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Press Pass | Jaguars HC Liam Coen & GM James Gladstone Host Post-Draft Press Conference · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: We got.
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  Speaker 2: So how do you feel all about the draft class.
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  Speaker 1: As a whole?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you know, jack to be at the finish line,
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  Speaker 3: so to speak, but you know, the work doesn't stop, obviously,
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  Speaker 3: Like I just articulated with our UDFA process coming to
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  Speaker 3: a close, where at eighty eight on the roster, obviously
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  Speaker 3: got a couple of spots open that we'll look to
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  Speaker 3: fill here in the near future, but certainly appreciate such
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  Speaker 3: a collaborative effort from so many different people, so many
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  Speaker 3: different departments to bring this all the life, to make
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  Speaker 3: it so that we felt like we were making the
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  Speaker 3: best decisions for the organization moving forward and really looking
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  Speaker 3: forward to what comes next and seeing the group of
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  Speaker 3: rookies get out on the grass with their teammates and
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  Speaker 3: began making an impact here in Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 2: As one was, one of the guys who wanted to
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  Speaker 2: be a priority came in during the interview process. I
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  Speaker 2: mentioned him the listen, how many of those guys that
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  Speaker 2: you maybe mentioned as priority Day three guys during the
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  Speaker 2: interview process that you end up landing.
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  Speaker 3: It's a good question. I don't know, memory serves me correct.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe two, but none of that.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe three.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, So with that I mean, those are things that
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  Speaker 3: you're projecting and aren't always accurate.
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  Speaker 4: That's pre combine, which.
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  Speaker 3: Typically testing is going to play a major part and
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  Speaker 3: where a player ends up getting selected. So I must
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  Speaker 3: say once Tuton ran that forty, I don't know that
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  Speaker 3: I would have guessed that he'd be available on day three,
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  Speaker 3: but nonetheless he found himself there taking off pretty quickly
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  Speaker 3: at one o four, and so we were jacked to
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  Speaker 3: be able to be in that position to prioritize him
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  Speaker 3: because you know, at the end of the day, we
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  Speaker 3: want to level up the competition across the entirety of
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  Speaker 3: the roster and running backs the spot that we're going
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  Speaker 3: to lean on, and you know, as Liam can probably
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  Speaker 3: allude to, it's so rarely just a one person spot, right.
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  Speaker 3: It's going to take a collective effort, just like the
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  Speaker 3: draft did, and we look forward to the group as
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  Speaker 3: a whole in addition to quin, you know, come into
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  Speaker 3: making this thing as rounded as it possibly can be.
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  Speaker 4: That's a good questions Kaiser. We got Jack Kaiser there
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  Speaker 4: in Mannheim Center.
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  Speaker 5: J H.
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  Speaker 6: Most NFL teams, UH AT GMS would probably say that
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  Speaker 6: as much as you'd like to, you can't get to everything.
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  Speaker 1: I know where you're going.
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  Speaker 6: Why why why was that area not able to uh
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  Speaker 6: be addressed?
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  Speaker 5: And will it be in the when you announce whoever
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  Speaker 5: you're un drafted free agent?
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, I think, UH, short answer to that is
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  Speaker 3: the board always fallows certain ways, and UH you're not
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  Speaker 3: gonna reach because of what might be a pros uh
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  Speaker 3: perceived need.
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  Speaker 4: Uh.
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  Speaker 3: So you're always gonna take the players that you feel like,
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  Speaker 3: uh are gonna put the the team in the best
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  Speaker 3: interest uh moving forward, and UH you don't want ever
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  Speaker 3: sort of lean heavily into just one idea of best
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  Speaker 3: best player available and need. It's some version of balance,
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  Speaker 3: it's dynamic that comes with that. So I I do
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  Speaker 3: think you'll see us make some moves here in the
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  Speaker 3: near future that will in fact address that. Obviously, our
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  Speaker 3: our undrafted college free agents haven't been announced, but those
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  Speaker 3: those positions were certainly close to filled there, and we'll look.
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  Speaker 4: Towards the propree agent landscape as well.
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  Speaker 5: As One quick follow up, and I know you said
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  Speaker 5: you have announced that the Benefits announced on Twitter that
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  Speaker 5: you were exciting quarterback. Can you at least talk about
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  Speaker 5: him because.
