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Speaker 1: and Stacy Ross, a two hour preview show getting you

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Speaker 1: ready for Seahawks Steelers in week six Sunday night football,

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Speaker 1: back to back primetime games here for Seattle also, and

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Speaker 1: we'll start here the first game in the better part

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Speaker 1: of ten years that the Seahawks are entering without Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson as their starting quarterback. Russell Wilson set to miss

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Speaker 1: his first ever start and he'll miss a couple here

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Speaker 1: coming back as he rehabs from a broken finger, with

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Speaker 1: a ruptured mallet and mallet finger, all kinds of issues there,

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Speaker 1: so right now, no updates there, but we are going

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Speaker 1: to look at Geno Smith starting for this team. So

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Speaker 1: let's just start with a general preview. We've got awesome

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Speaker 1: guests joining us today. You guys, Tyler Lockett gonna be

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Speaker 1: I know, John Boyle kind of give us the latest

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Speaker 1: news with this team. So Dave, I'll start with this.

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Speaker 1: You spoke the other day with Brooke Prior, who's the

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Speaker 1: esp and Steelers reporter, and it was such a fascinating

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Speaker 1: insight into both sides of the ball for the Steelers team,

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Speaker 1: because from the outside looking in, you just say Steelers

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Speaker 1: offense bad. Defense has been great, and there's a little

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Speaker 1: more to both sides. Yeah. Well, and I also I

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite questions to ask is who's the

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Speaker 1: guy we should be talking about that? You know, because

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Speaker 1: what would you say if somebody asked you that? Here?

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Speaker 1: T J. Watt, No, no, I'm saying for the Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I had a guy asked me about Tyler Lockett.

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Speaker 1: It was Dan what's a dock has a Indianapolis. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of college basketball exactly. Yeah, and he

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Speaker 1: has a show there and he's like, tell me about

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Speaker 1: this Tyler Lockett guy, you know, and it's like you

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Speaker 1: and she mentioned Cameron Heyward. Yeah, and he is just

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Speaker 1: an absolute staple the guy. Him and Stefan tooit who's

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Speaker 1: not playing? Both of those guys were born and bred

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers signed big contracts to it's not playing, as

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Speaker 1: it's it's more than just Ben Roethlisberger and t J. Watt.

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Speaker 1: It's a guy named Joe Schobert who he played in Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: He signed a free agent contract with Jacksonville. They traded

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Speaker 1: him to Pittsburgh for some reason. I mean, if you

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Speaker 1: got Minka Fitzpatrick and Joe Hayden. I mean, so if

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Speaker 1: you look at a lot of these defenses, like you

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Speaker 1: they've got maybe five, five or six. So this is

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Speaker 1: a good defense, even though their numbers don't reflect that.

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Speaker 1: Right now, they're not great defensively other than I think

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Speaker 1: There's something right, you know, other than that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: But to your point, they've got dudes on every level

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Speaker 1: Their best game by far. I mean, they hadn't surpassed

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Speaker 1: deferent meetings. Um, everybody's doing their job and that's that's

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Speaker 1: what it comes down to. I was going to ask,

429
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Speaker 1: is that one of the common themes that you're seeing

430
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 1: with some of the struggles is just hey, we have

431
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,719
Speaker 1: the guys to do it. We know what we're supposed

432
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:22,480
Speaker 1: to do, we just haven't been executing exactly what it is. Yeah. Hey, Marquis,

433
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,200
Speaker 1: here's the thing I really appreciate about you, and that's

434
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Speaker 1: the physical element that you bring to the game. And

435
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,840
Speaker 1: just tell us where that comes from and what that

436
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,800
Speaker 1: means to you. Because when I see you on the field,

437
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,200
Speaker 1: my eyes light up because I know you want to

438
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 1: hit people and that solves a lot of problems. Yeah,

439
00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,040
Speaker 1: I think it comes from backyard football. Growing up, That's

440
00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:44,239
Speaker 1: all we did was played football. So I think it's

441
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,200
Speaker 1: just come from tackling while with no paddle. Now it

442
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,480
Speaker 1: plays out, it plays out on the field, and we've

443
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,040
Speaker 1: seen that, I mean all the way to your days

444
00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,160
Speaker 1: of Utah getting kicked out multiple times. You know, some

445
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,800
Speaker 1: some are controversial calls, some are others, but they're all

446
00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:01,920
Speaker 1: terrible calls. That's right, that's okay, another defensive guy standing

447
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,159
Speaker 1: up for you, Marquis. But but you know, at the

448
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: same time, I love the way that you have not

449
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,520
Speaker 1: backed off from that at all. Has has that been

450
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,679
Speaker 1: a conversation that you have had with coach Carroll and

451
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Speaker 1: and you know what has that been been like for you? No,

452
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,000
Speaker 1: I've never had never been a factor to me. At

453
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Speaker 1: the end of the day, I got kicked out the

454
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Speaker 1: first time, I didn't care like I just went out

455
00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,520
Speaker 1: and played my game. Yeah. You know, it's funny. I

456
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,200
Speaker 1: think the one that you had against Denver in the preseason,

457
00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,959
Speaker 1: like your rookie year, you you tried. It looks like

458
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,879
Speaker 1: you tried to keep your head of the way. The

459
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 1: thing I would worry about is that like you might

460
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,720
Speaker 1: get yourself hurt doing that. That's a thing, you know,

461
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,080
Speaker 1: trying to avoid that, and I don't know it. Just

462
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Speaker 1: can you describe to people because one of the things

463
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Speaker 1: I hate, Marquis is when they show it in super

464
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,840
Speaker 1: slow motion and everybody thinks, oh, yeah, he should have

465
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 1: gotten out of the way, but it happened so fast

466
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Speaker 1: out there. Can you describe to the fans just how

467
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Speaker 1: quickly things happen out on the field. Yeah, it's a

468
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 1: bang bang player. You got to make a decision in

469
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Speaker 1: a second, like you know, so, I mean if you

470
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,159
Speaker 1: don't make the right decision, they need to get fine. Yeah,

471
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,880
Speaker 1: it can't It can't be easy, especially with the defensive

472
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Speaker 1: pass interference. I always have this thing of like, should

473
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Speaker 1: it be spot of the foul? That seems pretty excessive

474
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Speaker 1: with some of these, But hey, I'm curious. You guys

475
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,120
Speaker 1: have a couple good quarterbacks coming up here on your schedule,

476
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Speaker 1: so um, if you have to look, Marquise, I know

477
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Speaker 1: the answer that you want to give is I'll take

478
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Speaker 1: an interception no matter what. But does a small part

479
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Speaker 1: of you about that, Well, does a small part of you,

480
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,959
Speaker 1: Marquise think you know what interception for Aaron Rodgers wouldn't

481
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Speaker 1: be too bad. I mean, it wouldn't be too bad.

482
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Speaker 1: It doesn't matter. I'll go for the hit. ORGANI I'm

483
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Speaker 1: banking Marquise that you would take the big hit over

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Speaker 1: the interception. Am I wrong? Yeah? It's just a type

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Speaker 1: of situation. What go way, Marquise. Okay, you can have

486
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Speaker 1: a huge hit because let's say you somehow get like

487
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Speaker 1: a sack, or you can have a pick six. I'll

488
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Speaker 1: have to pick six that different. Yeah, that's there. You

489
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 1: gotta go with that. Yeah, you're not really giving them

490
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Speaker 1: a great compansion. Okay, Marquise, you can get a high

491
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Speaker 1: five from a teammate or a pick set. That's right, Mark,

492
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 1: He's like it done easy. Um, look, so far in

493
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Speaker 1: this transition Marquise, going from safety to nickel, you've made

494
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,600
Speaker 1: it very well. But what are some of the different

495
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: asks that you're you've been dealing with at the nickel

496
00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,359
Speaker 1: spot that has made it either a unique challenge or

497
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,480
Speaker 1: a or a fun challenge to add to your game. Um,

498
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,240
Speaker 1: just just prove it. Just showing I can cover anybody. Really,

499
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,919
Speaker 1: that's the main difference. Well, tell us a difference, you know,

500
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Speaker 1: Like outside, you've got the sideline, how big of a

501
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,440
Speaker 1: help because they always say inside guys, you know, it's

502
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: kind of a both two way go and then outside

503
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Speaker 1: the guys get the benefit of the sideline. How much

504
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,119
Speaker 1: of a benefit has that? Um, it's as a beneficial

505
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: is for the quarterback in receiver, like they get to

506
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Speaker 1: run out of space when they run to the sideline.

507
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Speaker 1: So markus, what has been so far? I would say

508
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Speaker 1: so far? What has been your toughest matchup that you've

509
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Speaker 1: had in man demand coverage thus far? Because that's you know,

510
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Speaker 1: as you're talking about different responsibilities and taking on that

511
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,760
Speaker 1: mantle of you know, having to cover guys, especially in

512
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Speaker 1: man demand situations. Has there been a guy that you

513
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,560
Speaker 1: walked away from the game afterwards and said, man, that

514
00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 1: was a really good battle. Um. No, I think my

515
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: best battles is in practice. I think you have the

516
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Speaker 1: best receivers block in DK. Yeah. Hey, last question here, Um,

517
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Speaker 1: is there a guy, a defensive guy on your team

518
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,400
Speaker 1: that you think no one's talking about this guy enough?

519
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:43,320
Speaker 1: What I'm seeing him do is amazing. Dig So, I

520
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 1: mean people talk about this, but they didn't talk about more. Yeah. Yeah, yeah,

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00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 1: we'll do that. I talk about him all the time. Man,

522
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Speaker 1: We'll take your instruction here. All right. We want to

523
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,480
Speaker 1: be talking about you Markus, So good luck man and

524
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,399
Speaker 1: love seeing you out on the field. I appreciate it.

525
00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:01,800
Speaker 1: Have a good game, all right. That was Hawk safety Blair.

526
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: It doesn't care about noons about it. He's like, yeah,

527
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,520
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, I'm not here to have conversation. I'm

528
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 1: here to hit people. That's that's what he's doing. I

529
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Speaker 1: wanted to ask, what would you rather do, miss a

530
00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,719
Speaker 1: big hit, like miss a tackle or do this interview

531
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 1: all over again. He's a man of few words, but

532
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: I just I love his seriousness and the thing, um

533
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:24,080
Speaker 1: you know about the Utah. When we talked to him,

534
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 1: he said, yeah, I get kicked out of three games.

