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Speaker 1: This is the Huddle with Dave Oneman, Michael Bumpus, and

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Speaker 1: Stacy Ross. Before we take a look back at what

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Speaker 1: the Seahawks did over the Giants, take a look at

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Speaker 1: some Seahawks news this morning. Congratulations to three Seahawks players,

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Speaker 1: Can Walker Offensive Rookie of the Month to equal and

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Speaker 1: Defensive Rookie of the Month and Geno Smith with NFC

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Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Month a near sweep, right, you

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Speaker 1: just get that Defensive Player of the Month in there

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Speaker 1: and you've got it. But don't take three or four

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Speaker 1: pretty nice performance. I mean, let's just quickly, very quickly

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Speaker 1: give these guys the roses before we talk about this game.

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Speaker 1: And Wyman, I'll start, and I'll let you pick who

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Speaker 1: you want to talk about, because you've got three good choices. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I gotta go with Gino and I just think, yeah,

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Speaker 1: every once in a while you get a rookie, and

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Speaker 1: it's always a shock to me. When we were talking

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Speaker 1: a few months ago about who's going to make the

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Speaker 1: playoffs first, the Mariners or the Seahawks, Michael Bumpus used

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Speaker 1: my own words against me and said, too many rookies,

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Speaker 1: so it wouldn't be the Seahawks. I said it was

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Speaker 1: going to be the Seahawks, and the Mariners proved us wrong,

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Speaker 1: which is awesome. But uh yeah, I think Gino is

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Speaker 1: the biggest surprise because, like I said, the rookies are

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Speaker 1: always surprising, but Gino just the efficiency. And it's not

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Speaker 1: even like it's not his stats, it's watching him during

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Speaker 1: a game, in his command of the offense and what

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Speaker 1: he's doing. He's throwing the ball differently I think, and

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Speaker 1: just making great decisions. All right, So Offensive Player of

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Speaker 1: the Month for Gino. Bomb tell us a bit. Woman

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Speaker 1: talked about Gino, tell us a bit about what we're

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Speaker 1: seeing from Kennon Tariq here Ken. We're seeing a young

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Speaker 1: man who is the shiftiest running back in the league.

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Speaker 1: I challenge Stacy to find someone who shift here. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna challenge you to day. I'm thinking of all the

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Speaker 1: running backs and all the people who carry the football,

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Speaker 1: the ball cares I go. There's no one who moves

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Speaker 1: the way that Kim Walker moves. I'm not saying he's

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Speaker 1: the best running back in the league or the best

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Speaker 1: better than anybody. I think with sweeg Woollen he's just

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Speaker 1: a raw athlete. He's long, he's fast, he's understanding the position.

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Speaker 1: I think last week it took a couple risks that

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Speaker 1: he shouldn't have taken, which resulted in a big playpping.

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Speaker 1: There's a tighting going across the middle. He goes for

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Speaker 1: the punch instead of the tackle. But those are the

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Speaker 1: type of things that he's gonna learn and get better

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Speaker 1: at it. Even with those mistakes, he starts for interceptions

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Speaker 1: and wins Rookie Defensive Player of the Month. So here's

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Speaker 1: a guy who was developing every week, who's getting confidence

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Speaker 1: every week, and it's all about this being consistent and

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Speaker 1: picking things to work on. I was talking to my

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Speaker 1: son driving a practice. I go, what are you working

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Speaker 1: on today? Because what do you mean? I go, you

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Speaker 1: there's intent when you practice. You're not just going through

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Speaker 1: the motions. I think that's what Tereka has to do,

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Speaker 1: and he might be doing it already, but those are

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, let's get to what happened this past weekend.

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Speaker 1: The Seahawks beat the Giants twenty seven thirteen, held the

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Speaker 1: Giants to under eighty rushing yards. That's my first takeaway

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Speaker 1: from this one second takeaway was Tyler Lockett's game bump.

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Speaker 1: I'll start with you for talking about Lockett earlier this week.

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Speaker 1: You said he had a heart of a champion. What

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Speaker 1: I saw from Tyler Lockett. You have to feel the

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Speaker 1: You saw Gino Smith talking to him. Whyman, what did

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Speaker 1: And then Pete just the way that he's coaching Gino

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Speaker 1: He's just doing an amazing job other than getting a

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Speaker 1: And then Rabel comes back with, well, Scott's Service is

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Speaker 1: That's why you'd see Cody and Jordan hitting the guards

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Speaker 1: of linebackers that can do that. Cody and Jordan are

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Speaker 1: playing really well right now. But yeah, if they if

427
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Speaker 1: they can get that. But I mean, I always think

428
00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:41,040
Speaker 1: whenever I think of Cliff Kingsbury, I think of Kyler Murray.

429
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Speaker 1: All right, well we're gonna speak with some of these

430
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Speaker 1: young defenders next. Don't go anywhere. He has one of

431
00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,920
Speaker 1: twenty and one of thirty three. Already there's the snap

432
00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,760
Speaker 1: and it's blocked. I think if threeque one coming the

433
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Speaker 1: other way sprinting down the nearest sideline Michael Jackson, they're

434
00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:58,119
Speaker 1: not gonna get him. Forty thirty hand goes up, ten

435
00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:06,160
Speaker 1: five touchdown. Oh what a play, Wood blocking Jackson pitch

436
00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,159
Speaker 1: it up and goes about eighty yards with it for

437
00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,879
Speaker 1: a touchdown. The author of that play, Michael Jackson, joining

438
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Speaker 1: us now on the huddle. You've had a couple of

439
00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:19,120
Speaker 1: weeks to catch your breath. How was that return touchdown

440
00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,320
Speaker 1: for you? Oh, it's cool, you know, first career touchdown

441
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,520
Speaker 1: and it was just a great play by Rikon. I

442
00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:26,960
Speaker 1: was just in the right place. I didn't see if

443
00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,520
Speaker 1: you were smiling or anything during that. Does that make

444
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:34,320
Speaker 1: you smiling? Yeah, looking back on it, everything happened so fast.

445
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,719
Speaker 1: It's kind of like just get it and go. Yeah.

446
00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,359
Speaker 1: Well the other thing, too, is when you get your

447
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,240
Speaker 1: hands on the ball in the NFL, if you're a defender,

448
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,399
Speaker 1: you better like run away from people or put a

449
00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,520
Speaker 1: good move or else you're gonna get clowned. And yeah,

450
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,159
Speaker 1: that happened to me in high school. So yeah, I know,

451
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,600
Speaker 1: yeah you did. You did great? Man, just ran away

452
00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,320
Speaker 1: from everybody that did it. I'm trying to remember, did

453
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Speaker 1: it hot? Did you have a good hop or did

454
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,000
Speaker 1: you have to scoop it? Or now that's a good hop.

455
00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,159
Speaker 1: So it's funny. Um back in high school used to

456
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,040
Speaker 1: do this drill with the coaches. Just throw the ball randomly.

457
00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,640
Speaker 1: You can try to time it up on a good heart. Yeah,

458
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,240
Speaker 1: so it HLP right there. My name is Michael as well.

459
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,399
Speaker 1: I got to ask the question you get asked all

460
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Speaker 1: the time. I was named after Michael Jackson, like my

461
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,879
Speaker 1: mom had a crush on my name is Michael? Yes,

462
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,160
Speaker 1: and I was named after Michael Jackson. Got a definitely.

463
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,879
Speaker 1: I know you. You get asked the question probably all

464
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 1: the time, but I've never heard the answer. Is there

465
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,159
Speaker 1: now they disliked the name Michael. Yeah, so I was

466
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:33,560
Speaker 1: named after my cousin Michael. Okay, and then my mom's

467
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,480
Speaker 1: last name is Jackson. So okay, that's what's happening. See

468
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,000
Speaker 1: what's wild? Also is this Michael being born in nineteen

469
00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,600
Speaker 1: ninety seven might be also making a difference. Facts why

470
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,400
Speaker 1: you trying to maybe be older. I didn't say your age,

471
00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,240
Speaker 1: I didn't put you out, I didn't put you on blast.

472
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Speaker 1: Like that I didn't say you were born in nineteen

473
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Speaker 1: eighty five. Well, do you get tired of people making

474
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Speaker 1: the jokes so like they'll try to true and oh

475
00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:57,399
Speaker 1: the smooth criminal or whatever, they try to put a

476
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Speaker 1: song in there. Whatever. I hadn't heard it my whole

477
00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,880
Speaker 1: at this point. So, Man, I was watching you during

478
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,320
Speaker 1: the preseason, and I was rooting for you, man, because

479
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,960
Speaker 1: it seemed like you were out there every single play,

480
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,680
Speaker 1: including special teams. I made a joke, I go, man,

481
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,919
Speaker 1: Mike Jack probably got ninety snaps this game. When you

482
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 1: were in the preseason grinding, you know, to try to

483
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,880
Speaker 1: make the roster, was there a moment where you felt good,

484
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:21,960
Speaker 1: You're like, man, I did everything I could. I should

485
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,800
Speaker 1: be on the squad. Oh, just at the end of

486
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,240
Speaker 1: the Dallas game, Like I feel like I did everything

487
00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,240
Speaker 1: I wanted to do, just got better each game, and

488
00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,120
Speaker 1: it got to a point where it was just like,

489
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,840
Speaker 1: regardless of what happens, like if I don't make it here,

490
00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,880
Speaker 1: because I know it's a business, it's a numbers game,

491
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,840
Speaker 1: I make it somewhere. And that's a good mentality to have.

492
00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,119
Speaker 1: And that's the mentality that like a lot of fans

493
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 1: aren't as keenly aware of that. Like for players, it's

494
00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,760
Speaker 1: a business. This is my employer, this is where I work,

495
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,560
Speaker 1: and I have to be honest with myself about what

496
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,960
Speaker 1: could happen at any moment, right, whether it's injury, whether

497
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 1: it's something else. It's incredibly stressful. So how do you

498
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,639
Speaker 1: like loosen up and try to stay calm? What do

499
00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: you do in your downtime? Honestly, like, you've been cut

500
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,120
Speaker 1: so many times. I've been cut, it doesn't it doesn't

501
00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 1: even matter. Like I got cut my rookie year about Dallas.

502
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,240
Speaker 1: That was the worst one because it was like, y'all

503
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,240
Speaker 1: just drafted me three months before. Yeah, now you're telling

504
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,640
Speaker 1: me you don't want me. So after that you kind

505
00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 1: of understand you getting on to it, and it's just

506
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,879
Speaker 1: like you don't let it affect you, just build on

507
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,880
Speaker 1: it because everybody have a story and it's just mam, yeah,

508
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 1: and your story is you shot? I mean you were

509
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:30,560
Speaker 1: behind him a Pro Bowl corner every team. Yeah, And

510
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,560
Speaker 1: it got to a point where it was just like,

511
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 1: am I going to actually get a shot just not

512
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,600
Speaker 1: being behind Pro Bowl corners? But at the same time,

513
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,159
Speaker 1: it was kind of like looking back on it. I

514
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,600
Speaker 1: sat behind j C. Jackson when he had I think

515
00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,800
Speaker 1: nine picks that year or ten Gilly when he was

516
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Speaker 1: coming off a Defensive Player of the Year. Yeah. Uh,

517
00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,320
Speaker 1: and Detroit set behind Slay. So you've learned from superstars yea,

518
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 1: Byron Jones. Yeah, that coach was shot who was here?