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  Speaker 3: Lay, yeah, we've agreed to terms and Liam can probably
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  Speaker 3: speak to it a little bit more than I can. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: he poured into that stuff rather recently, and obviously yea,
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  Speaker 3: with us making that move, it's certainly somebody that we
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  Speaker 3: would like to develop.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, coaches kid, right, he's got a ton of production,
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  Speaker 7: does have, you know, a natural stroke and seems like
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  Speaker 7: he's a great kid. He's just trying to get better
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  Speaker 7: and better. So I felt like it was a good
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  Speaker 7: ad for us at the time.
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  Speaker 5: Name I think it the h you're opening Prescott, you said,
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  Speaker 5: how do we make this offense in travel rollance, a
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  Speaker 5: dynamic and.
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  Speaker 1: As explosive as possible?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, So I taking in free agency and out through
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  Speaker 5: the draft, do you feel you've got there or gotten
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  Speaker 5: there or in how much further do you think maybe
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  Speaker 5: you need to go?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 7: I mean I think we've definitely addressed the ability to
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  Speaker 7: strike from a distance, you know. I think that that's
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  Speaker 7: something that uh, you know, we just we struggled to
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  Speaker 7: do a little bit last year in Tampa where you
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  Speaker 7: ended up having to go ten twelve play drives a
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  Speaker 7: lot and it was efficient, right, But ultimately you're looking
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  Speaker 7: to be as ex as explosive as you can and
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  Speaker 7: both the run and the pass, and I think that
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  Speaker 7: was definitely addressed in both pro free agency and in
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  Speaker 7: the college or AFT landscape. So don't think we have
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  Speaker 7: to to add any more at this point.
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  Speaker 8: James, I, it seemed like a lot of these players
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  Speaker 8: are actually all of 'em except for Tracks went to
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  Speaker 8: the Senior Bowl. Just how much did that play a
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  Speaker 8: role wide? Why did it seem like that sort of
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  Speaker 8: acored in was just coincidence? And uh, could you talk
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  Speaker 8: about the experience all these guys.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know that added exposure from the All Star circus.
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  Speaker 4: It's certainly something we leverage.
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  Speaker 3: I mean getting to see him throughout the week of
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  Speaker 3: practices and then in the game setting. So many of
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  Speaker 3: the guys that you know are willing to do more
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  Speaker 3: than what the norm might be, right, many are tapping
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  Speaker 3: out before they ever get to the game. And to
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  Speaker 3: see somebody like Jack Kaiser, you know, opt into playing
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  Speaker 3: a position like safety when he has in fact an
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  Speaker 3: inside linebacker, when that could make him look worse than
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  Speaker 3: he would like, but was productive in that setting. I
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  Speaker 3: think back to you know, Brayden Fisk. One of the
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  Speaker 3: things that really resonated for us was when during the
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  Speaker 3: game the Senior Bowl. He said, you know what, I'm
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  Speaker 3: gonna go ahead and play defense on both sides, right,
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna fill the gap because there have been too
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  Speaker 3: many opt outs. These are guys that love the game.
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  Speaker 4: Of football, regardless.
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  Speaker 3: Of if it might put them in a compromising position
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  Speaker 3: in the eyes of evaluators and decision makers by playing
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  Speaker 3: too many snaps or playing out a position.
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  Speaker 4: Et cetera. These guys love ball and that's what we're
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  Speaker 4: hunting up.
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  Speaker 8: And so you like, a lot of these guys have
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  Speaker 8: a lot of experience. Obviously they've played a lot of
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  Speaker 8: snaps And was that something you guys wanted? Did did
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  Speaker 8: you need then to have play a good football?
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  Speaker 4: I think it's something we lean into. I don't know that.
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  Speaker 3: It's exactly what we're prioritizing, but the fact that you
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  Speaker 3: can look back to some of the recent drafts that
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  Speaker 3: I've been a part of, and that's typically been the
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  Speaker 3: case because those guys walk in the door and they're
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  Speaker 3: fairly close to ready, right, I think, uh, because of
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  Speaker 3: the nuances that come with this game. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 3: reps are something that are important, and uh, obviously with
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  Speaker 3: the guys that have done it for a little bit longer,
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  Speaker 3: uh of a runway.
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  Speaker 4: It it it caters to that right, building.
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  Speaker 2: Off the senior goal point, I don't think you were
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  Speaker 2: a senior Bowl Lee, I don't think you were hired
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  Speaker 2: like the week that had started.
