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Andrew Catalon on Jaguars Destiny & Big Start | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues ahead of the Jaguars and the
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  Speaker 1: Houston Texans in Week four, and you know it's AFC
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  Speaker 1: South season. When Andrew Catalan joins us on Countdown to Kickoff,
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  Speaker 1: Great to see you, my friend. How are you.
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  Speaker 2: That's great to be back in the division. JP, I've
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  Speaker 2: missed it.
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  Speaker 1: Oh okay, well you're not going to miss it for
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  Speaker 1: long because they got a big match up today, of course,
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  Speaker 1: the Texans and the Jaguars. Let's start with the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: start this season oh and three and then exposed on
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  Speaker 1: Monday Night football in front of the national audience that
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  Speaker 1: gave up forty seven on defense. The offense couldn't do anything,
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  Speaker 1: and it's a struggle around here right now. Where do
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  Speaker 1: you begin? What stood out the most about that loss
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  Speaker 1: of Monday Night?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I just feel having been in Buffalo so many times,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm certainly not making excuses for the Jaguars, but
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  Speaker 2: it's just a very difficult place to walk into on
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  Speaker 2: Monday night in prime time, and I feel like, and
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  Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence has even said this, they had to get
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  Speaker 2: out on top early, and when they did not do that,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like it can easily fall off quickly in Buffalo. Look,
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  Speaker 2: you can point to whatever you want. I mean, five
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns on the first five possessions, the Trevor Lawrence interception,
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  Speaker 2: the protection, the injuries. It was ugly. There's no other
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  Speaker 2: way around it. The Jaguars have said as much. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's one of those games where you just got
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  Speaker 2: to quickly move on, and certainly they've had a short week.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe that helps them here against the Texans, because that
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  Speaker 2: game was a nightmare and they have to forget it
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  Speaker 2: as quickly as they can.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of football left in the season. However,
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  Speaker 1: they are back to back division games Houston this week.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, Indy's coming to Jacksonville next week. If for
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  Speaker 1: some reason those don't go the right way for the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 1: they're oh five headed to London and two division losses,
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  Speaker 1: five AFC losses. I mean, this is piling up in
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  Speaker 1: a hurry. It's crazy to say the season's on the
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  Speaker 1: brink in week four, but it kind of is feeling
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  Speaker 1: that way.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think, Yeah, this is a big one,
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  Speaker 2: there's no doubt about it. I Mean, it's so hard
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  Speaker 2: for me to believe that last November I call the
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  Speaker 2: Jaguars Texans game in Houston. Great game, Jacksonville won. I
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  Speaker 2: remember walking out of that game thinking, wow, Jaguars are
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  Speaker 2: eight and three, but this Texans team will be coming
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  Speaker 2: along nicely in the future. And then to think about
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  Speaker 2: what has happened since that day and how the Jaguars
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  Speaker 2: only have one win since then Texans went on to
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  Speaker 2: win the division. I mean, I think maybe if you're
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  Speaker 2: a Jaguars fan, maybe everything comes full circle. Right You're
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  Speaker 2: back in Houston where you had that beautiful win last
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  Speaker 2: Thanksgiving weekend. They have to hope that some of those
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  Speaker 2: good memories come back, because you're right, you know, you
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  Speaker 2: hate to say the season is over in September, and
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  Speaker 2: I don't believe it is. But this is a big
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  Speaker 2: game coming up here against the Texans.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Cattle on CBS Sports with Us, have you seen
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  Speaker 1: the Texans yet this year? And what stands out about Houston?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously CJ. Stroud is priority number one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I had them week one, so I did get
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  Speaker 2: my AFC South taste week one when they were in Indianapolis.
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  Speaker 2: Again the Colts is a great game, you know. I
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  Speaker 2: think the thing that stood out to me was what
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  Speaker 2: Joe Mixon provided in the run game and really just
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  Speaker 2: how much the run game sets up the rest of
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  Speaker 2: their offense. And they really didn't have that Weeks two
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  Speaker 2: against the Bears in Week three against the Vikings. So
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  Speaker 2: I feel like for Houston, if they can get that
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  Speaker 2: run game going and then play off of that, they're
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  Speaker 2: a very dangerous offense when you don't have the run
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  Speaker 2: game working. And last week Mixing didn't play cam Akers
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  Speaker 2: was the starter. You know, their offense looks a little different,
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  Speaker 2: but it's still a very talented team. They have really
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  Speaker 2: good pieces on both sides of the football. To Neil Hunter,
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  Speaker 2: I think is a fantastic addition, and I expect that
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  Speaker 2: they'll be one of those teams we'll be talking about
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  Speaker 2: in January, you know, come playoff time. I think they're
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  Speaker 2: that good.