535
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: And I said, you know, are you going to change

536
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,679
Speaker 1: your style? Like Nope, not changing it one bit. And

537
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 1: so yeah, that's that's what I think. Look, it all

538
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 1: starts there. I mean physic being physical always wins, It

539
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 1: always helps you. It always is the answer on defense.

540
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,159
Speaker 1: And so that's that's something I'm really looking forward to

541
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Speaker 1: because if I was anybody playing on this defense right now,

542
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,919
Speaker 1: I'd be frustrated. And you can see it from Quandre

543
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: Diggs and that's one of the reasons I love Digs

544
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,919
Speaker 1: is because he told us he has a gloomy disposition.

545
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: He told us in an interview he was, Yeah, it's

546
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: kind of gloomy around here, so am I. And so

547
00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 1: you see him and he gets you know, he kind

548
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 1: of doesn't suffer fools gladly, right. I mean he doesn't.

549
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: He's not out here to be happy and have a

550
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 1: good time. He wants to he wants to win, and

551
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 1: he wants to play good defense. And I see that

552
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 1: same thing from Marquise Blair, and so I would love

553
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: to see both of those guys get I've seen by

554
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: the way, Diggs make the most ridiculous tackles in space.

555
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,399
Speaker 1: For that yeah, against Atlanta last year, Todd Gurley in

556
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 1: the open field and it was a huge open field.

557
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,200
Speaker 1: And you know I always say it's not the matrix,

558
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: you can't stop in mid air. He stopped in mid air.

559
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: It was the matrix thre Diggs like stopped going one

560
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 1: way and launched himself the other way. So I mean

561
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 1: that guy has him. You know, you look at Marquise Blair.

562
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 1: I mean those guys Jamal Adams, they want to hit people.

563
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,840
Speaker 1: Do you think that a guy like Diggs would get

564
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 1: even more credit from people if you could, if you

565
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 1: could actually see the secondary and a lot of the

566
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Speaker 1: TV broadcast because a lot of the times the camera

567
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,160
Speaker 1: follows the quarterbacks makes sense and you miss a lot

568
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 1: of what happens. Well, I think, you know, it's kind

569
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 1: of a job where it's kind of difficult to tell

570
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,480
Speaker 1: sometimes with him because a lot of times, you know,

571
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,879
Speaker 1: he's the safety, he's the last line of defense, and

572
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:13,879
Speaker 1: a lot of times he just you know, he runs up,

573
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily get involved in the play. You know, you

574
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,280
Speaker 1: have linebackers and safeties up near the box, and that's

575
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 1: kind of the thing with Jamal Adams. You want him

576
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: up in the box so he can be you know,

577
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: you don't want him as a deep safety at least

578
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: in my opinion. But yeah, so I think you're right. Yeah,

579
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,199
Speaker 1: he's underappreciated. He definitely is, and that's one part of it.

580
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: I love his leadership and what he brings to the team,

581
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: and through this struggle, I don't know if they do

582
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: end up fixing things if Quandre Diggs is not on

583
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: this team, just simply put, all right, you are listening

584
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: to the huddle with Dave Wyman, Jakeeps and Stacy Ross.

585
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: We are turning to Seahawks reporter John Boyle to check

586
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: out the latest with the Seahawks team that's coming up next.

587
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: You are listening to the huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps,

588
00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: and Stacy Ross. We're going to be joined here in

589
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 1: just one moment by Seahawks reporter John Boyle to get

590
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 1: the latest on this team. Obviously some injuries that everyone's tracking,

591
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: the biggest being Chris Carson. While we wait for John here, Jake,

592
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,240
Speaker 1: just how huge is it to be able to get

593
00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 1: Carson back and establish that run in this game? It's everything, Like, honestly,

594
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: it's everything in this game. And look, Alex Collins did

595
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: a great job. He did a very good job in

596
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: the absence of Chris Carson in the Rams game. But

597
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: let's just say that Chris Carson would have gotten more yards.

598
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: He would he would have made more explosive plays with

599
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: some of the opportunities that Alex Collins had had received

600
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: in that Rams game. And so I fully one percent

601
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: believe that he brings such a physical element to the game.

602
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: And when you're playing a team in the Steelers that

603
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: are so dynamic and so talented, You're going to need

604
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: to protect Gino Smith. If you cannot protect Gino Smith

605
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: by getting an advantageous third down situations and or you

606
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: are having to rely on him consistently to to move

607
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: the chains, you're gonna put this offense in a really

608
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: difficult spot. Because the Steelers are that good and joining

609
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 1: us now. Seahawks reporter John Boyle, Hey, John, how are you? Hey?

610
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: I'm good? How are you? Guys? We are fantastic. I mean,

611
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: you know, we said this earlier when we were talking

612
00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: with Tyler Lockett. A bit of a weird week, first

613
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: time anyone's heading into a season in years and years

614
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 1: and years about Russell Wilson as the starter. Gino Smith

615
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 1: spoke today. What's the latest on that front from him?

616
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: How did he sound? He was great. I mean, he

617
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 1: sounds like a guy who is both very confident in

618
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: what he can do, has the backing of all his

619
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 1: teammates and coaches who absolutely believe in him, and also guys,

620
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Speaker 1: you know, I just really appreciate for this opportunity he's

621
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 1: hung on a long time in this league. You know,

622
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 1: he was a starter early on, lost his job and

623
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: he's bounced around as a backup, and he pointed out

624
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: a back up to some really durable quarterbacks though he's

625
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: barely played in a long time, so for him to

626
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 1: get the chances pretty cool for him. You know, John,

627
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 1: I was saying to some other people, I'm like, I

628
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Speaker 1: don't think I've ever heard him speak. I don't think

629
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: i've heard his voice. Have you gotten kind of to

630
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: know him? Tell us what kind of guy Gino was?

631
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: I mean, no, Well, I've had some quick conversation, you know,

632
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 1: pre COVID times in the locker room. Just talk to

633
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: him a little bit in twenty nineteen and you know,

634
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 1: just some quick interactions here and there. But he you know,

635
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 1: he's a guy that again, he's had a weird journey

636
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: in the NFL. He he lost the starting job in

637
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 1: a very non traditional way with the unfortunate you know,

638
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,360
Speaker 1: locker room intent where he got punched and broke his jaw.

639
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: So he had a tough go of his career for

640
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: a guy who came into league was such a highly

641
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: cowded guy. And I think he's had a really good

642
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: perspective on the game and on life. And he's a

643
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 1: guy that's just really matured over the years, and I

644
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: think is really ready for this opportunity. And John Obviously

645
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,240
Speaker 1: it's not just about Geno Smith, and I think he

646
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,000
Speaker 1: made that very clear in his press conference from what

647
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: I can see, but it's also about the rest of

648
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: the guy stepping up around him and you know, helping

649
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: him out to you know what, offensively, defensively, how have

650
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: the what does the response it's been in the conversation

651
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 1: been like from the other players in regards to Gino, Yeah,

652
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see guys rally around him. I mean,

653
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: you know, the offensive line, you know, as you know,

654
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: they want to protect that quarterback at all costs anytime.

655
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: But you know, maybe there's this heighten awareness of you know,

656
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: we don't have three back there who can just you know,

657
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: make something out nothing every play if you know, obviously

658
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 1: they don't want that to happen, but they maybe in

659
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,520
Speaker 1: the back of your mind, you know us there and

660
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: maybe they can kind of just elevate their game a

661
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: tiny bit. And then defensively, who heard Bobby Wagner talk

662
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: about you know, it's the defense's turned to step up.

663
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: They've there's been so many games over the years where

664
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: regardless of how manything's gone, you know, offense, defense, whatever else.

665
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: You know, Russell Wilson is going to give your shot

666
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: at the end of the game, and you know, maybe

667
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 1: the defense is can be something they rally around and

668
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: get their season going after some struggles. Hey, John, we

669
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: know that any offense without its starting quarterback is going

670
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: to look different. But in terms of just schematically, do

671
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: you expect this offense to look any different with you know,

672
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think there's gonna be drastic changes.

673
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll's talked about you know, he's been here long enough.

674
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: He knows everything they do that you know, they don't

675
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: have to dial a back or anything like that. But sure,

676
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: you you know, every quarterback's different. They have different strengths,

677
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: and you maybe Taylor some things to him, you know,

678
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 1: I'm sure he and Shane Waldren aren't talking a lot about,

679
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: you know, plays that he's most comfortable in things that

680
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: just fitting him best. So it won't be exactly like

681
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: it lets the Russ Olsen, But I don't think you

682
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: need to, you know, pare it down and dumb it

683
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,400
Speaker 1: down for him or anything like that. He's gonna be

684
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: ready to go, and I would imagine Russ is making

685
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 1: the trip out there. He's going to be on the

686
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: sidelines making I have not heard that, but I can't

687
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: imagine he would stay away. I mean unless there's a

688
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: medical reason with swelling or something like that they don't

689
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: want him on a plane. I I just can't imagine

690
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 1: he doesn't want to go. I mean he's seen him

691
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 1: out there. Yes, they practice, he had his moment on,

692
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: he has his leeks Oni, he looked like he was

693
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Speaker 1: ready to go. He's running through the warm ups at

694
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Speaker 1: the beginning, so Shin strap On, Yeah. I mean if

695
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Speaker 1: you're if you're out there doing that at practice, I

696
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: really can't imagine he's not out there unless there's some

697
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: and he just can't go. John One. One piece of

698
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 1: the conversation that I need you to help parse for

699
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,760
Speaker 1: us a little bit is this conversation around the cornerback group.

700
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,359
Speaker 1: And you know, obviously they released Trey Flowers, but as

701
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: they move forward, you know, Sidney Jones has gotten the

702
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 1: first crack at it in terms of replacing Trey Flowers.

703
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,760
Speaker 1: They've talked a lot about Pete Carroll, Ken Norton Junior,

704
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: talked about Trey Brown coming back. What's the expectation there

705
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: with fans is it more of, Hey, Trey Brown might

706
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: get in or is that not going to happen till

707
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: maybe next week. You know, I can't imagine if we're talking,

708
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: you know, get in and start. There's no way I

709
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 1: can see that happening with the time he's missed to

710
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: the rookie. But maybe you throw them out there first

711
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: series and see what he has. I don't know, Maybe

712
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: you find a package to get him on the field

713
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: with other guys. I think we'll see him play on

714
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: special teams. He was a really good special team player

715
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,959
Speaker 1: at Oklahoma, So I think it's more he gets back

716
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: on the roster. He's there for death and he keeps

717
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: competing in practice, you know, kind of like Sydney Jones

718
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: came in and worked his way up and to mentionally

719
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: want to start a job, you know, I don't know.

