nothing but zero's

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Speaker 1: up there. So you know, you feel really good about

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Speaker 1: a couple of big plays helping to turn things around.

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Speaker 1: But we can do that, then so can they. And

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Speaker 1: so those are the kinds of things that kind of

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Speaker 1: concerned me.

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Speaker 5: Sometimes you've seen too much, That's why you think that way, right,

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Speaker 5: I mean you've seen before where you're like, oh, okay,

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Speaker 5: we got this one in the bag and yell of

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Speaker 5: a sudden, but well, I'm sorry against this team we're

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Speaker 5: gonna play this week.

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Speaker 1: A couple of years ago, in twenty twenty two against

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Speaker 1: the Saints, we finally get ahead of them and Tayson

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Speaker 1: Williams or Taysoon Hill does some of these crazy things

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Speaker 1: at the end of the game, you know, runs for

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Speaker 1: sixty yards for a touchdown, throws another one, runs for

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Speaker 1: two more. I mean, those are the kinds of things

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Speaker 1: that come back to haunt you.

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Speaker 5: We were talking about, you know when you know what

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Speaker 5: we thought was the best thing that happened, just in general,

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Speaker 5: and on the way back on the plane, I was

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Speaker 5: watching the D line. I thought that was where a

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Speaker 5: lot happened. Byron Murphy got his you know, like he

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Speaker 5: what quadrupled his or tripled his sack total's first career.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, I mean I thought it was D line.

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Speaker 5: But what did you what really stood out to you

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Speaker 5: in that game? Why they got that win? Well up front,

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Speaker 5: both sides. I'll take it for both sides. I think

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Speaker 5: D line did a terrific job. You know they what

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Speaker 5: did the Steelers have seventy two yards rushing something like that,

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Speaker 5: and then we're able to put pressure on Rogers. And

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Speaker 5: then on the offensive side of things, I think Sam

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Speaker 5: was sacked twice, I believe, But then again he threw

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Speaker 5: for almost three hundred yards, so he had time to

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Speaker 5: get the ball out of his hands. More importantly, one

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Speaker 5: hundred and seventeen yards rushing against Pittsburgh. We know, all

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Speaker 5: of us know who have played in Pittsburgh before, how

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Speaker 5: tough that place is to play, and just the reputation

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Speaker 5: of the Steelers, especially on defense, being those you know,

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Speaker 5: kind of hard nose to the grinds, own, blue collar

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Speaker 5: kind of workers on defense. And we went in there

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Speaker 5: and slapped a thirty one burger on him. And I

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Speaker 5: think those kinds of games they come from great play

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Speaker 5: upfront on both sides of the ball. So I'll throw

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Speaker 5: the offensive line a lot of credit to Rays.

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Speaker 6: I think one of the best things that happened so

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Speaker 6: far in the first two weeks is that the first

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Speaker 6: week you got Zach Sharvine, who looks like he's RB one.

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Speaker 6: Next week you got Ken Walker, looks like it's RB one.

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Speaker 6: There's enough carries to go around. Why would you handle

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Speaker 6: that situation?

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Speaker 1: Well, I completely agree. In fact, Mike was just saying

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Speaker 1: we were That's why I just came over from his

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Speaker 1: presser as well as a couple of the other players,

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Speaker 1: and Mike was sort of asked that question, and he said,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm a believer, and you just don't have

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Speaker 1: a single bel cow anymore. It's just too difficult, it's

825
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Speaker 1: too physically, it's too demanding. But it's also great to

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Speaker 1: have guys that are kind of a little bit counter

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Speaker 1: to each other. They each do some really special things.

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Speaker 1: And I think these two guys that we have, you know,

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Speaker 1: K nine and Charbonay are is that kind of mesh

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Speaker 1: that one guy is like just a rocket like explosive

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Speaker 1: foot in the ground and can make you miss and

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Speaker 1: can also run over you. And charbon Ay is just

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Speaker 1: such a smooth runner. It looks like sometimes he's just

834
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Speaker 1: gliding through there, breaks tackles when you don't think he

835
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Speaker 1: can break tackles, good receiver out of the backfield, terrific

836
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Speaker 1: blocker in the backfield to protect for his quarterback. So

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Speaker 1: I think those two guys really compliment each other well,

838
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Speaker 1: and that's great because they're both going to see a

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Speaker 1: lot of time regardless of who's out there on the

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Speaker 1: first play. As we've seen they you know, they kind

841
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Speaker 1: of start to even up the number of carries that

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Speaker 1: they both get.

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Speaker 4: This one is not about this past week, but maybe

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Speaker 4: about the feeling of the team as a whole. You mentioned,

845
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Speaker 4: you know, on the plane ride back, and I was

846
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Speaker 4: just thinking, God, you know, you're around these guys and

847
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Speaker 4: can kind of get a sense for that culture. When

848
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Speaker 4: Pete Carroll came here, he was already a celebrity, Like

849
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Speaker 4: everyone knew Pete Carroll. He had won championships with USC.

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Speaker 4: He may not have been the most popular person, would

851
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Speaker 4: soon become very popular Seattle face. But I mean, my

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00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 4: mom knew who Pete Carroll was, and he's a player

853
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 4: friendly guy, like you had no doubt that he could

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Speaker 4: s build a culture. When Mike McDonald took over as

855
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Speaker 4: head coach, one of my primary questions was, God, he

856
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 4: is so smart. Seems like the smartest guy. But I

857
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Speaker 4: wonder what that's gonna be like, Like what about this

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Speaker 4: second half? And Rabes I got to We've talked with

859
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Speaker 4: so many players and they seem to have just this

860
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Speaker 4: universal praise and respect. And that thing that I had

861
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 4: questioned very clearly has an answer, which is, Oh, he

862
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Speaker 4: can build it. And even though it's still being built up,

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Speaker 4: I was wondering kind of this behind the scenes access

864
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Speaker 4: you have, like what you feel from the team in

865
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Speaker 4: terms of that.

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Speaker 1: Well, I know they all respect him greatly. They all,

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Speaker 1: you know, think that he's just like crazy smart when

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Speaker 1: it comes to defense. I've actually I get a great

869
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Speaker 1: opportunity to talk to him twice a week, so I

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Speaker 1: interview him twice a week. He's crazy smart about a

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Speaker 1: lot of things. It's not just defense, it's it's how

872
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Speaker 1: to handle people. It's now he goes about his daily

873
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Speaker 1: work and understands that he is the head coach and

874
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Speaker 1: his assistant coaches are also learning every day while they're teaching.

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Speaker 1: And I think a lot of the players credit Mike

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Speaker 1: with saying, hey, you know, I think I know what

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Speaker 1: our system should be, but I don't have every answer,

878
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 1: and so I'm going to need you guys. I'm going

879
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: to need the assistant coaches as well. Leo Williams was

880
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: just talking about that. He said there was a play

881
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 1: in the game against Pittsburgh where Mike calls a kind

882
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: of a last second shift in the defensive front, and

883
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 1: Leo said, and he shifted me right into the play.

884
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,959
Speaker 1: It's as if he knew that play was coming. Well,

885
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: he understands that, okay, tendencies, here's what they likely might do.

886
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: So we make this shift over and there's Leo standing

887
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: right in the gap and waiting for it to happen.

888
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 1: So that just comes with yeah, brain power, sure, but

889
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: the attention to detail, the way that he just dissects

890
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: every thing.

891
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:00,799
Speaker 7: Uh.

892
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: And then he's also had a great history. He's come

893
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 1: up under some great coaches, so he's learned a lot

894
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: as well, and now he's imparting that on the young guys, uh,

895
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,959
Speaker 1: as well as all of us. And by the way,

896
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: on the plane, the closeness, the culture and all that.

897
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: Dave and I were so far back in the plane

898
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 1: this week. The don't flush metal objects was literally over

899
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Speaker 1: our heads. That's where we were sitting on the plane.

900
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: So it's not like we got close to a lot

901
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 1: of the plane.

902
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 4: The plane.

903
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, well cool, that's that's that's it.

904
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Speaker 7: Could you recline your seat though, well.

905
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: Against not very far? No, well, we have a lot

906
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Speaker 1: of people around. I say it was a little we

907
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 1: usually get a little bit better seat, but it was

908
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: a different plane coming back. We can't complain, No, I

909
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: will never ever complain.

910
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:49,399
Speaker 5: Real quick, Mike McDonald his sense of humor. I heard

911
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 5: him at a press conference say I've got an Austin

912
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 5: Powers line here. I think that it's inappropriate. Yeah, So

913
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 5: I ended up talking to him. I was down getting

914
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 5: coffee and I was like, coach, what was the And

915
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Speaker 5: I'm not going to say because because he didn't want

916
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 5: it to be out there. But I started laughing. I

917
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 5: almost blew coffee out of my nose. And he just

918
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:12,839
Speaker 5: he has a great sense of humor. He's able to

919
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 5: because a lot of times people that are like highly

920
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 5: intelligent sometimes are socially awkward. And he is a guy

921
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 5: that just is a great communicator. You know, whether it's

922
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 5: his sense of humor or just his directness, you know

923
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 5: that he's not going to mince words with guys.

924
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: And I think they respect that. They do respect that.

