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Speaker 1: Stacy Ross. We are going to do plenty of previewing

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Speaker 1: for Wee Gay. We're also going to talk to two

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Speaker 1: Seahawks players, Uchenderwovsu and Miles Adams are joining us in

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Speaker 1: just a couple of minutes. Before we get to them, though,

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Speaker 1: time to look back at the Seahawks win over the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: and guys, I gotta be honest a point to myself.

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Speaker 1: I didn't see this one coming, certainly not at one point.

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Speaker 1: At twenty one point lead over the Chargers. Seahawks end

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Speaker 1: up with one hundred and sixty eight yard day from

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Speaker 1: Ken Walker. The defense looks good. Manages to contain the

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Speaker 1: Chargers potentially explosive passing offense. I know that Justin Herbert

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Speaker 1: doesn't take a ton of deep shots, but he's perfectly

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Speaker 1: capable of taking the top off a defense, and instead

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Speaker 1: the Seahawks walk out with a win, first place in

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Speaker 1: the NFC. Wyman, I'll start with you, I mean, why

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Speaker 1: don't you steer us where we want to go? There's

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Speaker 1: so many places I could talk about with us. What

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Speaker 1: was one of your favorite things in this win that

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Speaker 1: you saw. Oh man, there were lots of things. You

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Speaker 1: during the I have any four yard run by Ken Walker.

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Speaker 1: I think that one. I think that one was was

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Speaker 1: really cool to see. The I was just on with

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Speaker 1: the tight end situation and like, um, you know, is

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Speaker 1: going to be a big problem without Dka if he

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Speaker 1: think my favorite thing was this Gino And I mentioned

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Speaker 1: two guys when we talked the other day that Gino

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Speaker 1: had five incompletions in the first quarter and then two

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Speaker 1: the rest of the way. He was very efficient. And

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Speaker 1: that's why, Look, I'm not saying Decay is you need Decay.

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Speaker 1: Decay's run blocking is fantastic. He's just a bully and intimidator.

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Speaker 1: But I think it's more about Geno Smith, you know.

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Speaker 1: And that's why the most valuable I think the two

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Speaker 1: of the most valuable stats for a quarterback are completion

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Speaker 1: think you're right. And then that one you could argue

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Speaker 1: I think just coming out of that, that and the defense,

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Speaker 1: I felt like the defense, I've been saying it all week.

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Speaker 1: They attacked gaps. They knew what their gaps were before

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Speaker 1: the ball snapped. They they're not going to tell us that,

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Speaker 1: but I think that's what was the difference. So we'll see.

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Speaker 1: We talked to Ray yesterday or two days ago, Big

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Speaker 1: Ray Roberts. He said he thinks that also the D

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Speaker 1: scrimmage that they were kind of off before so they

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Speaker 1: And it's really apparent on the their charter second to

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Speaker 1: But where do you see some of those learning moments?

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Speaker 1: run I go. He probably should have been more patient there. Oh,

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Speaker 1: coming up next on the huddle. All right, you are

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Speaker 1: to life in those settings. So you know, we're just

423
00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:38,520
Speaker 1: trying to get better every week, and every time we

424
00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,240
Speaker 1: make those plays, we gotta be able to celebrate it,

425
00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,680
Speaker 1: you know, because football is a hard game and hard

426
00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,199
Speaker 1: to make plays like that, so we gotta make sure

427
00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,159
Speaker 1: we have fun. Were you surprised that they didn't use

428
00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,080
Speaker 1: Eckler as much in the run game? Yeah, I thought

429
00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:50,520
Speaker 1: they were gonna run the ball a little bit more

430
00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:52,520
Speaker 1: considering how we've been like the first couple of weeks

431
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,320
Speaker 1: of the season. But you know, they got a quarterback

432
00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,359
Speaker 1: justin Herbert, you know, so when things get tough, you

433
00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,280
Speaker 1: gotta go to him. Yea. They definitely used Herbert equally

434
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:01,960
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Were out though with the screens

435
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,200
Speaker 1: and check it down. So hey, So I just talked

436
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,600
Speaker 1: to these two guys in New York and they really

437
00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,480
Speaker 1: like their team, and they were kind of like, you know,

438
00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,480
Speaker 1: what's going on with you out there in Seattle and

439
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,399
Speaker 1: you know, like it's this sustainable and things like that.

440
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,320
Speaker 1: Do you guys get a sense for that? Like nobody

441
00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:22,600
Speaker 1: really thought that this this team was going to be

442
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,440
Speaker 1: first place in the NFC West at any point. Yeah,

443
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,320
Speaker 1: we love that, you know, when people doubt you, you know,

444
00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,919
Speaker 1: and you turn around and make them look silly, you know,

445
00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,560
Speaker 1: we love that. You know. That's so we just try

446
00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,760
Speaker 1: to try to keep getting better, keep going. So you know,

447
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,359
Speaker 1: at the end of these thing we're the ones, you

448
00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,160
Speaker 1: know that's on the top, you know. So let people

449
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:40,760
Speaker 1: say what they want, thing what they want. We just

450
00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,920
Speaker 1: can keep our head now and keep grinding. I would

451
00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:45,639
Speaker 1: imagine it's pretty validating though, because Bumping I interviewed you.

452
00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,679
Speaker 1: You probably don't remember, Bumping I interviewed you during training

453
00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,399
Speaker 1: camp and we asked you a similar questions. So this

454
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,479
Speaker 1: is before the season started, We're like, hey, how Seattle,

455
00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,239
Speaker 1: blah blah blah. Hey, people are doubting, you know you

456
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:59,439
Speaker 1: guys without Russell Wilson here and you know, without Bobby Wagner,

457
00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,000
Speaker 1: and you were like great, let him down. And now

458
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,920
Speaker 1: here we are talking to you week eight, heading into

459
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,080
Speaker 1: week eight when it's like, so, hey, channat you guys,

460
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:10,000
Speaker 1: our first place in the NFC West. How does it feel? Yeah,

461
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,960
Speaker 1: I mean it's got to be really validating kind of

462
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,359
Speaker 1: like how do you keep that belief going in and building?

463
00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:18,919
Speaker 1: Is it like positive energy? Is it? What's it like?

464
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:23,080
Speaker 1: It's definitely positive energy. You know, like everybody's coming into

465
00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 1: the meetings all hyped up, amped up, everybody's happy, everybody.

466
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,440
Speaker 1: You know, we're just just trying to keep keep the energy,

467
00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,160
Speaker 1: keep the spirit alive. And you know when you got

468
00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,639
Speaker 1: coaches doing it, you got the head coach, you know,

469
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,359
Speaker 1: celebrating and you know, giving speeches and dancing. You know,

470
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,040
Speaker 1: just positive energy that keeps everybody going. So that's gonna

471
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,560
Speaker 1: be big for the team going forward. And you just

472
00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,720
Speaker 1: love to see it. I heard Pete Carroll say he's

473
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,680
Speaker 1: allowing guys like you, actually pointing you out to take

474
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:52,440
Speaker 1: more chances on defensively to me, I just imagine you, Okay,

475
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:55,040
Speaker 1: I got my assignment, but if I see something, I'm

476
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:57,200
Speaker 1: able to go get it. It is that what that means?

477
00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,879
Speaker 1: And how does that feel to get that trust from

478
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,879
Speaker 1: Pete to say all right, chin man, you go ahead

479
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,080
Speaker 1: and do your thing. Yeah. Um, anytime a coach has

480
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,239
Speaker 1: that confidence to you, you know, it just it just

481
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 1: ensures you that you can, you know, be who you

482
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,680
Speaker 1: really are. Um, of course, you know he says take chances.

483
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,160
Speaker 1: But you know, in the scheme of the defense, don't

484
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 1: just go out there and be like a well we

485
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,520
Speaker 1: use a term Fredo. I don't know if you guys

486
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,240
Speaker 1: watch Godfather, but Fredo, we use that term aloss. So

487
00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 1: don't be a traitor, you know, but do your job,

488
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 1: you know, just uh, you know, when you see something,

489
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:24,880
Speaker 1: go ahead and make your play, all right, all right?

490
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 1: He is the Seattle Seahawks. Uh, you guys are are

491
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,200
Speaker 1: finally getting the defense on track. You've had a phenomenal

492
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,560
Speaker 1: start to the season throughout the entirety of it. It's

493
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:35,880
Speaker 1: probably nice to finally be able to feel like everything's

494
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 1: coming together though for everyone. So thank you so much

495
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,639
Speaker 1: for joining us. We appreciate it. We know you just

496
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,840
Speaker 1: wrap practice, so we'll let you go get food, rest, relax,

497
00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,520
Speaker 1: take it easy before this tough game at Lumen. Yeah,

498
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 1: thank you guys, Thanks so much. All right, Miles Adams

499
00:22:48,640 --> 00:23:06,920
Speaker 1: is next on the huddle. Don't go anywhere. You are

500
00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 1: listening to the huddle with Dave Wyman, Michael Bambas, Stacy

501
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,920
Speaker 1: Ross and Miles Adams joining us right now. Miles, how

502
00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:16,439
Speaker 1: are you? I'm doing great. I cannot complain. How are you?

503
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 1: I'm great? You have Nshawn was telling you this a

504
00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,680
Speaker 1: very relaxing voice, and it's been decided you should do

505
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:26,840
Speaker 1: like call map, maybe radio, anything like that in your future.

506
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:31,440
Speaker 1: Would would you ever do anything in voice work after football?

507
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 1: I've actually done voice was it voice acting lessons? Yeah,

508
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:41,000
Speaker 1: with Bruce Carey Bran props his school and I want

509
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,200
Speaker 1: to kind of do it keep David type deal in

510
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,400
Speaker 1: the future. That's awesome. That's up. So you went to Rice.

511
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 1: I did so. I was a high school coach for

512
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,040
Speaker 1: ten years. You're not just getting into Rice. You gotta

513
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,520
Speaker 1: have grades. Um, so, academics is probably huge in your

514
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 1: life grown up definitely. Mom drove that into me, you know,

515
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,959
Speaker 1: making the a beyond a role competing great stuff like that.

516
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,920
Speaker 1: So I gotta have the grades to get into race.

517
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,199
Speaker 1: What you study at kinesiology sports medicine, there we go.

518
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: So does that help you with your maintaining your body

519
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:13,040
Speaker 1: during the the NFL, because that's that's something that I

520
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,199
Speaker 1: think at least when I played, we didn't pay much attention,

521
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:20,240
Speaker 1: didn't I used to eat like terrible macaroni and cheese

522
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,800
Speaker 1: and beer. You know that kind of thing. Bud sounds

523
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:26,159
Speaker 1: too bad, It's okay when you're twenty four. I just

524
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 1: don't know if it was good for me. But um yeah,

525
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: so all of that kind of stuff is a little

526
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,000
Speaker 1: bit because that's really important, right, taking taking care of

527
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,239
Speaker 1: your body during the season. What has it helped you with?

528
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,359
Speaker 1: I mean, how has it helped you? No, it definitely

529
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:39,919
Speaker 1: helped a lot because I started out as a sports

530
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 1: management major and then I dealt with some surgeries and

531
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,920
Speaker 1: it just made me think about wanting to have more

532
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: and to learn about my body, learn about you know,

533
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,600
Speaker 1: taking football series how to recover, and that's really been

534
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,040
Speaker 1: really been a beneficial. Um, you guys have taken a

535
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 1: huge step forward as a defense this year. I know

536
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: it wasn't the start of the season. You wanted U

537
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 1: and it was hard to pinpoint what was wrong. Plenty

538
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,199
Speaker 1: of talent in the building and just things weren't coming together.