720
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: We'll see how how you know, DJ Reason playing pretty well.

721
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 1: I think Sydney Jones is getting better. We'll see how

722
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,399
Speaker 1: those two guys progress. Maybe they play well and hang

723
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: on to their jobs, and maybe Trey Brown pushes one

724
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: of them. But he's definitely going to be in the

725
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 1: mix to compete, and it's gonna be interesting because he

726
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,800
Speaker 1: was coming on strong right before that injury. He's starting

727
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: to split some first team reps back there at left corner. Hey, John,

728
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: we won't have any real answers about injuries until ninety

729
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 1: minutes before game time. But what are some names that

730
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: we're tracking this week? I mean the big one is

731
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: Chris Carson. You know, Pete Carroll said he took a

732
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: turn over the week a big turn over the weekend

733
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: and did not practice yesterday, but it was in the

734
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 1: walk through and Pete Carroll said there they're hoping to

735
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: get him out on the practice field today. So you know, obviously,

736
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: if he can practice today, that's a really good step

737
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,800
Speaker 1: in the right direction. But you know, with a neck injury,

738
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of it comes down to contact

739
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 1: where you know, even if he practices, can he take

740
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,879
Speaker 1: the hits? So getting him out there, i mean, look,

741
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: everybody's got the most confident in Genos Smith, but if

742
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 1: you can get a good rinning game goal, and that's

743
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: going to help a quarterback a lot. So they would

744
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: love to have met out there. That's that's going to

745
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 1: be a big one to monitor. John. I don't know

746
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: about you, but for me, Trey Flowers was one of

747
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 1: the best dudes that that we could talk to. And

748
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,399
Speaker 1: I'm gonna miss that guy from that standpoint. Just talk

749
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: a little bit about him. Did you find that same

750
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: thing that he's just one of the one of the

751
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: really good guys in Yeah, I mean he yeah, it's

752
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 1: it's really it's a shame it didn't work out for

753
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 1: him here football wise, but really good dude, I mean,

754
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 1: really hard worker. He'd you know, being there on his

755
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: tablet and locker room studying film all the time. Just

756
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,880
Speaker 1: you know, he's an accountable guy. He'd talked to the

757
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: media anytime that they asked for him, and even you

758
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 1: know that when things work going well, and I you know,

759
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: obviously it didn't work out, but I think fans were

760
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: a little harder on him than he deserved and that

761
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: probably got him a little bit as well. So this,

762
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 1: this could be good for him, as Carol said, to

763
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: get this fresh start and hopefully catch on somewhere else.

764
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: But yeah, great, great guy. You know, he'd love to

765
00:36:56,320 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 1: talk about his daughter, his little girl, and yeah, yeah,

766
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: so it gets shame to see it didn't work out

767
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: for him, but I'm sure he'll land on scap John

768
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 1: one of the nice surprises. I shouldn't say a surprise,

769
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: but a big question marketing the year was what were

770
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: we going to get from Darryl Taylor? And so far

771
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: to start the season, it's been pretty darn good. His

772
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: snap count has been limited thus far. Do you anticipate

773
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: his role starting to increase in terms of the number

774
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: of snaps that he gets with the production that he

775
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: is given. Yeah, I mean, Pete Carroll said as well.

776
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: I said, they got to get him on the field more.

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00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,399
Speaker 1: He's he's got four sacks in five games, which leads

778
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: a team, and I think it's three straight games with

779
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: the sacks if I'm not mistaken. So yeah, I mean

780
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 1: when the guys produced him like that, you got to

781
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: get him out there more and find ways to get

782
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,839
Speaker 1: get him getting after the quarterback. So I do think

783
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: we'll see him more. I don't think he's suddenly gave

784
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: me on the field of the snaps. That's just not

785
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: how they do their defensive line rotations. You want to

786
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: keep guys fresh and all that. But hey, yeah, he's

787
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 1: he's earned it. He's played really well and been one

788
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: of the real big bright bright spots for the defense. John,

789
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: when's your next Seahawks mail bag. That will be We

790
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 1: usually do them on the player off day, so Tuesday

791
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 1: in a normal week, I guess they're coming. They're going

792
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 1: to a Monday games, so maybe we'll push it to

793
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,279
Speaker 1: Wednesday next week. Kevin, all right, you really thought that

794
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: far ahead. But Tuesday Wednesday next Stacy's really putting lots

795
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 1: of pressure on no Oh. I'm just telling you guys

796
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,240
Speaker 1: to keep your eyes peeled. Obviously, John's work is always

797
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 1: on seahawks dot com, but you can also keep an

798
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 1: eye out for those links at John P. Boyle and

799
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: he joins us every single Thursday on the huddle. Thanks

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00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: so much, John, thanks for having me all right. Now,

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00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: we were talking about not really having heard much from

802
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: Gino Smith, but you're going to get a chance to

803
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: because we'll take you to the podium where he spoke

804
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 1: with reporters. Next you are listening to the huddle with

805
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 1: Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps, and Stacy Ross Gino Smith speaking

806
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 1: with reporters from Seahawks headquarters. We'll take you there now.

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00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: Nineteen after Day cut you out of training camp, they

808
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: thought they'd bring you back when other teams called. What

809
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: made you want to stay with Seattle at that time.

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00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 1: Just you know, at the time, you know, I was

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00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: wearing my options, and uh, reality was that I was

812
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: comfortable here. You know, it was pretty comfortable here with

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00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: with the team, with the coaches, to fund office guys,

814
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: all the players. And another thing was just picking up

815
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: and traveling at that time, and you know, during COVID

816
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. So just uh, picking up and

817
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,800
Speaker 1: traveling and having to go you know, across the country,

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00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 1: you know, having my family moving stuff like that just

819
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: wasn't you know, something that I was interested in. But

820
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,000
Speaker 1: there were good teams that called, and um they made

821
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: stone offers. But uh, you know, I'm happy I made

822
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: that decision to stay here. Was at a similar situation

823
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: this last off season two, I think you said he

824
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: had Yeah, just wasn't significant enough for me to want

825
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: to change. But there were other suitors and um, you

826
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 1: know they were kind of being patient with it, as

827
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: as was I. So I just felt real good here.

828
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 1: I felt real good about you know, the familiarity with

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00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,719
Speaker 1: the people and the guys in the locker room, and

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00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: that was a big reason for the decision, you way,

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00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 1: that versus an opportunity to play, because when you made

832
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: those choices. I'm sure n Wilson had never missed a

833
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: game or practice. Yeah, well for me, uh, you know,

834
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: there's always the what ifs. You know, you can sit

835
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 1: out and someone gets injured or you know, something happens

836
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,360
Speaker 1: and they bring you in. But they would also have

837
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 1: to choose you. You know, there's other guys out there,

838
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 1: you know who they could you know, choose from as well.

839
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 1: And then obviously, uh, you know, Russell has been, um

840
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 1: the ultimate iron Man, hasn't missed a start up until

841
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 1: this point. And you know that's something that you think about.

842
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,839
Speaker 1: But um, you're always gonna play away, you know, as

843
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 1: you can see, and so obviously I wasn't thinking he

844
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,359
Speaker 1: was going to get injured anything. But I was comfortable here.

845
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: I felt good here, and that's the reason for it.

846
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: But you have to start a couple of games since

847
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen and not a lot of field actions. But

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00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: where do you feel like you've grown the most as

849
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: a player and as a professional for three years you've

850
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 1: been of this order station, you know, I think the

851
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 1: biggest growth came with just being patient, you know, and

852
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,960
Speaker 1: that's with all things, just you know, sitting here and

853
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,440
Speaker 1: you know, no one I have a capability to to

854
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: play in this league, but um, you know, just not

855
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 1: getting that opportunity for a number of years, it was

856
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 1: a chest of patience. And um that also goes for

857
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 1: me playing quarterback on the field. I feel like when

858
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: I was younger, you know, coming from college, man, we're

859
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: putting up so many points. I was just so used

860
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: to scoring every time, and so that was my mentality.

861
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: But the NFL, Man, you ain't gonna score every time.

862
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 1: That's just reality. So, um, you know, I'm a lot

863
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: more patient now with my reads. My footwork is probably

864
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: the biggest difference maker to me. My footwork has gotten

865
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: a lot better, and I think it's paying off from

866
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 1: my game. Well obviously in young quarterback in New York

867
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: and there a lot of group there. I'm just curious

868
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: how that kind of shaped your experience in your outlook good.

869
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 1: I think it was. It was awesome for me, man,

870
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 1: it was awesome for me. You know, anytime you get adversity,

871
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 1: it's a chance for you to you know, really show

872
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 1: what you're about and to respond. And um, you know,

873
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:46,440
Speaker 1: at the time, you know, looking back on it, you know,

874
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: in that moment, was I totally aware of that? Probably not.

875
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 1: But as you go on and you just grow, you

876
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: just see how you know those things can help you

877
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: and shape you to be better. And I think that's

878
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,439
Speaker 1: what it did. What is this week and this chance

879
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 1: to start mean deals And it's been a long time

880
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:03,840
Speaker 1: since you've gotten that opportunity, as you were talking about,

881
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: and as you said, you're playing had these really durable

882
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: quarterbacks the last two places you've been just you know,

883
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 1: does it mean to give this chance? It means everything, man,

884
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 1: it means everything. But it's not about me. You know,

885
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: it's about the team and you know going out there together,

886
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: you know all this one unit, um, the offensive defense,

887
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: special teams, coaching staff, front office, everybody. M it's about

888
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 1: the team. It's about doing what's best for the team.

889
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: It's not about me at all. Obviously. You know it's

890
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: a great opportunity, but you know my mind set its

891
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: focus on winning and doing what's best for the team.

892
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: Would you take away from the way you played in

893
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter against the Rims. I feel like, you know,

894
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: I came in it was a little bit of a

895
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: tough situation just in the fact that we were down

896
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,479
Speaker 1: and um there are pretty much in pass rush mode.

