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Jags Drive Time: Tuesday, September 4 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Jeff Wars Did you don't Jack Jack Warris? Did you
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Speaker 1: know Jackuarris Drive Time? Bryan sex Sext, John O's agent,
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Speaker 1: Actually su Jaguarris Drive Time starts right now. I'm born
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Speaker 1: right across the river. I mean, so, I mean it's
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Speaker 1: non emotional for me, not the pain of me. You know,
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Speaker 1: everyone wants tickets, they want sideline passes, and you know,
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Speaker 1: and now I don't. I don't see anyone when I
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Speaker 1: go up there, most of the Giants. It never gets old.
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Speaker 1: The blunt, candid, completely transparent head coach Doug Morone on Monday,
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Speaker 1: talking about the return of the Jaguars to New York City,
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Speaker 1: he was asked specifically about Tom Coughlin going back to
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Speaker 1: the Giants, which we know as a big storyline this week,
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Speaker 1: and that was his answer. Loved it. Good morning, Welcome
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Speaker 1: to Jack's Drive Time. On a Tuesday, Brian Sexton along
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Speaker 1: with Shlynn Sullivan, We've got a guest from New York
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Speaker 1: to talk about the Giants. We've got lots on our
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Speaker 1: plate this morning, and we're glad you were with us.
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Speaker 1: How are you this morning? I'm good. I love that thought.
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Speaker 1: Good stuff. He just looked and I've said this before.
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Speaker 1: We didn't know exactly what we were getting with Doug
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Speaker 1: Morrow became the head coach. You know, we're we getting
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Speaker 1: the guy who was really gruff of his as an
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Speaker 1: offensive line coach around here for two years. Were were
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Speaker 1: getting the guy who's pretty gruff, kind of parceliang In
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Speaker 1: in the Buffalo Bill's era. Uh. He told us during
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Speaker 1: one of our television production meetings during the preseason that
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Speaker 1: he had changed from Syracuse to the Bills and from
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Speaker 1: the Bills to the Jaguars. He's fantastic him. I've said
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Speaker 1: this before too. I repeat myself a lot. When when
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Speaker 1: I was in college and I worked at Casey t
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Speaker 1: V five in Kansas City on Sunday nights, I used
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Speaker 1: to stay late to watch the satellite feed. And if
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Speaker 1: John were here right now, he tell you the satellites
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Speaker 1: the thing that, yeah that, and it sends data back
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Speaker 1: and forth now until done on the internet. But I
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Speaker 1: used to wait for the late satellite feed of Mike
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Speaker 1: Dick his press conference. Dick it was the head coach
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Speaker 1: of the Bears. But okay, I'm gonna play John. I
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Speaker 1: can't do it um because they were bombastic. I mean,
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Speaker 1: there were so much fun to watch. Literally, I think
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Speaker 1: Doug Marone is must watch press conference because you just
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Speaker 1: don't know what he's gonna say or how he's gonna
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Speaker 1: say it. He's not going to be bombastic like ditka um,
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Speaker 1: but he always has something to say. You always have
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Speaker 1: one takeaway that makes you laugh. There's always that one
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Speaker 1: liner that is so entertaining and you talk about it
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Speaker 1: all week how funny it was. And he just he
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Speaker 1: never misses the chance to tell you exactly what he thinks,
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Speaker 1: even if he doesn't do it again in a bombastic,
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Speaker 1: flamboyant way. The subtle little, you know, gry grin on
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Speaker 1: his face sometimes tells you I should laugh at that,
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Speaker 1: because that's I know something's coming. Yeah, it always is
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Speaker 1: with him, all right, time for big things. Let's pick
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Speaker 1: the show off, all right, big thing one is healthy
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Speaker 1: the full fifty three man roster practice yesterday. We spoke
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Speaker 1: to Brandon Linder in the locker room yesterday. He said
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Speaker 1: he's feeling good for Sunday. Yeah, no, I'm feeling good. Um,
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Speaker 1: And he feels good. So we're just progressing back in
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Speaker 1: and be ready to go. He um. He's a very
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Speaker 1: good talker. He is not a freak talker. Uh, it
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Speaker 1: must be something about St. Thomas Aquin right now, that's
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Speaker 1: where you went to school. Talk a lot. Yeah, I
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Speaker 1: just means a good talker, That's what that um. The
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Speaker 1: smile on his face yesterday when I said, hey, Brandon,
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Speaker 1: you got a second sure right told me everything that
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Speaker 1: I needed to know. If he wasn't feeling good, he
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Speaker 1: probably wouldn't have wanted to talk because he wouldn't have
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Speaker 1: wanted to say I don't know. He wouldn't have wanted
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Speaker 1: to lie and say I'm playing this week if you
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Speaker 1: knew he wasn't. He came to the interview with some
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Speaker 1: energy and it was great to see. So important to
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Speaker 1: have that guy in the middle of the offensive line.
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Speaker 1: There's some units, Ashlyn, that we have not seen fully
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Speaker 1: together this preseason. You know, we did not see the defense,
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Speaker 1: the secondary in particular, all together. We didn't see the
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Speaker 1: defensive line altogether. The offensive line is a big part
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Speaker 1: of that group too. We didn't see them all together.
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Speaker 1: For them to go to practice this week with all
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Speaker 1: fifty three starters available is remarkable. It is. It's the
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Speaker 1: perfect way to start off the season, and you hope
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Speaker 1: that it can gather throughout the entire week with all
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Speaker 1: those fifty three guys, especially offensive line. I feel like
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Speaker 1: all throughout training camp we always talked about them not
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Speaker 1: being together. And I asked Brandon yesterday about the fact
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Speaker 1: that you have a brand new starter at left guard,
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Speaker 1: thirteen million dollar man, right, and he's gotta work with
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Speaker 1: Cam and he's gotta work with Brandon, even though you
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Speaker 1: know the other guys. Putting that one guy in there,
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Speaker 1: that's a big change from where they were last year.
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Speaker 1: They had no time together essentially during the preseason, he said.
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Speaker 1: They did during the practice week, they did during the
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Speaker 1: meeting rooms. He felt confident that with Norwell and his talent,
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Speaker 1: they'd be able to get up to speech that absolutely.
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Speaker 1: Remember a Week three against the Falcons when Norwell was
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Speaker 1: making his return, how excited the entire offensive line was
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Speaker 1: that they were finally all together in Norwell was making
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Speaker 1: his debut. You know, it also bears note uh and
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Speaker 1: we don't have an injury report yet. We'll have an
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Speaker 1: injury report from the Giants tomorrow. Jags will put one
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Speaker 1: out tomorrow as well. But just reading the newspapers in
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Speaker 1: New York this morning, Um, Olivia Vernon, they're fifteen million
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Speaker 1: dollar a year pass rusher uh carted off the field
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Speaker 1: with an ankle injury during practice last week and is
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Speaker 1: not practicing yet, may practice UM. The word from the
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Speaker 1: coach yesterday was he was hopeful that he would be
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Speaker 1: able to practice this week and play UM. And that's
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Speaker 1: what you know they're hoping. Also Evan Ingram, second round
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Speaker 1: pick last year, very talented tight end from Ole Miss
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Speaker 1: not playing so or at least not practicing not playing
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Speaker 1: that comes later this week. You've got two really key
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Speaker 1: members of their team not practicing. So just to kind
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Speaker 1: of set it in contrast, the Jaguars go to the
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Speaker 1: practice field tomorrow with everybody that's great, especially with the
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Speaker 1: talent those two guys have. With the Giants, that'd be
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Speaker 1: a major problem for them not to have the pass
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Speaker 1: rush that that's where it comes from. That's what they
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Speaker 1: paid him for, and by all accounts, had a terrific
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Speaker 1: offseason and terrific training camp. Was ready to bring it um,
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Speaker 1: but as right now, not practicing for them. So the
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Speaker 1: Jaguars very fortunate to have good health on their side
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Speaker 1: at this point. And as we say, that's the key
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Speaker 1: they were all last year. All right, all right, big
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Speaker 1: thing too is practice squad. Tenant guys signed to the
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Speaker 1: practice squad and they're all Jaguars. That the key thing there.
