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Speaker 1: This is the UD every Thursday from noon to two.

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Speaker 1: Appreciated by Big through four. The Welcome in to the

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Speaker 1: Huddle with Dave Wyman, Jake Keats, and Stacy Ross to

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Speaker 1: getting you guys ready for the Seahawks NFCU West showdown

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Speaker 1: against the Los Angeles Rams. It is all on the line.

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Speaker 1: Before we jump ahead, let's take a quick look back

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Speaker 1: at Seattle's win over Washington. We're remote today, so I

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Speaker 1: want to check, Dave, do we have you? I'm here? Wonderful? Okay, So,

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Speaker 1: first of all, I had plenty to say about this

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Speaker 1: But I really liked to point you made on your

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Speaker 1: show Wyman and Bob earlier this week when you said,

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Speaker 1: we've been talking about how this Washington defense is so tough.

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Speaker 1: Why are we complaining about anything now that they've got

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Speaker 1: to win. Yeah, well, that's that's the thing. I went

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Speaker 1: back through, and you know, I watched every snap going back.

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Speaker 1: You know, first after the game, well, let me back up.

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Speaker 1: I mean that defensive line was supposed to do destroy us.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's what the fear was anyway. And then

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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you know, Chase Young

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Speaker 1: had one quarterback hit and he deflected the pass that

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Speaker 1: you know Russell and that was just unlucky. But you

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Speaker 1: know where Russell got an interception there. But you know,

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Speaker 1: other than that, they were entirely neutralized. So and then

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Speaker 1: you stopped Dwayne Brown like it was. He was just

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Speaker 1: So and that's your you know, backup tackle. Maybe maybe

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Speaker 1: really quite a feat by the offense. And I understand

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Speaker 1: and that was frustrating the people. It was a little

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Speaker 1: the yards that they gave up. But ultimately you stepped

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Speaker 1: which is their four first rounders on the defensive line. Now,

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Speaker 1: Dave going to the defensive side of the ball. I

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Speaker 1: mean there were I think there are more positives, way

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Speaker 1: more positives than there were negatives. Just the negatives get

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Speaker 1: highlighted a little bit more. Can you walk us through

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Speaker 1: what happened in a positive light versus when some of

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Speaker 1: What was the difference there? To me, it's always it

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Speaker 1: I just did a football one on one thing and

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Speaker 1: talked about it was the plays that Jamal Adams made

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Speaker 1: smoke screen where there's you know, three by one three

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Speaker 1: wide receivers. One guy steps back, the other two go block,

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Speaker 1: and Jamal Adams attacks the block. And this is going

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Speaker 1: to be necessary this week against the Rams, like in

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Speaker 1: you know, controlling the perimeter. You know. I remember seeing

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Speaker 1: with Dave Wyman, Jay Keats, and Stacy Ross joining us

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Speaker 1: right now for an opponent preview is ESPN Rams reporter

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Speaker 1: Lindsay Theory. Hey, Lindsay, how are you good? How are

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Speaker 1: you today? Good? I mean, we're a little bit nervous.

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Speaker 1: This is a matchup that has kind of bitten the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks many times over the past couple of years. So

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Speaker 1: you've been on the other side of that watching what

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Speaker 1: the Rams have done so well. What is it that

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Speaker 1: you think Sean McVay has been able to do that's

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Speaker 1: just constantly led to them having the upper hand. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't think the Seahawks are the only

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Speaker 1: ones who are nervous. Is you can know the Rams

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Speaker 1: there's some nerves around that building too, with them coming

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Speaker 1: off that loss to the New York Jets. You know,

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Speaker 1: with Sean McVay, it's really kind of been a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a different, different method of winning. I think

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Speaker 1: each time they've played the Seahawks, and there's been a

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Speaker 1: couple of blocks, a couple of close games, you know

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Speaker 1: earlier this season that really it was less maybe McVay

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Speaker 1: and more Brandon Staley, their defensive coordinator, who really dialed

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Speaker 1: it up against Russell Wilson. I'm going back to that

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Speaker 1: game and they took down Russell sixth time and what

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Speaker 1: was really a very ferocious defensive effort, Lindsey. Brandon Staley,

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator for the Rams, has done an outstanding job

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Speaker 1: here in year one, had the luxury of having Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald and Jalen Ramsey, two of the best at their position.

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Speaker 1: But what is his leadership and his process done for

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Speaker 1: this Rams defense? Who has elevated a lot of young

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Speaker 1: talented players that I think a lot of people before

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Speaker 1: the season were really questioning. Yeah, definitely, it was a

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Speaker 1: huge question going into the season. Obviously we all know

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald, we all know Jalen Ramsey, but those guys

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Speaker 1: are surrounded by players who you really, for all intents

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Speaker 1: and purpose, has really never heard of, you know. So

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Speaker 1: it took a few weeks really for them to kind

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Speaker 1: of play at the speed that they needed to under

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Speaker 1: Brandon Stanley's he was kind of installing with no preseason games.

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Speaker 1: But really, once they kind of figured out exactly what

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Speaker 1: the goal of each one of you know, the cover's

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Speaker 1: plans were, and exactly what Brandon Silla was trying to accomplish,

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Speaker 1: they played really fast, and he has really got the

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Speaker 1: most out of guys like Darius Williams, who's playing opposite

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Speaker 1: of Jalen in most cases, He's got the most out

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Speaker 1: of a couple of defensive ends and a couple of

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Speaker 1: pass rushers. Leonard Floyd's come to LA and had a

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Speaker 1: huge season. Of course, some of that is the Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald affect. Anytime you're a you're an edge rusher and

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Speaker 1: have Aaron Donald the interior, you should have some one

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Speaker 1: on ones that are wide open for you to get

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback. But really, Brandon Staley, he mixes up

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Speaker 1: his coverages. He mixes up his plan and the players something.

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Speaker 1: They love it because week to week there's always something

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Speaker 1: unique and new that they're going to be adding in.

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Speaker 1: This offense has some really good games, and Jared Goff

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Speaker 1: has had really good games, but they've been a little inconsistent.

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Speaker 1: What's been the biggest factor to that? Yeah, a little

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Speaker 1: an consistent might be the understatement. I mean, is it

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Speaker 1: is wild how great they look at times and then

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Speaker 1: at times like this last Sunday, you just ask yourself

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Speaker 1: what is going on? You know, Jared goffs there there

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Speaker 1: are a few quarterbacks who are as good as him.

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Speaker 1: When he is really in rhythm and in play action,

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's just he's outstanding in those instances. However,

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Speaker 1: teams have really discovered in Keaton that if you can

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Speaker 1: stop the Rams run and if you can get the

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Speaker 1: pressure on Goff and you make him go through his progressions,

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Speaker 1: that's ruling when things start to break down. So so

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Speaker 1: the difference between good Rams offense is play action. Their

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Speaker 1: run game is hitting it in all all stages and

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Speaker 1: then but if you can get pressure on Golf, that's

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Speaker 1: when when things, like I said, breakdown, And I know

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Speaker 1: this past weekend they were having troubles on the offensive

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Speaker 1: line as well, and guys were dropping passes. So that's

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Speaker 1: kind of been that season throughout for the Rams offense. Lindsay,

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Speaker 1: the Rams get a big blow losing Cam Acres for

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Speaker 1: this game. He has been outstanding over the last few weeks,

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Speaker 1: in particular, how confident are Sean McVeigh and this offense

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Speaker 1: and handing the ball off to Darryl Henderson and Malcolm Brown. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they definitely found a comfort in Acres and he really

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Speaker 1: improved himself, like he said, over the last few weeks.

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Speaker 1: There also is a confidence in Daryl Henderson. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Darryl is the guy who earlier in the season when

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Speaker 1: and actually Acres was hurt, Daryl stepped up and had

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Speaker 1: a couple of really big games. He's been a bit

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Speaker 1: quiet since then, but I think there is a confidence

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Speaker 1: that he can do everything that they ask of him.

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Speaker 1: But I do think that without him being as strong

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Speaker 1: maybe in between the tackles as Cam Akers is, there

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Speaker 1: might be a little shifting game planning there. Going back

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Speaker 1: to defensive coordinator Brandon Staley, He's had a phenomenal year there.

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Speaker 1: It's his first correct it is, Yeah, what's even able

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Speaker 1: to do so well, because I'm looking at their stats

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Speaker 1: right now, and I mean they are either one or two,

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Speaker 1: maybe three and pretty much every category defensively, Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: they kept the base three four that Wade Phillips installed.

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Speaker 1: But as the players really explain it to me, Brannan

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Speaker 1: ads new wrinkled me. He has heavy with defensive backs

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Speaker 1: a lot, and they're really able to put a lot

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Speaker 1: of pressure on the posing QB without having to necessarily blazed.

