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Press Pass: Press Taylor Speaks About Depth on Offense · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: I think all the above. I think that's a big
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  Speaker 1: thing though. I Mean people talk a lot about year
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  Speaker 1: one to year two and really within a system. So
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  Speaker 1: even our guys that are third fourth year players, it's
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  Speaker 1: year one to year two in a system. So you're
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  Speaker 1: seeing in the spring these guys very comfortable with what
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  Speaker 1: we're asking them to do. They understand the concepts, there's
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  Speaker 1: not as much thinking. They hear the play in the huddle,
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  Speaker 1: they know where to line up, they know what they're
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  Speaker 1: gonna do, they know the adjustments if need be. And
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  Speaker 1: then obviously time on task with the quarterbacks. He's been
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  Speaker 1: around CJ, he's been around Trevor. Stuff like that goes
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  Speaker 1: a long way. Guys feeling comfortable that you tend to
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  Speaker 1: see a little bit more of their skill.
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  Speaker 2: Set of those guys in the second year. Last week,
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  Speaker 2: Doug kind of in passing mentioned that he had seen
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  Speaker 2: some growth from Snoop Connor, what have you seen from
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  Speaker 2: Snoop in that second year?
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  Speaker 1: Same idea. I think Snoop settled into what we're asking
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  Speaker 1: him to do. You know, he's got a skill set
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  Speaker 1: that we think could contribute to our backfield. You know
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  Speaker 1: that kind of the back endo of the running back
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  Speaker 1: room is really kind of jocking for position in terms
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  Speaker 1: of how they're going to fall out on the game
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  Speaker 1: day roster and stuff like that. But that's something we
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  Speaker 1: continue to see, you know, a step forward with all
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  Speaker 1: these guys, especially when the pads come on here later
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  Speaker 1: this week.
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  Speaker 2: When Nathan Rourke got signed, there was you know, not
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  Speaker 2: very many people knew about him. He had the Canada
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  Speaker 2: background there if he could see is he doing what
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  Speaker 2: you need out of him? And would you say that
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  Speaker 2: he's more than just a camp on Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, he's done a great job just in terms of
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  Speaker 1: growing from the spring to through the summer into now
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  Speaker 1: training camp. You know, he's something that he and coach
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  Speaker 1: McCoy spent a lot of time together. He's done a
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  Speaker 1: great job in that room with those guys, and he's
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  Speaker 1: somebody that's gonna get a lot of opportunities as well
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  Speaker 1: coming up in these preseason games that you know, we
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  Speaker 1: have high hopes for leading our offense.
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  Speaker 2: Last week, he was pretty accurate. What's seven on seven
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  Speaker 2: or eleven on eleven? You know, is that what you
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  Speaker 2: that what you were seeing too?
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Yeah, he's done a good job and a big
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  Speaker 1: thing with those guys is understanding what we're trying to
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  Speaker 1: do on each play and where to go at the
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  Speaker 1: ball and playing on time. You know, throughout this training camp,
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  Speaker 1: we're really evaluating the quarterbacks process, not as concerned with
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  Speaker 1: what the stats may look like in this and that,
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  Speaker 1: because again we're not scheming our defense. We're putting on plays,
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  Speaker 1: but we want to understand. We want them to understand
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  Speaker 1: the process within each play and how we get through
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  Speaker 1: our progressions when we may throw a ball to a
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  Speaker 1: certain guy in certain times. But certainly the accuracy has
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  Speaker 1: been impressive from all those guys so far.
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  Speaker 3: You want to talk about Nick Holes, you know, obviously
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  Speaker 3: you guys had a pass relationship. What does he sort
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  Speaker 3: of brought to the table.
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  Speaker 2: As he passing, beating coordinated?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the biggest thing with Nick is taking
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  Speaker 1: us now in year one to year two and Nick's
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  Speaker 1: experience with different systems during his time really with the Raiders.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he's been with a lot of those different
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  Speaker 1: guys with whether it be Coach Gruden, Coach Olsen, a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of different people that we think bring different ideas
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  Speaker 1: and experiences to us, whether it be Spread systems, West
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  Speaker 1: Coast systems, no huddle stuff. You know, his his experience
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  Speaker 1: and then obviously the way he meshes with our coaching staff.
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  Speaker 1: You know, having known a couple of guys throughout, I
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  Speaker 1: think it really just will continue to elevate us from
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  Speaker 1: year one to year two. Like we've been talking about.
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  Speaker 3: That's going on.
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  Speaker 1: So what do you expect to see from an Todd
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  Speaker 1: Harrison now moving forward?
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  Speaker 3: And the offensive line gets real?
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  Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, it's definitely going to be a step up.