519
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: So it was kind of like take that for don't

520
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 1: take that for granted. Like I appreciate that because in

521
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,840
Speaker 1: the games I'm playing now, I'm using all the things

522
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,040
Speaker 1: I learned from them. Yeah. Well, and Chenna kind of

523
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,680
Speaker 1: in the same category. I don't know if he's talked

524
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Speaker 1: to you about that, but he was with the Chargers

525
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,160
Speaker 1: and they he had Joey Bosa in front of him

526
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 1: and Melvin Ingram. Yeah, so I mean do you take

527
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: a little bit away from each one of those guys? Yeah,

528
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: you know that that shapes your game. Yea, what did

529
00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,880
Speaker 1: you What was like the one thing that stood out

530
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,480
Speaker 1: the most, like that you learned from one of those

531
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: guys that helped you with your career. Oh, it's kind

532
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,439
Speaker 1: of hard. Like with j C. It was just go

533
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Speaker 1: get the ball. Like even um, what clip was it

534
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 1: the preseason game against Pickings when they threw the fade

535
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 1: on the sidelines. I didn't turn and look for the ball,

536
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,520
Speaker 1: and he was just like, broll, you gotta at least

537
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,239
Speaker 1: look for it, Like how can you expect to get

538
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:56,520
Speaker 1: the ball? Gonna look for it? So that with him

539
00:24:56,520 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: and then with Gilly, it was just like he's smart.

540
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,680
Speaker 1: He will tell you all opposite Hash, don't expect the

541
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 1: out route and some I'm so simple, but he was like,

542
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 1: you can't cover every route. Like he was like, so

543
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,160
Speaker 1: if I'm opposite Hash and I'm to the field, if

544
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,320
Speaker 1: he run that out route, then that's just the route,

545
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,640
Speaker 1: Like I'm basically giving up, Like, but I'm being able

546
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 1: to cover all the other ones, right. So yeah, man,

547
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,720
Speaker 1: what I like about your game is your physical Man.

548
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 1: You ain't scared to come up there and hit, and

549
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 1: that's not what you think about when you think of corners.

550
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,919
Speaker 1: So did you play any other position in high school?

551
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 1: And has this always been a part of a game,

552
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 1: that's coming up and making the tackle. So I always

553
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 1: played corner, but I kind of grew up around like

554
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: the lineban linebackers. So like the guys I work out

555
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:47,680
Speaker 1: with growing up all that, I'm like six four two fifty. Yeah,

556
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,360
Speaker 1: So like I'm not a little scronny kid, and it's

557
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 1: like you gotta be physical because if we're doing like

558
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,439
Speaker 1: a hands drill and they shock in the bat, like

559
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 1: I'm feeling that, so it's kind of like you gotta

560
00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:01,520
Speaker 1: try to like get some get back on them. So

561
00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 1: in my mind, it's kind of like once I step

562
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 1: on the field, like you can't have a feel like

563
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,360
Speaker 1: no matter how big day is, like just run full

564
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,399
Speaker 1: speed and just see what happened when you gotta think

565
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,880
Speaker 1: about it on the opposing side too, because this week

566
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: you got DeAndre Hopkins your hands fall. Yeah, here a dog,

567
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: But I'm a dog too, So there you go. And

568
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 1: my mind set, it's like your pit versus my pit.

569
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Speaker 1: We're just gonna see who wins. Yeah, I feel that

570
00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: you've had you've almost had your hands on a couple

571
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 1: of picks. Do your teammates get on you about that? Always? Always?

572
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,520
Speaker 1: But I just believe and like just keep stacking, like

573
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,440
Speaker 1: don't let the drop picks mess with you. Like when

574
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: I turn on the tape, I want this game. This

575
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,760
Speaker 1: az game looked better than the John's game. That's just

576
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,040
Speaker 1: my thought process. So other positions that you played, like

577
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: in high school, or other sports. You well rounded athlete

578
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,480
Speaker 1: or just a football So I like, I played basketball,

579
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 1: but I quit the basketball team because I was like,

580
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,240
Speaker 1: I'm not going to the NBA, so I'm not gonna

581
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: do that. But I always played a corner I'll trust quarterback,

582
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 1: so I'll play receiver. You don't like quarterbacks now because

583
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: you can throw. You throw the ball across the middle

584
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 1: like I'm getting hit, not Yeah you want to be

585
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 1: doing the hitting. Yeah, it's weird. You and I quit

586
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: basketball for the same reason, both of us. Just honest

587
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,720
Speaker 1: about not going to the NBA. You know what I mean.

588
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 1: That's that honesty we just have. He is Michael Jackson.

589
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,120
Speaker 1: And Michael, we are happy that you have a chance

590
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 1: to apply a lot of what you've learned from these

591
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 1: stars and a chance to be a star yourself. You've

592
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: been so wonderful for Seattle and good luck against Arizona.

593
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: Thank you all right. He is cornerback Michael Jackson. We're

594
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,400
Speaker 1: going to be joined in just one moment by another

595
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 1: young defensive back, Joey Blunt, gonna join us to talk

596
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:49,160
Speaker 1: a little bit about this Arizona Cardinals team. And we

597
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: are gonna have Joey coming in here, let's see if

598
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: he's ready. So I'm going to give him like thirty

599
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 1: seconds to get his headset on. But he's been huge

600
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: on special team and has been a big part of

601
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: what this defense has been able to do as well.

602
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 1: So we're going to hear from Joey right now. Joey, uh,

603
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,199
Speaker 1: you seem we were just talking. Bump brought this up

604
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,360
Speaker 1: with your teammate Michael Jackson. But I'm going to say

605
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: the same for Joey's true as well. And this is

606
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 1: based on a lot of what the takeaways Michael had

607
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: from watching your tape two during our show. You were

608
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,479
Speaker 1: just really physical out there. I mean, do you embrace

609
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: that part of your game? Absolutely? Um. I try to

610
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,720
Speaker 1: be fast a physical as them on the field, just

611
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 1: so dominant person that I am trying to be all

612
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: over the phield as best I can be. Not with

613
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: that smile on your face, look a young man. I

614
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: appreciate that. I can get all the credits of my mom.

615
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 1: She raised me right my face. There you go. Yeah,

616
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: And that's the thing. I mean, that's a perfect football

617
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: player to me. You're nasty on the field once you

618
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 1: step in there. A ton of special team tackles, man,

619
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: I mean that's it's pretty hard to get a lot

620
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,400
Speaker 1: of special team tackles. I think you had three when

621
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: we're down in New Orleans and um, what's you're total

622
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,040
Speaker 1: up to now? I think about five five and a

623
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 1: half or something like that. Yeah, sweet, you got you

624
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: gotta love that, man, I mean, what's your favorite position

625
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: as far as the coverage coverage? Do you like going

626
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 1: down on? Are you the head hunter on the pup? Yeah,

627
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: I'm gun around punt um, I kick off them everywhere.

628
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: So really, luckily to hear that coach Zo lets me

629
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: just play with my speed. So wherever I can just

630
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: run fast and let people play off of me, that's

631
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: the best position for me where I don't necessarily have

632
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: to think as much and just go get the ball.

633
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: So anywhere on the field really my favorite position. Every

634
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: time we get an undrafted for as, I got a

635
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: show love I was an undrafted free agent. You know

636
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I don't understand the stress. So when

637
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: I see, you know, they talk about this rookie class,

638
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 1: and you know, you hear a boy a here abe

639
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: and all this stuff, and I go, don't forget Joey

640
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,920
Speaker 1: Blunt man three five is out there making plays. When

641
00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: when you got the call that you were gonna be

642
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: on the fifty three man, what was that? That feeling

643
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: like him? Who was your first call? It was indescribable.

644
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: You know that whole process training camp was great, but

645
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 1: after the last preseason game, you know, I'm a rookie,

646
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: I'm I would say, I'm a little naive to the

647
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: whole business esque of the NFL. So you're seeing guys

648
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: come in the training room, medicals, they're you know, they're

649
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: signing out, saying goodbyes. I'm just sitting in my locker

650
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: waiting and I don't know if I'm gonna gonna get

651
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 1: a call. I got friends of mine, rookies that are

652
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: getting calls, So I'm just looking for a numbers game.

653
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 1: And I saw a couple of safeties get called in

654
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: and it made it more clear for me, more transparent

655
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 1: that I had opportunity, like there's a chance, you know.

656
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 1: So I think it was like Tuesday, like two o'clock

657
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 1: or one o'clock. It's like the end, and I didn't

658
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 1: get a call. We had to be in a team meeting.

659
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 1: I'm in a team meeting. I'm just sitting there looking around,

660
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 1: and the room was thin, ghost town sending like the

661
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: second row Coach Carols talking about that this is the

662
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 1: fifty three. I was just sitting there just smiling. I

663
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 1: can't putting the words now, Like I still w days

664
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 1: where I'll be in my apartment talking to my mom

665
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: and down the phone. I'll just have a realization like

666
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 1: I'm living out my dream right now. Like this is crazy,

667
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: um and just a journey it took to get here.

668
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: As you probably understand its eighth rounder, it's not easy

669
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: and it definitely takes a lot of determination, perseverance, and

670
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: just a commitment to not only the game but to yourself,

671
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: like you're gonna have that drive and make it happen.

672
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: Almost like you got bettering yourself. That's all this game

673
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: is bettering yourself every point in the way. So when

674
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 1: you were sitting there, like, were you like looking over

675
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 1: your shoulder, Yeah, I'd be looking at like, okay, who

676
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: just got cut? Yeah? Definitely is I was, you know,

677
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: I was looking at who got cut? Where am I

678
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: gonna fit? But yeah, so Pete gets up there and goes,

679
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 1: this is the fifty three. That's how you found out,

680
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: That's how I found out, you know, a couple of

681
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: minutes before, like ten minutes before the deadline, people were like, congratulations,

682
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: man like dapping me. I'm like, don't say anything. Yeah,

683
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: please don't drink it. Like I always like to have

684
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 1: the underdog mentality, so I don't ever like to um

685
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 1: get too high on my horse. I always like to

686
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: be you know, low, low, cool, calm and collected. And

687
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,920
Speaker 1: I had guys were telling me that there were people

688
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: that made fifty three and the next day got waved

689
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,959
Speaker 1: off of it. Yeah, so you're nervous. I'm like, I'm

690
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,239
Speaker 1: gonna have to give it a week before. You know,

691
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: I definitely called my mom and dad first. You know

692
00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:29,400
Speaker 1: that my partners in crime help me get here every

693
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 1: step of the way. Yeah. Well, hey, it's a tough business.

694
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: I think you can feel pretty good. It's a couple

695
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 1: weeks in and you're doing a great job for this team,

696
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: particularly on special teams, and Bumps been shotting you out

697
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 1: on the show. We just talked about you this week.

698
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 1: People loving it so um. I mean, we we only

699
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: have a little bit of your time, but we appreciate

700
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 1: you taking it. You got a busy day. You guys

701
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: just wrapped up practice. You gotta go prep for the

702
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals big divisional game this weekend. Good luck, Joey. I

703
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: appreciate thanks for the time. Joey. All Right, you guys,

704
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 1: do not go anywhere. We're gonna take a quick listen

705
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: to Geno Smith and then go in the trenches with

706
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 1: Ray Roberts. This is the huddle. You are listening to

707
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: the huddle. Let's go here from Geno Smith at the podium.