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Speaker 1: And he's just done a really nice job designing place

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Speaker 1: to try to get Aaron Donald, who's still double teamed

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Speaker 1: in triple team at an alarming rate, more one on

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Speaker 1: one opportunities. But really he's getting so much production in

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Speaker 1: the front from other guys we mentioned earlier, from from

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Speaker 1: guys like Morgan Fox, who's really not a name you

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Speaker 1: would hear of. M Leonard Floyd's having a great season,

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Speaker 1: so he's finding ways to use players to to kind

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Speaker 1: of add wrinkled that otherwise the Rams hadn't hadn't really

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Speaker 1: experienced the last few seasons. Lindsay, when you look at

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Speaker 1: this Rams team, I mean, as you mentioned the highs

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Speaker 1: and the lows, and there was no greater low than

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Speaker 1: the Jets loss this last week. Were they able to

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Speaker 1: chalk that up to just not being prepared. You'd mentioned

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Speaker 1: that they're a little bit nervous in the building right

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Speaker 1: now due to that loss. Do you feel like they're

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Speaker 1: trying to find themselves or is this just that they're

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Speaker 1: really ticked off and motivated to play a better game. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think they're a little bit of both little ticked

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Speaker 1: off and motivated, But also I think what we saw

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Speaker 1: on offense against the Jets with a little indicative of,

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Speaker 1: like we're mentioning the ups and downs of the season,

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Speaker 1: they obviously came out flat and none of them will

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Speaker 1: ever say it is publicly, and I think that they

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Speaker 1: truly believed that they prepared for the Jets like they

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Speaker 1: would any other team, but human nature, it was a

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Speaker 1: massive letdown. There was no energy in the building, There

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Speaker 1: was no energy on their sideline. So I don't think

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Speaker 1: in a game against the Seahawks they're going to be

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Speaker 1: that's not going to be something that they're going to

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Speaker 1: allow to happen to come out flat. But the offense

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Speaker 1: again has to figure it out. They have to establish

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Speaker 1: a rhythm and that's something or one week they looked

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Speaker 1: terrific another week, like we said, they can't can't get

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Speaker 1: it going. So I don't anticipate that what we saw

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Speaker 1: against the Jets, which was a very flat football team,

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Speaker 1: will be what we see in Seattle on Sunday. How's

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Speaker 1: that offensive line been? I remember earlier in the year

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Speaker 1: during the draft. I think we might have even spoken

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Speaker 1: to you months and months ago, and we were saying, man,

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Speaker 1: they needed some help on the offensive line, and they

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Speaker 1: didn't really get it until late in the draft. But

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Speaker 1: they've allowed just twenty sacks? Has that Obviously I'm just

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Speaker 1: looking at that one stat and haven't been watching all

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Speaker 1: their games, But is that pretty reflective of how they've been. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they've done a solid job. Obviously, they lost Andrew Whitworth

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Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. That's a big blow at left tackle,

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Speaker 1: but Joe Nobum stepped in there, and the line up

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Speaker 1: to last week had performed quite well. I think the

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Speaker 1: way that they're kind of running this offense, they're they're

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Speaker 1: playing to their strength. You know, the one thing we

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Speaker 1: haven't seen Jared Goff do really more than a couple

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Speaker 1: times as the season is thrown, he passes deep down

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Speaker 1: the field. You know that might be a circumstance of

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Speaker 1: not having a super fast receiver that can blow off

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Speaker 1: the top of the coverage. That might be the circumstance

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Speaker 1: that the offensive line maybe can't quite provide protection long

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Speaker 1: enough for that play to develop. But regardless, we have

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Speaker 1: seen Sean McVay put this offensive line of positions to succeed,

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Speaker 1: so they've done pretty well, Lizzie. One of the underrated

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Speaker 1: signings that the Rams had this offseason was actually acquiring

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Speaker 1: Leonard Floyd out of Chicago. You know, former first round pick,

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Speaker 1: kind of a flame out a little bit, and they

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Speaker 1: go and take a chance on his upside and his talent,

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Speaker 1: and he has really really played some good football for them, definitely,

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Speaker 1: And he's the guy that Brandon Staley was familiar with

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Speaker 1: because Brandon sale used to be the outside linebackers coach

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Speaker 1: there with the Bears when Leonard was there, So that's

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Speaker 1: a player he was familiar with um. And then, look

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Speaker 1: I said earlier, so it's kind of the Aridonald effect.

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Speaker 1: We saw the same thing happened with Dante Fowler when

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Speaker 1: the Rams brought him and he kind of flamed out

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Speaker 1: with the Jaguars, got a fresh start in LA and

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Speaker 1: anytime you're on the edge and you have such a

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Speaker 1: presence on the interior as you do as Donald, that

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Speaker 1: edge rusher is going to have an opportunity that's up

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Speaker 1: the states to Jimmy. You still have to obviously be

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Speaker 1: talented and put in the effort, but I think that's

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Speaker 1: really the effect, part of the effect, at least we're

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Speaker 1: seeing with Leonard Floyd where he's getting someone on one

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Speaker 1: matchups and he is such a great athlete that he's

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Speaker 1: getting to the quarterback and really disrupting and they're out

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Speaker 1: there from the edge. Lindsay, last question for us here

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Speaker 1: we end the huddle by having our blueprint for a

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Speaker 1: Seahawks win. It's essentially like our one or two keys

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Speaker 1: for the win. What would be your keys or your

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Speaker 1: blueprint for a Rams win? Blueprint for a Rams win,

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Speaker 1: I think the defense, if they can almost have a

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Speaker 1: carbon copy of what they did the Seahawks in a

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Speaker 1: week ten, I think they'll be in really good shape.

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Speaker 1: You know, the defense has carried them through a lot

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Speaker 1: of the season. They don't need the offense to be spectacular.

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Speaker 1: They just need the defense to get to pressure on

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and for the offense to not turn over

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Speaker 1: the football. Pretty simple. She is ESPN's Lindsay Theory, covering

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Speaker 1: the Rams for them. You can find her work at

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Speaker 1: ESPN dot com. If you're on Twitter, you can also

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Speaker 1: follow her at Lindsay Theory. That's th hi r y

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Speaker 1: great stuff there. Thanks so much, Lindsay, thanks for having

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Speaker 1: me time for a look at the Seahawks offense. Ray

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Speaker 1: Roberts will join us next on the huddle. This is

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Speaker 1: the Huddle apreciented by Bickford four every Thursday from noon

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Speaker 1: to two on seven ten ESPN Seattle. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: the Huddle with Dave Wyman, Jake Keeps, and Stacy Ross

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Speaker 1: joining us right now for his in the Trenches segment.

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Speaker 1: It's Ray Robert's. Hi, Ray, Hey, what's up? That's how

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Speaker 1: you doing. I'm good, I'm good. We're all good here.

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Speaker 1: I guess I'm gonna start with the offensive line, but

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Speaker 1: I know you're watching the whole team, and I want

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Speaker 1: to get to the Seahawks offense in this huge, huge,

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Speaker 1: huge showdown, So I'll start with the situation at right tackle.

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Speaker 1: Cedric played really well. Yeah, I was. I was really

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Speaker 1: impressed with Cedric. I was just looking at I went

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Speaker 1: back and watched the game again for like the third

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Speaker 1: time last night, just to kind of make sure that

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Speaker 1: you know, I was believing what I was saying. But

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Speaker 1: he just looked like a more confident player. He looks

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Speaker 1: like he had more command and control of his techniques

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Speaker 1: and his gifts and talents, and it looked like he

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Speaker 1: had a game plan and executed it very well. The

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Speaker 1: first the game he played a couple of weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: he just looked very timid, not really sure about what

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Speaker 1: he was doing, wasn't planned too aggressively. But against uh,

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Speaker 1: Montest Sweat, I think he had a really good game plan.

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Speaker 1: I think Montes would just mostly his speed was a

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Speaker 1: was a favorable matchup for him, so he didn't have

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Speaker 1: to play against much power. And I would imagine that

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Speaker 1: going against Floyd this week, if if he's planned, will

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Speaker 1: will be a similar task for him. Yeah, Ray, I

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Speaker 1: was so impressed, and I actually went back as well

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Speaker 1: and watched on probably every play that I thought. The

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Speaker 1: part maybe that was most amazing was Dwayne Brown. I

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Speaker 1: felt like he was he treated Chase Young like, uh,

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Speaker 1: it's like a kitten batting around a ball of yarn,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean, he was just schooling him and

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Speaker 1: just entirely made him ineffective. Well, you know, I have

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Speaker 1: to say, you know, Dwayne Brown went to Virginia Tech,

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Speaker 1: and I went to Virginia so it's really hard for

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Speaker 1: you to spot, especially when they smashed us this year.

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Speaker 1: But I will say this, Dwayne Brown got snubbed for

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Speaker 1: the Pro Bowls. Yea is like a pros pro all

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Speaker 1: the way around. And you know he's seen many Chase youngs.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's played against a lot of really good

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Speaker 1: pass rushers. He's seen, you know, everything that there is

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Speaker 1: to see. He's not you know, intimidated or surprised or

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Speaker 1: or you know, it's not like he's going to step

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Speaker 1: out there and be like, you know, this is something

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Speaker 1: he's never done before. And even when you just watched

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Speaker 1: him in his movements, there was no panic. He didn't

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Speaker 1: overreact to anything. He just did what they Dwayne Brown does.

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Speaker 1: Would just go out and and he gets his job done.

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Speaker 1: And uh, he pretty much shut shut down, says Young,

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Speaker 1: which is really cool to see. I mean, obviously, you

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Speaker 1: know it's good to watch Chase Young do his thing,

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Speaker 1: but not against the Seahawks. And so Dwayne Brown has

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Speaker 1: quickly become since he's been here, and say, I didn't

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Speaker 1: know much about him before he came here, but but

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Speaker 1: since he's been here, he's quickly become one of my

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Speaker 1: all time favorite offensive lineman to watch. You know, Ray

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Speaker 1: obviously given great compliments to the to the tackles here

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Speaker 1: in this game due to the edge rushers, but the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks were able to get it done on the ground. Man,

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Speaker 1: they were able to really get after him in the

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Speaker 1: run game and one hundred and eighty one yards on

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Speaker 1: the ground. What did you see from this running attack

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Speaker 1: that that was able to be so effective? You know,

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Speaker 1: when I went back and watched, they had a lot

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Speaker 1: of plays where at the point of attack, especially with

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Speaker 1: the guards in the center, they were creating really nice

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Speaker 1: solid double teams. So you'd see a nice double team

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Speaker 1: between uh, you know, Posic and your Patty or Possic

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Speaker 1: and Lewis, and they were getting a lot of good

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Speaker 1: push to the second level in the middle. And when

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Speaker 1: you're running downhill between the tackles like that, you have

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Speaker 1: to really secure the middle of the defense because that

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Speaker 1: that creates a soft spot for where the running back

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Speaker 1: and then decide to hit the front side of the

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Speaker 1: player cutting back to the backside, and so with the

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Speaker 1: way they were running the ball, you know, between the

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Speaker 1: tackles like that, I thought they did a really good

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Speaker 1: job of getting pushed in the middle and really getting

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Speaker 1: the running back to the second level, because sometimes just

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Speaker 1: based on the double team or the time and coming

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Speaker 1: off the double team, you may not get onto the

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Speaker 1: second level defender right away. But if you can get

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Speaker 1: the running back to the second level. With the way

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Speaker 1: that Chris runs, he can run through arm tackles, he

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Speaker 1: can make people miss, you want to deliver the running

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Speaker 1: back to the second level, and they did a really

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Speaker 1: good job doing that. The huddle is presented by Bickford Ford.