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Speaker 1: Whenever someone we need to step up and fill in
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Speaker 1: a role, they already know the system. Brian, Yeah, you know,
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Speaker 1: this is the interesting part. They have some talented guys
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Speaker 1: on that side of the of the equation. They're in
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Speaker 1: the practice squad, guys who were here all through the
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Speaker 1: off season and through training camp. And when you can
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Speaker 1: stack your practice squad with guys that you feel good
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Speaker 1: about and that know your system, it gives you a
6:22
Speaker 1: decided advantage because when you need to call someone up,
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Speaker 1: and they will at some point this year, there will
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Speaker 1: be an injury. I think I've said it. You have
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Speaker 1: two running backs, neither of whom have stayed healthy. Only
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Speaker 1: one year with for Net right, but his running style
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Speaker 1: is so ferocious that it's tough to see that kind
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Speaker 1: of a running back playing sixteen games for you. Same
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Speaker 1: thing with t J Yelden again, not able to stay
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Speaker 1: healthy every game. It's not a position where health is
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Speaker 1: a gift, right, Um, if you get it, it is
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Speaker 1: a gift. So you see Brandon Wild's down there, who
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Speaker 1: had a really productive preseason really ran well in Tampa
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Speaker 1: last Thursday night. To have him to be able to
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Speaker 1: call up and plug him in. Not a guy that
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Speaker 1: you have to go sign on Monday afternoon and get
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Speaker 1: him here and hope that you can get him up
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Speaker 1: to speed. That's the way it is with the entire
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Speaker 1: practice squad. All those guys that we just showed our
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Speaker 1: guys that can help on special teams immediately. Look, if
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Speaker 1: you're coming off the practice squad, that's where you're gonna be.
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Speaker 1: You're not gonna come in to be the number one
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Speaker 1: backup unless you have catastrophic injuries. Right. So uh they
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Speaker 1: showed um uh Mota pa waka right middle linebacker. I
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Speaker 1: you know, I finally learned you right as much as
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Speaker 1: I can. Andrew Mota Pawaka um who went to Virginia Tech,
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Speaker 1: who really cloverd Florida State last night point that one out.
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Speaker 1: Uh well, not that I care, But the reality of
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Speaker 1: it is is that he's a guy who can come
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Speaker 1: into play special teams. So Jody can lean on him
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Speaker 1: and feel good about what he's got if he has
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Speaker 1: to bring him up because he knows teams. Uh now,
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Speaker 1: special teams change. Pardon me, practice squad changes through the
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Speaker 1: course of the season because if you have the injuries
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Speaker 1: along the offensive line and need to bring guy in
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Speaker 1: just practice just to be able to work against the
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Speaker 1: defense or to practice with your offense, it can change.
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Speaker 1: But as you start the week, and we mentioned health,
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Speaker 1: with your fifty three players all available to you, and
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Speaker 1: your practice squad all guys that are guys that can
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Speaker 1: come up and help you if you need. It's an
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Speaker 1: enviable position for Doug Moron and his team and his
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Speaker 1: coaching staff to be in right now, to be completely healthy.
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Speaker 1: Now again, I hope that next Monday we're not saying wow, Uh,
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Speaker 1: I wish I hadn't said that, because that changes. That's
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Speaker 1: that's that's it's the nature of the game. Um. You know,
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Speaker 1: actually we talk all the time about the feel of
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Speaker 1: this this team this year. Um. You take Leonard for
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Speaker 1: Nett right, and and his strength and his backup with
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Speaker 1: t J. Yelton, and the ability for this team to
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Speaker 1: run the ball and control the tempo. And you look
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Speaker 1: at the defense and the way it's built. You know,
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Speaker 1: the two dovetailed together very very well. You can play
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Speaker 1: a style of ball. Uh. Look at look at the
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Speaker 1: administration with Tom and Dave and Doug and their strengths
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Speaker 1: and the way they they have built the football operation
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Speaker 1: and it runs smooth. So right, um, now you look
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Speaker 1: at the way that the practice squad fits in and
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Speaker 1: dovetails with the team. If you feel good about this
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Speaker 1: team from a talent perspective, you should, and if you
9:16
Speaker 1: feel good about this team from a coaching perspective, you should. Um,
9:21
Speaker 1: maybe take a different angle on it and just look
9:23
Speaker 1: at how all the pieces to the puzzle are coming together.
9:27
Speaker 1: People call that karma, cole whatever you want, but they've
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Speaker 1: got something working here and rarely do you have all
9:33
Speaker 1: the pieces come together. Now again, it can change, but
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Speaker 1: as of opening week Tuesday, of opening week, um, there's
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Speaker 1: a good feeling about this team and where it's at
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Speaker 1: right now. Absolutely talk about it. We all talked about
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Speaker 1: all the time the puzzle, putting the piece together and
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Speaker 1: Doune rowing his staff every single day during training camp
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Speaker 1: an offseason, talked about who's making this team, where are
9:52
Speaker 1: they going position groups? So it's not just karma, and look,
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Speaker 1: I mean that is every single day hard work putting together.
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Speaker 1: That the the karma side of it. And luck, really
10:02
Speaker 1: you make your own luck, right the Carme side of
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Speaker 1: it is when you just look at the big picture,
10:05
Speaker 1: you know from that geostationary orbit where you're looking way
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Speaker 1: down thirty feet and you just see how the practice
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Speaker 1: squad works with the roster, how well Tom and Dave
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Speaker 1: and Doug have built this thing the way that they
10:17
Speaker 1: work their squad and put it all together. Right. Uh
10:21
Speaker 1: the ticket sales, you had a full stadium this year, right, Um,
10:25
Speaker 1: it just the schedule, It all kind of fits together
10:28
Speaker 1: well for them at this point, and it is worth
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Speaker 1: mentioning that, Uh, they have built this thing to be
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Speaker 1: able to compete this year and there worked hard for it.
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Speaker 1: That's every day, all right. Big thing three is Eli Manning.
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Speaker 1: It is not going to be easy on Sunday. The
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Speaker 1: guy is a Super Bowl champion. A lot of times
10:45
Speaker 1: we hear Sae Klon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr. The big
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Speaker 1: guys of the Giants. We don't hear Eli Manning as
10:51
Speaker 1: much as I thought we were going to. Well, we
10:53
Speaker 1: will challenge going against a guy like Eli is one.
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Speaker 1: He's seen every single defense areas. I mean he's been
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Speaker 1: in the league, got a going on thirteen some years now,
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Speaker 1: so he's seen every single defense, And with a guy
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Speaker 1: like that, you know, the coaches kind of give him
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Speaker 1: free rein to push the temple a little bit, so
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Speaker 1: you'll think you have them figured out. Then he'll they'll
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Speaker 1: go hardy for a couple of snaps and then I
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Speaker 1: kind of throw you off balunce and go back to
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Speaker 1: their regular schedule to the snap count. So, UM, a
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Speaker 1: guy like that, he's he's definitely smart. He's out there
11:18
Speaker 1: trying to throw you off balance, and UM, that's a tough,
11:20
Speaker 1: tough aspect we're going against a guy like that. You know,
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Speaker 1: Barry and Calais Campbell are two of the guys on
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Speaker 1: that defense that faced Eli in the NFC regularly. So
11:30
Speaker 1: let's back up to last year when the talk was
11:33
Speaker 1: Eli Manning was going to be released or traded, and
11:36
Speaker 1: the Jaguars were very much in that conversation, at least
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Speaker 1: outside of this building. On the periphery. That's Evan Ingram,
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Speaker 1: by the way, the tight end that we mentioned that's
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Speaker 1: injured right now. Uh. But so you look at Manning
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, he's benched for Davis Webb
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Speaker 1: and the string of games consecutive games is over. And
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Speaker 1: I remember talking to Chris Sney, who again four time
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl Guard, Ring of Honor guard for the Giants,
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Speaker 1: teammate and friend of Eli. I came we're talking to
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Speaker 1: him shortly after that happened, because he's now a scout
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Speaker 1: here working with the offensive line group. Um, and he
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Speaker 1: was bummed about it. I mean, that's this guy, and
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Speaker 1: so it just didn't feel right from a New York perspective,
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Speaker 1: like Eli was the guy. Well, now fast forward, they
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Speaker 1: just cut Davis Webb, the guy. They had to see.
