Julian Love: "The Seahawks Style Was Definitely Present Today"

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

How are we doing?

SPEAKER_2 (0:02)

Good, how are we doing?

SPEAKER_1 (0:06)

Mike said you felt like you guys maybe got some of your swagger back today or whatever that felt like, or that kind of game. Did it feel like that to you?

Julian Love (0:12)

For sure. I mean, it's hard not to look at the result of it, but I think the feel during the game, it felt like us. Offense was doing their thing, Drew Lock played a great game. Running backs ran their butt off. And, yeah, O-line played ball. And on defense, we were running to the ball. We were, I think, pretty violent today, which was fun to see.

Got to be cleaner, of course, and we're always going to say that. But the swagger, the Seahawks style was definitely present today.

SPEAKER_4 (0:37)

And 89 yards on that first drive, and like 100-some yards the rest of the way. What changed, if anything, after that first drive to really settle in?

Julian Love (0:45)

I feel like I got to go back to that drive, but I feel like it was just a lot of stuff on us. Just being clean, first series, kind of jitters, maybe for some guys, is being the right calls, right checks. There's just a few mishaps. And so you go to sideline after that, and I think the team that we are, the defense we are, it's like, okay, we just gave them 89 yards. We gave them 89 yards.

That's kind of the swagger and ego we kind of have, especially if it's true. Then you go out, and yeah, we shut them down the rest of the game.

SPEAKER_5 (1:15)

When you come into a game, and you're missing the guys that you're missing, and you're coming off a loss, do you kind of have that thought of something to prove maybe? Do you enjoy that? You never wanted to have guys be down, just with something to prove. Does that add anything?

Julian Love (1:28)

Yeah, I mean, I think, I'll give you the coach speak answer first.

That was a full 70 game. I'm sure Mike came up here and said it took all 70

You guys have seen that since Hard Knocks about kind of how we operate. But then just as a person who's been in that position to step in and get your time, your opportunity, I think guys took it on themselves like, man, I'm not filling in for somebody. I'm just going to make my opportunity shown here or known here. And yeah, I think guys on both sides of the ball did that. We have a lot of young guys playing today and the guys who are going to be household names in a few years. And so it's cool to see them get their shine in a big game, division game and really just own the moment. And so it's just really cool to see. As me as a leader, just try to be just very stout and just be kind of that pillar people can lean on. But the guys, man, they were balling. It was pretty easy for them.

SPEAKER_6 (2:17)

What is it about human worry that you can just stick him one of the best in the league in third and fourth down?

Julian Love (2:23)

He's special, man. He can't pitch a home into anything, whether he's hitting the quarterback, whether he's in coverage. He's such a problem. And it's a mixture of God gifted, just being so tall, arms long, so fast and strong. But then just his mental, man, it's not easy. I think it might get really overlooked how smart of a player he is because he's doing so much.

Not everyone on our team can be doing that. And so, yeah, can't speak highly enough. He should be talked about in a special sort of way.

SPEAKER_6 (2:54)

When you know the call is locking him up on McBride, do you feel like you don't even have to look there?

SPEAKER_1 (2:59)

You've got other channels.

Julian Love (3:01)

Yeah, for sure. I think, obviously, out there today, McBride's a good player. But in general, yeah, if you feel confident in your guys, he's matched up on people for a reason.

And they had, you know, Wilson and McBride, who are two dynamic players, I thought we did a great job on them today. I gave the catch at the end, I'm bummed about. But for the most part, we had a good game plan and we applied it.

SPEAKER_5 (3:24)

I saw you high five Charbonnet after that 25-yard catch. You got negated, but just the style that he plays with, what does that do for you guys when you see just the violence that he kind of inflicts?