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Jags A.M. Podcast Ep. 196 | Yet Another Victory Monday, Reviewing Convincing Win in Tennessee · Jags A.M.

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Speaker 1: Welcome into Jagsam Victory Monday edition here on December first,
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Speaker 1: as the Jaguars are big winners over the Titans yesterday,
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Speaker 1: and we want to bring you our big things today
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Speaker 1: because why not go over another Jaguars win. Brought to
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Speaker 1: employees and retirees. Big thing Number one is thankful it's
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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving weekend last week and the Jaguars were able to
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Speaker 1: go out and dominate Brian and we saw, from what
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Speaker 1: from my perspective, at least them to go out and
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Speaker 1: handle a game that we knew they could handle.
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Speaker 2: You know, it was interesting. I read a lot of
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Speaker 2: the national websites and there were a lot of people
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Speaker 2: that were, you know, throwing out bold thoughts. And the
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Speaker 2: bold thought was that the Titans were going to upset
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Speaker 2: the Jaguars because their rookie quarterback had two games, both
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Speaker 2: losses where didn't have a turnover. That's all it takes
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Speaker 2: to beat the Jaguars. Well, so that's the perception that
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Speaker 2: people have with this team. Yeah, yeah, they beat the Cardinals,
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Speaker 2: but they're not that good. So it was on the
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Speaker 2: coach and this team to go handle business, and outside
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Speaker 2: of one drive, the Titans didn't even show up and
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Speaker 2: the Jaguars pummeled them, which is exactly and I'm not
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Speaker 2: even talking about all the scuffs scuffles. In the second half,
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Speaker 2: they went and took care of business. Something this team
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Speaker 2: hasn't done enough of in recent years is to take
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Speaker 2: care of business, and they did a John I thought
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Speaker 2: in a very commanding way.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been a while since this team has had
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Speaker 3: some methodicals. In twenty two, remember they got hot and
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Speaker 3: it was twenty two. I forget the years now when
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Speaker 3: they went to the playoffs nine and eight, they got
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Speaker 3: hot and everything was dramatic. You need to build postseason seasons.
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Speaker 3: You need some methodical wins over teams you ought to beat,
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Speaker 3: and that felt methodical. A kudos to the defense, by
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Speaker 3: the way, for figuring out the Titans early script and
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Speaker 3: then shutting them down. That felt dicey right at first,
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Speaker 3: but then good teams handle that and look, the Jaguars
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Speaker 3: are turning into a good team.
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Speaker 2: And they did it kai on defense, especially right. John
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Speaker 2: mentioned the early success that the Titans had no Eric Carms,
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Speaker 2: did no Trayvon Walker. Okay, you know they were able
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Speaker 2: to figure it out, same thing on the offensive side.
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Speaker 1: Of the ball. Some great adjustments in game we saw
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Speaker 1: there for sure. Our big thing Number two is grateful
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Speaker 1: because we also saw a complete game from Trevor Lawrence
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Speaker 1: who played very well. They didn't get the rush game
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Speaker 1: going very much at all, but they were still able
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Speaker 1: to kind of utilize the offense and the weapons that
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Speaker 1: he had out there. And Trevor Lawrence talked about a
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Speaker 1: little bit about the rivalry.
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Speaker 2: There is a you know, dislike for sure, but there's
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Speaker 2: a respect too. If you know how the game is
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Speaker 2: going to be played, it's going to be physical, You're
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Speaker 2: going to get their best shot, and you know, I'm
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Speaker 2: sure they know the same when they play us. So yeah,
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Speaker 2: there's definitely a little something to it. And I think
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Speaker 2: it's a good thing. You know, that's what makes football.
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Speaker 1: Fun, John, Football is fun, and it's certainly fun. And
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Speaker 1: again when you're playing meaningful games in November and December.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it is fun. I'll talk about Trevor just
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Speaker 3: a little bit. I think it's significant that the passes
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Speaker 3: that got this team going yesterday third and eight to
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Speaker 3: Parker Washington across the know and the next played Jacobe
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Speaker 3: Myers for fifty yards two passes, and with seventy six
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Speaker 3: yards then the TD to Brenton Strange.
