WEBVTT - Press Pass: Jim Schwartz

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<v Speaker 1>James. As early as May you said Malcolm and Rodney

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<v Speaker 1>had a chance to be one of the better, say

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<v Speaker 1>us in the league? To nine games in this how

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<v Speaker 1>do you think face that coup? It's I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>think both of those guys are really good players. I

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<v Speaker 1>think UM off seasons probably the time to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>how they match up with other people. I haven't spent

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't paid a lot of attension to other people

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<v Speaker 1>around the league. I know this. They're doing a good

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<v Speaker 1>job for this defense. Both of those guys, um are

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<v Speaker 1>good players. Both of them are multidimensional, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>they did They're the glue that holds our defense together.

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<v Speaker 1>Their communication has been outstanding. Um you know, we we

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<v Speaker 1>have very few missed assignments in the back end. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if we get beat in the back end is generally

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<v Speaker 1>a physical thing and I think a lot of that

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<v Speaker 1>credit goes to Rodney and m and Malcolm. How did

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<v Speaker 1>Benny play on Sunday and what was his the role?

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<v Speaker 1>I active back. It's always good to have your your

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<v Speaker 1>players back, and I think probably the biggest impact was, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being back to a foreman rotation instead of

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<v Speaker 1>instead of a three. We didn't play a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>snaps in the game. The offense did a good job

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<v Speaker 1>controlling the ball, we did a good job getting off

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<v Speaker 1>the field on third down. That was a formula that

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<v Speaker 1>served us very well early in the season. So our

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<v Speaker 1>our depth wasn't as tested, um as it's been in

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<v Speaker 1>some of the other games. But it's still good to

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<v Speaker 1>get back to that. Um, you know. And I'll leave

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<v Speaker 1>evaluating played a pro football focus and those people I'll

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<v Speaker 1>just um, I'll just you know, we were able to

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<v Speaker 1>win the game. You know, I'll be born there's not

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<v Speaker 1>much experience experience that well, um, well, I think a

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<v Speaker 1>lot has to do with the safety, So I'll go

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<v Speaker 1>back to uh, I'll go back to you the first

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<v Speaker 1>the first question, and you know, it's the safety's job

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<v Speaker 1>to communicate to the corners, you know, and regardless of experience.

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<v Speaker 1>I think one of the things that's that's happened in

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<v Speaker 1>our corner position is we've been very competitive. We haven't

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<v Speaker 1>always played great, but we've played competitive. We've given up

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<v Speaker 1>some plays, but we've made some plays. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in this league, you're not going to make any plays

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<v Speaker 1>if you don't if you don't contest. Some things I

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<v Speaker 1>said this month ago whatever. I mean, I can play

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<v Speaker 1>over the top of everything, I can't defend anything underneath.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a there's a balance between those two. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think the competitiveness of our corners, regardless of experience,

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<v Speaker 1>has has shown. And you know, the safeties have been

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<v Speaker 1>able to do a good job communicating and in most

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<v Speaker 1>circumstances do a good job of bandling those guys out

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<v Speaker 1>when they have given up. A play was able to

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<v Speaker 1>disrupt things in the back vield as a defensive tackle

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<v Speaker 1>it especially in the scheme. Did those plays sometimes go

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<v Speaker 1>overlooked by most people because they don't necessarily result in statistics. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't go overlooked when it comes to when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to our group. You know, disruption is a part

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<v Speaker 1>of those guys job description. They're not holding blockers off

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<v Speaker 1>and trying to free other people up to make place.

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<v Speaker 1>They're trying to disrupt things. If we can get tackles

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<v Speaker 1>for losses, UM, that helps us win drives. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you take teams and put them off schedule second and long,

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<v Speaker 1>third and long. Um. You know I mentioned our run

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<v Speaker 1>I mean our third down defense. In this last game.