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  Speaker 1: How about the mindset of Tamiko Ryans a guy who's
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  Speaker 1: played it, coached it for a long time, and now
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  Speaker 1: finally has his opportunity as the head man in charge.
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  Speaker 1: And what do you like about Tomiko?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I think the players love playing for him. He's
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  Speaker 2: you know, I guess that the term players coach gets
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  Speaker 2: thrown around a lot, but I feel like he is
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  Speaker 2: very relatable for the player. He treats him well. There's
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  Speaker 2: a passion, there's a fire about him that I think
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  Speaker 2: galvanizes this text in his team. And you know, I
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  Speaker 2: think anytime you're starting out as a head coach, there'll
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  Speaker 2: be little things like whether it's challenges or strategy that
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  Speaker 2: you take a close eye on. As he continues to
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  Speaker 2: feel his way through that, I think he's a really
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  Speaker 2: good coach.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Catalan with us Doug Peterson on the other side, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, just seeing his press conference the other day
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  Speaker 1: on Tuesday, I guess the day after the team got
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  Speaker 1: back from Buffalo. He still just seemed disheveled with everything
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  Speaker 1: that had happened on Monday. I haven't quite seen him
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  Speaker 1: like that in a little while. This is I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if this is uncharted territory for Doug, but it's
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  Speaker 1: not territory you want to be in, I'll put it
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  Speaker 1: that way. But he's a guy that has done it before.
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  Speaker 1: He's rallied teams in the past. I'm curious, you're what
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on Doug Peterson's ability to do that and the
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  Speaker 1: challenge at hand compared to some in the past for him,
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  Speaker 1: and how does he circle the wagons this time?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I have confidence in him. We've seen him do it.
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  Speaker 2: I think he can do it again. I like what
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  Speaker 2: he said in that press conference you mentioned on Tuesday
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  Speaker 2: about enough with the speeches. There's no raw rah. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to go out and play, and they really just
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  Speaker 2: have to kind of I think, I hate I know
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  Speaker 2: it's cliche, but a good start would mean so much
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  Speaker 2: for this team if they if the Texans get out
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  Speaker 2: to a fourteen to nothing lead, you can just see
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  Speaker 2: the domino and the spiral of it. Jacksonville has to
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  Speaker 2: come out establish who they are, get some points early,
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  Speaker 2: you know, get the guys going, and I think Doug Peterson,
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  Speaker 2: with his play calling and with his motivation, has a
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  Speaker 2: chance to do that in this game. But I think
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  Speaker 2: it's super important for them to get off to a
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  Speaker 2: good start, all right.
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  Speaker 1: And through another new booth for you this year, you're
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  Speaker 1: training some new analysts around. How's it been through a
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  Speaker 1: few weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's been fun. Obviously worked with Tiki
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  Speaker 2: Barber last year, so we've got to know each other
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  Speaker 2: pretty well. Matt Ryan was with us a season ago,
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  Speaker 2: but now he's in the studio in New York. So
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  Speaker 2: we have Jason mccordy, who was a fantastic guy, getting
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  Speaker 2: to know him a little bit. And what I really
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  Speaker 2: like is you got Tiki going into the offensive part
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  Speaker 2: of it, but you'll hear a little more defense out
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  Speaker 2: of Jason, which you didn't really get as much with
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  Speaker 2: Matt Ryan. So I really love the addition of Jason,
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  Speaker 2: and we'll continue to grow throughout the year.
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  Speaker 1: These mccordy guys are everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: They're taking over the crazy. I mean, I've got Jason,
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  Speaker 2: who's got a twin Devin. I've got Tiki who's got
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  Speaker 2: ron Day. It's like, you know, one day they could
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  Speaker 2: throw a curveball at me and I'm not sure I
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  Speaker 2: would know who's next to me.
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  Speaker 1: Now, that would be a pretty good practical joke for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Great to see you, Andrew. We'll do it again soon,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure. And enjoy the game, Sunday, appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks you too. JP