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  Speaker 1: So as far as leaning on.
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  Speaker 2: That as a tool, as well as working with scouts
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  Speaker 2: that neither of you have worked with until four months ago,
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  Speaker 2: described that process.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so much of it is rooted in
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  Speaker 4: the film.
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  Speaker 3: At the same time, there's boots on the ground so
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  Speaker 3: to speak, who do in fact interact with the players,
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  Speaker 3: interact with the coaches who are there, and sources who
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  Speaker 3: were there. So that is a well from a background
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  Speaker 3: and character and touch point with the player. But the
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  Speaker 3: film is really where I'm talking about that evaluation being
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  Speaker 3: meaningful for us. And it's certainly something because it's best
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  Speaker 3: against best, right, some of the top prospects against the
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  Speaker 3: other top prospects. It's certainly you know has a place
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  Speaker 3: and it's one that we prioritize.
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  Speaker 4: That's for sure.
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  Speaker 2: More for me, Jalen A Cloud, there were a lot
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  Speaker 2: of drushers still on the board at the point that
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  Speaker 2: you've stayed and w I received the one that you.
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  Speaker 5: Guys were hunting.
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  Speaker 3: I think the you guys can probably see this across
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  Speaker 3: a lot of the players that we selected, in particular
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  Speaker 3: on the defensive side of the ball. But the versatility, right,
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  Speaker 3: that's something that really stands out for us. And obviously
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  Speaker 3: you know we speak about being intangibly rich. Right, His competitiveness,
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  Speaker 3: his play, demeanor, his urgency is phenomenal. And you take
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  Speaker 3: him another who was deployed across the defensive front at
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  Speaker 3: Auburn stood up off the ball.
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  Speaker 4: When he went to the Senior Bowl.
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  Speaker 3: All he did was stand up off the ball when
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  Speaker 3: one of the best elements of who he is is
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  Speaker 3: being moved from one spot to the next and providing
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  Speaker 3: a spark, being able to gain an edge, a change
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  Speaker 3: of pace, rushing off the edge. That was one thing
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  Speaker 3: that you know he signed up to do at the
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  Speaker 3: Senior Bowl and wasn't batting and eye at the fact that, hey,
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  Speaker 3: I don't get to showcase what so many would call
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  Speaker 3: my superpower. But I'm going to do this anyway because
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  Speaker 3: I love this sport and I love getting out on
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  Speaker 3: the grass. Another thing here is, when you think about it, right,
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  Speaker 3: one of the things I really value.
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  Speaker 4: I know Liam does the same, but when a guy goes.
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  Speaker 3: From a small school to a big school and you
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  Speaker 3: see production continue to pop. That is a meaningful element
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  Speaker 3: and that's something you can think back to guys that
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  Speaker 3: I've been a part of drafting in the past, right adverse,
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  Speaker 3: Braden Fisk, Kobe Turner.
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  Speaker 4: Think about the guys today who have gone from a
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  Speaker 4: small school to a.
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  Speaker 3: Big school that we just walked away with who were
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  Speaker 3: productive across both.
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  Speaker 1: You back here. Sorry this is either for bolth of
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  Speaker 1: you or one of you, but you guys.
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  Speaker 7: Really built this identity of building a roster of intangibly rich,
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  Speaker 7: mentally and physically tough players.
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  Speaker 5: Do you guys feel like you did that with this
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  Speaker 5: rookie draft.
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  Speaker 1: Boss Junior?
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  Speaker 7: Absolutely, Yeah. That was very clear with every pick that
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  Speaker 7: that was the priority. I mean, you look across the
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  Speaker 7: board at these guys and you talk to the people
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  Speaker 7: that were in touch with them, whether it be the coaches,
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  Speaker 7: the personnel, their college coaches, their high school coaches. Tough
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  Speaker 7: resonates with all these guys and guys that love football,
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  Speaker 7: that love the process that drives the results. And you
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  Speaker 7: know so many captains out of this group and leaders
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  Speaker 7: and guys that have played a lot of snaps, so
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  Speaker 7: so much of that was you know.