897
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: So they weren't really you know, we didn't have a

898
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: real thread of the run just in that situation, and so,

899
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: you know, overall, I felt like, you know, I moved

900
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 1: the ball, we got points, but you know, we came

901
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: up short in the end. And that's kind of what

902
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: I've been focusing on it. It's finishing, you know, just

903
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 1: finishing at the end of the game. That's what you want.

904
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: You know, you get the ball in your hand to

905
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 1: win the game. Man, that's like that's a dream right there.

906
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: So you know, just going down there and scoring would

907
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: have made it all better. But overall, there's things I

908
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: can improve on and I look forward to doing that.

909
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: Did you think they could have maybe called the flag

910
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 1: on that play on the interception? I mean, I don't know.

911
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 1: You know, what happens, it doesn't happen, you know, the

912
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 1: reality is, you know they didn't. So you know, just

913
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:23,959
Speaker 1: got to move on. When you're not playing in the games,

914
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: are you hearing the calls that were never being related

915
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: to rush and everything? Oh? Yeah, I keep my helmet on.

916
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 1: I keep my helmet buckled up, you know. I mean

917
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: I've been doing that since I've been here. And I'm

918
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: hearing the calls. I'm going through the reads, the checks

919
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: and everything, and that just allows me, you know, when

920
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: Russ comes back to the sideline to talk to him

921
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:40,839
Speaker 1: about what I saw, and we you know, we talked

922
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,200
Speaker 1: back and forth about what we're seeing and then you know,

923
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,439
Speaker 1: he goes out there and he executes me. So now

924
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: you know, the roles have been flipped a little bit um,

925
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: so you know, I look forward to having him right

926
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: there with me as well. How has he been this week?

927
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 1: Like what's he doing to help you? And then now

928
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: that the roles are flipping, No, Russell has been awesome man.

929
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 1: And what he's doing is is it the same thing

930
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: he's always done? And you know I've done the same

931
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,000
Speaker 1: things I've always done. We prepare as if the starters,

932
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: as if we're gonna play, and then we support one another.

933
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 1: And that's something that is has been tremendous just with

934
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 1: this group, is the support and the way that we

935
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,000
Speaker 1: all you know, come together, and so you know, he's

936
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 1: been phenomenal. You mentioned that all the differences between starting

937
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:19,120
Speaker 1: when you're in your early twenties now that you're thirty,

938
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:20,920
Speaker 1: and it's been a few years obviously since you had

939
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 1: to so that test comments are just sticking with it

940
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:24,920
Speaker 1: and knack him enough, because even if it's been four years,

941
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: here you are with active help the team. Yeah, well yeah,

942
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,040
Speaker 1: it is a testament to that, you know, just being patient.

943
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 1: Like I said before, Um, all of this is a

944
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 1: test of patience and uh, you know, just having the

945
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 1: ultimate faith, never knowing when that time's gonna come, but

946
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: just being ready when it does. It was it hard

947
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: to the port your career, not to get down. I mean,

948
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: you lost your starting job in a really weird, non

949
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 1: traditional way when you got beat out. It was hard.

950
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 1: It was honestly, it was hard. I'll be lying to

951
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 1: you if I said it wasn't hard. But just like

952
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 1: I said, having that ultimate faith in myself, my ability,

953
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 1: my preparation. Um, and then you just gotta dig deep.

954
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 1: You just gotta dig deep and say, you know, you know,

955
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: forget it, man, I'm just gonna I'm just gonna work.

956
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna work, and I'm gonna just be the

957
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 1: best that I can be every single day, not worry

958
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 1: about the outside factors and just do what it takes

959
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 1: to you know, make myself better and be ready for

960
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 1: the opportunity help. How much does it help you now

961
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:13,759
Speaker 1: that you have that you are getting this, but you've

962
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 1: been here for three years. I mean you've got to

963
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 1: know everything possible about this offective play. Oh yeah, it

964
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 1: helps a lot just being here, being familiar with the guys,

965
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: my teammates, and obviously, you know, we had Shane here,

966
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 1: who's the first year you know, coach for us. But

967
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,320
Speaker 1: we've done a tremendous job throughout the offseason and getting

968
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: can things, uh you know, really dialed in, and I

969
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 1: think all the guys have really done a tremendous job

970
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 1: understanding this offense and how Shane wants it done, and uh,

971
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: you know you can see it. You know, we've been

972
00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: putting it out there on tape. Steelers have traditionally ran

973
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: a lot of band coverage and blitzed frequently. That has

974
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,879
Speaker 1: not been the case this year. Does that make it

975
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,479
Speaker 1: kind of challenging the game playing for them, knowing that

976
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,879
Speaker 1: over the years they've done one thing, but the last

977
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 1: few games they haven't. Uh yeah, I mean it's not

978
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,080
Speaker 1: difficult to game plan. You gotta go off what you

979
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 1: see on tape, you know, that's what they call you

980
00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 1: gotta go off what you see on tape. Now and

981
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: I expecting pressure, you know, probably so early on. You

982
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: know they're going to test me. I'm you know, I'm

983
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: pretty sure. So you know, that's something I'm expecting and

984
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,919
Speaker 1: I'll be ready for. You know, what is it about

985
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,320
Speaker 1: chances offense that speaks well, we you do um. You know,

986
00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 1: if you look at it, man, it's kind of similar

987
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:15,600
Speaker 1: to what I ran in college with just a spread

988
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: and a quick game and getting the ball out fast,

989
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,759
Speaker 1: fast decisions, the tempo. You know, those are things that

990
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 1: you know we did when I was in college. And

991
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,680
Speaker 1: then he does a great job it calling plays that

992
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:27,839
Speaker 1: you like, you know, calling plays that you know work

993
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: for you. And every quarterback's different and so you'll see

994
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,799
Speaker 1: different calls sometimes when Russ is in there or if

995
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,880
Speaker 1: I'm in there, someone else is in there. But you know,

996
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 1: he does a great job at just communicating letting us

997
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 1: know what he wants, and then you know we have

998
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 1: to go out there and execute. You mentioned pressure. T J.

999
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,759
Speaker 1: Watson guy that can't get after the quarterbacks before you

1000
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: see out of him in there for us in general, Man,

1001
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,200
Speaker 1: t J. Watts a great player, phenomenal player. He's great

1002
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,319
Speaker 1: at um, you know, just forcing turnovers. Stone guy very

1003
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 1: technically sound. Um, he's a smart player. They have him

1004
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: all over the field. So he's a guy that we're

1005
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: definitely gonna be paying attention to. You didn't splash just

1006
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: sittingwhere into the NFL. You we're in New York. Kind

1007
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 1: of that shape through that experience, you know, Benny in

1008
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:09,400
Speaker 1: New York was was great for me. Honestly. Um, you know,

1009
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 1: you learn a lot, you know when you come into

1010
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 1: the league and you got to play right away, you know,

1011
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: it's it's it's not an easy business. It's a tough

1012
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 1: business and it's a production business. And so um, you know,

1013
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,200
Speaker 1: you just learned that and you understand the game and

1014
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: as you go on, you know, you grow and you grow.

1015
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: But you know, I'm very grateful for my time in

1016
00:47:24,640 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 1: New York. All Right. That was quarterback Gino Smith, who

1017
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,839
Speaker 1: will get his first start for Seattle and this one

1018
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:34,399
Speaker 1: it's a week six game Sunday Night football against the Steelers.

1019
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,840
Speaker 1: Coming up next. On the Huddle, the voice of the Seahawks,

1020
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: Steve Rabel, joins us to talk about his keys to

1021
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:41,400
Speaker 1: the game. Don't go anywhere. You are listening to the

1022
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 1: Huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps and Stacy Ross joining

1023
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:46,879
Speaker 1: us now voice of the Seahawks play by play man

1024
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 1: Steve Rabel. Hey, Rabes, how are you? I'm plure, guys,

1025
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 1: how are you? We're good? We're good. Previewing this week

1026
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:55,560
Speaker 1: Week six matchup against the Steelers. It's gonna be a

1027
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: tough one against this defense. And Rabes, you've been calling

1028
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:01,839
Speaker 1: these games with Wilson and he hasn't missed a single one.

1029
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 1: I know you've been having these conversations all week, but

1030
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 1: just how weird does it feel to head into a

1031
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: game without Russell Wilson under center? Yeah, it's gonna be

1032
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:12,359
Speaker 1: like the Chargers being from Los Angeles, and you know

1033
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 1: it's gonna be that. It's gonna take me half the

1034
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 1: game probably to figure out that number three is not

1035
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 1: in there. No, I you know it is. While it's

1036
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,239
Speaker 1: not a changing in the guard, it's certainly an interruption

1037
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: in the old guard. And but I, you know, I

1038
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,200
Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna be I don't think it's gonna

1039
00:48:30,239 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: be the bad thing that a lot of people are thinking.

1040
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: I think Gino is going to step up and do

1041
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: his job. I think everybody else is going to really

1042
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,440
Speaker 1: have to step up and do their jobs, unlike several

1043
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 1: of the weeks before here where they've made so many

1044
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 1: mistakes both on offense and defense. If they want to

1045
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 1: win this game, you can't expect Russ to run out

1046
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 1: there and Bailey out with a good run or an

1047
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:54,120
Speaker 1: unbelievable pass. You know, Gino may do that as well,

1048
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:58,280
Speaker 1: but everybody's gonna have to be on their game on Sunday. Yeah,

1049
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: and Rabs. I thought the way that he went out there.

1050
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 1: First of all, did you see Russ going through the

1051
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,319
Speaker 1: bags yesterday with his surgically repaired finger. He's got his

1052
00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,719
Speaker 1: helmet on, he's strapped up, ready to go going through.

1053
00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:12,840
Speaker 1: You know, he's got one hand in his pocket. I

1054
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,040
Speaker 1: gotta believe he's going to Pittsburgh and he's going to

1055
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: be a big part of being on the sidelines, right,

1056
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 1: I would think so. I mean, I think the first

1057
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,280
Speaker 1: thing that Pete said after the game on on Thursday

1058
00:49:24,400 --> 00:49:26,920
Speaker 1: night was that Russ will do everything he can to

1059
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: help Gino get ready for the game. So I got

1060
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 1: a feeling that that, you know, Russ will be right

1061
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 1: there sitting right beside Gino on the bench, just as

1062
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:37,200
Speaker 1: he does every Sunday or Monday or Thursday. When he's

1063
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: been playing, and Shane Waldron will be on the other

1064
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,359
Speaker 1: side and he'll be that extra pair of eyes. Uh.