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Speaker 4: All three of.
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Speaker 3: Those guys are guys we've talked about for the last
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Speaker 3: couple of weeks that he trusts, he knows where they're
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Speaker 3: going to be. He's building chemistry at those guys. It
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Speaker 3: bodes well for what's coming up that he is connecting
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Speaker 3: with those guys and that those guys are making some
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Speaker 3: things look easy and smooth.
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Speaker 2: You know, last week on Monday, my hot take was
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Speaker 2: Trevor will be just fine, and it was because I
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Speaker 2: liked what I saw from him coming after that third interception,
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Speaker 2: and he continued that on Sunday in Nashville, where he
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Speaker 2: was composed, where he was comfortable in the pocket, where
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Speaker 2: he threw decisively. You know, the pass that he threw
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Speaker 2: for Brenton Stranger's touchdown, He was almost flat foot in
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Speaker 2: the pocket. He was so comfortable, he was well protected,
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Speaker 2: which speaks well of an offensive line that was piece
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Speaker 2: mealing things together as well. But Trevor Lawrence kept it
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Speaker 2: going from the end of the game in Arizona through yesterday,
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Speaker 2: and I just think that we saw a confident, consistent
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Speaker 2: quarterback elite. No, really good.
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Speaker 1: Yes, our final big thing today is going to be
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Speaker 1: hopeful because that Jaguars are in first place in the
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Speaker 1: ANFC South with tie breakers, but they're tied with the Colts,
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Speaker 1: which makes this week's game against the Colts here at
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Speaker 1: EverBank Stadium a big one. Brian, we knew it was
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Speaker 1: going to be no matter what. But now with all
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Speaker 1: the stakes surrounding it, how do you make it a
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Speaker 1: big deal but not make it too big of a deal.
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Speaker 2: No, you can't. You can't because the fan base has
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Speaker 2: been waiting for a game like this since the end
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Speaker 2: of the twenty two season. For Liam Cohen, this is
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Speaker 2: what you hoped for, that you would have a team
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Speaker 2: that was in position to make some noise about the
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Speaker 2: playoff race. Well, it's better than you could have hoped
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Speaker 2: for because you're in first place in the division and
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Speaker 2: if you win on Sunday and if the Chiefs beat
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Speaker 2: the Texans, I mean you're in a really good spot.
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Speaker 2: But this game is really big because if you don't
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Speaker 2: win and the Texans be the Chiefs, you see, you
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Speaker 2: put yourself in a position now where you're on the
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Speaker 2: outside looking in. So this is a really big game
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Speaker 2: for this football team. But John, I don't get the senset.
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Speaker 2: That's a problem. You know, you've seen the veteran leadership.
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Speaker 2: Eric Armstead has been very solid for this team on
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Speaker 2: and off the field. Josh Heinz Allen same way, the
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Speaker 2: quarterback taking that up. I think this team is primed
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Speaker 2: for a big game and to know that it's a
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Speaker 2: big game and to step on the field on Sunday
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Speaker 2: afternoon in front of what should be an excellent crowd
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Speaker 2: expecting a big game.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Look, I don't know if the Jaguar was a win Sunday.
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Speaker 3: I don't think they'll be overwhelmed by a big game.
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Speaker 3: This team has beaten five teams with five hundred records
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Speaker 3: or better, the AFC South. I expect it to go
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Speaker 3: down to the final game, final weekend in some capacity.
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Speaker 3: I don't know if the Jags win this one. I
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Speaker 3: don't you know, but it's three really good teams. I
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Speaker 3: think you're eatingly matched. I think the Jaguars feel like
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Speaker 3: they belong there. I think they're right, and I think
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Speaker 3: they'll be four or five games at the end of
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Speaker 3: the season where every game you're in the fourth quarter
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Speaker 3: looking at your game and the scoreboard. This is the
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Speaker 3: fun stuff.