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Speaker 1: You're here with Dave Woyman, Jay Keeps, and Stacy Ross.

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Speaker 1: We're joined by host of the Seahawks pre and postgame show,

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Speaker 1: Ray Roberts. Ray. When I'm looking at the Rams defense,

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. I know we should all be

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Speaker 1: tough here, but I'm getting a little bit nervous, especially

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Speaker 1: with that defensive line. What do you do if you're

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Speaker 1: Seattle's offense, what's your approach? Is it similar to the

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Speaker 1: one you had against Washington? I think it'd be similar

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Speaker 1: to the one that you had against Washington. Obviously, hopefully

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Speaker 1: the passing game will be a little bit more complimentary.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that you have to be as cautious

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Speaker 1: with their pass for us as you were with the Redskins.

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Speaker 1: I mean, because the last game, the Seattles did a

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Speaker 1: great job neutralizing Aaron Donald. You pretty much had no

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Speaker 1: stat line. I think ye have like maybe two quarterback

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Speaker 1: hits or something, and that was it. He had zeros

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Speaker 1: across the board. But they then allowed the other guys

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Speaker 1: to kind of get their job going, like Floyd had

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Speaker 1: three sacks, the linebacker Lewis had two sacks, and Brockers

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Speaker 1: had one. So if you're able to neutralize Aaron Donald,

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Speaker 1: you can't allow those dudes to have those types of days.

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Speaker 1: And so I think the cost of the way they

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Speaker 1: if they can neutralize Aaron again to have that same

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Speaker 1: kind of impact. And I think we've always kind of

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Speaker 1: run the ball well against against this team in the past.

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Speaker 1: The last game we had uh you know, uh uh

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Speaker 1: sheh was his name. Alex Collins was the leading rusher

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Speaker 1: with the eleven carries. You know, and and we had

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Speaker 1: dj um Dallas. So this time we're coming into the

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Speaker 1: game with Carson Penny and Carlos Hide and in an

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Speaker 1: offensive line that has more confidence in in a coordinator

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Speaker 1: that has more confidence in a run game. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: don't think you can overlook the number of players that

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Speaker 1: they didn't have. Ethan Postic either. Um you know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: didn't play on that one either. But Ray, just because

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Speaker 1: you know we're getting the go ahead, I was gonna say,

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Speaker 1: and last year Simmons, who may get more planned time

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Speaker 1: if if you Potty isn't ready to go. He played

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Speaker 1: pretty well against Aaron Donald his strength and that athletics

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Speaker 1: isn't matched up well against it. Yeah. So I was

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Speaker 1: going to ask you a non trench question, how how

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Speaker 1: much are you looking forward to the round two of

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Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey versus DK metcalf That was I think he

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Speaker 1: wasn't targeted in the first half. We heard stories that

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Speaker 1: Ross and DK sat together on the play and on

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Speaker 1: the way back from that game. But I'm kind of

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Speaker 1: looking forward to that one. Ray. Yeah. I made some

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Speaker 1: notes to myself about the game for this week, and

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Speaker 1: one of them was you have to give DC an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to have an impact on the game. And uh,

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Speaker 1: and so, like you know, he proved that he can.

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Speaker 1: He has proven over the season that he can run

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Speaker 1: different routes. He's not just a go route dude. He

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Speaker 1: can run the crossing routes, he can come back routes,

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Speaker 1: out routes, slant route. You have to find a way

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Speaker 1: to get him the ball and let him make something happen.

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Speaker 1: And then just the same as you have to pressure

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Speaker 1: the defense to defend the whole field, you have to

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Speaker 1: make Jalen Ramsey earned his keep this week. And so

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Speaker 1: that means you're gonna have to take some challenges, whether

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Speaker 1: it's the shorter intermediate passes or being a being strategic

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Speaker 1: with the deep ball, you know, putting the ball with

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Speaker 1: maybe only DC can get it. But I'm I have

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Speaker 1: every bit of confidence that that DK is up for

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Speaker 1: the challenge, and I have every bit of confidence that, uh,

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Speaker 1: that Russell Wilson will find a way to get him

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Speaker 1: the ball. Because if DK doesn't have an impact on

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Speaker 1: the game, it's gonna be hard for the Freyhawks to win.

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Speaker 1: Because I think he's a big part of what He's

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Speaker 1: starting to become one of the an engine that keeps

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Speaker 1: that runs the offense like it kind of where he

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Speaker 1: gets going, his his physicality gets going, his attitude is going,

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Speaker 1: and that impacts everybody when you see the sideline getting

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Speaker 1: the defense getting jacked up because he's out there getting

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Speaker 1: after guys. And so in order to keep that going,

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Speaker 1: you got to keep him engaged in the game and

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Speaker 1: not just thing this time around, you just have to

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Speaker 1: You have to give DC a chance to have an

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Speaker 1: impact in the game. Completely agree. He is. Ray Roberts

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Speaker 1: joins us every week on The Huddle. He's also hosted

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Speaker 1: the Seahawks pre and postgame show. Ray, have a good

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Speaker 1: holiday week and good luck this Sunday on the show

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Speaker 1: Shame do you guys? Man, Mark Cristall, Merry Christmas. All right,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna have a chance to talk to a Seahawks

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Speaker 1: player that's coming up next. This is every Thursday from

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Speaker 1: noon to two, precented by the Big Foot four. You're

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Speaker 1: listening to The Huddle with Dave Wyman, Jay Keats, and

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Speaker 1: Stacy Ross. We're getting you guys ready for the seahawks

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Speaker 1: upcoming showdown against the Los Angeles Rams. It's all on

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Speaker 1: the line this weekend, fighting for that NFC West title.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be joined here in just one second by

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Speaker 1: Damon Snax Harrison walking off the Seahawks practice field right now,

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Speaker 1: getting set to join us. We know how important it

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Speaker 1: is for this defense to stop that Rams offense, specifically

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Speaker 1: that Rams run game. Rams are have lost both games

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Speaker 1: with fewer than forty rush yards in the first half.

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Speaker 1: Damon Snacks Harrison on with us right now. How are

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Speaker 1: you do I call you Damon? Do I call you Snacks? Oh? Whatever,

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Speaker 1: don't It don't really matter to me. Whichever makes you

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Speaker 1: con Okay, Okay, I'll go with Snacks if that's okay.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a cool nickname. U Thanks Snacks. We

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Speaker 1: know how important it is specifically for you guys to

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Speaker 1: stop the run. You guys have done such a great

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Speaker 1: job with that. It was obviously before you were playing

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Speaker 1: with them, and it's only improved since you've started. How

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Speaker 1: does it feel for this defense right now? I mean

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Speaker 1: you guys are on a roll. I mean, well, it

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Speaker 1: feels great. Um. We're taking everything that we're practicing on

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Speaker 1: a practice field and you know, bringing it into games,

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Speaker 1: which is something that we weren't doing much of earlier

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Speaker 1: in the year. But you see, you guys are getting

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Speaker 1: comfortable with the defense now and we're able to execute more.

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Speaker 1: Come send. Hey, damn, it sounds like you were in.

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Speaker 1: You were in good shape coming in, of course, but

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Speaker 1: then there's football shape, right. I was thinking, I was

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Speaker 1: thinking about you after that first game, because there's just

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Speaker 1: no way to prepare for all the things that happened

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Speaker 1: on the soreness that comes from that game. That first game,

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Speaker 1: How did you feel afterwards? I bet you spent some

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Speaker 1: time in the cold tub. Um, not really, because I didn't.

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Speaker 1: I didn't give much action the first game. I think

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Speaker 1: they passed the ball a lot um. I think maybe

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Speaker 1: I was pretty good. The soortness started to come, you know,

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Speaker 1: and that, you know, weeks following my first game. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I wasn't in decent shape and I got here. But again,

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Speaker 1: And um, you know, I spoke with coach Carroll as

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Speaker 1: well as the general manager, and we all understood that,

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Speaker 1: I had no issue joining the practice squad because at

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Speaker 1: the time I knew I needed to get into a

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Speaker 1: program so I can get in show. That's what we

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Speaker 1: were able to accomplish him. It took longer than I expected,

850
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: but you know, we got it done. You know, Damon,

851
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,879
Speaker 1: I was with you in New York there for one

852
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 1: year when I was vacationing as a backup quarterback for

853
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,720
Speaker 1: for the off season. Um, but loved sharing the field

854
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: with you during practice, the energy that you brought, uh

855
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: every day and and curious to hear your perspective. You know,

856
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:32,000
Speaker 1: a vet in this league. You're nine seasons and you

857
00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 1: had a very unique path to your NFL journey and

858
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: your NFL success. What has that given you the opportunity

859
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,399
Speaker 1: mentally to look at each and every single year, Uh,

860
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 1: as you you know, approached this season in every season

861
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: with a certain mindset. You mean from the journey that

862
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: it took to give me to this point. Yeah, yep,

863
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 1: I mean, well it's it's it's different every year. UM.

864
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 1: I've had the opportunity and been fortunate enough to play

865
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 1: for a few good franchises and UM, you know everyone's

866
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,280
Speaker 1: been different. You know, the approach a game, they're different,

867
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 1: the practice week, the preparation week, and everything is different.

868
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 1: I think the one thing that I had to do

869
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: or learn to do, was take a little bit of

870
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: something that I got from each organization and each team

871
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 1: and try to combine that into one to where I'm

872
00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: able to adapt to any situation or any circumstance I'm

873
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 1: put in. And I think that's been what's separated me

874
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,320
Speaker 1: from a lot of guys throughout the duration of my careers.

875
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: I'm able to adapt quickly and not have an issue

876
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: to anything that's thrown at me. And now it's no different.

877
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: But I have that mentality man to where I'll do

878
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,879
Speaker 1: anything necessary and anything that needs to be done by

879
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: any means necessary. And I think my coaches and the

880
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:56,319
Speaker 1: teammates in the past I've all appreciated that. Damon, this

881
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 1: is an off the field question. M You are hilarious

882
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: on Twitter. Many of them are very funny, but my

883
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,880
Speaker 1: favorites are the ones where you talk about your kids

884
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,800
Speaker 1: just being ruthless, giving you no easy times after games.