1065
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: It's it's something that I know is is obviously new

1066
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 1: for Russ, but you know he's going to take to

1067
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,399
Speaker 1: it with all the competitive juices that he always has,

1068
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:55,239
Speaker 1: and I expect that he's going to be there now.

1069
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,839
Speaker 1: If you know, obviously, if it were if it were

1070
00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 1: a you know, a bad knee or a broken leg

1071
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,000
Speaker 1: or something like that, then they don't travel guys who

1072
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 1: are hurt. But but this is your captain, this is

1073
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: your your leader of your team, and he wants to

1074
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:10,120
Speaker 1: be there to help. So I gotta believe he's gonna be. Yeah,

1075
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:12,760
Speaker 1: And I can confirm that from behind the scenes aspect

1076
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:14,800
Speaker 1: of everything outside of knowing that he's got a broken

1077
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 1: or he's got a messed up finger and everything else,

1078
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:20,480
Speaker 1: like this guy has still approached it the same exact

1079
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:24,279
Speaker 1: way in every aspect, and you love to see that

1080
00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: approach from him. And I'm sure it'll be fun to

1081
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:30,840
Speaker 1: watch him on the sidelines in playing coach uh in

1082
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,719
Speaker 1: doing whatever he can. But Raves, you know, heading into

1083
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: this game, you know, I know you do a in

1084
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:40,239
Speaker 1: depth breakdown and get yourself prepared for the game. What

1085
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:41,880
Speaker 1: are some of the things that are standing out to

1086
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 1: you as you've learned more about the Pittsburgh Steelers. Well,

1087
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 1: a couple of things. First of all, their their defense

1088
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:50,719
Speaker 1: and Dave and I, you know, we have we have

1089
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,360
Speaker 1: this this old mutual buddy of ours who is coaching

1090
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,760
Speaker 1: their defense and has been for what a decade or better.

1091
00:50:57,600 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 1: Keith Butler is their defensive coordinator, and so we know

1092
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:03,239
Speaker 1: Butts very well. He was my teammate and he was

1093
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,400
Speaker 1: Dave's teammate right at the end of his career with

1094
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:08,520
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. As as a linebacker, he's he's a terrific

1095
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:13,240
Speaker 1: teacher and coach, and he finds those weaknesses in teams.

1096
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 1: He also has some really good athletes on his defense.

1097
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:19,239
Speaker 1: I mean t J. Watts as many sacks as just

1098
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:21,319
Speaker 1: about anybody in the league in the last three or

1099
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 1: four years. Joe Hayden is an experienced cornerback Cam Hayward.

1100
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 1: On the defensive front, they got some linebackers, all of

1101
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:31,399
Speaker 1: whom can run. They like to bring pressure. They don't

1102
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: necessarily blitz from what I've seen a whole lot, but

1103
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 1: they definitely can bring pressure. With the guys that they have,

1104
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be a tall order. We've

1105
00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:46,840
Speaker 1: got to play better up front, no question. I think

1106
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,360
Speaker 1: as Dave and I we talked during some of the

1107
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:54,400
Speaker 1: program that we taped earlier today for our keys portion

1108
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:56,719
Speaker 1: of the game, and I think we've just got to

1109
00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 1: run the football better, have to do that better. Whether

1110
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:03,040
Speaker 1: Chris is back or not. Carson his back and I

1111
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:05,439
Speaker 1: expect him to be. But those are some of the things.

1112
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:09,880
Speaker 1: And then defensively, you know, Ben is still Ben. I mean,

1113
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,120
Speaker 1: he may not throw the ball as deep as often,

1114
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:13,920
Speaker 1: but he gets the ball out of his hand fast.

1115
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 1: He may not have Juju Smith Schuster, but he's got

1116
00:52:16,920 --> 00:52:19,760
Speaker 1: a lot of other weapons. Nazi Harris is a bona

1117
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,719
Speaker 1: fide rookie star, so they can still play. This is

1118
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,799
Speaker 1: a good football team. Mike Tomlin is as steady as

1119
00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:29,959
Speaker 1: she goes coach, and that's why one of the things

1120
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,719
Speaker 1: I think that's really great about this game is you

1121
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 1: might not have Ross playing, and you know, Ben may

1122
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: not be quite the player he used to be. But

1123
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:42,720
Speaker 1: just from the aspect of who heads up both these teams,

1124
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,680
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll Mike Tomlin, two of the most experienced most

1125
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 1: I think settled coaches who understand their teams and understand

1126
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 1: how to win football games, and I just think that

1127
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: always makes it a great experience. Hey, I'm stealing this

1128
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:01,720
Speaker 1: point from Wyman a little bit it but yesterday on

1129
00:53:01,719 --> 00:53:03,920
Speaker 1: on Wyman and Bob on seven ten, he and kros

1130
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,319
Speaker 1: were talking about some of the top offenses in the

1131
00:53:06,400 --> 00:53:09,440
Speaker 1: leagues right now, or particularly the teams with the best records,

1132
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 1: and one of the most consistent things about them was

1133
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: they all had great run games. And I agree with you,

1134
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:18,040
Speaker 1: Seattle certainly would like to make theirs better. Who becomes

1135
00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 1: some important players they're outside of just Carson Well Alex

1136
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:26,239
Speaker 1: Collins obviously we'll see some of the time, and if

1137
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:28,200
Speaker 1: Chris can't go, then Alex will see a great deal

1138
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:32,160
Speaker 1: of the carries. But it you know, and and the

1139
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,279
Speaker 1: offensive line I think gets gets all the credit or

1140
00:53:35,320 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 1: a lot of the credit when running backs do a

1141
00:53:37,080 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 1: good job, and well they should, but it's not just

1142
00:53:40,960 --> 00:53:44,240
Speaker 1: the offensive lineman who who were blocking tight ends, block,

1143
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 1: wide receivers block. If you have a fullback in the game,

1144
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:51,440
Speaker 1: he blocks. Design of the play helps you open up

1145
00:53:51,480 --> 00:53:54,640
Speaker 1: the running game. How you call the game helps open

1146
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:58,279
Speaker 1: up the running game. There are so many other factors

1147
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 1: other than just beating your guy man demand up front. However,

1148
00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:06,760
Speaker 1: that said, you know if they're playing. If the Steelers,

1149
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:09,239
Speaker 1: as they do a lot, play on the other side

1150
00:54:09,239 --> 00:54:10,879
Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage. In other words, if they're

1151
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 1: defensive front and linebackers consistently push your offensive line and

1152
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:20,239
Speaker 1: tight ends back into the backfield, it's going to be

1153
00:54:20,280 --> 00:54:23,000
Speaker 1: a long day. You have got to you have got

1154
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:26,520
Speaker 1: to reset that line of scrimmage across the line from you.

1155
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 1: If you're the offensive player, you have got to get movement.

1156
00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:32,200
Speaker 1: If you're if it's a zone scheme, you've got to

1157
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:35,160
Speaker 1: all come off together. You've got to know what you're doing.

1158
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:38,160
Speaker 1: You have to have the communication to know, okay, this

1159
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:40,800
Speaker 1: is this is the guy who is the middle linebacker

1160
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,160
Speaker 1: on this particular play. That means we block it this way,

1161
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:46,000
Speaker 1: and if you have a guy who comes free on

1162
00:54:46,040 --> 00:54:48,160
Speaker 1: the back side, you have to account for that. If

1163
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,640
Speaker 1: you're the quarterback, they're just there are so many things

1164
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:53,520
Speaker 1: that you have to think about offensively. So it's not

1165
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:55,839
Speaker 1: just on the offensive front, but a lot of it

1166
00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:57,960
Speaker 1: does follow on those guys to go win their battles.

1167
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 1: That's why I played defense, not so much to think

1168
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:06,279
Speaker 1: about yeah go hit somebody. Yeah. You know, how do

1169
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:09,719
Speaker 1: we feel about special teams because I'm looking at you know,

1170
00:55:10,080 --> 00:55:13,440
Speaker 1: Jason Myers missed his his first field goal, Uh that

1171
00:55:13,480 --> 00:55:17,160
Speaker 1: one was in was it against Minnesota? I think? And

1172
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,680
Speaker 1: then he missed one the other day, missed an extra

1173
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 1: point I think against um, the Titans. And then you know,

1174
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:26,279
Speaker 1: we almost had two punts block while one did get

1175
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: blocked and somehow our amazing kicker, punter M was able

1176
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 1: to get it away. I'm still don't think that was legal,

1177
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: but um, and then you know he's also uh, you know,

1178
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: you've had a couple of gaffs there, but you've had

1179
00:55:39,239 --> 00:55:40,919
Speaker 1: some good things too. I mean, you've got a couple

1180
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,000
Speaker 1: of fumble recoveries. I feel like, you know, we never

1181
00:55:44,080 --> 00:55:47,000
Speaker 1: we go into these matchups and it's obviously offense and defense.

1182
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:51,160
Speaker 1: But the Steelers blocked a punt for a touchdown against

1183
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:53,720
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, so kind of kind of a little

1184
00:55:53,719 --> 00:55:56,000
Speaker 1: bit concerned. But for the most part, it feels like

1185
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,760
Speaker 1: it's been either really good or really bad. And oftentimes

1186
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:02,560
Speaker 1: that's the way special teams are. You know, they don't

1187
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,439
Speaker 1: get noticed necessarily for doing their job. We don't talk

1188
00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:09,640
Speaker 1: enough about those guys who run down field, the Nick Bloor's,

1189
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:13,960
Speaker 1: the Ryan Neils, who run down and make plays consistently

1190
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:17,600
Speaker 1: on special teams. We have been lulled all season long.