925
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 1: They really like this guy as a coach. And I

926
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Speaker 1: heard guy that you know very well, George Dyer, who

927
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Speaker 1: was a coach here for a number of years, defensive

928
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Speaker 1: line coach. And I asked him that about you know,

929
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Speaker 1: how does that work with an assistant coach? And when

930
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 1: do you know you're not getting through or getting through

931
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Speaker 1: to players? And he told me, I think I told

932
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Speaker 1: you this a long time ago, And he said, as

933
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Speaker 1: long as a player thinks you can teach them something,

934
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Speaker 1: they will listen to you. But once they start thinking listen,

935
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 1: I've heard all this before, I'm not hearing an anything new,

936
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Speaker 1: and it's it's not helping me get better at my job.

937
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Speaker 1: That's when I stop listening. And that's when either you

938
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: start to change the message, you get some people in

939
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Speaker 1: to help you with a new message, or you find

940
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Speaker 1: a roadmap in an apple and you go someplace else.

941
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Speaker 4: He is the voice of the Seahawks and speaking of

942
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Speaker 4: Mike McDonald, the latest from the head coach coming up.

943
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Speaker 1: Next, This is the Huddle, the handoff, inside the show.

944
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 2: He's gonna go touchdowns exclusively on Seattle Sports on seven ten,

945
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 2: Seattle Sports on YouTube, and the Seattle Sports App with

946
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 2: hosts Michael Bumpus, Stacy.

947
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 3: Rosk and Deeve Why time to go inside the huddle.

948
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Speaker 4: Hoddle Seahawks head coach Mike McDonald is speaking with reporters

949
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Speaker 4: at team headquarters. Let's take a listen.

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Speaker 14: All right, good to see everybody. I'm good to be

951
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 14: back home. Let's go ahead.

952
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:52,879
Speaker 7: Coach.

953
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Speaker 15: If the only thing you knew about two teams in

954
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Speaker 15: a football game is one was more physical than the other,

955
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 15: how much would you be on to padro wager.

956
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Speaker 7: Was going to win.

957
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 12: What was the other thing that I knew?

958
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:08,240
Speaker 14: Well, that's the only thing I think this is important

959
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 14: to play that way. I mean, I don't think that

960
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 14: games can go all sorts of different directions. I mean,

961
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Speaker 14: turnal turnover differentially are really important. How physical you play

962
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Speaker 14: does factor into that. I would imagine how you affect

963
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Speaker 14: the quarterback is going to be a big indicator situation

964
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Speaker 14: in football. All those things are important, but I mean

965
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Speaker 14: it's it's a driving force behind how we want to

966
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Speaker 14: play it and how we want kind of our I

967
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 14: don't know formula of how we want to win games,

968
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Speaker 14: so it's important to us to play that way.

969
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 16: When you look at the Saints, it looks like they

970
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Speaker 16: want to run the ball and use tomorrow.

971
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Speaker 10: What can you tell about his running style of the.

972
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Speaker 14: Way they're using him, Well, yeah, he's been he's been

973
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 14: a really good player for a while now in in

974
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Speaker 14: our league. He's got a kind of a smooth speed

975
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 14: about him where he has accelerated. It's just such a

976
00:40:56,680 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 14: smoothness to his running style. Doesn't lack physicalities, smoother change

977
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 14: the direction, you know, obviously the contact, balanced body control,

978
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Speaker 14: all that type of all that type of stuff is there.

979
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 14: And then him catching the ball to the backfield has

980
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Speaker 14: always been a something that you have to account for

981
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Speaker 14: with with with with him and explained at high level

982
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Speaker 14: right now.

983
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 12: So they're doing a good job those.

984
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:18,920
Speaker 17: Yards out of the backfield.

985
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 13: There have been some of those yards week one and

986
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Speaker 13: week two.

987
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Speaker 17: For opposing running backs.

988
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 13: Is that a point to address or are you willing

989
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 13: to give that up if you can stop.

990
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 14: The No, we know we need to be better on

991
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 14: the catch and run stuff, especially with the backs.

992
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,359
Speaker 15: The Saints run cover zero at the third highest rate

993
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 15: and opponents are averaging negative yards when they're doing it.

994
00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 15: What does it take to be a good cover zero team?

995
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:46,720
Speaker 12: Well, I think I think you've got to be.

996
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 7: You have to be able to be.

997
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 14: You have to be able to adjust when you're not

998
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:55,959
Speaker 14: anticipating and they're running it. You have to be able

999
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 14: to anticipate it and call it and beat it when

1000
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 14: they're in it. And then you have to be allowed

1001
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 14: identify it and get the answers when you see it.

1002
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,839
Speaker 14: So it's kind of all those different things, and we

1003
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 14: practice those things all the time on both sides of

1004
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 14: the ball, and it really just comes out of execution,

1005
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 14: you know, playing on time, get an ideed right, blocking

1006
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,800
Speaker 14: it up and go making a play. So, yeah, it

1007
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Speaker 14: would be a good test for us.

1008
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 16: You practice physicality in today's NFL with.

1009
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Speaker 12: What you're living too, well, it's it's it's tough. I

1010
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 12: mean sometimes it's not.

1011
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:29,960
Speaker 14: Sometimes it's like lowering the tempo so your bodies can recover,

1012
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:34,439
Speaker 14: you know, Like I guess the answer is what's best

1013
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 14: for the team and how how your guys are going

1014
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 14: to play the best moving forward.

1015
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 12: I mean, like today we're in pads.

1016
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Speaker 14: It's going to be important for us to you know,

1017
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Speaker 14: practice hard practice with physicality, also take care of one another,

1018
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 14: work on our pad level. You know, I think the

1019
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 14: fundamentals are really important. For fundamentals are strong. It's it's

1020
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Speaker 14: it lends the ability to play with more physicality, you know,

1021
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 14: so you're not out a whack. You can be in

1022
00:42:58,160 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 14: power positions and things like that.

1023
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 5: You decide to go, well, okay, specifically this week, why

1024
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 5: are you in past today?

1025
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:06,960
Speaker 12: I just felt like we need it.

1026
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Speaker 14: We need you know, we need to we need to

1027
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 14: stay sharp, we need to work our pad level. Things

1028
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 14: on both sides of the ball that were always chasing.

1029
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 14: And this is a good opportunity. You know, on Wednesdays

1030
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Speaker 14: it's a.

1031
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 12: It's a physical day, and so let's go get after it.

1032
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 7: How does that have you?

1033
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,200
Speaker 1: What have you learned since last year this year in

1034
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: that regard and when to put the gas down and

1035
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 1: when to give them some time.

1036
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 14: I think I think the philosophy is the same, better

1037
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 14: feel for how much you know what what tempos we need,

1038
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 14: and when I think you're also just looking at it's

1039
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 14: probably a more open mind on how you can adjust

1040
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 14: kind of the levers that go into a practice, whether

1041
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 14: for whatever we need that week. There's some things we

1042
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,799
Speaker 14: did last week we wouldn't have done last last year.

1043
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 14: And but I think that that goes for off season program,

1044
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 14: goes for kind of all levels of our our programs,

1045
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 14: the same same philosophy.

1046
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 16: You talk money a little bit about, like the rotation

1047
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 16: at running back with Ken and Zach, the way the

1048
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,920
Speaker 16: value you guys want to play and how physical that

1049
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 16: particular position is.

1050
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 10: Do you almost need two starters in a sense at running.

1051
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 8: Back in the NFL?

1052
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 14: Well, I think you need. I think you need multiple

1053
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 14: really good backs. I mean, you know, don't give me

1054
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 14: the history lesson here, but I just feel like in

1055
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 14: recent history it's hard for to be one bellcl all

1056
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 14: the time and all these great rushing offenses. Really any

1057
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 14: great offense needs multiple backs, So I think we're we're

1058
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 14: fortunate to have the guys we have. It's not been

1059
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 14: a mindset shift for offenses or offensive coordinators because there's

1060
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 14: also the train of thought of letting one of those

1061
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 14: guys get into rhythm and just go when you want to.

1062
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 3: Make sure that you feed them.

1063
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Speaker 17: So has there had to be flipping the switch?

1064
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 14: Well, yeah, there's a balance there of course, of course,

1065
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Speaker 14: you know, like, uh, from my experience, I haven't like

1066
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,719
Speaker 14: sub running backs, you know my history. But it's like

1067
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Speaker 14: defensive linemen or linebackers that you're rotating out. It's like

1068
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,520
Speaker 14: if someone that gets a hot hand, they're playing great,

1069
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 14: probably gonna let him have a little more carries. Or

1070
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Speaker 14: there's just a there's a it's not like a sea.

1071
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Speaker 14: There's just kind of a art to it, I guess.

1072
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 14: And it comes down to how your guys are doing

1073
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:11,880
Speaker 14: and what's going on that day.

1074
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Speaker 8: Touch push with AJ.

1075
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Speaker 5: When did that start to become like seem like a

1076
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 5: possibility for you guys, because that seems like a play

1077
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 5: that you really can't really work on or get a

1078
00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 5: feel for how good you're going to be at it.

1079
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 12: In this spring, we've been working on it all off season.

1080
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 14: I mean, he get the ball handling so important, so

1081
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 14: you got to stack all those those reps coming out

1082
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:32,520
Speaker 14: of the huddle with Byron statistically.

1083
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Speaker 15: Obviously Iday was because it was kind of a breakthrough day,

1084
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 15: But was it kind of a matter if he just

1085
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 15: kind of had the opportunities.

1086
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 8: Are you seeing his play really progress from last year?

1087
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:40,160
Speaker 12: I think he's.