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Speaker 1: They had to end their quarterbacks starting streak and that
12:23
Speaker 1: was important to him no matter what. You could see
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Speaker 1: the emotion in his eyes when he talked about it.
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Speaker 1: They had to end it for this guy, and they
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Speaker 1: just cut him. Of Course the general manager was different
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Speaker 1: than coach was, but they just cut him. So now
12:33
Speaker 1: they are all in on Eli. They draft sa Kwan Barkley,
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Speaker 1: they pay Odell Beckham Jr. They rebuild the offensive line.
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Speaker 1: They go signed Nate Soldier from the New England Patriots.
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Speaker 1: Now I think he's the highest paid tackle in football.
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Speaker 1: They draft Will Hernandez, who is a a road grading
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Speaker 1: guard from Utah, and now they are all in on Manning.
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Speaker 1: Now there are people in New York there, Well, what's
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Speaker 1: your backup plan? Because he's never really been hurt, which
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Speaker 1: means you could be at some point fourteen years in
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Speaker 1: you know, you're all in on this guy. He's all
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Speaker 1: on his shoulders this year, Manning, I expect to rise
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Speaker 1: to the challenge and and be his best because he's
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Speaker 1: got the confidence of Dave Gettlman and the Giants behind him.
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Speaker 1: No way he doesn't rise to that this year. It's
13:21
Speaker 1: just interesting to see how quickly it turns. He thought
13:25
Speaker 1: he might not be a Giant at one point last
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Speaker 1: year because of all the speculation, and now you can
13:29
Speaker 1: all rests on him again. It's crazy to look back
13:31
Speaker 1: and think that that was ever an option, you know,
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Speaker 1: a year ago today. I think the thing that makes
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Speaker 1: him most dangerous and Buried Church said it was the
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Speaker 1: experience being in the league for so long, knowing these
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Speaker 1: defenses so well. That experience you can't teach, and I
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Speaker 1: think that is what makes him stand out. No, and he,
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Speaker 1: like his brother, knows the game, grew up in in
13:50
Speaker 1: the Saints locker room with his dad Archie, and has
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Speaker 1: been around it his entire adult life, both at Old
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Speaker 1: Miss and now with the Giants plus and he talked
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Speaker 1: any of those guys and they all come down for
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Speaker 1: the j fund in in May every year, and all
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Speaker 1: those jobs love Eli and they said, we're talking about
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Speaker 1: it last spring. Uh. He really loves being a Giant.
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Speaker 1: It's always he didn't want to go anywhere else. He
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Speaker 1: loves New Jersey. He loves playing there. And so for him,
14:17
Speaker 1: I mean again talking about rising the challenge here he
14:20
Speaker 1: is with a great opportunity now to re establish himself
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Speaker 1: with an offense that has been retooled, has impressive weapons.
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Speaker 1: And we just we'll talk about se Kwon Barkley with
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Speaker 1: our guests from the Giants here in a couple of moments.
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Speaker 1: But I fully expect this to be an absolute nail
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Speaker 1: bider because of Manning. I don't know that their defense
14:38
Speaker 1: and will find this out as well. Their defense was
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Speaker 1: thirty first last year, and part of that number, Ashley
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Speaker 1: is is that the Giants were very good at anything.
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Speaker 1: They didn't have se Kwon Barkley. Obviously they didn't have
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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. Who was out and injured. But at
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Speaker 1: one point I think they were down there. Their number one, two,
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Speaker 1: and three receivers had a rookie tight end. Their offensive
14:55
Speaker 1: line wasn't very good, so you got to look at that,
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Speaker 1: you know, in contrast with the defense. But they didn't
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Speaker 1: do a lot with the defense in the spring. They
15:04
Speaker 1: focused on the offense. So we'll see if Manning can
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Speaker 1: overcome the defense that doesn't look like it's great. Um,
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Speaker 1: but I expect him to rise to the challenge and
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Speaker 1: be ready to go this year. Absolutely, look at it
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Speaker 1: from the other side of the ball, Eli Manning's point
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Speaker 1: of view, going, it's one of the best defenses opening day. Hey, look,
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Speaker 1: Jaguars will be ready to rise to the occasion. There's
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Speaker 1: no doubt. It's just I think people look at the
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Speaker 1: Giants and they go out, Hey, you know they were
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Speaker 1: three and thirteen last year, Right, Eli is thirty seven
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Speaker 1: years old, almost thirty eight. He can't be as good
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Speaker 1: as he was. Yeah, they got Beckham, but we got Ramsey,
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Speaker 1: and yeah they got Barkley, but he's a rookie, do
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean? And the reality, Yeah, the
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Speaker 1: reality of it is is that Manning is a suit
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Speaker 1: two times super Bowl champion, super Bowl m v P
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Speaker 1: four reasons, and still has plenty of game left. And
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Speaker 1: now that he's got the weapons, He's got an opportunity
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Speaker 1: on Sunday and Opening Day. It's a game changer. If
15:55
Speaker 1: you've never been to Opening Day anywhere other than Jacksonville,
15:59
Speaker 1: trust me, everywhere it feels the same. And that is, Hey,
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Speaker 1: let's start this thing off on the right foot. Let's
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Speaker 1: have some energy to play. So the Giants would be ready,
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Speaker 1: the Jaguars would be ready, and of course so will
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Speaker 1: we On Sunday at MetLife Stadium. We'll take a break
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Speaker 1: and come back and talk New York Giants right this
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Speaker 1: New York Giants on Sunday, a big, big game. We're
17:43
Speaker 1: happy to welcome in game the reporter for Giants Radio Network,
17:46
Speaker 1: Paul Dots. You know, Paul, how's it going. Hey, great
17:50
Speaker 1: to talk to you. It's about time we get to
17:51
Speaker 1: opening day, right right? We've been waiting. Yeah. I mean
17:54
Speaker 1: we're just talking about the energy. It doesn't matter what
17:56
Speaker 1: city you're in. I mean, in Cleveland, they have energy
17:59
Speaker 1: for opening day. And I'm sure that the Giants feel
18:02
Speaker 1: that too. Um. You know the interesting part, Paul, that
18:05
Speaker 1: that with this Giant's team is just how much. Now,
18:08
Speaker 1: Eli Manning is back in the square. I mean, he's
18:11
Speaker 1: the guy. And and at a time last year, I
18:13
Speaker 1: think a lot of us around the league looked and said,
18:15
Speaker 1: is he going to be? Boy? There's no doubt now,
18:17
Speaker 1: is there? No? Not at all? I mean he's got
18:21
Speaker 1: two support from the GM, the coaching staff, ownership. After
18:28
Speaker 1: what happened last year with that heacup of the benching.
18:31
Speaker 1: Of course, that that Ben McAdoo uh instituted. I think
18:37
Speaker 1: everybody at that point like took a deep breath and
18:40
Speaker 1: then re evaluated and said, well, wait a minute. I mean,
18:43
Speaker 1: let's let's look at let's look at this guy again,
18:46
Speaker 1: and and let's let's figure out what he's got left
18:50
Speaker 1: if you can. And they've determined that, well, you know what,
18:54
Speaker 1: he still makes all the throws. Uh, is in terrific shape,
18:58
Speaker 1: has shown no evince of physically breaking down whatsoever. Uh.