885
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 1: What's that life been like for you, guys? I know

886
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:15,120
Speaker 1: you were kind of, you know, thrust into joining this team. Uh,

887
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:17,680
Speaker 1: you know, before you know, after the start of the season,

888
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 1: but how are you guys adjusting and you tell us

889
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:25,919
Speaker 1: anything about those relationships. Well, it's it's been. It's been

890
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,960
Speaker 1: great for me because I'm maybe to get away. I

891
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:30,799
Speaker 1: hope my wife's don't hear this, but I maybe get

892
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,919
Speaker 1: away a little bit later day, you know, and get

893
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,919
Speaker 1: home later end the day, and you know, I'm kind

894
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 1: of thrust it into another role once once I get home,

895
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 1: which I'm fine with. But again, man, the thing that

896
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: I love, and I just got done talking to a

897
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,400
Speaker 1: couple of my teammates about it, is it's no matter

898
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 1: what happened to you too out the day, no matter

899
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,320
Speaker 1: if you come home or if you bring work homes,

900
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: they tell you to never dum kids don't care. My son,

901
00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,080
Speaker 1: he's jumping all over me. You just want to play.

902
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: My twins are crying for me and they want me

903
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: to get them in and you know, roll around on

904
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 1: the floor with him. My baby girl, my youngest, she's

905
00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 1: just crying. She's giving me the biggest smile and the

906
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 1: most beautiful smile I've ever seen every single time I

907
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: come home for work. So that's one thing I always

908
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 1: look forward to. And as far as my oldest three

909
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:23,399
Speaker 1: girls that take me no attention whatsoever. So yeah, they're

910
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:27,840
Speaker 1: also themselves on TikTok or on Twitter or something on

911
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,360
Speaker 1: asking me a question that they've seen online, and you know,

912
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a beautiful dynamic tea. Yeah. I like

913
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 1: that too, that my kids didn't care whether I was

914
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 1: a pro football player or not. I'm just the dad,

915
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:44,520
Speaker 1: you know. So that's good stuff. I think the funniest thing, though,

916
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:47,800
Speaker 1: is your relationship with Quandre Diggs. And we saw a

917
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 1: few things on Twitter. I think you said something about

918
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 1: shaking the change out of his pockets, picking him upside

919
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 1: down and stuff, and we talked to him about and

920
00:46:56,920 --> 00:47:01,319
Speaker 1: he's like, oh man, he's always talking this and he

921
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 1: seemed kind of grumpy about it, and he told us

922
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: that he's kind of a he has a gloomy personality.

923
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: I think that's a hilarious relationship you have with Quadra. Yeah,

924
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 1: he and I really, like literally just got done joking

925
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: before I got on the phone, like he'll call me

926
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 1: or I don't call him. We FaceTime each other at

927
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: least once every day, no matter. We see each other

928
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: the entire day at work and not just about random things.

929
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,520
Speaker 1: And we play video games together every night. Show, we're

930
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: talking on the heads then in the off season we're

931
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: always talking. So Quadre, I haven't known him that long,

932
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: but he's one of the closest friends I've had, you know,

933
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,719
Speaker 1: since I've been in the NFL, just because of the

934
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:44,760
Speaker 1: type of person he is, in the personality that he had. Damon,

935
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:46,919
Speaker 1: is there anybody else that you've been able to grow

936
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,759
Speaker 1: close to here in Seattle that you just kind of

937
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:55,759
Speaker 1: formed an easy natural bond with Jay Read and Puna.

938
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,360
Speaker 1: I've known those two for a while now. This is

939
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 1: my first time to being able to get around them

940
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,440
Speaker 1: full time, but you know, naturally them being defensive, Linement

941
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,600
Speaker 1: and Jay Read and I were speaking before I even

942
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:12,640
Speaker 1: got here. Um, so we've we've been able to form

943
00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:14,880
Speaker 1: that relationship since I've gotten here, and he's helped me

944
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:18,200
Speaker 1: for just about everything, you know, since I've been here,

945
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: whether it's than know the chef, you know, tile party,

946
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 1: He's just been pointing me in the right directions, right

947
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: direction and point me to all the people to you.

948
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 1: So he's probably been the biggest help since I've been here.

949
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:36,759
Speaker 1: Quandre hasn't helped me at all. Well to let him

950
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 1: know him that he is David Harrison, thank you so

951
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:44,160
Speaker 1: much for joining us. We really appreciate it, and good

952
00:48:44,239 --> 00:48:47,760
Speaker 1: luck this weekend. Thank you. I appreciate the time. Guys.

953
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:54,800
Speaker 1: All right, what a what a great personality. Um, he

954
00:48:55,560 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: is really a thoughtful guy. His you know, answering questions

955
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 1: and everything. I just I like him clowning on Quandre Digs.

956
00:49:03,719 --> 00:49:06,040
Speaker 1: Oh man, I appreciate it. And then when we talk

957
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: to Digs about it, he's kind of, you know, grumpy

958
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,960
Speaker 1: about it and got, oh yeah, he's always talking. But

959
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,080
Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting to hear that they, you know,

960
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 1: like talk to each other almost every day. But he

961
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 1: had one of his tweets said, I called Quandre Diggs

962
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 1: this morning or Quandre I think he just said, and

963
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:27,319
Speaker 1: he answered the phone very aggressively, and I'm sure it

964
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,919
Speaker 1: was like, what the heck do you want? All Right,

965
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: we are going to talk about our blueprint to beating

966
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:35,720
Speaker 1: this Rams team. It's not going to eat be easy,

967
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:37,960
Speaker 1: but what a Seattle need to do? That's next on

968
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:42,480
Speaker 1: the huddle. This is the Huddle. Appreciate it by Big

969
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:45,760
Speaker 1: Food Ford every Thursday from noon to two on seven

970
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 1: ten ESPN Seattle. Welcome back into the Huddle with Dave Wyman,

971
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,280
Speaker 1: Jay Keats, and Stacy Ross. Pete Carroll's speaking with reporters

972
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:59,239
Speaker 1: right now. We'll take you there. Hey, first off, Christmas Week,

973
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 1: Happy holidays, buddy. Um, I know we're gonna be taking

974
00:50:02,239 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 1: it right on through the weekend or through the holiday

975
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:07,200
Speaker 1: and all that. Appreciate you hanging with us and all. Um.

976
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:09,520
Speaker 1: It's a great time for us to find out what

977
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:12,880
Speaker 1: we're grateful for and to appreciate, and we're definitely uh

978
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,399
Speaker 1: in that mode here. We'll hopefully make this a great

979
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 1: week in a lot of ways. What do you got,

980
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:31,120
Speaker 1: Curtis Crabtree, Why don't you lead us off and disappointed

981
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: argue that it's it's back. Well, we're not able to

982
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:36,879
Speaker 1: comment about any of it really, other than to say

983
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: that he's still in the um, coming in working out

984
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:44,600
Speaker 1: with our trainers and getting his work done conditioning wise,

985
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,799
Speaker 1: we'll uh, you know, we visit it again next week.

986
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: Uh certainly disappointed not to have him um for his

987
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 1: sake and for a lot of things, but uh um, well,

988
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:55,960
Speaker 1: we'll stay with it and we'll see what happens next

989
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 1: week in your work week it gets evaluated or do

990
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:09,920
Speaker 1: you have any other guidance from I don't know any

991
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: of that. I really don't have any information. Sorry. So

992
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 1: when you look at this week's game, you talked last

993
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:19,080
Speaker 1: time about not having Carlos and Chris, but those weren't

994
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: the only guys missing because of injury. How much different

995
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:24,880
Speaker 1: does the team look now compared to the first matchup

996
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:27,600
Speaker 1: against the Ramps. Well, we certainly balanced out what we're

997
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:29,399
Speaker 1: what we're you know, our attack and what we're trying

998
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:32,399
Speaker 1: to do, and we just kind of we just kind

999
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: of went into an off shoot direction, you know, for

1000
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:36,839
Speaker 1: a bit. We didn't mean to, but we did. But

1001
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,840
Speaker 1: we feel very confident that we're back. We turned that

1002
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 1: guy off really sorry. Um so we're you know, we're

1003
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:46,359
Speaker 1: hoping that, uh we can continue. Really pleased that we've

1004
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:47,799
Speaker 1: been able to run the ball last couple of weeks

1005
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:50,120
Speaker 1: and it's necessary for us to really feel our our

1006
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:52,719
Speaker 1: style of play and and uh so it's good to

1007
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: have it good. It's a good feeling. Oh, he's got

1008
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:08,920
Speaker 1: Corvinus on the radio that there have been issues at

1009
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:11,719
Speaker 1: times this year with passing off receivers and picking up

1010
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 1: while its coming into zones. We'll think back in some

1011
00:52:14,600 --> 00:52:17,400
Speaker 1: of the issues earlier this season, getting explosive plays and

1012
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,840
Speaker 1: the boxing commedgies how an issue we think that in

1013
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 1: terms of the vision and awareness, and we moved the

1014
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:28,640
Speaker 1: lack of chemistry we played in with that. Um let

1015
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 1: me just say that we we just we just weren't

1016
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:31,719
Speaker 1: hitting it right. You know, we weren't on it like

1017
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:33,719
Speaker 1: we needed to be. And there just was not enough

1018
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:36,560
Speaker 1: of the substance that we needed to have everybody connected

1019
00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:39,239
Speaker 1: in communicating really well and confident in what's what was

1020
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,120
Speaker 1: going on, and so we were just a step off

1021
00:52:41,120 --> 00:52:44,359
Speaker 1: the things, you know. And remember that, Uh, you guys

1022
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,520
Speaker 1: got to look back and remember that all of those

1023
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: yards that were on the on the board, you know,

1024
00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:51,040
Speaker 1: were so much of them were after the fact fourth

1025
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 1: quarter catch up mode, which we're not pleased about it

1026
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:56,880
Speaker 1: or happy with at all, but that's there was a thousands,

1027
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,439
Speaker 1: it seemed like, of yards that would happened in that mode,

1028
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,919
Speaker 1: and that the mode we played poorly, and and uh

1029
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:04,960
Speaker 1: so we just had to clean things up and get

1030
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: get sharper. But it just it naturally coalesced, you know,

1031
00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: with uh, with just the time together and and and

1032
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:13,560
Speaker 1: also the time necessary. New players they need to learn

1033
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 1: our system, they need to understand it. They need to

1034
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:19,080
Speaker 1: play together with guys all of that, And honestly, I

1035
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:21,080
Speaker 1: never felt like it wasn't going to happen and we

1036
00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 1: weren't going to turn it around. It just was just

1037
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 1: really impatient and frustrated by it. But uh, you know,

1038
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 1: since the turn of the second half here, it's we've

1039
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:32,200
Speaker 1: been a different team and on defense and it feels,

1040
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,160
Speaker 1: uh feels like we're going in the right direction and

1041
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:36,799
Speaker 1: so whatever happened before is is long gone for us now.