1088
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 14: I mean we've I feel like I've answered Byron's questions

1089
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 14: pretty consistently over the last year because I feel like

1090
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 14: he's played at that level. So I think it's more

1091
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 14: of a functioning just I'm happy that now that, like

1092
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 14: the numbers are there, I guess, but I think the

1093
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,400
Speaker 14: tape tells a similar story of how well he's playing.

1094
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 14: But production does, obviously, I mean, especially individually, So I'm

1095
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 14: happy that that he was able to get the production

1096
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 14: he got.

1097
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:07,920
Speaker 12: On Sunday, you talked.

1098
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 18: About his work ethic a lot, his approach, but maybe

1099
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,360
Speaker 18: just with his game specifically. Is there anything that really

1100
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 18: makes him stand out in his coverage, a technique or

1101
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 18: anything like that he's really adept at.

1102
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 14: Yeah, I would say just his like his complete game

1103
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,480
Speaker 14: right now. I mean, he was wanted to work on

1104
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 14: there's areas in game that like, I like his attitude,

1105
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:27,879
Speaker 14: like knowing what he wanted to work out and going

1106
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 14: to the off season having a plan forward, attacking it.

1107
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 14: Playing the ball late in the down has been really good.

1108
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:39,760
Speaker 14: And that's easier said than done. It's just a constant

1109
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 14: to me, what I'm seeing from a lot of our

1110
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 14: guys is what takes you to the next level all

1111
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 14: the time, because once you get to a certain level,

1112
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 14: it's hard to get it's hard to keep leveling up,

1113
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 14: and it takes a lot of work to get that

1114
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,720
Speaker 14: incremental gain. So you know, stand the course, staying hungry

1115
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 14: about finding things to get better at, staying determined with

1116
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:59,280
Speaker 14: that type of stuff. Not maybe maybe get to a plateau,

1117
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 14: but you gotta kind of work through all those things.

1118
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:04,439
Speaker 14: It's it's a constant attention to detail that I think

1119
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 14: lends himself to be able to improve consistently.

1120
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 18: Are you talking about like we play the ball laying

1121
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:11,800
Speaker 18: it down you mean like in a scrambled plaster situation

1122
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:13,319
Speaker 18: or yeah, like.

1123
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 14: When you're in phase of the guy or out of

1124
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:16,320
Speaker 14: phase on down the field throws.

1125
00:47:16,680 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 12: Yeah, not necessarily a scramble drill.

1126
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 16: Shenna didn't play a ton his first game back in

1127
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 16: a while, I assume you'll probably want to ramp him up,

1128
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 16: But just what do you see so far just getting

1129
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:25,959
Speaker 16: him back out there.

1130
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:31,239
Speaker 14: Well, it's just great to be back. He's gonna, he's

1131
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 14: gonna continually. It's not easy to step in in your

1132
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 14: first NFL experience and go and play and play a game,

1133
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:39,320
Speaker 14: and but it's a great first step.

1134
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:41,440
Speaker 12: It's a great foundation. I think he gained confidence.

1135
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,160
Speaker 14: He's we're in a position now where I think you

1136
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 14: can see some sort of increase to some sort of

1137
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 14: degree over the next x amount of time. I mean,

1138
00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 14: we're not going to just stick at that play level

1139
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 14: as long as he's feeling well. So but and also

1140
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 14: let's you know, have a little bit more rotation at

1141
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 14: the edge position.

1142
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 12: So it's kind of good for him, good for everybody

1143
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:01,319
Speaker 12: type of thing.

1144
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,840
Speaker 15: Imagine that you're not getting as many quick wins in

1145
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 15: the pass rush as you'd like to see. How much

1146
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 15: you interpreted that to players winning one on ones versus

1147
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:10,359
Speaker 15: scheme and getting guys set.

1148
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:10,919
Speaker 8: Up in the right way.

1149
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 12: I think I think it's it's kind of everything.

1150
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,440
Speaker 14: I mean, there's some situations where you want to be

1151
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 14: able to get to pass rush solutions on not necessarily

1152
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 14: conventional pass downs, so.

1153
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:24,280
Speaker 12: We can be better in that area.

1154
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:27,440
Speaker 14: I think we've got to stick to our process when

1155
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 14: we are in some of those pass down situations where

1156
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 14: it did improve probably from the first game, but it's

1157
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 14: somewhere that we still we want to be.

1158
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:34,960
Speaker 7: We want to be the.

1159
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 14: Best in the world at it, and you've got to

1160
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:40,879
Speaker 14: keep improving. So how you work together, how you identify situations,

1161
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:43,680
Speaker 14: all the work that you put on through the week,

1162
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 14: you know, so you're not just inventing stuff on Sunday,

1163
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:47,959
Speaker 14: it's stuff that you've worked on throughout the week.

1164
00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 15: Your secondary has been fairly tested in terms of injuries

1165
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,799
Speaker 15: a couple of weeks in with Nick with Devin, would

1166
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 15: you say that the depth of the unit at large

1167
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:56,520
Speaker 15: is the strength that you guys have been able to

1168
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:58,000
Speaker 15: weather those injuries fairly well?

1169
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,839
Speaker 14: Well, I think I think you know, we talk about

1170
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,360
Speaker 14: the seventy it's that's a critical part of our team,

1171
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 14: and I think was a is it gonna is gonna

1172
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:08,360
Speaker 14: be something that we're going to be leaning on to

1173
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:09,879
Speaker 14: have success over the course of the year. Whether it's

1174
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,839
Speaker 14: our dbs or whatever position, there's gonna be times where

1175
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,120
Speaker 14: positions low on guys and we're going to be dependent

1176
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 14: on those.

1177
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 12: Guys to step up and go play.

1178
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:20,919
Speaker 14: And uh, they did that last week and that's great,

1179
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:24,520
Speaker 14: But every week we're going to be dealing with that

1180
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 14: sort of dance.

1181
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:26,360
Speaker 12: That's the nature of our business.

1182
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,479
Speaker 16: Darian Kender Kennon played it a lot of statistically hadn't

1183
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,400
Speaker 16: played a lot of Nickel prior to coming to you

1184
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:32,319
Speaker 16: guys with prior to this year.

1185
00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 8: What did you guys see in him.

1186
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,759
Speaker 14: That the thought, well, it's a great example of our

1187
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:40,120
Speaker 14: personnel staff, Willy, you know, identifying guys that, uh, that

1188
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 14: fit our kind of style of ball, our type of

1189
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,160
Speaker 14: guys and the skill set that we asked from those

1190
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:48,160
Speaker 14: positions and uh, then coming in and look at me

1191
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:50,000
Speaker 14: when you get into the season. It's not like the

1192
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,319
Speaker 14: coaches are. It's our it's our personnel staff that are

1193
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:56,640
Speaker 14: scouring the league on possible opportunities and then as coaches,

1194
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:59,160
Speaker 14: you know, having the open mind they have taken guy

1195
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,719
Speaker 14: in and and going to work and just being you know,

1196
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:04,719
Speaker 14: being all in on this on the process to get

1197
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:08,720
Speaker 14: them ready to play. So typically cap to everybody involved who.

1198
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Speaker 16: Came up with the term ready squad.

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Speaker 12: That's a great question.

1200
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:18,840
Speaker 14: We were scrimmaging out some names that weren't good, you know.

1201
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:21,359
Speaker 14: I guess we brought them like a test audience they

1202
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:25,759
Speaker 14: had failed. I think this paints a good picture, right

1203
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 14: of what you're trying to create. You want like a growth,

1204
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:32,360
Speaker 14: like a feeling a growth, you want a feeling of everybody.

1205
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:34,080
Speaker 12: I think it's pretty good.

1206
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:35,799
Speaker 5: What was the worst name that got thrown out?

1207
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:37,319
Speaker 12: I probably can't say it.

1208
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Speaker 4: We are going in the trenches with Ray Roberts.

1209
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Speaker 2: Next, back to the huddle only on the home of

1210
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,880
Speaker 2: the Seahawks, Seattle Sports.

1211
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Speaker 4: Joining us. Now, we are going in the trenches with

1212
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Speaker 4: Ray Roberts. Ray, how's it going.

1213
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 17: I'm chilling out the villain. How about you, guys?

1214
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 4: Fantastic. We have a lot to cover with you following

1215
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,440
Speaker 4: a Seahawks winning Week two. But my most important question

1216
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:01,959
Speaker 4: is one that the three of us were talking about

1217
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:05,959
Speaker 4: during the break. I asked Bump his fastest forty time

1218
00:51:06,360 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 4: and Bump said, oh, it's a four to four one.

1219
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:10,879
Speaker 4: And Wyman fairly pointed out how funny it is that

1220
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:14,839
Speaker 4: athletes without fail, including Wyman, will always know it down

1221
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,680
Speaker 4: to the splits, exactly down to the split second, and

1222
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:20,520
Speaker 4: I said, well you think Ray knows his and you guys,

1223
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 4: without hesitating, said absolutely right, what was your fastest forty time?

1224
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 17: My fastest forty times five point one?

1225
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,960
Speaker 5: There you go, Yeah, we all know that's good for

1226
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:33,560
Speaker 5: a big dog.

1227
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 17: I was three hundred and fifteen pounds.

1228
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:41,680
Speaker 4: I was going to say, with that very important context, absolutely.

1229
00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:44,400
Speaker 17: And this was before you did all the training before

1230
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:47,440
Speaker 17: the combines that showed up and ran. You didn't do

1231
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:51,320
Speaker 17: all the training before, and like preparing for the combine,

1232
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,319
Speaker 17: you just got there when they chose you to be there,

1233
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:54,680
Speaker 17: and you just did what they asked you to do.