539
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 1: That's changed, especially over the last two weeks. Does it

540
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 1: feel like there's anything different happening. The energy is a

541
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,960
Speaker 1: little different, shifting a little bit, and I think we're

542
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: trusting each other more. Yeah, find around a little bit faster.

543
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 1: It just comes with the knowledge of the game, speed

544
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:23,960
Speaker 1: of the game, really familiated in the system, making the

545
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,439
Speaker 1: corrections a week to week. And because you know the

546
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,400
Speaker 1: games that we did lose in the yards we gave

547
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,440
Speaker 1: up and stuff with the defense, it wasn't a lot

548
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,080
Speaker 1: of things that the teams were doing us. We were

549
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 1: kind of beating ourselves, self inflictive exactly. Yeah, I'm gonna

550
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 1: take you back. Undrafted free agent. I was an undrafted

551
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 1: free agent, and so I saw you making plays, and

552
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,480
Speaker 1: you know, I'm rooting for the underdogs. Was there a

553
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 1: moment where you were making plays You're like, oh, yeah,

554
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 1: I made the squad. I'm feeling good about what I'm

555
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 1: doing right now now. At first, I just wanted to

556
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,120
Speaker 1: I appreciate that, you know, saying really recognize real. But

557
00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: if there was ever a point, I mean I did

558
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 1: feel like I played pretty good in Dallas home game,

559
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 1: but it was more so that Jews from being back

560
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: in Texas. Um I didn't feel like I Um I was.

561
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 1: I was in the same boat as everybody else. I

562
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: just want to take it and put my stuff on

563
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 1: tape and lit. There was those people this sale and

564
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 1: it's a it's a stressful position to being an undraftful

565
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 1: edge because you never really know. You show up every day,

566
00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: and um I was wanna say, man, congratulations, Man, keep

567
00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,680
Speaker 1: doing your thing. I really appreciate that. Thank you. Yeah,

568
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: they're in the preseason. They always have guys that they

569
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 1: don't want us on the radio to pump up too much.

570
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,080
Speaker 1: And you were one of those guys. And but we

571
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 1: couldn't not call your name. I mean Dallas was like, yeah,

572
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,200
Speaker 1: you you played well in Pittsburgh. I mean this preseason.

573
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 1: Is there something that you can identify that just clicked

574
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 1: for you because you you were just all you were

575
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: just you look confident and you're making plays everywhere. Was

576
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:58,000
Speaker 1: there was there any a play or something somebody said

577
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: to you that that kind of clicked. I'd say more

578
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 1: so just getting elevated last season and being ever to

579
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 1: play really my first game as a divisional game against

580
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 1: the Rams last year. That's my first regular season action,

581
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: and I guess it all clipped for me. I realized

582
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,480
Speaker 1: it's all relative. Any given Sunday kind of mentality, anybody

583
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 1: can get the work. Can you take yourself back to

584
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: that moment and remember specific things where you thought, oh

585
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 1: my god, this is really happening, or like anything standout

586
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 1: where you think this has been one of my favorite

587
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: moments in the NFL so far this year, Maybe not

588
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 1: from that game, but just in general. Well, it was

589
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 1: a fact about that game. Their center Brian Allen was

590
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,159
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl alternate center, which is pretty good, and

591
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 1: I'll be pretty good against them, so you kind of

592
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,359
Speaker 1: feel good about myself a little bit. That's probably a

593
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 1: moment I was like, yeah, I can do this. Yeah man,

594
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: we've we've seen this defense turning around the last couple

595
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,960
Speaker 1: of weeks and it's been fun to watch. And I

596
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: watched film and I always try to figure out what

597
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 1: type of player this guy is, what his role is,

598
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 1: especially the big boys, because you guys don't get a

599
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 1: lot of love. It's just like the linebackers and dvs

600
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 1: a skill guys. So if you have to describe your

601
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,840
Speaker 1: role in this defense to just the average fan listening,

602
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: how would you do it. I'm a guy that's gonna

603
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 1: come in and uh hopefully, uh there's no drop off.

604
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,919
Speaker 1: You know, I come in off the bench. You know,

605
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 1: I have some great, great role models ahead of me,

606
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 1: you know on the Punafords, Clinton Jefferson's Al Woods, and

607
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 1: you know, Shelby Harris is in the room. So as

608
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 1: a young guy come in when they need their blow,

609
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:26,640
Speaker 1: I come in and pick right up with their left off.

610
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 1: Who's a sort of I would say Shelby would be

611
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: my prediction. Who's the funniest dude in that room or

612
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 1: kind of the clown of the room. No, definitely, LJ

613
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: O l really chev is a close second. But I

614
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: don't know, y'all, don't lj is hilarious, that's funny. Well,

615
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 1: I've talked to him a couple of times, and I

616
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 1: guess that didn't really come through. But and then Big Al.

617
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 1: You know the story with Big Al, like he has

618
00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,479
Speaker 1: a ranch back home. Yeah yeah, yeah, farms his own

619
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,320
Speaker 1: land everything. Yeah, that real real country spirit. I feel

620
00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 1: them with that because my family is from East Texas,

621
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 1: so oh yeah some of the background. Yeah, so you

622
00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: get some some cool personalities in there. You guys hang

623
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: out off the field or have little get togethers or

624
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,640
Speaker 1: anything like that. Yeah, they're trying to recruit me to

625
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,239
Speaker 1: go to one hunted house today. I don't know if

626
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 1: i'm Are you not a big like scary movie or

627
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: a haunted house person? Yeah, answer horror. Is it because

628
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 1: it's scarier? You're like, this is dumb. No, it's scary

629
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 1: because I get genuinely scared. I'm scared scared. Yeah, Okay.

630
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 1: One good thing about Halloween candy. We were just ranking

631
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 1: our top candies without spoiling and saying ours. We all

632
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: have the same one. I think, what would be your

633
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: number one Halloween candylate chocolate? All right, that is unfortunately

634
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: not the correct answer. Sorry, Kats a great Kickcat's a

635
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,720
Speaker 1: great answer. I had Ruese's Cups TwixT would be in

636
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: there second. That's as long as it's in there. Well, um,

637
00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: I kind of hope you go to the haunted house now,

638
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 1: Like it's like I just wanted to. I'm imagining like

639
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: just like big strong dudes being like I'm not messing

640
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: with that I'm not doing it, but they can be.

641
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: They can be kind of fun. Is it maybe that

642
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 1: you don't see. Here's what I don't like people to

643
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: startle me, Like, yeah, my wife and my kids know

644
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: not to jump out and do something because all like swing, yes,

645
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: or I will like react and like yeah, jump scared.

646
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 1: That's why I don't like I can do hore Gore.

647
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: I can do thrillers, suspense, yeah, but jump scares. Yeah.

648
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 1: I can't do paranormal like I could. I could watch

649
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: um Saw or like any of the creepy ones. I

650
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: can't do, like, hey, there's a demon in the house,

651
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: because you think, what if there is? What am I

652
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 1: gonna do? There's a video of I can't. I can't

653
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: mess with it? All right, we have to let you go.

654
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: I'm really quick though. There's a video of a guy

655
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 1: who has like a pumpkin on his head and he's

656
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: sitting on a porch like it's a straw man and

657
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: a guy walks past it and the thing the guy

658
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,959
Speaker 1: on in the chair jumps up and the dude just

659
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 1: turns swing. I'm like, I'm always afraid that's what I'm

660
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 1: gonna do. And then you know you're gonna hit somebody one.

661
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: I don't want to incriminate myself, but I just know

662
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: I feel him on that. Yeah, all right, h Miles,

663
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: we're gonna let you get out of here. We appreciate

664
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 1: taking the time. It's been so nice talking to you.

665
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: Finally for for us meeting you this year and getting

666
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,239
Speaker 1: a chance, and Dave got you those barbecue places. So

667
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 1: good luck with us. Mike Wise's mutual thank you guys

668
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 1: for opportunity. Thank you so much. All Right, you guys,

669
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: do not go anywhere. We're gonna hear from Gino Smith

670
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: at the podium. Next. This is the huddle. This is

671
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: the huddle, Gino Smith speaking from the podium. Right now.

672
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: We'll take you there. Yeah. I think it starts with, um,

673
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: you know, with playing complimentary football. Um, obviously you don't

674
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: want to turn the ball over early in games. You

675
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: don't want to turn the ball over at all. But

676
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 1: our defense did a great job going out there and

677
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 1: they got to stop you know, on fourth down, gave

678
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: us the ball and then back to back turnovers. So

679
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: really three turnovers in the road to start the game.

680
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: You know, I think that set us up for success

681
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 1: and a big part of an offense is rewarding your

682
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 1: defense when they do those things. You know, when they

683
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: go out and they're playing like that, you gotta reward

684
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: those guys, and you got to score points give them

685
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: the confidence they need to continue to play like that

686
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: and continue to play hard and have that edge and

687
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 1: have that swaggering. So I think we did a tremendous

688
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: job of that last week, and we just got to

689
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: continue that. Call yourself a big play offense so far.

690
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: So far we made a lot of big plays, and

691
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: we like to be an explosive offense, yes, but we

692
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 1: also want to be a fishing offense and we want

693
00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: to do well in the situations as well, the third

694
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: downs in the red zone, and so it's all collective, man.

695
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 1: We just gotta put it all together. And we got

696
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: explosive players all over the place. Guys are making plays.

697
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: The offensive line is giving us time to hit those

698
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: plays and opening up holes in the run game. And

699
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: so we can be a big play offense if we

700
00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:00,080
Speaker 1: continue what we're doing. Chargers last week, giants down. What

701
00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: are these games being? Three? Personally? Just another game, Uh,

702
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, an opportunity to go out there with my teammates,

703
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 1: my brothers, Uh, to fight, to compete. You know. Obviously

704
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: I was with those franchises and they did well by me.

705
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: You know, I don't have any remorse to anything, just

706
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: looking forward to going out there and competing again the Giants.

707
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 1: You know what short lived. I was only there for

708
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: really a year, so it wasn't really much time. But UM,

709
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: you know what I can say is, you know, I

710
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: enjoyed my time there, had an opportunity to learn and grow. UH.

711
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 1: Was able to be under Coach McAdoo and mister Jerry Reece,

712
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: whom you know I owe a lot too. And then um,

713
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 1: obviously being able to be with in the same room

714
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: with Eli Manning UH and learning from him and learning

715
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 1: with him and competing with him was awesome, you know,

716
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 1: just to be a part of that for a year.

717
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: What do you remember about the start you made for

718
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: the Giants in twenty eighteen and all the circumstances around that.

719
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: I was against Oakland, was against the Raiders. Familiar face

720
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: Bruce Irvin was on the opposite side. Khalil Mack was

721
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: also out there as well, and UM, you know, it

722
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: was just a chance for me to go out there

723
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: and show what I got, you know, it was one

724
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 1: one game. Obviously there was a lot um of you know,

725
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: speculation and stuff surrounding that game. But for me, it

726
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 1: was just, you know, like I've always been, you know,

727
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:13,399
Speaker 1: just focused on the game. I didn't really get caught

728
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 1: up in anything else. What was your relationship like with

729
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: Eli Manning? That was an odd time in his career.

