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Aditi Kinkhabwala: Improving Tackling and Run Game Keys vs. Panthers | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues ahead of the Panthers and Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: in Week seventeen. A Dede kink Abwala from CBS force
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  Speaker 1: with us, you'll have the sidelines today for this ball
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  Speaker 1: game that the Jaguars got to have. It's nice to
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  Speaker 1: talk with you.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's nice to be covering a game where there's
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  Speaker 2: so much urgency.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, they didn't have a lot of urgency last week.
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  Speaker 1: That was the issue with the Jaguars, and that surprised
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people with considering the situation down in Tampa.
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  Speaker 1: They just kind of fell down and they didn't have
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  Speaker 1: any life at all last.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's been an interesting season to watch from
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  Speaker 2: AFAR because I was here so much a year ago
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  Speaker 2: and it felt like this was a team that was
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  Speaker 2: surprising people. And then this season has been about learning
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  Speaker 2: how to play with the burden of expectations. But it's
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  Speaker 2: all part of the growth of a young team and.
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  Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's been through it before. I mean, they did
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  Speaker 1: it on the other side last year, you know, rallying
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  Speaker 1: and December and figuring out ways to win and probably
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  Speaker 1: games they shouldn't have won while the other team loss.
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  Speaker 1: But like you said, now they've got to finish this
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  Speaker 1: thing out. They've had the division lead, so you know
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  Speaker 1: what's what now? How do they change the tune now
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  Speaker 1: with two weeks to go and.
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  Speaker 2: Ball North girl. No, I'm an AFC North girl. I
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  Speaker 2: believe that in December you run the ball. Even if
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  Speaker 2: you're in Florida, you run the ball. But I do
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  Speaker 2: think that with a backup quarterback with a team that
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  Speaker 2: although the Panthers did look significantly better a week ago offensively,
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  Speaker 2: still you want to control the croc impose your will
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  Speaker 2: run the ball. Let's go see the superstar that I
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  Speaker 2: believe Travis etn is.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen flashes of it even this season in London
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  Speaker 1: against Buffalo, he was fantastic. The offensive line was really
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  Speaker 1: good that day. That's been part of it. The old
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  Speaker 1: line has changed so much, especially on the left side.
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  Speaker 1: And having Cam Robinson back, that's got to give this
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  Speaker 1: group of Booses.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you have to be excited, right. It's even in demeanor.
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  Speaker 2: It's not just a big body, it's not just a
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  Speaker 2: big name. It's his attitude out there.
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  Speaker 1: And we talked a lot about you know this offseason, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: you know Cam Robinson's out the first four games pd suspension. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: they'll slide him over, you know, or whatever. He'll figure
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  Speaker 1: out something after the season. They can cut him anyway
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  Speaker 1: and save a bunch of money. But then he gets
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  Speaker 1: back in the lineup and you realize, oh, that's why
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  Speaker 1: he's the left tackle, that's why he's getting paid like
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  Speaker 1: he is. So people around here, at least a lot,
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  Speaker 1: have felt, you know, they're quick to get rid of
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  Speaker 1: good football players, and there's a reason he's good. You
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  Speaker 1: don't get rid of those.
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  Speaker 2: Guys, certainly not. And I think that that's part of
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  Speaker 2: the continuity that you look for, especially when you're building
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  Speaker 2: a team and you're building your leadership, and you're building
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  Speaker 2: your identity and you're showing who you are. And in
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  Speaker 2: a lot of ways, the Jags kind of overachieved a
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  Speaker 2: year ago, but they certainly set a standard. So stick
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  Speaker 2: to that standard as opposed to kind of going back
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  Speaker 2: to the mean.
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  Speaker 1: Where are you on Calvin Ridley? What have you seen
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  Speaker 1: from him this year?
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  Speaker 2: Okay? So I love that you're asking me that because
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  Speaker 2: I literally just said that out on the practice field
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  Speaker 2: to a member of the Jaguar staff. So where are
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  Speaker 2: we I'm Calvin Ridley I don't know can I answer
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  Speaker 2: that question after the game on Sunday, especially since he's
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  Speaker 2: someone that you hope will have a big game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to need it. I mean, he's the only
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  Speaker 1: real starting wide receiver left on the field.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know if I was allowed to say that
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  Speaker 2: just yet, but correct, Christian Kirk is, Oh, I'm so
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  Speaker 2: sorry I don't get to see I will say that
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  Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence and Christian Kirk are both young men that
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  Speaker 2: I genuinely appreciate as human beings. So I am disappointed
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  Speaker 2: I won't see them. But hey, Evan Ingram having a
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  Speaker 2: monster year, yes, and really grown as a leader from
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  Speaker 2: what I'm being told, And I spoke to him a
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  Speaker 2: bunch last year, talked to him again this week. It
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  Speaker 2: feels as if he's a little bit more at peace,
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  Speaker 2: and I think security would do that for any of us.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: He was on a show me a deal a year
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  Speaker 2: ago where every snap, every play is so meaningful. He
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  Speaker 2: showed exactly who he is, found a place to call home,
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  Speaker 2: got that deal that he absolutely deserves, and now he's
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  Speaker 2: on the cusp of doing something that very very few
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  Speaker 2: tight ends have ever done. Although I did ask Doug
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  Speaker 2: Peterson if he's only two catches away from that one
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  Speaker 2: hundred catches. He goes, no, No, don't put that in
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  Speaker 2: my head, because then they'll be forced to try to
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  Speaker 2: force him the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I don't think they have to try to force
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  Speaker 1: the ball the ball.