1234
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:56,960
Speaker 17: So I would think if I had to train for it,

1235
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 17: I probably could have gotten four non five flats something

1236
00:51:59,640 --> 00:51:59,959
Speaker 17: like that.

1237
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:05,360
Speaker 5: I was gonna say, can you imagine got no foes?

1238
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:09,839
Speaker 5: I was gonna say, can you imagine having a dude

1239
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 5: that big running five to one at you? And actually

1240
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:20,359
Speaker 5: I did experience that, Ray, Yeah I did.

1241
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:23,759
Speaker 17: I didn't know how to run further than ten yards, dude,

1242
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:28,239
Speaker 17: So like once they got past ten yards, like, yeah,

1243
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:30,040
Speaker 17: I was running like I used to run as a

1244
00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 17: little kid, just playing, you know, running around, you know,

1245
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 17: in the fields and things. So I had no form

1246
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 17: or nothing.

1247
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,680
Speaker 5: All right, right, well, we know you can talk about everything,

1248
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:43,279
Speaker 5: but we do call this uh in the trenches with

1249
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:46,239
Speaker 5: Ray Roberts. So what did you what did you think

1250
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:48,839
Speaker 5: about the offensive line just in general when you looked

1251
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 5: at the at the tape afterwards.

1252
00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 17: You know, I think there's still like some uh, some

1253
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 17: growing pains that are happening, and I think that's why

1254
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,160
Speaker 17: you see some of the inconsistency like in the un

1255
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,920
Speaker 17: and game. I think that the guys are starting to, like,

1256
00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 17: you know, around the second half, they kind of picked

1257
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:07,680
Speaker 17: it up a little bit. Like it's hard to explain,

1258
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,560
Speaker 17: but when you're running those like wide zones outside toss

1259
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,360
Speaker 17: and you're working double teams, man, you have to pursue.

1260
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:18,160
Speaker 17: If you're the tackle and you're trying to like hook

1261
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 17: the defensive end, you got to get your inside shoulder

1262
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,399
Speaker 17: to his outside shoulder, and if you stop short of that,

1263
00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:26,560
Speaker 17: you're going to lose the block. He's gonna be able

1264
00:53:26,600 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 17: to get across your face. And so they're still kind

1265
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 17: of learning how to do that, whether either the the

1266
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:34,720
Speaker 17: tackle set in the double team or the guard setting

1267
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 17: the double team. But there's a couple of times that

1268
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 17: they're able to do it, and you saw like Charles

1269
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 17: Cross like you put dudes on their back and stuff

1270
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,319
Speaker 17: like that because he's pursuing that outside number. So just

1271
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,239
Speaker 17: still learning things like that. I think Gray's abel uh

1272
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 17: you know, is uh you playing tough game. You can

1273
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:53,600
Speaker 17: see all the ability that he has, uh, but but

1274
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,759
Speaker 17: you know, he got caught in some situations you know

1275
00:53:55,880 --> 00:53:58,839
Speaker 17: this past week where uh, maybe his technique wasn't as

1276
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 17: great as a couple of times where he overset and

1277
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 17: pass protection and got himself in you know, out of

1278
00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:05,680
Speaker 17: position and those types of things. But that's the big

1279
00:54:05,719 --> 00:54:08,759
Speaker 17: expected from a young dude. But I thought overall, I

1280
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 17: loved just the overall grit and resilience they showed because

1281
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:16,040
Speaker 17: they bounced back, they played better, they protected better, they

1282
00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 17: found the running game. All of that stuff happened with

1283
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:20,239
Speaker 17: the offensive line.

1284
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:20,839
Speaker 7: Ray.

1285
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,799
Speaker 6: I really like the the matchup this week with the

1286
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 6: interior linemen and uh and.

1287
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 7: The d tackle over there for the Saints.

1288
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:31,839
Speaker 6: I feel like the past couple of weeks, the one

1289
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:34,080
Speaker 6: tech has been a challenge and for me, put on

1290
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:35,840
Speaker 6: the one tech is the guy between the center and

1291
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:36,240
Speaker 6: the guard.

1292
00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:38,759
Speaker 7: What does that do for the run game?

1293
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,920
Speaker 6: If if if I like that matchup.

1294
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:45,080
Speaker 17: As a coach, well, I think you know, the wide

1295
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 17: zone is worke they're known for. But they've done pretty

1296
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,040
Speaker 17: good job between the tackles. Canine, you know, had a

1297
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:53,319
Speaker 17: couple of really good runs where he just kept it

1298
00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:56,200
Speaker 17: between the tackles and he was pretty decisive and just

1299
00:54:56,200 --> 00:54:58,160
Speaker 17: putting his foot in the ground and getting up the

1300
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:00,239
Speaker 17: field and finding the yards that he needed. So when

1301
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:04,440
Speaker 17: you when you can get pushed and secure the middle

1302
00:55:04,480 --> 00:55:07,000
Speaker 17: of the of the defense when you're running the football,

1303
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,320
Speaker 17: because usually if you can secure that defensive backle that

1304
00:55:10,400 --> 00:55:12,600
Speaker 17: one technique, you're probably going to get a pretty good

1305
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 17: angle on the inside back or two, and so then

1306
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:17,759
Speaker 17: you can really create a soft spot in the middle

1307
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:19,960
Speaker 17: of the of the defensive line to really, you know,

1308
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,640
Speaker 17: do some work. And now you have them sitting down

1309
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:25,839
Speaker 17: on that kind of inside zone action and you just

1310
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 17: directed a couple of steps further into the outside zone.

1311
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:31,479
Speaker 17: Now you have everybody hooked. So it kind of sets

1312
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:33,040
Speaker 17: the defense up to not be right.

1313
00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:38,279
Speaker 4: The Saints have two one score losses in weeks one

1314
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,880
Speaker 4: and two. I know that their fans are probably really frustrated,

1315
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:44,359
Speaker 4: and there are certainly mistakes they want back. But as

1316
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,719
Speaker 4: you know, any given Sunday in the NFL. So how

1317
00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 4: can the Seahawks make sure they get a win on Sunday?

1318
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,480
Speaker 17: I think they have to just really lock in on,

1319
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:56,319
Speaker 17: like how they the things that they did well. Like

1320
00:55:56,440 --> 00:56:00,040
Speaker 17: sometimes people say you learn the most from losses and

1321
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:02,600
Speaker 17: felleries and stuff, but you can learn just as much

1322
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:04,719
Speaker 17: from success if you pay attention to it, if you

1323
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,080
Speaker 17: look for it. And so they if they look at

1324
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:09,720
Speaker 17: those things that they did well and then they strengthen

1325
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 17: those things, I think they'll be fine. And one of

1326
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,840
Speaker 17: them is not falling into the trap like the team

1327
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,200
Speaker 17: did last year when the Giants came to town and

1328
00:56:17,239 --> 00:56:19,600
Speaker 17: nobody was expecting a whole lot from the Giants and

1329
00:56:19,640 --> 00:56:21,000
Speaker 17: then all of a sudden they were just running up

1330
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:22,919
Speaker 17: and down the field. And so I think they got

1331
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,120
Speaker 17: to like to, you know, secure that mental part of

1332
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,399
Speaker 17: it and then just look at the things that they

1333
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:30,360
Speaker 17: do well and then remember what that felt like, Remember

1334
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:33,200
Speaker 17: what those steps were, you know, remember the mindset you

1335
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 17: had in it, like all those types of things, so

1336
00:56:35,400 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 17: that you can duplicate that same thing for this game.

1337
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:41,440
Speaker 17: I don't on paper, and like we've already established, you

1338
00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:44,480
Speaker 17: don't win the games on paper, but going into it,

1339
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:46,799
Speaker 17: you feel like this is a game that if they

1340
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:50,880
Speaker 17: play up to their standard that they you know, played

1341
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 17: in their good moments in the first two games, they

1342
00:56:52,920 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 17: should win this football game.

1343
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:56,480
Speaker 4: I like that point. You can learn just as much

1344
00:56:56,520 --> 00:56:59,319
Speaker 4: from success. We may steal that as a topic for

1345
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:00,960
Speaker 4: you to close out the show today and figure out

1346
00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 4: what we can learn from from week two. He is

1347
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,360
Speaker 4: Big Ray Roberts. You can hear him on the Seahawks

1348
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:07,359
Speaker 4: pre and post game show on Sunday for Week three

1349
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:09,080
Speaker 4: against the Saints. Thanks Ray, Thanks.

1350
00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:09,839
Speaker 5: Right, thanks Big Ray.

1351
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:12,279
Speaker 17: Hey, yes, sir, see you guys later.

1352
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:15,120
Speaker 4: All right, Well, we will get back to that line

1353
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:17,720
Speaker 4: from Ray. Everything we learned about the Seahawks, maybe what

1354
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 4: we're still wondering about this team with John Boyle. Also

1355
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:22,680
Speaker 4: check out on the injury reports who could be coming back?

1356
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:25,600
Speaker 4: That's coming up at one four. Before we get to that, though,

1357
00:57:25,640 --> 00:57:28,120
Speaker 4: the voice of the Saints, Mike Hass, joins us next.

1358
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:32,080
Speaker 2: This This is the Huddle every Thursday from noon to

1359
00:57:32,160 --> 00:57:33,960
Speaker 2: two on Seattle Sports.