708
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: You know what does it mean to you to your

709
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: player of the month? Well on behalf of myself saying

710
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: Waldron the offensive line, our offense. Um. Um. You know

711
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: I'll gladly accept that. Um. You know, it just means

712
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: we've been playing well as an offense. Um. And you

713
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: know we got to continue that. We gotta keep it going,

714
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 1: he said. After they gain there as a charter gime,

715
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: we talked about the rookie class and just how they

716
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: hit every pick. To see two rookies named Rookie of

717
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: the month or what is that like? That's outstanding. Uh,

718
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever seen that before. And uh,

719
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: you know it means that we've drafted well obviously I

720
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: think that's been the history here. But also, um, the

721
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: coaching speaks longs to the coaching getting those guys ready

722
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: to play, and then to the individual for going out

723
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: there and making the plays and um taking the coaching

724
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: and you know, putting all those those things to use

725
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,960
Speaker 1: and so um, you know, we got a lot of

726
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:00,959
Speaker 1: really good rookies and they're contributing in all of them

727
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: are in different ways. And uh, you know, it's really

728
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: fascinating to see as the season's gone along, in particular

729
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 1: about Kenneth and just who he is and what tacic

730
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,319
Speaker 1: player he is. Yeahs, as the season's going along, I'm

731
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: learning that Kenneth Walker is just a tremendous player but

732
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: also a tremendous human being. Uh. He studies hard, works hard.

733
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: You know, he wants to be coached. He asked the

734
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: right questions, and I think his career is going to

735
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,240
Speaker 1: continue to just continue to blow up and the sky's

736
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 1: the limit for him. Um, he's got all the athletic ability. Uh,

737
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: he's tough, he can run between the tackles, get outside

738
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: the tackles, make guys miss. And he's also a really

739
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 1: good past catcher and in protection. So he's going to

740
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 1: continue to grow and get better, which is I think

741
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: scary because he's already pretty good statistically or as what

742
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 1: he held your offense down a little bit compared to

743
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: some other games last But I guess looking back on

744
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,919
Speaker 1: that game, what do they do in that game with year? Yeah,

745
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, thinking about that game, um,

746
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: they presented us with a bunch of different you know,

747
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 1: fronts in different situations, no challenges. You know, I can

748
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: remember being down in the red zone and obviously it

749
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: was you know, right before the half and so they're

750
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: backed up, you know, we're pretty much playing the goal line.

751
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,440
Speaker 1: But we didn't do great in the red zone in

752
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: that game, and so that's something we got to improve on.

753
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: Really throughout the entire season. We haven't you know, been

754
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: that great in the red zone, and so we just

755
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: got to keep getting better in the red zone and

756
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: really finishing drives, finishing drives with touchdowns, not selling for

757
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 1: field goals, and also doing really good on third down.

758
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: You know, you're getting a lot of attention from potentially

759
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: having the NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Do you

760
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: feel like you're coming back from anything? What do you

761
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 1: feel like you're coming back from a I just think

762
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: it's me having a chance to play now, you know,

763
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: the attention and all that stuff, I'm not really feeling it.

764
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: I've just been focused on what I'm doing inside this building.

765
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: But I think it's just more so just people seeing

766
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: me play. I haven't played in a bunch of years

767
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: and aside from preseason, and you know, I think people

768
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 1: are now getting a chance to see me play in

769
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: this offense with these type of players, and I think

770
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: it's more so just all of us doing well more

771
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 1: than just MYSELFE. I just gonna say, you obviously have

772
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 1: just a win, your contract and all that. Do you

773
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: ever think about this season and kind of you know,

774
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 1: with the future holds and what it might mean for

775
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: you be on this year. I don't really live my

776
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 1: life like that. Um, you know, I'm always focused on

777
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: what I gotta do today and tomorrow. Uh, you know

778
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: those things will come. Time will tell, you know, time

779
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: will tell with all that. But for me, I just

780
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: gotta stay focused on what I'm doing in here, and

781
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: that's working hard and leading this team and uh, you know,

782
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 1: going out there and competing to get wins. YEA, seven

783
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: years you weren't regularly playing. What kept your hasn't been focused?

784
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: What what had you on the path for seven years.

785
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: I mean, being in the NFL, it's a you know,

786
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: it's a day to you know, day to day thing. Man,

787
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 1: you gotta be on it every single day. Um. A

788
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 1: lot of people wish they're in this position, and uh,

789
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: you know, I'm grateful to have worked myself into this position. Um. Also,

790
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: knowing who I am, I'm very set and who I am.

791
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,399
Speaker 1: I know exactly who I am and what I can do.

792
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: And so I never bought into the narratives that've been

793
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: out there. I didn't just get this good over you know,

794
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: the course of one offseason. So um, you know, I

795
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: think that's mostly a narrative and a lot of this

796
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: stuff is media driven. But when it comes down to me, Um,

797
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: people where I'm from, No One, West Virginia. I just

798
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 1: got inducted into the College Hall of Fame. Um, So

799
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: people in college football know who I am New York

800
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,799
Speaker 1: just as well Giants chargers in Seattle. So um, you know,

801
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 1: people have continued to let me know that just stay work,

802
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: keep working hard, and you know things will happen for you.

803
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 1: And so that's what I did. You know, how much

804
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 1: relationship with Pete has a change when you first cote

805
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: or is it just people? My relationship with Pete has

806
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: been the same, which is which is awesome. Um, He's

807
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 1: always been the same guy. I think Pete does a

808
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: tremendous job at coaching every guy on the team. He

809
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 1: has a relationship with every single guy, no matter who

810
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: it is, every guy in the building really, and I

811
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,360
Speaker 1: think that's what makes him such a special coach, is

812
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: that he knows the importance, you know, of relationships and

813
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: uh he makes sure that you know feel seeing you

814
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: feel felt and hurt. And that's the sign of a

815
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: great leader. Tell you about Will, This league's fifth year starter,

816
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: got a pretty good contract this last off season, and

817
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 1: he's out there on Punk covered running down. You know,

818
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: I think Will is one of the uh, you know,

819
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if this is the right word, but

820
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: unsung heroes of the team. Um, just the things that

821
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: he does from a leadership standpoint to the way that

822
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 1: he blocks in the run game. Uh, he's very unselfish,

823
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 1: willing to pass protect as well. And then um, obviously

824
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: when he goes out there as a receiver, he's you know,

825
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 1: he can make all the run, all the routes, make

826
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 1: all the catches and present matchups that are favorable for

827
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 1: our offense. And so to see him run down on

828
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: kickoff and punt and you know, be a part of

829
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: the special teams. That's who he is. That's who he is,

830
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,480
Speaker 1: that's what he does. He's a team first guy, and

831
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: he's a leader, and he's willing to do whatever it

832
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,760
Speaker 1: takes to win. All Right, And that was the latest

833
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: from Geno Smith speaking with reporters at the podium. This

834
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 1: Seahawks offensive line will have their biggest test of the

835
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,839
Speaker 1: season against the areas on the Cardinals. Why, let's ask

836
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: Ray Roberts. He joins us next the huddle with Dave Wyman,

837
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 1: Michael Bumps, and Stacy Ross. We are going in the

838
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 1: trenches with Ray Roberts and Ray. The Seahawks offensive line

839
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: is in for a challenge against the Arizona Cardinals. As

840
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 1: bump noted earlier this week, they liked to blitz more

841
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: than almost any other team. So what does that mean

842
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 1: for the offensive line? Yeah, you know, Stacy get to

843
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: hear from you guys, and Glad I'm on the show today,

844
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: But yeah, I would think that like a couple of

845
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,840
Speaker 1: years ago, it was the Cardinals who first started this

846
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: double a gap blitz look against the Seahawks and then

847
00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: they had a bunch of success with it, and then

848
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: a bunch of teams afterwards followed in that footstep and

849
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,839
Speaker 1: created some issues for the offensive line. And that's what

850
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: they did in the first game against against the Seahawks

851
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: this year. They put a bunch of guys around the

852
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. You have a bunch of young dudes plans,

853
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 1: so communication became key. I think they had like five

854
00:39:56,239 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 1: sack and they ran some really cool, intricate games along

855
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 1: the offsitive line that made it really hard to adjust

856
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: to the to the unblocked rusher. So I think you're

857
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: probably going to feel a lot more of that because

858
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: of the way Gino has been throwing the ball and

859
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: they want to get pressure on the quarterback and allow

860
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: them to do that. So it's going to be important

861
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: that the communication is own point because they're gonna put

862
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: you know, they're gonna have their four down linemen and

863
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,720
Speaker 1: two linebackers in the in the a gaps and maybe

864
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 1: even a defender coming off off the slot or something,

865
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have to really be able to communicate

866
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: all of that stuff up and down the line of

867
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: scrimmage to protect h Gino and given time to throw

868
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: big ray. I went back and looked at we were

869
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: talking about D line and the defense and things like that,

870
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,839
Speaker 1: and you had said in the New Orleans game Detroit game,

871
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 1: the D line was playing off the ball, and sure enough,

872
00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,879
Speaker 1: of course you were right. But the other thing, Yeah,

873
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,760
Speaker 1: but I mean the thing is, I think the reason

874
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 1: why that was is because they were trying to read blocks,

875
00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,959
Speaker 1: so you know, and that's where kind of we put

876
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: two and two together, you and I and came up

877
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: with five probably, But but no, I mean, I think

878
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,280
Speaker 1: that that's been the difference. You know, these guys are

879
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,760
Speaker 1: just teeing off the D line, teeing off against opposing

880
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 1: offensive lines, and they're not like catching any blocks or

881
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: reading any blocks. It's just very I mean, and they're

882
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,280
Speaker 1: using like you know, I was saying earlier, Punta Ford's

883
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: kind of a slasher, like he he can get a field,

884
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: and so they're they're really disrupting the D line, really

885
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:32,800
Speaker 1: disrupting opposing offenses. And I feel like it's going to

886
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 1: be even you know, the trend's going to continue. It'll

887
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: be the fourth week where they really shut down the run. Yeah, absolutely,

888
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,000
Speaker 1: And I think Puna Ford is the perfect example to use,

889
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: because man, up until a couple of weeks ago, man,

890
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 1: he just wasn't showing up in any form of fashion

891
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: on the staff book, and he was, you know, getting

892
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: driven off the ball a lot. And so now when

893
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 1: you watch and you know he has wanted the quicker

894
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 1: first steps in the league for a guy his size.

895
00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 1: And so now when you watch him play, he's attacking

896
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 1: the gap, he's attacking the line of scrimmage, He's getting

897
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,959
Speaker 1: pressure on a quarterback. He has a couple of sacks. Now,

898
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 1: if you look at the whole defense in line across

899
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: the front there, everyone is getting involved in the in

900
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: the fact game, Jefferson has a couple of sacks, Woods

901
00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,760
Speaker 1: have a couple of sacks, Adams has a sack, Pula

902
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 1: has a couple of sacks. And then also the outside

903
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: guys at MAFE and Darryl Taylor and U Nuosu. But

904
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: this week is going to be interesting because Tyler Tyler

905
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,319
Speaker 1: Murray did get loose for one hundred yards rushing and

906
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 1: that first game, and if they have James connerback and

907
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 1: he gives you another sixty or seventy yards and you

908
00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: have the DeAndre Hopkins, it can be a test for

909
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,880
Speaker 1: the defense. So it's going to be important for them

910
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: to remain aggressive, but remain disciplined to their rush lanes

911
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: because he's the type of dude can exploit those gaps

912
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:51,880
Speaker 1: and make yards and then all of a sudden, you

913
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 1: have a third and you know, medium too long, and

914
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 1: he converts it with his legs. So it's going to

915
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,839
Speaker 1: be important for them to duplicate what they've been doing

916
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: in the last few weeks, but also have some control

917
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: and how they rush your quarterback. Big Ray, If you

918
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: are an offensive linement for the Arizona Cardinals and you're

919
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 1: getting ready to play the Seahawks, what are the conversations like,

920
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,440
Speaker 1: what's your fellow alignment about how this D line plays

921
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 1: and how this d this defense likes to attack. Yeah,

922
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 1: I think that if I was, if I was preparing

923
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: for this for this team, I think as an individual player,

924
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,959
Speaker 1: you're whether to the center guard tackle. There's so many

925
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: different bodies that they can throw at you. That would

926
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: be my biggest concern. So you could be passed. I

927
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 1: could be past blocking Darryl Taylor or Nuosu or Mafi

928
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: or Bruce Irving, or you know, whoever else they want

929
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: to put out there. And then as a defensive as

930
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,560
Speaker 1: an interior guy, you could be going against Al Woods,

931
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 1: Monet Adams, Tone Afford, Quentin Jefferson. So all of these

932
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,360
Speaker 1: dudes bring something different to the game. So my focus

933
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 1: would be really focusing on those individual players, because that

934
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 1: becomes a headache when you have to kind of off

935
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 1: your game plan within the game. The other thing, though,

936
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: is just they're just a lot more aggressive on defense.