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<v Speaker 1>Our run defense was was good and it has been

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<v Speaker 1>good and Benny's been a part of that. Um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's put him in a lot of third down and

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<v Speaker 1>long situations and it allowed our defensive secondary to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to cover get off the field. We

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<v Speaker 1>didn't get a lot of pressure, but I think stopping

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<v Speaker 1>that run and um and putting him in some third

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<v Speaker 1>down and long situations had a lot to do with him,

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<v Speaker 1>and Benny's a big part of that. Jim for for Doug, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it wasn't on the practice field yesterday. We

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<v Speaker 1>get back, we'll get him back. But other than that, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we get ready otherwise, and he seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be generating a pretty consistent pressure roll year. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think has been the biggest key to him so

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<v Speaker 1>far this year? He's the iom player. UM, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean there's no substitute for good players. Not only

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<v Speaker 1>is he is he a good player, but he plays

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<v Speaker 1>with incredible effort, He plays with toughness. Um, he's very conscientious.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't make mistakes very often, and when he does

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<v Speaker 1>make a mistake, he's quick to correct. He's he's also

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<v Speaker 1>um you know, he's quick to take responsibility for for

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<v Speaker 1>plays that he doesn't make or plays that he should make.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a great teammate. Um. I can't say enough good

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<v Speaker 1>things about him. He plays the way the game should

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<v Speaker 1>be played. Um, I'll probably give him, in my mind,

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<v Speaker 1>my greatest compliment. Um. You know, I wasn't a very

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<v Speaker 1>good player, but if I played in the NFL, I

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<v Speaker 1>hope I would have played like Brandon Graham. They had

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of tackles, one guy who's an experience, the

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<v Speaker 1>other guy with the other side was a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of a mystery of the one who's going to play.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're facing a similar situation heading into the Davia Seattle.

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<v Speaker 1>What have you seen from from their tackles. Well, I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's a completely different situation because the quarterback is

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<v Speaker 1>so different. You know, Sam Bradford, we knew very well

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't going to move around a whole lot. That's it's

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<v Speaker 1>completely different dynamic this week. You know, every week Russell

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<v Speaker 1>Wilson has gotten healthier. Um. You know, last week he

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<v Speaker 1>looked like he was back to himself. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how much is knee injury still bothering him, but it

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<v Speaker 1>didn't look like a lot. So it's not just a

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<v Speaker 1>matter of beating the offensive lineman Now it's a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of chasing the quarterback and getting the quarterback on the

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<v Speaker 1>job on the ground and and holding up in coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>Puts a lot of pressure on your coverage. The ball's

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<v Speaker 1>not coming out quick, um, you know, so we got

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<v Speaker 1>to do a good job of covering and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to exploit those kind of matchups. Got

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<v Speaker 1>fur then he had a long break. Does he looked

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<v Speaker 1>now like he's close to being game ready. Well, we

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<v Speaker 1>were counting on him being game ready last week because

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<v Speaker 1>he had a uniform one and anybody that's got one,

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<v Speaker 1>you never know how it's going to play. They might

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<v Speaker 1>get in there and play. Um, you know c J.

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<v Speaker 1>Smith had to go in and play again, play at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the first half where we had to

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<v Speaker 1>defend a deep ball, Um, you know, and that's just

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<v Speaker 1>expected of those guys. Aaron's a really hard worker. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's another tough minded guy and you know that

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<v Speaker 1>the time off, Um, you know, he was able to

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<v Speaker 1>use that number one to get healthy. But he also

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just the kind of guy he is, he

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't going to get too far from his craft. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a young player, but he's also got a little experience.

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<v Speaker 1>He's played professional football, you know, in Canada, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>professional football and he knows what it takes. So we

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<v Speaker 1>know that if he's if he's called upon, he'll be ready.

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<v Speaker 1>I was just wondering, um, just how much grow with

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<v Speaker 1>it you kind of scene from him? I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>know obviously some of it was because the injuries to

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<v Speaker 1>and and the others and stuff, but like how much

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<v Speaker 1>is Jail and Groan to be able to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>take that kind of role. Yeah. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>I would really put it in terms of growth because

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<v Speaker 1>from the time he's come here there there hasn't been

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<v Speaker 1>very many situations that have been too big for him,

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<v Speaker 1>including this last game. And you know, if you were watching, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know we actually flip sides with him for Julio Jones.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I don'd seventh round draft pick and be

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<v Speaker 1>flipping sides with Julio Jones. I mean, you know, some

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<v Speaker 1>of it had to do with Jail and some of

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<v Speaker 1>it had to do with, you know, where the health

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<v Speaker 1>of our other corners we were. But I'll go back

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, Jail and when I talked about the

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<v Speaker 1>competitiveness of our corners, Um, you know in a large

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<v Speaker 1>part I was talking about Jail and when you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we were trying to manage our injury position at corner

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<v Speaker 1>and at halftime we decided that, you know, we wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to get him on. There was no hesitation, there was

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<v Speaker 1>no I don't know, you know that guy's really good

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<v Speaker 1>or what coverages are you going to call? It was

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<v Speaker 1>I got him and you know, like I said, he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't always make the play, but you know that that's

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<v Speaker 1>not what this league is about, you know. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't pitch a shut out to every wide receiver,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly a guy like that that is, if not the best,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the best wide receivers in the NFL with

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<v Speaker 1>up with a hot quarterback. You know, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>able to you know, his competitiveness carried carried that. They

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<v Speaker 1>made a big play at the end of that game.