1191
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:19,799
Speaker 1: We were lulled last year by Jason Meyers. I mean

1192
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:21,279
Speaker 1: he died to miss a field goal last year from

1193
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:24,080
Speaker 1: Bryan llout what he kicked thirty seven straight going back

1194
00:56:24,120 --> 00:56:27,520
Speaker 1: to the year before and starting this season before he

1195
00:56:27,560 --> 00:56:30,680
Speaker 1: finally missed one. That's that's a pretty incredible task. So

1196
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: we sort of get used to the great play of

1197
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:37,320
Speaker 1: these guys, and sometimes when when you know you don't

1198
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:40,760
Speaker 1: always make one of those great plays, then it tends

1199
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,520
Speaker 1: to stand out. The coming up the middle and blocking

1200
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 1: the punt last week and getting close on another. It's

1201
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:48,080
Speaker 1: got to be something that's fixed. They they're gonna have

1202
00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:49,479
Speaker 1: to look at that. There are a lot of things

1203
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 1: that I know Pete is looking at offensively and defensively,

1204
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:55,680
Speaker 1: and especially on defense. He's talked about it this week.

1205
00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 1: He said, I'm obviously not doing a good enough job

1206
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:01,399
Speaker 1: in getting across the important of the corrections we need

1207
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,719
Speaker 1: to make. But you know, there are a couple of

1208
00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:06,040
Speaker 1: things that need to get fixed there too. And sometimes

1209
00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:09,000
Speaker 1: it's just a matter of counting, which is another reason

1210
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:11,279
Speaker 1: why you were probably better on defense than offense, Dave.

1211
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:15,280
Speaker 1: But ten fingers and ten toes right when you step

1212
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 1: up there, if you're on that punt coverage team, you

1213
00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:20,720
Speaker 1: know you generally at least this is the way we

1214
00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 1: did it in the past. You're counting out from the

1215
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:24,640
Speaker 1: middle of the field, and so, okay, I got number

1216
00:57:24,640 --> 00:57:27,720
Speaker 1: this is number three, I got him. And so if

1217
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 1: you miss your count then that's gonna cause a problem

1218
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:33,280
Speaker 1: for you to try to make sure you get everybody blocked.

1219
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:36,280
Speaker 1: So sometimes it's little things and you can correct those.

1220
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:38,840
Speaker 1: And but overall, I think they got to be pleased

1221
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:42,840
Speaker 1: with the special team's play this year. He is Steve Rabel,

1222
00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:45,280
Speaker 1: voice of the Seahawks play by play Manu'll hear I'm

1223
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 1: on the broadcast this weekend for Sunday Night football. Thanks

1224
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:51,440
Speaker 1: so much, Rapes. I'm gonna go start counting right now.

1225
00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 1: In fact, yeah, you need the practice. Radio math. Radio

1226
00:57:57,160 --> 00:58:00,360
Speaker 1: math is difficult, do you know. I gotta tell you this.

1227
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 1: You know Riley, Michael Riley is my nephew and he

1228
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,520
Speaker 1: does our stats for the game. He sits right between

1229
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:08,200
Speaker 1: Dave and me, and honest to goodness, if it wasn't

1230
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:12,040
Speaker 1: for him of figuring out in really short order how

1231
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:14,760
Speaker 1: long a big play was, I'd still be standing there

1232
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,640
Speaker 1: trying to add it all up and figure it out. Subtracting,

1233
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 1: you know, not not from to the co sign coefficient.

1234
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:22,840
Speaker 1: I'd still be sitting there trying to figure it out.

1235
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:25,520
Speaker 1: So I'm tping out of Remember, Greg Gaines and Joe Vitt,

1236
00:58:25,520 --> 00:58:30,040
Speaker 1: you stuck all your gazintas three gazin to twelve many times.

1237
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 1: Exactly doesn't know his gazintas. I really, I really don't.

1238
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:38,960
Speaker 1: All right, Thanks Rabes, Thanks get kicking you off. Okay,

1239
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 1: we're kicking him off. Sorry, Sorry, I love you. Yeah. Um,

1240
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:45,240
Speaker 1: all right, we are going to take an opponent preview,

1241
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,560
Speaker 1: take a closer look at this week's opponent, the Pittsburgh

1242
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: Steelers with Jerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Next,

1243
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,600
Speaker 1: Don't Go Anywhere, Welcome Back to the Huddle with Dave Wyman,

1244
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:55,880
Speaker 1: Jake Keeps, and Stacy Ross. We're going to take a

1245
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:58,880
Speaker 1: closer look at this week's opponent, Pittsburgh Steelers with Jerry

1246
00:58:58,960 --> 00:59:03,760
Speaker 1: Dulac of the Pittsburg Post Gazette. Hey, Jerry, how are you? Stacey?

1247
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:05,919
Speaker 1: I am well, thank you, and I hope you are too.

1248
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:09,560
Speaker 1: I am fantastic. Thank you. This is such a fascinating

1249
00:59:09,640 --> 00:59:13,040
Speaker 1: Steelers team, Jerry, because I always think that from the

1250
00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:15,680
Speaker 1: outside looking in, when you don't cover that team, you're

1251
00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:18,160
Speaker 1: always kind of like a season behind. So, for instance,

1252
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:20,360
Speaker 1: when I look at the Steelers, I think, Okay, you know,

1253
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:23,440
Speaker 1: Ben is getting a little older, the offense is struggling,

1254
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:26,280
Speaker 1: but the defense is fantastic. And there's a little bit

1255
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:29,720
Speaker 1: more to both of those narratives. So I'll start with

1256
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:33,040
Speaker 1: the defense. Have they been just as good this year

1257
00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:37,600
Speaker 1: as they were last year? You know, Stacy? Statistically, they've

1258
00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:41,520
Speaker 1: haven't been, And I just think from overall performance they

1259
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:44,040
Speaker 1: haven't been. You know, two years ago, they led the

1260
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 1: league in takeaways, last year they led the league in interceptions,

1261
00:59:47,720 --> 00:59:50,480
Speaker 1: and they have four takeaways in five games. And worse,

1262
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:54,680
Speaker 1: their turnover point differential is twenty seven to zero, so

1263
00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:58,920
Speaker 1: they haven't scored anything off those few takeaways that they've had.

1264
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:02,480
Speaker 1: And for team that's the only one in history to

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01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 1: lead the league in sacks four straight years, they only

1266
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:07,840
Speaker 1: have ten sacks. And I say, only because they're used

1267
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:10,080
Speaker 1: to just having more pressure than that. T J. Watt

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01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:12,320
Speaker 1: has five of them. You know, they missed the fond

1269
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:16,040
Speaker 1: too it. Alex Highsmith hasn't you know, He's been kind

1270
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:19,640
Speaker 1: of nicked up with a growing injury and just hasn't

1271
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:24,360
Speaker 1: been able to show what they thought he would in

1272
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:26,640
Speaker 1: year two. And I think the lack of pressure is

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01:00:27,120 --> 01:00:30,000
Speaker 1: one of the pressure they usually get is part of

1274
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:33,800
Speaker 1: the reason for the few takeaways, and again when they've

1275
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 1: turned the ball over, they paid for it with the

1276
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:40,200
Speaker 1: twenty seven points. So to me, while the defense is good,

1277
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:43,479
Speaker 1: you know they're missing you know, Tyson l While who's

1278
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:45,560
Speaker 1: done for the years to fond to it. They don't

1279
01:00:45,560 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 1: know when he'll be able to play. He hasn't played

1280
01:00:47,840 --> 01:00:50,080
Speaker 1: at all this year, and they felt you know, t J.

1281
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:52,320
Speaker 1: Watts had a growing injury that's bothered him for two

1282
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:54,960
Speaker 1: and a half games. Devin Bush the same deal. So

1283
01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:57,480
Speaker 1: you know they're kind of you know, they're kind of

1284
01:00:57,480 --> 01:01:00,480
Speaker 1: health has been an issue, but maybe that's the reason.

1285
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:03,400
Speaker 1: But production has been has been a bigger issue. Yeah,

1286
01:01:03,400 --> 01:01:05,720
Speaker 1: and Jerry, I'm looking at this team. I mean we

1287
01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:08,800
Speaker 1: talk about on defense usually there's like, you know, three

1288
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:10,880
Speaker 1: stars kind of like the Seahawks. They've got two Pro

1289
01:01:11,560 --> 01:01:14,600
Speaker 1: Bowl safeties, They've got a middle linebacker that's pretty good.

1290
01:01:14,600 --> 01:01:16,479
Speaker 1: But man, I'm looking at and I'm a huge Joe

1291
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:19,280
Speaker 1: Schobert fan, but you also, you know, you got Minka

1292
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:22,920
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick and Cameron Hayward. Can't I mean, you can't overlook

1293
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:25,600
Speaker 1: that guy, t J. Watt. So you think it's been

1294
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:28,520
Speaker 1: the injuries, because especially is to it maybe the biggest

1295
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,680
Speaker 1: loss on the defense. Yeah, yeah, I think so. You know,

1296
01:01:31,720 --> 01:01:35,120
Speaker 1: they have elite players at all levels of that defense.

1297
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:37,760
Speaker 1: Minca Fitzpatrick in the back, TJ. Watt on the edge,

1298
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:41,600
Speaker 1: and Cam Hayward on the defensive line. Um. But you

1299
01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:43,840
Speaker 1: know Stefun too, it had eleven sacks last year, and

1300
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:46,440
Speaker 1: so if you want to pay attention to Cam, then

1301
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:49,120
Speaker 1: he's gonna you know, he's going to get some pressure.

1302
01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:52,120
Speaker 1: And if you want to pay attention to Stefun too

1303
01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:54,880
Speaker 1: it's pressure, then that's going to open up possibilities for

1304
01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:57,680
Speaker 1: Cam Hayward. But when you lose your nose tackle for

1305
01:01:57,880 --> 01:02:00,720
Speaker 1: the season and Stefun too it hasn't played. You know.

1306
01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:03,560
Speaker 1: The other problem they're seeing is that those guys, you know,

1307
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:07,439
Speaker 1: they also would are very adept at keeping blockers off

1308
01:02:07,480 --> 01:02:10,960
Speaker 1: Devan Bush and Joe Schoberg because you mentioned them, and

1309
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 1: so you know that that creates a problem as well.

1310
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 1: So there's a number of things that just haven't clicked.