937
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: They're playing more downhills, so you have to be prepared

938
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:10,840
Speaker 1: for a more physical game than the one they played

939
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: the first time. Cherik Woollen NFC Defensive Rookie of the Month,

940
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,320
Speaker 1: Can Walker NFC Offensive Rookie of the Month, and NFC

941
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: Player of the Month goes to Geno Smith. Really awesome

942
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: near sweep for the Seattle Seahawks and the monthly awards.

943
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: Why is it so important that these three guys, but

944
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:30,399
Speaker 1: also just that young guys or maybe unexpected guys are

945
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: contributing to success this year? Well, because I think it

946
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:39,400
Speaker 1: speaks to the game plan that Pete and John put together,

947
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 1: the trust that they have in those players, and the

948
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 1: foundation that you're building. There's nothing better than when you're

949
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 1: trying to build a foundation and you're winning at the

950
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,240
Speaker 1: same time. A lot of times when teams are building

951
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:56,040
Speaker 1: their foundation, they're going through losing seasons, but they're trying

952
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 1: to add all the different pieces and make sure they

953
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 1: have the right people in the right play and they

954
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: have good players but just haven't like put it all

955
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,879
Speaker 1: together yet too then start winning football games. And so

956
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 1: the Seahawks have kind of hit the magic button where

957
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: they have all of these rookies playing major roles, supporting roles,

958
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: a quarterback who hasn't been the full season starter in years,

959
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: and they're all planning like you know, like they're in

960
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: the prometer careers. And so that's really hard to accomplish

961
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,080
Speaker 1: in any sport, doing anything when you're trying to build

962
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 1: the foundation for things. But it's important for these guys

963
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 1: to be acknowledged about what they're contributing, but to also

964
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: keep it in perspective. And I think that's why Gino

965
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 1: is such a big part of this. That's why Tyler

966
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: Lockett as a big part of it, because they help

967
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 1: real people back in Because when I was looking at that,

968
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 1: there's more numbers like man, I hope, I hope people

969
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,879
Speaker 1: aren't reading their own press clippings because that those as

970
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: great as those awards are and stuff and recognition is

971
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: sometimes man, it can cause you just to kind of

972
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,959
Speaker 1: back off just a little bit. And when you do that,

973
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: that's when things can start fall apart again. So hopefully

974
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,399
Speaker 1: they're given to high five in each other or giving

975
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: you know, Pete does whatever he does. That they make

976
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,600
Speaker 1: announces or whatever, and they're moving on to the next

977
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: play in the the next practice. All right, big ray, we

978
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: got about thirty seconds. But when you look at the

979
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 1: rest of the schedule, I mean, there's a couple tough

980
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 1: guy to me, I think San Francisco is really good.

981
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,879
Speaker 1: I don't think that their record reflects how good they are.

982
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,959
Speaker 1: It's gonna be tough to win in Kansas City, But

983
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:29,319
Speaker 1: what do you think, man, I mean it, I feel

984
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:32,319
Speaker 1: like they can play with pretty much anybody. Yeah, that's

985
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,279
Speaker 1: why I feel too. And my son Price the other

986
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: day broke down the whole schedule for me, and he

987
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: pretty much came up with the seats will be planning

988
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 1: for the division title against the Rams at home in

989
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:46,440
Speaker 1: the last game of the season. So and that was

990
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: with him. That was with him thinking that we're gonna

991
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: lose to the Giants, and so I'm like, man, you

992
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: think we'renna lose of both the New York teams? Like, Man,

993
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna happen. So they're ahead of

994
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 1: his schedule, so which that makes me feel good about it.

995
00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,920
Speaker 1: So I feel good about what they're going Thank you Price,

996
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: all right, he is. Ray Roberts takes us in the

997
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:07,920
Speaker 1: trenches for some Seahawks analysis every single Thursday for the huddle.

998
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,719
Speaker 1: But you can hear Ray again his analysis of this

999
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 1: team this Sunday on pre and post. He'll be with

1000
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: Michael Bumpus on coverage there. So get up early, tune in,

1001
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: get ready for this game against the Cardinals. He is,

1002
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 1: Ray Roberts, Thanks so much. Ray. Right, yes, ma'am, oh right,

1003
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,320
Speaker 1: we are talking to the voice of the Seahawks, Steve Rabel,

1004
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: he joins us. Next, you are listening to the huddle

1005
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: with Dave Wyman, Michael bump Is, Stacy rosst and joining

1006
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: us now Steve Rabel, the voice of the Seahawks, and Rabes.

1007
00:47:36,200 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: I gotta say, yes, there was a lot of really

1008
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 1: great stuff to come from this in terms of the

1009
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:43,319
Speaker 1: final box score, but One of my favorite moments might

1010
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,440
Speaker 1: have been Pete and Gino comforting Tyler Lockett on the sideline,

1011
00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett bouncing back with a touchdown. What was it

1012
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 1: like to see that entire night unfold for him? And

1013
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:56,000
Speaker 1: what does it tell you about this team? Well, it

1014
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:58,319
Speaker 1: certainly tells me something I think I already knew about

1015
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett and Patty. You know, you're not going to

1016
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 1: keep a guy like him down for very long. And

1017
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,879
Speaker 1: you know, there was nobody on the field that felt

1018
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:09,960
Speaker 1: worse about it than Tyler, although if you'd watched, you'd

1019
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:12,839
Speaker 1: have seen almost everybody on the team, including coach Carroll,

1020
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,239
Speaker 1: go up to him afterwards and say, hey, forget about it,

1021
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 1: don't worry about it. And what Dave and I were

1022
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: talking about in the booth, it was pretty much what

1023
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: Pete said, Hey, you know we're you're gonna get You're

1024
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:24,640
Speaker 1: gonna get yours hanging there. We're gonna need you to

1025
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 1: score a touchdown for us. And sure enough they came

1026
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,120
Speaker 1: back in what the next series, I guess, and man

1027
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,400
Speaker 1: did it. So you know, Tyler Lockett might be the

1028
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 1: last person on this football team that I'm that I'm

1029
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:40,120
Speaker 1: worried about either getting down or not making plays. I mean,

1030
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,239
Speaker 1: that's just not in his DNA. Hey, Rads, I'll ask

1031
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 1: you the same question that I asked Big Ray. I

1032
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: don't know if you've done this, but because we take

1033
00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 1: him one at a time usually, and as a football

1034
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 1: I love asking the football players, by the way, or

1035
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:56,560
Speaker 1: the guys on the team, you know, who do you play?

1036
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:58,800
Speaker 1: Who do you play next week? They never know because

1037
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,000
Speaker 1: that's just a mentality. But I don't know if you've

1038
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: taken a look at the schedule and I'm like, okay,

1039
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:08,600
Speaker 1: at Kansas City on Christmas Eve, probably be tough. I

1040
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: think the Niners, even though you have them at home.

1041
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:12,640
Speaker 1: I think the forty nine ers have a really good roster.

1042
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,400
Speaker 1: That's a tough one. But I don't know if you

1043
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 1: allowed yourself to kind of go and say, when this

1044
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 1: one lose this one, it looks pretty favorable to me

1045
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 1: the way they're playing right now. Anyway, Yeah, exactly, And

1046
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: I haven't really taken much of a look. I just

1047
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 1: know that we're in Arizona and then we're in Germany

1048
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:36,200
Speaker 1: and then we come home and recuperate. That that much

1049
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:39,560
Speaker 1: is what I know. And I know we also have

1050
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 1: down the stretch we have. You know, obviously they generally

1051
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:45,439
Speaker 1: schedule it this way that that the bulk of your

1052
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:47,960
Speaker 1: NFC West games are going to be coming down that stretch,

1053
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:51,279
Speaker 1: So that's going to be really important. But you know,

1054
00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:54,800
Speaker 1: again to get out to the start. That this team

1055
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 1: is now at five and three, and like we've talked about,

1056
00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:02,239
Speaker 1: nobody thought they'd be except for Pete and the team.

1057
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:04,759
Speaker 1: They believe they could be here now they're playing like it,

1058
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 1: and uh yeah, there could be all kinds of great

1059
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:11,840
Speaker 1: things down down the road away and some big wins.

1060
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to win on the road for a

1061
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:15,920
Speaker 1: few of those. It'll be fun to go into Kansas

1062
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 1: City on Christmas Eve. That's going to be it's gonna

1063
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:21,760
Speaker 1: be just crazy there. But yeah, I don't put anything

1064
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:24,800
Speaker 1: past this team Nowadavin, for the way they've improved, especially

1065
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:29,920
Speaker 1: on defense, I think the sky's the limit. A Raves,

1066
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,640
Speaker 1: your buddy here, tried to bait me into sounding like

1067
00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:35,799
Speaker 1: a diva receiver and making it sound like receivers can

1068
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:41,960
Speaker 1: just win a game. That's because I'm with Rabels, so okay,

1069
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:45,640
Speaker 1: so so I can't. There's nothing to disagree with there.

1070
00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:49,239
Speaker 1: What else Rabel Adva for different reasons other than being

1071
00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. So I'm going to ask you the

1072
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: same question he asked me. Um. Obviously, d Hopkins is back,

1073
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,799
Speaker 1: how can he affect this game? I don't think one

1074
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 1: man can win a game. I don't think do you

1075
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,280
Speaker 1: feel that way either? But how different is this team

1076
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:07,879
Speaker 1: with DeAndre Hopkins? Well, he's terrific. I mean you listen

1077
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: to Pete, and Pete spoke as glowingly about Hopkins at

1078
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 1: the wide receiver spot as he did say Quon Barkley

1079
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 1: as a running back last week against the Giants. Everybody

1080
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,040
Speaker 1: in this league just about unless they've got a lot

1081
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 1: of people hurt, have a star or two. I mean

1082
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,400
Speaker 1: a guy who is a difference maker, a guy that

1083
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:29,040
Speaker 1: in the team meeting rooms and in the offices of

1084
00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 1: the coaches late at night, they're figuring out ways, how

1085
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:33,440
Speaker 1: do we account for this guy? And they're doing the

1086
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: same thing with Hopkins? What do we do? One of

1087
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 1: the things that I wish I could take credit for

1088
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,919
Speaker 1: but I certainly can't, but has been pointed out now

1089
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,960
Speaker 1: is that in the last couple of weeks, the Cardinals

1090
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:49,480
Speaker 1: offense has run much more through Hopkins, partially because he's

1091
00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:52,680
Speaker 1: back after his suspension, but partly because he's such a

1092
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:55,839
Speaker 1: great asset, such a great receiver, and they don't have

1093
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:58,280
Speaker 1: as many weapons as maybe they used to have. Connor's

1094
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:00,480
Speaker 1: been out for a number of weeks. Don't know if

1095
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:02,840
Speaker 1: he's going to play this week or not. But Hopkins,

1096
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, the short, quick path to the sidelines,

1097
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:09,439
Speaker 1: the deep path down the sideline. You can't get beat

1098
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,120
Speaker 1: over the top this week because you know that the

1099
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:14,399
Speaker 1: Cardinals are going to go that direction if they can

1100
00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: at least a few times with Hopkins, and they've got

1101
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,760
Speaker 1: they've got a lot of speed, but he's just something special.