1042
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:50,719
Speaker 1: Sean Boyle, Yeah, they they have a different package of

1043
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:54,000
Speaker 1: defense entirely, and it's a different style with feature some

1044
00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:56,440
Speaker 1: of the obvious features you know, are similar and that

1045
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:58,120
Speaker 1: you know, Aaron Donald still playing on the guard and

1046
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:00,399
Speaker 1: he's rushing as much as he can, and they're trying

1047
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: to feature putting him in the right spots and moving

1048
00:54:02,600 --> 00:54:04,320
Speaker 1: him around. They do all of that in great fashion.

1049
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:07,280
Speaker 1: But it's just a different formula of defense and different

1050
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:11,359
Speaker 1: concept uh coverage wise and front wise, and they're they're

1051
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:14,040
Speaker 1: just they look really good. Everybody fits the format of

1052
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 1: what they need them to do. I really think Leonard

1053
00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:18,360
Speaker 1: Floyd has been a real great addition for them in

1054
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:21,799
Speaker 1: his style of play. Um, so they have a really

1055
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 1: good active group, run real well, and it starts up

1056
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:26,719
Speaker 1: front and they've got they've got a great, you know,

1057
00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:38,440
Speaker 1: great place to build from. Brady Henderson, Josh very frustrated

1058
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:42,279
Speaker 1: that he's not out here. Yeah, frustrated by it. Um

1059
00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:44,840
Speaker 1: and then injury wise, what's the plan this week for

1060
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: Carlos Dunlap and Brandon Shell? Both those guys are gonna

1061
00:54:49,680 --> 00:54:52,920
Speaker 1: Carlos is practicing. He starts the week in full full mode.

1062
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,839
Speaker 1: We're gonna monitor Brandon until later in the week with

1063
00:54:56,880 --> 00:54:58,520
Speaker 1: the hopes that he can get back out in the

1064
00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:01,080
Speaker 1: field by Friday and show us some stuff and see

1065
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:03,040
Speaker 1: if he can compete to play. We're really pleased with

1066
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:05,840
Speaker 1: what Cedric did it right tackle, so we feel fortunate

1067
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:07,560
Speaker 1: that he had a nice game going into this one.

1068
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:13,160
Speaker 1: But well, we'll see what happens with Brandon. Joe Fan,

1069
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:22,759
Speaker 1: is there anything you can tell us about No, I'm sorry, guys,

1070
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:24,799
Speaker 1: I'm not supposed to even comment about it. We're not

1071
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:27,080
Speaker 1: supposed to talk about it, and so I'm just gonna

1072
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:29,279
Speaker 1: leave with that. I'm sorry, but you guys will keep

1073
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:33,560
Speaker 1: him on the roster. Yes, and then he update on

1074
00:55:33,600 --> 00:55:35,880
Speaker 1: Philip Door set in his foot. I just saw Philip

1075
00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:38,120
Speaker 1: in the weight room before the walk through today and

1076
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 1: he's moving around pretty well. So he's he's he's out

1077
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: of the boot and uh, trying to make the transition now.

1078
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,279
Speaker 1: So I don't know how long it takes from this point,

1079
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,200
Speaker 1: but he's made it, you know, strides forward that he's

1080
00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:51,160
Speaker 1: at least to that, you know that portion of his

1081
00:55:51,160 --> 00:56:00,600
Speaker 1: workout now. Greg Bell, there's a national work that there

1082
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 1: was a setback with substance abuse for Josh Gordon. Can

1083
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 1: you at least delineate whether it's an administrative part of

1084
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:10,680
Speaker 1: the reinstatement. He can't comment, can't comment, Sorry, I can't

1085
00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:14,800
Speaker 1: comment on the stuff. Sorry. The fact that he's staying

1086
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 1: on the roster is the same. It's status quo is

1087
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:23,920
Speaker 1: as Saturday and Saturday and Friday. Yeah, yes, thank you.

1088
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:27,319
Speaker 1: I guess I did comment anything else. Greig. It's a

1089
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 1: nice Christmas hat, by the way, Yeah, thank you. Put

1090
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 1: the family appreciate it. Thank you. Jackie Montgomery, first offensive line.

1091
00:56:39,120 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 1: They haven't a lot of stack in the last few weeks.

1092
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:44,480
Speaker 1: What has been working so well for them recently, Well,

1093
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 1: I think it's just the combination of guys feeling good

1094
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:51,840
Speaker 1: about what's going on rhythm of the game, passing, game um,

1095
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:56,400
Speaker 1: play calling, execution. Man. It's it's just we've just taken

1096
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:58,520
Speaker 1: a step forward that was necessary here to finish off

1097
00:56:58,520 --> 00:57:00,320
Speaker 1: this season. We gotta keep it, keep it, you know,

1098
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 1: we gotta keep it going and keep us clean and

1099
00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 1: let him have the freedom to do the things he

1100
00:57:04,080 --> 00:57:06,719
Speaker 1: can do. And uh really pleased it. You know that

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00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:08,799
Speaker 1: he hasn't been hitting knocked down in the last couple

1102
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:11,359
Speaker 1: of weeks. That's something that's that's good for us. It's

1103
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:13,200
Speaker 1: it's something that hasn't happened a lot, and we're gonna

1104
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,520
Speaker 1: see if we can keep it going. A lot to

1105
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:17,520
Speaker 1: dissect here from Pete Carroll, we'll get to that at

1106
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:19,479
Speaker 1: one forty five. Before we do that, though, we're gonna

1107
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:21,640
Speaker 1: bring on the voice of the Seahawks, Steve Rabel. That's

1108
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 1: next on the Huddle. This is the Huddle, presented by

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00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:29,760
Speaker 1: Bickford four every Thursday from noon to two on seven

1110
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:35,800
Speaker 1: ten ESPN Seattle. Welcome back to the Huddle with Dave Wyman,

1111
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,160
Speaker 1: Jake Keeps, and Stacy Ross. Going to be joined in

1112
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:41,240
Speaker 1: just one minute by Seahawks play by play man Steve Rabel.

1113
00:57:41,480 --> 00:57:43,800
Speaker 1: Before we get to him, though, Dave, Jake, I gotta

1114
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:46,680
Speaker 1: start with you, guys. We've been previewing the seahawks upcoming

1115
00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:49,520
Speaker 1: game against the NFC West. Now, Jake and I do

1116
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:51,920
Speaker 1: this thing on our show once a week where we

1117
00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:55,720
Speaker 1: ask for bold takes from people. Dave, someone sent in

1118
00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:58,479
Speaker 1: one that me and Jake really liked, which was, if

1119
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:01,840
Speaker 1: the Seahawks beat the Rams, then they can make it

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00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:04,800
Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl. Do you think that beating the

1121
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:07,360
Speaker 1: Rams says more than just taking the NFC crown? Is

1122
00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 1: there something that a win over the Rams will tell

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00:58:09,400 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: you definitively about the Seahawks team? Um? Yeah, possibly. I

1124
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:17,920
Speaker 1: mean I honestly I thought the Rams were, you know,

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Speaker 1: probably the best NFC team going into last week. The

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00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:28,280
Speaker 1: fact that they lost to the Jets means that there's

1127
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:31,720
Speaker 1: something wrong. I mean, you know, so now all of

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00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,800
Speaker 1: a sudden, I'm going, well, I'm not sure what kind

1129
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:38,680
Speaker 1: of you know, maybe there's a formula. I've always said, Look,

1130
00:58:38,680 --> 00:58:42,680
Speaker 1: if you can get to Jared Goff then you know,

1131
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:47,040
Speaker 1: and affect him, then I think everything goes south. So

1132
00:58:48,040 --> 00:58:50,960
Speaker 1: the one thing I will say is that if they

1133
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 1: get into like a fistfight with the Rams, they're gonna

1134
00:58:54,560 --> 00:58:57,560
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to be really physical, you know, and

1135
00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:00,000
Speaker 1: they may need to you know, you might, you might.

1136
00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:03,400
Speaker 1: I see, like Cody Barton get involved in, you know,

1137
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:06,520
Speaker 1: playing some linebacker, you know, because he is so physical,

1138
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,680
Speaker 1: and you know, Brooks has been really good that way.

1139
00:59:09,800 --> 00:59:12,640
Speaker 1: So you know, maybe it'll come down to something like that.

1140
00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:14,520
Speaker 1: But yeah, I don't know. I mean, I'm not sure

1141
00:59:14,560 --> 00:59:16,160
Speaker 1: what it says when you beat the Rams right now.

1142
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:19,120
Speaker 1: I'm really curious to see. You know, was that just

1143
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 1: a blip? Yeah, they all of a sudden come back

1144
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:24,880
Speaker 1: and you know, you know, be the Rams that they

1145
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:27,760
Speaker 1: were before. That's a weird one because when you lose

1146
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: to a bad team like that, that that really says something. Well,

1147
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:33,040
Speaker 1: let's ask Steve Rabel, Seahawks play by play man joining

1148
00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:35,320
Speaker 1: us right now, Dave, don't forget to be nice. Be

1149
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:38,240
Speaker 1: nice today. This is the holidays, Rapes. First of all,

1150
00:59:38,320 --> 00:59:41,720
Speaker 1: Marry Christmas. Thanks for joining us. We've been previewing this

1151
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:44,880
Speaker 1: upcoming game against the Rams. Are you looking at this

1152
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: Rams team any differently after they're loss to the Jets? Uh? No,

1153
00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:53,920
Speaker 1: not really, And Marry Christmas to all you guys as

1154
00:59:53,960 --> 00:59:56,120
Speaker 1: a matter of fact, No, not really. I mean I

1155
00:59:56,160 --> 00:59:58,800
Speaker 1: think they still have all the weapons that they've had.