19:03
Speaker 1: And let's face it, guys, I mean, come on, you
19:06
Speaker 1: still see guys like Drew Brees, who's a couple of
19:08
Speaker 1: years older than Eli doing what he does. We know
19:12
Speaker 1: what Tom Brady does. Uh. You know, Eli would not
19:16
Speaker 1: be the first quarterback to you know, play until he's forty.
19:19
Speaker 1: I mean, he's only thirty, so I mean why I
19:24
Speaker 1: I still don't understand why everybody still looks at him
19:27
Speaker 1: like he's ripped Van Winkle, or at least people used to.
19:30
Speaker 1: Until this past month. He has had a tremendous offseason.
19:35
Speaker 1: He looks outstanding well and he's got to be rejuvenated
19:38
Speaker 1: by the way that Dave Gentleman and that front office
19:41
Speaker 1: rebuilt this offensive line, drafted Sae Kwon, Barkley, Matodell Beckham,
19:45
Speaker 1: Junr Happy. I mean it appears now that they have
19:48
Speaker 1: given him something really fast and powerful to drive. Yeah,
19:53
Speaker 1: and I don't think there's any question as you look
19:56
Speaker 1: at the last half a dozen years that the Giants
19:59
Speaker 1: have played and only one playoff appearance, the biggest problem
20:04
Speaker 1: that that was consistent to all these years has been
20:08
Speaker 1: offensive line just could not get it done. And uh,
20:13
Speaker 1: you know, look that that affects everything. You know that
20:17
Speaker 1: it all starts in the trenches. That's what it's about football,
20:20
Speaker 1: one on one. If you're strong in the trenches, at
20:24
Speaker 1: least you've got a good foundation and a good chance
20:27
Speaker 1: to be good in other areas of the game. When
20:29
Speaker 1: your trenches a week, it just makes the whole house collapse,
20:34
Speaker 1: and so you know, now let's see what he liken do.
20:37
Speaker 1: We'll really, we'll really know how much Eli has left
20:41
Speaker 1: because now he has the ability to do everything that
20:44
Speaker 1: the offensive playbook wants him to do. Paul from the
20:47
Speaker 1: national media standpoint, we have heard for weeks Odell Beckham Jr.
20:51
Speaker 1: Going against Jalen Ramsey Batman versus Joker. What is the
20:54
Speaker 1: storyline like in New York? Regarding that there hasn't been one.
21:00
Speaker 1: Beckham Jr. Has not been talkative with the media. I
21:04
Speaker 1: guess I think I want to say he had one
21:08
Speaker 1: press briefing um during the course of training camp when
21:14
Speaker 1: he signed his new contract, his extension. Uh. And honestly, uh,
21:20
Speaker 1: you know, there was so much to talk about with
21:22
Speaker 1: the Brinks truck that had backed up his front door
21:25
Speaker 1: that at that point there really wasn't much to say
21:29
Speaker 1: about the matchup in week one. Prior to that, Uh,
21:34
Speaker 1: you know, again, there was so much conversation about would
21:36
Speaker 1: he get the money or would he not get the
21:39
Speaker 1: money that this particular matchup has really not caused much
21:43
Speaker 1: of a buzz or a star here. I understand on
21:47
Speaker 1: the other side of the fence, Uh, it has a
21:50
Speaker 1: little bit down in Florida, but but not up here
21:52
Speaker 1: in New Jersey. And then obviously the David's web waiving
21:56
Speaker 1: has been a huge heads on here in New York
21:58
Speaker 1: as well. So, uh, you know, I don't mean to
22:00
Speaker 1: disappoint anybody, but but the hype machine is not on
22:04
Speaker 1: full blast right now. Well, and it's only Tuesday, and
22:07
Speaker 1: Jalen talks on Thursday, so so that's liable to change.
22:11
Speaker 1: But you know, along those lines, I mean, Beckham is
22:12
Speaker 1: obviously a flamboyant, fabulous player. Is there ever a storyline
22:17
Speaker 1: about a matchup other than the Josh Norman one in Washington?
22:20
Speaker 1: Or do most corners just they don't want to inflame
22:23
Speaker 1: him and they just keep their mouth closed and go play. Well,
22:26
Speaker 1: you know, I think Norman Norman was the first guy
22:31
Speaker 1: I think to really understand that, you know, Beckham cannot
22:35
Speaker 1: be covered by by any human being. I mean, that's
22:38
Speaker 1: just the way it is. You've gotta have to do
22:42
Speaker 1: something else. If you think you're just gonna stop him
22:46
Speaker 1: Manoa Mono physically physically, No, it's not gonna happen. Uh.
22:50
Speaker 1: To mentally throw him off his game is about the
22:54
Speaker 1: only way that you're going to be able to get
22:56
Speaker 1: an edge, So I get it. I mean he played
23:00
Speaker 1: the site job. He went overboard. I don't think anybody
23:03
Speaker 1: would question that he went overboard, went beyond the boundaries
23:07
Speaker 1: of sportsmanship and and just decency, and uh, we saw
23:12
Speaker 1: what happened. Now. Beckham is older, he's more mature, he
23:17
Speaker 1: seems to be again, seems to be on the right track,
23:22
Speaker 1: and seems to have all that stuff under control. Whether
23:25
Speaker 1: or not he can be bated or goaded remains to
23:28
Speaker 1: be seen. We don't think that's gonna happen at this point.
23:32
Speaker 1: We think it's a much smarter, much mentally more mentally
23:36
Speaker 1: strong Beckham than from years past. But that's that's still
23:41
Speaker 1: open to debate. I mean, nobody truly knows until he
23:44
Speaker 1: gets out on the field. I'm sure that Ramsey will
23:47
Speaker 1: try to mentally get in his head and do what
23:50
Speaker 1: he can to throw him off of his game. I mean,
23:52
Speaker 1: Beckham masson't taken a hit since October of last year,
23:56
Speaker 1: when you know he was injured and then had the
23:58
Speaker 1: ankle surgery. Remember, he hasn't played Okay, he has not
24:02
Speaker 1: played in even a preseason game. So you know there's
24:06
Speaker 1: gonna be a little bit of us there, and you
24:08
Speaker 1: know they talk about guys being in football shape, Macomer
24:12
Speaker 1: is not taking a hit. That first hit that he
24:14
Speaker 1: gets on Sunday is probably not gonna feel great. So, uh,
24:19
Speaker 1: you know, I I if I look, if I were Ramsey,
24:22
Speaker 1: I would try to get into his head. Why not?
24:25
Speaker 1: I mean, you know you gotta test him, don't you. Yeah?
24:27
Speaker 1: I think so too. Uh. You know, And clearly the
24:30
Speaker 1: story on the offense is just how many weapons there
24:32
Speaker 1: are and how talented this bunches in New York. Let's
24:35
Speaker 1: flip it to the defense, where last year they finished
24:37
Speaker 1: thirty one. I get it. Part of that number is
24:40
Speaker 1: based on an offense that couldn't control the tempo of
24:42
Speaker 1: the ball game. How much better will they be this year?
24:45
Speaker 1: Because it doesn't look on paper, Paul, like they went
24:48
Speaker 1: and spent as much time and effort on the defense
24:50
Speaker 1: as they did the offense. Well, I think a number
24:54
Speaker 1: of a number of factors have to be considered. Uh.
24:57
Speaker 1: Jameis Bacher, the new defense record who comes over from
25:01
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. You know, we look at him as maybe
25:05
Speaker 1: the biggest addition on defense because, as you said, if
25:09
Speaker 1: you look at the roster there, they made some tweaks
25:11
Speaker 1: obviously bringing in Barwin, drafting Carter in the linebacking corps,
25:16
Speaker 1: making the deal for Ogletree. They've clearly enhanced the linebacking corps.
