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Lawrence MVP? Coen COTY? · Duval Daily: A Jacksonville Jaguars Podcast

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jacksonville Jack Wars fans, welcome in to do wall daily presented by genjag.com.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Jordan Aluga, thanks so much for being here Thursday, January 22nd, right now we are talking about end of season NFL awards, the AP awards, the finalists were announced this morning.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: the jag wars have finalists in three different categories, so excited to talk about that and give my opinion on whether or not the jag wars finalists deserve to win these awards.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So that's what we're going to do here, really appreciate y'all tuning in.
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• 0:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm a little disappointed that the Jaguars don't have a finalist for assistant coach of the year.
• 1:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: It is what it is.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Come back player of the year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Trevor Lawrence is a finalist and most valuable player.
• 1:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Trevor Lawrence is a finalist.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One of one, two, three, four, five finalists.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Trevor Lawrence is for most valuable player.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That and enough itself.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, it's awesome.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It is awesome for the Jacksonville Jaguars who Trevor Lawrence has been much maligned throughout his career.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's not the prince it was promised.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's not a generational quarterback.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why did the Jaguars?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Trevor Lawrence midway through this season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jaguars fans, many of them, and folks around the league folks around the national media say in Trevor Lawrence and he's not the guy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he leads his team along with a lot of help from a lot of other folks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He leads his team to a 13 and 4 record and finishes as a top 5 candidate for MVP.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That is awesome.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he did it coming off of an injury last season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So that's why he's also in the comeback player of the year award running.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So Trevor Lawrence, when you look at the other MVP candidates, Josh Allen, Christian McCaffrey, Drake May, Matthew Stafford, I gotta say, I don't think Trevor Lawrence should be MVP of the 2025 NFL season.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: He had a great year, 39 total touchdowns.
• 2:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: 39 total touchdowns is incredible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And again, let us seem to a 13 and 4 record.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If this was an award for back half of the season MVP, I'd vote for Trevor Lawrence right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What he did over the back half of the season was ludicrous.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, this is a full season award.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Josh Allen clearly ahead of him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Matthew Stafford, clearly ahead of him, I think Stafford should be the guy.
• 3:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Stafford should be the guy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I think both of those guys are ahead of him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would put Trevor in front of Drake May.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I think that there's an argument either way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then as far as Christian McCaffer goes, he ran for 1200 yards with 10 touchdowns.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He caught 100 passes for 924 yards and 7 touchdowns.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So he scored 17 total touchdowns and had over 2000 yards.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You could make the argument Trevor Lawrence is the weakest MVP candidate.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think you could also make the argument that he could be third place.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Anywhere from third to fifth, I think makes sense for Trevor Lawrence in the MVP candidacy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, I'm not hating, I'm just saying, look, these guys had, I mean, Matthew's effort in Josh Allen had better seasons.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And you got to see Allen verse Lawrence in the playoffs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alan outplayed Lawrence in the playoff game that they played in Jacksonville, he did.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, I don't think that Lawrence is MVP.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think a win, I don't think he should win.
• 4:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Love him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Excited to see him play football for the long time in Jacksonville.
• 4:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: Trevor Lawrence, not gonna be the MVP.
• 4:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: Coach of the year, you've got Liam Cohen, Ben Johnson, Mike McDonald, Kyle Shanna
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think what Kyle Shanahan did in San Francisco was really impressive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, San Francisco is a perennial contender and I know they have down years here and there and this could have very well been one of those down years and I think Shanahan did a really good job but keeping a very good team, very good, in my opinion, is not really worthy of
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Number one seed in the NFC, 14 and three record, absolutely insane defense.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The evolution of Sam Darnold, and obviously, J.S.N.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: becoming like the best receiver in football and all these different things are amazing and Mike McDonald is a great coach, but they were a good team last year.
• 5:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, they improved by four games, which is very impressive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But to me, this is a three-horse race between Liam Cohen, Ben Johnson, and Mike Variable.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I really do think you could make a strong argument for any of these guys.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just don't know how you get past Mike Vrable taking the four win Patriots, which of course the Jaguar's only had four wins last year too.
• 6:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: But winning 14 games and he asked the schedule was a little easier than it was for a lot of other teams.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But hey, they went beat the Texans in the playoffs,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, they're probably going to Super Bowl.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think they're going to go to the Super Bowl at this point, I really do.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, Mike Rable, I think he's going to be coach of the year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's already one coach of the year once, does that negatively impact his bid for a coach of the year?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But that's an incredible turnaround.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Ben Johnson bears 11 and 5 record they gave the Rams everything they could handle obviously and FC North champs They didn't have quite the same level of a turnaround in us this early, but it was still an incredibly impressive turnaround it was And then Liam Cohen Jaguars were 4 and 13 13 and 4 record division title
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  [SPEAKER_00]: incredible season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think in a given year, any one of these guys could be a coach of the year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think by variable, probably going to win it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Honestly, that's who I would vote for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't like to say it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I want Liam Cohen to win the award.
• 7:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Liam Cohen is more
• 7:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I still just, I think that he's getting, just, my grave was gotten by a little bit, I think.
• 7:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: I would give it to Cohen over Johnson.
• 7:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: But not by much, I mean, that's a close one too, because the bears are in a tougher division to do what they did was really impressive too.
• 8:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Um, again, no assistant coach of the year candidates for the Jag war is no come, uh, excuse me, they do have come back later.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No defense of player that you're which them and Lloyd probably should be in the finalists.
• 8:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: But it's always a sack type of award.
• 8:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's Will Anderson, Jr., it's Nick Bonito, it's Miles Garrett, it's Adrian Hutchinson, it's Michael Parsons offensive player the year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, the Jag war didn't have a candidate outside of, you know, Trevor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: offensive or defensive rookie the year.
• 8:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I get it.
• 8:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: But come back player the year.
• 8:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: You've got Trevor Lawrence Christian McCaffrey Stefan Diggs, Aiden Hutchinson and Dak Prescott.
• 8:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think Stefan Diggs should be up there, even though he, yeah, good season for sure.
• 8:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Come back season great.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Dak Prescott same thing.
• 9:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just don't think that the resume stacks up.
• 9:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think there's three legitimate candidates for come back player the year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At least that's in my eyes, Trevor Lawrence, Christian McAfrey, Aiden Hutchinson, Aiden Hutchinson came back from a big injury.
• 9:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, how did hell of a season?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unbelievable year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The guy is a freak.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Christian McAfrey, we talked about as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Great year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 17 touchdowns over 2,000 yards.
• 9:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's pretty incredible.
• 9:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Trevor Lawrence, unbelievable year two, especially, you know, back after the year 39 total touchdowns.
• 9:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think again, this is a three-horse race.
• 9:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: I could see it going either way between Lawrence McAfrey and Hutchinson.
• 9:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that the
• 9:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: national notoriety and attention, you know, you see more focus on the 49ers and lions than the Jaguar.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So my guess is Lawrence won't win.
• 10:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: But I think this and coach of the year the Jaguars have legitimate bids at this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think this is the award.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Really that they should have the best chance of winning.
• 10:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: Although again,
• 10:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: Liam, come for Coach of the Year is right there.
• 10:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: I just, I think Mike variables are gonna get it.
• 10:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he deserves it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Come back player of the year, I think Lawrence.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't think you can say that Hutchinson or McAfrey had more impactful better years than Lawrence as come back players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So, that's where I'm at, where are you at?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me know in the comments section below.
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