730
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,359
Speaker 1: I've been saying it was here in the end of it. Yeah,

731
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,439
Speaker 1: Eli was great. Eli was great. I had met Eli

732
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: Um actually prior to that. We were training together in

733
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:29,239
Speaker 1: California and we were throwing stuff together and so we

734
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 1: had a relationship already. I had. I met him. I

735
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: went down to the Manning camp when I was in

736
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: college and so developed a relationship with Peyton, Eli, Archie, Cooper,

737
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 1: all those guys, and you know, it was it was good.

738
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,480
Speaker 1: You know, it was a good time for me when

739
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: I was there. What's up? What's Marquis out of guys

740
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: a few weeks? If you got him a lot more

741
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: into all the things. Uh, you know Mark keith Um,

742
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: he gives us that explosive threat down the field. Um,

743
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 1: he's also you know, got got a lot of ability

744
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: to run, you know, different routes and uh, you know,

745
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 1: he can be a gadget guy. He can do a

746
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: bunch of things. Um, he's tremendously uh, you know, just

747
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,839
Speaker 1: well rounded in his game and the things he can do.

748
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,839
Speaker 1: And so he's given us an added element of speed. Uh.

749
00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,319
Speaker 1: He also gives us just another weapon in the past

750
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: game as well as another threat, another D threat. You know,

751
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,359
Speaker 1: the defenses they've got to account for him as well

752
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,160
Speaker 1: with the other guys we got as well. How much

753
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 1: of his impact on Sunday was out of necessity and

754
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,880
Speaker 1: not having DK there versus Marquis's just being more comfortable

755
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,839
Speaker 1: in the system and with you, Yeah, I think, you know,

756
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: some of it was necessity. And you know early on,

757
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,359
Speaker 1: you know, DK was there, he caught that touchdown and

758
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: uh did a great job. And um, you know he's

759
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 1: he's our you know, third guy. And then we have

760
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: D coming as well as a third guy, and um,

761
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,880
Speaker 1: they give us, you know, great mismatches. You know, you

762
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: you put linebackers safeties on those guys, they can win.

763
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 1: You put your third corner on them, they can win.

764
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: You single them out one on one, they can win.

765
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: And then when DK went down, Marquis stepped up and

766
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 1: no one blinked you know, no one blinked and I

767
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 1: and and Marquis stepped up and made a few more

768
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 1: great plays for us. And he just brings that to

769
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: the table as well as the other guys. You know,

770
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: they all have an opportunity to step up now, and

771
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: so I look forward to it. There was a video

772
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: that children Marquis saying that you change the one touchdown

773
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 1: kind of a the line Marquis was maybe gonna run,

774
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: run and run, I guess and you told me just

775
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: to just go. Are you looking for those kind of

776
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 1: situations with Marquis when you got that, Yeah, you know,

777
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: with all the guys, and those are situations we practice

778
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:23,719
Speaker 1: every single day. Um, we talk about those things in

779
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: the meeting rooms, and when those situations come up in

780
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 1: the game, Uh, they understand exactly what we're trying to

781
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: get done. And that was an example of that that

782
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: work for a touchdown and shure you change, I mean,

783
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: we do, you know, we do we gotta do to

784
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,400
Speaker 1: make the place work. And uh, you know, it's obviously

785
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,720
Speaker 1: it's a you know, a thing with me and Shane

786
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: and and and Austin and all the guys where we're

787
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 1: just trying to get into the best play possible just

788
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: being an efficient offense and move the ball verbal or

789
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: is that nonverbal? Was that I can be verbal, it

790
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: can be non verbal. It kind of just depends on

791
00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 1: the situation and which play we're changing. The Giant don't

792
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: have a lot of size of the cornerback position. If

793
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: DK isn't able to go, obviously don't know that at

794
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 1: this point. Where's your confidence level at with Dreke Young,

795
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 1: Steven AGAs, Yeah, I'm very confident in Drek. We've got

796
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: a ton of reps together already. We were playing a

797
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 1: lot in the preseason together, and so you know, he

798
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 1: and I have spent a bunch of time just talking

799
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,320
Speaker 1: over things and trying to help him get up a

800
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:25,839
Speaker 1: speed because I really believe in his ability. And so

801
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: he's another guy who he gets a chance to step up,

802
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I think he's going to do well.

803
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: He's been working his butt off, he has a lot

804
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: of ability, He's very smart, and so we just got

805
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: to continue to bring him along as everyone else, and

806
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 1: he will make his plays when they come. What do

807
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: you think you've gotten best at or grown most since

808
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 1: Game one? I think just overall being more comfortable, you know,

809
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 1: on the system and just growing every single week, just

810
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 1: trying to get better every single thing, every part of

811
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 1: my game. I've been hard on myself on and I've

812
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 1: got to continue to get better, you know, I think

813
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: I have to do a much better job in the

814
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: red zone, um and continue to you know, just hone

815
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: in on my footwork, my reads, and and my accuracy

816
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: and precision and just getting the ball out on time,

817
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 1: protecting our line and making sure that we're moving the

818
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: change and so overall I've been feeling good, but I

819
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 1: got to continue to get better about the red zone

820
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 1: to you, specifically to be better at scoring touchdowns. You know,

821
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 1: if I find a way, here's a score touchdowns in

822
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,239
Speaker 1: the red zone, however, we can get it done. Just

823
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: getting it done. You did you take much to play

824
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 1: for the interception last week or just got one of

825
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: those plays or uh yeah, I mean anytime I throw

826
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: an interception, you know, it makes me upset. UM don't

827
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: want to have any of those, um, you know mistakes

828
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 1: out there. And uh you know it was the right read,

829
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,759
Speaker 1: right throw. It's just one of those plays. Man, Like

830
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: I feel like all you know, all I've thrown four

831
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: interceptions here in the Seahawks, and they've all been kind

832
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: of plays like that, So just trying to eliminate those

833
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: plays and not let the defense, uh, you know, get

834
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,879
Speaker 1: a turnover. Do you work much with Taytor h? Yeah,

835
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: we work with Taytor Um. Tator is obviously he's been

836
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 1: here for a while and been a tremendous coach. But um,

837
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 1: he does a great job. He's in the room with

838
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,399
Speaker 1: us every day. He takes us through all the two

839
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: minute situations, all the scenarios that we'll see in the

840
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: games and two minutes, T four, T two, and uh,

841
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: I mean he's got a lot of with them. He's

842
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 1: been around this game for a long time and he

843
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,479
Speaker 1: knows the stuff. We're all right, taking a look ahead

844
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 1: to week eate with Ray Roberts. Next, this is the huddle.

845
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Speaker 1: You are listening to the huddle with Dave Wyman, Michael Bumpus,

846
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 1: Stacy Ross and right now, Ray Robert says, we head

847
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 1: to the trenches. Ray joins us right now, and I

848
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Speaker 1: want to spend just a little bit of time talking

849
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: about the Chargers, but then switch ahead and look at

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00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 1: week eight against the Giants. So Ray, I'll start with

851
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: this which is one hundred and sixty plus for ken Walker.

852
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: Obviously it's phenomenal, but that also means the guys up

853
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: front are playing phenomenally. Absolutely, And the first thing I

854
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: want to say, Stacey's I'm just gonna keep beating this drum,

855
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: you know, for the rest of the year. But uh

856
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: and Michael Bumps and Paul Morian knows it. I called

857
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: this I called the ken Walker draft pick. Bump's already smiling.

858
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 1: Why are you shaking her? Man? He called it, called

859
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: it gonna. I'm gonna reflect that thing. I've gotta reflect

860
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: that muscle until the cows come home. You should got

861
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 1: something right in my life. But whenever I think of

862
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: ken I'll think of Ray Roberts. We come as a package.

863
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: Um No, but you guys should do a show of

864
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: favorite sandwiches. But that's a different story, um but not

865
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 1: to me. I think that there's a as the preseason

866
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:34,280
Speaker 1: was going along, as I saw this offensive line working together,

867
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,240
Speaker 1: as I saw that the identity that it was creating,

868
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,680
Speaker 1: especially and I'll keep eating this one too, is that

869
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: Abe Lucas brings a certain mentality and an identity to

870
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: the offensive line. And I think over the last couple

871
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,359
Speaker 1: of years that was kind of lacking and UH, and

872
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: then with them being able to take the reps that

873
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 1: they took together in the preseason, UM watching them in practice,

874
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: I just had a feeling that by the third quarter

875
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: of the season that they would be one of the

876
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: better offensive lines. And that included having two rookie tackles,

877
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,560
Speaker 1: which is unheard of. And the thing that I like

878
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: about UM this offensive line is that they're getting better

879
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: and better each week, Like each week you see something

880
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: about them that's different. So when I look at this

881
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: offensive line, I start to see the double teams, the

882
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 1: way that the guards and the tackles are working together

883
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: to get up to the next level. Let's see the

884
00:41:25,239 --> 00:41:30,920
Speaker 1: improvement with with Damian Lewis, like the player that I

885
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: thought that he was going to be last year, You're

886
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: starting to see that kind of come out. I get

887
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: to see Charles Cross been just a little bit more

888
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: violent with his hands and pass protection, the way he's

889
00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 1: starting to finish blocks. Abe has just been Abe. And

890
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 1: then as you look at the rotation between Haynes and UH,

891
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:54,359
Speaker 1: Jackson and Current, like there's really no drop off right there.

892
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 1: Those all three of those dudes bring a different aspect

893
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,359
Speaker 1: to the game, but the outcomes are really similar and

894
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 1: so so I just see an offensive line it is

895
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: really coming together. It's important for an offensive line to

896
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 1: have five dudes with different various studio skill sets, but

897
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 1: they operate as one. And that's kind of what we're

898
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 1: starting to see with this offensive line. Yeah, Ray, I

899
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:19,839
Speaker 1: just I did a thing on our website about the

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Speaker 1: first Kenneth Walker run and you know, you mentioned Damian

901
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: Lewis and Austin Blythe and it was just so I

902
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,320
Speaker 1: don't want to be corny, but it was beautiful to watch.

903
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,479
Speaker 1: Peter will probably say that, but like the way ken

904
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: Walker sets up the block, and by the way Damian

905
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 1: Lewis is, I mean, he had a really good rookie

906
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 1: year last year. I didn't think was was great, but

907
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: the way he set that block up, and then the

908
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: way Blythe comes off of the double team and goes

909
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 1: up to the linebacker and then you see this like

910
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,399
Speaker 1: perfect hallway right there for ken Walker. I just thought

911
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:56,800
Speaker 1: that was just an awesome I know, it just looked

912
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: like they're so in sync. Yeah, and you know, I've

913
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: made a post on on Twitter the other day that

914
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: the run game is not always pretty until it is

915
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:10,759
Speaker 1: and that was like one of those plays where it

916
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 1: was it was beautiful like it. You could not have

917
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Speaker 1: blocked it any better than like, that's exactly how you

918
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 1: would draw it up. When you draw the little chalk

919
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Speaker 1: lines and you go like you're gonna go right here

920
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: and you're gonna go off to right there. It normally

921
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 1: doesn't happen like that, but it happened like that, and

922
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 1: when it does, it's a beautiful. It's a beautiful thing.

923
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Speaker 1: And uh. And then I'm telling you, like, yes we

924
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 1: like to pass block, Yes we like to score points.