25:21
Speaker 1: That's that's been totally rebuilt, and they really believe that's
25:24
Speaker 1: been a huge improvement. But you're right, the secondary is
25:28
Speaker 1: is what it was, and they're just hoping guys have
25:31
Speaker 1: bounced back years. The defensive line. I think, you know,
25:35
Speaker 1: that's been somewhat retooled in that you know, b J. Hill,
25:40
Speaker 1: now the rookie they got out of the n CEE State,
25:42
Speaker 1: is going to start. Uh. They expect you know, Snax
25:45
Speaker 1: Harrison to do what he does and Tomlinson in his
25:48
Speaker 1: second year to be better. Um, the new three four
25:52
Speaker 1: scheme that Thatcher has uh you know instituted, they think
25:57
Speaker 1: that's going to be a huge impact. They realized that
26:01
Speaker 1: he had top ten defenses in every year of his
26:04
Speaker 1: coordinatorship in Arizona was primarily because of his disguising. Uh,
26:10
Speaker 1: you know, it's not just all right, they gotta stop
26:13
Speaker 1: the run first, which the Giants did a horrible job
26:15
Speaker 1: of doing last year. They feel as though with all
26:18
Speaker 1: the pre snap motion, with all of the confusion that
26:21
Speaker 1: they're going to put on the field. Uh, that's going
26:24
Speaker 1: to be a big, big, big help. Uh. And you're right.
26:28
Speaker 1: I mean, an offense that can control the clock and
26:31
Speaker 1: score a lot of points will definitely help a defense.
26:35
Speaker 1: The Cowboys used that a few years ago when they
26:37
Speaker 1: became a playoff team. Again. Uh, that's a strategy the
26:41
Speaker 1: Giants are certain to employ. I would simply maintain to
26:44
Speaker 1: you that even though I've been a practice every day,
26:47
Speaker 1: I really don't know what they're gonna do on Sunday.
26:50
Speaker 1: The Giants have not shown it. They they they've worked
26:53
Speaker 1: on their Jacksonville stuff in walkthroughs early in the morning
26:57
Speaker 1: before anybody else is at the facility. Me, So I
27:01
Speaker 1: don't know what they're gonna do when I've been there
27:03
Speaker 1: every day. I guarantee you to coach Maron and the
27:05
Speaker 1: Jaguars have no idea what's about to hit them on Sunday,
27:09
Speaker 1: either offensively or defensively. Whether it's Beckham, Barkley, Ogiltree. We'll
27:15
Speaker 1: see if Olivier run in plays, he's gotta he's got
27:17
Speaker 1: a bum ankle right now, so that remains to be seen.
27:20
Speaker 1: But I don't envy the Jaguars because how could they
27:24
Speaker 1: possibly prepare for the Giants not knowing what these two
27:27
Speaker 1: coordinators are going to bring out. I just I just
27:30
Speaker 1: don't know what Jacksonville could possibly be thinking. It is
27:33
Speaker 1: an advantage, for sure. We talked about there not being
27:35
Speaker 1: a lot of film on Secon Barkley. We said that
27:37
Speaker 1: all weeks so we know the national reputation of him,
27:40
Speaker 1: how talented he is, but is he ready to make
27:42
Speaker 1: waves in the NFL? In your opinion, he is truly
27:47
Speaker 1: a special, special, special talent. Um. I was on board
27:52
Speaker 1: with the Giants taking them with the number two overall pick,
27:55
Speaker 1: because when a guy is that talented, that good, that
27:59
Speaker 1: much of a difference maker, I mean, part of part
28:02
Speaker 1: of we talked about the offensive line before, well, part
28:06
Speaker 1: of the reason that this Giants offense is going to
28:08
Speaker 1: be so much better. It's not just the fact that
28:10
Speaker 1: they've helped the offensive line improve, but they now have
28:14
Speaker 1: a guy back there who is a true game breaker.
28:17
Speaker 1: His skills, his tool set is unquestioned, his maturity, his
28:21
Speaker 1: football intellect is unquestioned. UM. The the only the only
28:27
Speaker 1: thing I can say to you about the Giants offensively, UM,
28:31
Speaker 1: over the last several years, and you have Tom Coughlin
28:33
Speaker 1: down there now, he could tell you the same thing.
28:36
Speaker 1: You looked at the Giants and you said, Okay, who's
28:38
Speaker 1: the one guy on offense you have to stop. It's
28:41
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Jr. Contain him, control him, and the Giants
28:46
Speaker 1: offense really can't do much to you. We will control
28:48
Speaker 1: the game, We will decide how this game is gonna
28:51
Speaker 1: play out. Well, teams are not going to be able
28:54
Speaker 1: to do that to the Giants anymore because now they've
28:57
Speaker 1: got four heavy hitters on offense. They've got Beckham, they've
29:02
Speaker 1: got Barckley. I really do believe that Evan Ingram, in
29:06
Speaker 1: his second year, is quickly becoming one of those kinds
29:09
Speaker 1: of guys at tight end. And I will tell you
29:11
Speaker 1: that Sterling Shepard, now in his third season, is truly
29:15
Speaker 1: ready to break out and go to the next level
29:17
Speaker 1: of wide receivers in this league. I would maintain to
29:20
Speaker 1: you the Giants now have four guys on the field
29:23
Speaker 1: who can score a touchdown from anywhere, anywhere, uh and
29:29
Speaker 1: at any time. That is a big deal. That causes
29:33
Speaker 1: defensive coordinators to have sleepless nights on Monday night is
29:36
Speaker 1: they're trying to game plan. That's the biggest difference in
29:39
Speaker 1: this team right now, and they're gonna cause a lot
29:41
Speaker 1: of trouble for teams this year. Alright, final thought, Paul,
29:44
Speaker 1: you worked with him, You know Tom Coughlin, You know
29:46
Speaker 1: how badly he wants to win. He won't say it
29:48
Speaker 1: because he's not going to be speaking this week. However,
29:52
Speaker 1: you know you and I both have spent a lot
29:53
Speaker 1: of time around this man, and he is burning on
29:56
Speaker 1: this is that he came back. He's been back for
29:58
Speaker 1: the tenuere reunion of the Super of All team and
30:00
Speaker 1: to go into the ring of honor um? Is it
30:03
Speaker 1: a storyline? I mean, if if the Joker Batman thing isn't,
30:07
Speaker 1: is the TC a legitimate storyline in New York as
30:09
Speaker 1: we approached the weekend an opening Day, Well, if you
30:14
Speaker 1: don't think it is, then you're being naive because somebody
30:18
Speaker 1: in the league office, when they started putting the schedule together,
30:21
Speaker 1: decided the Jacksonville needed to be at MetLife Stadium opening Day.
30:26
Speaker 1: I mean, really, there is a reason, either network wise
30:34
Speaker 1: or league wise, uh, that they were going to make
30:37
Speaker 1: sure they could maximize whatever they could out of the
30:41
Speaker 1: Tom Coughlin New York Giants area reunion. Uh. No, no, Look,
30:47
Speaker 1: I will tell you again, the hype machine hasn't really
30:51
Speaker 1: worked an overdrive on that storyline as of yet. Again,
30:56
Speaker 1: there's been so many other things that the Giants media
30:59
Speaker 1: and the fans have had to worry about over the
31:01
Speaker 1: course of the last couple of weeks. But as we
31:03
Speaker 1: get to Sunday, oh trust me, Look, I'm gonna seek
31:06
Speaker 1: him out. I need to shake that man's hand again.
31:09
Speaker 1: He's one of my favorite people I've I've ever met
31:11
Speaker 1: in my career. The respect for Tom Coughlin is off
31:15
Speaker 1: the charts. And you know, I don't I don't know anybody.