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Speaker 1: The division ones are always the fun stuff. So stay
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Speaker 1: with us here on Jagzam. After the break, we're gonna
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Speaker 1: go over the highlights from yesterday's way over the Titans.
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Speaker 1: a victory Monday, and we love it. On a victory Monday,
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Speaker 1: I think three in a row at this point, right,
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Speaker 1: So it's always good to recap a win. And so
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Speaker 1: we're gonna start out with what we saw on offense.
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Speaker 1: And Jacoby Myers, who was added four weeks ago at
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Speaker 1: this point to this roster, came in and had probably
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Speaker 1: one of his best games that we've seen so far.
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Speaker 1: Obviously a ton of trust factor there with Trebor Lawrence,
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Speaker 1: but this play over the middle, I believe the longest
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Speaker 1: pass of his career fifty yards. And how about BTJ
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Speaker 1: back in the game setting some blocks there as well.
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Speaker 1: You got to like that seeing the buy in all
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Speaker 1: around and then obviously capping it off with a touchdown
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Speaker 1: John It was nice to see early to get this going.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And an aside on BTJ during some of his
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Speaker 3: troubles this year, I've gotten emails, Oh, he's going to
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Speaker 3: be a problem, He's going to be added to I've
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Speaker 3: never gotten that people.
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Speaker 4: I don't know who he used that right person.
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Speaker 3: This kid wants to win, he wants to be good.
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Speaker 3: He loves being around this team. That was a big
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Speaker 3: time play and show commitment. And now Jacoby Myers look
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Speaker 3: in four games already, he's you know, there's a difference sometimes, Brian,
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Speaker 3: between making plays and really mattering in the offense. Right,
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Speaker 3: he's one of the engines of this offense.
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Speaker 4: Now he what a mid season pick up.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And when you talk about Brian Thomas or think
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Speaker 2: about what he could learn from Jacoby Myers, people forget
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Speaker 2: Myers was an undrafted rookie who made his way through
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Speaker 2: the Patriots out to Vegas and then the Jaguars had
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Speaker 2: to have him. His work ethic, his precision in his
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Speaker 2: route running, the way that he is always where he's
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Speaker 2: supposed to be, the twenty third pick in the draft, whatever,
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Speaker 2: Brian was, first round pick, all the hoopla around him.
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Speaker 2: He can learn a lot from the way that Jacobe
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Speaker 2: Myers works, and Jacoby learned it because that was the
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Speaker 2: only way he was going to make it in the NFL.
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Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit more about special teams, because
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Speaker 1: one of my favorite plays from yesterday was Leaquinn Allen Junior,
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Speaker 1: who if he isn't one of your favorite players already,
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Speaker 1: he should be. He is just dives headlong into the
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Speaker 1: play that you think is over and somehow jars the
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Speaker 1: ball loose. Originally wasn't called a turnover, challenged by Liam
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Speaker 1: Cohen and it was pronounced a turnover at this point.
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Speaker 1: But he does all the little things we talk about
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Speaker 1: football players, went on all of that.
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Speaker 2: But you know the other thing that I loved about
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Speaker 2: him was did you see early in the game when
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Speaker 2: Jeffrey Simmons was flustered when he was pointing at Leaquin
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Speaker 2: Allen Jr. When he was walking off. I mean, he
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Speaker 2: got chipped hard by him on one particular play, and
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Speaker 2: the rest of the game, thirty six was in his
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Speaker 2: ear so much so that when you go and look
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Speaker 2: at the play that had to be broken up on
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Speaker 2: the sideline Arden Keys hit on Trevor Lawrence. You see
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Speaker 2: thirty six and ninety eight having a little collision in
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Speaker 2: the pile and the quarterback having to go and turn
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Speaker 2: thirty six around. I just love the intensity with which
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Speaker 2: he plays with. In the first half, he was that
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Speaker 2: little birdie that just would not go away, and Jeffrey
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Speaker 2: Simmons was flustered by him.
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Speaker 3: I would call him that little gnat that doesn't go away.
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Speaker 3: That's really disrespecting. How good a player is he talked
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Speaker 3: about favorite player. He's the favorite player of a lot
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Speaker 3: of coaches staff in this building.