925
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: Yes we like biggest supposed to plays. But it gives me,

926
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,399
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I'm outside, but give me a seventy four

927
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 1: yard running touchdown every single day of the week over

928
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 1: a seventy four yard pass play, because that means that

929
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:53,240
Speaker 1: I'm I'm I'm expressing my dominance over another three hundred

930
00:43:53,239 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: pound dude. And there is nothing more exhilarating as an

931
00:43:56,560 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: offensive linemen than that. Ray. We look that these are

932
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:04,280
Speaker 1: We've been watching these tackles and they've been up against,

933
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 1: as you would say, some dudes, man like, they are

934
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: battle tested at this point in the season. And I

935
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:12,680
Speaker 1: take it back to when you were them at this

936
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Speaker 1: point of the season. You've been in some battles, you've won, some,

937
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: you've lost some. These guys have won more than they've lost.

938
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Speaker 1: What do you think their confidence level is and how

939
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 1: comfortable do you think they are out there? Well, I

940
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: think they should be super confident and they should be

941
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: super brought into their own ability to play this game

942
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: at a very high level. I can remember it was

943
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 1: probably around week six or seven where I was just

944
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: figuring out, like how the rest of the play worked.

945
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Speaker 1: Like I was just like focused on who am I

946
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,759
Speaker 1: blocking in front of me? And that was it. And

947
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:51,760
Speaker 1: so at halfway through the season now I'm just like, oh,

948
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: so that's what we're trying to get done with that play,

949
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 1: you know. So so for them to be able to

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00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 1: do what they're doing and playing against, like you said,

951
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,839
Speaker 1: some dudes, and not just playing against dudes, but doing

952
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: it without help, you know, I told Dave, I think

953
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: it was last week or earlier this week. You know,

954
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 1: my rookie year, I played against a murderous row of

955
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,320
Speaker 1: pass rushers, like I think every week I played against

956
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,640
Speaker 1: a dude that's already in the Hall of Fame. And

957
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: there were times where I looked over my left shoulder,

958
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: and I looked over my right shoulder, and I'm like,

959
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 1: where is that running back or where is that tight end?

960
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,799
Speaker 1: Because I need somebody to help me block Derek talk

961
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: and U and these dudes are doing it without that

962
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: help and uh. And so that says something about not

963
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: only their own confidence in ability, but peach confidence in them. Uh,

964
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: you know, the officer, the line coach confidence in them,

965
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 1: this team's confidence in them that they can get the

966
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: job done, because then it opens up the door to

967
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 1: get more guys out into routes when you're running, you know,

968
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 1: when you're throwing the ball, so you don't have to

969
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: leave that running back in there to help. You can

970
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: have them in out to pick up a blizz but

971
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: they're not helping linement. You can get the tight end

972
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 1: out into out into the into the route, so you

973
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 1: have more options to throw it too. So I'm just

974
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 1: super impressed with just the way they've gone about it.

975
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:03,239
Speaker 1: The professionalism, Like every single veteran person you talked to

976
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: about these offensive tackles and just these rookies in general,

977
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: it's like their professionalism is like on steroids. It's like

978
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:14,080
Speaker 1: it's like, you know what I'm saying that they're doing

979
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,480
Speaker 1: it in a way that rookies aren't supposed to do it,

980
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,800
Speaker 1: and that's impressive. Hey, Ray, you know you were talking

981
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,360
Speaker 1: about the dudes that they have gone up against, and

982
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,399
Speaker 1: you know Chub and Bosa, those two guys each got

983
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 1: two sacks the last but the last four games. And

984
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,759
Speaker 1: we're talking about Aiden Hutchinson. Well, I'm not putting at

985
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,040
Speaker 1: lant in there, but the Cam Jordan got two sacks,

986
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:40,000
Speaker 1: Khalil max zero, Markus Golden got one, JJ Watt zero

987
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:43,800
Speaker 1: this week, I'm looking at their d line, second rounder,

988
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 1: first rounder, first rounder, first rounder. So I mean this

989
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:52,720
Speaker 1: this might be h maybe maybe even there their hardest

990
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,879
Speaker 1: test right now as far as you know, facing as

991
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,359
Speaker 1: you say, a group of dudes that can really rush

992
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:02,400
Speaker 1: the passer. Yeah, and you know that's why it's going

993
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,760
Speaker 1: to be important, Dave to get to keep the running

994
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:07,320
Speaker 1: game going. Like even if it's just you know, maybe

995
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: you know, Kenneth Walker isn't going to rush for one

996
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty yards, but if he can rush between

997
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: like sixty and you know, maybe seventy five yards and

998
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:16,799
Speaker 1: one hundred yards, and they're staying true to the running game,

999
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,920
Speaker 1: he gets his you know, fifteen to twenty carries and

1000
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: and U DJ Dallas gets his carries. That make the

1001
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 1: defensive line have to be honest about about the run game,

1002
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 1: then it's going to help them in the pass protection.

1003
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: It kind of reminds me of of that Kansas City

1004
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 1: defensive line. You know, when I was a rookie. They

1005
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 1: had Derek Thomas on one end, that Neil Smith on

1006
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,440
Speaker 1: the other end. They had some some some dogs in

1007
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,759
Speaker 1: the middle that would like really good pass rushes. So

1008
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,400
Speaker 1: every single dude had to be on their game. But

1009
00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: the way you the way you neutralize that has been

1010
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 1: able to run the football because the thing that I've

1011
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: learned and my days as a player is that the

1012
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:57,040
Speaker 1: dudes that like the rush your quarterback don't like tackling

1013
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,840
Speaker 1: the running back. And so if you can make it noisy,

1014
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,359
Speaker 1: make it a smart bubble kind of game, Hey there

1015
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:06,880
Speaker 1: it is, I gotta end this week, then then you

1016
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: have a chance to kind of neutralize some of that

1017
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:10,640
Speaker 1: passed for us. So I think that's going to be

1018
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,919
Speaker 1: the important part for this offsive line versus that defensive line.

1019
00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: All right, perfect note to end on because Ray Ray

1020
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: Roberts takes us in the trenches every single week for

1021
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,799
Speaker 1: the huddle. Ray, I will be talking to you next

1022
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: Thursday for the huddle, but you're gonna be talking with

1023
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 1: bump before then for pregame. For this one, it is

1024
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: Seahawks Giants this Sunday right here at Loomin. You can

1025
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,320
Speaker 1: hear Ray on the pregame show. Thanks so much, Ray,

1026
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: absolutely round ball. He is Ray Roberts. We are sticking

1027
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:44,239
Speaker 1: with some voices of the Seahawks. Here are going to

1028
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,560
Speaker 1: the voice of the Seahawks, Steve Rabel, for some keys

1029
00:48:46,600 --> 00:49:01,160
Speaker 1: to a win. He joins us. Next, this is the

1030
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:04,240
Speaker 1: Huddle with Dave Wyman, Michael Bumpus, and Stacy Ross joining

1031
00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:07,240
Speaker 1: us now the voice of the Seahawks, Steve Rabel and Raves.

1032
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: The Seahawks have a big challenge in this one, trying

1033
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 1: to stop that Giant's run game. What have they been

1034
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: doing so well? I mean maybe the answer is just

1035
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:18,440
Speaker 1: Sea que being phenomenal, But what do you see? Yeah,

1036
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: I think that. I think that's a large part of it.

1037
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 1: I think their system, the system that Brian Dabel was

1038
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: brought in as head coach, has really worked. It's it's

1039
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:33,200
Speaker 1: minimized as the mistakes that Daniel Jones, the quarterback, is

1040
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:39,239
Speaker 1: making and it's maximizing the positives the strong points of

1041
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: this of this giant team, one of which is sae

1042
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: Quon Barkley. They're just finding ways to get him the ball.

1043
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,960
Speaker 1: They've got a lot of motion, they move people around,

1044
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,480
Speaker 1: but ultimately and they and they're they've done a decent

1045
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,840
Speaker 1: job of blocking for him up front, but ultimately you

1046
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:58,080
Speaker 1: just watch him. I watched him last night against Jacksonville,

1047
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,000
Speaker 1: and he'll come off the edge and if he's not

1048
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:05,080
Speaker 1: running over people, he's running around and passed people. I

1049
00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:07,359
Speaker 1: tell you, I can't tell you how much ken Walker

1050
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:10,920
Speaker 1: the third reminds me of Barkeley, although Barkeley's more compact.

1051
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: It looks like and you know, even thicker, tougher to

1052
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 1: bring down, but he is. He is a terrific running back.

1053
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: It's going to be I think the biggest test against

1054
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,840
Speaker 1: the run that the Seahawks maybe we'll face all seasons.

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00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:28,280
Speaker 1: Hey raise, I look at the New York Football Giants

1056
00:50:28,680 --> 00:50:31,240
Speaker 1: and I see a team that has found a way

1057
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:34,320
Speaker 1: to win tough games with not a lot of talent.

1058
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: There's talent out there, obviously, this is the NFL. These

1059
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:39,799
Speaker 1: guys can play and because of that, I look at

1060
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 1: Dable and just say, the culture change over there must

1061
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 1: play a huge part. And then being able to call

1062
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: and climb out of these games in the fourth quarter, Yeah, exactly.

1063
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:53,960
Speaker 1: I remember where he's come from. You know, he coached,

1064
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:57,239
Speaker 1: and he's in Buffalo. He was with Kansas City for

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00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:02,600
Speaker 1: a while, so he's learned from a really good winning

1066
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:06,600
Speaker 1: franchises and under some pretty dark, good head coaches. So

1067
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: he kind of gets it. And I know that he

1068
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: would have brought in a lot of his own thoughts

1069
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: and his own philosophies as a head coach. But he's

1070
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:19,640
Speaker 1: You're right, he may not have all the greatest talent

1071
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:21,600
Speaker 1: in the world. They can't build it up all at once,

1072
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 1: but they've got enough high round draft choices over the

1073
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:26,800
Speaker 1: last few years because they've been a pretty dismal team

1074
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 1: over the last few seasons, that they have something to

1075
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:32,440
Speaker 1: work with there in New York. And you know, maybe

1076
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:37,480
Speaker 1: most of all, bump is the development of their belief system.

1077
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: They now believe in themselves. There's six and one. They

1078
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: believe they can go out and be just about anybody.

1079
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:45,480
Speaker 1: And you know, with one exception this season, they have

1080
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 1: so I think they believe they can come in here

1081
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: do what they've done in the past, run the football,

1082
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:54,279
Speaker 1: try to slow down the Seahawks and score just enough

1083
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:57,319
Speaker 1: points to win ribs. How do you look at this

1084
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:02,319
Speaker 1: team now versus Week one? Because I talked to some

1085
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:06,880
Speaker 1: Giant guys today UM on their their pregame show and

1086
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,759
Speaker 1: we taped something, and they like their team. I mean,

1087
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: they weren't cocky, but I mean they were they were confident.

1088
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 1: But I don't see why the Seahawks can't beat the Giants.