1156
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:02,680
Speaker 1: They're still they're still explosive when they need to be.

1157
01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:05,520
Speaker 1: They control the ball when they have to. They might

1158
01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:07,200
Speaker 1: not run the ball quite as well as they have

1159
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:09,560
Speaker 1: in the last few weeks because they've lost their leading rusher,

1160
01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:13,080
Speaker 1: but you know, they've got pretty much everything else. And

1161
01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:16,840
Speaker 1: what is going to make them different I think this week,

1162
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:18,960
Speaker 1: as opposed to the first time we met him in November,

1163
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:22,200
Speaker 1: is that now the Seahawks are back to almost full strength,

1164
01:00:22,680 --> 01:00:25,560
Speaker 1: especially in the running game. So I think that's going

1165
01:00:25,640 --> 01:00:28,960
Speaker 1: to be a huge difference on Sunday, at least, that's

1166
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:32,360
Speaker 1: what I'm counting on. Hey, Raves, just going back to

1167
01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:34,960
Speaker 1: last week, it was it's kind of weird. And I

1168
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,600
Speaker 1: know you're you're a receiver, offensive player. I don't know

1169
01:00:37,600 --> 01:00:40,600
Speaker 1: if that bothered you that they only put up thirty

1170
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:44,240
Speaker 1: three yards in the fourth quarter, you know, being a defender,

1171
01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:46,960
Speaker 1: they gave up some you know, fourth quarter yardage. But man,

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Speaker 1: by the time I got in my car and drove home,

1173
01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:53,840
Speaker 1: I was like, Wow, they neutralized a really good defensive

1174
01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:56,760
Speaker 1: line and that was a that was a really good win.

1175
01:00:56,800 --> 01:00:59,360
Speaker 1: And I think it was has kind of been downplayed

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01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:02,080
Speaker 1: a little bit this week by fans and texters and

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01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:05,600
Speaker 1: some you know hosts and you know in the media.

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01:01:05,680 --> 01:01:08,200
Speaker 1: But that was a big win, man. That was something

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01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:10,600
Speaker 1: that I thought, you know, was going to be really

1180
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:14,400
Speaker 1: tough to accomplish, and they got it done. As we

1181
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:16,880
Speaker 1: always say that, it's always tough to win a game

1182
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:19,240
Speaker 1: in the National Football League, let alone go on the

1183
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:22,400
Speaker 1: road all the way across country against a very hot team.

1184
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:25,920
Speaker 1: They'd won four straight with a high ranking deep end.

1185
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:27,760
Speaker 1: Not as highly ranked as the one we're going to

1186
01:01:27,840 --> 01:01:31,160
Speaker 1: face on Sunday, but maybe as good a defensive front

1187
01:01:31,160 --> 01:01:33,560
Speaker 1: four as anybody. And I think the Seahawks really learned

1188
01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:36,720
Speaker 1: a valuable lesson in the game against the Giants. I

1189
01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 1: don't believe they actually took anybody lightly, but what I

1190
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:43,040
Speaker 1: do believe is they weren't able to accomplish what they

1191
01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 1: needed to because they didn't adjust quickly enough. And they

1192
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:48,520
Speaker 1: said that, but you know, Russell kept hanging in there,

1193
01:01:48,520 --> 01:01:50,840
Speaker 1: trying to throw the ball deep when they were not

1194
01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:53,600
Speaker 1: getting any time up front. They learned their lesson and

1195
01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:56,560
Speaker 1: came back against Washington and did exactly what they needed

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Speaker 1: to do to beat Washington. And yeah, I was all,

1197
01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:03,479
Speaker 1: you know, as an offensive player, you kind of wish, okay,

1198
01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:05,160
Speaker 1: a few more points in the in the back end

1199
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Speaker 1: of the game. And as pizza, if we convert two

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01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:10,120
Speaker 1: or three more third downs, you know, the game is

1201
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:13,280
Speaker 1: not even closed at the end. And I think that

1202
01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:16,600
Speaker 1: was kind of the biggest issue, is that the inability

1203
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:20,000
Speaker 1: of the offense. I'm always more concerned about if the

1204
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:22,880
Speaker 1: offense gets one more first down or gets six more

1205
01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:25,560
Speaker 1: points on the board, it you know, it gives the

1206
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:28,560
Speaker 1: defense a little more leverage to go out there and

1207
01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:31,120
Speaker 1: play with. So I think it's going to be a

1208
01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:33,480
Speaker 1: heck of a matchup. And as I said before, I

1209
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:35,720
Speaker 1: think the Seahawks are in much better streights than they

1210
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Speaker 1: were what six weeks ago. Yeah, you mentioned that, and

1211
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Speaker 1: one of the questions that I really am going to

1212
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:45,720
Speaker 1: have before this game, and we'll obviously see how it

1213
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,960
Speaker 1: unveils itself, but has this defense truly improved in its

1214
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,560
Speaker 1: pass coverage, because if we remember and look back to

1215
01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:55,400
Speaker 1: the last time around, they were able to settle things

1216
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:58,160
Speaker 1: down in the second half of this RAM against this

1217
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 1: Rams opponent, but there were so many coverage bus you know,

1218
01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:05,440
Speaker 1: I look at Trey Flowers for example. You know, it's

1219
01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:08,720
Speaker 1: third down, it's covered to Uh, he keeps sinking back

1220
01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:11,880
Speaker 1: and gives up the easy completion. Uh. There's just different

1221
01:03:11,920 --> 01:03:14,240
Speaker 1: things that that transpired in that game that led to

1222
01:03:14,360 --> 01:03:18,760
Speaker 1: some big plays. Do you have the confidence, Raves at

1223
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:22,240
Speaker 1: this point in this defense that they have done enough

1224
01:03:22,280 --> 01:03:27,000
Speaker 1: to eliminate a lot of those you know, simple easy mistakes? Well,

1225
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 1: eliminate is a is A is a big word in

1226
01:03:31,000 --> 01:03:34,080
Speaker 1: football because, uh, you know that that kind of denotes

1227
01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:37,920
Speaker 1: you've you've you've fixed it, You've all fixed all the problems.

1228
01:03:37,920 --> 01:03:40,720
Speaker 1: And as long as you're dealing with with human beings

1229
01:03:40,760 --> 01:03:43,200
Speaker 1: and young guys out there who are trying to make

1230
01:03:43,240 --> 01:03:48,240
Speaker 1: plays and who sometimes you know, guess wrong or don't

1231
01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:51,680
Speaker 1: exactly remember what their assignment is, or they they try

1232
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:53,760
Speaker 1: to they try to cheat on that assignment a little bit,

1233
01:03:53,960 --> 01:03:57,680
Speaker 1: then then you're gonna have some issues. I do think, Jake,

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01:03:57,760 --> 01:04:00,920
Speaker 1: that that this defense has learned a lot since the

1235
01:04:01,000 --> 01:04:03,720
Speaker 1: last time, even since the second half of that Rams

1236
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:06,520
Speaker 1: game when they played so much better. Yeah, they gave

1237
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:08,280
Speaker 1: up some yards, they gave up a lot. I think

1238
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:10,440
Speaker 1: I think they're giving up a little less than that.

1239
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:12,120
Speaker 1: One of my keys this week is get off the

1240
01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:14,440
Speaker 1: field on third down. I mean they allowed fifty three

1241
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:18,720
Speaker 1: percent conversion third down to Washington, no less. But again,

1242
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:21,720
Speaker 1: they were playing back, they were keeping everything in front

1243
01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:23,400
Speaker 1: of them. You know, they didn't give up a lot

1244
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:25,440
Speaker 1: of points. That's going to be the key. If you

1245
01:04:25,440 --> 01:04:28,040
Speaker 1: want to give up yards between the twenties to any

1246
01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:30,320
Speaker 1: of these teams, that's fine, and the Seahawks have tended

1247
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:32,400
Speaker 1: to do that this season, and especially in the rams.

1248
01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:34,840
Speaker 1: They move up and down the field, but keep them

1249
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:36,960
Speaker 1: out of the end zone, force them to kick field goals.

1250
01:04:37,640 --> 01:04:40,800
Speaker 1: And then when your offense has an opportunity, control the

1251
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:44,880
Speaker 1: time of possession, run the football, connect on those short passes,

1252
01:04:45,160 --> 01:04:47,080
Speaker 1: get the ball out of your hands, rust, don't take

1253
01:04:47,080 --> 01:04:51,800
Speaker 1: any unnecessary, any unnecessary sack. And I think that's going

1254
01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:55,520
Speaker 1: to be the prescription for winning. Eliminating all the mistakes.

1255
01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 1: I think that might be a little bit much, but

1256
01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:01,600
Speaker 1: at least low the number of them will certainly help.

1257
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:05,040
Speaker 1: Looking at Jared Goff, I mean, he at times looks

1258
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:06,680
Speaker 1: like a world beater, and you've called so many of

1259
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:10,640
Speaker 1: these games, Steve. Other times he's doing everything he can

1260
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:13,840
Speaker 1: to sync the offense into a hole. Uh, you're really

1261
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:16,400
Speaker 1: not sure which version you're gonna get overall. This team

1262
01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:19,360
Speaker 1: has been pretty solid though, But how do you get

1263
01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:21,720
Speaker 1: him off track? I mean, what does this defense need

1264
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:25,320
Speaker 1: to do? Yeah, you and you don't have to you know,

1265
01:05:25,400 --> 01:05:26,760
Speaker 1: you don't have to come in there and sack in

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Speaker 1: twelve times. Oh that would be spectacular if you did.

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Speaker 1: Be great. If you can get him, if you can

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Speaker 1: get him off his mark, if you can get hands

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Speaker 1: in front of him, if you can get his feet

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Speaker 1: moving back there in the pocket. Granted, they liked to,

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Speaker 1: you know, they liked to half roll, ride or laugh.