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Speaker 4: They love this kid. You know, he loves playing football.
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Speaker 4: That shows what a late round.
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Speaker 2: Pickup Jaguars DNA more of that place.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely football player for sure. Let's look at Brenton Strange's touchdown.
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Speaker 1: We finally got him back off ir last week. He
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Speaker 1: kind of been working his way back a little bit,
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Speaker 1: but John, the trust that he has from Trevor clearly
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Speaker 1: still there. Yea.
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Speaker 3: I think you mentioned a little bit now one of
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Speaker 3: your quick thoughts, just the more with receivers. But this
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Speaker 3: team's ability to adapt, change on the fly, bring guys back.
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Speaker 3: I think by the guys who made big plays, Parker Washington,
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Speaker 3: Brenton Strange, Jacoby Myers, you know second third week of
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Speaker 3: the season, Brenton was involved.
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Speaker 4: You know what I'm saying.
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Speaker 3: They are figuring out what they are on the fly,
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Speaker 3: and it's the reason they're a much better team in
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Speaker 3: week twelve than they were in week one.
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Speaker 4: Brenton Strange, I'm mean saying all year he might be
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Speaker 4: the best player on their roster. With the pologies and
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Speaker 4: Josh Heines.
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Speaker 2: Allen right now, listen, they also show you who this
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Speaker 2: quarterback is because those are players Parker Washington, Jacoby Myers,
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Speaker 2: and Brenton Strange who are always where they're supposed to be.
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Speaker 2: And we've made the reference here back to twenty twenty
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Speaker 2: two when you had Marvin Jones, C. J. Kirk, Christian
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Speaker 2: Kirk and Zay Jones and they were always where they
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Speaker 2: were supposed to be. In the quarterback played his best
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Speaker 2: stretch of football when he had guys he could depend on. Well,
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Speaker 2: we're starting to see the quarterback play his best stretch
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Speaker 2: of football of the year, and there's no surprise that
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Speaker 2: eighty five, eleven, and three are the guys who are
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Speaker 2: helping him get there.
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Speaker 4: Yeah. Kay.
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Speaker 3: What Brian touched on might be the storyline of the
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Speaker 3: last six seven weeks of the season. I think that
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Speaker 3: if what we're seeing with Trevor and that trust factor
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Speaker 3: of the receivers is real, which I think it is,
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Speaker 3: this becomes a different I thin it's a playoff team anyway. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: but if that's real, this becomes really interesting.
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Speaker 2: And what they have, if they can get it out
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Speaker 2: of him, is in the elite talent in Brian Thomas
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Speaker 2: Junior that they didn't have in twenty twenty two. Think
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Speaker 2: about what that could do to take this offense to
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Speaker 2: another level.
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Speaker 1: Propell it even farther. Absolutely, Let's look at this fourth
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Speaker 1: and one and then the rushing touchdown for them, because
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Speaker 1: also kind of staying, as we've seen in later games,
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Speaker 1: sometimes they can let people get back into things. They
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Speaker 1: didn't get the first down on this play, It was
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Speaker 1: challenged when Trevor rushing forward. They went four on fourth
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Speaker 1: and one, which I don't think anybody was surprising and
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Speaker 1: Colin wanted to do. And then they get a touchdown
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Speaker 1: and then not that it didn't feel like it was
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Speaker 1: already kind of out of reach at that point, but
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Speaker 1: that really solidified it and they kind of stayed with
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Speaker 1: their foot of the gap.
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Speaker 2: Listen, this team played tough yesterday and the Titans. The
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Speaker 2: one thing John that you knew that they could do
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Speaker 2: was play physical upfront, because when you have a big
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Speaker 2: body like Jeffrey Simmons who can wreck things, you have
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Speaker 2: to be tougher than they were. And it was good
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Speaker 2: to see that the Jaguars were.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, the toughness showed up. I mean they.