1089
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:21,120
Speaker 1: But yeah, I just your your attitude about this team

1090
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:23,440
Speaker 1: now that they're four and three, and it sounds sounds

1091
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,760
Speaker 1: funny to hear that they're number one in the NFC

1092
00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:27,960
Speaker 1: West when everybody's you know, on a log gym. But

1093
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: still it's don't look a gift horse in the mountain. Yeah,

1094
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: I know, And I feel like they can't beat any

1095
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 1: team in the NFL, especially this year. Yeah, I agree

1096
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,759
Speaker 1: with you, David. You know, the first game was chuck

1097
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,719
Speaker 1: that one up to Yes, the guys played really well,

1098
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: but the emotion of playing against their former quarterback on

1099
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,719
Speaker 1: Monday Night football and beating the Broncos in a in

1100
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,880
Speaker 1: a tight game, and then the defense you know, was

1101
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 1: kind of absent without a pass for a while until

1102
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: they made the change as they needed to make and

1103
00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:04,640
Speaker 1: suddenly the last couple of weeks. Take nothing away from

1104
00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,759
Speaker 1: what that game meant just a few days ago down

1105
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:10,759
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles to beat the Chargers. That is a

1106
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: really good football team on their home turf. Herbert is

1107
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 1: an excellent quarterback. He's got great targets. Their defense has

1108
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:22,680
Speaker 1: a number of really good players. Yeah, they were missing

1109
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 1: bows a big deal. Everybody's missing game players. But the

1110
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:31,600
Speaker 1: way this team, the Seahawks have transitioned and have gotten

1111
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:35,920
Speaker 1: better offensively, You'd love to still have Rashad Penny in

1112
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:38,600
Speaker 1: that one two punch, but ken Walker is the third

1113
00:53:38,640 --> 00:53:42,320
Speaker 1: being the primary back. He has been absolutely no slouch.

1114
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:46,759
Speaker 1: He has played great. Gino has played beyond expectations. You

1115
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,719
Speaker 1: hope to get DK back sooner rather than later. I

1116
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,440
Speaker 1: think that'll be the case. But you still have some

1117
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,600
Speaker 1: great weapons to throw to and Gino has been so

1118
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:57,520
Speaker 1: accurate with his passing. If there is a big difference

1119
00:53:57,560 --> 00:53:59,960
Speaker 1: between these two teams, we both like to run the football.

1120
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,880
Speaker 1: We've both given up some yards defensively, but Geno Smith

1121
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: is the better quarterback without question. Right now in his

1122
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:11,240
Speaker 1: ability to find the open receivers, to hit those open receivers,

1123
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:13,520
Speaker 1: and even if they're not open, to make the throws

1124
00:54:13,560 --> 00:54:16,120
Speaker 1: and their throw guys open and throw into tight windows.

1125
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 1: He's done that much better than Daniel Jones has Hey Raves.

1126
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:26,920
Speaker 1: I'm wondering. Bumps pointed out before that the Seahawks have

1127
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,319
Speaker 1: had rookie's getting more snaps than any other team, and

1128
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: we know that they've drafted young guys and have sometimes

1129
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:34,000
Speaker 1: not played them as early. Do you think there's a

1130
00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:37,040
Speaker 1: willingness to play young guys sooner or do you think

1131
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:40,960
Speaker 1: that that's just the way the cookie crumbled for this team? Well,

1132
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:43,440
Speaker 1: I think a couple of things. Days. I think Pete

1133
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:46,719
Speaker 1: has always been one of those guys who is, you know,

1134
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,000
Speaker 1: an exceptional coach when it comes to young guys. We've

1135
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 1: talked about it, how so many you know, in college

1136
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:54,680
Speaker 1: he was rotating guys through their every couple of three

1137
00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:56,960
Speaker 1: years at USC, they come on, they played for a

1138
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,680
Speaker 1: couple of years, then they leave early and and so

1139
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:01,520
Speaker 1: he had a lot of talent, but they were also

1140
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:04,720
Speaker 1: young guys and he coached them up into their system.

1141
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:08,680
Speaker 1: Same thing with the guys this year. I heard Gino

1142
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:12,000
Speaker 1: interview today, in fact, on NFL Network. You guys may

1143
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 1: have talked about this, but he was asked about a

1144
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:19,879
Speaker 1: comment that he made about Pete's coaching ability and how

1145
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:24,520
Speaker 1: much trust. This is Gino talking and I'm paraphrasing here,

1146
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:29,759
Speaker 1: how much trust Pete has in the entire team to

1147
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:33,160
Speaker 1: start all the rookies that he's starting, and to get

1148
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:35,560
Speaker 1: them coached up and to have them playing as well

1149
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,320
Speaker 1: as they're playing. It shows a trust in the rest

1150
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:41,319
Speaker 1: of the team as well as those young guys. So

1151
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:45,480
Speaker 1: I agree with Gino and that they Pete and his

1152
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:48,640
Speaker 1: assistant coaches have got these guys playing well. I don't

1153
00:55:48,640 --> 00:55:51,719
Speaker 1: think Andy Dickerson has gotten nearly enough credit on the

1154
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,680
Speaker 1: offensive line for getting those two young tackles ready to

1155
00:55:54,719 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 1: play in this system the way they wanted to play.

1156
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:01,760
Speaker 1: So yeah, if there's a real plus for this team

1157
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:05,080
Speaker 1: and they're playing well now, I don't none of us

1158
00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 1: want to look ahead, but just think about it for

1159
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,440
Speaker 1: a second. Where this team is going to be in

1160
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 1: a year or two, as these guys continue to mature

1161
00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 1: and play better. It just is one of those things

1162
00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:19,799
Speaker 1: that has everybody kind of licking their jobs. Hey, raves Um.

1163
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:24,439
Speaker 1: I look at always look at a depth chart, and

1164
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:27,680
Speaker 1: the ones are always highlighted, but I always look at

1165
00:56:27,719 --> 00:56:32,080
Speaker 1: the two deeps man because eventually, especially at the skill positions,

1166
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,799
Speaker 1: those number two are gonna get opportunities to play. And

1167
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 1: with ken Walker being bumpled to the number one spot,

1168
00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 1: I look at a guy like DJ Dallas and say, Okay,

1169
00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:44,120
Speaker 1: your contributions are that much more important. Now do you

1170
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:46,920
Speaker 1: see DJ Dallas getting he got six carries last game,

1171
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:49,040
Speaker 1: you see him having around six carries or what do

1172
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:50,319
Speaker 1: you feel like his role is going to be in

1173
00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:53,279
Speaker 1: this game? Well, I think it's I think it just

1174
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:56,680
Speaker 1: depends on how the game flows. You know, as you

1175
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:59,160
Speaker 1: guys know, if you get behind earlier, then maybe you

1176
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:02,160
Speaker 1: can't run quite as much as you want to, and

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00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:06,840
Speaker 1: maybe guys don't get as many opportunities as they might ordinarily.

1178
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:10,000
Speaker 1: And then again, if you get ahead big, you're gonna

1179
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,000
Speaker 1: just keep running the ball down the road and you're

1180
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,160
Speaker 1: gonna have to give ken Walker a break and you're

1181
00:57:14,200 --> 00:57:15,880
Speaker 1: gonna get some of the other guys in there. And

1182
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: DJ Dallas has certainly proven that he is. He can

1183
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:23,880
Speaker 1: do pretty much anything. He can return kicks, he can

1184
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:28,880
Speaker 1: cover kicks. He's good in pass pro. Remember, with Travis

1185
00:57:28,920 --> 00:57:32,360
Speaker 1: Homer being out, that job as the third down back

1186
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,280
Speaker 1: basically went to DJ. He's a good receiver coming out

1187
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:38,440
Speaker 1: of the backfield. Now Homer is hopefully going to be

1188
00:57:38,440 --> 00:57:41,240
Speaker 1: back in another week or two, as he's been eligible

1189
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:45,400
Speaker 1: now for practice after his injury. So all of a sudden,

1190
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:47,920
Speaker 1: where you were maybe a little bit thin earlier, now

1191
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:51,200
Speaker 1: you're three deep. And we haven't even talked about some

1192
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:53,360
Speaker 1: of the other guys that they that they've picked up,

1193
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 1: like Tony Jones Jr. Who came over here from New Orleans.

1194
00:57:57,400 --> 00:58:00,439
Speaker 1: I think they're where the Seahawks, that is, are where

1195
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:02,520
Speaker 1: they want to be with this group of running backs

1196
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:06,920
Speaker 1: and led by led by Ken Walker and then Gino.

1197
00:58:07,120 --> 00:58:09,440
Speaker 1: Let's not forget about him. He's gonna get his runs

1198
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:12,960
Speaker 1: in there too. So I feel pretty confident about about

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00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,480
Speaker 1: the ability and the two and three deep, as you

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00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:18,720
Speaker 1: were mentioned in bump at some of these positions. Marquis Goodwin,

1201
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 1: for instance, I mean, goodness, gracious, he catches two touchdown

1202
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:26,880
Speaker 1: passes a week ago, huge plays that were in effect

1203
00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:29,320
Speaker 1: though a lot of difference in that football game, So

1204
00:58:29,760 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 1: you can't you can't help but like the depth on

1205
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:35,000
Speaker 1: this team. He is the voice of the Seahawks, Steve Rabel.

1206
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:36,840
Speaker 1: You can hear him on the call of the Seahawks

1207
00:58:36,840 --> 00:58:39,760
Speaker 1: Giants game this weekend alongside Dave Wyman. Thanks so much, Rabes,

1208
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:43,640
Speaker 1: all right, pleasure guys, thank you, all right? Who are

1209
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:46,520
Speaker 1: the Giants? We're stepping across enemy lines for an opponent preview.

1210
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Speaker 1: Next joining us now for the huddle is John J. Stremski.

1211
00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:58,400
Speaker 1: He is host of the New York New York Podcast,

1212
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 1: part of the Ringer podcast network, and John, I am

1213
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:05,080
Speaker 1: tell me among those surprised that the six and one

1214
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:07,840
Speaker 1: Giants are taking on the first place in the NFC

1215
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:10,720
Speaker 1: West Seattle Seahawks a game in a matchup that I

1216
00:59:10,760 --> 00:59:13,960
Speaker 1: was not expecting to be saying seven weeks into the season.

1217
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:17,160
Speaker 1: You ain't kidding. I mean, the idea that you got

1218
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:20,200
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones and Gino Smith playing at such a high level,

1219
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:23,640
Speaker 1: The idea that you have the Giants in the Seattle Seahawks,

1220
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:26,640
Speaker 1: two winning teams and two teams that could would generally

1221
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: think about being in the postseason right now. I mean,

1222
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:32,000
Speaker 1: if you were to go through the odds, and I

1223
00:59:32,120 --> 00:59:35,040
Speaker 1: like to do this, I'm a betting man, not gonna lie.

1224
00:59:35,320 --> 00:59:38,280
Speaker 1: You were rattling off teams in the NFC. I don't

1225
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:40,000
Speaker 1: think you would have had the Giants in the Seahawks

1226
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:41,720
Speaker 1: with winning records at this point in the year. So

1227
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:45,160
Speaker 1: wild indeed, no, not at all. Tell me about Daniel Jones.

1228
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: You know, we're here on the West coast, so I

1229
00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 1: don't think too many people pay attention to what's going

1230
00:59:49,760 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 1: on in the East. Probably guys versus as well described

1231
00:59:52,240 --> 00:59:54,600
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones what has allowed him to lead this team

1232
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,360
Speaker 1: to where they are today. You know, he's been super,

1233
00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 1: super tough, That's what I've noticed, and I think he's

1234
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:04,240
Speaker 1: far more comfortable in the offense and in his own

1235
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:08,760
Speaker 1: skin playing for Brian Dable. I can't stress this enough, guys,

1236
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:13,560
Speaker 1: the difference in coaching that you've gotten from the Giants

1237
01:00:13,560 --> 01:00:15,800
Speaker 1: and Brian Dable coming over from the Buffalo Bills to

1238
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:17,760
Speaker 1: what they had last year or what they had the

1239
01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:20,880
Speaker 1: year before. It's so eye opening. You saw it in

1240
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,080
Speaker 1: the first game of the year against the Tennessee Titans.