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  Speaker 1: You know, playing week one and shorts and t shirt
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  Speaker 1: is really not with the lineman and vision football being like,
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  Speaker 1: but you certainly get a feel for targeting, for just
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  Speaker 1: their understanding of what we're asking them to do. But
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  Speaker 1: now then the physicality becomes real. You want to see
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  Speaker 1: kind of who steps up, who rises that challenge. Does
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  Speaker 1: their technique kind of go out the window because now
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  Speaker 1: it's a little bit more physical, but kind of each
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  Speaker 1: week through this preseason, everything ramps up each week, you know,
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  Speaker 1: until you eventually line up across from somebody else. But
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  Speaker 1: then the difference from preseason to week one is a
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  Speaker 1: huge step as well. So there's just gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: continued growth, especially with these young guys.
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  Speaker 3: It's Harrison sorry, real quick.
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  Speaker 2: Has Harrison done everything as expected.
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  Speaker 3: So far up to this point?
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  Speaker 1: He yes, And the biggest thing expected of him is
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  Speaker 1: he gets better every single day. You know, you want
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  Speaker 1: to continue to push him, continue to see that growth,
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  Speaker 1: just keep coming. You know, we don't expect him to
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  Speaker 1: be where he is. We don't expect today we're going
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  Speaker 1: to be a week one, you know. We want to
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  Speaker 1: see a lot of growth from that time, and so
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  Speaker 1: far we've seen that day to day with.
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  Speaker 4: Him on the offensive line past the initial starting five
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  Speaker 4: or I guess seven. If we want to include the
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  Speaker 4: Cam and BArch factor into it, what have you seen
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  Speaker 4: from that back end and those younger guys on the
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  Speaker 4: offensive line group? Can you see one of them pushing
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  Speaker 4: for that eighth, ninth, tenth spot.
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  Speaker 2: On the roster?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I think the best thing with that group is the versatility,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and you'll see guys throughout this thing shuffle around,
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  Speaker 1: whether it be playing the right side of the left side,
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  Speaker 1: inside outside. I mean, we're gonna have to see some
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  Speaker 1: guys snap at some point because we've got to continue
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  Speaker 1: to see. You know, how could you contribute on game day?
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  Speaker 1: If you're not a starter, you have to be able
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  Speaker 1: to play more than one spot really on the offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: or you kind of pigeonhole us, or you force us
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  Speaker 1: to move multiple people if something were to happen. So
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  Speaker 1: we'll continue to see that as we go. And then,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the biggest thing is when the pads come on,
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  Speaker 1: what happens. You know, it's still not live or anything
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  Speaker 1: like that, but there's, like we said, there's an increased
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  Speaker 1: physicality as we move forward into the scene. Yeah, probably
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  Speaker 1: not that one, but yeah.
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  Speaker 4: But speaking of Walker, your initial impression and seeing him left.
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  Speaker 1: Guard, Yeah, he's done a good job in there. And
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  Speaker 1: again it's different. You know, you go from playing left
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  Speaker 1: tackle to left guard, sometimes play to play, sometimes series
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  Speaker 1: of series, period to period, whatever it is, and it's
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  Speaker 1: a different world. You know's there's a lot more bodies nearby,
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  Speaker 1: there's not as space around. You're being asked to do
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  Speaker 1: different things, and that's something that's always been impressive with
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  Speaker 1: Walker's his ability to handle a lot of different things. Mentally,
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  Speaker 1: Kendrick Cryer, I'd liked to having Kendrick. You know, Kendrick
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  Speaker 1: is a guy that can make plays when given the opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: and he's another guy you see him a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more comfortable. He knows what's expected. You know, we brought
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  Speaker 1: Kendrick in the middle of I guess Week one whenever
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  Speaker 1: Week one was starting is when he got here. So
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  Speaker 1: similar to Michael Hasty, those guys just learn game plans.
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  Speaker 1: They don't have an understand they don't have a foundation
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  Speaker 1: of the system that we're asking to know. So those
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  Speaker 1: guys getting to sit through spring installs and hear everything
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  Speaker 1: why this is called, what it's called, how this builds
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  Speaker 1: on that play. All that stuff really helps them settle
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  Speaker 1: in and then you start to see them play a
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  Speaker 1: little bit faster as you get into these camps.
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  Speaker 3: We see that's been added in the off season at
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  Speaker 3: running bag, tight end receiver. Feel a little bit like
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  Speaker 3: a kid at Christmas time here when you first learned
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  Speaker 3: about those presents coming.
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  Speaker 1: Into yea, so to speak. There's certainly no shortage of
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  Speaker 1: skill set, and you can you see that continue to
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  Speaker 1: grow with our guys. You see the young guys grow.
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  Speaker 1: You know, guys that last year didn't play necessarily in
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  Speaker 1: terms even Snoop Garrett Prince, You've seen these guys really
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  Speaker 1: take that step, like we're talking about with all the
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  Speaker 1: positions year one to year two, settled into the system,
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  Speaker 1: know what's expected of them and be able to go
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  Speaker 1: out and produce and make plays. And that's no different
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  Speaker 1: the running back room, the tight end room. You know,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of youth that brings a lot of different things.