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Speaker 3: I think the Titans there were some moments and Trevor
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Speaker 3: talked about in the post game that they wish they
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Speaker 3: had finished better the Jaguars, but the reason they didn't
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Speaker 3: finish better the Titans are pretty good defensive front. I
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Speaker 3: thought key to this game for the Jaguars when they
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Speaker 3: did put together drives, they finished them with touchdowns.
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Speaker 4: A couple of key moments.
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Speaker 3: One we missed at the very end of the first
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Speaker 3: half when the Titans had a chance to maybe get
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Speaker 3: a touchdown and get back to what fifteen to nine,
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Speaker 3: fifteen to ten, You get the fourth down stop and
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Speaker 3: then you get the field goal fifteen points instead of
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Speaker 3: a six point game. Big swings in the NFL that
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Speaker 3: turned games into ployots. That was one, and this driveway
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Speaker 3: just showed.
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Speaker 1: It was Another's talk about some of this toughness when
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Speaker 1: your punter starts getting after it with the other team.
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Speaker 1: That's always interesting. Also, I do want to point out though,
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Speaker 1: on this play, I'm a little bit concerned about him
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Speaker 1: and Ross love to play, love to try to get
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Speaker 1: involved into things, and I'm concerned about Logan Cook's shoulders.
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Speaker 1: So we'll see what that actually ends up looking like.
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Speaker 1: He stayed in the game, continued to punt, but this
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Speaker 1: hit right here when he went down, and I was like,
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Speaker 1: did we just lose the punter?
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Speaker 2: Yeah? Listen, I love the attitude, I love the toughness.
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Speaker 2: Who doesn't in that locker room love Logan Cook, but
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Speaker 2: love let's be smart with Yeah, you are the only
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Speaker 2: punter on the roster, and you can be a weapon
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Speaker 2: for this team, especially as you get deep into December.
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Speaker 2: Let's play smart football.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I might have saved a touchdown though, so you know,
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Speaker 3: I kind of get his instinct, you know, right this
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Speaker 3: was I wrote in the ozone to det Logan Cook.
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Speaker 3: He's had enough, he's had enough, He's.
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Speaker 1: Not then we'll get to this fight that kind of
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Speaker 1: bridged out after this. And what I like to point
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Speaker 1: out with this fight that Logan Cook's also involved in.
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Speaker 1: He was in on the zizel Shire fight last year
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Speaker 1: against the Texas as well. So if you think Logan
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Speaker 1: Cook's the one to mest with normally go for the puncher,
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Speaker 1: that is not true.
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Speaker 2: Logan Cook is all Southern man now. I mean you
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Speaker 2: see him in his big truck pulling up. I mean,
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Speaker 2: this is a guy who likes to be in the action.
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Speaker 2: And I love the way that he ran across the
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Speaker 2: field for this. And you'll also notice how quickly Ross Madison,
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Speaker 2: who was out of the game with the back injury,
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Speaker 2: was in there throwing people to the ground to get
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Speaker 2: them off of his punter. You know, it was just
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Speaker 2: a moment in the game with a lot of penalties
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Speaker 2: and that's kind of embarrassing, but it was also a
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Speaker 2: moment of toughness, and I know that's a theme that
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Speaker 2: you're really hitting on.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was entertaining.
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Speaker 2: Here's madisick pushing.
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Speaker 4: Yeah it was.
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Speaker 3: And I'm not diminishing. Those guys are a really good friends.
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Speaker 3: They ran each other's wedding. I think Logan administered Ross's wedding,
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Speaker 3: So cool story. Liam After the game, I think said
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Speaker 3: it best.
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Speaker 4: They played with an edge, for sure, but let's be a.
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Speaker 1: Little smart and not lose the entire special teams getting
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Speaker 1: hurt definitely something to keep an eye but good to
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Speaker 1: see them all kind of and I think do we
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Speaker 1: spoke about this a little bit on postgame radio. They've
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Speaker 1: played together for a while and they've gone through some
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Speaker 1: things we know, in the past couple of years. But
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Speaker 1: just the fight for each other on that team is
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Speaker 1: great to see, even some of the younger guys that
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Speaker 1: like Laquent buying it as well.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, as much as you joke around about special teams,
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Speaker 3: Bruja has, the element that he touched on is exactly right.
