Damien Martinez: "I Love This Offense"

Seahawks running back Damien Martinez discusses his early experiences at training camp. Starting at 0:06, he expresses gratitude for the opportunity and praises the coaching staff and his teammates. At 0:28, Martinez emphasizes his focus on being a team player, particularly in special teams. He notes the similarities between the Seahawks' offense and his experience at Oregon State at 0:39. Martinez highlights the importance of working with fullbacks and understanding offensive dynamics at 0:52. At 1:15, he discusses focusing on technical details during non-contact practices. Martinez concludes by praising quarterback Jalen Milroe's quick adaptation to the offense at 1:35.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, what are your first impressions after a couple of
days of both the coaching style, the.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
And this group of guys on the field.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
It's just great overall, you know, just blessed to have
this opportunity connect with the you know, other players here,
like Robbie said.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Just a great group.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Just love this offense, love you know, how we run
things around here is just good and blessed to be here.
And you tried to show the in these couple of days.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
So they've seen plenty of them. They talk to you,
they dropped you.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
What do you try to show them? Just how much
of a team player I can be, you know, special teams,
other things like that, just playing without the ball, just
being a better teammate.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
You know, like you said, they watched plenty of tape.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Is the reason I'm here, So just you know, showing
things that you know you don't see on film.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
What do you like about this offense? Uh, it's just
smashed me out of football.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
You know, I played at Oregon State for two years,
so just I'm really familiar with the offense, you know,
the play style.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
So you know, I'm just ready to get to work.
Did you run behind a fullback? All out of there.
Oh yes, sir, Yeah, what's kind of the key to
doing that from the tailback stand point?

Speaker 1 (00:56):
Really just founded the flow with you know, how the
double teams work, how the offense, you know, how how
I was being coached up, you know, like Robbie said,
being in the flow with the same steps, you know,
just seeing the same thing and connecting with the offense.
Do you mean we know your game's trans have torn,
So what do you try to take out of these days.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
When they're not there or whatever Matt element of the
game isn't able to be showing that's right over.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
Yeah, No, just details, you know with ball security, you know,
crossing the ball, things like that person miament points, getting
to my landmarks, you know, things like that, Just little
details that you can work on that when you put
the pass on. Anybody stand out to you that you
went against the last couple of days or it was
on your side, on my side, like an offense, shoot

(01:35):
our offense, I say, mill Road, just you know, him
picking up the offense, you know, trying to be being
confident and you know, just coming out and keeping making
sure making sure everybody's you know, where they're supposed to
being on point, uh defensively.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Defensively now, I wouldn't.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
Really say nothing yet, just because I've been trying to,
you know, do my thing.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
But yeah, awesome else, thank you, thank you, thank you,