1102
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:21,879
Speaker 1: You've got to figure out some ways to make sure

1103
00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:24,960
Speaker 1: he doesn't beat you. What's the challenge of facing a

1104
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: team with such a short turnaround? They obviously have already

1105
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 1: seen this team and this is the second meeting. Yeah,

1106
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,239
Speaker 1: I think one of the toughest things is what Pete

1107
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 1: talked about on Wednesday, excuse me, and that is, you know,

1108
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 1: just letting the players know that, Hey, just because we

1109
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 1: played him once, just because we beat him, don't think

1110
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: that we know these guys inside and out. Yeah, we

1111
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:45,799
Speaker 1: know him better than we know some of the other

1112
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: teams will play this season, but we have to prepare

1113
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,399
Speaker 1: just the same way. And so I think that that's

1114
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 1: what they're doing there. They'll just go right back to

1115
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 1: square one. Here are all the things that they did

1116
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 1: do the Cardinals did the first time. Here's what worked

1117
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,120
Speaker 1: for us. Here are some things we need to work on.

1118
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,160
Speaker 1: I mean, we gave up five sacks in that game.

1119
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: Now we sacked Murray six times. A lot of couple

1120
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:07,919
Speaker 1: of them were down the stretch as they were trying

1121
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 1: to catch up. But you know, there's some things that

1122
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 1: you gotta fix, and you want to do some things

1123
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:13,439
Speaker 1: differently as well. You don't want to go back into

1124
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:15,680
Speaker 1: the same game plan because they've seen all that now

1125
00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 1: and the Cardinals are going to do the same thing,

1126
00:53:18,000 --> 00:53:20,520
Speaker 1: all right, Rapes, what who's somebody that bothers you on

1127
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 1: that roster? You know, I'm looking at you know, JJ

1128
00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: Watt obviously, and I don't think he had a sack

1129
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 1: against against the guys or against the team last last

1130
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,560
Speaker 1: time they played. But you know, when you look at

1131
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,680
Speaker 1: you got like Marcus Golden. I think we were talking

1132
00:53:35,680 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 1: about that during the break when we were playing the

1133
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 1: Cardinals that remember they came up here in twenty nineteen

1134
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 1: and had like twelve quarterback hits and Marcus Golden had

1135
00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:47,400
Speaker 1: a couple of sacks, and so but you know, anybody

1136
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,920
Speaker 1: on this uh you know, is that Kyler Murray, is

1137
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 1: that JJ Watt is one one player on this roster

1138
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,399
Speaker 1: that you've been looking through this week that concerns you. Well,

1139
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,640
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's if there's one player or not.

1140
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:01,239
Speaker 1: You know, Buddha Baker's always smaker because he can make

1141
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:04,040
Speaker 1: plays all over the field, deep in the secondary, and

1142
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: then he can come up and knock the ball loose

1143
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:08,120
Speaker 1: from a running back in the line of scrimmage. He's

1144
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:12,200
Speaker 1: just that good. I'm also kind of impressed with these

1145
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:16,080
Speaker 1: two inside backers for Arizona, you know, Collins and Simmons.

1146
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:19,840
Speaker 1: They're both fast, they can both run. Collins is a

1147
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:22,600
Speaker 1: big guy, looks like a big outside linebacker, but they

1148
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:25,600
Speaker 1: can all run. And what that tells you is in

1149
00:54:26,200 --> 00:54:29,640
Speaker 1: zone coverages, which let's let's remember now this is the

1150
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:33,080
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. They don't play anything twice in a row defensively,

1151
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:35,600
Speaker 1: and they'll put nine guys at the line of scrimmage

1152
00:54:35,640 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: and then drop out five of them and challenge you

1153
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 1: to figure out who's going to rush, and that is

1154
00:54:40,239 --> 00:54:43,840
Speaker 1: one of the things that causes some slow thinking on

1155
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:46,600
Speaker 1: the parts of guys that fronts having to make a decision.

1156
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:49,080
Speaker 1: But these guys are good dropping into the middle of

1157
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: the field, so you really want to be careful. We

1158
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,120
Speaker 1: love this obviously, we love to throw to the tight hands.

1159
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,759
Speaker 1: We love slant routes with Gino, but you just want

1160
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,279
Speaker 1: to really be careful with these two guys in middle

1161
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 1: of the field. They can cause problems and they can

1162
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,279
Speaker 1: they can rush, they can blitz, and they'll get home.

1163
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:09,360
Speaker 1: So that whole linebacking core of Golden Guard Deck Colin Simmons,

1164
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,279
Speaker 1: they're all pretty pretty darn good. I say that raise.

1165
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:15,120
Speaker 1: I'm glad you mentioned that that look because we saw

1166
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:17,560
Speaker 1: that look in the box where it looks like they're

1167
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:19,759
Speaker 1: blitz and everybody they'll drop too, They'll drop one to

1168
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: send the other ones. We saw that give Russell Wilson

1169
00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:25,160
Speaker 1: some trouble. Man. He really just couldn't figure it out.

1170
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 1: If Gino is able to handle that, what does that

1171
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:32,640
Speaker 1: say about his preparation and about how he can handle pressure. Well,

1172
00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:35,640
Speaker 1: you know, obviously making no comparisons, but I think you

1173
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:38,760
Speaker 1: just have to be true to what you guys practice

1174
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:41,319
Speaker 1: all week as the offense, and that is you come

1175
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 1: up to the line of scrimmage and they start to

1176
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:46,720
Speaker 1: load up the line, and if it's if it's Austin blithe,

1177
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:49,640
Speaker 1: who's there to supposed to make the call up front

1178
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:52,759
Speaker 1: as to Okay, let's designate the middle linebackers, so now

1179
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:54,759
Speaker 1: we know which way our colp goes, either to the

1180
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 1: right or to the left as far as our protection

1181
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: is concerned. And then that also will tell the running back. Okay,

1182
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:02,879
Speaker 1: which way do I have to go if these guys

1183
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:05,160
Speaker 1: are all gonna, you know, block to the left, and

1184
00:56:05,200 --> 00:56:07,440
Speaker 1: I have to be looking to the right side to

1185
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:10,960
Speaker 1: see if anybody's coming off the edge untouched. Everybody's got

1186
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:12,799
Speaker 1: to be on the same page. And you know, I

1187
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:15,879
Speaker 1: credit Shane Walgren and the offensive coaches for having these

1188
00:56:15,920 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 1: guys led by Gino seemingly on the same page more

1189
00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:24,080
Speaker 1: times than not. And this is always a test when

1190
00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: when you get these kinds of defenses, because sometimes the

1191
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,000
Speaker 1: guys just going to break free. I mean, and these

1192
00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: are good athletes on top of on top of the

1193
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:35,319
Speaker 1: system that they use. But you know, don't don't be

1194
00:56:35,360 --> 00:56:38,120
Speaker 1: nervous about it. You can't. You can't lose any sleep over.

1195
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:40,120
Speaker 1: You just have to be prepared, and I think these

1196
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:42,480
Speaker 1: guys will be all right. He has the voice of

1197
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,400
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, Steve Rabel. You can hear him on the

1198
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:47,319
Speaker 1: call alongside Dave Wyman this Sunday when the Seahawks take

1199
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:51,920
Speaker 1: on the Arizona Cardinals in Phoenix Raves. Thanks so much, Stacy,

1200
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,719
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. Guys. All right, coming up next,

1201
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:56,879
Speaker 1: we are taking a step across enemy lines with someone

1202
00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:59,200
Speaker 1: who knows the Cardinals. Well, so what does it mean

1203
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: to get Hopkins back? Don't go anywhere. This is the huddle.

1204
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:04,120
Speaker 1: This is the huddle with Dave Wyman, Michael Bumpus in

1205
00:57:04,239 --> 00:57:06,880
Speaker 1: Stacy Ross joining us right now for an opponent preview,

1206
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:09,480
Speaker 1: looking at the Arizona Cardinals with Kent Summers at the

1207
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,919
Speaker 1: Arizona Republic and Kent We've already seen this team once

1208
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:16,120
Speaker 1: this year, but things are different now they've got DeAndre Hopkins.

1209
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:20,640
Speaker 1: How's it been integrating him back into the offense. Yeah,

1210
00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:23,959
Speaker 1: he's looked great. He's been one of the few bright

1211
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:28,440
Speaker 1: spots in the last couple of weeks, even in losses

1212
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:32,720
Speaker 1: like last week. He makes a sensational one handed grab

1213
00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:35,600
Speaker 1: for a touchdown against the Vikings and gives them a

1214
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:39,040
Speaker 1: little bit of hope offensively. You know, I think Cardinal

1215
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,760
Speaker 1: fans and all of us were excited to see him

1216
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 1: paired with Marquise Brown, Hollywood Brown at the receiver spots.

1217
00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 1: But then Brown was hurt in the Seattle game, so

1218
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:50,640
Speaker 1: we're not going to see that for a few more weeks.

1219
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:54,560
Speaker 1: So it's still an offense that's really struggling. Ken. Have

1220
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:56,760
Speaker 1: you seen a difference in the play calling or is

1221
00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:59,920
Speaker 1: it just Findy Hopkins throwing the football and let him

1222
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 1: I can play? Um? They they have. They are starting

1223
00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 1: to use him differently than they have in the past

1224
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:12,160
Speaker 1: under Cliff Kingsbury. There was a time, you know, a

1225
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:14,640
Speaker 1: year ago, two years ago, where they just put him

1226
00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:17,200
Speaker 1: on the left side of the formation and left him there,

1227
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:19,840
Speaker 1: rarely put him in motion, rarely put him in slot

1228
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:22,680
Speaker 1: in the slot. And that's that's changed a lot. They're

1229
00:58:22,800 --> 00:58:27,240
Speaker 1: they're moving him around, trying to get matchups, etc. Um

1230
00:58:27,600 --> 00:58:30,120
Speaker 1: That he does give him a little bit more of

1231
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:33,440
Speaker 1: a vertical passing game. I mean, he's not he's not

1232
00:58:33,880 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 1: a burner speedwise, but you know, he can make the

1233
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:41,680
Speaker 1: contested catch, and that's something this offense desperately, desperately needs.

1234
00:58:41,720 --> 00:58:45,040
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they've maybe had two past plays

1235
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:48,360
Speaker 1: over thirty yards all season, and one of those was

1236
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:50,760
Speaker 1: a catch and ron last week by Ron Dale Moore.

1237
00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:54,080
Speaker 1: So that's the element of the offense that they really

1238
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,520
Speaker 1: need to get to. Um if they're going to pull

1239
00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:58,760
Speaker 1: themselves out of this, they kind of stick it on

1240
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:02,280
Speaker 1: that thread. It's not necessarily what I would expect, given,

1241
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:04,640
Speaker 1: you know, what this offense was supposed to be obviously

1242
00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:06,920
Speaker 1: when Kingsbury got there, and they know that for a

1243
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:09,640
Speaker 1: lot of folks there, he's kind of underwhelmed at times.

1244
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:12,760
Speaker 1: But is that more the product of not having Hopkins

1245
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:17,160
Speaker 1: or is that that the play calling is surprisingly conservative.

1246
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:23,640
Speaker 1: It's been it's been play calling. It's been offensive dysfunction overall.

1247
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:28,360
Speaker 1: They've continually are late getting to the line of scrimmage.