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  Speaker 3: Part of this whole process and the way that people
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  Speaker 3: talk about each of these players, it is inspiring. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it's something that has really caught our attention along the way.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, it definitely jumps out when you got
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  Speaker 3: people willing to stand on the table for them, who
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  Speaker 3: have for all intensive purposes lived with them. And then
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  Speaker 3: also people who in our own building are standing on
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  Speaker 3: the table for them. And you know, there were a
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  Speaker 3: couple of.
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  Speaker 4: Players today that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, a scout or an executive made the phone
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  Speaker 3: call because they were someone who was truly meaningful to them.
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  Speaker 3: They were, you know, convicted on their thoughts around their players,
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  Speaker 3: and we wanted to make sure that they had the
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to be the first to welcome them to Jacksonville.
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  Speaker 3: And I think those are some special moments and ones
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  Speaker 3: that we'll hang on to. But again, I think it
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  Speaker 3: points back to this being a collective effort and nothing
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  Speaker 3: short of that, and very appreciative of our coaching staff,
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  Speaker 3: our scouting staff, and all the other departments from content
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  Speaker 3: team to you know, our sports performance group, our operation
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  Speaker 3: staff who are currently working to get things aligned for.
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  Speaker 4: Their arrival and travel.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, this was a very fulfilling three day window and
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  Speaker 3: look forward to taking the next steps to uh bring
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  Speaker 3: it all the life are you.
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  Speaker 1: Able to share? But one of those players may have been.
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  Speaker 6: Anecdotally uh on what front that the coach or an
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  Speaker 6: executive or stout was.
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  Speaker 3: Able to Oh, well, we ended up with a usc trojan. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: so you can probably guess who made that phone call
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  Speaker 3: and then, uh, it's kind of cool. Uh so Josh Scoby,
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  Speaker 3: who's u a former player in the NFL. Uh, he
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  Speaker 3: had a lot of heat for Lane at a Navy
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  Speaker 3: and uh, you know, he made it known early in
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  Speaker 3: the process that he was someone he would like to
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  Speaker 3: see become a Jaguar.
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  Speaker 4: Now if you haven't already done.
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  Speaker 3: So, Uh, I would advise anybody to take the time
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  Speaker 3: to watch his special team snaps because they.
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  Speaker 4: Are mighty enjoyable.
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  Speaker 3: But uh, he was able to make that phone call
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  Speaker 3: to him and uh and get that conversation started, Sean, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I g I.
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  Speaker 1: Got one for James or for James, one for the
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  Speaker 1: James just.
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  Speaker 7: With how things played out, the construction of the room
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  Speaker 7: out dated leap and what are you guys expecting.
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  Speaker 4: From Mason Smith this year?
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  Speaker 9: Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: I think that whole group is about to take a jump. Uh.
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  Speaker 3: You know, they're working their their tails off right now,
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  Speaker 3: and you can tell that there's a connective element that's
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  Speaker 3: coming to life in a short period of time. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: So we certainly look look forward to seeing that. I
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  Speaker 3: think guys be in different positions than they've been in
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  Speaker 3: the past, and that being an element that activates uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, different sides of them. And you know, their
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  Speaker 3: whole approach has been great so far, So we're looking forward.
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  Speaker 1: To ITAM just two to Allen. What do you think
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  Speaker 1: they can bring to the offense. How can they kind
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  Speaker 1: of maybe a compliment each other.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think if you look at Tooting with the
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  Speaker 7: ability to like strike from a distance, right, you can
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  Speaker 7: you know, get to the second or third level and
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  Speaker 7: and score from anywhere on the field.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 7: I think behind the line of scrimmage forced missed tackles
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  Speaker 7: was like through the roof for him, you know, in
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  Speaker 7: terms of getting back at or at least getting yards
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  Speaker 7: after that contact behind the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 1: And then you look at Alan kind.
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  Speaker 7: Of a interesting player, can play a little bit of slot,
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  Speaker 7: move him into the backfield. Obviously he had a thousand
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  Speaker 7: yards over the last two years, and then he can
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  Speaker 7: catch the ball out of the backfield. Good in the
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  Speaker 7: screen game competitor man. This guy loves to play, loves
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  Speaker 7: to compete. Made some critical plays and some critical moments
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  Speaker 7: for Syracuse this past year on a team that was
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  Speaker 7: really good. Again, so excited about both those guys. I
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  Speaker 7: think both from New Jersey as well.
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  Speaker 4: Right, Oh is that right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I think some of it, I believe.