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Speaker 4: There is a closeness.
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Speaker 3: On this team, the core of which I think are
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Speaker 3: guys who have been.
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Speaker 4: Here and been through some stuff. I think that'll serve
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Speaker 4: him while.
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Speaker 2: That locker room, especially as you get in now to
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Speaker 2: the really gritty part of the schedule where you've got
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Speaker 2: the Colts, then two weeks later you go to Denver
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Speaker 2: and three weeks later you're in Indianapolis. That locker room
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Speaker 2: has to be together and something like that, something like
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Speaker 2: Logan Cook and Ross, Mattisk and Dewey can pull a
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Speaker 2: lot of guys around them.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely stay with us here on jag Zam. After the break,
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Speaker 1: we'll give you our hot takes coming up. Welcome back
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Speaker 5: We need everybody, We need a city to show up,
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Speaker 5: you know, and support us, and because we want to
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Speaker 5: make them proud. You know, we're continuing to try to
16:41
Speaker 5: put a product on the field that our city and
16:45
Speaker 5: community can be proud of. And that's something that means
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Speaker 5: a lot to our team, it means a lot to
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Speaker 5: our players, and we want to continue to do that.
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Speaker 5: So as much support as we can get from Duval
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Speaker 5: that would be huge.
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Speaker 1: It's going to be a big one on Sunday, hopefully
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Speaker 1: a good turnout for everybody. I'm excited.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's a buzz in the city.
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Speaker 2: I mean you can feel it this morning as you
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Speaker 2: talk to people. I was at Public's and I mean
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Speaker 2: there was four people that wanted to talk about it
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Speaker 2: at seven o'clock this morning.
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Speaker 1: Of course, Brian, what's your hot take for us today?
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Speaker 2: The Jaguars are the number one run defense and the
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Speaker 2: Colts running back Jonathan Taylor is the number one running
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Speaker 2: back and he leaves the league with fifteen rushing touchdowns.
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Speaker 2: But I'm gonna go a different direction with it and
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Speaker 2: focus on just the rushing numbers. I think the Jaguars
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Speaker 2: will have a better day on the ground than the Colts.
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Speaker 2: The Colts the last two weeks have failed to crack
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Speaker 2: one hundred yard mark against the Chiefs and the Texans,
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Speaker 2: and I think that the Jaguars, we've been talking about toughness.
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Speaker 2: I think after yesterday when they didn't really run the
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Speaker 2: ball very well, will come out focused on stopping Jonathan Taylor,
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Speaker 2: but more importantly on getting their running game going. And
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Speaker 2: I think it's a pride thing, it's a toughness thing.
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Speaker 2: I think here at home that the Jaguars will have
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Speaker 2: a better day on thend then the Colts, and I
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Speaker 2: think that's why the Jaguars will win the game. I'm
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Speaker 2: calling that shot on Monday because I believe that they
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Speaker 2: will have the better running offense on Sunday.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think the good news on that front
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Speaker 3: is Trevor Lawrence in the last few weeks. I get
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Speaker 3: the interceptions against the Cardinals, but starting to make plays
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Speaker 3: downfield more and I think Colt's defense and all defenses
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Speaker 3: have to concern themselves with that sum Now you wonder
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Speaker 3: I haven't watched Andy. Those rushing numbers tell me that
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Speaker 3: teams are stacking against John Taylor and right now Jones within.
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Speaker 4: That may be advantage Jaguars. There we'll see on Sunday.
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Speaker 4: You hope it is.
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Speaker 2: There's one more reason why I think that the Jaguars
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Speaker 2: will have success running, and that's Deforce Buckner, who is
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Speaker 2: a game wrecker, is on injured reserve and not playing,
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Speaker 2: and they don't look the same on the defensive front
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Speaker 2: without him.
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Speaker 4: I went with there's no questioning a toughness at this point.