1241
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:26,000
Speaker 1: The Giants have been a money team in the fourth quarter,

1242
01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:31,080
Speaker 1: and Daniel Jones specifically has been a money quarterback in

1243
01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:34,920
Speaker 1: the fourth quarters. That's a testament to the coaching and

1244
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:39,560
Speaker 1: what he's been able to do. I'm stunned, quite frankly,

1245
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:42,080
Speaker 1: I really really am surprised with what they've been able

1246
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:47,680
Speaker 1: to do, considering you look around the talent base offensively

1247
01:00:48,240 --> 01:00:51,760
Speaker 1: outside to say a Quon Barkley, there's not much to

1248
01:00:51,800 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 1: be working with here, so they're finding ways to score.

1249
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:57,600
Speaker 1: Jones is making ploys. He's making ploys with his legs,

1250
01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:00,560
Speaker 1: and it's been really fun to watch. You mentioned Brian Dable.

1251
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:04,440
Speaker 1: What's he doing in particular, Is he, you know, adapting.

1252
01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:06,600
Speaker 1: Is he adapting as the year goes on? Is it

1253
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:08,360
Speaker 1: an approach? I mean it sounds like a lot of

1254
01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: this is him too well. I think he's making the

1255
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:16,040
Speaker 1: best of what is on the roster, and that's coaching

1256
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:17,840
Speaker 1: in a nutshell where it's like, all right, you don't

1257
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 1: have the most talented roster in the world. Okay, you've

1258
01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:22,440
Speaker 1: got to find the way to make it work. They

1259
01:01:22,440 --> 01:01:26,680
Speaker 1: don't have particularly talented wide receivers. I mean you look

1260
01:01:26,680 --> 01:01:29,240
Speaker 1: at who they have playing wide receiver. I mean they don't.

1261
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:31,320
Speaker 1: They don't have a dk met Keff, they don't have

1262
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:33,760
Speaker 1: a Tyreek Kill, they don't have a Davante Adam. So

1263
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:37,640
Speaker 1: it's been throwing to the tight end, it's been throwing

1264
01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:41,800
Speaker 1: the running backs. It's been finding a way creatively to

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01:01:42,080 --> 01:01:45,400
Speaker 1: score points, to execute in the red zone, and to

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01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:48,040
Speaker 1: do enough to win. I mean, that's what coaching is

1267
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:51,120
Speaker 1: all about, doing more with less. That to me is

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01:01:51,120 --> 01:01:53,920
Speaker 1: what Brian Dable has done. Because listen, I think we

1269
01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:57,680
Speaker 1: can objectively say the Giants don't have six and one talent.

1270
01:01:58,280 --> 01:02:00,600
Speaker 1: Do you guys look at the roster and say that's

1271
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:02,520
Speaker 1: a team that should be six and one nine nine

1272
01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:07,120
Speaker 1: million years. That's coaching. That's coaching in a nutshell. I'm

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01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:11,560
Speaker 1: looking at the schedule and you guys have some close wins.

1274
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,800
Speaker 1: If this team is with last year's coach, do you

1275
01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:16,800
Speaker 1: think they pull this off? Or do you, again, tip

1276
01:02:16,840 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: your hat to the new head coach and say he's

1277
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 1: finding ways to get these guys to executing these type moments. Oh,

1278
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:25,920
Speaker 1: no chance, No tis six o one and I'll take

1279
01:02:25,960 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 1: it a step further. Their first game of the year,

1280
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:31,240
Speaker 1: you remember they went for two at the end of

1281
01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:34,160
Speaker 1: the game against the Tennessee Titans. It was dramatic. Everybody

1282
01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:36,440
Speaker 1: was like, oh my goodness, Oh my goodness. And you

1283
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:38,560
Speaker 1: know they got a little, you know, fortunate luck on

1284
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,400
Speaker 1: their side, But to me, that kind of set a

1285
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:44,560
Speaker 1: tone that we're in it to win it. And I

1286
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:50,400
Speaker 1: think the team's close game skill and the ability to

1287
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:53,320
Speaker 1: rise to the occasion in these close games is a

1288
01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:55,760
Speaker 1: testament to the coaching. Yeah, I do not think they'd

1289
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:57,640
Speaker 1: be a six or one team with Joe Judge leading

1290
01:02:57,720 --> 01:03:02,880
Speaker 1: what No, Jets, Hey, we've got a guy we're following

1291
01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:05,439
Speaker 1: here who's had a career in New York with both

1292
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:09,160
Speaker 1: New York teams, Gino Smith. I gotta be honest, John,

1293
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:11,160
Speaker 1: I did not see this version of Gino though. I

1294
01:03:11,160 --> 01:03:13,439
Speaker 1: didn't cover him and watch him as closely as you did,

1295
01:03:13,600 --> 01:03:18,000
Speaker 1: did you. I know, nine a million years, I thought

1296
01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:21,360
Speaker 1: Gino Smith's career was absolutely finished when he left in

1297
01:03:21,400 --> 01:03:24,280
Speaker 1: New York, Jets. I mean, first year in the league,

1298
01:03:24,280 --> 01:03:28,320
Speaker 1: he was pedestrian. I think that's being kind. By the

1299
01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:31,160
Speaker 1: time Gino Smith's second year happened, I think a lot

1300
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:33,080
Speaker 1: of people were ready to move on. Remember, he had

1301
01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:36,000
Speaker 1: the off the field nonsense too, in which he lost

1302
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:38,320
Speaker 1: his job. He's getting into a fight in the locker room.

1303
01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:41,560
Speaker 1: They go to Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Gino never got his

1304
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:45,480
Speaker 1: job back. Look, he's matured. I think Gino Smith has

1305
01:03:45,480 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: grown up. I think being around a lot of different

1306
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:52,760
Speaker 1: offenses has definitely helped him. And you look at Seattle,

1307
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:55,120
Speaker 1: I mean I look at it from an outside his perspective.

1308
01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:58,600
Speaker 1: When they traded away Russell Wilson, I'm like, oh my goodness,

1309
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:00,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna be one of the worst teams in the NFL.

1310
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:05,520
Speaker 1: To help with that highway robbery pleasing is what Seattle

1311
01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:08,920
Speaker 1: was able to do to the Denver Broncos with the way,

1312
01:04:09,320 --> 01:04:12,760
Speaker 1: with the way Russell looks, he looks completely cooked, and

1313
01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:16,360
Speaker 1: Gino Smith has found something. Seattle is set up as

1314
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:18,960
Speaker 1: far as draft picks are concerned. So no, I did.

1315
01:04:19,040 --> 01:04:21,240
Speaker 1: I did not see this version of Gino Smith. But

1316
01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:24,600
Speaker 1: it just goes to show you sometimes with quarterbacks, it

1317
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:27,360
Speaker 1: takes some time with certain guys. And it's not it's

1318
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:31,520
Speaker 1: not that every organization should wait seven or eight years

1319
01:04:31,560 --> 01:04:35,160
Speaker 1: for a quarterback to flourish and develop, but sometimes for

1320
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:40,120
Speaker 1: a dude, it almost takes getting benched or getting dumped

1321
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:43,000
Speaker 1: or going to a different team like in order for

1322
01:04:43,080 --> 01:04:45,400
Speaker 1: it too quick. Now, all of a sudden, it is

1323
01:04:45,480 --> 01:04:47,440
Speaker 1: quick for Gino Smith, and I'm happy for him. He's

1324
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:50,160
Speaker 1: playing really good football. I know my fantasy teams happy

1325
01:04:50,160 --> 01:04:52,720
Speaker 1: about it. I can tell you that much. You picked

1326
01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:56,160
Speaker 1: up Gino I needed to. I mean my other quarterback

1327
01:04:56,160 --> 01:05:01,960
Speaker 1: with Tom Brady. Where I tom Brady's for Gina? This

1328
01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:03,880
Speaker 1: thing about that for a minute. When did you hit

1329
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:06,640
Speaker 1: out Gina? What week did you pick up Gino? A

1330
01:05:06,680 --> 01:05:10,560
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago? I needed a quarterback? Wowa, good

1331
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:14,400
Speaker 1: good fun, good fun. You bench Tom and I'll be

1332
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:17,560
Speaker 1: benching him again this week. You, of course I will. Hey,

1333
01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:21,000
Speaker 1: tell me about this defense. They are less than average

1334
01:05:21,000 --> 01:05:23,280
Speaker 1: against the run, average against the past, but when it

1335
01:05:23,320 --> 01:05:25,080
Speaker 1: comes to giving up points, man, they're like number six

1336
01:05:25,160 --> 01:05:27,400
Speaker 1: or seven in the league. Tell me about the defense,

1337
01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:30,680
Speaker 1: and to some guys who have helped us, Well, I'm

1338
01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:33,960
Speaker 1: gonna stretch the defensive coordinator, Wink Martindell, who came over

1339
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:37,760
Speaker 1: from the Baltimore Ravens. They are playing a very aggressive

1340
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:41,320
Speaker 1: scheme and they have been able to get some turnovers.

1341
01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:43,560
Speaker 1: They've been able to get some big stops and goal

1342
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:47,200
Speaker 1: on situations. They got big turnovers against the Ravens a

1343
01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:49,959
Speaker 1: few weeks ago. They got the big goal line stand

1344
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:51,920
Speaker 1: against the Green Bay Packers in London. A couple of

1345
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:53,960
Speaker 1: weeks ago. The guy who got to watch out for

1346
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:56,280
Speaker 1: and he's really starting to come on over the last

1347
01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:59,120
Speaker 1: couple of weeks is Cavon Thibodeaux. I mean, Cavon Thibodeaux

1348
01:05:59,120 --> 01:06:01,919
Speaker 1: looks like the real deal. I love watching him play.

1349
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:06,880
Speaker 1: He's an emotional, fiery player. Dexter Lawrence is another guy

1350
01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:09,240
Speaker 1: to watch. He's playing all of his career and in

1351
01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:12,560
Speaker 1: the secondary. I thought the Giants were going to be exposed.

1352
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:15,080
Speaker 1: They lost their best corner last year at James Bradberry.

1353
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:18,200
Speaker 1: He got cut dollary cap casualty. All you need to

1354
01:06:18,200 --> 01:06:20,360
Speaker 1: know is the Giants they said goodbye to a guy

1355
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:23,200
Speaker 1: like Bradberry because they had to. They had no choice.

1356
01:06:23,240 --> 01:06:25,720
Speaker 1: They had to get onto the cap they I don't

1357
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:30,000
Speaker 1: even think the Giants saw this year coming. And defensively speaking,

1358
01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:32,800
Speaker 1: they have been resilient. I kind of I know, I

1359
01:06:32,880 --> 01:06:34,560
Speaker 1: sound like I'm beating a dead horse and I'm a

1360
01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:37,480
Speaker 1: broken record here, ladies and gentleman, but like, that's what

1361
01:06:37,600 --> 01:06:40,280
Speaker 1: the Giant season has been about. They have been tough,

1362
01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:43,920
Speaker 1: they have been resilient, They've been spunky, and I'll say this,

1363
01:06:44,280 --> 01:06:47,160
Speaker 1: if the game is close in the fourth quarter, you

1364
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:49,360
Speaker 1: might be nervous because they've been they used to this,

1365
01:06:49,480 --> 01:06:52,760
Speaker 1: They've been pulling these games out all year. Now, given

1366
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:55,280
Speaker 1: that you're starting Gino Smith in fantasy, you must see

1367
01:06:55,280 --> 01:06:59,840
Speaker 1: some opportunities for the Seahawks offense. Well I do. I mean, listen,

1368
01:06:59,880 --> 01:07:02,320
Speaker 1: I just I don't want to start Tom Brady right now,

1369
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:04,280
Speaker 1: to be honestly. Yeah, I mean, at least I know

1370
01:07:04,360 --> 01:07:06,120
Speaker 1: Gino is gonna be able to run around a little

1371
01:07:06,120 --> 01:07:10,080
Speaker 1: bit make some things happen. Yeah. I actually like Seattle

1372
01:07:10,080 --> 01:07:13,160
Speaker 1: in the game. But full disclosure, guys, I have picked

1373
01:07:13,160 --> 01:07:15,400
Speaker 1: against the Giants the last three weeks. I didn't think

1374
01:07:15,400 --> 01:07:17,720
Speaker 1: they'd win a Green Bay couldn't have been more wrong.