31:18
Speaker 1: I don't know anybody who wasn't rooting for Jacksonville to
31:21
Speaker 1: to do it last year in terms of the you know,
31:23
Speaker 1: the Giant Nation. Everybody wanted Tom Coughlin to to pull
31:28
Speaker 1: that off last season, and so obviously Giant Nation will
31:31
Speaker 1: will want to win on Sunday. But there there are
31:34
Speaker 1: millions of Giants fans who are huge Tom Coughlin fans
31:38
Speaker 1: as well, and I don't think that will ever change. No,
31:40
Speaker 1: And and look, hey, when he was the Giants coach,
31:42
Speaker 1: Jaguars fans rooted wildly for him and celebrated his two
31:45
Speaker 1: Super Bowls like they were Giants fans. So it's a
31:48
Speaker 1: connection obviously that the two franchises have and and we'll
31:51
Speaker 1: always have right up to the day that he goes
31:53
Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame. It's just he's such a
31:55
Speaker 1: strong personality, Paul, and you can tell people up there.
31:58
Speaker 1: He's a tempo setter here now as you know. I mean,
32:01
Speaker 1: he sets the expectation level and everyone to the youngest
32:05
Speaker 1: kid in the ticketing department sits up a little straight
32:07
Speaker 1: or knowing the t season the building I'm with and
32:10
Speaker 1: that's why what what I would like to see his
32:13
Speaker 1: first year of eligibility for the Hall whenever you know
32:16
Speaker 1: that that particular date comes about. I hope that the
32:20
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars and Giants are playing in that Hall of
32:23
Speaker 1: Fame game. The league should show some smarts. You know
32:25
Speaker 1: they planned it out this way for opening Day. The
32:28
Speaker 1: league should show some smarts to make sure the Giants
32:30
Speaker 1: and Jaguars are playing in the Hall of Fame game
32:33
Speaker 1: so that everybody can be there and have a huge
32:35
Speaker 1: party for Tom. I think you can book it and
32:38
Speaker 1: you and I can go host the party. I'd be awesome. Hey, Paul,
32:41
Speaker 1: it was great to catch up with you. We look
32:43
Speaker 1: forward to seeing you on Sunday. Thanks for spending some
32:45
Speaker 1: time with us on a Tuesday morning in Jacksonville. Any time.
32:48
Speaker 1: Great to talk to you. I hope to see you
32:49
Speaker 1: guys on the on the weekend. I guarantee you will.
32:52
Speaker 1: Paul Detino from the Giants Radio Network, thanks so much,
32:55
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34:42
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34:45
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34:48
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34:51
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34:55
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34:57
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35:01
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35:04
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35:06
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35:11
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35:17
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35:19
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35:22
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35:25
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35:28
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35:30
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35:33
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35:38
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35:40
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35:42
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35:45
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35:48
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35:50
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35:54
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35:56
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36:00
Speaker 1: offense and a defense with a brand new coordinator. There's
36:04
Speaker 1: gonna be a little less expectation in New York then
36:07
Speaker 1: there is in Jacksonville. Is so good Clay as his
36:10
Speaker 1: words ring true, and that is you know, this team
36:12
Speaker 1: has got to be mentally tough and able to handle
36:15
Speaker 1: adversity because Eli is gonna throw some adam on Sunday.
36:17
Speaker 1: We said yesterday, we said it today, We'll say it
36:19
Speaker 1: tomorrow and Thursday and Friday. Don't think just because this
36:23
Speaker 1: Giant's team was three and thirteen last year that they
36:25
Speaker 1: can't come out and put a whipp in on you.
36:27
Speaker 1: It doesn't seem likely against this defense. But when you
36:29
Speaker 1: have the rules stacked in the favor of the wide receivers,
36:33
Speaker 1: and you may have the best receiver in the game
36:35
Speaker 1: in Odell Beckham, Jr. You have the best corner against him, right,
36:38
Speaker 1: but the rules are still stacked. Yeah, exactly. Um, we
36:43
Speaker 1: saw what Leonard for Net can do as a rookie.
36:45
Speaker 1: Now you bring in Barkley and you would expect that
36:47
Speaker 1: he's a guy that's capable of running up for a
36:50
Speaker 1: hundred yards, right. I remember when he reminds me a
36:52
Speaker 1: bit of Fred Taylor. I told you yesterday with his
36:55
Speaker 1: his patients and then his vision and then his acceleration.
36:58
Speaker 1: Uh you know Fred Boom third carry as the starting
37:01
Speaker 1: running back against Baltimore here ran for fifty two yard touchdown.
37:05
Speaker 1: He plays a position where he can have an immediate impact.
37:08
Speaker 1: These giants can get you, and they can put you
37:12
Speaker 1: in a hole to start the season if you don't
37:14
Speaker 1: go in there ready to play. Right, and everyone in
37:16
Speaker 1: the country is thinking Jaguar's winning Super Bowl playoffs. If
37:21
Speaker 1: adversity strikes, you have six days to get ready for
37:24
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots here at home, so a quick turnaround.
37:27
Speaker 1: It's a long season, there's no doubt, but oh and
37:30
Speaker 1: two is not an option for a team that has
37:32
Speaker 1: on Super Bowl. So you've got to get off to
37:34
Speaker 1: a good one, which means you better be ready to
37:35
Speaker 1: play against the Giants on Sunday. Absolutely all right. So
37:38
Speaker 1: my analysis is be ready, be ready to play on Sunday.
37:41
Speaker 1: Simple good, simple, simple job right, Okay, what else you got?
37:46
Speaker 1: We have a community spotlight on a rookie ride receiver
37:50
Speaker 1: out of l s U d J. Chark making headlines
37:52
Speaker 1: starting training camp has really seemed to fit in with
37:55
Speaker 1: this team in the water not so much. Take a look,
37:58
Speaker 1: all right, okay, ready go just Rett small, that's it.
38:03
Speaker 1: Go ahead, there it is there, it is there, it is.
38:07
Speaker 1: That's it. Make the arms a little smaller. Every time
38:12
Speaker 1: you know, we're going on a boat or anything like that,
38:15
Speaker 1: I don't go because I was afraid of the water. God.
38:19
Speaker 1: I didn't know how to properly surround. I could like
38:22
Speaker 1: getting the pool and probably get back to where I
38:25
Speaker 1: came from, but it wasn't a gaintee that I was
38:27
Speaker 1: gonna get back. So I wanted to pretty much warn
38:29
Speaker 1: hout to swim so I can start, you know, doing
38:32
Speaker 1: more activities with other people, and I wouldn't be at
38:34
Speaker 1: limetis that's it? You got it? This is all you.
38:37
Speaker 1: That's all you mean. Yep, you're good, You're good. He
38:41
Speaker 1: didn't swim it all the first time. The first night,
38:43
Speaker 1: he didn't attempt to swim at all. We had a
38:46
Speaker 1: belt on him with a noodle, just to get him
38:49
Speaker 1: to feel comfortable in the water, like it's a safe
38:51
Speaker 1: place to be. And I think that's what's important. If
38:54
Speaker 1: you're gonna feak somebody how to swim, they've got to
38:56
Speaker 1: feel safe. I did, Yeah, it's walked. Then I saw
39:01
Speaker 1: these pools I a lot. I can't get in these pools.