1248
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 1: They've had trouble getting plays off on time. We saw

1249
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:34,280
Speaker 1: that in the Seattle game, you know, where they moved

1250
00:59:34,280 --> 00:59:38,400
Speaker 1: the ball at times, but just continually got in their

1251
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:41,560
Speaker 1: own way. You know, not that the Seahawks didn't play

1252
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:45,400
Speaker 1: well defensively that day, they did, but the Cardinals really

1253
00:59:45,880 --> 00:59:50,800
Speaker 1: were their worst enemies last week. They have so many

1254
00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:53,960
Speaker 1: guys out on offense right now, five starters. Cliff Kingsbury

1255
00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:57,240
Speaker 1: decided to start huddling up because he thought it would

1256
00:59:57,560 --> 01:00:00,840
Speaker 1: cut down on the confusion. And Kyler Murray wore a

1257
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:04,200
Speaker 1: wristband with the plays, you know, for the first time

1258
01:00:04,200 --> 01:00:06,560
Speaker 1: in his career, and he joked yesterday it was a

1259
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:08,880
Speaker 1: big as wrist band that took up half his arm.

1260
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:10,919
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's not a fan of it. But

1261
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:13,800
Speaker 1: even though they were doing all that, they still had

1262
01:00:13,840 --> 01:00:16,640
Speaker 1: trouble getting place off on time. And you know, and

1263
01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:19,720
Speaker 1: that falls upon the head coach and the quarterback and

1264
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:23,320
Speaker 1: you know that just the simplest stuff they've had a

1265
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:26,280
Speaker 1: hard time getting right. What were your thoughts on the

1266
01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:28,960
Speaker 1: trade deadline? Did you feel like they did enough? Didn't

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01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,760
Speaker 1: do anything? Um this overall field because over here we

1268
01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:34,080
Speaker 1: didn't make any any real moves. We are your thoughts

1269
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:38,800
Speaker 1: on a year approach over there? Yeah, you know, if

1270
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,760
Speaker 1: they were going to do anything, in my opinion, they

1271
01:00:40,800 --> 01:00:43,840
Speaker 1: should have been sellers and you know, and not go

1272
01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 1: out and try and make a big splash and and

1273
01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:49,280
Speaker 1: and bring somebody in. I mean, they're they're three and five.

1274
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,720
Speaker 1: They've yet to show any indication that they could make

1275
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:55,160
Speaker 1: a move and be a playoff contender. So I don't

1276
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:58,360
Speaker 1: know if it made sense for them to go out

1277
01:00:58,440 --> 01:01:02,160
Speaker 1: and give up a lot, say a Bradley Chubb, you know,

1278
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:04,280
Speaker 1: who would fill a real need for this team. They

1279
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:07,800
Speaker 1: don't have that elite pass rusher really outside of JJ

1280
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:10,840
Speaker 1: watt But you know, to be a seller, they probably

1281
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:14,920
Speaker 1: would have had to trade someone like JJ Watt. Um.

1282
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:17,880
Speaker 1: They just weren't in the mode to do that. And

1283
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:20,320
Speaker 1: I think Steve Kim looks at it, their general manager,

1284
01:01:20,360 --> 01:01:23,400
Speaker 1: and said, you know, our big moves came earlier. We

1285
01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:27,760
Speaker 1: traded for Hollywood brown on um during the draft. You know,

1286
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:31,040
Speaker 1: we traded for Rodney Hudson, our center um. You know,

1287
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:34,360
Speaker 1: a year and a half ago, we've traded for DeAndre Hopkins, etc.

1288
01:01:34,800 --> 01:01:38,920
Speaker 1: So I think that's sort of the mode um they

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01:01:38,960 --> 01:01:41,720
Speaker 1: were in. And they're really hoping. I mean, they think

1290
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:44,440
Speaker 1: they they've underachieved. They think they've got the talent to

1291
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: be better than three and five, and you know, we're

1292
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:49,840
Speaker 1: going to find that out over the next three weeks.

1293
01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:55,040
Speaker 1: They've got, starting this Sunday, consecutive games against NFC West team,

1294
01:01:55,120 --> 01:01:57,320
Speaker 1: so you know, three weeks from now, I think they're

1295
01:01:57,840 --> 01:01:59,920
Speaker 1: they're either going to be back in in it or

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01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:03,040
Speaker 1: are completely out of it. They almost got back into

1297
01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:06,400
Speaker 1: it against a tough Vikings team, and I know that

1298
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:08,520
Speaker 1: three wins isn't where this fan base wants to be

1299
01:02:08,520 --> 01:02:11,240
Speaker 1: in Arizona, but I mean it's still three wins. So

1300
01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:14,200
Speaker 1: when things are working well, what's good for this team?

1301
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:19,440
Speaker 1: When they were playing really well, their their their defense

1302
01:02:19,480 --> 01:02:22,680
Speaker 1: has been very good, surprisingly good. I thought, you know,

1303
01:02:22,760 --> 01:02:26,680
Speaker 1: their their defense would struggle this season while the offense

1304
01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:30,120
Speaker 1: carried them, but it's been just the opposite. It's been

1305
01:02:30,440 --> 01:02:33,439
Speaker 1: a really good group, especially for a while in terms of,

1306
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:35,880
Speaker 1: you know, holding teams to field goals and not letting

1307
01:02:35,920 --> 01:02:38,240
Speaker 1: them in the end zone once they get in the

1308
01:02:38,320 --> 01:02:41,040
Speaker 1: red zone. That's changed the last couple of weeks. They've

1309
01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:44,000
Speaker 1: given up thirty four points in each of the last

1310
01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:49,000
Speaker 1: two games, but that's that's been a strength that at

1311
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:53,600
Speaker 1: times offensively, they look like a functional and especially when

1312
01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:56,720
Speaker 1: they're able to get Kyler Murray out and running. In

1313
01:02:56,720 --> 01:02:59,919
Speaker 1: my opinion, they don't do that often enough. They gained

1314
01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:02,360
Speaker 1: plan for it in Seattle and and he broke a

1315
01:03:02,360 --> 01:03:05,160
Speaker 1: big run early, you know, and they got stymied and

1316
01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:07,560
Speaker 1: had to kick a field goal. So they're a much

1317
01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:11,080
Speaker 1: better team when when Tyler's taking off and running on

1318
01:03:11,400 --> 01:03:13,840
Speaker 1: some design things not all. I mean, I'm not saying

1319
01:03:13,840 --> 01:03:17,520
Speaker 1: that he should run you know, you know, double digit

1320
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:19,640
Speaker 1: times a game, but I think, you know, six to

1321
01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:22,439
Speaker 1: eight designed runs make a lot of sense for where

1322
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:25,880
Speaker 1: this offense is right now, what's the update on the

1323
01:03:25,920 --> 01:03:28,160
Speaker 1: running back situation. The last time we saw you guys,

1324
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:30,160
Speaker 1: there were some injuries. That sounds like it still might

1325
01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:33,960
Speaker 1: be the same deal. Huh yeah, yeah, James Conner is

1326
01:03:34,480 --> 01:03:37,760
Speaker 1: still struggling. I think he'll be listed as questionable. They

1327
01:03:37,880 --> 01:03:43,080
Speaker 1: felt like he was getting close last week to coming back,

1328
01:03:43,120 --> 01:03:46,080
Speaker 1: and now Daryl Williams has been placed on injured reserve.

1329
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:50,160
Speaker 1: He's the backup. Um Eno Benjamin has been very good.

1330
01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:54,400
Speaker 1: Um in the starting role. Uh he's he's you know,

1331
01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:57,760
Speaker 1: it's got some explosiveness, he can catch the ball. Rookie

1332
01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:02,400
Speaker 1: Kante Ingram has flashed um here and there. But you know,

1333
01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:06,240
Speaker 1: as I mentioned, they're they're down three offensive lineman, they're

1334
01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:10,720
Speaker 1: dal Connor, they're down Hollywood Brown. It's and and they're

1335
01:04:10,760 --> 01:04:14,360
Speaker 1: just not you know, they just don't look like their

1336
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,480
Speaker 1: coach very well right now, you know, and at a

1337
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:19,240
Speaker 1: point where Cliff Kingsbury's got to give this team something

1338
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:21,880
Speaker 1: to get him over the hump if he if he's

1339
01:04:21,920 --> 01:04:26,640
Speaker 1: capable of it. Um. So that's sort of where they are. Offensively,

1340
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:30,080
Speaker 1: they look good at times and then you know, the

1341
01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 1: next possession they'll look absolutely horrible and struggle to even

1342
01:04:33,560 --> 01:04:37,600
Speaker 1: get a playoff. Hey, we know that um jj Watt

1343
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:39,520
Speaker 1: is leading the team in sacks, and obviously up here

1344
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:42,000
Speaker 1: in Seattle, we're well familiar with Buddha Baker. But are

1345
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:45,280
Speaker 1: there any young players on this defense that could catch

1346
01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:50,000
Speaker 1: our eye against the offense this Sunday. Yeah, they're They're

1347
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:54,320
Speaker 1: two young linebackers, Evan Collins and Isaiah Simmons have played

1348
01:04:54,400 --> 01:04:57,520
Speaker 1: very well. Collins is in all the time he calls

1349
01:04:57,520 --> 01:05:02,840
Speaker 1: the defense. Um. Isaiah Simmons has made big plays in

1350
01:05:03,480 --> 01:05:07,680
Speaker 1: three games this year, you know, I mean game changing plays.

1351
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 1: He's he's incredibly fast, he's rangey. They use him all

1352
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:15,120
Speaker 1: over the field. He'll he'll be inside linebacker, he'll be

1353
01:05:15,240 --> 01:05:17,200
Speaker 1: lined up as sort of a safety, he'll be a

1354
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:21,120
Speaker 1: slot cornerback. So he's he's been coming on. They've been

1355
01:05:21,160 --> 01:05:24,360
Speaker 1: happy with his progress. They've got a defensive end, Zach Allen,

1356
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:26,800
Speaker 1: who's not a young guy's in his sports season but

1357
01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 1: has really developed into a solid player form so defensively,

1358
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:36,240
Speaker 1: that's what they have gone for him. Last week, Rondelle Moore,

1359
01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:41,360
Speaker 1: their receiver and his second year, you know, slipped the tackle,

1360
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:44,520
Speaker 1: went for a touchdown. Showed the speed and elusiveness we've

1361
01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:47,800
Speaker 1: we've heard about since the Cardinals drafted him out of

1362
01:05:47,840 --> 01:05:50,600
Speaker 1: Purdue two years ago. So you know they do they

1363
01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:52,560
Speaker 1: do a lot of things to try and get him

1364
01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:56,960
Speaker 1: the ball, Rondale Moore, but you know, a wide rescue receiver, screens,

1365
01:05:57,360 --> 01:05:59,919
Speaker 1: fly sweeps, et cetera. But you know, that was really

1366
01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:03,120
Speaker 1: the first time we saw him, you know, really break

1367
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:06,000
Speaker 1: a big play and use that speed and quickness that

1368
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:08,240
Speaker 1: we've heard about. All Right, he's Kent Summers of the

1369
01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:11,480
Speaker 1: Arizona Republic joining us on the huddle for an opponent preview,

1370
01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:14,959
Speaker 1: and Kent, we appreciate your insight. I know that it's

1371
01:06:14,960 --> 01:06:18,400
Speaker 1: been a disappointing start for the Arizona Cardinals, but these

1372
01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:20,760
Speaker 1: NFC West teams always play each other so tough, so

1373
01:06:20,840 --> 01:06:24,080
Speaker 1: should be a good one this Sunday. Yeah, sure, thanks

1374
01:06:24,080 --> 01:06:26,080
Speaker 1: for having me. All right, that was Kent Summers with

1375
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:28,800
Speaker 1: an opponent preview kind enough to join us on the huddle.