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Speaker 1: They like to have the sweep motion come one way

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01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:45,920
Speaker 1: and then he'll roll back the other side. You have

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Speaker 1: to be disciplined at the defensive end spot. You cannot

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Speaker 1: just come crashing down inside. If you're Benson Mayoa or

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01:05:53,840 --> 01:05:59,040
Speaker 1: Carlos Dunlop. You've got to be disciplined and keep contained

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01:05:59,080 --> 01:06:03,320
Speaker 1: if that's what your job on that particular defense. But again,

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01:06:03,400 --> 01:06:06,720
Speaker 1: just make him uncomfortable. No quarterback. I mean, we watch

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01:06:06,840 --> 01:06:09,160
Speaker 1: Russ We're used to seeing one of the top two

1280
01:06:09,240 --> 01:06:12,880
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in my estimation, top three quarterbacks in all of football.

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Speaker 1: We're used to seeing him play a game in and

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01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:18,720
Speaker 1: game out, and even he will tell you that, listen,

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01:06:18,760 --> 01:06:21,080
Speaker 1: I had some issues. The last Rams game was one

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01:06:21,080 --> 01:06:24,120
Speaker 1: of them. We had three turnovers, he was sacked six times.

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Speaker 1: You know, those are the kinds of things that you

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01:06:25,720 --> 01:06:28,480
Speaker 1: have to avoid. If you can put that kind of pressure,

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01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:30,680
Speaker 1: even if you don't get sacks, you'll make it a

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01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:33,480
Speaker 1: difficult day for him and for Gone. And if you

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01:06:33,560 --> 01:06:36,720
Speaker 1: shut down the running attack and make him beat you,

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01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:40,840
Speaker 1: Now I think I like our chances a lot better. ReBs.

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01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:44,200
Speaker 1: We've seen just some amazing things from DJ Reid, and

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01:06:44,680 --> 01:06:47,320
Speaker 1: you know when all of a sudden, you're gonna get

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01:06:47,600 --> 01:06:50,000
Speaker 1: you know, some of these other guys back, like Quinton

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01:06:50,080 --> 01:06:53,520
Speaker 1: Dunbar and you know they've got some they're gonna have

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01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:56,000
Speaker 1: some tough choices to make. Same thing at running back,

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Speaker 1: you know, with Rashad Penny. I mean it seems like

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01:07:00,120 --> 01:07:02,720
Speaker 1: competition wise, they're in a really good spot as far

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01:07:02,760 --> 01:07:04,920
Speaker 1: as their roster goes, They're gonna have some tough decisions

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Speaker 1: to make. Yeah, you know, Dave, I remember back in

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01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:12,480
Speaker 1: the long distant history, when I played and large it

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01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:14,640
Speaker 1: got hurt and went out for a game or two,

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01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:17,000
Speaker 1: and so I started and played for him, and when

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01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:18,760
Speaker 1: it was time for him to come back, there was

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01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:21,040
Speaker 1: absolutely no question that he was going to come back

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01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:22,760
Speaker 1: in and I was going to go back to the sideline.

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01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:26,680
Speaker 1: That's the way it was supposed to be in this case. However,

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01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:31,920
Speaker 1: dj Read has played so well that interception last week,

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01:07:31,920 --> 01:07:33,720
Speaker 1: I mean you talked about it on the air. He

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01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:37,080
Speaker 1: kind of came off the guy. He was responsible forward

1310
01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:39,960
Speaker 1: the area by reading what was going on, and the

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01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:43,120
Speaker 1: beauty with which he just kind of crossed right in

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01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:45,920
Speaker 1: front of the intended receiver picked that ball off. I mean,

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01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:48,560
Speaker 1: it was just great. And he's had how many paths

1314
01:07:48,680 --> 01:07:52,680
Speaker 1: his defense this season? He has really done a great job. Now, granted,

1315
01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:56,160
Speaker 1: you know, Dunbar is a great player, and my guest

1316
01:07:56,280 --> 01:07:58,840
Speaker 1: is that when he's fully healthy, it will be his

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01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:02,880
Speaker 1: job to lose. But right now, Read is playing great football,

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01:08:03,320 --> 01:08:05,840
Speaker 1: and while he is, I don't know that you want

1319
01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:07,200
Speaker 1: to you know, I don't know that you want to

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01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:10,120
Speaker 1: mess with that. All right. He is the voice of

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01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:14,240
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. Steve Rabel, Uh, Steve, have a good holiday

1322
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:17,559
Speaker 1: week and have a good call this weekend. You know,

1323
01:08:17,640 --> 01:08:19,680
Speaker 1: I was always upset to they put margin back in,

1324
01:08:19,840 --> 01:08:23,760
Speaker 1: by the way, Yeah, they really blew that one, they did,

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01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:25,880
Speaker 1: didn't they? Because you know, all he did was go

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01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:27,599
Speaker 1: to the Hall of Fame for crying out loud listen.

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01:08:27,640 --> 01:08:31,160
Speaker 1: Happy holidays to all you guys. Dave wear your tinsel

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01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:34,519
Speaker 1: on Sunday. I can't wait. Oh yeah, where where shall

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01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:38,040
Speaker 1: I wear it? I'm I'm that's as far as I

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01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:40,479
Speaker 1: go because this is a question holiday. But thank you

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01:08:40,640 --> 01:08:47,920
Speaker 1: so much. Thanks all right, Jake, Dave, I want you

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01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:50,559
Speaker 1: guys to think of your blueprints. I'm gonna have mine ready.

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01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:52,960
Speaker 1: So far, I've been solid every single week, weekend and

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01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,320
Speaker 1: week out. It is a flawless plan. But I want

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01:08:55,320 --> 01:08:57,120
Speaker 1: I want you guys to think of your blueprints too,

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01:08:57,120 --> 01:08:59,080
Speaker 1: for beating the Rams. Will do that next on the Huddle.

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Speaker 1: This is the Huddle presented by Bickford Ford every Thursday

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01:09:04,800 --> 01:09:09,719
Speaker 1: from noon to two one seven ten ESPN Seattle. Welcome

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01:09:09,720 --> 01:09:12,599
Speaker 1: back to the Huddle presented by Bickford Ford with Dave Wyman,

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01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:15,439
Speaker 1: Jake Heaps, and Stacy Ross. Now this is where we

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01:09:15,479 --> 01:09:18,320
Speaker 1: wrap things up. Give you guys our blueprint for beating

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01:09:18,360 --> 01:09:20,719
Speaker 1: the Rams this weekend. It's a huge one for Seattle.

1343
01:09:20,760 --> 01:09:24,040
Speaker 1: You can clinch the NFC West this weekend. It doesn't

1344
01:09:24,120 --> 01:09:26,040
Speaker 1: matter what happens in the final week of the season.

1345
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:30,320
Speaker 1: If you beat the Rams, you have the crown period. Now,

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01:09:30,400 --> 01:09:33,040
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be easy. This Rams team is really,

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01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:35,639
Speaker 1: really tough. They're a game behind you. But make no mistake,

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01:09:35,720 --> 01:09:38,280
Speaker 1: this defense is solid. In This offense still a top

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01:09:38,320 --> 01:09:41,519
Speaker 1: ten offense. So, Dave Jake, I've asked you each to

1350
01:09:41,520 --> 01:09:44,120
Speaker 1: come up with your blueprint every single week. I say

1351
01:09:44,160 --> 01:09:46,439
Speaker 1: that the two steps are number one, eat a healthy

1352
01:09:46,439 --> 01:09:48,320
Speaker 1: breakfast and number two score more points. But I have

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01:09:48,360 --> 01:09:50,800
Speaker 1: a better one this time around. I have decided the

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01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:53,960
Speaker 1: key is number one that offensive line to try to

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01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:56,680
Speaker 1: limit sacks of Russell Wilson. Last time they got in

1356
01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:58,920
Speaker 1: a ton of trouble, Russell Wilson knocked back a ton.

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01:09:59,479 --> 01:10:03,719
Speaker 1: I think Ned Floyd had three sacks of Russell Wilson alone.

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01:10:04,160 --> 01:10:06,400
Speaker 1: On defense, I think the biggest thing you need to

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01:10:06,439 --> 01:10:09,000
Speaker 1: do is exactly what you've been able to hang your

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01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:11,639
Speaker 1: hat on as a defense. Limit that run. You faltered

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01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:15,679
Speaker 1: at times. But if you limit that run really really

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01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:18,080
Speaker 1: keep it at bay, it limits what Jared Goff and

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01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:20,840
Speaker 1: Sean McBay can do. Yeah, I think if you put

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01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:23,400
Speaker 1: the hand ball in the hands of Jared Goff, he'll,

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01:10:24,240 --> 01:10:26,320
Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe he'll turn it over. That's and

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01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:28,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go by the way. I want to ask

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01:10:28,080 --> 01:10:31,080
Speaker 1: you if you're going into a game's stacy, and I'll

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Speaker 1: ask you too, Jake, what would be your go to

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01:10:34,479 --> 01:10:38,040
Speaker 1: pregame meal? Because you mentioned getting a good breakfast. Oh,

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Speaker 1: that's a good question. Um, I think I would think oatmeal.

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Speaker 1: But you know what I would do, and this is

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Speaker 1: just what came to mind. Um oatmeal brand Quaker Oats

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01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:47,760
Speaker 1: has a cereal and I feel like that would be

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01:10:48,240 --> 01:10:50,839
Speaker 1: full of carbs, give you a full stomach, but wouldn't

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01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:56,519
Speaker 1: make you nauseous because it's kind of plain. Yeah, my

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01:10:56,600 --> 01:11:00,200
Speaker 1: pregame my best pregame meal before high school. I got

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01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:03,439
Speaker 1: to give a shout out to uh Ronnie and Patti Simony.