1375
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:20,760
Speaker 1: Boaltimore game, they're five and a half home dogs. I

1376
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:22,840
Speaker 1: was like, they're not gonna win this game. They win late,

1377
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:25,600
Speaker 1: and then last week the points bread. I thought it

1378
01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:27,920
Speaker 1: was the sucker bet to take the five and one

1379
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:31,640
Speaker 1: Giants against the two and four Jaguars. So something's gotta give.

1380
01:07:31,880 --> 01:07:34,760
Speaker 1: I mean, something's gotta give. Right Either either I'm going

1381
01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:37,880
Speaker 1: to continue to be wrong in picking Giant games, or

1382
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:40,760
Speaker 1: maybe you guys are gonna have some vindication. Tough spot

1383
01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:42,560
Speaker 1: for them though, going to the West Coast very very

1384
01:07:42,600 --> 01:07:45,320
Speaker 1: tough spot. So you picked against the Giants the last

1385
01:07:45,360 --> 01:07:47,480
Speaker 1: three weeks. I think we're kind of in the same

1386
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:49,320
Speaker 1: boat when it comes to our fan base. I think

1387
01:07:49,360 --> 01:07:51,640
Speaker 1: the guys over here are like, is this realm? Is

1388
01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:54,360
Speaker 1: the Seattle team real? Can I believe in Gino? What's

1389
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:56,400
Speaker 1: the feeling with the fan base over there? Is everyone

1390
01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:58,800
Speaker 1: completely bought in? Or is it the same type of

1391
01:07:58,800 --> 01:08:03,360
Speaker 1: feeling You're still trying to believe in what you're seeing. Well,

1392
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:06,120
Speaker 1: here's the difference between where the Seahawks have been and

1393
01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:08,080
Speaker 1: where the Giants have been. And I know the Giants

1394
01:08:08,080 --> 01:08:10,560
Speaker 1: are proud franchised that the two Super Bowl wins over

1395
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:14,080
Speaker 1: the Patriots in Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, but really,

1396
01:08:14,120 --> 01:08:16,680
Speaker 1: for the last eight or nine years, the team has

1397
01:08:16,720 --> 01:08:20,840
Speaker 1: been atrocious. I mean absolutely positively atrocious, which you're not

1398
01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:24,120
Speaker 1: used to staying. So I just think it's so refreshing

1399
01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:27,200
Speaker 1: that the team is six and one that the fan

1400
01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:29,559
Speaker 1: base is kind of like just riding the ways they

1401
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:32,360
Speaker 1: ride that high. I don't think the fan base thinks

1402
01:08:32,360 --> 01:08:34,559
Speaker 1: they're better than Philadelphia. I don't think the fan base

1403
01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:37,200
Speaker 1: thinks they're better in Dallas. But the NFC is a

1404
01:08:37,240 --> 01:08:40,720
Speaker 1: week conference. Guys, you know that. So with six or one,

1405
01:08:41,040 --> 01:08:42,920
Speaker 1: I think everybody around town is saying, all right, we're

1406
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:44,479
Speaker 1: not going to win the division, but we should be

1407
01:08:44,479 --> 01:08:46,479
Speaker 1: at playoff team. I think that's where the fan base

1408
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:49,679
Speaker 1: is at. They're into it. He is John Jatramsky, host

1409
01:08:49,720 --> 01:08:51,360
Speaker 1: of the New York New York Podcast, part of the

1410
01:08:51,439 --> 01:08:54,760
Speaker 1: Ringer Podcast Network. John, thanks so much for joining us, man.

1411
01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:57,760
Speaker 1: We really appreciate it. Appreciate you man my pleasure. I'm

1412
01:08:57,760 --> 01:09:01,360
Speaker 1: looking forward again out to Safeco Field next year out

1413
01:09:01,360 --> 01:09:04,840
Speaker 1: about my Yankees. Great, Jodan, your Mariners put up a

1414
01:09:04,840 --> 01:09:09,240
Speaker 1: better showing than my Yankees. Hey, thank you, thank you,

1415
01:09:09,280 --> 01:09:10,720
Speaker 1: thank you. We'll have to get back in touch with

1416
01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:12,800
Speaker 1: you when these when the Yankees and Mariners face off

1417
01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:15,120
Speaker 1: next year, do you know what to fine me? Thanks guys,

1418
01:09:15,200 --> 01:09:17,720
Speaker 1: all right, Thank you again to John Jastremsky for joining us.

1419
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:19,880
Speaker 1: John Boyle joins us next on the Huddle as we

1420
01:09:19,920 --> 01:09:28,280
Speaker 1: wrap up our thoughts on weekate. This is the Huddle

1421
01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:31,280
Speaker 1: with Dave Wyman, Michael Bumpus, and Stacy Ross joining us now,

1422
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:33,919
Speaker 1: just as he does to wrap up every single episode

1423
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:37,000
Speaker 1: of the Huddle. It's John Boyle, Seahawks dot Com reporter

1424
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:40,559
Speaker 1: and John the Seahawks have a big challenge against San Francisco.

1425
01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:43,000
Speaker 1: Excuse me, no, not a San Francisco Giants. What am

1426
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:49,679
Speaker 1: I doing? Us? Snap out of it? New York Giants

1427
01:09:49,680 --> 01:09:51,880
Speaker 1: team that sure likes to run the ball, averaging over

1428
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:55,400
Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy yards a game. Who's got you know?

1429
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:59,000
Speaker 1: You know the biggest task for the Seahawks defense this week?

1430
01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:03,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know if it's one person unless

1431
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:04,439
Speaker 1: you want to just say, maybe put it on the

1432
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:06,720
Speaker 1: coaching staff. You're trying to pin it on one, but

1433
01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:09,519
Speaker 1: it's it's everybody. It's that whole front seven in particular.

1434
01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:12,639
Speaker 1: You know, they've done a great job of improving their

1435
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:15,320
Speaker 1: defense and their run defense as well. Especially last week.

1436
01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:17,160
Speaker 1: They really didn't give up much of anything on the

1437
01:10:17,160 --> 01:10:20,439
Speaker 1: ground to the Chargers. I could have set San Diego

1438
01:10:20,479 --> 01:10:24,240
Speaker 1: there for you out of solidarity, but you know, but yeah,

1439
01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:26,799
Speaker 1: it's I mean, when it comes to a good running attack,

1440
01:10:26,920 --> 01:10:29,559
Speaker 1: it's it's not one person at all, it's that whole group.

1441
01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:31,240
Speaker 1: But yeah, they are going to have their cancel. It's

1442
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:35,160
Speaker 1: a really tough running game and tough back boy. How

1443
01:10:35,280 --> 01:10:38,080
Speaker 1: you doing, man, I'm doing great? How are you get

1444
01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:40,760
Speaker 1: bumples to say hi to you know, I know she

1445
01:10:40,880 --> 01:10:43,439
Speaker 1: she drives the show, but you know, sometimes I don't

1446
01:10:43,479 --> 01:10:45,240
Speaker 1: feel right if I don't. You know, it's fair to

1447
01:10:45,240 --> 01:10:49,280
Speaker 1: say what's yeah. I'd like to say hello too. I'd

1448
01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:52,799
Speaker 1: like to say hi. Everyone saying hello. It's really helpful

1449
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:57,000
Speaker 1: for my self esteem. Hey boy, Um, I'm looking at

1450
01:10:57,160 --> 01:11:01,240
Speaker 1: the Giants offense and it's clearly a run first type

1451
01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:03,960
Speaker 1: of do. Then you look at the Seahawks defense. They

1452
01:11:03,960 --> 01:11:06,080
Speaker 1: hold Eckler to fifty three. I don't know if that's

1453
01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:08,559
Speaker 1: saying much or not than the week before they hold

1454
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:12,080
Speaker 1: the Cardinals to one forty four. How realistic is is

1455
01:11:12,120 --> 01:11:14,360
Speaker 1: it to believe in this defense and what they do,

1456
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:16,479
Speaker 1: what they can do against the run, and expect them

1457
01:11:16,760 --> 01:11:20,400
Speaker 1: to contain Barkley and and Danny Dimes. I mean, I

1458
01:11:20,439 --> 01:11:22,920
Speaker 1: think the improvement they've made is definitely real. It's not.

1459
01:11:23,080 --> 01:11:25,160
Speaker 1: I don't think it was some one week mirage kind

1460
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:28,400
Speaker 1: of deal. That being said, I don't think you can

1461
01:11:28,439 --> 01:11:30,960
Speaker 1: just say, Okay, they played well against the Chargers run game.

1462
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:33,920
Speaker 1: They're going to be great and shut down the Strands attack.

1463
01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:37,040
Speaker 1: I mean, you mentioned their quarterback as all as a

1464
01:11:37,040 --> 01:11:41,080
Speaker 1: big running threat. We've seen other running quarterbacks provide some

1465
01:11:41,160 --> 01:11:44,479
Speaker 1: trouble for the Seahawks, especially, you know, Kyle Murray had

1466
01:11:44,479 --> 01:11:46,840
Speaker 1: the hundred yards the taste and hill packages that we're

1467
01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:49,439
Speaker 1: tough to stop against New Orleans, So they do have

1468
01:11:49,479 --> 01:11:51,240
Speaker 1: to clean that element of their run game up. But

1469
01:11:51,280 --> 01:11:53,679
Speaker 1: I just feel like they're confident going in this game

1470
01:11:53,720 --> 01:11:55,680
Speaker 1: that they have fixed a lot of those issues that

1471
01:11:55,720 --> 01:11:57,400
Speaker 1: showed up earlier in the year. I don't think that

1472
01:11:57,479 --> 01:11:59,439
Speaker 1: means you can count and hold them to fifty rushing

1473
01:11:59,479 --> 01:12:01,439
Speaker 1: yards in like that, but you know, you've got to

1474
01:12:01,439 --> 01:12:04,040
Speaker 1: stop the big explosives from happening and make them work

1475
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:07,519
Speaker 1: hard for those drives and hopefully put the ball, you know,

1476
01:12:07,520 --> 01:12:08,840
Speaker 1: make them put the ball in the air some and

1477
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,920
Speaker 1: get some of those tassling situations. Hey, John, have you

1478
01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:16,439
Speaker 1: heard anything. I can't get a specific answer, and I

1479
01:12:16,479 --> 01:12:19,360
Speaker 1: think that's because, of course they don't. You want to

1480
01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:23,000
Speaker 1: tell us their business. But as far as the defense goes,

1481
01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:25,599
Speaker 1: if you you know, and I've been saying this week

1482
01:12:25,640 --> 01:12:28,519
Speaker 1: that to me, it looks like they know where their

1483
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:32,240
Speaker 1: gaps are before the ball snaps. That's probably very simplistic.