1360
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 6: We are joined now by play by play man for

1361
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:37,520
Speaker 6: the Saints, Mike Hass.

1362
00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:38,800
Speaker 7: Mike, how you doing today?

1363
00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:39,000
Speaker 8: Man?

1364
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:42,200
Speaker 13: I was doing a lot better till I started really

1365
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 13: kind of I watched the Packer, I mean the Pittsburgh

1366
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:49,040
Speaker 13: Seattle game, and then I really went through the game book,

1367
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:50,920
Speaker 13: and so I was feeling a little better until I

1368
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,720
Speaker 13: did both of those things. But you know, when you're

1369
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,800
Speaker 13: zero and two and you have a road trip to

1370
00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:59,680
Speaker 13: Seattle and then a road trip to Buffalo after that,

1371
00:58:01,240 --> 00:58:03,040
Speaker 13: this is it's a testing time.

1372
00:58:03,640 --> 00:58:06,040
Speaker 6: Yeah, Mike, you know what, I did the same thing,

1373
00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:09,880
Speaker 6: you know, because people just assume that the Hawks should

1374
00:58:09,920 --> 00:58:11,400
Speaker 6: be able to take care of the Saints, and I

1375
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:12,840
Speaker 6: remind him this is the NFL.

1376
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:13,840
Speaker 7: Then I went back.

1377
00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:16,640
Speaker 6: I'm looking at the sack numbers, I'm looking at Carl

1378
00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:19,520
Speaker 6: and how he's playing. I'm looking at that defensive line,

1379
00:58:19,560 --> 00:58:21,920
Speaker 6: and I got myself thinking this team is better than

1380
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:23,880
Speaker 6: what they are on paper.

1381
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:26,200
Speaker 7: How do you view this team and where they stand

1382
00:58:26,240 --> 00:58:26,600
Speaker 7: right now?

1383
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:31,320
Speaker 13: Yeah, I think it's it's been kind of different. It's

1384
00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:34,320
Speaker 13: for an zero to two team because they they've done

1385
00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:39,080
Speaker 13: probably what was told of them. Go out, don't beat

1386
00:58:39,120 --> 00:58:43,440
Speaker 13: yourselves except for the penalties, you know, just play within yourself.

1387
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:45,720
Speaker 13: Take what's given to you, don't you know, don't get

1388
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,640
Speaker 13: take a lot of sacks, don't throw a lot of picks,

1389
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 13: you know, keep yourself in games, and so they've done that,

1390
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:54,760
Speaker 13: but yet they've lost, right so, and they were both

1391
00:58:54,800 --> 00:58:58,240
Speaker 13: at home and games that you could have won. I

1392
00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:00,640
Speaker 13: mean when mac Jones comes in and and you know,

1393
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:03,320
Speaker 13: puts up two sixty plus on you and you really

1394
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:06,240
Speaker 13: don't get a lot of pressure on him. So they've

1395
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,520
Speaker 13: been it's been a weird oh and too they're not

1396
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:12,520
Speaker 13: you know, we don't have pitchforks and flames outside the

1397
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:16,480
Speaker 13: building right now. But yet you know, you got to

1398
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:19,680
Speaker 13: find a way to get a w especially for Spencer Ratler.

1399
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 13: Right this story is kind of growing. You know, didn't

1400
00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:27,280
Speaker 13: win anything last year, hasn't won his first two and

1401
00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:30,000
Speaker 13: so you want this that you want that story to

1402
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:32,080
Speaker 13: go away. And I don't know if I would pick

1403
00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:36,600
Speaker 13: you know, Seattle and Buffalo is the places for that

1404
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:40,400
Speaker 13: to go away. But yeah, I think they're doing a

1405
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:45,160
Speaker 13: lot of things good. I wouldn't say great, just doing

1406
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 13: a lot of things good. And they had thirteen penalties

1407
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:50,200
Speaker 13: in game one, brought it back down to seven in

1408
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:53,800
Speaker 13: game two, really just one in the second half. They

1409
00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 13: had a kicking penalty, So you know, you got Alvin

1410
00:59:59,560 --> 01:00:03,400
Speaker 13: Kamara and you got a lave and she you can

1411
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 13: do a lot of things. Well, the question is can

1412
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:10,040
Speaker 13: can Here's the question I have about the Saints defense.

1413
01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 13: Are they going to get the Sam Darnold on the

1414
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:16,160
Speaker 13: first drive of the game and the first drive of

1415
01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:19,360
Speaker 13: the third quarter of the game eight for eight, two

1416
01:00:19,440 --> 01:00:23,520
Speaker 13: touchdowns or the guy that that threw two picks right,

1417
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:26,240
Speaker 13: you know, I mean he those two drives of that

1418
01:00:26,400 --> 01:00:29,800
Speaker 13: football game there and then you know Walker runs for

1419
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 13: almost fifty yards. I'm like, nobody can stop that team.

1420
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:37,440
Speaker 13: That was impressive. The rest of the game not so much,

1421
01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,920
Speaker 13: but it's just it seems and I watched your you know,

1422
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:44,000
Speaker 13: your game with San Francisco. I mean San Francisco did

1423
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:48,360
Speaker 13: everything you're supposed to do to lose on the road,

1424
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:51,600
Speaker 13: everything and found a way to win. And so that

1425
01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 13: I mean, this is a Seattle team I think could

1426
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:57,040
Speaker 13: easily should be two and zho. So I think the defense,

1427
01:00:57,640 --> 01:01:01,760
Speaker 13: the way that Seattle runs the ball, and Seattle's defensive

1428
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:06,160
Speaker 13: front and pressure. Aaron Rodgers got sacked three times, but

1429
01:01:06,240 --> 01:01:08,960
Speaker 13: that could have been eight or nine, right, I mean

1430
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:11,000
Speaker 13: at the start of the fourth quarter, Aaron Rodgers was

1431
01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:14,320
Speaker 13: nine and twenty for one hundred and nineteen and that

1432
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:18,120
Speaker 13: included the sixty five yard dump off fast, So you

1433
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:21,080
Speaker 13: take that out, he's got fifty four yards. I mean

1434
01:01:21,080 --> 01:01:25,320
Speaker 13: they dismantled him. So this is going to be a

1435
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:29,640
Speaker 13: more than a stout test for the Saints team.

1436
01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:32,960
Speaker 4: I can guess what the test for Raley will be

1437
01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:35,800
Speaker 4: all year, which is like a different version than what

1438
01:01:35,800 --> 01:01:37,960
Speaker 4: we're expecting from Darnold. And like you said, it's mostly

1439
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:42,280
Speaker 4: don't make mistakes. But what can he bring the Saints.

1440
01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:46,200
Speaker 13: I think he brings a little more mobility with his

1441
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,000
Speaker 13: feed and he's used some I think he needs to

1442
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:53,400
Speaker 13: probably use it more. They've had a couple of instances,

1443
01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:55,080
Speaker 13: like the end of the game, right, you get a

1444
01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:58,959
Speaker 13: third and one, you're driving down, you're down, you're trying

1445
01:01:59,000 --> 01:02:02,000
Speaker 13: to win the game. You you throw it twice. When

1446
01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:03,920
Speaker 13: you get Cincon Ratler and you got a third and

1447
01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:06,160
Speaker 13: one and then a fourth and one. You got to

1448
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:08,440
Speaker 13: you gotta get that first down no matter what you do.

1449
01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:11,240
Speaker 13: But he I feel like he needs to be more

1450
01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:16,160
Speaker 13: of a presence running the football to maybe open up

1451
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 13: some passing lanes.

1452
01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:18,120
Speaker 11: Uh.

1453
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:24,439
Speaker 13: He's Uh. They have the lowest yack yards of their

1454
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:28,360
Speaker 13: receivers and than any of the receivers have had one

1455
01:02:28,400 --> 01:02:31,640
Speaker 13: point seven yak for kristnal Lobby at one point, I

1456
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:35,000
Speaker 13: think nine for Rashid s. That's almost impossible for those

1457
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,600
Speaker 13: two guys, right, and so they've got to find a

1458
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:42,280
Speaker 13: way to have pass routes that enable those two guys

1459
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:45,680
Speaker 13: to gain some yards after the cats because they're getting

1460
01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:49,120
Speaker 13: you know, sometimes it's designed. You go sit in the

1461
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:51,760
Speaker 13: zone and you make the catch, but it feels like

1462
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:54,400
Speaker 13: it's a little too much. So I think those two

1463
01:02:54,440 --> 01:02:57,600
Speaker 13: things a little more yack, a little more running, and

1464
01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:00,720
Speaker 13: then you know, Spencer's doing fine, he's just not getting

1465
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:03,280
Speaker 13: what they need to do. But get that w.

1466
01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:07,640
Speaker 6: What's been the relationship with Kellen Moore and and Spencer

1467
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:09,960
Speaker 6: Rattler and then Kevin Kellen Moore and just the UH,

1468
01:03:10,360 --> 01:03:14,040
Speaker 6: the New Orleans UH Saints organization in general. He's coming

1469
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:17,480
Speaker 6: over after winning a Super Bowl. I'm sure that expectations

1470
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:20,160
Speaker 6: are tapered a bid, But just how is Kellen and

1471
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 6: justin to being the head.