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Speaker 3: And I'm not sure if you've watched this team from
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Speaker 3: week one why you would have questioned it anyway. But
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Speaker 3: to do what they did yesterday, it'll be overlooked when
19:11
Speaker 3: you analyze this season because it's, oh, you should beat
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Speaker 3: the Titans, and they should have beaten the Titans.
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Speaker 4: But the way they did it, the focus that that took.
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Speaker 3: Dewey said after the game, the reason that you know,
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Speaker 3: the key to this week was that they didn't look ahead.
19:29
Speaker 3: It's not always easy to do. So you have to
19:33
Speaker 3: be impressed with the culture, all that stuff we talk
19:38
Speaker 3: about that Liam Cohen has instilled in this team.
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Speaker 4: I thought his demeanor after the.
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Speaker 3: Game yesterday was very matter of fact and focused. You
19:48
Speaker 3: play all these games and you go through all this
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Speaker 3: to get here, and has that ever felt truer than
19:56
Speaker 3: it does right now, meaning all the ups and downs,
19:59
Speaker 3: but we are You're eight and four.
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Speaker 4: Everything's in front of you. This is what it's about.
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Speaker 3: And the fact that he has made this a strong
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Speaker 3: mental and physical team is really impressive.
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Speaker 2: Twelve games in well, when they came in, Tony, James
20:16
Speaker 2: and Liam together, they talked about Jaguars DNA and they
20:19
Speaker 2: wanted football players.
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Speaker 3: They want a.
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Speaker 2: Tough guy football players. And just look at the season
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Speaker 2: that Eric Armstead has put together. Right after being a
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Speaker 2: disappointment last year, he bought in completely and has been
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Speaker 2: a force, not just in the middle of the defense,
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Speaker 2: but he's been that guy in the locker room as well.
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Speaker 2: They got an older vet who had a salty didn't
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Speaker 2: have a great taste in his mouth after the way
20:42
Speaker 2: that last season went, who completely bought in and has
20:45
Speaker 2: helped lift this thing up. And they're the number one
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Speaker 2: run defense in large part because of the way that
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Speaker 2: he has played. And I just think if you sidle
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Speaker 2: up next to Tony out on the practice field during
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Speaker 2: the week, he will tell you we want football players,
20:58
Speaker 2: and that's kind of the mentality that they've got in
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Speaker 2: the locker now. Tough guys will fight you for every
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Speaker 2: inch of the field, and it's been a lot of
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Speaker 2: fun to watch.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely one of mine's a little bit of a head
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Speaker 1: of itself. We're not quite sure yet, but I am
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Speaker 1: a bit concerned about Parker Washington, who left the game
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Speaker 1: with a hip injury. He did not return, and knowing
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Speaker 1: how tough he is and normally will play through, my
21:18
Speaker 1: concern is a little bit if they lose him. To me,
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Speaker 1: the loss of Parker Washington would be bigger than the
21:24
Speaker 1: loss of Travis Hunter, even to this team right now,
21:26
Speaker 1: because while we talk about what he does on the offense,
21:29
Speaker 1: Marco Washington's role on special teams has shifted at least
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Speaker 1: two or three games in favor for the Jaguars this season,
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Speaker 1: and without him out there on punk returns, I'm not
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Speaker 1: sure what it would look like in some of these
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Speaker 1: other games. And obviously the loss on offense would be huge.
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Speaker 2: Well, you know, he's my MVP. I mean the way
21:46
Speaker 2: that he impacted offense, the way that he came and
21:48
Speaker 2: helped the quarterback lift his game back up and the
21:50
Speaker 2: way that he has been on special teams. I thought
21:52
Speaker 2: he was the most valuable player on the roster. It
21:54
Speaker 2: would be a big loss. And we saw a hip
21:56
Speaker 2: injury take Breton Strange, and we don't know at this point,
21:59
Speaker 2: we haven't heard it's even the same thing, but if
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Speaker 2: it is a hip injury, it could be a couple
22:04
Speaker 2: of weeks.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I think what's interesting is we've reached the point we've
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Speaker 3: seen this team so often this year sort of just
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Speaker 3: play through situations that my first instinct is, well, they'll
22:16
Speaker 3: be fine, but there is a tipping point, and Parker
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Speaker 3: Washington may have turned himself into such a tipping point.