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<v Speaker 1>And a lot of players have talked about yesterday that

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<v Speaker 1>you guys are now in the same class, it should

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<v Speaker 1>be in the same conversation as Seattle's defense. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>feel like you guys are at that point at this

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<v Speaker 1>point the season. You know, I'll go back to comparing

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<v Speaker 1>our safeties to other people. You know, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>our job to get our give our team a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to win every week. If we're doing that, then you

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<v Speaker 1>know we're we're we're going to be good enough. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess you'd say, Um, you know, I think we need

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<v Speaker 1>to compare ourselves with ourselves and not other people. Everybody

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<v Speaker 1>has different situations with you know, strengths and weaknesses and

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<v Speaker 1>different schemes and you know, different you know, offenses and

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<v Speaker 1>special teams and all those different things to go into it.

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<v Speaker 1>We just need to worry about ourselves. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if we can go out and give a good performance,

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<v Speaker 1>we can stop to run, get off the field, and

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<v Speaker 1>third down pressure to quarterback, create turnovers, then you know

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<v Speaker 1>we'll put ourselves in position to win a game. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I think that's the only thing we can

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<v Speaker 1>really judge ourselves on. In general, are there things a

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<v Speaker 1>defense has to do against the quarterback isn't necessarily as tall?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Wilson might be six feet tall and does

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<v Speaker 1>just move bit okay? And then secondly, does it his

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<v Speaker 1>mobility change any of those dynamics or things in general

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<v Speaker 1>you might do for sure? Yeah? Well, I mean the

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<v Speaker 1>mobility number one does um, you know it obviously his

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<v Speaker 1>ability to create a play it's tied into their wide receivers.

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<v Speaker 1>Their wide receivers are used to it. They run around

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<v Speaker 1>if the ball's not thrown right away. They're not like

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<v Speaker 1>standing around looking. They know right away it's a scramble drill. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>He also scrambles backwards, which makes it hard to catch

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<v Speaker 1>because he already has a little bit of cushion. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Fran Tarkington did a lot of the same things. And

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<v Speaker 1>I grew up as a kid watching Fran Tarkington and

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<v Speaker 1>and Chuck Foreman and those guys. I mean, I allowed

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<v Speaker 1>Luke grew up in Baltimore, but I love the Vikings

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<v Speaker 1>because I like those two guys. Um, But he did

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the same things. That scrambling backwards puts

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of pressure on the defense, and scheme wise,

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<v Speaker 1>they do some things that help him out. Um. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're when you're not as tall as other quarterbacks,

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<v Speaker 1>they drop him a little bit deeper, you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not it's not rare to see him ten twelve

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<v Speaker 1>yards behind the line of scrimmage when he throws, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the farther back you get the you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it evens out the height advantage. They open up windows

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<v Speaker 1>we got to do a good job of closing windows

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<v Speaker 1>in our pass rush, and then they get him on

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<v Speaker 1>the edge with the boot game. All those things make

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<v Speaker 1>him six foot five. You know, the Y nine in

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<v Speaker 1>theory be a good way to counteract that, getting guys

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<v Speaker 1>afield and then again dosiness mobility coming to play again.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see you on Sunday. You know, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things that are good in theory difficult in execution.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, one of the reasons that, one of

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<v Speaker 1>the reasons he's been successful through his career is that

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<v Speaker 1>he's not a one trick pony. You see it with

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<v Speaker 1>some quarterbacks. You know, they come in and they have

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of success, and the defensive coaches, coaches

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<v Speaker 1>around the league sort of figure out a book on them,

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<v Speaker 1>so to speak, and they take away those strengths and

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<v Speaker 1>make them play to their weakness. And you know, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of guys effectiveness, you know, starts to wane, but

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<v Speaker 1>not him. You know, people have had a long time

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<v Speaker 1>to try to figure him out, and nobody really has.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's because he's a good player and because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even though he's five ten and a half or you know, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever he wants to be um, he plays big, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when when he's out there, we're not going

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<v Speaker 1>to be concerned with his height. We're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>concerned with his ability to make plays and his ability