1472
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:25,160
Speaker 13: He's been great. You know, he's he's kind of he's

1473
01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:29,880
Speaker 13: not quiet, he's direct, he's not he's not he won't

1474
01:03:29,880 --> 01:03:33,440
Speaker 13: elongate a lot of things from an answer standpoint, but

1475
01:03:33,520 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 13: he's you know, genuine. I think his age. I think

1476
01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:41,280
Speaker 13: he you know, he can relate a lot more to

1477
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:45,160
Speaker 13: these players. You know, he's really he's you know, the

1478
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:49,000
Speaker 13: same age as to Mario Davis and Cam Jordan. Uh

1479
01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:51,400
Speaker 13: but I think and that's different, right, But this team

1480
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:55,600
Speaker 13: in the offseason was you know, we're just gonna keep

1481
01:03:55,640 --> 01:03:57,720
Speaker 13: doing the same thing, banging our head against the wall

1482
01:03:58,040 --> 01:04:00,720
Speaker 13: and expect different results. Right. So there he is the

1483
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:04,840
Speaker 13: biggest change in that You went youth, you went to

1484
01:04:04,880 --> 01:04:07,960
Speaker 13: the youngest head coach in the NFL. And I think

1485
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:10,640
Speaker 13: he's doing fine. Again for an zero and two start,

1486
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:14,400
Speaker 13: it's not pitchforks and flames, I get this Kellimore or

1487
01:04:14,440 --> 01:04:17,200
Speaker 13: and it's not even when he Tyler shuck right, this

1488
01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:20,480
Speaker 13: would be the immediate call for the backup. But Spencer's

1489
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:23,480
Speaker 13: you know, he's doing what he's supposed to do, is

1490
01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:28,080
Speaker 13: running the offense. I think Kellen is fine. He gets along.

1491
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:31,800
Speaker 13: I think he relates better to this team than probably

1492
01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:36,200
Speaker 13: Dennis did. Uh Sean Sean. I mean, you know, it's

1493
01:04:36,240 --> 01:04:39,280
Speaker 13: hard hard to compare him to anybody, but I think

1494
01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:41,200
Speaker 13: probably better than Dennis.

1495
01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:45,480
Speaker 4: I want to circle back and just focus a bit

1496
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:47,440
Speaker 4: more on the defense, just because Mike, I know, I

1497
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,880
Speaker 4: think the least about that side of the ball right now,

1498
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:51,800
Speaker 4: when it comes to this team, what have you seen.

1499
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:56,480
Speaker 13: Sometimes? I mean it all begins when you say, you know,

1500
01:04:56,520 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 13: it's like it's it's they have not been able to

1501
01:05:00,880 --> 01:05:06,760
Speaker 13: to really put pressure on a quarterback without sending people

1502
01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:10,000
Speaker 13: right now. It's a new defense, Brandon Staley, and so

1503
01:05:10,120 --> 01:05:12,280
Speaker 13: it's not just a new defense, and it's a really

1504
01:05:12,360 --> 01:05:18,680
Speaker 13: schematic change moving slowly to a three four and it's

1505
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:22,040
Speaker 13: but it's not a typical three to four. So I

1506
01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:25,439
Speaker 13: think where their problems have been has been not being

1507
01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:28,000
Speaker 13: able to get any pressure on the quarterback with your

1508
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:31,600
Speaker 13: front four sometimes stopping the run. And then third and long,

1509
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:34,640
Speaker 13: third and long, we'd rather be third and one. I

1510
01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:37,680
Speaker 13: think they're probably better inside third and four than they

1511
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:42,320
Speaker 13: are third and fourteen. And you know, and that kills you.

1512
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:45,280
Speaker 13: Now Tyler Murray is going to run the ball. But

1513
01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:51,040
Speaker 13: just overall, they get in third and long, awesome first

1514
01:05:51,040 --> 01:05:52,720
Speaker 13: and second down, and they en give up third down,

1515
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:56,360
Speaker 13: whether it's a penalty or it's third and fourteen if

1516
01:05:56,360 --> 01:05:59,920
Speaker 13: they have fifteen. So those two things, you know, put

1517
01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:03,439
Speaker 13: pressure on the quarterback and being better on third down.

1518
01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:05,400
Speaker 13: If you can't do either one of those two things, man,

1519
01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:06,080
Speaker 13: you're in trouble.

1520
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:12,120
Speaker 6: So I'm watching film as we speak, and I'm looking

1521
01:06:12,160 --> 01:06:15,760
Speaker 6: at Spencer Rattler in his relationship with the receivers in

1522
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:19,000
Speaker 6: the past game, and I see exactly what you're talking about.

1523
01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:21,840
Speaker 6: There's nothing too glaring to make you think that Tyler

1524
01:06:21,920 --> 01:06:24,520
Speaker 6: Shuck should be in the game. Do you see this

1525
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:27,440
Speaker 6: season playing out where Spencer Rattler is the guy for

1526
01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:29,360
Speaker 6: the duration of the season, or do you feel like

1527
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:31,760
Speaker 6: Tyler will and Shulg get a chance eventually?

1528
01:06:32,920 --> 01:06:33,480
Speaker 7: I think.

1529
01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:38,919
Speaker 13: If I knew how An xu, you know, I feel

1530
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:42,000
Speaker 13: like there's a you know, odds makers, And I was not.

1531
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:43,880
Speaker 13: I was not one of these people that said, well

1532
01:06:43,880 --> 01:06:45,800
Speaker 13: they're going to go three and fourteen, two and fifteen.

1533
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,800
Speaker 13: I just didn't. I'm like, well, you know about howbout

1534
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:50,640
Speaker 13: we play a few games, right, Let's let's see what

1535
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 13: this team's made of. Because once you get past Seattle

1536
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:56,320
Speaker 13: and Buffalo and I don't know how those tour go,

1537
01:06:56,440 --> 01:07:01,560
Speaker 13: but obviously main't easy. You go, you have eight of

1538
01:07:01,600 --> 01:07:05,680
Speaker 13: your next you know, thirteen games, all those teams are

1539
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:10,600
Speaker 13: zero and two. You get Giants, New England Bears, Carolina, Miami,

1540
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:16,760
Speaker 13: Tennessee Jets. You have some very winnable games. So but

1541
01:07:16,840 --> 01:07:20,439
Speaker 13: this team could be on four and really not played

1542
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:22,920
Speaker 13: bad football but still be on four. So I the

1543
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:26,280
Speaker 13: answer to the question is yes, I do think at

1544
01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:30,240
Speaker 13: some point that you will see Tyler Shuck. Whether that's

1545
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:34,240
Speaker 13: based on record, whether that's based on just an injury

1546
01:07:34,480 --> 01:07:38,520
Speaker 13: or you know, Spencer is now oh and twelve as

1547
01:07:38,520 --> 01:07:40,800
Speaker 13: a start, I mean, just some things you just might

1548
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:43,960
Speaker 13: get a change. So I, for whatever reason, I don't

1549
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,240
Speaker 13: think it matters. I do think you'll see Tyler Shark.

1550
01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:49,640
Speaker 4: He's voice of the Saints, Mike cost Mike, thanks for

1551
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:50,600
Speaker 4: your time. We appreciate it.

1552
01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:53,280
Speaker 13: Mike, you bet anytime I talk to you.

1553
01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:54,640
Speaker 10: Guys, have a good one.

1554
01:07:55,120 --> 01:07:56,960
Speaker 4: John Boyle joins us next on the Huddle.

1555
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,280
Speaker 2: Back to the Huddle only on the home of the Seahawks,

1556
01:08:00,600 --> 01:08:01,680
Speaker 2: Seattle Sports.

1557
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,320
Speaker 4: All right, you are listening to the huddle, joining us

1558
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:11,040
Speaker 4: now to wrap up week two, look ahead to week three,

1559
01:08:11,080 --> 01:08:13,960
Speaker 4: and sure some final thoughts, is Seahawks dot COM's John Boyle.

1560
01:08:14,200 --> 01:08:16,519
Speaker 4: John Earlier, we had Ray Roberts on with us. We

1561
01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:19,800
Speaker 4: do right going in the trenches, and he mentioned they

1562
01:08:19,800 --> 01:08:21,720
Speaker 4: always say you can learn something from a loss, but

1563
01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:23,760
Speaker 4: you can also learn a ton from a win, which

1564
01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:25,320
Speaker 4: I thought was true. And I was going to ask

1565
01:08:25,400 --> 01:08:28,479
Speaker 4: you first what we learned about the Seahawks on I

1566
01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:30,080
Speaker 4: almost said on Tuesday in week two.

1567
01:08:30,479 --> 01:08:33,639
Speaker 19: No it is not Tuesday, But what we learned besides

1568
01:08:33,760 --> 01:08:36,960
Speaker 19: what day it is that I just learned, I think

1569
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:39,800
Speaker 19: we more had like confirmed that to me, one of

1570
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:43,120
Speaker 19: the biggest takeaways that defensive front is legit. Like there's

1571
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:45,719
Speaker 19: some dudes up there and they I mean they barely

1572
01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:47,160
Speaker 19: blitted that game. I think I saw it was like

1573
01:08:47,240 --> 01:08:51,519
Speaker 19: four four blitzes or more than four man rush eight.

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01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:51,880
Speaker 8: On the year.