22:23
Speaker 3: And you loved the trust we talked about the trust
22:26
Speaker 3: that Trevor's having with these guys. You'd love to go
22:29
Speaker 3: into the last four or five games of the season
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Speaker 3: with Strange, Jacoby, Parker Washington and have BATJ coming back.
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Speaker 4: Parker's a big part of that trust.
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Speaker 1: We'll get an update on that hopefully later on this week,
22:40
Speaker 1: maybe today, but we'll definitely know something a bit later
22:43
Speaker 1: on and this week about what the timeline for him
22:45
Speaker 1: is gonna end up looking like. But stay with us
22:48
Speaker 1: here on jag Zam. We'll tell you what's coming up
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Speaker 2: Hey, how.
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Speaker 5: Guys, Hey, guys, earning to play meaningful games in November
23:25
Speaker 5: and December.
23:26
Speaker 4: Guys, that's what that is.
23:28
Speaker 5: We have earned this right, have earned it. Okay, guys, Winners, win, winners,
23:36
Speaker 5: win a.
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Speaker 4: Job, fellas.
23:37
Speaker 3: You gotta keep rolling.
23:38
Speaker 1: Get healthy.
23:38
Speaker 2: Guys stepping up.
23:39
Speaker 3: It was huge.
23:39
Speaker 5: Let's keep rolling.
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Speaker 1: There's win, guys, and we're winners right now. Jaguars are
23:45
Speaker 1: first place in the AFC South.
23:47
Speaker 5: Just pretty good.
23:47
Speaker 2: Just win, Just keep winning and take care of business.
23:50
Speaker 2: If you do, then neither the Colts nor the Texans
23:52
Speaker 2: can do much to you.
23:53
Speaker 4: Final thought, I know we're getting out here.
23:55
Speaker 3: We really haven't mentioned Von Hamilton just because the show
23:59
Speaker 3: mannered different rections, such a big game. I'm efforting him
24:02
Speaker 3: for the ozone podcast this week. But what a fun
24:06
Speaker 3: story for him to come in a long snap for
24:08
Speaker 3: what a quarter and a half, he had five snaps.
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Speaker 4: They all came off.
24:11
Speaker 3: I mean, they are a couple of you know, high
24:14
Speaker 3: but guess what, he hadn't done that even practiced since
24:18
Speaker 3: training camp, So credit to dham That was fun.
24:20
Speaker 2: And I do think it'll get lost because we'll put
24:22
Speaker 2: this game to the side with the magnitude of the
24:23
Speaker 2: Colts game coming up. But the way that Colvan Landon
24:26
Speaker 2: moved positions, the way that they had to adjust on defense,
24:30
Speaker 2: the way that Devon Hamilton had to step in, the
24:32
Speaker 2: way that this team found a way to get the
24:35
Speaker 2: job done with key players on the sideline speaks to
24:39
Speaker 2: not just the culture but the way that this team
24:41
Speaker 2: is constructed that they're able to overcome things like that. Now,
24:44
Speaker 2: this is a completely different level this week against the Colts,
24:48
Speaker 2: but it was impressive to see them all adjust.
24:50
Speaker 3: And don't forget Hamilton did that with the game still
24:52
Speaker 3: in the bounce in the first half. Yeah, where if
24:55
Speaker 3: a snap sails over Logan's head, game could be completely
24:59
Speaker 3: differ all and safety. You're talking point swings. So again,
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Speaker 3: it's pretty cool to see.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, we saw Whyett Milam for the first time as well,
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Speaker 1: and some other injuries kind of taking place. So we'll
25:08
Speaker 1: hope to get some updates later on that this week,
25:10
Speaker 1: but we'll be back with you as the big week
25:12
Speaker 1: the Jaguars taken on the Colt for first place in
25:15
Speaker 1: the AFC South up for grabs. We'll see you later
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Speaker 1: on this week on Jack's Am