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01:11:03,960 --> 01:11:06,680
Speaker 1: We would always go over to Yes, we go over

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01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:10,200
Speaker 1: to go over to their house before every game, and

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01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:12,639
Speaker 1: they would make something called potatoes and eggs and basically

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01:11:12,680 --> 01:11:15,080
Speaker 1: it was just like this breakfast medley. It was like

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01:11:15,600 --> 01:11:20,200
Speaker 1: these cubed hash browns. Uh, it was eggs, it was bacon,

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01:11:20,520 --> 01:11:22,360
Speaker 1: and it was just wrapped in and they put some

1384
01:11:22,479 --> 01:11:25,160
Speaker 1: amazing season on it or whatever. But it was the

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01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:28,479
Speaker 1: best pregame meal I always had and was never able

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01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:32,400
Speaker 1: to have anything else like that. I blame Dave. I

1387
01:11:32,520 --> 01:11:35,439
Speaker 1: blamed the way that my college career went because of

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01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:38,599
Speaker 1: I wasn't able to replicate that that pregame meal. That's

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01:11:38,600 --> 01:11:41,760
Speaker 1: my that's my that's my thoughts there there. You should

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01:11:41,800 --> 01:11:45,679
Speaker 1: have had Ronnie Simony send you something in the mail.

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01:11:45,920 --> 01:11:48,080
Speaker 1: You know, maybe that's right. I would do that, but

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01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:52,080
Speaker 1: uh yeah, I blew it. I'm going with takeaways. I

1393
01:11:52,080 --> 01:11:56,559
Speaker 1: said they need three takeaways last week. I'm gonna go

1394
01:11:56,600 --> 01:12:00,200
Speaker 1: ahead and put it on that again. I mean, you know,

1395
01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:02,639
Speaker 1: they were plus one last week, but like I said,

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01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:06,479
Speaker 1: they're minus five over the last seven games. So they've

1397
01:12:06,479 --> 01:12:10,000
Speaker 1: had a couple even you know, performances. But they need

1398
01:12:10,040 --> 01:12:12,479
Speaker 1: to go like plus two or plus three in this game.

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01:12:12,520 --> 01:12:15,000
Speaker 1: And you know, I think Jared Goff would be the

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01:12:15,360 --> 01:12:19,200
Speaker 1: prime suspect there because I think he does his eyes

1401
01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:22,599
Speaker 1: do come down when he gets pressured, and he can

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01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:27,040
Speaker 1: be had. He gets flustered. I like that a lot,

1403
01:12:27,080 --> 01:12:28,760
Speaker 1: and I do agree. I think they have to at

1404
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,200
Speaker 1: least be plus two in this game. That will be

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01:12:31,240 --> 01:12:34,360
Speaker 1: crucial for them. To me, I'm gonna I'm gonna keep

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01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:38,160
Speaker 1: this really simple to me. This is going to be

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01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:40,040
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. This is going

1408
01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:43,800
Speaker 1: to be getting to one hundred and fifty yards on

1409
01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:47,000
Speaker 1: the ground and Russell Wilson has to throw three plus

1410
01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:49,920
Speaker 1: touchdowns though. Those two things have to be the case,

1411
01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:52,760
Speaker 1: and if that is happening, then that means you are

1412
01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:57,680
Speaker 1: marrying your run and your pass game extremely effectively, and

1413
01:12:57,720 --> 01:13:00,120
Speaker 1: so that is the ultimate goal. That's why Pete Carroll

1414
01:13:00,200 --> 01:13:05,320
Speaker 1: was so excited about what transpired last week against Washington

1415
01:13:05,479 --> 01:13:12,080
Speaker 1: was it wasn't just taking out the effectiveness of Washington's

1416
01:13:12,120 --> 01:13:15,000
Speaker 1: front four. It was the fact that as an offense,

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01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:18,280
Speaker 1: he feels like now they have everything at their disposal

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01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:20,960
Speaker 1: that they can go to the ground game and be

1419
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:23,280
Speaker 1: effective in there when they want to be. They can

1420
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:25,200
Speaker 1: open it up and go to the pass game with

1421
01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:28,160
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and crew and feel confident in doing that.

1422
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:31,519
Speaker 1: They feel completely balanced at this point. Now it's time

1423
01:13:31,520 --> 01:13:33,280
Speaker 1: to go prove it now. I think there's a lot

1424
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:35,960
Speaker 1: of questions surrounding whether they can actually get that done.

1425
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:39,040
Speaker 1: This is the perfect opportunity to put that on full display,

1426
01:13:39,280 --> 01:13:42,840
Speaker 1: that they will be a well balanced offense not only

1427
01:13:42,880 --> 01:13:45,280
Speaker 1: in this game but throughout the playoffs. A couple minutes

1428
01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:47,880
Speaker 1: left here So let's do some injury updates and news

1429
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:50,360
Speaker 1: from Pete Carroll's press conference. We said we'd get back

1430
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:54,320
Speaker 1: to that after Rabe, So here we go. Pete Carroll

1431
01:13:54,400 --> 01:13:57,080
Speaker 1: says the defensive end Darryl Taylor is going to try

1432
01:13:57,080 --> 01:13:59,200
Speaker 1: to practice next week, so he won't be able to

1433
01:13:59,240 --> 01:14:02,320
Speaker 1: rejoin the team this week. Greg Olsen, though, tight end

1434
01:14:02,360 --> 01:14:05,080
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen is full go and practice, so he's looking

1435
01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:09,120
Speaker 1: good for Sunday. And then, in bad injury news, cornerback

1436
01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:11,760
Speaker 1: Quinton Dunbar, who was on IR and was going to

1437
01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:15,320
Speaker 1: practice this week, is actually going to have season ending surgery.

1438
01:14:15,400 --> 01:14:19,080
Speaker 1: That just from Pete Carroll just a minute ago. So Dave,

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01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:21,680
Speaker 1: I'll start with you. For both of you guys, it

1440
01:14:21,720 --> 01:14:23,960
Speaker 1: looks like it's now between Trey Flowers, who will try

1441
01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:26,600
Speaker 1: to return to practice he's coming off the IR, and

1442
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:30,120
Speaker 1: certainly DJ Read for this weekend. I mean, what's the

1443
01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:32,559
Speaker 1: key for that secondary against this Ram's offense For both

1444
01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:34,599
Speaker 1: of you guys, Yeah, well, I mean they have some

1445
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:38,120
Speaker 1: talented receivers and they've always find a way to get open.

1446
01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:40,760
Speaker 1: It just seems like, you know that it's not like

1447
01:14:40,800 --> 01:14:43,599
Speaker 1: their throwing deep balls, even though I think Jared Goff's

1448
01:14:43,600 --> 01:14:46,840
Speaker 1: a really good deep ball thrower, but it's you know,

1449
01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:50,000
Speaker 1: the tight end. You know, the has has killed them.

1450
01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:53,559
Speaker 1: You know, in the games against the Seahawks, it seems

1451
01:14:53,560 --> 01:14:56,600
Speaker 1: like it seems like that there's always like a crosser

1452
01:14:57,200 --> 01:15:00,519
Speaker 1: that's open, you know, Tyler Higbee, Gerald ever it, you know,

1453
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:02,840
Speaker 1: and then they got Woods and Cup. I mean, those

1454
01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:06,680
Speaker 1: guys have been you know, the problem. It hasn't been

1455
01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:09,960
Speaker 1: anything deep. So you know, again, I think it's gonna

1456
01:15:09,960 --> 01:15:13,120
Speaker 1: be really hard to keep DJ Reid off the field.

1457
01:15:13,200 --> 01:15:16,880
Speaker 1: I mean, he's just been so good. So I feel

1458
01:15:16,920 --> 01:15:19,240
Speaker 1: like it's going to be more of those intermediate type

1459
01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:21,680
Speaker 1: of routes with the things that happen on the perimeter

1460
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:23,960
Speaker 1: that they're really going to have to pay attention to.

1461
01:15:24,280 --> 01:15:27,720
Speaker 1: And again, like Jake said earlier, and you know, Rabel said,

1462
01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:30,719
Speaker 1: we talked about it during the game. When DJ Reid

1463
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:33,439
Speaker 1: you know, came off of that the one route jumps

1464
01:15:33,479 --> 01:15:34,920
Speaker 1: the other one in his own I mean, it just

1465
01:15:35,040 --> 01:15:37,960
Speaker 1: shows that he has a really good understanding of how

1466
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:41,800
Speaker 1: to play in this defense. So um yeah, that's that's

1467
01:15:41,920 --> 01:15:46,200
Speaker 1: I think canna be a big key absolutely, And the

1468
01:15:46,280 --> 01:15:48,800
Speaker 1: area that I have talked about over the past three

1469
01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:51,400
Speaker 1: days is the middle of that defense, the second level

1470
01:15:51,439 --> 01:15:55,160
Speaker 1: of that defense where Cooper cup Gerald Everett, and Tyler

1471
01:15:55,240 --> 01:15:57,120
Speaker 1: Higbee will be attacking, and that is going to be

1472
01:15:57,120 --> 01:16:00,000
Speaker 1: the responsibility of Bobby Wagoner, kJ Wright and Jamal Adams.

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Speaker 1: Those three have to play a tremendous game on Sunday

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Speaker 1: in my opinion, for them to be able to be

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Speaker 1: as effective as they want to be versus the Rams,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna they need to attach themselves to receivers when

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Speaker 1: they bring pressure. I don't want to see Bobby Wagner

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Speaker 1: at kJ Wright have their eyes on the quarterback. Go

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Speaker 1: look up the guy that you're supposed to attach yourself

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Speaker 1: too and make it difficult on a quarterback. It is

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Speaker 1: extremely when you have the eyes of linebackers and safeties.

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Speaker 1: You feel really good as a quarterback because you know

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Speaker 1: that they're not looking up what's happening behind them, and

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Speaker 1: that's where you can really exploit that second level. So

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Speaker 1: that's one thing that I'm going to really be looking

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Speaker 1: for and seeing if they are being physical that way

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Speaker 1: and not just in the run game. This has been

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Speaker 1: the huddle presented by Bickford Ford with Dave Wyman and

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Speaker 1: Jake Keeps Dave Jake, Happy Holidays. Producer Curtis Rogers, the

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Speaker 1: Seahawks team behind the huddle. Hoping everyone has a very

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Speaker 1: good week. We'll be back on Monday on seventen ESPN Seattle.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully we're talking about a win. Coming up next Cougar

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Speaker 1: Basketball on seven ten ESPN Seattle,