1575
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Speaker 19: Yeah, and they're getting home, they're making plays, they're in

1576
01:08:54,720 --> 01:08:57,320
Speaker 19: the backfield in the wrong game. And then I think

1577
01:08:57,360 --> 01:08:59,240
Speaker 19: we also learned a little bit more of what Clint

1578
01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:01,400
Speaker 19: Kubak's often can look like when they're kind of doing

1579
01:09:01,439 --> 01:09:03,400
Speaker 19: things they want to do, which is first of all,

1580
01:09:03,479 --> 01:09:05,479
Speaker 19: running the ball better. We saw Ken Walker get two

1581
01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:09,000
Speaker 19: hundred yards and also spread the ball around, moving Sam

1582
01:09:09,080 --> 01:09:11,160
Speaker 19: Darnold some like. It just looked a lot more like

1583
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:13,400
Speaker 19: what we saw in training camp and what we were

1584
01:09:13,680 --> 01:09:15,400
Speaker 19: sort of told this offense would be. And you know,

1585
01:09:15,640 --> 01:09:17,640
Speaker 19: you get obviously Jason had another big game, but you

1586
01:09:17,680 --> 01:09:20,519
Speaker 19: get Cooper cup ninety yards, you get the rookie Involventry Horten,

1587
01:09:20,520 --> 01:09:22,120
Speaker 19: and you got a bunch of pass catchers involved. So

1588
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:25,519
Speaker 19: just a more complete picture of what Kubax offense can be.

1589
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:29,160
Speaker 5: And how about the fullback did a thing at Seattle Sports,

1590
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:31,600
Speaker 5: a football one on one thing, the oots thing but

1591
01:09:32,160 --> 01:09:37,599
Speaker 5: two linebackers. Almost I almost jumped out of the broadcasting booth.

1592
01:09:37,680 --> 01:09:40,120
Speaker 5: But yeah, I mean the other thing that's kind of

1593
01:09:40,160 --> 01:09:43,559
Speaker 5: interesting is Halani he told us that, you know, he'd

1594
01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:47,400
Speaker 5: never run behind a fullback before, you know, yeah, it's rare. Yeah,

1595
01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:49,320
Speaker 5: and so these guys are, you know, kind of figuring

1596
01:09:49,360 --> 01:09:50,920
Speaker 5: it out. They're going to get better at it. But

1597
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:53,479
Speaker 5: you know, George was talking about how he loves that

1598
01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:56,639
Speaker 5: there's somebody to kind of clean things up. But yeah,

1599
01:09:56,720 --> 01:09:58,840
Speaker 5: oots Is he's done a great job. I mean, there's

1600
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:01,880
Speaker 5: a couple of rookie moments there, but for the most part, Yeah,

1601
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:03,840
Speaker 5: he's gonna learn. He's been great.

1602
01:10:03,920 --> 01:10:04,920
Speaker 10: Yeah, he's gonna get better.

1603
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:07,160
Speaker 19: But even as he works out some of the details,

1604
01:10:07,160 --> 01:10:09,559
Speaker 19: Like we've heard a lot of players on both sides

1605
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:11,240
Speaker 19: of all talk about sort of the identity this team

1606
01:10:11,240 --> 01:10:13,559
Speaker 19: and the physicality and the effort and like Oot Springs

1607
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:13,960
Speaker 19: all that.

1608
01:10:14,120 --> 01:10:16,599
Speaker 10: So as the details get there, he'll be that much better.

1609
01:10:16,600 --> 01:10:18,719
Speaker 19: But he's already bringing a fun element to that offense

1610
01:10:18,760 --> 01:10:19,120
Speaker 19: for sure.

1611
01:10:19,680 --> 01:10:22,679
Speaker 6: What did you think the bounce back of Sam Darnold

1612
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:23,519
Speaker 6: in that second half?

1613
01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:24,439
Speaker 10: I thought he played awesome.

1614
01:10:24,479 --> 01:10:26,160
Speaker 19: I mean it was a funny like can you say

1615
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:28,599
Speaker 19: a guy played awesome except two interceptions? Like two interceptions

1616
01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:31,000
Speaker 19: is a pretty big deal. You know, you can always

1617
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:32,760
Speaker 19: break it down. It's not just on one player, but

1618
01:10:33,680 --> 01:10:36,160
Speaker 19: the rest of that game. And even before those plays.

1619
01:10:36,160 --> 01:10:37,519
Speaker 19: The first drive, he was great and he threw a

1620
01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:39,640
Speaker 19: nice touchdown, stood in with the blitz coming at him

1621
01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:41,640
Speaker 19: through a touchdown to Horton. So he did a lot

1622
01:10:41,680 --> 01:10:43,320
Speaker 19: of really good things. There were two plays that the

1623
01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:45,280
Speaker 19: offense would love to have back. But I you know,

1624
01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:48,479
Speaker 19: that last drive, especially where they're trying to you know,

1625
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,320
Speaker 19: if nothing else burns some clock, but if they can

1626
01:10:51,479 --> 01:10:53,160
Speaker 19: add to the lead, and then you know they're blitzing

1627
01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:54,920
Speaker 19: on third and nine, he spins out of it, makes

1628
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:57,639
Speaker 19: the play to Barner, very next play, takes that deep

1629
01:10:57,640 --> 01:11:00,599
Speaker 19: shot to JSN and then end up with the touchdown

1630
01:11:00,720 --> 01:11:02,080
Speaker 19: the Ken Walker touchdown run?

1631
01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:03,160
Speaker 10: Which man?

1632
01:11:03,200 --> 01:11:05,920
Speaker 19: How is the defense that's got to be demoralizing? Third

1633
01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:09,400
Speaker 19: and goal from the nineteen. They're just gonna run some

1634
01:11:09,439 --> 01:11:11,360
Speaker 19: clock and kick a field well and he goes untouched

1635
01:11:11,360 --> 01:11:12,960
Speaker 19: with the end zone. But yeah, I thought back to

1636
01:11:12,960 --> 01:11:14,960
Speaker 19: your question about Sam. I thought he played a great game.

1637
01:11:15,560 --> 01:11:18,320
Speaker 4: This doesn't have to imply having a negative question. But

1638
01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:20,000
Speaker 4: what was your biggest question after this one?

1639
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:22,400
Speaker 12: Shoot?

1640
01:11:22,400 --> 01:11:24,200
Speaker 4: That's a great thing, you know, thank you.

1641
01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:26,160
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's such a good question. I don't such a

1642
01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:27,280
Speaker 10: good question. I don't have an answer.

1643
01:11:27,640 --> 01:11:30,160
Speaker 19: I guess more than anything, it's like, can you just

1644
01:11:30,360 --> 01:11:31,680
Speaker 19: build off that and sustain it?

1645
01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:35,040
Speaker 10: Because we saw the offense seemingly take a big leap.

1646
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:38,080
Speaker 19: The defense I'm really excited about, and I don't have

1647
01:11:38,120 --> 01:11:40,000
Speaker 19: a lot of questions about this defense other than maybe

1648
01:11:40,160 --> 01:11:42,599
Speaker 19: who's available this week if some guys are banged up.

1649
01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:44,960
Speaker 19: But yeah, to me, it's can the offense is build

1650
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:47,439
Speaker 19: off what they did and keep growing? Because I think

1651
01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:50,439
Speaker 19: we probably expected with so much newness we probably talked

1652
01:11:50,439 --> 01:11:54,840
Speaker 19: about this last week, quarterback, pass catchers, coordinator scheme, everything's new,

1653
01:11:55,200 --> 01:11:57,720
Speaker 19: you'd expect it to take some time and grow, and

1654
01:11:57,840 --> 01:11:59,559
Speaker 19: it looked like it made a big leap, So to me,

1655
01:11:59,560 --> 01:12:01,439
Speaker 19: it's just you know, can they keep that up.

1656
01:12:01,880 --> 01:12:06,040
Speaker 5: We thought going into last week that that Mike McDonald's

1657
01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:08,320
Speaker 5: gonna have to make a decision about Rerek Wolan, but

1658
01:12:08,360 --> 01:12:10,360
Speaker 5: then you know, there were some injuries and stuff like that,

1659
01:12:10,479 --> 01:12:13,160
Speaker 5: so that all kind of went away. But from what

1660
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:16,400
Speaker 5: you've heard from him, he had the tackle on Warren. Yeah,

1661
01:12:16,600 --> 01:12:20,479
Speaker 5: five guys missed on but you know, uh, how did

1662
01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:22,680
Speaker 5: how did Mike talk about.

1663
01:12:22,720 --> 01:12:23,360
Speaker 7: Wolan this week?

1664
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:26,439
Speaker 19: He seemed really like excited about what he saw Forrek

1665
01:12:26,439 --> 01:12:28,080
Speaker 19: Walla mean, he didn't get like thrown out a bunch

1666
01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:29,640
Speaker 19: of that game, So it wasn't so much about like

1667
01:12:29,960 --> 01:12:31,800
Speaker 19: how he played in coverage, but just the way he

1668
01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:34,760
Speaker 19: handled the week where you know, he knew he had

1669
01:12:34,800 --> 01:12:38,360
Speaker 19: some costly plays in that previous game and he you know,

1670
01:12:38,400 --> 01:12:41,200
Speaker 19: he knew maybe there's guys competing for a spot and

1671
01:12:41,240 --> 01:12:45,080
Speaker 19: he he responded well in practice. And then to have

1672
01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:46,960
Speaker 19: your sort of highlight play that game be a hustle play,

1673
01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,240
Speaker 19: I think really showed Mike something. It's like, Okay, this

1674
01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:51,320
Speaker 19: guy like he's putting in that effort we need where

1675
01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:54,800
Speaker 19: you know that that ended up being a seven point

1676
01:12:54,840 --> 01:12:57,680
Speaker 19: swing because if they don't find the end zone there,

1677
01:12:57,680 --> 01:12:59,840
Speaker 19: and then they was getting interception a few plays later.

