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Interview: Defensive end Dawuane Smoot · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jaguar's defensive lineman DJ Smoot with us. Here we go
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  Speaker 1: in week two of O T A S. First day
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  Speaker 1: after a three day weekend. How's everybody feeling coming off
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  Speaker 1: the field, Like everybody's feeling good. I feel like I
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  Speaker 1: could have probably felt better after a three day week a. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Most people didn't get into sign it like they should
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  Speaker 1: have and get some of that gunk out. But it
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  Speaker 1: was a hot day to day. Yeah, we're definitely faced
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  Speaker 1: with a lot of adversity, a lot of the heat.
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  Speaker 1: You got to think with your mind today and just
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  Speaker 1: let your body go. So I feel like a lot
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  Speaker 1: of us did. They're really good at that. It seems
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  Speaker 1: like it's a big off season for you. Third year
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  Speaker 1: in this system now, Uh, you've got a lot of
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  Speaker 1: new faces in here the last couple of years on
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  Speaker 1: the defensive line as well. Um, how challenging is this
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  Speaker 1: offseason for you? And what kind of expectations do you
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  Speaker 1: put on yourself here in O T S and then
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  Speaker 1: later in training camp. I feel like it's one of
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  Speaker 1: my most important offseasons. I mean, I've been training like
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  Speaker 1: crazy since January is just trying to get ready for it,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm trying to minimize that challenge. Honestly, the more
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  Speaker 1: and more training, the more I'm ready for. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like I'll due to my training, I'll be able to
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  Speaker 1: trust in my training. I won't be that much of
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  Speaker 1: a challenge, but I'll be ready for this shire. How
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  Speaker 1: much did the success you had towards the end of
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  Speaker 1: last season, um, kind of help you into this offseason
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  Speaker 1: going ahead? Here, you got on the field a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more towards the end of the year, made some tackles,
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  Speaker 1: made some plays where around the ball a bit. How
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  Speaker 1: much does that help your your mindset going in? I
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  Speaker 1: feel like it definitely helps my mindset, helps my confidence
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  Speaker 1: knowing that I can actually get there and knowing I
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  Speaker 1: can actually beat these guys on in the NFL. But Um,
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  Speaker 1: going into this next year, man, I'm seeing everything a
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  Speaker 1: lot slower, and that little time that I had last
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  Speaker 1: year really helped the development to this year. All Right,
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  Speaker 1: tell us about some of the guys around you on
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  Speaker 1: the line. We just walked off the field with Calais Campbell.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody knows his personality and his leadership on this group.
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  Speaker 1: How real is that? It's It's real? I mean, he's
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  Speaker 1: he's a true leader. I mean every every day he
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  Speaker 1: gets us in line, even when we're filing down and
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  Speaker 1: we're feeling tired. Like these next upcoming days when it's
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  Speaker 1: a hund degrees, we're gonna be counting on him to
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  Speaker 1: get his juiced up. Man. I feel like he does
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  Speaker 1: that very well. First round picks the last two years
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  Speaker 1: on the line, Tavin Brian hoously coming along in year two,
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  Speaker 1: He's coming along like strides every day. Honestly, I mean
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  Speaker 1: he's definitely maturing every a He's coming into his own.
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  Speaker 1: I'm I'm really looking at him to have a big
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  Speaker 1: year to ship. And finally, Josh Allen, I mean we've
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  Speaker 1: seen him on the field I think one practice in
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  Speaker 1: O T A S. But obviously his size, he's a
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  Speaker 1: little more imposing than everybody I think thought when he
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  Speaker 1: first got here. What do you think of Josh off
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  Speaker 1: the people? I think Josh is really good off the field,
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  Speaker 1: and he's he's really smart um in the in the classroom,
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  Speaker 1: and he's able to really learn the place very well
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  Speaker 1: and coming out here and be able to transition out
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  Speaker 1: on the field. So and there's one practice that I've seen, man,
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  Speaker 1: that boy's fast. So we're definitely looking at that coming
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  Speaker 1: into the season.