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Really, they compete at a high level, pushing each other, we’ve seen some great veteran leadership from guys like Sherm and Michael Bennett , Kam, Russell, Doug Baldwin . We’ve just had some really good leadership. Much more of a business-like approach than last year at this point when you don’t have a lot of distractions. Hopefully it’s going to be very hard to cut this football team.” 2. (On evaluating talent on the Seahawks current roster...) “First and foremost we need to know our team as well as we possibly can and then as we concentrate on that, trying to evaluate everything their doing, and how they handle themselves in the building as well as on the field. [The NFL] just started playing games two nights ago, so our staff, we have all this film coming in and we try to keep track of who’s playing and what rotations for other teams and trying to see if there’s anybody we need to trade for, or claim if people are cutting people, and you just get ready for the two big cuts coming up.” 3. (On the Seahawks offensive line...) “The way I would describe it is it’s a number of people that a lot of people don’t know yet. Our hope is that these guys settle down in their positions and we’re hoping to keep this group together as long as we possibly can because it’s a cohesion thing with that group. … The cohesion with this group, they’ve shown a nastiness, a ton of tenacity with their work ethic in practice and throughout the preseason. I’m excited to watch them play. It’s definitely going to be a growth thing, but I think they’re doing a great job.” 4. (On the Seahawks' depth...) “I think it’s very similar to 2013, there’s a couple of positions that we’ve had some injuries with now that we need to get some guys healthy. Like I said, we’ve had some of those soft tissue injuries. We need to get C.J. Prosise out there, Zac Brooks. Need to get some guys back practicing, and hopefully we’ll get them back soon. But our staff has done a really good job, our personnel staff, of getting guys in. Our sports science staff has done a great job of identifying specific positions that are being worn down a little bit, so our coaching staff has been on it for us to bring guys in that we want to give an opportunity to, so you’ll see some of that today. You’ll see some guys, that like I said, a lot of people haven’t heard of yet.” 5. (On what he's hoping to see against the Chiefs...) “Just the effort. The biggest thing I want to see is zero injuries. I want to see guys taking care of themselves, take care of their teammates, and obviously the effort. We’re kind of re-establishing ourselves here. We came here last year and got knocked around a little bit in preseason and it was a little bit of an eye-opener for us, so I’m hoping to see a little different attitude here, and obviously, these guys have been working their tails off, so excited to let them get out there and practice against somebody else. You know what that’s like.” Read Related Tags John Schneider Steve Raible Doug Baldwin Michael Bennett Kansas City Chiefs Latest News Five Things To Watch In The Seahawks’ Preseason Finale Posted Aug 31st, 2016 Three Things We Learned From Pete Carroll's Wednesday Press Conference Posted Aug 31st, 2016 Jimmy Graham Practicing “Full-Go” And Other Seahawks Injury Updates Posted Aug 31st, 2016 Tyler Lockett Wins Seahawks 'Ellis Island Invitational' Posted Aug 31st, 2016 Tackle the Seahawks Way Updated for 2016, Seahawks teach leverage-based shoulder tackling. Seahawks Auctions Bid on certified game-used memorabilia. 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