1678
01:13:00,439 --> 01:13:01,400
Speaker 10: That was a huge player in the game.

1679
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:03,559
Speaker 6: How important do you think it was for a Cooper

1680
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:05,320
Speaker 6: Cup to get going in this past game.

1681
01:13:05,800 --> 01:13:07,839
Speaker 19: I mean, I think it's just important for this offense

1682
01:13:07,920 --> 01:13:09,960
Speaker 19: to function how they wanted to. I don't think he

1683
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:12,240
Speaker 19: needed that or anything, like he's done enough his career.

1684
01:13:12,240 --> 01:13:14,800
Speaker 19: I don't think he's gonna let one quiet game get

1685
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:17,439
Speaker 19: him down or lose the team's confidence. But just it

1686
01:13:17,520 --> 01:13:19,640
Speaker 19: showed a lot more what this offense could be and

1687
01:13:19,640 --> 01:13:22,000
Speaker 19: what you'd expect out of Cooper Cup, like working over

1688
01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:22,599
Speaker 19: the middle.

1689
01:13:22,360 --> 01:13:23,680
Speaker 10: Of field, good catch and run.

1690
01:13:23,800 --> 01:13:25,639
Speaker 19: He had a bunch of I feel like every catch

1691
01:13:25,680 --> 01:13:28,320
Speaker 19: he had was like sixteen seventeen, eighteen yards of a

1692
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:31,680
Speaker 19: lot of yak in there. So I think it's just

1693
01:13:31,960 --> 01:13:33,720
Speaker 19: again for this offense to be what you want to be.

1694
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:36,679
Speaker 19: You love JSN and everything he does, but you don't want.

1695
01:13:36,600 --> 01:13:37,360
Speaker 10: To all be on him.

1696
01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:39,800
Speaker 19: So just getting that number two guy a big game

1697
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:40,920
Speaker 19: and moving the chains.

1698
01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:45,320
Speaker 4: This big Spencer Ratler has not thrown an interception this year,

1699
01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:47,760
Speaker 4: has three touchdowns on his last game. Right, Yes, that

1700
01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:51,000
Speaker 4: being said, I was gonna say The Seahawks are also

1701
01:13:51,040 --> 01:13:54,000
Speaker 4: tied for second with the ben goals with four of them.

1702
01:13:54,520 --> 01:13:56,759
Speaker 4: You think one of those things gives this weekend.

1703
01:13:57,160 --> 01:13:57,880
Speaker 10: I do.

1704
01:13:57,960 --> 01:14:01,080
Speaker 19: If I had to guess, I'd think Spencer there's interceptionless

1705
01:14:01,080 --> 01:14:03,320
Speaker 19: Street goes. I mean, it's just you know, you're coming

1706
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:06,160
Speaker 19: on the road, You're a young quarterback facing a great defense.

1707
01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:08,400
Speaker 19: So it's not nothing against him. I you know, he's

1708
01:14:08,439 --> 01:14:10,679
Speaker 19: done some if you watch him the first couple of games,

1709
01:14:10,680 --> 01:14:13,000
Speaker 19: they haven't won, but he's done some good things. But yeah,

1710
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:14,720
Speaker 19: I just I like the way the Seats defense is

1711
01:14:14,720 --> 01:14:16,960
Speaker 19: playing and the way that pass rush is going.

1712
01:14:17,000 --> 01:14:19,360
Speaker 10: It's going to create opportunities for the secondary.

1713
01:14:19,560 --> 01:14:22,160
Speaker 5: We had, we had Kobe Bryant in here. Just also a.

1714
01:14:22,520 --> 01:14:25,559
Speaker 19: Speaking of interceptions, Yeah, but.

1715
01:14:25,720 --> 01:14:27,880
Speaker 5: You know, just the way that Mike McDonald's talking about

1716
01:14:27,960 --> 01:14:30,240
Speaker 5: him and his game, I feel like he kind of

1717
01:14:30,280 --> 01:14:33,840
Speaker 5: got left behind in years past and now he seems

1718
01:14:33,880 --> 01:14:34,679
Speaker 5: front and center.

1719
01:14:34,479 --> 01:14:35,080
Speaker 8: In this defense.

1720
01:14:35,320 --> 01:14:37,000
Speaker 10: He's one of those guys that kind Josh Job is

1721
01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:37,680
Speaker 10: becoming that way too.

1722
01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:40,719
Speaker 19: But there's certain guys you can tell Mike really loves

1723
01:14:40,800 --> 01:14:43,160
Speaker 19: the way they are in their spot, and that's you know,

1724
01:14:43,200 --> 01:14:45,680
Speaker 19: that's what Kobe did last year's he started the year.

1725
01:14:45,720 --> 01:14:48,080
Speaker 19: He's a backup safety and a special teams guy, and

1726
01:14:48,800 --> 01:14:51,080
Speaker 19: we kept hearing he's showing it in practice and then

1727
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:53,799
Speaker 19: the opportunity comes up. It initially came up because of injury,

1728
01:14:53,840 --> 01:14:55,960
Speaker 19: but he sees that position. He never let it go

1729
01:14:56,040 --> 01:14:58,280
Speaker 19: and now he's, you know, every down player for them,

1730
01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:00,040
Speaker 19: making a lot of plays. So yeah, I think I

1731
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,000
Speaker 19: Mike loves it. I mean, obviously you love a first

1732
01:15:02,120 --> 01:15:03,960
Speaker 19: round pick who's just a stud from the get go

1733
01:15:04,080 --> 01:15:06,720
Speaker 19: and always does that. But you also need guys to

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Speaker 19: be good in the NFL. You're not They're not all

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Speaker 19: going to be the superstar guy. So you need guys

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Speaker 19: who can kind of work their way up and earn

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Speaker 19: it and prove to be good players. And Kobe's done that,

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Speaker 19: and you know we're seeing it again a guy like

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Speaker 19: Josh Job do it as well.

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Speaker 7: What are you hearing about the O line after two weeks?

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Speaker 19: I mean a lot of good. It's not it's not perfect.

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Speaker 19: I'm sure Ray gave you a better breakdown than I could.

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01:15:25,560 --> 01:15:28,080
Speaker 19: But there's you know, there's still stuff to clean up.

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Speaker 19: But especially because they're getting the ball out pretty quickly,

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01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:33,120
Speaker 19: they're not getting Sam Darnold hit a lot, he's not

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Speaker 19: getting sacked a lot, and and they're moving guys in

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01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:37,880
Speaker 19: their run game. It's you know, the run game hasn't

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Speaker 19: probably been as consistent as they want, especially in Week one,

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Speaker 19: but you know we've seen enough that those guys can

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Speaker 19: do it. And I mean, I love what we're seeing

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Speaker 19: from Grey's able for guys played two NFL games.

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Speaker 10: He just looks like a beast.

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Speaker 12: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I'm calling our final game role call, all right, in

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Speaker 4: which we have to choose a player that's going to

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Speaker 4: play a pretty pivotal role and think about how the

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Speaker 4: Saints want to beat you and want to win too,

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Speaker 4: So establishing the run. They have a young quarterback, they

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Speaker 4: want to stop the run. So that's how you're thinking

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Speaker 4: of it will go in order coming back to me here,

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Speaker 4: so boil wyman bump.

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Speaker 19: I mean, if you're gonna give me first choice, yeah,

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Speaker 19: give me Ernest Jones because you just said establishing the run.

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Speaker 19: We've seen Alvin Kamara have some big games in Seattle

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Speaker 19: in the past and just in general, he's still still

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Speaker 19: a really productive running back. So I think if you

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Speaker 19: get your middle linebacker making plays and getting guys in

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Speaker 19: position to make plays.

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Speaker 10: That's a big part of his job too. I think

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Speaker 10: we're gonna see a good day for the Seahawks defense.

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Speaker 4: Again and someone playing a pivotal role on Sunday.

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Speaker 5: How about Tyree Snake. I was watching the film and

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Speaker 5: it didn't really show up so much on TV, I thought,

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Speaker 5: or at least what I was seeing.

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Speaker 8: But he smokes people.

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Speaker 5: He really is a bigger guy, and when he hits people,

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Speaker 5: they stay hit. So yeah, I think he can He

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Speaker 5: can come up huge as well. And he hasn't really

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01:16:49,640 --> 01:16:52,439
Speaker 5: made a lot of plays this year, but I really

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Speaker 5: like him as a player, And so yeah, I'm going

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01:16:55,400 --> 01:16:56,160
Speaker 5: with Tyree Snake.

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01:16:56,240 --> 01:16:58,320
Speaker 4: Bump every offensive player left on the board.

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Speaker 7: For you, Anthony Bradford.

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Speaker 6: He needs to have a good game, Finish the blocks, combo,

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Speaker 6: get to the linebackers. If he did, if he if

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Speaker 6: he played a better game last week, came not gonna

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01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:09,799
Speaker 6: win for like one thirty.

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Speaker 4: Forty now stop the run. Established the run of battle

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Speaker 4: for both of these teams heading into Sunday, and this

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Speaker 4: one is gonna be a one o five pm start.

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Speaker 4: Seahawks taken on the Saints for Week three. Dave Wyman

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Speaker 4: on the call with Rabel look for boils covered afterwards.

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Speaker 4: Seahawks dot Com bump on pre and post this has

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Speaker 4: been the huddle.

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