1376
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:31,800
Speaker 1: Next up, John Boyle for some final thoughts. You are

1377
01:06:31,840 --> 01:06:34,240
Speaker 1: listening to the Huddle with Dave Wyman, Michael Bump as

1378
01:06:34,280 --> 01:06:37,160
Speaker 1: Stacy Ross and joining us now John Boyle. He covers

1379
01:06:37,160 --> 01:06:39,840
Speaker 1: the Seahawks for the Seahawks, so he's got some really

1380
01:06:39,880 --> 01:06:41,880
Speaker 1: awesome team insight, and we turned to him to close

1381
01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:45,640
Speaker 1: out every single episode of the Huddle. John, I'm going

1382
01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:47,400
Speaker 1: to start with what this team did so well against

1383
01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:50,720
Speaker 1: New York. I was shocked, floored that they limited the

1384
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:53,040
Speaker 1: Giants to eighty yards or less on the ground, fewest

1385
01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:55,000
Speaker 1: rushing yards in a game from New York this year.

1386
01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:57,240
Speaker 1: What have they done to just shore up that run

1387
01:06:57,280 --> 01:06:59,720
Speaker 1: game which was pretty dreadful to start the year. Yeah,

1388
01:07:00,080 --> 01:07:02,080
Speaker 1: they've done a lot of things a lot better. We've

1389
01:07:02,120 --> 01:07:04,120
Speaker 1: heard a lot of talk about the things they've changed

1390
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:07,000
Speaker 1: up front, letting guys be a little more aggressively, less

1391
01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:09,320
Speaker 1: read and react stuff, and then guys on the back

1392
01:07:09,440 --> 01:07:11,600
Speaker 1: end are cleaning stuff up. You know, I brought this

1393
01:07:11,720 --> 01:07:13,640
Speaker 1: up earlier, but one play that really jumped out of me.

1394
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:15,720
Speaker 1: There was a play that they did block well and

1395
01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:18,400
Speaker 1: Barkley got out in space and Diggs comes flying in

1396
01:07:18,520 --> 01:07:20,480
Speaker 1: tackles him for like a nine yard game. I feel

1397
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:22,480
Speaker 1: like for five or six weeks, or you know, four

1398
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:24,840
Speaker 1: or five weeks this season, that's a fifty yard play.

1399
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:27,480
Speaker 1: Instead it's a nine yard play. You stop them four

1400
01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:30,040
Speaker 1: plays later and they punt. So just a lot of things.

1401
01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:32,560
Speaker 1: Everybody doing their job better out there. I think last

1402
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:35,440
Speaker 1: time we talked the one area that we all were

1403
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:37,760
Speaker 1: concerned about with special teams. Yeah, and then you get

1404
01:07:37,800 --> 01:07:39,760
Speaker 1: Special Team Player of the Week and Will Disley, who

1405
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:44,440
Speaker 1: very unlikely character to get that, but he did a

1406
01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:46,640
Speaker 1: great job. And then you know we had Joey Blunt

1407
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:49,720
Speaker 1: in here, and that's starting to turn around a little bit. Yeah.

1408
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:51,680
Speaker 1: I mean you go back and look even earlier in

1409
01:07:51,720 --> 01:07:53,760
Speaker 1: the year, they if you look at over the course

1410
01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:55,880
Speaker 1: of an entire game, they did most of the special

1411
01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:58,320
Speaker 1: teams plays really well. They're doing covering things well, doing

1412
01:07:58,320 --> 01:07:59,480
Speaker 1: a lot of things well. But the problem is the

1413
01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:03,439
Speaker 1: mistakes were disasters. It wasn't like, oh, we missed a tackle,

1414
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:05,280
Speaker 1: the guy got a ten yard return. It was we

1415
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:07,480
Speaker 1: just gave up a touchdown because we got hit in

1416
01:08:07,520 --> 01:08:09,240
Speaker 1: the end zone kind of thing. So you know, it

1417
01:08:09,240 --> 01:08:11,280
Speaker 1: doesn't surprise me that suddenly they're playing well on special

1418
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:13,800
Speaker 1: teams because I think overall they're really good in that area,

1419
01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:16,960
Speaker 1: but they just were making some very costly mistakes. You've

1420
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:19,400
Speaker 1: covered this team for a while, have you seen a

1421
01:08:19,439 --> 01:08:23,040
Speaker 1: week where you've had this mini accolades recognized? You had

1422
01:08:23,120 --> 01:08:26,800
Speaker 1: Will Dissey, Taki, Ken Walker, and Gino all getting some

1423
01:08:26,920 --> 01:08:28,960
Speaker 1: love at once. Yeah, no, I have not, and I

1424
01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:31,240
Speaker 1: mean to that point, it's never been done in terms

1425
01:08:31,280 --> 01:08:33,599
Speaker 1: of the two Rookies of the month that we went

1426
01:08:33,680 --> 01:08:35,439
Speaker 1: and looked this up. The award goes back to nineteen

1427
01:08:35,560 --> 01:08:37,800
Speaker 1: ninety six and no team has ever had teammates one

1428
01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:40,320
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Month. So you know, all this recognition

1429
01:08:40,400 --> 01:08:42,320
Speaker 1: is awesome. You know, going back to Disley, you don't

1430
01:08:42,360 --> 01:08:44,760
Speaker 1: see a lot of He's a five year starter who

1431
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:47,080
Speaker 1: signed a pretty big contract in the offseason. You don't

1432
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:49,120
Speaker 1: see a lot of guys like that running down the field.

1433
01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:51,680
Speaker 1: I'm punk covers blowing guys up. So that's really cool.

1434
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:54,439
Speaker 1: But then, yeah, Geo Smith deserves every accolade he's getting

1435
01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:57,000
Speaker 1: right now. He's just been so awesome. And then the rookies,

1436
01:08:57,120 --> 01:08:59,040
Speaker 1: you know, it's hard to overstate how good that whole

1437
01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:01,400
Speaker 1: class is. I pointed this out earlier, but it's like,

1438
01:09:02,120 --> 01:09:04,240
Speaker 1: you could go look at all the other rookies. You know,

1439
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:06,720
Speaker 1: you've got starting tackles, you've got a nickel corner, you've

1440
01:09:06,720 --> 01:09:09,599
Speaker 1: got a starting linebacker. You could point to anything they

1441
01:09:09,640 --> 01:09:11,080
Speaker 1: did not cover and be like, that's a really good

1442
01:09:11,120 --> 01:09:13,400
Speaker 1: month for rookie. And that's like, oh and you have

1443
01:09:13,479 --> 01:09:15,559
Speaker 1: the two rookies of the month on top of all that.

1444
01:09:15,680 --> 01:09:18,479
Speaker 1: So just incredible contributions out of that class. I wanted

1445
01:09:18,520 --> 01:09:20,559
Speaker 1: to talk about their contributions. We talked about this a

1446
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:22,719
Speaker 1: bit earlier with Ray Roberts, and we were talking about

1447
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:26,560
Speaker 1: how important it is. Why is it so important specifically

1448
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:28,960
Speaker 1: that those young guys contribute, Because I know what I'm thinking,

1449
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:31,400
Speaker 1: but I'm curious. You know, you've seen so many iterations

1450
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:34,480
Speaker 1: of this team including someone young guys didn't or couldn't contribute.

1451
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:36,320
Speaker 1: So why does it matter so much this year? I

1452
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:39,040
Speaker 1: mean for the sake of this particular team playing while

1453
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:40,840
Speaker 1: it matters because they're just really good players and they're

1454
01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:43,040
Speaker 1: coming in. But I think big picture, you can look

1455
01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:46,200
Speaker 1: at like you're getting back to where it's more competitive

1456
01:09:46,439 --> 01:09:49,320
Speaker 1: and it's kind of just a natural evolution and they'll

1457
01:09:49,400 --> 01:09:51,040
Speaker 1: run into this someday, probably with three quel and if

1458
01:09:51,080 --> 01:09:53,360
Speaker 1: he keeps on this path of guys develop into suddenly

1459
01:09:53,360 --> 01:09:55,840
Speaker 1: they're the best player at their position. Yeah, you can

1460
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:57,840
Speaker 1: go draft a cornerback in the fourth round, but when

1461
01:09:57,840 --> 01:09:59,439
Speaker 1: you have Richard Term like that guy's not going to

1462
01:09:59,479 --> 01:10:01,720
Speaker 1: beat him. All know that he's you know, a Hall

1463
01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:04,400
Speaker 1: of Fame talent out there. So it's hard when you

1464
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:07,320
Speaker 1: have that many established stars, well paid guys to be

1465
01:10:07,400 --> 01:10:09,559
Speaker 1: as competitive. But that's kind of the benefit of you

1466
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:11,640
Speaker 1: get younger, you bring in all this new talent, and

1467
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:13,800
Speaker 1: you know, you open camp with two guys as you're

1468
01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:16,240
Speaker 1: starting cornerbacks, some injuries happen, and all of a sudden

1469
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:18,599
Speaker 1: you have two new starting quarterbacks who are playing awesome.

1470
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:21,800
Speaker 1: So just a really competitive situation all over the field there.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of Disley, that tight end group is really awesome.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I was pointing out Moyer and I

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01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:31,320
Speaker 1: and Bump and Nasa we're texting. I think he had

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Speaker 1: I'm out of the thread. Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

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Speaker 1: I'm out of Moyer's like Mariner threads. He won't let

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Speaker 1: me in. But yeah, they already have I think twenty

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Speaker 1: two targets for Bump. I'm sorry, Bump. I wish that

1478
01:10:45,680 --> 01:10:49,719
Speaker 1: bumbs still got It's like, I'm ready to suit up now.

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01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:53,800
Speaker 1: I don't know if he could handle the blocking part

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Speaker 1: of the position that I don't think. I believe I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go out on a lamp bump and I'm cutting

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Speaker 1: them down. Yeah, ihut you every single but yeah, so

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01:11:01,720 --> 01:11:04,800
Speaker 1: for Disley, twenty two targets already, and I think he

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01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:07,200
Speaker 1: had twenty six all of last year. And Moyer said

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01:11:07,200 --> 01:11:09,559
Speaker 1: that the tight ends are on pace for like one

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01:11:09,640 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 1: hundred and fifteen targets. We're not sure if it'll end there,

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Speaker 1: but pretty cool that there. That's something I feel like

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Speaker 1: I've been wanting for a long time, especially Disley, and

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Speaker 1: I think it really more has to do with him

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Speaker 1: because I was just so shocked how good his hands are. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean that going on all the back to his

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01:11:27,080 --> 01:11:29,360
Speaker 1: rookie year. They talked about, you know, they drafted him

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Speaker 1: because he was the best blocking tight end coming out

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Speaker 1: of college. And then yeah, I remember John SCHNEI are

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01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:35,320
Speaker 1: talking about you start watching catch the ball and he's

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01:11:35,360 --> 01:11:37,400
Speaker 1: got these great hands. We saw it his rookie year.

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Speaker 1: He gets hurt. I do love that this group, you

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Speaker 1: have all three guys contributing so evenly in terms of

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Speaker 1: you do these thirteen personnel. They're all out there. They

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Speaker 1: can all block, they can all catch the ball, and

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01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:50,280
Speaker 1: I think that makes it really hard to defend if

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01:11:50,320 --> 01:11:52,000
Speaker 1: you're not a team where you have like, this is

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01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:54,479
Speaker 1: our blocking tight end, this is our pass catching guy.