39:05
Speaker 1: So we got in a small pool on that end
39:07
Speaker 1: when they do the workouts and you know they're talking
39:09
Speaker 1: the basis, and I was able to get more comfortable
39:12
Speaker 1: for about a second time. I can't. By the end,
39:15
Speaker 1: I had to dive into the deep end, and I
39:19
Speaker 1: feel comfortable doing that. So it took me a while
39:22
Speaker 1: to get comfortable with having water over my head and
39:24
Speaker 1: getting back to the top and just can't working. And
39:26
Speaker 1: they're getting better and better and better, and to like today,
39:28
Speaker 1: I'll feel way more comfortable doing everything. They say, Yes,
39:33
Speaker 1: that's it, that's it. I'll tell you. The biggest thing
39:36
Speaker 1: is your attitude, your attitude and your want to and
39:40
Speaker 1: his attitude is so positive. He just wants to learn,
39:44
Speaker 1: and you can hear him tonight. I just want to
39:46
Speaker 1: be able to spend. You gotta believe that you can
39:48
Speaker 1: do this, and when that happens and miracles happens, do it. Yep,
39:56
Speaker 1: that's it. There you go. You go the whole the
40:01
Speaker 1: whole way, swimming the length of the pool. That my
40:04
Speaker 1: first time ever doing that. And by the by the
40:07
Speaker 1: time you finished, you know, your heart's beating real hard.
40:10
Speaker 1: But like I just got through with the workout practice.
40:15
Speaker 1: But we just had to a day. Oh man. So
40:26
Speaker 1: that stories stem from. There's a segment on Jaguars dot
40:28
Speaker 1: com called No Your Jacks where you find out more
40:30
Speaker 1: about the players off the field, and one of the
40:32
Speaker 1: questions was what's your biggest phobia? And he says, swimming water.
40:36
Speaker 1: I don't know how to swim. It's one of the
40:37
Speaker 1: pr members of the Jaguar said, do you want to
40:40
Speaker 1: learn how to swim? And over the offseason they took
40:42
Speaker 1: him to the y m c A. And now he's
40:43
Speaker 1: a professional. It looks like if he takes to the
40:46
Speaker 1: NFL as quickly as he took the swimming looks swimming
40:49
Speaker 1: the length of the pool and what two three lessons, uh,
40:52
Speaker 1: he could have a big impact this year as well,
40:54
Speaker 1: and and big. It could just be three or four
40:56
Speaker 1: catches a game, two catches a game converting to three downs.
41:00
Speaker 1: That big body, those long arms, is big hands. Yeah,
41:03
Speaker 1: good kid, he can make an impact for sure. My
41:05
Speaker 1: takeaway from that is when the swim in structor talks
41:07
Speaker 1: about his attitude, the positive attitude, we see that every
41:10
Speaker 1: day in the locker room, every day on the field.
41:12
Speaker 1: Really just a positive kid who you can tell is
41:14
Speaker 1: really happy to be here. Great kids, smart kid and
41:16
Speaker 1: a guy the Jaguars believe and they feel really strongly about,
41:18
Speaker 1: like kind of like Paul did about te Kuon Barkley.
41:20
Speaker 1: That can have an impact quickly. All right, we'll take
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Speaker 1: by n c U. A Welcome back to Jack's Drive
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Speaker 1: Time on this Tuesday morning. We just wrapped up a
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42:51
Speaker 1: at the giants, some analysis, busy show. But now it's
42:56
Speaker 1: time for the real man, myth legend. Hey Joe, m hm,
43:00
Speaker 1: why thank you so much? All right, we're going to
43:03
Speaker 1: New York right hold on, I would have hit it.
43:08
Speaker 1: You gotta teach actually to hit it. Jimmy Hendrix, all right,
43:14
Speaker 1: I'm not going to play osire no trust men. I couldn't.
43:19
Speaker 1: I couldn't. All right, we're going to New York, right,
43:21
Speaker 1: New York has been around for a long time. We
43:24
Speaker 1: all know New York. All right. Here are some things
43:27
Speaker 1: you may not know about New York. Get me with it.
43:35
Speaker 1: Five of them. Top five things you may not know
43:37
Speaker 1: about New York. Number five, By the way, yeah you're
43:43
Speaker 1: from Philadelphia, right, Yeah, these are things about New York
43:46
Speaker 1: I know, but they come with a Philadelphia edge. In
43:50
Speaker 1: other words, there are things you probably don't like about
43:52
Speaker 1: Philip New York from a Philadelphia perspective. Your bias is
43:56
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. It says here don't know about New York.
43:58
Speaker 1: Go ahead, but we'll see alright ready. Number five. New
44:03
Speaker 1: Yorkers don't like rats because after they steal your pizza, well,
44:06
Speaker 1: they don't fold in half. They they just need it.
44:09
Speaker 1: You remember that, by the way, with the rat dragging
44:11
Speaker 1: the piece of pizza in the subway station. Did you
44:12
Speaker 1: ever see that? All right? Number four? Every rainbow has
44:16
Speaker 1: an empty pot of gold at the end of the
44:18
Speaker 1: chalk outline of a dead lever gun. These are things
44:22
Speaker 1: you may not know. I didn't know. I didn't know that, alright.
44:25
Speaker 1: The term New York minute derived from the time it
44:27
Speaker 1: takes for the light to turn green and the taxi
44:29
Speaker 1: behind you just start blowing his horn. I didn't know that, alright.
44:33
Speaker 1: Number two, it's the only city where three am you
44:34
Speaker 1: can get an oil change a half dozen devil d
44:36
Speaker 1: eggs in a bag of heroin, Like the same place?
44:40
Speaker 1: Where is that place? I'm asking for a friend? I
44:43
Speaker 1: don't know. How do you know that? I'm guessing, just guessing.
44:47
Speaker 1: A top five things you may not know about New York.
44:50
Speaker 1: Number one, it's the only place where inside of a
44:53
Speaker 1: deli you can get an authentic kosher pistrom sandwich for
44:55
Speaker 1: sixteen bucks. Outside the deli you can get an authentic
44:58
Speaker 1: rolex for thirteen ninet. I'll take the pastry. Where's that
45:05
Speaker 1: place by the way anywhere? They're all good? Arek X?
45:10
Speaker 1: I the role X? I can give you what I
45:12
Speaker 1: got one for you. I appreciate that. I thought you
45:17
Speaker 1: might try to get him for forty bucks. We'll leave
45:19
Speaker 1: that one alone. That's hey, Joe, folks. Whenever we can
45:22
Speaker 1: get him to do it, he'll do it. Sometimes I
45:24
Speaker 1: look at him and say, hey, how about Hey, Joe,
45:26
Speaker 1: and he says, hey, yeah, exactly. We'll leave that one
45:30
Speaker 1: alone all right. Time for AFC South Headlines, news and
45:33
Speaker 1: notes from around the division. Jaguars don't play their first
45:35
Speaker 1: division game until Week three, but we'll follow them every
45:38
Speaker 1: week here on Jags Drive Time. So let's roll them
45:41
Speaker 1: out for you, and we'll start with a Hall of
45:44
Speaker 1: Famer gone now not J. J. Watt. But I panicked
45:47
Speaker 1: when I first read that. Thank god I didn't hear this.
45:50
Speaker 1: I don't think Jaguars fancy panic at G G. Watt
45:53
Speaker 1: says goodbye. But forty two year old Hunters Shane Lechler,
45:56
Speaker 1: a nine time All Pro, nine time All Pro that
45:59
Speaker 1: is amendous, and a guy last year who punted eleven
46:03
Speaker 1: times in the Jaguars game and on eleven punts average
46:06
Speaker 1: average forty seven yards. Look, it's easy, Joe to average
46:10
Speaker 1: forty seven yards on two points or three points, but
46:14
Speaker 1: on eleven guys one of the great of all time.
46:16
Speaker 1: And J. J. Watt said as much, tweeting it out
46:19
Speaker 1: how much he'd be missed. I tell you myself, I
46:21
Speaker 1: know there were times where the Jaguars were late in
46:23
Speaker 1: the ball game and Leckler flip the field so bye
46:27
Speaker 1: bye bye bye bye years old. That's a great career.
46:31
Speaker 1: And he says he's not done. We'll see if he
46:32
Speaker 1: lands somewhere. Good for him. Okay, up next the Indianapolis Courts.
