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Press Pass | Head Coach Pederson on Evan Engram Status and Injury Updates · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: How about chances of Evan playing that shoulder kids.
• 0:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, unfortunately, we're gonna we're gonna lose Evan for the year.
• 0:10
  Speaker 2: He uh after more, you know, like MRI's results testing
• 0:18
  Speaker 2: all that, he'll have a labor to get fixed, so
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: he'll have surgery and uh fix the shoulder and then
• 0:25
  Speaker 2: you know, miss the rest of the year. When did
• 0:29
  Speaker 2: he have the MRIs that just this week? Yeah? Yeah,
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: after me.
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: So did you find out yesterday today that he was
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: gonna be done for Yeah?
• 0:37
  Speaker 2: I mean it doesn't matter when I found out. It's
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: just the fact that the decision has been made. So
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: he's gonna he's gonna have surgery.
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: So you only have one healthy tight end at this
• 0:47
  Speaker 1: point or two?
• 0:49
  Speaker 2: We got three? Right, Well, he's listed me, He's I
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: I should be listed. He's fine. He's just fine.
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: I mean, that's gotta.
• 1:05
  Speaker 2: It's more for him, it's more precautionary. Just yeah, it's
• 1:09
  Speaker 2: more fine.
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: That's gotta be a huge blow for an offense.
• 1:15
  Speaker 2: That was already struggling to get correct some momentum of
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: how do you how do you overcome Adam? Next man up, Brenton, Luke, Josiah,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the entire offense. I mean, that's that's what
• 1:28
  Speaker 2: you gotta do. You just gotta rally and uh, you
• 1:31
  Speaker 2: don't have that next man up mentality.
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: Some of the flashes that Britain Strangers had during the year,
• 1:37
  Speaker 1: Does that give you some encouragement.
• 1:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, We've we've been we've been pleased with Brenton, I
• 1:43
  Speaker 2: mean excited about Brenton. Really, it's still a nice job
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  Speaker 2: for us. And and this would be a great opportunity
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: for him to really showcase himself a little bit, you know,
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  Speaker 2: within our offense, and another opportunity for Luke as well,
• 1:58
  Speaker 2: I think to get more of an opportunit in these
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: last four games. So expect both those guys Andrew Siah too.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this would be good for him, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and really expect you know, to continue, you know, playing
• 2:15
  Speaker 2: at high level.
• 2:16
  Speaker 1: Losing he started pass catchers this season ending injuries. Have
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  Speaker 1: you ever been around something.
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  Speaker 2: Like that, Probably not to the extent that that we've lost,
• 2:28
  Speaker 2: you know, Christian Gabe, Trevor Evan. It's tough. It's tough,
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  Speaker 2: but you know, again it's it's unfortunate. You know, we
• 2:39
  Speaker 2: can't make excuses for it. It's part of the it's
• 2:41
  Speaker 2: part of the game. But you know, it's it's a
• 2:43
  Speaker 2: great opportunity for the next guy. You'll say a bit,
• 2:46
  Speaker 2: a little bit with all injuries on offense, I you know,
• 2:53
  Speaker 2: I don't mean, I don't know what that means, unlucky,
• 3:00
  Speaker 2: you know, yeah, I don't know. I just know that.
• 3:04
  Speaker 2: You know, football is a tough sport to violence sport,
• 3:06
  Speaker 2: and injuries are gonna happen. It's part of the game.
• 3:09
  Speaker 2: I mean, the guys played, the guys played tough and physical,
• 3:12
  Speaker 2: and they play hard, and that's that's what that's what
• 3:15
  Speaker 2: I ask and that's what they do. And and you know,
• 3:18
  Speaker 2: they put their bodies on the line every single week
• 3:20
  Speaker 2: and and stuff like this happened, so you know, but
• 3:27
  Speaker 2: again I think the positive to it is guys like Brenton,
• 3:31
  Speaker 2: you know, Parker Washington obviously, you know, guys like Mac
• 3:40
  Speaker 2: you know, just get opportunities to to really showcase themselves
• 3:43
  Speaker 2: and and uh and play well.
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: You anticipate Josh Reynolds having some kind of role.
• 3:49
  Speaker 2: This week, yes, of course, yes, what have.
• 3:53
  Speaker 1: You seen from him just some of this first few
• 3:55
  Speaker 1: days that he's been here.
• 3:56
  Speaker 2: A lot smart kids picked up, uh, picked up our
• 4:00
  Speaker 2: offense pretty well, you know, only been here for a
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: week and and has done done done a good job
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  Speaker 2: fitting in. So I obviously now you know, would expect
• 4:10
  Speaker 2: his role to really increase more and more of these
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: last last few games.
• 4:15
  Speaker 1: Is there any concern about Ezra cleveland status in terms
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: of the speaking of Ezra, have you been pleased with
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  Speaker 1: what you've seen from him this year in his first
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: full year with the Jaguar.
• 4:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I have, you know, again, another player that's
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  Speaker 2: played through some some injury and and played tough and
• 4:35
  Speaker 2: and and been consistent there for us, you know, on
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  Speaker 2: that left side. And and it was an answer really
• 4:43
  Speaker 2: that we were looking for I think, you know, coming
• 4:45
  Speaker 2: out of the year last year, and and and he
• 4:49
  Speaker 2: you know, he's he's filled that role, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: and and would just continue to improve. And but yeah,
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: I've been very pleased with with Ezra and his performance.