1311
01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:19,080
Speaker 1: You know, last year, I think they were the only

1312
01:02:19,440 --> 01:02:21,720
Speaker 1: only defense in the league to not allow over two

1313
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:25,280
Speaker 1: hundred yards an average two hundred yards passing per game,

1314
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 1: and they're allowing now like two sixty six. And yeah,

1315
01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:30,640
Speaker 1: I know everybody's throwing it around the lot, but they've

1316
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:32,520
Speaker 1: been throwing it around a lot every year now for

1317
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:36,880
Speaker 1: the last ten twelve years. So so it just and

1318
01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:40,600
Speaker 1: again without the takeaways, it just hasn't been right now,

1319
01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:43,160
Speaker 1: the same steel defense that certainly we've been accustomed to

1320
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:45,400
Speaker 1: see in the last two years. Well, Jerry, it definitely

1321
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:48,800
Speaker 1: is a lesson in perspective for us, because all those

1322
01:02:48,840 --> 01:02:50,640
Speaker 1: stats that you just said to us sound pretty good.

1323
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:54,280
Speaker 1: Here in Seattle with the way the defense, I don't

1324
01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:57,600
Speaker 1: see what the issue is. But you know, could you

1325
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:00,920
Speaker 1: talk about how the you know, for the offense, everybody

1326
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:04,200
Speaker 1: here in Seattle, because of name recognition, Juju Smith, Schuster

1327
01:03:04,440 --> 01:03:07,439
Speaker 1: being out, you know, oh gosh, they must be pretty weak.

1328
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 1: But actually you really take a deeper dive into it.

1329
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:13,000
Speaker 1: That doesn't tell the story at all. Juju Smith Schuster

1330
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 1: is the fourth leading receiver and the two guys that

1331
01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:19,160
Speaker 1: have really taken off is Chase Claypool in his second

1332
01:03:19,240 --> 01:03:22,560
Speaker 1: year and the guy that no one's talking about enough

1333
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:27,480
Speaker 1: is Deontay Johnson. What's that turnaround been like for Deontay

1334
01:03:27,560 --> 01:03:32,880
Speaker 1: Johnson's career. Yeah, he's their best route runner. What they've

1335
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:35,320
Speaker 1: been missing. And look, a lot of teams missed this,

1336
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:38,600
Speaker 1: but after having it for eight or nine years, is

1337
01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:41,640
Speaker 1: that guy who can separate like Antonio Brown. That's what

1338
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:44,680
Speaker 1: made him special. He could get open very quickly coming

1339
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:47,240
Speaker 1: out of his breaks. Well, Deontay Johnson is the closest

1340
01:03:47,600 --> 01:03:50,240
Speaker 1: type of receiver they have to that. I'm not saying

1341
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:53,880
Speaker 1: he's Antonio Brown because he's not. But you know, Juju

1342
01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:58,200
Speaker 1: was a physical, dependable, tough receiver who could catch anything

1343
01:03:58,240 --> 01:04:00,840
Speaker 1: over the middle and hold onto it. Chase Claypool was

1344
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:03,560
Speaker 1: a big target capable of making big plays. But we've

1345
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:06,160
Speaker 1: seen Deontay Johnson run a couple of go routes basically

1346
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:08,960
Speaker 1: the last two games and catch long touchdowns down the sideline.

1347
01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:12,320
Speaker 1: So he's the one receiver who was probably the guy

1348
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:17,120
Speaker 1: that Ben looks to the most. And you know what

1349
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:19,560
Speaker 1: was happening with Juju is that you know, he had

1350
01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:22,600
Speaker 1: become kind of an underneath receiver and I just, you know,

1351
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:24,960
Speaker 1: I don't think he was. He would never say it.

1352
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:29,000
Speaker 1: I can't imagine he was thrilled with his role, but

1353
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:32,720
Speaker 1: he still was the guy did in a tough, tough situation,

1354
01:04:32,840 --> 01:04:35,320
Speaker 1: much like in the old days with Hines Ward, if

1355
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:37,959
Speaker 1: he needed four or five yards to convert, the guy

1356
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:40,480
Speaker 1: he was going to look to was Juju And now

1357
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:43,400
Speaker 1: he's done for the year. Hey, Jerry, what did the

1358
01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:46,760
Speaker 1: Steeler's offense manage to tap into last week that they

1359
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:49,200
Speaker 1: really struggled to tap into the two weeks prior. I

1360
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:52,600
Speaker 1: mean I'm looking specifically at rushing where they were just

1361
01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:55,360
Speaker 1: abysmal and then all of a sudden, Naji Harris takes

1362
01:04:55,360 --> 01:04:58,000
Speaker 1: off for one twenty two. So what worked out against

1363
01:04:58,040 --> 01:05:01,320
Speaker 1: the Broncos. Yeah, that's what it was, Stacy. I mean,

1364
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:05,560
Speaker 1: you know, they ran more than they through thirty five

1365
01:05:05,640 --> 01:05:07,959
Speaker 1: runs to twenty five passes, the first time they've done

1366
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 1: that in sixteen games. That was our first one hundred

1367
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:16,680
Speaker 1: yard rusher. Not coincidentally, in sixteen games, and so I

1368
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 1: think we've seen it incrementally get better last week, the

1369
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:23,200
Speaker 1: week before in Green Bay, and then this past week,

1370
01:05:23,480 --> 01:05:25,360
Speaker 1: you know, Nanja Harris kind of broke out a little

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01:05:25,360 --> 01:05:27,680
Speaker 1: bit more and you know, and that wasn't with any

1372
01:05:27,800 --> 01:05:29,800
Speaker 1: you know, thirty forty yard run. Yeah, that was a

1373
01:05:29,800 --> 01:05:31,880
Speaker 1: twenty yard run in there, but he just he was

1374
01:05:31,960 --> 01:05:35,000
Speaker 1: consistently good, and he was consistently good on first down.

1375
01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:38,160
Speaker 1: And you know, that's been that's been a big focal

1376
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:41,240
Speaker 1: point for them to rout the entire offseason, not just

1377
01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:44,000
Speaker 1: improving the running game, fixing it, blowing it up and

1378
01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:47,960
Speaker 1: fixing it and starting over both from coaching to scheme

1379
01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:51,920
Speaker 1: and technique upfront and to personnel. And so I think

1380
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:54,040
Speaker 1: what it does for them, you know, one of the

1381
01:05:54,080 --> 01:05:57,280
Speaker 1: reasons Ben Roethlisberger through it so many times last year

1382
01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:00,720
Speaker 1: when they led the vast majority of the time nine

1383
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:03,479
Speaker 1: percent of the time last year, is because he didn't

1384
01:06:03,480 --> 01:06:06,240
Speaker 1: trust his running game and he had no faith in it. Well,

1385
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:08,760
Speaker 1: that's what they're hoping, that's what they were hoping to address,

1386
01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:11,320
Speaker 1: and they're hoping that that's the case. Now we're going

1387
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:14,720
Speaker 1: to have to see more proof. But what they see

1388
01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:17,919
Speaker 1: and what everybody sees and Naja Harris, I mean, that's

1389
01:06:18,160 --> 01:06:21,000
Speaker 1: that's one tough guy to correl. He's he's kind of

1390
01:06:21,040 --> 01:06:25,520
Speaker 1: like a Derrick Henry. He moves the pile forward and

1391
01:06:25,640 --> 01:06:29,080
Speaker 1: he can be an explosive runner as well. And they

1392
01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:32,240
Speaker 1: they think that he is just kind of it's, you know,

1393
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:35,120
Speaker 1: just kind of hitting his stride right now with more

1394
01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:39,120
Speaker 1: big things to come. So I think that the improvement

1395
01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:41,760
Speaker 1: in the running game, at least for the past two weeks,

1396
01:06:41,840 --> 01:06:45,720
Speaker 1: especially last week, is probably the most encouraging thing that

1397
01:06:45,840 --> 01:06:48,480
Speaker 1: they see because that can only help Ben Roethlisberger. Yeah,

1398
01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:51,760
Speaker 1: he looked. He looked just fantastic in this last game.

1399
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:56,000
Speaker 1: Very very interested in how this matchup plays out. He

1400
01:06:56,120 --> 01:06:58,800
Speaker 1: is Jerry du Lack of the Pittsburgh Post is at Jerry,

1401
01:06:58,800 --> 01:07:02,160
Speaker 1: thanks so much for taking the time, and we appreciate it. Well,

1402
01:07:02,200 --> 01:07:04,880
Speaker 1: you were welcome. Was nice chat with you, all right,

1403
01:07:05,080 --> 01:07:07,600
Speaker 1: So that was our opponent preview. Taken a look at

1404
01:07:07,680 --> 01:07:09,760
Speaker 1: the Steelers once again. Thanks to Jerry for helping us

1405
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:11,760
Speaker 1: in the channel a bit. He's so nice helping us

1406
01:07:11,800 --> 01:07:14,720
Speaker 1: understand a bit more about that team. So we are

1407
01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:17,440
Speaker 1: going to wrap this up, take a look at some

1408
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:19,360
Speaker 1: of our final thoughts or keys to the game. Get

1409
01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:22,200
Speaker 1: you guys ready for this Week six matchup. Do not

1410
01:07:22,280 --> 01:07:25,160
Speaker 1: go anywhere. This is the huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps,

1411
01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:27,440
Speaker 1: and Stacy Ross. We've spent the last two hours getting

1412
01:07:27,440 --> 01:07:29,760
Speaker 1: you guys ready for this Week six matchup, Sunday Night

1413
01:07:29,760 --> 01:07:32,360
Speaker 1: Football between the Steelers and Seahawks. Seahawks on the road

1414
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:36,560
Speaker 1: for this one. It's gonna be interesting seeing a Seahawks

1415
01:07:36,600 --> 01:07:38,760
Speaker 1: game without Russell Wilson under center for the first time

1416
01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:42,400
Speaker 1: in the better part of ten seasons. This is tenth season.

1417
01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:46,040
Speaker 1: It's wild. Now, it's not the longest streak. He hadn't

1418
01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:49,440
Speaker 1: broken that record yet, but it was certainly one of

1419
01:07:49,480 --> 01:07:51,600
Speaker 1: the longest. I mean, you have to think about it.

