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Press Pass | Christian Kirk on Offensive Growth in the Right Direction · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely think it's a step in the right direction.
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  Speaker 1: And it started early on this week kind of talked
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  Speaker 1: about it, just our sense of urgency and our execution
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  Speaker 1: and discipline throughout the week of practice. You kind of
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  Speaker 1: felt that we were going to get back on track
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  Speaker 1: of where we needed to be and just go out
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  Speaker 1: there and be ourselves. And I thought we did that,
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  Speaker 1: but I still think we have a long way to
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  Speaker 1: go to be a really good offense. Uh. There's still
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  Speaker 1: some mistakes and some things that we didn't do as
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  Speaker 1: well today, but we were able to make enough place to
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  Speaker 1: go out there and get enough points to make get
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  Speaker 1: a win. Uh. Yeah. You know, Trevor made a great
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  Speaker 1: check at the line of scrimmage, just being able to identify,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a certain coverage. Uh, you know, they actually
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  Speaker 1: ended up busting the coverage, so I think it surprised him,
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  Speaker 1: and then he had some pressure kind of in his face,
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  Speaker 1: so it caused him to scramble to the right. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's it's unfortunate, but you know, we're able
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  Speaker 1: to win the game. You know, I think we were
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline laughing about it, but those are also
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  Speaker 1: opportunities that you know, we need to take advantage of,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when we're in tight games and you know
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  Speaker 1: we need those plays. But stuff like that is going
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  Speaker 1: to happen. You know, it's no fault on him. Uh
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  Speaker 1: you know, he's playing and I trust what he sees,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, whatever he sees, I'm gonna you know,
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  Speaker 1: stand behind him. So yeah, it's just a play in
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  Speaker 1: the game that I know for sure he's gonna want back.
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  Speaker 1: But you know we'll make it when it when it counts, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: for sure. You know, like I said, thankfully we're sitting
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  Speaker 1: on the other side of it with a win. You know,
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  Speaker 1: if we were in a different situation right now, obviously
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  Speaker 1: that was that would be a situation to where we
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  Speaker 1: look back on you can kind of look at you know,
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  Speaker 1: we shot ourselves on the foot and whatnot. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, we're able to make enough plays to
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  Speaker 1: get a win today. Huge. It's tough. You know, winning
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  Speaker 1: in this league is tough, and especially when you're losing,
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  Speaker 1: it's even harder. Uh So when you go to back
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  Speaker 1: back to back losses, it weighs really heavy on you.
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  Speaker 1: Weighs heavy on the locker room, and so you're just
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  Speaker 1: doing everything that you can to put together a performance
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  Speaker 1: like we did today and just be able to be
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  Speaker 1: able to get a win, and you know, being able
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  Speaker 1: to come into the locker room and the sideline, just
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  Speaker 1: the energy and seeing the smiles on everybody's face. It's
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  Speaker 1: you know, you never take this stuff for granted, winning
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL. So, like I said, just uh, just
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  Speaker 1: great for us to get this get this thing back
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  Speaker 1: on track and get our confidence back from you. How
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  Speaker 1: did that? I think it's just going out there and
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  Speaker 1: you know, we just all executed and did what we
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  Speaker 1: were supposed to do. You know, maybe a couple of
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  Speaker 1: weeks ago, maybe last week, guys would have maybe done
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  Speaker 1: something a little different, try to do something out of character.
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  Speaker 1: But you look at that play. Everybody did their job
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  Speaker 1: and you know where were they supposed to be. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I was was on that play, supposed to be eight
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  Speaker 1: yards over the ball, sit down and if it's zoned,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Trevor will thirty of the ball and I
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  Speaker 1: did exactly that. Uh you know, Calvin and Evan were
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  Speaker 1: on a rub and they did exactly that. So everybody
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  Speaker 1: was where they were supposed to be, and Trevor just
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  Speaker 1: sat in the pocket. He trusted it and made a
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  Speaker 1: great throw. And so those are the things that we
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  Speaker 1: need to build off of and keep going as an offense.
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  Speaker 1: Oh It's something that I never take for granted because
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  Speaker 1: I was one of those kids that anytime I got
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  Speaker 1: around an NFL football player, it was, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: dream come true. The fact that I was able to
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  Speaker 1: meet them, shake their hands and be able to talk,
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  Speaker 1: be able to talk to them, and so I know
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  Speaker 1: that they view me in that light as well. So
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  Speaker 1: I never take that opportunity to meet kids for granted.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, I hope they have just a great
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  Speaker 1: time as I did. You know when I was able
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  Speaker 1: to meet some of my idols and people that I
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  Speaker 1: looked up to. So always always good to be able
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  Speaker 1: to engage with the kids, and you know, I know
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  Speaker 1: how much it means to them. It brings a lot.
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  Speaker 1: He's a better person than he is a player. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I'll say that. Uh, you know, he brings so much charisma,
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  Speaker 1: energy and let alone, his athletic talent and everything that
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  Speaker 1: he's able to do as a as a wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: just kind of speaks for itself. But as a leader
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  Speaker 1: and as a veteran in our room, you know, he
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  Speaker 1: means a lot to me, to Zay, to all the
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  Speaker 1: other young guys. We're all constantly learning from him. And uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's a team player. As long as we're walking off
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  Speaker 1: the field with a w you know, he's happy. So
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  Speaker 1: just to have that type of veteran presence and you know,
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  Speaker 1: what he's able to do in our offense is great.
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  Speaker 1: And so it's been a pleasure to be able to
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  Speaker 1: work with him and I'm excited to keep it going.