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  Speaker 7: So you're an offensive line with it hasn't played multiple
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  Speaker 7: spots or roster.
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  Speaker 4: I would like to think so.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, as long as you're mentally and physically tough,
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  Speaker 3: I think you got a chance.
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  Speaker 7: You talked about obviously worrying about injuries and stuff.
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  Speaker 2: But when you get guys who have played all with
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  Speaker 2: multiple splices, it's hard to.
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  Speaker 1: Find sponsor for those guys as it get a little tougher.
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  Speaker 5: Do you know what I mean, Like when you're evaluating
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  Speaker 5: each guy.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I don't know if that's the case.
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  Speaker 3: I mean again, I I can point back to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just the importance of the offensive line and when you
• 14:06
  Speaker 3: go through attrition that you know you typically do throughout
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  Speaker 3: the course of a season. Uh, it can be debilitating
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  Speaker 3: if it ends up striking it at that spot. And UH,
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  Speaker 3: that's just something that I don't wanna sacrifice or put
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  Speaker 3: ourselves in jeopardy for. And it's gonna be a spot
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  Speaker 3: that will always look to pour more resources into. And
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  Speaker 3: you know, it's a great group, and I look forward
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  Speaker 3: to seeing those guys uh begin to form some version
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  Speaker 3: of cohesiveness because uh, it's often more than any one
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  Speaker 3: individual in particular at that position. And UH, I think
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  Speaker 3: finding the best five that work in tandem is gonna
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  Speaker 3: be a fun thing here over the course of the
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  Speaker 3: off season and into the regular season.
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  Speaker 5: Real quick, if you guys may have in mind on
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  Speaker 5: the take your round shit.
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  Speaker 4: Again, No, I don't think we have.
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  Speaker 3: We've been focused on the draft here over these three day,
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  Speaker 3: these last three days.
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  Speaker 5: She and the uh change or or free to one
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  Speaker 5: you when you look at this what what happened with
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  Speaker 5: this team last year?
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  Speaker 6: Four win season with a lot of key injuries, with
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  Speaker 6: two offensive players, uh, very good on defense, not enough
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  Speaker 6: takeaways a whole bit.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at.
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  Speaker 6: Where how this roster as uh not necessarily flip, but
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  Speaker 6: certainly added to the last two us with free agency
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  Speaker 6: and this draft, what are your.
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  Speaker 5: Expectations, uh for this first year.
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  Speaker 9: I mean obviously nobody's c proclaiming you were a Super
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  Speaker 9: Bowl contender just yet, but I've been I I'm curious
• 15:30
  Speaker 9: just to ware how much better do you feel like
• 15:33
  Speaker 9: you've got between free agency and this draft.
• 15:36
  Speaker 7: I I honestly haven't even thought that far, you know,
• 15:39
  Speaker 7: Like I honestly it's really gotta be a completely one
• 15:42
  Speaker 7: day at a time approach, like a he Yeah, you're
• 15:44
  Speaker 7: always feeling like you're you're adding levels of competition in
• 15:48
  Speaker 7: depth to the to the roster is exactly what we did.
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: We do feel like we got, we got better and improved.
• 15:54
  Speaker 7: We will not have a clue until we do this
• 15:56
  Speaker 7: thing more than uh a week here, you know, in
• 15:59
  Speaker 7: terms of being on grass because we haven't even been
• 16:01
  Speaker 7: able to truly play football yet. So the focus is
• 16:05
  Speaker 7: so deeply rooted in the culture, the way that they're
• 16:09
  Speaker 7: going to play, our style of play, teaching those elements,
• 16:11
  Speaker 7: and now we have to go and get an entire
• 16:13
  Speaker 7: rookie class onboarded.
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's a lot of work. So the focus
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: is so tight right now that probably haven't even thought
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: that far ahead.
• 16:23
  Speaker 5: James just talk about just upgrade of just the players
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: that you guys have taken.
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: Them in, you know, the nineteen guys.
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: Or whatever it was that you guys have taken here
• 16:34
  Speaker 6: in the last two months.
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: You know, I think bringing in competition is just a
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: healthy thing for any football team. And you know, I
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: look forward to this, this group integrating with what we
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: currently have on site, and you know, I think it's
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: going to be a beautiful process here over the offseason
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: window and look forward to finally getting the pads on
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: when we get the chance to do so, because you know,
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: there's nothing.