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  Speaker 2: Do you have an ingram?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I kin Kibwalla is with a CBS Sports. All right. Defensively,
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  Speaker 1: this was a takeaway defense. They prided themselves on stopping
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  Speaker 1: the run a lot of the season. Some of that's
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  Speaker 1: gone away now, so all right, how do they figure
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  Speaker 1: that back out in the last two weeks? And where
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  Speaker 1: do you begin against Carolina?
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  Speaker 2: What do they havef How about refocusing on tackling, which
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  Speaker 2: allegedly has been done this week, which you would know
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  Speaker 2: better since you were here every single day this week.
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  Speaker 2: But fifteen miss is that what it was? Fifteen miss tackles?
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  Speaker 1: Last number?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, fifteen mistackles. It can't be doing that.
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  Speaker 1: We weren't doing that earlier in the.
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  Speaker 2: Year, right, So I think refocusing on that, working back
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  Speaker 2: at the fundamentals of that, and I'll use the same
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  Speaker 2: exact word, focusing on that. I driving at home, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll certainly that's something that I'll be watching for
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  Speaker 2: from the sideline on Sunday. And if there is a mistackle,
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  Speaker 2: what is the response to that? You know, it's something
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  Speaker 2: that Josh Allen talks about a lot, right, how do
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  Speaker 2: you respond? And he's another one who maybe had a
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  Speaker 2: game that was a bit disappointing in his mind last week,
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  Speaker 2: and so how do you respond.
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  Speaker 1: This is a team that's built a lot of free
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  Speaker 1: agent guys, guys that weren't homegrown, that weren't drafted here.
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  Speaker 1: But there's a few of those guys we talked about
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  Speaker 1: Cam Robinson drafted here, sign another deal here, right, There
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  Speaker 1: aren't many that have been around that long. Josh Allen's
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  Speaker 1: in a contract year. You brought his name up No.
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  Speaker 1: Thirteen and a half, have sex at the right time.
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  Speaker 1: If he finishes strong here, he's you know, set up
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  Speaker 1: for a huge payday of the offseason. But this organization
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  Speaker 1: needs homegrown guys that stick around for that second contract,
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  Speaker 1: especially the first round guys. They have failed to do
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  Speaker 1: that over the years.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and I think that you do have the right
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  Speaker 2: guys here. I don't know now, I'm not in your
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  Speaker 2: locker room every single week, but I'm scanning the field
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  Speaker 2: this week and I don't see jerks. I don't see
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  Speaker 2: any jerks. I don't know. You tell me, am I right?
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  Speaker 1: He feels right. I mean this is an approachable right.
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  Speaker 2: So it feels as if you've got the right people
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  Speaker 2: who are growing and developing. You see the way Trevor
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  Speaker 2: has grown from a year ago, how he's grown as
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  Speaker 2: a leader. You talk about how Evan Ingram not homegrown,
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  Speaker 2: but he's grown. You see Josh Allen, it wasn't that
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  Speaker 2: long ago that he was learning at Kalais Campbell's knee,
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  Speaker 2: and now Trayvon Walker is learning at Josh Allen's knee.
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  Speaker 2: So I think, organizationally, these are the guys that you
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  Speaker 2: do want to keep around, that you do want to
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  Speaker 2: sign second contracts to, that you do want to have
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  Speaker 2: mold and developed the next generation. And I don't see
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  Speaker 2: any reason that that wouldn't happen, especially since the Jaguars
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  Speaker 2: have had this taste of success right now.
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  Speaker 1: DD Kinkibwalla, CBS Sports Final thought with you. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the Jags had a two game lead, it's now down
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  Speaker 1: to a tie, and they have the tiebreaker going into
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  Speaker 1: Week seventeen. To have the lead. So what would it
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  Speaker 1: mean for them They can really clinch this thing as
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  Speaker 1: early as Sunday with the other two teams losing on
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  Speaker 1: the Jags winning, or they can really be behind the
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  Speaker 1: eight ball. This would be no, no, no, no, no no.
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  Speaker 2: This is enough suspense, This is enough suspense. Why don't
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  Speaker 2: they go ahead take care of business on Sunday do
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  Speaker 2: what they need to do? And I don't I mean
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  Speaker 2: that the fans should recognize what this moment is, right,
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  Speaker 2: and the Jaguars should recognize what this moment is. And look,
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  Speaker 2: we don't know until we get out there on Sunday
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  Speaker 2: and get a sense of it. But I certainly feel
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  Speaker 2: like there's been a good game talked today, a good
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  Speaker 2: game talked leading up to this game, and so it
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  Speaker 2: certainly seems as if minds are right. What does that mean?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. But also, you're facing a Panthers team
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  Speaker 2: that you can't overlook, and the Panthers are coming off
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  Speaker 2: their absolute best outing, and that's a club that has
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  Speaker 2: been very open in acknowledging that they're not just playing
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  Speaker 2: out a string, that they are auditioning for a new
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  Speaker 2: coaching staff, they are auditioning for potentially new employers around
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  Speaker 2: the league, and so if you love what you do,
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  Speaker 2: there are not that many opportunities to do this. The
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  Speaker 2: Panthers aren't just going to lay down and roll over.
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  Speaker 1: If anybody would know that it's the Jaguars organization, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: we've been in those shoes. Great to see it, Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for the.
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  Speaker 2: Time, Thanks so much for having me. I'm looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to Sunday and the sunshine.