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  Speaker 1: So it's fun to kind of get to see these
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  Speaker 1: kids go play.
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  Speaker 3: We've seen we look at your top three receivers. Do
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  Speaker 3: you feel that that's that trio is as good as
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  Speaker 3: any any trio in the league on any team?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I don't know about comparing them to anybody else.
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  Speaker 1: We're We're very happy with what they bring to our team,
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  Speaker 1: in each of them being a little bit different, having
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  Speaker 1: their own skill set than Jamal Agnew as well. You
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  Speaker 1: know that that's a that's a great piece to have
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  Speaker 1: as well. Jamal's a guy that I think I mentioned
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  Speaker 1: it last year. If if something happens, Jamal could line
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  Speaker 1: up today at any position and know exactly what to
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  Speaker 1: do for us. And that's a that's a huge advantage
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  Speaker 1: for us. You know, we all trust him and what
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  Speaker 1: he does. He's certainly a dynamic weapon. We know that
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  Speaker 1: he's he's a pro bowler, so he'll continue to have
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  Speaker 1: a role in this offense as well.
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  Speaker 3: He could have a little something for you as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Parker has done a good job as well. He's
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  Speaker 1: he's another young guy that's just continuing to learn and
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  Speaker 1: kind of find his role within the system as things go.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen some of the offensive coaches where the shirt's
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  Speaker 1: saying offensive line thirty first, the.
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  Speaker 3: Shirts offensive the one you were wearing the other day.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I don't know where something. I'm just shood that
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  Speaker 1: kind of chip for the offensive lines that we kind
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  Speaker 1: of want to see from that room, like a room
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  Speaker 1: that little bit. I mean, it's all just kind of ingest.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we understand that people say things, people whatever,
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  Speaker 1: We don't care. We show up and we want to
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  Speaker 1: be the best team at We want to play the
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  Speaker 1: best for those three hours on Sunday. If somebody wants
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  Speaker 1: to say we're the best line the worst line, we
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  Speaker 1: don't really care that. You know that that has nothing
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  Speaker 1: to do with anything that goes on in the field.
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  Speaker 1: So it's kind of just making light of it. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that it adds the chip necessarily to our
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  Speaker 1: guys other than it's just something to have fun with
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  Speaker 1: as we go.
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  Speaker 2: Last time you worked with an offense with a fullback,
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  Speaker 2: and are you intrigued or you having fun of playing
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  Speaker 2: around the possibility to have a Derek Parrish involved.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean really never been in a system with
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  Speaker 1: a fullback. You know, when Doug came to Philly and
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  Speaker 1: kind of put in the traditional West Coast, we certainly
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  Speaker 1: had a handful of plays here and there, and we
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  Speaker 1: always just kind of used tight ends or sprinkled in
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  Speaker 1: different guys into that role. So it's not necessarily something
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  Speaker 1: that we need a guy listed as a fullback. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Derek's got an opportunity to play tight end as well.
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  Speaker 1: If he has a skill set and can do certain things.
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  Speaker 1: We're aligning him in the backfield in a traditional fullback
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  Speaker 1: role gives us some sort of advantage on a play
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  Speaker 1: a week, whatever that may be, that something will do,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's Derek or whether it's Brenton or whether it's Evan,
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  Speaker 1: whatever that may be. We're we're looking to create any
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  Speaker 1: advantage we can over a defense on any given play.
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  Speaker 4: Silistically, you know you mentioned Supe already, but then no
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  Speaker 4: one tank is clearly pushing him. Dearnis Johnson, are they
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  Speaker 4: the same style of running back?
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  Speaker 2: Would you say?
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  Speaker 4: Is there a room for two of those guys on
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  Speaker 4: the roster or is it very much it's a competition.
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  Speaker 2: Between moost rights.
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  Speaker 1: It's very much competition and we'll do whatever we can
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  Speaker 1: to to allow the best guy to win the job.
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  Speaker 1: And however that helps the team. You know, ideally, like
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  Speaker 1: any position, our top guys stay healthy and then you
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  Speaker 1: kind of work in behind that. What does it look
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  Speaker 1: like behind that? Is it a special teams role that week?
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  Speaker 1: So it can change week to week of who that
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  Speaker 1: guy is or you know what they give us, how
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  Speaker 1: the health of the guys ahead of them could be potentially,
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  Speaker 1: But you know, that whole room is pushing each other,
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  Speaker 1: not just the back end of those guys. Everybody. We
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  Speaker 1: expect everybody to push Travis as well. We expect Travis
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  Speaker 1: to continue to grow day to day. Is he gets
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  Speaker 1: into this thing as well too. Thank thank thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Guys, Thank you
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  Speaker 1: M HM.