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Phil Rauscher on Offensive Line Focal Points | 1on1 Interview · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jaguar's offensive line coach Phil Rauscher is with us, and
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  Speaker 1: here we are, Pads are on a couple of days
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  Speaker 1: into that. Let's go through a few of your guys
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  Speaker 1: and start off with Anton Harrison. So far right tackle,
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  Speaker 1: second week of camp. What do you like?
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's really done a good job learning the system,
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  Speaker 2: getting his communication down with Brandon, and just overall, like
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  Speaker 2: his feet and his physicality that he's shown has been
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  Speaker 2: something we were really really fired up about.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like talking to Cam Robinson yesterday, Anton's kind
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  Speaker 1: of following him around learning the ropes a little bit right,
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  Speaker 1: just how the league operates. That's him having sheriff to
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  Speaker 1: his left. That's certainly got to help. You have those
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  Speaker 1: two vets.
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  Speaker 2: Like that, no doubt, I mean. And we have a
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  Speaker 2: more veteran room with some guys who've been in for
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  Speaker 2: a couple of years and they know how everything works.
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  Speaker 2: So at the end of the day, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: great for him to learn from those guys, and we're
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  Speaker 2: excited about all those prospects.
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  Speaker 1: At the middle of your offensive line. Luk Fortner year two,
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  Speaker 1: another year older, another year wiser, another year stronger for him,
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  Speaker 1: how much of a difference. Will that make.
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  Speaker 2: Huge difference overall? You know, at the end of the day,
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  Speaker 2: your first year is always tough, doesn't matter what position
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  Speaker 2: you play. And he got some aches and pains and
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  Speaker 2: some growing to do, and he came back this offseason dedicated.
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  Speaker 2: You could tell he hit the weights. You could tell
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  Speaker 2: he's been working on his craft, and it'd be fun
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  Speaker 2: to see him out there on Sundays.
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  Speaker 1: We're jumping around a little bit. Let's go to the
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  Speaker 1: left side now, Walker a little down the stretch when
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  Speaker 1: he was playing in those games got better and better
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  Speaker 1: as the weeks went on. How's that carried over in
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  Speaker 1: the off season? And what do you like a week
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  Speaker 1: or so in here with with Walker?
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  Speaker 2: You know what, Walk has done a great job just
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  Speaker 2: learning to play within himself and knowing what his capabilities are,
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  Speaker 2: where his strengths are, and then learning how to play
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  Speaker 2: to him. And this offseason when he was really working
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  Speaker 2: at his feet and his hands working together, you could
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  Speaker 2: tell when he came back to camp with these one
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  Speaker 2: on ones, it's like, cool boy, here we go. So
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  Speaker 2: it's a good deal right there.
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  Speaker 1: I know Ben Bartes is probably chopping at the bit
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  Speaker 1: to get out there it feels like it could be
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  Speaker 1: fairly soon. But you know, what have you seen from
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  Speaker 1: him just kind of getting close to being back on
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  Speaker 1: the field.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's working off to the side, and he's
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  Speaker 2: doing a great job. The training room staff with Fergie
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  Speaker 2: and that crew has done an umbobi job just getting
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  Speaker 2: him ready to go. So we're excited to get him
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  Speaker 2: out there with us. And because he's in the meeting
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  Speaker 2: room and he's being his normal, normal self, which I
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  Speaker 2: guess is a good thing. And then we just go
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  Speaker 2: from there.
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  Speaker 1: We see all these T shirts, Jaguar's thirty first offensive
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  Speaker 1: line in the league. Where did all that come from?
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  Speaker 1: Did you dig up some of these stats? Like does
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  Speaker 1: this group need that type of extra something to them,
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  Speaker 1: an extra chip or no.
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  Speaker 2: You know, at the end of the day, you don't
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  Speaker 2: like to see the outside perception, but the outside perception
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  Speaker 2: is there from time to time. And anything you do
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  Speaker 2: to motivated guys is okay by me. So we use
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  Speaker 2: it as a motivation. Go we want to be the best, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: we want to be the best in the league, and
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  Speaker 2: I think we can do that. So with our group,
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  Speaker 2: we're excited to get there.
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  Speaker 1: Final thought with you, I mean it doesn't feel like
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  Speaker 1: there's many line rooms in the league that would be hey,
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  Speaker 1: we're okay when the starting left tackle is out four games. Right,
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  Speaker 1: this is a deep offensive line where we've got veteran
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  Speaker 1: guys behind that have played or can play on the outside.
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  Speaker 1: Not that you want guys out, but hey, from pound
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  Speaker 1: for pound, it's one of the deepest in the league.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like for me, what do you think?
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  Speaker 2: They've done a great job all becoming true pros. And
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  Speaker 2: when you become a true pro, you don't care you play.
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  Speaker 2: You just want to play. And they've all done a
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  Speaker 2: good job. I know that they all want to play
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  Speaker 2: their designated position all that stuff. At the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day, they want to get on the field because
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  Speaker 2: football players play football. And we do have a great
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  Speaker 2: depth system, and Trent and the front office done a
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  Speaker 2: great job building that. And then it's our job to develop,
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  Speaker 2: develop the talent, and cultivate it and make it our
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  Speaker 2: own