1484
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:37,000
Speaker 1: But have you heard any answer when asking about what

1485
01:12:37,080 --> 01:12:40,519
Speaker 1: has been the difference these last two weeks, especially in

1486
01:12:40,560 --> 01:12:43,280
Speaker 1: the run game and holding the Chargers to fifty three

1487
01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:45,439
Speaker 1: yards on the ground, what have you. You know, when

1488
01:12:45,439 --> 01:12:47,639
Speaker 1: we talk about we talk about the front in particular,

1489
01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:49,400
Speaker 1: or the thing we keep hearing from the lineman and

1490
01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:52,320
Speaker 1: those outside linebackers is you know, they're just being freed

1491
01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:54,639
Speaker 1: up to be a little more aggressive. Quintin Jefferson talked

1492
01:12:54,640 --> 01:12:59,000
Speaker 1: about that today. Um, you know, less radiant reacting and

1493
01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:01,760
Speaker 1: more kind of attacking and penetrating. And if you point out,

1494
01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:03,360
Speaker 1: you got to do that right if you're gonna be

1495
01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:04,760
Speaker 1: doing it, because it can look really bad if you

1496
01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:07,439
Speaker 1: screw up. And that's where sort of earning the trust

1497
01:13:07,439 --> 01:13:09,519
Speaker 1: of the coaching staff of Okay, if you're gonna play

1498
01:13:09,600 --> 01:13:12,040
Speaker 1: like this, you got to do it right because if

1499
01:13:12,040 --> 01:13:14,120
Speaker 1: you don't, it's gonna make us look even worse. So

1500
01:13:14,880 --> 01:13:16,519
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of the biggest change, at least

1501
01:13:16,520 --> 01:13:18,080
Speaker 1: that they've talked about. But to your point, they don't

1502
01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:20,120
Speaker 1: want to give away every schematics change. The change they

1503
01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:23,360
Speaker 1: make it's working, so the coaches are being intentionally vague

1504
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:25,360
Speaker 1: about it. But yeah, I think that's the biggest you know,

1505
01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:28,120
Speaker 1: when you talk about schematic difference is how the front

1506
01:13:28,120 --> 01:13:31,240
Speaker 1: and guys are attacking. Are you personally expecting to see

1507
01:13:31,479 --> 01:13:34,559
Speaker 1: a DK Metcalf out on the field this weekend? You know,

1508
01:13:34,680 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 1: I don't know. Let's wait and see till Friday, until

1509
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:40,000
Speaker 1: we see if he's practiced. I you know, it seems

1510
01:13:40,040 --> 01:13:41,880
Speaker 1: like a big ask for guy. I know that injury

1511
01:13:41,920 --> 01:13:44,960
Speaker 1: is not serious, thankfully no surgery, but it was enough

1512
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:47,439
Speaker 1: of an injury that they ruled him out pretty much

1513
01:13:47,479 --> 01:13:50,720
Speaker 1: the minute it happened. He didn't practice Wednesday. You know,

1514
01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:53,520
Speaker 1: Pete Carroll is such an optimistic guy. He's never gonna,

1515
01:13:53,640 --> 01:13:55,960
Speaker 1: you know, if there's any chance, He's not gonna say

1516
01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:58,280
Speaker 1: it can't happen. So they'll they'll probably take it up

1517
01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:00,760
Speaker 1: at least till Friday and maybe till game day. You know,

1518
01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:03,000
Speaker 1: I would think, obviously you would err on the side

1519
01:14:03,000 --> 01:14:04,720
Speaker 1: of caution if there's any doubt. You don't want to

1520
01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:07,040
Speaker 1: risk a longer term thing to keep him out longer.

1521
01:14:07,080 --> 01:14:10,000
Speaker 1: So yeah, you know, if someone's looking for fantasy advice,

1522
01:14:10,040 --> 01:14:11,599
Speaker 1: I'm not going to begin to tell you what to do,

1523
01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:15,400
Speaker 1: but I you know, I would maybe lean Howard and know,

1524
01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:17,479
Speaker 1: but who knows, We'll see what happens. He's the next

1525
01:14:17,479 --> 01:14:19,240
Speaker 1: a couple of days, bank Web wat better Field by

1526
01:14:19,280 --> 01:14:25,080
Speaker 1: Friday afternoon. Hey boy, obviously we're I'm anticipating DK not playing,

1527
01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:27,000
Speaker 1: and I honestly I hope he doesn't play, just so

1528
01:14:27,040 --> 01:14:28,640
Speaker 1: he rest up and make sure he's good to go.

1529
01:14:29,120 --> 01:14:31,959
Speaker 1: So with that being said, when you look at this offense,

1530
01:14:32,400 --> 01:14:35,439
Speaker 1: do you think Shane Waldron does anything dramatically different or

1531
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 1: do you see him discontinuing to run the office You

1532
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:40,880
Speaker 1: just don't have fourteen out there. Yeah, I mean I

1533
01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:43,320
Speaker 1: think it's more continuing to do what they're doing. That's

1534
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:45,840
Speaker 1: I mean, they went almost you know, they went in

1535
01:14:45,960 --> 01:14:48,000
Speaker 1: the bulk of that game without Metcalf last week, and

1536
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:50,519
Speaker 1: it didn't look like they changed a lot up. I mean,

1537
01:14:50,720 --> 01:14:52,920
Speaker 1: you're counting on Mark he's a good one to do more.

1538
01:14:52,920 --> 01:14:55,439
Speaker 1: You're count on d Escers to do more. And I

1539
01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:57,599
Speaker 1: think also, you know, when people talk about who steps

1540
01:14:57,680 --> 01:15:00,240
Speaker 1: up in the production wise, I think you look at

1541
01:15:00,280 --> 01:15:01,559
Speaker 1: the tight end as well. I Mean, those guys have

1542
01:15:01,640 --> 01:15:03,240
Speaker 1: all been great. They've been doing a lot of this

1543
01:15:03,320 --> 01:15:05,880
Speaker 1: three tight end stuff that's you know, makes them really

1544
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:08,040
Speaker 1: versatile and hard to defend. So I think it's kind

1545
01:15:08,080 --> 01:15:10,000
Speaker 1: of a collective effort to step up there, but I

1546
01:15:10,040 --> 01:15:13,160
Speaker 1: don't think you draft meech. I guess maybe if I'm

1547
01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:15,040
Speaker 1: talking like one schnack change and maybe you do more

1548
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:16,840
Speaker 1: of the multi tight end stuff than you would have.

1549
01:15:17,200 --> 01:15:19,040
Speaker 1: But otherwise I think they're going to count on that

1550
01:15:19,200 --> 01:15:21,439
Speaker 1: receiver depth to just kind of step up and take

1551
01:15:21,479 --> 01:15:24,120
Speaker 1: their DK would have played. Yeah, that's that's what I

1552
01:15:24,200 --> 01:15:26,519
Speaker 1: think too, John, And I think you know the whole

1553
01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:29,160
Speaker 1: thing is about Geno. I mean, he's just been spreading

1554
01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:31,639
Speaker 1: the ball around. But I want to ask specifically because

1555
01:15:32,120 --> 01:15:35,160
Speaker 1: now Kallee Parkinson, he had a couple of blocks where

1556
01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:38,439
Speaker 1: somebody's already engaged with him and then he comes and

1557
01:15:38,520 --> 01:15:43,600
Speaker 1: hits him and knocks him down. And linebackers love that, right, Yeah,

1558
01:15:43,640 --> 01:15:47,679
Speaker 1: because you know when he hits the guy who's engaged,

1559
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:50,599
Speaker 1: he probably weighs like one hundred pounds. But I'm not

1560
01:15:50,600 --> 01:15:53,799
Speaker 1: taking anything away from what Kobe. What I like about

1561
01:15:53,800 --> 01:15:57,439
Speaker 1: it is that he's being nasty. He's he's knocking people

1562
01:15:57,479 --> 01:16:00,679
Speaker 1: to the ground. But how much muscle has that guy put?

1563
01:16:00,720 --> 01:16:03,240
Speaker 1: I mean he has transformed himself physically. Came in here

1564
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:08,240
Speaker 1: the other day and just darkened the doorway. Man, He's huge,

1565
01:16:08,520 --> 01:16:10,640
Speaker 1: and it just looks like he worked really hard. You

1566
01:16:11,160 --> 01:16:13,360
Speaker 1: did you talk about him about with him about that,

1567
01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:15,920
Speaker 1: because I don't think I've asked him about He came

1568
01:16:16,000 --> 01:16:18,599
Speaker 1: up and you know, coming in training camp time, going

1569
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:20,599
Speaker 1: to the season, and I think he mentioned a number,

1570
01:16:20,600 --> 01:16:22,719
Speaker 1: and I would be lying if I could tell you remember,

1571
01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:24,960
Speaker 1: but it was a it's a signific amount he bulked up.

1572
01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:26,679
Speaker 1: I mean, the foot injuries he's had the first couple

1573
01:16:26,680 --> 01:16:28,960
Speaker 1: of years have been really unfortunate. But kind of what

1574
01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:31,640
Speaker 1: he pointed to is the one upshot of that is,

1575
01:16:31,680 --> 01:16:33,479
Speaker 1: you know, when he couldn't be honest heat running around,

1576
01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:35,280
Speaker 1: he was hitting the weights and bulking up a little bit,

1577
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:38,000
Speaker 1: specially that upper body. But yeah, I mean his transformation

1578
01:16:38,040 --> 01:16:40,160
Speaker 1: has been pretty impressive. He came in here looking like

1579
01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:43,639
Speaker 1: a kind of almost oversized receiver, a guy he'd split

1580
01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:45,519
Speaker 1: out right zun Brett, and you know they still want

1581
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:47,840
Speaker 1: him to be all that, but he's a much more

1582
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:50,360
Speaker 1: well round at tight end than the player they drafted,

1583
01:16:50,400 --> 01:16:52,880
Speaker 1: and he's a guy that you know has been had

1584
01:16:52,920 --> 01:16:55,439
Speaker 1: some impressive blocks. I think they do a lot of

1585
01:16:55,439 --> 01:16:57,519
Speaker 1: that motion stuff with him, and he gets get them

1586
01:16:57,600 --> 01:16:59,639
Speaker 1: out in space and pick up guys in the second

1587
01:16:59,720 --> 01:17:02,360
Speaker 1: level all that stuff. So yeah, I mean he's it's

1588
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:04,880
Speaker 1: been good for him and good with team, just him

1589
01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:07,160
Speaker 1: healthy and doing all this after a couple tough years.

1590
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:10,840
Speaker 1: All right, Thanks so much, John Boyle. Make sure you're

1591
01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:13,760
Speaker 1: checking out John's work at Seahawks dot com and let's

1592
01:17:13,760 --> 01:17:15,840
Speaker 1: hope we get some good updates here on DK. But

1593
01:17:16,240 --> 01:17:18,640
Speaker 1: listen to John TBD wait until at least Friday for

1594
01:17:18,680 --> 01:17:21,200
Speaker 1: that one. Thanks so much, Boyle. Of course, thanks for

1595
01:17:21,200 --> 01:17:24,320
Speaker 1: having me. All right, you guys, this has been the

1596
01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:27,000
Speaker 1: huddle for Dave, woman, for Michael Bumpus. I'm Stacy Ross.

1597
01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:29,360
Speaker 1: Don't forget the huddles every single Thursday from noon to

1598
01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:29,719
Speaker 1: two