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<v Speaker 1>to extend plays, his ability to make plays with his feet,

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<v Speaker 1>to run for first downs. All those things are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be the important thing. Not not what he measured

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<v Speaker 1>at the combine. Back what asks are you? Yeah, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think if we thought they were really good, we

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<v Speaker 1>would have drafted him earlier. So um, I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to take too much credit for that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you draft them in the first round, they're good, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>good second round. You know, when you're drafting late in

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<v Speaker 1>the draft, you're you're drafting traits. You know, I'd rather

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<v Speaker 1>not talk too much about those, but one of those

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<v Speaker 1>is competitiveness. Competitiveness not just as a you know, which

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<v Speaker 1>you would think, you know, a guy that wants to

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<v Speaker 1>win or a guy that's interested in playing, but competitiveness

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<v Speaker 1>at the ball, a guy that you know can can

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<v Speaker 1>go and defend and isn't afraid to be on an island.

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<v Speaker 1>I think if you went across, whether you were drafted

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<v Speaker 1>in the first round, the seventh round, a free agent

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<v Speaker 1>fifth round Sherman. Those guys all possessed that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>Sherman is an incredible competitor. He's out there, he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to defend every past. You know, that shows you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't need to be a scouting genius to see that.

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<v Speaker 1>He's he's very competitive at the ball and um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think all good corners that way. Getting sacks, I know, overall,

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<v Speaker 1>the more important is getting because the pressure. Um. That

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<v Speaker 1>being said, Benny Curley only has one sacked this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you getting enough production out of him aside from them? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's There's a lot of other ways to contribute.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't define ourselves by stats. I think the only

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<v Speaker 1>stat we really define ourselves by is wins and losses.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, defensively, I think you could you could

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<v Speaker 1>continue to points alloud, you know, points allowed when you're

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<v Speaker 1>on the field, you know, anything else. And there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of different ways, you know. I mean we had

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<v Speaker 1>one where we got intentional grounding. It was Benny, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Benny had You don't get credit for a sack, even

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<v Speaker 1>though they lose it down and he gets the ball

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<v Speaker 1>right there, he doesn't get credit for a sack and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you guys can do something professional football writers of

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<v Speaker 1>America can get I mean, because in my mind that's

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he created the sack, they gave us the sack,

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<v Speaker 1>but he doesn't get credit for it. But that's just

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<v Speaker 1>the way this game goes. I don't think any of

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<v Speaker 1>our players are, you know, worried too much about stats.

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<v Speaker 1>They're worried about making plays that help us win the game.

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<v Speaker 1>That played that Benny made helped us win the game.

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<v Speaker 1>And if we can make those, then we're happy. Whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's that or you know, the week before I talked

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<v Speaker 1>about Connor bar when you know, tipping a pass that

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<v Speaker 1>we intercept and you know, and gave us a chance.

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<v Speaker 1>We weren't able to win the game. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>those are all plays that you know, at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of the year, maybe you say, wow, they didn't he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have enough sacks or he didn't have enough tackles.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, some of those fly below the radar.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't judge ourselves on those. Have you spent much

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<v Speaker 1>time studying Seattle's defense and so yeah, um yeah. Over

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<v Speaker 1>over the years, you always in the off season look

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<v Speaker 1>at opposing defenses and or other defenses around in the

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<v Speaker 1>league in different areas, third down, red zone, run defense,

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<v Speaker 1>pass rush, you know, UM, to try to get some

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<v Speaker 1>ideas to to be able to steal from UM. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be honest, we've robbed some coverage, some coverage techniques,

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<v Speaker 1>UM from Seattle a couple of years ago. UM. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think they had a relationship with some guys I've

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<v Speaker 1>worked for it. They robbed some pass rush concepts from us,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when I was in Tennessee and Detroit. So

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<v Speaker 1>that that stuff goes around the league. It's this league

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<v Speaker 1>is about finding what your players can do the best.

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<v Speaker 1>If if that's something that can help your players, then

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<v Speaker 1>it's good. But you know, it always doesn't work that way.

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<v Speaker 1>Just because another team has success doing something doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to fit for you. And that's our job

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<v Speaker 1>as coaches. Find out what fits the best, find out

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<v Speaker 1>what gives us the best chance to win every week,

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<v Speaker 1>and find a way at this time of the year

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<v Speaker 1>to juggle things like depth or injuries or things like that,

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<v Speaker 1>because that stuff comes up and every week it's not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be exactly the same. Okay,