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: Better than tackle football.
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: And obviously, like Liam just a little to, we have
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: yet to see this group do that as a whole,
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: and really that'll show us a lot about what we're
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: gonna be here in the twenty twenty five season.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: Layam first draft as an NFL head coach. Was it
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: different than you expected about what you thought you were
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: gonna experience going in?
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah, kind of about what I what I thought in
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: a lot of ways.
• 17:21
  Speaker 7: You know, it was fortunate enough in LA right, like
• 17:24
  Speaker 7: you're you're in and out and so you do get
• 17:26
  Speaker 7: the workings of it and the feeling of it. But yeah,
• 17:28
  Speaker 7: when it's when it's ours and when it's this you're
• 17:31
  Speaker 7: a part of it in a different landscape.
• 17:33
  Speaker 9: It was.
• 17:33
  Speaker 7: It was really cool. It was really cool to see
• 17:35
  Speaker 7: this guy work. I mean, that's this is his super
• 17:37
  Speaker 7: Bowl really in a lot of ways.
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: At first, I mean.
• 17:39
  Speaker 7: This is this is the first super Bowl that's happened
• 17:41
  Speaker 7: for us, you know. Really he was unbelievable. And the communication,
• 17:48
  Speaker 7: the resilience, the ability to move around this draft and
• 17:51
  Speaker 7: navigate it the way he did and the way these
• 17:53
  Speaker 7: guys communicated was really fun to watch. So the work
• 17:57
  Speaker 7: was done, and then he went and operated in this
• 18:00
  Speaker 7: staff went operated at a high level, and it was really.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: Cool to see. It's really cool to see the guys.
• 18:05
  Speaker 7: The player's response is to hear that, because that's what
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: it's all about. When you get them on the phone
• 18:11
  Speaker 7: and you actually get to hear the response and make
• 18:14
  Speaker 7: somebody's dream come true, that's what it's really all about.
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: Liquent, he tapped it at the end there. Well, it
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: was a special call. There's no doubt he brought the juice.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Ye and James, I know the undrafted free agent process.
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: He said, you wrapped it up without I guess sharing
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: too much into your process. What he give us a
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: peek int of what goes into that what looks like
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: for you.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah, once the bell rings and the draft has concluded,
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: our coaching staff and our scouting staff, who are paired
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: together by position, they.
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: Began making calls to agents to see if.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: A player has interest in coming to Jacksonville and began
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: sort of walking through the idea of, hey.
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: Here's the current roster.
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: Here's a path that you can put yourself in to
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: be competitive, whether it's to make the fifty three man
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: roster the practice squad, and go from there to see
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: if we can come to some agreement contractually.
• 19:07
  Speaker 8: All right, last one, Sorry, all right, William, Sorry we
• 19:11
  Speaker 8: didn't get a chance to ask you about Why or
• 19:13
  Speaker 8: Kalo yesterday, just in terms of.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: What they bring to the table.
• 19:17
  Speaker 8: How do you feel about the obviously why.
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: It's like everywhere?
• 19:20
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think like you said about why, it is
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: the ability to play multiple spots at a high level
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: and just the finish, the way the guy plays.
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: The toughness. Uh, he's rooted in.
• 19:31
  Speaker 7: That, right, Like that's kind of what he prides himself
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: on being and it's what he's kind of known for
• 19:36
  Speaker 7: around that building, is being a guy that finishes, that
• 19:39
  Speaker 7: plays the game the right way, that approaches it the
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: right way, and he's and he's a big du he's long.
• 19:44
  Speaker 7: So and then Caleb Man, this is somebody that you know,
• 19:49
  Speaker 7: we we've been really excited about for the last few
• 19:51
  Speaker 7: weeks here especially, And you know, I worked with John
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: sommerl at Tulane, actually bought his house and I was
• 19:58
  Speaker 7: leaving Lexington and so I you know, got a little
• 20:01
  Speaker 7: trust there. And but man, he's he's dynamic. You know,
• 20:05
  Speaker 7: he can run. One of the better tacklers in this draft.
• 20:09
  Speaker 7: And the leadership, the way that he communicates, the passion
• 20:12
  Speaker 7: for the game. Again, those are the things that really
• 20:15
  Speaker 7: stood out to me about those two guys.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: Thanks, Thank you guys.
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: Thanks my coverage guys,