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01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:56,800
Speaker 1: And if Jimmy Graham's in the game, you know it's

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01:11:56,800 --> 01:11:58,719
Speaker 1: probably going to be thrown to him and he's not blocking.

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01:11:59,160 --> 01:12:01,120
Speaker 1: You don't know what these guys. And it was funny Disley.

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Speaker 1: We talked to him in the locker room yesterday and

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01:12:02,600 --> 01:12:05,760
Speaker 1: he made a comment like, yeah, fantasy players probably don't

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01:12:05,800 --> 01:12:07,840
Speaker 1: like it, but if you look because there's not one

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01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:09,960
Speaker 1: guy going off, each came, but if you look it

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01:12:10,120 --> 01:12:11,840
Speaker 1: over the course of the season, what they're projected to

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01:12:11,840 --> 01:12:14,160
Speaker 1: do as a group, like that's elite tight end production.

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01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:16,960
Speaker 1: It's just spread out over three guys. We're getting some

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01:12:17,040 --> 01:12:19,679
Speaker 1: depth back at the corner spot. What have you seen

1515
01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:22,000
Speaker 1: at Trey Brown? And when should we expect to see

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01:12:22,080 --> 01:12:23,800
Speaker 1: him out there? Yeah? I mean I don't The win

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01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:25,720
Speaker 1: is tough to say. Pete Carroll said, you know they're

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01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:27,679
Speaker 1: ramping him up. He should be pretty much a full

1519
01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:29,800
Speaker 1: go this week. But you also have the luxury of

1520
01:12:30,040 --> 01:12:32,120
Speaker 1: you don't need to rush him. I mean, your starters

1521
01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:35,240
Speaker 1: are both playing really well. You got already Burns back healthy.

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01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:37,840
Speaker 1: They did let Sidney Jones go this week, but it's

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01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:40,360
Speaker 1: still a deep position. It's going to be really interesting

1524
01:12:40,400 --> 01:12:42,400
Speaker 1: when he is back to see how that plays out,

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01:12:42,479 --> 01:12:45,559
Speaker 1: because you know, Mike Jackson just had his best game

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01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:48,599
Speaker 1: last week, and obviously Treeks not going anywhere. So Trey

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01:12:48,640 --> 01:12:50,160
Speaker 1: Brown is a guy who came in and took over

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01:12:50,240 --> 01:12:52,639
Speaker 1: starting job last year. I don't know if it plays

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01:12:52,640 --> 01:12:54,559
Speaker 1: out like last year where I don't know if you remember,

1530
01:12:54,600 --> 01:12:56,720
Speaker 1: but he was split. He started out splitting. He'd come

1531
01:12:56,760 --> 01:12:59,439
Speaker 1: in play a couple series for I think it was

1532
01:12:59,439 --> 01:13:02,160
Speaker 1: he replayed Sidney Jones, and then the playing time increasing

1533
01:13:02,200 --> 01:13:04,200
Speaker 1: next week, and then eventually he took over the starting job.

1534
01:13:04,720 --> 01:13:06,960
Speaker 1: Maybe he gets that opportunity to Mike Jackson. But again,

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01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:08,599
Speaker 1: Mike's playing so well, I don't know how you take

1536
01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:10,760
Speaker 1: him off the field. Well. Thankfully he and Trek Won

1537
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:12,400
Speaker 1: are playing well because they have a big challenge with

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. Right, you want to talk about some of

1539
01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:16,400
Speaker 1: the differences between these two teams. That's one of them

1540
01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:17,920
Speaker 1: prayers out. Well, it's a huge I mean, you look

1541
01:13:17,920 --> 01:13:19,599
Speaker 1: at there. I mean, I'm not saying it's just him,

1542
01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:21,639
Speaker 1: but you look at the offense against the Seahawks compared

1543
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:24,080
Speaker 1: to the next two weeks where they put up huge numbers. Yeah,

1544
01:13:24,080 --> 01:13:25,519
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of it's just throwing the ball

1545
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:27,799
Speaker 1: to Hopkins more. I think he's got twenty two catches

1546
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:30,240
Speaker 1: over one hundred yards in each game. But it's also

1547
01:13:30,320 --> 01:13:32,719
Speaker 1: he's just one of those players that affects the entire defense.

1548
01:13:32,760 --> 01:13:34,360
Speaker 1: You know, the run game gets better when he's on

1549
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:37,160
Speaker 1: the field because you're playing your coverage is different the

1550
01:13:37,200 --> 01:13:39,960
Speaker 1: back end, and there's lighter boxes, all those things. So, yeah,

1551
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:43,000
Speaker 1: they they look a lot better on offense. You hope that,

1552
01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:46,000
Speaker 1: you know, except for Sunday, we hope exactly well, and

1553
01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:48,080
Speaker 1: you hope that the Seaks defense is just better than

1554
01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:50,800
Speaker 1: what they've seen the last couple weeks, which all indications

1555
01:13:50,840 --> 01:13:52,280
Speaker 1: from what we've seen the last three weeks out of

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01:13:52,280 --> 01:13:54,000
Speaker 1: the Seahawks defense, they're one of the best in the

1557
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,559
Speaker 1: NFL now, the way they're playing. Yeah, it's the third

1558
01:13:56,560 --> 01:13:59,840
Speaker 1: time I've asked this on this show. Mainly because I'm lazy.

1559
01:14:00,840 --> 01:14:05,000
Speaker 1: Way to have an original question. Yeah, I really feel

1560
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:06,799
Speaker 1: like putting a lot effort in this answer. Now, Hey,

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01:14:06,840 --> 01:14:10,400
Speaker 1: I'm sorry for asking this, right, Yeah, no, I asked

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01:14:10,520 --> 01:14:12,920
Speaker 1: Ray and I asked Rabel. When you look at have

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Speaker 1: you dared to look ahead at the schedule, and and

1564
01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:17,640
Speaker 1: you look around the NFL after you just beat the

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01:14:17,680 --> 01:14:21,439
Speaker 1: six and one Giants, you know, Philly looks pretty good.

1566
01:14:21,479 --> 01:14:23,679
Speaker 1: But if you look at yeah, Kansas City is gonna

1567
01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:26,320
Speaker 1: be tough. I think the Niners are always tough, but

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01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:29,880
Speaker 1: you start looking at after having beat the Giants, and

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01:14:30,040 --> 01:14:32,439
Speaker 1: you think they can hang with with pretty much anybody

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01:14:32,840 --> 01:14:34,719
Speaker 1: left on their schedule. Yeah, you know, I'm not looking

1571
01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:37,200
Speaker 1: at the schedule going to like win win, lost game.

1572
01:14:37,439 --> 01:14:40,880
Speaker 1: But to your point, all these games that maybe when

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01:14:40,880 --> 01:14:42,800
Speaker 1: people weren't sure about this team and weren't sure about

1574
01:14:42,840 --> 01:14:44,439
Speaker 1: Jo Smith, that looked like, oh, that's gonna be tough.

1575
01:14:44,439 --> 01:14:47,840
Speaker 1: That's gonna be tough. There's maybe two or three teams

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01:14:47,880 --> 01:14:50,240
Speaker 1: in the NFL that look like, Okay, that's like a juggernaut,

1577
01:14:50,240 --> 01:14:53,000
Speaker 1: elite team. And you've mentioned it's Philly, it's Buffalo, it's

1578
01:14:53,040 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 1: Kansas City, and other than that, everybody looks, you know,

1579
01:14:56,560 --> 01:14:58,320
Speaker 1: kind of in a similar boat or worse than what

1580
01:14:58,360 --> 01:15:00,479
Speaker 1: the Seahawks are right now. And you really like their

1581
01:15:00,520 --> 01:15:03,960
Speaker 1: chances against just about anybody, especially when you know when

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01:15:03,960 --> 01:15:05,760
Speaker 1: you're getting it done in all three phases, like they

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01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:08,160
Speaker 1: have really for three weeks now, that makes you really

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01:15:08,240 --> 01:15:10,160
Speaker 1: tough to beat. All Right, we've only got a minute left.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with Bump for the answers, because it

1586
01:15:11,960 --> 01:15:13,360
Speaker 1: was your turn for a question, so I'll let you

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01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:18,040
Speaker 1: go first. Let's we would normally do keys of the game,

1588
01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:20,240
Speaker 1: Let's do player version. It's not up to one player

1589
01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:22,240
Speaker 1: to win. It's gonna need to be an entire team.

1590
01:15:22,280 --> 01:15:25,840
Speaker 1: But a great game from Blank might mean a Seahawks win.

1591
01:15:27,280 --> 01:15:31,240
Speaker 1: Sona Wilson, I think right now he is the heartbeat

1592
01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:35,000
Speaker 1: of the intensity of that team, and he's playing at

1593
01:15:35,080 --> 01:15:37,240
Speaker 1: extremely high level. All right, Dave, who needs to be

1594
01:15:37,320 --> 01:15:39,680
Speaker 1: a baller? I'll go with Jordan Brooks. You know, I

1595
01:15:39,680 --> 01:15:43,400
Speaker 1: think he a lot of times when Murray takes off running.

1596
01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:47,040
Speaker 1: I like the way he pinned Saquon Barkley in the backfield,

1597
01:15:47,080 --> 01:15:50,080
Speaker 1: and he's so strong and so fast. I'm gonna go

1598
01:15:50,120 --> 01:15:53,799
Speaker 1: with him containing Kyler Murray, all Right, John, I'll go Woollen.

1599
01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:56,280
Speaker 1: We just talked about DeAndre Hopkins and it won't just

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01:15:56,320 --> 01:15:58,200
Speaker 1: be up to one. Then he's not gonna move around

1601
01:15:58,200 --> 01:16:01,040
Speaker 1: a couple it with Jackson. Yeah, but just yeah, you know,

1602
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:02,960
Speaker 1: don't let him go crazy on you. And I think

1603
01:16:02,960 --> 01:16:05,320
Speaker 1: this defense can have a similar performance till last week

1604
01:16:05,439 --> 01:16:07,200
Speaker 1: or the last time they faced off. I'll bounce back

1605
01:16:07,200 --> 01:16:09,080
Speaker 1: and I'll wrap up with Walker. I think that he

1606
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:11,320
Speaker 1: has been such a huge part of their success in

1607
01:16:11,400 --> 01:16:13,840
Speaker 1: finding the end zone these last couple games, and Nala,

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01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:15,960
Speaker 1: I'll stick with him. I'll go offense for this one since,

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01:16:16,200 --> 01:16:18,479
Speaker 1: like you guys pointed out rightfully, so the defense is

1610
01:16:18,520 --> 01:16:20,839
Speaker 1: going to be a huge part of this one. On Sunday,

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01:16:20,920 --> 01:16:23,200
Speaker 1: Let's hope that they get that he is. John Boyle

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01:16:23,320 --> 01:16:25,519
Speaker 1: joins us every single Thursday to wrap up the huddle.

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01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:27,880
Speaker 1: Make sure you're prepping for this game by reading John's

1614
01:16:27,880 --> 01:16:30,280
Speaker 1: work on Seahawks dot com. He's got great stuff on there,

1615
01:16:30,280 --> 01:16:32,439
Speaker 1: and make sure you're following him for some of those

1616
01:16:32,479 --> 01:16:36,280
Speaker 1: injury updates as we near Sunday's kickoff for Dave Wyman,

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01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:38,400
Speaker 1: for Michael Bumpus, I am Stacy Ross. This has been

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01:16:38,439 --> 01:16:41,840
Speaker 1: the huddle every single Thursday, from noon to noon to

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01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:46,120
Speaker 1: tune I almost stuck. The lambing from noon to two.

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Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere