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Jags A.M. Podcast Ep. 264 | Jaguars Week 8 Review · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome into Jags AM. Happy Victory Monday. I'm Kanani Stephens.
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  Speaker 1: Brian Sexton and John Ogier are with me today. It's
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  Speaker 1: the first time we've had Victory Monday in a little
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  Speaker 1: while because of the bye week and the loss to
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  Speaker 1: the Texans.
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  Speaker 2: But what a sweet day it is.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get into things brought to you by GEHA, Government
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  Speaker 1: Employees Health Association.
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  Speaker 2: The big things today for you.
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  Speaker 1: Big thing number one is that huge win, a decisive
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  Speaker 1: victory over the Indianapolis Colts. And Liam Cohen talked about
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  Speaker 1: that home field advantage.
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  Speaker 3: The guys.
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  Speaker 4: I think they were knowing that, hey, man, there's a
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  Speaker 4: little blood in the water, that we want to be
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  Speaker 4: able to jump on these guys at home. We haven't
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  Speaker 4: been at home much. We wanted to be able to
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  Speaker 4: put on a show for our home fan base and
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  Speaker 4: give the people some excitement. Hopefully we can get back
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  Speaker 4: here in a couple weeks and get some more of that.
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  Speaker 1: Brian, the team's not at home a ton this year.
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  Speaker 1: It had been five weeks since they last played at
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  Speaker 1: Everbank Stadium. But when they do play in Jacksonville, it's
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  Speaker 1: decisive victories every single time.
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  Speaker 5: It's deep water, Kai. And the Jaguars say, come on,
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  Speaker 5: it's fine. Don't worry about the Sharks. The Jaguars have
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  Speaker 5: scored more than 34 points in all seven of their
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  Speaker 5: consecutive wins.
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  Speaker 6: And they've scored more than 40 points three times. It's astounding.
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  Speaker 5: The last four games they've played, John, they've held the
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  Speaker 5: opponent to seven points or less. They have taken advantage
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  Speaker 5: of the way that Liam Cohen has built this team,
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  Speaker 5: and they are bloodthirsty at home.
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  Speaker 6: The waters are filled.
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  Speaker 5: With sharks, and the Jaguars just make it miserable for
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  Speaker 5: their opponents. They've done it now to the Chargers. They've
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  Speaker 5: done it to the Patriots, the Browns, the Jets, the Titans,
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  Speaker 5: and the Colts twice.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, it's a pretty good team to mix in there, too.
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  Speaker 7: So it's... Somebody asked me in the Ozone, well, why
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  Speaker 7: are they so good at home? Well, they're a good team.
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  Speaker 7: They're a really good team, and often really good teams
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  Speaker 7: play really well at home, so they're sort of that
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  Speaker 7: into the mix, and they have done a great job
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  Speaker 7: during this streak. In the NFL, blowout wins are still
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  Speaker 7: built on moments, taking advantage of the moment when it's there. 7-0,
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  Speaker 7: you know, in second quarter yesterday, oh boy, the Colts
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  Speaker 7: are hanging on, and then The Jaguars get the turnover where, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 7: Devon Hamilton was hurt. Then they take immediate advantage. Now
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  Speaker 7: it's 14-0. Now you've tilted the field. And once the
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  Speaker 7: team tilts the field in this building in its favor,
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  Speaker 7: it just rolls. Brian, for as long around here as
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  Speaker 7: these fans, and even us, have watched slogging at home,
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  Speaker 7: it's got to be fun for the fans to be
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  Speaker 7: walking out with their chest high and yelling Duval.
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  Speaker 6: 100%.
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  Speaker 5: And what's interesting is you've still got the— The Titans,
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  Speaker 5: the Commanders, and the Steelers who have to come here
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  Speaker 5: this year. And I'm trying to think of a place
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  Speaker 5: over 33 years in this league where you walked in.
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  Speaker 6: Knowing that you weren't going to be able to overcome it.
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  Speaker 5: There was a little of that in Nashville in the
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  Speaker 5: late 90s where the Jaguars were pretty good, but they
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  Speaker 5: just couldn't get a leg in that stadium against the Titans.
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  Speaker 6: And at times.
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  Speaker 5: Minnesota has been a very rigorous place to play, Buffalo. But,
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  Speaker 5: I mean, I'm telling you, anybody who has to come
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  Speaker 5: here in January, John, Kai, I mean, they've got to
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  Speaker 5: be thinking that is going to be an absolute snake pit.
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  Speaker 5: And you're talking about 42,000, 42,500 people, and they're still
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  Speaker 5: making it miserable for visiting teams. It's a lot of
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  Speaker 5: fun right now to walk out of this stadium.
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  Speaker 2: Sure is fun.
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  Speaker 1: We got that Monday Night Football to look forward to too,
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  Speaker 1: which is going to be great here in Jacksonville. Our
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  Speaker 1: second big thing today is a huge loss. While the
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  Speaker 1: team was able to get a huge win, they did
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  Speaker 1: have a loss in terms of injury. Devon Hamilton was
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  Speaker 1: injured during the game, taken off the field on a cart.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get further details on that later today, hopefully. But
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  Speaker 1: obviously an unfortunate incident, and Liam Cohen talked about that.
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  Speaker 4: Extremely difficult.
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  Speaker 7: There's not many.
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  Speaker 4: Better humans, better competitors, team guys. I mean, you should
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  Speaker 4: have saw Deham this week in practice, his leadership, um,
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  Speaker 4: and defensive line individual periods this week, his, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 4: just the, the human, the competitor that I can't say
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  Speaker 4: enough about him. I mean, when he, when he's out
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  Speaker 4: there laying down and he, and he, he's reassuring me
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  Speaker 4: like that's who he is. You know, he's reassuring me and, um,
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  Speaker 4: has a smile on his face actually, you know, just,
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  Speaker 4: he trusts God and he trusts himself.
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  Speaker 3: He trusts, life.
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  Speaker 6: He's just one of those type of people.
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  Speaker 4: And so, uh, tough to see that obviously really tough.
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  Speaker 4: So have to evaluate what it's, you know, truly.
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  Speaker 2: Is John Devon Hamilton.
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  Speaker 1: We give him credit, but he doesn't get enough credit
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  Speaker 1: for what he's done for this team, including being the
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  Speaker 1: anchor in that run stopping defense. But this is going
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  Speaker 1: to be a tough loss. We don't have any further
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  Speaker 1: details on it, but it looks like it could be
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  Speaker 1: a longer injury. And this is going to be a
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  Speaker 1: tough hole to fill on this roster.
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  Speaker 7: Well, look, there's no player, maybe outside quarterbacks in this league,
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  Speaker 7: where one player is irreplaceable usually. But out of the guys,
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  Speaker 7: when guys get hurt, I think everybody who watches the
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  Speaker 7: team is like, oh, is it? Devon Hamilton was one
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  Speaker 7: of the three or four guys that you didn't want
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  Speaker 7: to hear being the answer to that yesterday when he
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  Speaker 7: was down. It's huge. He's a foundation of the run game. Brian,
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  Speaker 7: when guys get hurt offensively at other spots, there are
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  Speaker 7: spots that you can massage it a little bit, help.
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  Speaker 7: Anton Harrison gets hurt. You help Walker Little. Devon Hamilton
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  Speaker 7: is a pillar player. And it's a real, real loss. Brian,
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  Speaker 7: go ahead.
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  Speaker 5: Well, we just have a tweet now from Ian Rapoport
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  Speaker 5: who says that it's a torn quad. And that's a
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  Speaker 5: reputable source. So I'll go with that for just a minute, assuming,
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  Speaker 5: because it looks like that was probably something that he
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  Speaker 5: was going to have to deal with.
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  Speaker 6: That's a season-ending injury.
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  Speaker 5: There is no one on this roster who is built
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  Speaker 5: to play that position like Devon Hamilton.
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  Speaker 6: He's big. He's big.
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  Speaker 5: Powerful he's strong and he's got the mental side of
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  Speaker 5: the game because john you know when you're in there
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  Speaker 5: in that zero technique you're getting hit from both sides
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  Speaker 5: on every single play and you're sacrificing your body to
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  Speaker 5: not only fill one gap your gap right but to
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  Speaker 5: push guys into other gaps anthony campanile told me this
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  Speaker 5: week guy that there's no one like him who can
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  Speaker 5: take another body and even fill three gaps at times
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  Speaker 5: that's how good he is there's no one on the
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  Speaker 5: roster who's built that way And if there is such
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  Speaker 5: a player in the league, he's not available for trade.
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  Speaker 5: So this will fundamentally change the way that the Jaguars
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  Speaker 5: play run defense. They're going to have to figure out
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  Speaker 5: a different way because they can't keep playing the way
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  Speaker 5: Devon Hamilton played without a player who plays like Devon Hamilton.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Our final big thing today is going to be quick
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  Speaker 1: turn because despite that injury, despite injuries to others, this
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  Speaker 1: team has to get ready for football in about three
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  Speaker 1: days because they're going to be featured on Thursday night
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  Speaker 1: football this week. Trevor Lewin's talked about what that means
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  Speaker 1: in terms of acknowledging the win, but turning the page.
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  Speaker 3: We got a lot of football left. We got to
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  Speaker 3: take it one week at a time. We got a
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  Speaker 3: good team in Baltimore that we got to go play
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  Speaker 3: in four days. I mean, it's coming, coming quick. So
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  Speaker 3: like we, we can't really, I mean, obviously we'll enjoy
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  Speaker 3: it tonight and there's a great win by our team,
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  Speaker 3: but we got to turn the page pretty quickly and,
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  Speaker 3: I think good teams don't think about the division lead
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  Speaker 3: they have, and I guess it's November now, but there's
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  Speaker 3: so much football to play. This season is very young,
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  Speaker 3: and we've got to keep getting better.
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  Speaker 1: Brian, this is a short week. There were some other
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  Speaker 1: injuries we'll touch upon later for this team. And then also,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to Baltimore, taking on a team you don't
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  Speaker 1: even know who that quarterback is going to be over there.
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  Speaker 5: No, no, because Lamar Jackson is going to injured reserve.
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  Speaker 5: And Tyler Huntley, the backup quarterback, suffered a toe injury,
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  Speaker 5: and that might keep him out for a while. So
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  Speaker 5: it could be John Fignano, an undrafted rookie free agent
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  Speaker 5: quarterback from UConn. By the way, the Ravens became the
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  Speaker 5: first team since the 2017 Dallas Cowboys. to have a quarterback,
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  Speaker 5: three quarterbacks, throw a pass in the first half of
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  Speaker 5: a game. So they were in uncharted waters from that perspective. John,
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  Speaker 5: we're going to find out how smart and how focused
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  Speaker 5: a football team Liam Cohen has this week because this
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  Speaker 5: game is all mental. You're not going to go do
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  Speaker 5: any of the physical work, especially not when you're beat up.
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  Speaker 5: You're going to loosen up.
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  Speaker 6: You're going to recover.
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  Speaker 5: You're going to find ways to get your body ready
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  Speaker 5: to play, and that means getting that the preparation for
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  Speaker 5: the Ravens is all mental, the work in the classroom,
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  Speaker 5: the walk-through reps that you get, because everything else is
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  Speaker 5: going to be very light.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, and even the mental is different because most teams,
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  Speaker 7: and Trevor alluded to it after the game on Sunday,
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  Speaker 7: you really ratchet back the game plan because you don't
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  Speaker 7: have time to put everything in. That's what the Ravens
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  Speaker 7: are up against. Okay, boy, third quarterback, young guy, usually
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  Speaker 7: you'd have all week to rep that, They're at home,
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  Speaker 7: so for the Ravens, it's a little bit of an edge.
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  Speaker 7: You get a little more time when you play at
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  Speaker 7: home in these games. But it is very much a, hey,
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  Speaker 7: this is what we do. This is what we feel
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  Speaker 7: like we do well. This is the package we can
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  Speaker 7: get in this week. And then you go play. So
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  Speaker 7: I think for the Jaguars, Brian, that bodes well because
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  Speaker 7: I have trust in this staff to be able to
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  Speaker 7: take what they do well. emphasize that Trevor's playing at
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  Speaker 7: a high level. So I feel like it's advantage Jaguars
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  Speaker 7: because of the Ravens quarterback situation. Well, let me give
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  Speaker 7: you a couple, but it's a hard short week.
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  Speaker 6: You know, you're right.
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  Speaker 5: It's, it's, it's, it's impossibly short guy. The Ravens have
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  Speaker 5: played 18 quarters without Lamar Jackson this year. They've scored
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  Speaker 5: six touchdowns. So they're not nearly the same team, which
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  Speaker 5: is obvious to anyone who's ever watched the two-time MVP.
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  Speaker 5: And by the way, going back to 2019, which was
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  Speaker 5: his first season as a full-time starter, uh, They are
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  Speaker 5: 7-14 when they play without Lamar Jackson. So it puts
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  Speaker 5: them in a big hole, and the Jaguars have an
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  Speaker 5: advantage because their quarterback is the highest-rated quarterback in football
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  Speaker 5: this week and playing at.
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  Speaker 6: An insane level.
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  Speaker 2: Good place to be. Stay with us here on Jags AM.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up after the break, we'll go over the highlights
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  Speaker 1: for you on Victory Monday.
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  Speaker 8: I think with the run game, it started with my reads.
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  Speaker 8: I was much cleaner on it. and just harping on
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  Speaker 8: my details with my landmarks and that kind of stuff
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  Speaker 8: and just, you know, playing fast and physical and not
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  Speaker 8: having to worry about anything. And then in the pass game,
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  Speaker 8: for me, just being where I'm supposed to be. You know,
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  Speaker 8: and Trevor did a great job, you know, dumping it
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  Speaker 8: down to me. And, you know, it's all she wrote
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  Speaker 8: from there when the ball's in my hands. So I
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  Speaker 8: think both running and, you know, receiving was great for me.
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  Speaker 2: That's all she wrote.
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  Speaker 1: Basial Tootin, how about his day yesterday in the pass
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  Speaker 1: game and as a running back?
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  Speaker 2: Because we've been waiting for.
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  Speaker 1: That kind of explosive game out of him. It felt
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  Speaker 1: like he was knocking on the door, Brian, and we
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  Speaker 1: finally got it.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, first Jaguars running back with 100 or more yards
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  Speaker 5: and a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game
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  Speaker 5: since James Robinson did it against the Chargers back in 2020,
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  Speaker 5: so it's been a while.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, and James Robinson had some good years for this team,
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  Speaker 7: so that's a rare fight here. Look, shout out a
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  Speaker 7: little bit to the people in the off season who
• 11:08
  Speaker 7: around here, who didn't listen to the noise about Travis
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  Speaker 7: HEN and Devin Lloyd. I finally, I'm finally getting emails
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  Speaker 7: now from people saying, Oh, that was okay to do.
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  Speaker 7: Meaning go with Bayshell Toot and go with Ventrell Miller.
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  Speaker 7: And my answer to one of them was, Boy, shocking
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  Speaker 7: that the people who put together last season, turned the
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  Speaker 7: franchise around, would have made a good decision.
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  Speaker 5: Are you getting emails about Nate Borkature, too?
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: While people are falling on their swords saying Mayakoplai was wrong.
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  Speaker 7: So anyway, I mean, that's a little bit of a
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  Speaker 7: topic that's really not even a fair thing for me
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  Speaker 7: to talk about because Basial deserves more than that. But
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  Speaker 7: what a job the team has done identifying, hey, we
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  Speaker 7: need to be a different kind of running team and
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  Speaker 7: in seven or eight games turning themselves into a different
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  Speaker 7: kind of running team, it really bodes well for the
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  Speaker 7: rest of the season, postseason.
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  Speaker 5: And then you've got a guy like Basial who, I mean,
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  Speaker 5: broke seven tackles yesterday, right, and then gained almost 70
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  Speaker 5: yards on those seven tackles. And then you come in
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  Speaker 5: with Chris Rodriguez, and he goes right up the middle
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  Speaker 5: and just thunders through that defense and goes 28 yards
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  Speaker 5: for a touchdown. I mean, they're hitting them from both sides.
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  Speaker 5: The running game really is going to be a powerful game.
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  Speaker 5: force down the stretch for this team.
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  Speaker 7: And I think that's the element that, look, I knew
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  Speaker 7: Basial was strong and I knew he was fast. I
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  Speaker 7: don't know if based on last year we expected this
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  Speaker 7: bowling ball type of effectiveness. Maybe you guys did. So
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  Speaker 7: it's really added. You can now envision the identity of
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  Speaker 7: this team in the postseason. being able to go with
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  Speaker 7: these running backs and have an identity that, frankly, at
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  Speaker 7: the end of last season they didn't have. And, again,
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  Speaker 7: it's not always easy in the offseason for a team
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  Speaker 7: to say, hey, we need to get better here, change
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  Speaker 7: an identity, and be able to actually do it. Saying
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  Speaker 7: it and doing it are different things, and this team did.
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  Speaker 6: It this offseason.
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  Speaker 2: Talk about a get-right game. They had everything going for
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  Speaker 2: them yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I knew when they were completing screen passes that we
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  Speaker 1: had reached the pinnacle because they've struggled to do that
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  Speaker 1: for quite some time.
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  Speaker 2: Let's start out early, though.
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  Speaker 1: That 92-yard drive to kick things off, I think we
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  Speaker 1: talked about it on the show, coming out, making a
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  Speaker 1: statement right off the bat, and that led to a
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  Speaker 1: BTJ touchdown. And for them to control the ball, control
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  Speaker 1: the game, drive all the way down the field, and
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  Speaker 1: to score and get someone involved that you've been trying
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  Speaker 1: to get involved for a while... felt like they were
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  Speaker 1: able to hit on all the points they worked.
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  Speaker 6: On this week.
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  Speaker 5: Well, and listen, the Colts had just a little good
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  Speaker 5: feeling because they had a 19-yard run to get to
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  Speaker 5: midfield on the opening drive.
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  Speaker 6: The Jaguars stop them. They punt.
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  Speaker 5: The Jags take over at their two-yard line and go
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  Speaker 5: 98 yards down the field and score. At that moment,
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  Speaker 5: you're like, okay, guys, you're not going to be able
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  Speaker 5: to do much against the Jaguars today.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I guess it was the longest opening drive in
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  Speaker 7: franchise history. And there's all these things, all those stats
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  Speaker 7: like that. All indicative of them just being a good team.
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  Speaker 7: I think one thing that the offense showed yesterday, yes,
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  Speaker 7: the Devon Hamilton injury is very concerning, very serious. But
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  Speaker 7: always remember, this team is built to be a high-powered,
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  Speaker 7: high-functioning offense that can take over games, get the edge
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  Speaker 7: they got yesterday. So the Devon injury is really, really serious.
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  Speaker 7: If they play to their style, it's not one they
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  Speaker 7: can't overcome. Games will be tighter because you're not going
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  Speaker 7: to have Devon. They'll be more creative defensively and maybe
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  Speaker 7: hang on some a little more. But if the offense–
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  Speaker 7: it all goes back to Trevor, right?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, no, it always does.
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  Speaker 7: 17-4. When you've got a guy like that, you forget
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  Speaker 7: when that's functioning, you can play with anybody.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: All right, let's jump ahead to this Nate Borkature touchdown
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  Speaker 1: because it was one of those plays where he's so
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  Speaker 1: wide open, you're like, wait, is it broken?
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  Speaker 2: Like, no, they just sold the run really well here.
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  Speaker 2: And Trevor, who was.
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  Speaker 1: Getting harassed a lot yesterday, still found a way to
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  Speaker 1: deliver the football. And Nate comes up with it, had
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  Speaker 1: a little basketball celebration. Ryan, but it's nice to see.
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  Speaker 5: He's a very talented player. And as I've said before,
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  Speaker 5: they knew what they were going to do with him.
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  Speaker 5: They understood what his skill set was. And they drafted
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  Speaker 5: him because they wanted him to impact the offense, John.
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  Speaker 5: He's done that in the run game ever since he
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  Speaker 5: got started. And in the last two games, he's done
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  Speaker 5: it in the passing game.
• 15:33
  Speaker 7: He's a good player. And they now have good, good
• 15:38
  Speaker 7: tight ends that when you coordinate against the Jaguars, now
• 15:42
  Speaker 7: you have to be concerned about what they're going to
• 15:45
  Speaker 7: do with these guys. Credit to Brenton Strange on this play.
• 15:49
  Speaker 7: Made a big-time block. I kind of laughed at what
• 15:52
  Speaker 7: Liam said in the presser. He said the idea was
• 15:54
  Speaker 7: to sort of let the end get through and get
• 15:56
  Speaker 7: some pressure, and Liam sort of, I don't know if
• 15:58
  Speaker 7: he laughed, but he said he got through really fast.
• 16:02
  Speaker 7: So I thought that play, though, was indicative of this
• 16:10
  Speaker 7: team and just the constant effort everybody shows. Brenton, a
• 16:15
  Speaker 7: lot of players could have gotten beat on that play,
• 16:17
  Speaker 7: not recovered, not given the effort on that play. You
• 16:22
  Speaker 7: would think all NFL teams won it like this team,
• 16:25
  Speaker 7: play as a team. They don't. This team is a
• 16:30
  Speaker 7: really cool team to follow because of moments and plays
• 16:34
  Speaker 7: like that. It shouldn't be as rare as it is,
• 16:38
  Speaker 7: but it's not as common as it ought to be.
• 16:39
  Speaker 5: The locker room after the game, and we've all seen
• 16:41
  Speaker 5: the videos of Liam come running in. And if you
• 16:44
  Speaker 5: just look in the faces of those players, you see
• 16:46
  Speaker 5: that they're bought in. And then you see plays like
• 16:49
  Speaker 5: that and understand that the culture, again, it's a ubiquitous word,
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: people use it, but the standard that's set here in
• 16:55
  Speaker 5: Jackson by Liam, they've won 18 ballgames in 24 games.
• 17:00
  Speaker 5: It's because of the way that he has brought this
• 17:03
  Speaker 5: team together in that locker room, and they play that
• 17:06
  Speaker 5: way on the field.
• 17:07
  Speaker 6: They've got something special going here.
• 17:09
  Speaker 7: There was a play late yesterday. I don't even know
• 17:12
  Speaker 7: which one it was, but I looked down at the binoculars.
• 17:15
  Speaker 7: A very routine play. It didn't affect the game. And
• 17:19
  Speaker 7: I looked over, and Brian Thomas Jr. is going crazy
• 17:22
  Speaker 7: over what had happened on the field. I don't even
• 17:23
  Speaker 7: know what it was. Again, this is a guy who
• 17:27
  Speaker 7: has struggled, who could have easily been in the tank.
• 17:30
  Speaker 7: felt not a part of it. So I guess it
• 17:35
  Speaker 7: speaks to him as a person, also speaks to what
• 17:37
  Speaker 7: they have here.
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: Also, Liam Cullen was upset when Quinn Ewers missed LaQuinta
• 17:42
  Speaker 5: Allen Jr.
• 17:43
  Speaker 6: In garbage time.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: He's not going to stop coaching.
• 17:46
  Speaker 7: No, no, no, no, no. That's the offensive coordinator competitive maniac.
• 17:50
  Speaker 5: But it means that the standard applies to everyone, even
• 17:53
  Speaker 5: the third running back and the second quarterback when the
• 17:55
  Speaker 5: game has long been decided.
• 17:57
  Speaker 6: And that's why they're playing so well.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Take a look at this first Tootin' touchdown of the day.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: And Brian, as you mentioned, I think what I heard
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: from a lot of the players post-game was like, yeah,
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: we've had some of this stuff in the book and
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: drawn up for a while, and it all came together today.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: And whether that was the.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: Work at your touchdown, some of these Tootin' plays, Tootin'
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: later with the screen passes, these are things they had
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: been planning on, John, but this was the perfect game
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: to marry them all together.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:21
  Speaker 7: With that facial quote, I couldn't quite tell if he
• 18:23
  Speaker 7: was talking about this play or the screenplay.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: I think he meant the screenplay.
• 18:26
  Speaker 7: Yeah. I think he may have just not quite heard
• 18:30
  Speaker 7: the question. Anyway, I go back to what I said earlier.
• 18:37
  Speaker 7: I knew Basil Tutton was fast. I didn't know that
• 18:40
  Speaker 7: he was this bowling ball. You saw MJD young.
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:45
  Speaker 7: I don't know if there's any comparisons. I mean, I
• 18:47
  Speaker 7: covered MJD a couple times distantly young and then as
• 18:49
  Speaker 7: he got older. But he's These guys are a pretty
• 18:52
  Speaker 7: special combination of, by the third quarter, I've got to
• 18:57
  Speaker 7: think when it's cold, you don't want to tackle these
• 19:00
  Speaker 7: two guys.
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: Listen, I hadn't contemplated that until you just mentioned it.
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: And as he's running through people's tackles and then running
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: away from people, that was the way that Maurice Jones-Drew
• 19:08
  Speaker 5: played the game.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 19:10
  Speaker 5: He has six touchdowns, by the way, three rushing and
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: three receiving. I mean, he is a multifaceted guy. And
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: you get the sense that if they needed to return
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: a kick, he'd be a threat.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 19:18
  Speaker 6: Although I don't want to see that.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: No, yeah.
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: The interesting thing is, again, I keep going back to
• 19:25
  Speaker 7: it's been sort of building for the first seven games,
• 19:27
  Speaker 7: this idea that if you're not watching them closely, you
• 19:31
  Speaker 7: don't realize this is a really good running team that's
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: establishing this. I don't think it's something they're building toward anymore.
• 19:38
  Speaker 7: I think it's part of who they are, and when
• 19:41
  Speaker 7: you combine that with a quarterback who's thrown 17-4 and
• 19:45
  Speaker 7: you're not even really thinking about how well he's playing,
• 19:48
  Speaker 7: I said before this game I thought the offense was
• 19:53
  Speaker 7: getting ready to take a jump and go on a run.
• 19:56
  Speaker 7: That felt like the first part of that.
• 19:58
  Speaker 6: I think yesterday was that day.
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: One teaching point on the day, we did see Trevor
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: under pressure a lot. The offensive line did great with
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: the run game, but pass protection was a little tough
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: for them yesterday. This is probably the one mark on
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: the day when Trevor got sacked and fumbled the ball. John,
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: that's something they need to, I know we're dealing without
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: Anton Harrison's plug-and-play situation.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: Ezra Cleveland also went down. Is this a concern going forward?
• 20:20
  Speaker 7: Well, it's something to watch because you don't want your
• 20:23
  Speaker 7: quarterback getting hit awkwardly like this. You know, you held
• 20:27
  Speaker 7: your breath with Devon. You really held your breath. when
• 20:30
  Speaker 7: Trevor goes down with his feet up in the air,
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: but they kind of went through this last year. It
• 20:38
  Speaker 7: seems to be an offensive line that's going to have
• 20:39
  Speaker 7: a game or two where some stuff gets out, but Brian,
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: I feel like it is a group, the coaches, the line, whatever,
• 20:50
  Speaker 7: that can get these guys playing well enough for the
• 20:55
  Speaker 7: offense to function. But I'm not going to say it's
• 20:57
  Speaker 7: not a concern because you don't want your quarterback getting.
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: Hit like that.
• 20:59
  Speaker 6: No, it is a concern.
• 21:00
  Speaker 5: And I'm wondering if this isn't the week that Patrick
• 21:02
  Speaker 5: McCurry doesn't have his window open, the former Baltimore Raven
• 21:10
  Speaker 5: who's played in a lot of places. You might need
• 21:12
  Speaker 5: him if Ezra Cleveland is down.
• 21:15
  Speaker 6: We'll see. That's certainly– you know what this team has?
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: They have jars on the shelf, right?
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 21:19
  Speaker 5: An old friend of ours used to say that all
• 21:21
  Speaker 5: the time. You've got to have jars on the shelf.
• 21:22
  Speaker 5: You lose Anton Harrison, you pull the jar down, you
• 21:25
  Speaker 5: open it up, here comes Walker Little. You lose Ezra Cleveland, well, okay,
• 21:29
  Speaker 5: Patrick McCurry, here you go. You don't have necessarily enough
• 21:32
  Speaker 5: jars because you don't have a jar big enough for
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: Anton Harrison, a replacement there. But the Jaguars' offensive line,
• 21:40
  Speaker 5: that's not a great pass-rushing unit that they faced yesterday. Statistically,
• 21:43
  Speaker 5: they don't get after quarterbacks. And so when Cole... you know,
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: reached and lunged. That guy went right by him. You're
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: going to see some good pass rushing teams here in
• 21:52
  Speaker 5: the next couple weeks, next month or so.
• 21:55
  Speaker 6: You better figure that one out.
• 21:56
  Speaker 7: I also wonder if Wyatt Milam might be a factor
• 21:59
  Speaker 7: at some point. I think fans have sort of forgotten
• 22:03
  Speaker 7: or written him off. They haven't written him off inside
• 22:05
  Speaker 7: the building. I mean, they feel like he's a fighter.
• 22:08
  Speaker 7: There's a lot of trust that he'll play fine when
• 22:11
  Speaker 7: he gets in there. So you wonder where he might
• 22:13
  Speaker 7: fit in that, too.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: I think we'll finish things off with another jar that
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: was taken off the shelf in this game, Rayon Lane,
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: because Antonio Johnson injured did not suit up for this one.
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: Eric Murray hurt on the first play of the game,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: and how about this? After that turnover from Trevor Lawrence,
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: said thank you very much. Takes it all the way
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: back to the house. Very speedy on the get-go. I
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: was a little worried at the end right here. I
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: know he's on kickoff coverage, so he's running around a lot.
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: He's probably tired on that when you're running the entire.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: Length of the field.
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: But he made it in and got a pick six
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: timely right before halftime.
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: He's not coming off the field, right?
• 22:46
  Speaker 4: I mean.
• 22:46
  Speaker 5: He's going to play on special teams. So he's going
• 22:49
  Speaker 5: to have to figure out a way if Eric Murray
• 22:52
  Speaker 5: is down to be ready to go. But listen, he
• 22:54
  Speaker 5: showed you the burst of speed there. He's a guy
• 22:56
  Speaker 5: who's just a really good football player and a great
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: find in the sixth round from the Naval Academy.
• 23:00
  Speaker 7: Yeah. And again, I don't know if his career track
• 23:05
  Speaker 7: is ever going to be on the starting safety and
• 23:09
  Speaker 7: going to the Pro Bowl as a safety. But I
• 23:13
  Speaker 7: think Liam made reference to it when he was talking
• 23:15
  Speaker 7: on the podium after the game When you get guys
• 23:18
  Speaker 7: who are reserve and special teams aces and they make
• 23:22
  Speaker 7: plays defensively, that's a huge lift for your defense, what
• 23:27
  Speaker 7: it's doing. We've seen it already this year. You're going
• 23:30
  Speaker 7: to get guys hurt. The backups come in, and they're
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: not going to be as good as the starters. Rayon
• 23:35
  Speaker 7: Lane had some tough times. I think it was Cincinnati, right?
• 23:38
  Speaker 7: But then he came back and made the play at
• 23:39
  Speaker 7: the end. When you give stuff up a little bit,
• 23:42
  Speaker 7: it's important that you make stuff happen. He makes enough
• 23:45
  Speaker 7: things happen that he's an asset to this team.
• 23:47
  Speaker 5: And when you can come out onto the field, whether
• 23:49
  Speaker 5: it's a quarter in Cincinnati or whether you need to
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: play the whole game like he did yesterday, and he
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: can do that, he'll spend a lot of time on
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: an NFL roster as the fourth safety at the very worst.
• 24:00
  Speaker 7: One big thing that he does, too, when he does
• 24:03
  Speaker 7: get beat and he's gotten beat, it's the old cliche.
• 24:08
  Speaker 7: Don't get beat a bunch because of what just happened.
• 24:11
  Speaker 7: He's a resilient kid against Cincinnati. Tough day in spots.
• 24:15
  Speaker 7: I think it was Cincinnati. It may have been different.
• 24:16
  Speaker 7: But came back and made a big play at the end.
• 24:20
  Speaker 7: He's pretty resilient, which probably isn't surprising considering his background.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah, he made that tackle at the end when Joe
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: Burrow was trying to drive to end that game.
• 24:27
  Speaker 7: Which, by the way, Cincinnati 5-2. So some big wins
• 24:32
  Speaker 7: that this team's had already shows you they're 5-2 and
• 24:35
  Speaker 7: they deserve to be as far ahead as they are. Absolutely.
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: A beautiful victory Monday in Jacksonville. Stay with us.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: We'll give you our hot takes after the break. Welcome
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: back into Jags AM on this Victory Monday brought to
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: you by Lowe's. And we've got some hot takes for
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: you after a pretty decisive win, but some other injuries
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: and things going into this short week going into Baltimore.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: Brian, what is your hot take for us?
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: Well, it's pretty obvious, and that is that the Devon
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: Hamilton injury is very costly. We've detailed how it costs
• 25:06
  Speaker 5: them on the field. There's not another player on the
• 25:08
  Speaker 5: roster who can do what he does. But the Jaguars
• 25:11
  Speaker 5: were looking for defensive line interior, defensive line help, And
• 25:17
  Speaker 5: now they're probably going to have to overpay because they're
• 25:21
  Speaker 5: going to have to go and find somebody who's closer.
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: They may have to prize somebody off of a roster
• 25:25
  Speaker 5: that we haven't even talked about, a name that hasn't
• 25:28
  Speaker 5: been in the internet and in social media concerning the Jaguars.
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: He does such a specific thing. The Jaguars might have
• 25:36
  Speaker 5: to give more for a player who might not necessarily
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: have commanded that to a team that didn't expect to
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: give it up because they want the continuity of playing
• 25:44
  Speaker 5: defense their way. I have no doubt that James Gladstone
• 25:48
  Speaker 5: and his crew and Tony and Liam are consulting on this,
• 25:51
  Speaker 5: and they're working on finding a solution.
• 25:53
  Speaker 6: Not for this week, obviously. But here's the other thing.
• 25:57
  Speaker 5: Guys like that make a lot of money, and the Jaguars–
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: have other players they want to sign, right?
• 26:01
  Speaker 6: They want to keep Antonio Johnson. They want to keep
• 26:03
  Speaker 6: Parker Washington.
• 26:03
  Speaker 7: They want to keep Devon Hamilton.
• 26:05
  Speaker 6: Yeah, Devon. And maybe Ventrell Miller.
• 26:07
  Speaker 5: You go and you throw draft picks and then bring
• 26:11
  Speaker 5: in a high salary, that's going to play with what
• 26:13
  Speaker 5: you're team building, which is a term that we hear
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: a lot when we listen to Tony and to James
• 26:17
  Speaker 5: on Thursday Night Happy Hour and HQ in particular.
• 26:20
  Speaker 6: Team building.
• 26:21
  Speaker 5: The right player at the right cost. And if you
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: believe that your Super Bowl window is open, and it
• 26:26
  Speaker 5: sure as hell is.
• 26:29
  Speaker 5: You know, how far outside of your normal boundaries are
• 26:32
  Speaker 5: you willing to go? And so this is going to
• 26:35
  Speaker 5: be a very important week. What, eight days to the
• 26:38
  Speaker 5: trade deadline?
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: Yep, November 10th.
• 26:39
  Speaker 6: Yeah, November 10th.
• 26:40
  Speaker 5: So that injury really muddied the waters for the Jaguars'
• 26:46
  Speaker 5: front office yesterday. I don't doubt they'll find some solution,
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: but that means it's going to cost more.
• 26:51
  Speaker 7: Yeah, and I guess if there's a positive... Maybe that
• 26:55
  Speaker 7: it happened now and not two weeks from now.
• 26:58
  Speaker 6: Because you can't trade.
• 26:58
  Speaker 7: At least you can plan, you know, tiny silver lining.
• 27:04
  Speaker 7: I had said regarding that that the injuries just got real.
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: We decided to go with yours for this. Boy, that
• 27:12
  Speaker 7: injury was real. And, again, there are four or five,
• 27:16
  Speaker 7: you know, there are injuries that happen. And for every team,
• 27:19
  Speaker 7: there's three or four that you really don't want, and
• 27:23
  Speaker 7: that was one of them. For mine, I went with,
• 27:27
  Speaker 7: that was the tone setter game they needed. And I
• 27:30
  Speaker 7: had talked a lot before this game, after the bye,
• 27:34
  Speaker 7: that I thought they were really going to want to
• 27:35
  Speaker 7: come out, be the running team that they identified themselves with,
• 27:40
  Speaker 7: and be the physical team they identified themselves with. I
• 27:44
  Speaker 7: feel like they did both. It wasn't a very hard
• 27:46
  Speaker 7: prediction because you know what they want to be. But
• 27:50
  Speaker 7: coming out of it, two weeks, you wanted to get
• 27:53
  Speaker 7: the Texans taste out of your mouth Brian, I think
• 27:56
  Speaker 7: you wrote, they didn't need to show the league. They
• 27:57
  Speaker 7: wanted to show themselves a little bit. I think they
• 28:01
  Speaker 7: sort of did that, right? Oh, this is what we are.
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: And there were, I think there was a game last
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: year where Liam talked afterward about that, where the players
• 28:10
  Speaker 7: kind of said, oh, this is how we went. I
• 28:14
  Speaker 7: don't think this team needed to be taught that, but
• 28:16
  Speaker 7: I think Sunday reinforced that. This is who we are.
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: Well, listen, we've seen Liam bring this team. Remember, 2024,
• 28:23
  Speaker 5: they lost 9 of 10 in the fourth quarter where
• 28:25
  Speaker 5: they had the leader retired. And he brought them through
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: that last year. But, you know, they had a chance
• 28:30
  Speaker 5: last year. The Texans were on the verge of being
• 28:33
  Speaker 5: 3-6 when the Jaguars blew the 19-point lead in the
• 28:36
  Speaker 5: fourth quarter last year. And then they single-handedly lifted them
• 28:39
  Speaker 5: up and gave them a chance to stay in the race. Remember,
• 28:41
  Speaker 5: Texans didn't lose the rest of the way. And then
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: this year in London, Jaguars have a chance to really
• 28:47
  Speaker 5: put them in a huge hole, and they don't get
• 28:48
  Speaker 5: it done. Well, yesterday to me was the payoff. Finally, yes,
• 28:54
  Speaker 5: we are the best team in this division. We're going
• 28:56
  Speaker 5: to take the lead in the standings and make everybody
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: think they can't get us. And to me, that was
• 29:03
  Speaker 5: a huge moment as they walked off the field yesterday, Kai.
• 29:06
  Speaker 7: They got a second chance to do what they could
• 29:08
  Speaker 7: have done in London. The division gave them that a
• 29:11
  Speaker 7: little bit. And I think, as Trevor said, you've still
• 29:13
  Speaker 7: got to win a loss here or there. Texas is
• 29:18
  Speaker 7: getting back in it. Things changed quickly in this league,
• 29:22
  Speaker 7: but it did feel like they did that.
• 29:24
  Speaker 5: And they didn't win 24 to 10. They said, oh,
• 29:28
  Speaker 5: this is not going to be a game.
• 29:30
  Speaker 6: And it wasn't, ever.
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: We've seen the AFC South come down to the final
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: day more than one year, so we know not to
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: get too ahead of ourselves.
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: For my hot take, I took a little bit of
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: a side quest.
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: We haven't even mentioned this on the show so far,
• 29:41
  Speaker 1: but we had our first three-way player, Travis Hunter, playing
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: on offense, defense, and special teams.
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: I'm all set. I'm good on the punt returns for 12. I....
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: I guess that's something he's been practicing. We've seen him
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: do it in training camp. We saw him do it
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: at practice. But one of those ones where he got
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: caught up, someone tackled him low and then came in high.
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: And I wasn't huge on it before that. I'm definitely
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: good with that going forward.
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: Also, you're taking the ball out of Parker Washington's hands,
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: which I understand he's a focal point in the offense
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: and maybe you want to split that load up a
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: little bit for him.
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: But he's so special.
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: And making plays out of nothing on special teams, that
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: that's a bit of a superpower that I think we
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: don't give enough credit to. And to take that away,
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: maybe we just work on getting Travis some more offensive plays.
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: I don't need three-way Travis Hunter. I think two-way is fine.
• 30:26
  Speaker 6: I have no doubt, by the way, that Travis probably
• 30:27
  Speaker 6: wanted to do that.
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: I know he wants to do it. He wants to
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: be on the field all the time.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: But sometimes you need to be like, I understand that,
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: but this isn't what's going to work best for everybody.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: And listen, I'm not Liam Cohen.
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Maybe he wants them at punt returner, and that's going
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: to continue forever on and on and on.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: Not my favorite.
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: It's harder to protect yourself on special teams. I mean,
• 30:44
  Speaker 5: when he catches the ball and is running as an
• 30:46
  Speaker 5: offensive player or intercepts the ball and is playing as
• 30:49
  Speaker 5: a defensive player, you can couch the fall a little bit.
• 30:53
  Speaker 5: He was held up and took a shot, and I
• 30:56
  Speaker 5: had the exact same thought. Okay, that's enough of that, right?
• 30:59
  Speaker 5: Because you want him to play both sides of the ball.
• 31:01
  Speaker 5: Special teams looks like that place where perhaps you will
• 31:04
  Speaker 5: limit his availability on both sides of the ball.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: John agrees with us, so he doesn't need to chirp in.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: All right, we'll tell you what's coming up the rest
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: of this short week before Thursday Night Football. Thursday Night
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: Football brought to you by Uber Eats. It's not football
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: without food. Get deals on Uber Eats all season long.
• 31:25
  Speaker 7: So proud of you guys the way you came out,
• 31:33
  Speaker 7: set the tone early.
• 31:35
  Speaker 4: Go down the field, 98-yard drive, offensively.
• 31:39
  Speaker 7: At the end of the day, that's a division opponent, right?
• 31:41
  Speaker 7: That's a division win. Those count.
• 31:43
  Speaker 6: Those matter.
• 31:44
  Speaker 7: I'm proud of you guys. Now we've got to get
• 31:46
  Speaker 7: healthy and ready to go for Thursday, man.
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: The field felt pretty good, and we didn't even talk
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: about it. The rivalry uniforms in that game, we did
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: all the fonts on the end zone, as they always do.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: Everything matched very well, came together nicely, looked good from
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: the press box.
• 32:01
  Speaker 7: I liked it. Yeah, I got emails from people who
• 32:03
  Speaker 7: didn't like it. Not everybody likes everything. I thought it
• 32:06
  Speaker 7: was fine. It was, you know, I'm not the fashion
• 32:10
  Speaker 7: guru that Kai is.
• 32:12
  Speaker 5: We established that Kai is the person on this couch
• 32:14
  Speaker 5: who's most likely to be able to provide insight.
• 32:18
  Speaker 7: I don't like very many things, but that was fine.
• 32:20
  Speaker 5: Well, they're going to win three times in three years,
• 32:22
  Speaker 5: always at home, always against a divisional opponent. So you'll
• 32:25
  Speaker 5: probably see them against the, well, it'll be in Orlando
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: next year, against either the Texans or the Titans, and
• 32:30
  Speaker 5: then here in 2028.
• 32:30
  Speaker 7: I did, walking in, the stadium yesterday, I saw a
• 32:36
  Speaker 7: rack of sweatshirts with that style, and I went, I
• 32:39
  Speaker 7: like that sweatshirt. So I liked it.
• 32:41
  Speaker 6: I liked it, and I bought one, and I never
• 32:42
  Speaker 6: spend money on Jaguar stuff.
• 32:43
  Speaker 7: I didn't buy one, but I liked it.
• 32:44
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: I think we all enjoyed it, and if you didn't, again,
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: you won't see it for another year, so there's that.
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: This is a short week, John. What do they need
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: to focus on? Is it just kind of getting healthy?
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: Is it already flushing in?
• 32:55
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think just getting into game mode as quickly
• 32:58
  Speaker 7: as possible. Trevor mentioned, I didn't even realize, It's been
• 33:01
  Speaker 7: since 23, I guess it was when they went and
• 33:03
  Speaker 7: beat New Orleans.
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah, I haven't had a Thursday.
• 33:05
  Speaker 7: That they've played a Thursday night game. They're wonderful when
• 33:07
  Speaker 7: you win because it's a free buy. They're awful when
• 33:10
  Speaker 7: you lose because you've lost. So simplicity, getting ready, playing
• 33:16
  Speaker 7: to your own strength. I think this team, the planning,
• 33:19
  Speaker 7: they'll handle it fine. But it is a different thing
• 33:22
  Speaker 7: for young players. I'm not a big fan of Thursday games.
• 33:25
  Speaker 7: I don't think they're good for the players or the game.
• 33:28
  Speaker 6: Just good for the pocketbook.
• 33:29
  Speaker 7: But the money is such that they're a reality.
• 33:32
  Speaker 5: Listen, I think there was some consternation, you know, don't
• 33:35
  Speaker 5: get too far ahead. You know, the Colts are coming
• 33:38
  Speaker 5: down here, and they're without two key players, right? And
• 33:41
  Speaker 5: it was made, they've still got NFL players, and they're
• 33:43
  Speaker 5: still good.
• 33:44
  Speaker 6: Come on.
• 33:44
  Speaker 5: Listen, we knew that that was a Colts team that
• 33:47
  Speaker 5: was dealing with all the BS in their locker room
• 33:49
  Speaker 5: last week.
• 33:50
  Speaker 6: And it was a mess.
• 33:51
  Speaker 5: This Jaguars team, is the only team in the league
• 33:53
  Speaker 5: with three wins of more than 20 points this season,
• 33:56
  Speaker 5: and they're tied with the Minnesota Vikings for the most
• 33:58
  Speaker 5: games in which they hold their opponent to 10 points
• 34:01
  Speaker 5: or less.
• 34:01
  Speaker 6: This is a good.
• 34:03
  Speaker 5: Football team that's going to Baltimore to play a rookie
• 34:06
  Speaker 5: free agent quarterback. I expect the Jaguars to go play
• 34:10
  Speaker 5: good football. What does that mean? Get some rest the.
• 34:12
  Speaker 6: Next three days.
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: All right, we'll get some updates from everybody today, and
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: we'll be back with you on Wednesday as we get
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: prepped for Thursday Night Football.
• 34:19
  Speaker 2: Enjoy your victory Monday.