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Press Pass | Ventrell Miller on His Personal Confidence and Opportunities Ahead · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: It's been it's been pretty small. I'll say it's been
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  Speaker 1: a confidence building for y'all going out there trying to
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  Speaker 1: make plays, give me comfortable with doing my job. So
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  Speaker 1: it's definitely been been good. I was rest been good
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  Speaker 1: for me.
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  Speaker 2: And then what kind of resource is for you for
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  Speaker 2: you in a week like this where he's maybe not up,
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  Speaker 2: but he's watching you in practice in the mini rooms.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely helpful resource. Any questions I have, I can always
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  Speaker 1: go to FOT. He might give me tells of what
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  Speaker 1: he's seen anything. So he is a student another game
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  Speaker 1: always whether he's up and playing or he might be
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  Speaker 1: a little bang that. He's always giving his his thoughts
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  Speaker 1: and stuff to me.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks man trub.
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  Speaker 2: All, right, go ahead, Demetrius, and then Mark, hey beent troll,
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  Speaker 2: thanks for doing this. Just you sort of talked about
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  Speaker 2: this being a confidence builder over the last few weeks
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  Speaker 2: for you, just how much have you been able to learn?
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  Speaker 2: I you know, this is pretty much your first time
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  Speaker 2: really playing in the NFL besides preseason, So how much
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  Speaker 2: have you learned about yourself and and and how much
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  Speaker 2: better do you think you've gotten over the last few weeks?
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  Speaker 1: I say, definitely got better Uh, just from repetition, I'll say, uh.
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  Speaker 1: But for the most part, I feel I feel good
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  Speaker 1: about my feel good about it. I'm always been confident
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  Speaker 1: in my abilities, I'll say, so, just just going out
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  Speaker 1: there doing doing my job to help my teammates out.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think you sort of bring to the table.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you and Foyer might have different skill sets,
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  Speaker 2: but but what what what do you bring to this
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  Speaker 2: Jaguars defense?
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  Speaker 1: I say, I'm gonna be out there trying to fly
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  Speaker 1: around making plays. That's the That's the big thing I
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  Speaker 1: said I bring to it, trying to get everybody on
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  Speaker 1: the same account, just playing with energy, flying around.
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  Speaker 2: I'll say, appreciate you.
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  Speaker 3: Mm hmm.
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  Speaker 4: How do you feel about starting? Are you excited about it?
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  Speaker 1: It's been a minute, right, yeahd uh, I say, I'm excited.
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  Speaker 1: It's a big it's a big step, big step up,
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  Speaker 1: I say, to be starting in the NFL, so that's
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  Speaker 1: definitely a blessing. I want to thank God for that.
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  Speaker 1: But just trying to go out there and make the
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  Speaker 1: most of my opportunity, I say.
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  Speaker 4: And then obviously, how difficult was it playing the preseason
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  Speaker 4: with the broken hand? I assume something went in there
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  Speaker 4: was broken and do you can you blame the dropped
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  Speaker 4: interception on the hand from the other night, Yeah, if
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  Speaker 4: I had.
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  Speaker 1: Any give an excus that's that's the one I'm leaning
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  Speaker 1: to it. I had it broke here. I got the
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  Speaker 1: more brace sound still. But yeah, but it's been good
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  Speaker 1: to be out the club. I say, got my fingers
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. It's still in the braces, but it's
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  Speaker 1: been good, fitting fitting a little better, and that's that's
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  Speaker 1: getting better to do.
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  Speaker 4: You can get any family going out for your first
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  Speaker 4: NFL start.
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  Speaker 1: Nah, I've got nobody going out of hus They don't
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  Speaker 1: turn in on TV.
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  Speaker 3: Pre ventrel for you guys. I know Ryan is kind
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  Speaker 3: of I got with not Ryan. I guess Coach Peterson
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  Speaker 3: is kind of alluded to the hockey shifts and maybe
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  Speaker 3: because of the depth being tested that it won't quite
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  Speaker 3: look like what are your expectations in terms of substitutions
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  Speaker 3: on Sunday and moving forward?
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  Speaker 1: For me, Oh, whenever you get your name called, I say,
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  Speaker 1: just be ready, be ready for your opportunity. And I
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  Speaker 1: think that's the mindset of most people going on the team,
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  Speaker 1: going out there, whenever they get their name called, just
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  Speaker 1: being ready and doing their job for the betterment of
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  Speaker 1: the team.
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  Speaker 3: Have you enjoyed the fact that you know it's given
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  Speaker 3: you some reps ahead of now this moment where your
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  Speaker 3: number is getting called.
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  Speaker 1: Right, Definitely, it's been very helpful just to get those
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  Speaker 1: get those reps, Like I said, a little confidence booster
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  Speaker 1: as well, just from being not for a whole Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: just saw myself what I can do and stuff like that.
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  Speaker 3: So and one more just big picture. When it comes
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  Speaker 3: to a game like the one you guys played on
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  Speaker 3: Monday night, do you just burn the tape or was
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  Speaker 3: there an overarching sentiment or message as a defense that
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  Speaker 3: you guys said, Hey, if we do this better, that's
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  Speaker 3: what's going to lead to a win on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: I don't feel like we dwelled on it for for
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  Speaker 1: for a long time, but like you, like you said,
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  Speaker 1: it was just a get back next next week type
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  Speaker 1: of things, and we and I'll see as a defense,
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  Speaker 1: that was just an embarrassed, embarrassing, embarrassing moment. So just
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  Speaker 1: like everybody just got the pride of feel like we're
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  Speaker 1: not We're not letting that happen again. So awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Mengro