1420
01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:55,000
Speaker 1: There's players who whose entire careers, Tyler Lockett being one

1421
01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:56,880
Speaker 1: of them who joined us earlier, who have never played

1422
01:07:56,880 --> 01:07:59,440
Speaker 1: a game without Russell Wilson, right, Yeah, anybody that's been

1423
01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:03,840
Speaker 1: here since Russell got here. Yeah, anyone since two thousand

1424
01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 1: and twelve, So that's everyone. Two thousand and twelve was

1425
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:09,200
Speaker 1: the year that I started to dabble in radio, being

1426
01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:13,040
Speaker 1: I was on with collaboral like once a week or

1427
01:08:13,040 --> 01:08:14,560
Speaker 1: something like that. In two thousand and nine. Then I

1428
01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,840
Speaker 1: would fill in and stuff. But that's when the Danny

1429
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:20,240
Speaker 1: David Moore, you know, misfit radio. I see Jake is

1430
01:08:20,439 --> 01:08:24,200
Speaker 1: choking back a yawn here. It reminds me of my

1431
01:08:24,240 --> 01:08:27,960
Speaker 1: old weight room days. Okay, is that? Where where were

1432
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:30,320
Speaker 1: you in the two thousand and twelve two thousand and twelve,

1433
01:08:30,479 --> 01:08:33,960
Speaker 1: I was with the Kansas Jayhawks. Yep. I thought you

1434
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:36,400
Speaker 1: were going to say you were six years old Kansas Jayhawks.

1435
01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:39,639
Speaker 1: That's an element. No, Stacy, I know you were, Stacy.

1436
01:08:39,720 --> 01:08:43,240
Speaker 1: What were you doing? Uh in two thousand and twelve. Yeah,

1437
01:08:43,280 --> 01:08:46,040
Speaker 1: I was fresh out of college. I just graduated. Yeah,

1438
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:48,680
Speaker 1: So I mean, yeah, lots happened since Russ and not

1439
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:52,160
Speaker 1: it's one sixty five with the playoff games? Is his

1440
01:08:52,280 --> 01:08:54,960
Speaker 1: streak that that's where it ends? And you know, I

1441
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:56,680
Speaker 1: have to say that like that. That's the one thing

1442
01:08:56,720 --> 01:08:59,439
Speaker 1: if I could get anything, wish for anything, it would

1443
01:08:59,439 --> 01:09:02,040
Speaker 1: have been if I could have strung together My streak

1444
01:09:02,160 --> 01:09:06,240
Speaker 1: was thirty three games, eighty eight played in the playoffs

1445
01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:09,479
Speaker 1: the next sixteen but something to one. I got hurt

1446
01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:12,760
Speaker 1: in camp before the next year. So, I mean it's

1447
01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:16,200
Speaker 1: very valuable that you have that, and especially at quarterback.

1448
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:18,599
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's such a nice thing to happen.

1449
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:20,640
Speaker 1: The other thing is, I just thought Russ would never

1450
01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:25,680
Speaker 1: get hurt because the Endomican sue ankle stomp. The I

1451
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:27,640
Speaker 1: can't remember the name of the linebacker who tackled him

1452
01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 1: from San Francisco. Yep, that was a blown knee for

1453
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:33,320
Speaker 1: ninety nine percent of the guys in the league. So

1454
01:09:33,360 --> 01:09:35,360
Speaker 1: he's just been so durable in that way. And it

1455
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:39,599
Speaker 1: just you know, you think ah finger got him from

1456
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:44,400
Speaker 1: the pocket, not on the run run yea, yeah, and

1457
01:09:44,439 --> 01:09:46,920
Speaker 1: he wasn't being sacked and it was just his follow through,

1458
01:09:47,760 --> 01:09:49,679
Speaker 1: by the way, as a quarterback, do you think that's

1459
01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:52,760
Speaker 1: why he missed Tyler? Did he kind of pull the

1460
01:09:52,800 --> 01:09:55,320
Speaker 1: trigger or the string on that one? Yeah? I mean,

1461
01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:57,640
Speaker 1: I really do believe that that was the case. And

1462
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:00,880
Speaker 1: more so than anything else, it's it's being rushed when

1463
01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:03,400
Speaker 1: you have to when you're giving the pump fake and

1464
01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:09,360
Speaker 1: ideally you want that half a second to reevaluate how

1465
01:10:09,400 --> 01:10:11,880
Speaker 1: they come out of it. When you have to throw

1466
01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:15,080
Speaker 1: that thing before they truly clear, that's when it gets

1467
01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:18,720
Speaker 1: muddy because you don't know how, you don't know if

1468
01:10:18,760 --> 01:10:20,200
Speaker 1: you need to put it on a line. You don't

1469
01:10:20,200 --> 01:10:23,120
Speaker 1: know how clean they got out of it, right, And

1470
01:10:23,200 --> 01:10:26,559
Speaker 1: so that's the part where it becomes difficult. But when

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Speaker 1: you know you got Aaron Donald coming down and coming

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Speaker 1: right at you, you gotta get it up and you

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Speaker 1: gotta get rid of it. So it's up just a

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Speaker 1: hair second, you know, quicker than what you want. And

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Speaker 1: that's ultimately why I think that that throw was in complete,

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Speaker 1: because that would have been a touchdown. I mean, that

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Speaker 1: was that would have been a huge play for them.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I knowing Russ behind the scenes, he's

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Speaker 1: in great spirits. He's you know, really handling this thing

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Speaker 1: extremely well. But at all the factors that you guys

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Speaker 1: talk about and seeing how much work he puts into

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Speaker 1: keeping his body in the best shape possible and prehabbing

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Speaker 1: and you know, doing everything he can to keep himself

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Speaker 1: physically available every single week after you know, all the

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Speaker 1: stuff he goes through to go down with this finger

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Speaker 1: injury is extremely frustrating time. Normally, we would you know,

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Speaker 1: wrap up, finish the huddle with kind of our keys

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Speaker 1: to the game, but we might all have the same

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Speaker 1: and it was one of my favorite conversations personally from

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Speaker 1: today was earlier when you two were talking about how

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Speaker 1: important coverage is when it comes to facing this Steeler's

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Speaker 1: offense in particular. So I want to kind of cycle

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Speaker 1: back because that's going to be kind of the theme

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Speaker 1: heading into this game. Obviously, what can the defense do?

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Speaker 1: But it comes down to like parts of the defense

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Speaker 1: who needs to step up? And Dave, I'll start with you,

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Speaker 1: but you said, look, it's easy to point to pass

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Speaker 1: rush and say the pass rush needs to be better,

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Speaker 1: and then their sack totals aren't as high as they'd like,

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Speaker 1: and Darryl Taylor, who hasn't played many snaps, is leading

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Speaker 1: the team in sacks and you'd like to see a

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Speaker 1: guy like Carlos Dunlap with that total instead. Jamal Adams

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Speaker 1: hasn't had one. But you said, look, the secondary and

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Speaker 1: coverage is just as important and leads to a better

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Speaker 1: pass rutch you kind of saw it the opposite way. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think in this case it's that the ball is

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Speaker 1: coming out way too easily for the quarterbacks. I mean

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Speaker 1: there's there's nobody open. I mean, I'm sorry, there's there's

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Speaker 1: nobody covered, and so you know, the seconds as fast

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Speaker 1: as a guy can run from his receiver spot, you

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01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:26,479
Speaker 1: know where he lines up on the line of scrimmage

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Speaker 1: to fifteen yards down the field the throws coming out.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's not like, you know, the other day

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford didn't have to go through any kind of progress,

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Speaker 1: like he knew where it was going because he knew

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Speaker 1: what was going to happen, that they were going to

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Speaker 1: jump the underneath stuff. So yeah, to me, that that's

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Speaker 1: the biggest thing. And again, um, Jake, you know this, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you could put somebody slow in there,

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Speaker 1: I'll take the smart players you know that get to

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Speaker 1: the right spot. And if the Seahawks would just concentrate

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Speaker 1: on that, because they are smart players, they're good, they're good,

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Speaker 1: they're good players. Just that getting to the right spot

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Speaker 1: is a really good start. That's what I've always said

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Speaker 1: about be like Ben Burcervin, you know, like, oh, he's

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Speaker 1: too small, and I'm like, but he's always in the

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Speaker 1: right place. That gives you a really good chance of

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Speaker 1: making a play. So I think, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: you're going to see a similar turnaround with this defense

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Speaker 1: that we saw last year. It's just a matter of when. Boy,

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Speaker 1: I sure hope. So I really do, and I hope

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Speaker 1: that that is exactly what happens. And one of the

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Speaker 1: other things that I believe is truly the key is, look,

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Speaker 1: when you have Jamal Adams and you pay him seventeen

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Speaker 1: and a half million dollars, you give up the capital

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Speaker 1: that you give up. You have to see the production

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Speaker 1: from him. And the best way to do that, in

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Speaker 1: my opinion, is to allow him to be the player

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Speaker 1: that we all know that. He is a phenomenal, instinctual

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01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:49,760
Speaker 1: player that makes plays around the line of scrimmage, can

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Speaker 1: be a disruptor in terms of TFLs, in terms of sacks,

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Speaker 1: and we largely attribute the turnaround in terms of the

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Speaker 1: pass rush into the edition of Carlos done Lap, and

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Speaker 1: I do believe that was a huge factor. But let's

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Speaker 1: not forget that Jamal Adams was the leading sack getter

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Speaker 1: for this team last year and they have greatly turned

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Speaker 1: down pulled back his percentage of blitzes. And I believe

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Speaker 1: overall that's in design of playing their traditional scheme here

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Speaker 1: in Seattle under Pete Carroll and Ken Norton Junior. But

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Speaker 1: they've got to find a way to allow him to

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Speaker 1: be that X factor, to be that difference maker in

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Speaker 1: terms of big playability that Jamal Adams possesses. So that's

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Speaker 1: another thing that I want to see them unlock, as

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Speaker 1: well as Dave pointing out to all the coverage issues

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Speaker 1: that they have as well. Un coverage being the theme

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Speaker 1: for us and back to back weeks now. So we'll

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Speaker 1: obviously look back next week when we have the huddle

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Speaker 1: again with the three of us and look and see

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Speaker 1: whether or not we saw improvement there and what worked

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Speaker 1: and what didn't, And something tells me it'll probably be

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01:14:51,760 --> 01:14:54,080
Speaker 1: a theme heading into next week as well, making sure

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Speaker 1: they can be consistent there. So this has been the

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Speaker 1: huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keeps, and Stacy Rossi. It's

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Speaker 1: playing this Sunday night Primetime again on the road against

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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, looking to get a win and pull

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Speaker 1: even on the season. You can join us next week.

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Speaker 1: Why I'm in a Bob coming your way next on

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Speaker 1: seven ten ESPN Seattle,