46:40
Speaker 1: Oh sorry, the Titans. Um, we'll go with that. Uh.
46:44
Speaker 1: They get Jack Conklin back to the practice field this week.
46:48
Speaker 1: It was all Pros, a rookie, the right tackle from
46:50
Speaker 1: Michigan State. Two years ago. You know, they led the
46:53
Speaker 1: league in rushing and they ground it out. I mean
46:56
Speaker 1: they just tore people up. Um. Jack income is a
47:00
Speaker 1: big reason why they have two outstanding tackles now one
47:02
Speaker 1: of the highest paid tackles in the legal on the
47:04
Speaker 1: other side, and they get Conklin back, if you're pretty
47:06
Speaker 1: good about where they're going. You know, people talk about
47:08
Speaker 1: the Jaguars and the Texans in this division for good reason.
47:11
Speaker 1: The Titans beat this team twice last year, and the
47:15
Speaker 1: Titans have plenty to be optimistic about. If Conklin can play,
47:19
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great division, making holes for Derrick Henry,
47:22
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Now to the Colts, who, well, they
47:26
Speaker 1: need some luck this year because their defense is not
47:29
Speaker 1: desperately Did I mention that it's it's really bad. It's
47:32
Speaker 1: really bad. They're gonna as many as five new starters
47:36
Speaker 1: with a new scheme and a new coordinator on a
47:38
Speaker 1: defense that wasn't all that good last year, not very good.
47:42
Speaker 1: They're gonna need Andrew Lunch to play like the best
47:44
Speaker 1: quarterback in the division, one of the best quarterbacks in football,
47:47
Speaker 1: which when he does, they're really really good. But the
47:50
Speaker 1: Colts are leaning on the offense and leaning heavily on
47:53
Speaker 1: Luck right now while they wait to see if that
47:55
Speaker 1: defense find some young players who can step in and
47:57
Speaker 1: play right. You never know. I mean, change can be
47:59
Speaker 1: a good thing. New scheme, new players, you never know.
48:02
Speaker 1: But I agree that Luck's he's the key there. Yea,
48:04
Speaker 1: he is absolutely the key. So that's the a f
48:06
Speaker 1: C South. Why don't we go around the National Football
48:09
Speaker 1: League while we're at it and give you some of
48:11
Speaker 1: the top headlines there before we sign off on a
48:13
Speaker 1: Tuesday morning, And we'll start with Bills and Bears. And
48:17
Speaker 1: this is Nathan Peterman, the Bartram Trail product, which is
48:22
Speaker 1: you know, a factory down there now turning out Tom
48:24
Speaker 1: Tower uh is going to get the start this week
48:28
Speaker 1: to start off the season. Outlook, they draft Josh Allen
48:31
Speaker 1: in the top, but what was the seventh overall? I think,
48:33
Speaker 1: But he didn't win the job. He had some injury issues.
48:36
Speaker 1: They trade a J. Mccarre into the Raiders and they
48:38
Speaker 1: put it in Nathan Peterman's hands. He had the five
48:41
Speaker 1: interception game, may have been a half if I recall
48:43
Speaker 1: right in l A last year and people though, well,
48:46
Speaker 1: you know, wash him out, but he was a top
48:48
Speaker 1: prospect coming out of Bartram Trail and they believed in
48:51
Speaker 1: him enough last year to sit to Rod Taylor. And
48:54
Speaker 1: so now he gets the chance to start the season.
48:56
Speaker 1: He's not a long term solution there. He knows that
48:58
Speaker 1: they know that, but he's starting to see isn't so
49:00
Speaker 1: good on him? Local boy does well, makes the people
49:03
Speaker 1: down in Bear country very very proud. And that includes
49:05
Speaker 1: our own day to Candice. What else have we got
49:09
Speaker 1: in the National Football League? Oh? Oh, this one? Um?
49:13
Speaker 1: The Eagles players let the cat out of the bag
49:14
Speaker 1: about the starting quarterbacks. Did you see Doug Peterson? So
49:18
Speaker 1: you were asking me about Nick Saban? I mean, Nick
49:20
Speaker 1: Saban looks like a poser compared to Doug Peterson this week?
49:23
Speaker 1: Are you kidding? Doug Peterson? Flipping out with hey, look,
49:26
Speaker 1: he's the quarterback we're gonna ask. He keeps saying it's
49:28
Speaker 1: a medical decision. Like I said yesterday, his body language
49:31
Speaker 1: tells me that Wentz not only doesn't start this week,
49:34
Speaker 1: but isn't ready to start the next week. And maybe
49:36
Speaker 1: the next week. We'll see. Wentz wants to play, but
49:38
Speaker 1: he's a fifteen year quarterback. I mean, Paul Latino talked
49:41
Speaker 1: about how Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and how Eli
49:44
Speaker 1: Manning play into their forties. Brenthrve played up there. Aaron
49:47
Speaker 1: Rodgers is talking about, well, that's what Wentz is going
49:49
Speaker 1: to be, and you're not going to make a decision
49:51
Speaker 1: on this quarterback on his knee in September of his
49:56
Speaker 1: third year when you won the Super Bowl with the
49:58
Speaker 1: guy you got. And it's totally different from save where
50:00
Speaker 1: there's no medical reasoning this. I mean, I get it,
50:03
Speaker 1: it's a medical reason. He's not a doctor. He can't
50:05
Speaker 1: answer those questions. No, But come on, understand, we got
50:08
Speaker 1: a question to ask you to answer right and say,
50:11
Speaker 1: I'm not telling you, smile, I'm not telling you. Ask
50:15
Speaker 1: me tomorrow and here's the answer. Not telling you. So
50:17
Speaker 1: just queue this up. Every day. Right, I wear the
50:20
Speaker 1: same shirt every day anyway, the same visor. Can't you
50:22
Speaker 1: see it's all sweat stained from camp? Right? Okay, alright,
50:26
Speaker 1: let's wrap up our look around the National Football League.
50:29
Speaker 1: No Levian Bell still silence. You know last year they
50:34
Speaker 1: put the franchise tag on. He didn't show up until
50:37
Speaker 1: the week of the regular season opener. Well, every team
50:40
Speaker 1: had the bonus practice day yesterday, Right, Monday's normally a
50:43
Speaker 1: review day, not this week because there's no game to review.
50:47
Speaker 1: Nothing from Levan Bell. Now he's sitting on what four
50:50
Speaker 1: teen point five five million dollars. He just has to
50:52
Speaker 1: sign the tender and show up to play um. But
50:55
Speaker 1: as of this morning, he still had given no indication
50:57
Speaker 1: of what he's going to do. And we all know
50:59
Speaker 1: what a big part of the Steelers offense he is
51:01
Speaker 1: huge talk about. I mean, could you imagine if we
51:03
Speaker 1: were this week talking about Leonard for not not being him,
51:06
Speaker 1: how would you talk about anything else. He's the personality
51:09
Speaker 1: of this team, and Levi on Bell is the offensive
51:12
Speaker 1: personality of that team because he is such a versatile player, receiver,
51:16
Speaker 1: running back, big plays, grind it out in the middle, um,
51:20
Speaker 1: he makes everything else go It's much easier to defend
51:23
Speaker 1: an Tonio Brown without Levan Bell. Right, all right, talk
51:26
Speaker 1: about issues, man. So that's the division, that's the league.
51:29
Speaker 1: We gave you the giants, actually analysis, we talked swimming.
51:32
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think you could ask right for
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51:40
Speaker 1: joining us this morning. We'll be back tomorrow morning. What
51:42
Speaker 1: are we gonna talk about? Probably more giants, I'm going
51:44
Speaker 1: to guess, and we'll figure it out sometime between now
51:47
Speaker 1: and tomorrow. At eight thirties, we have just under or
51:51
Speaker 1: just over twenty three hours. I think we can make
51:53
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51:58
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