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WR Coach Chad Hall on the Receiver Room So Far at Camp | 1on1 | Training Camp · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jaguars wide receivers coach Chad Hall is with us. It's
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  Speaker 1: week two of training camp. The fans seem to like
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  Speaker 1: number zero. How do you like number zero?
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  Speaker 2: I love zero, you know. I mean he's out here
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  Speaker 2: working his ass off, and that's that's what it's about
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  Speaker 2: right now, trying to get better every day, and he's
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  Speaker 2: straining to do that. He wants every rep he wants.
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  Speaker 2: He wants to him and Trevor learning each other, you know,
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  Speaker 2: especially his body language, how he gets open, but he
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  Speaker 2: wants it, you know, and he just he just wants
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  Speaker 2: to work. And he's a dog. He's willing in the
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  Speaker 2: running game. He's just he's fun to coach.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have to maybe hold him back from himself
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  Speaker 1: a little bit this early in camp? Or is this
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  Speaker 1: the time to let it loose?
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean it's a little bit of both. It's
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of give and take. You know, you
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  Speaker 2: want them to get as many reps as they can.
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  Speaker 2: But you know it's early on. I mean, but all
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  Speaker 2: three of those guys, him, Zay Christ and they're just
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  Speaker 2: trying to more. We want more, and yeah, I got
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  Speaker 2: to hold all of them back a little bit. But
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  Speaker 2: that's what you want. You don't want to push him
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  Speaker 2: to get in there. It's a lot easier holding them back,
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  Speaker 2: and we got we got great guys in the room.
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  Speaker 1: Have you seen Ridley change from when you first got
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  Speaker 1: your hands on him in the off season program to
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  Speaker 1: now in training camp. I know he was being held
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  Speaker 1: back a little bit at the end of the off season,
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  Speaker 1: but is he He was talking about the pain in
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  Speaker 1: his legs. He has to feel that again. Are you
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  Speaker 1: seeing that out of him so far?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's a lot different once you get
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  Speaker 2: once he learns the offense, and we've been moving him around,
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  Speaker 2: but you can play a lot faster when you hear
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  Speaker 2: the call and know what you're doing instead of thinking.
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  Speaker 2: So you're getting i mean everything, all this twitch, explosiveness.
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  Speaker 2: We're moving him around. But yeah, and he's got to
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  Speaker 2: get back into even practice shape before game shape, like
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  Speaker 2: he's talking about. He hadn't done this in a while,
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  Speaker 2: so it's good for him to go day to day
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  Speaker 2: and fight through it and get his body used to it.
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  Speaker 1: Seems like Zay Jones is bigger. He told me the
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  Speaker 1: other day he's been in the weight room a little
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  Speaker 1: bit this offseason. How can that help his game big time.
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  Speaker 1: We asked him to do everything. You know, he's kind
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  Speaker 1: of like our Swiss army knife. He inside, outside, block
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  Speaker 1: and whatever we need, he's you know, in between the whistles,
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  Speaker 1: he probably works harder than anyone I've ever been around.
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  Speaker 1: He's just every single play he's gonna give give the
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  Speaker 1: team all he's got, whether it's a run, play, pass play,
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  Speaker 1: whatever it is.
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  Speaker 2: And he looks great. Yeah, he's He's bigger, faster, stronger.
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  Speaker 1: Christian Kirk could have more of an inside feel most
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  Speaker 1: of the year. I mean he can move around. He
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  Speaker 1: was smart enough and good enough to do that last year,
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  Speaker 1: but considering the addition, that could be a good thing
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  Speaker 1: for Christian. How strong of a slot receiver is he
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  Speaker 1: compared in the league? You know, where does he stand
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  Speaker 1: for you?
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  Speaker 2: You know, that's like one of the first things you
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  Speaker 2: notice on tape is his play strength. You know, a
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  Speaker 2: guy will be on him and dB event on him
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  Speaker 2: and he can separate at the top just with his strength.
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  Speaker 2: He's got great lower body strength, great upper body strength.
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  Speaker 2: He's very very top and fast, like almost deceptive like
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  Speaker 2: he can go. So there's a lot to cover with him.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you gotta cover the first five YEP routes
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  Speaker 2: because of his quickness, but he can take you over
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  Speaker 2: the he can get behind the defense. So yeah, we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna move him around as well. I mean, all three
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  Speaker 2: of those guys are gonna play all.
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  Speaker 1: Three spots, kind of like Chad Hall.
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  Speaker 2: Back in his I tried, I tried.
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  Speaker 1: That's right, all right, So let's get to a rookie now,
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  Speaker 1: Parker Washington. You know, there's an idea at least at
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  Speaker 1: the first the three guys we talked about Jamal Agnew. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so who else is making this roster? Parker's draft pick?
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  Speaker 1: What have you seen out of him so far?
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  Speaker 2: At the wide receivers, he's been great. He's consistently getting
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  Speaker 2: better every day. You know, you gotta learn the speed
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  Speaker 2: of the NFL. It's it's tough at the wide receiver
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  Speaker 2: position going from college to the NFL. I mean, it's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of more off coverage in college, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and he's got great instincts when it's zone. But now
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  Speaker 2: they're more in your face, pressing you up. You gotta
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  Speaker 2: release their longer faster. So but he's done really well.
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  Speaker 2: He's very smart. He can he can see the defense.
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  Speaker 2: He knows what to do, So that was just giving
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  Speaker 2: him reps and reps and reps so he can have
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  Speaker 2: more and more confidence.
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  Speaker 1: And there's a challenge for a lot. There's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of big, tall guys on this team that are trying
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  Speaker 1: to crack the roster. Right if there's five or six
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  Speaker 1: receivers that make it okay, practice squad is out there.
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  Speaker 1: What else has stood out the first week of camp.
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  Speaker 1: It's hard to tell without pads or can you see
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  Speaker 1: some things out of those six four six foot five guys?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they're fighting, I mean all three you know. Shoot,
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  Speaker 2: we got a bunch. We got a bunch of guys
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  Speaker 2: you know, over six two. But and they're doing really well.
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  Speaker 2: They're we're doing really well on special teams. That's half
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  Speaker 2: of it. But for me, they're all improving, they're becoming,
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  Speaker 2: you know, better route run, they're really focusing on their craft,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, it's gonna be a tight race. And
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  Speaker 2: we got a bunch of guys fighting for that spot.
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  Speaker 2: And really the best part about it is everyone is
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  Speaker 2: just trying to get better. Everyone is trying to get
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  Speaker 2: each other better. The other guys are coaching the other
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  Speaker 2: guys up. So it's not there's not a competition in
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  Speaker 2: our room. There's a competition against the defense, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: it is what it is. Might maybe five six spots,
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  Speaker 2: but we're trying to get every single guy of ours
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  Speaker 2: on a roster somewhere. That's that's everybody's goal. So it's
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  Speaker 2: just a great room and everyone's rooting on each other
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  Speaker 2: and we're just trying to get better every day. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, you are you would you consider yourself more of
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  Speaker 1: a technical wide receiver, coach footwork, hands or above the
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  Speaker 1: shoulders mental approach or a mix of both?
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  Speaker 2: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: Both?
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  Speaker 2: What's your calling card? I mean, first and foremost, you
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  Speaker 2: don't know what you're doing. I'm not gonna put you
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  Speaker 2: out there. And I stress to them they got to
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  Speaker 2: know all the spots and that's something they can control,
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  Speaker 2: and that's the mental The knowing what to do is
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  Speaker 2: you can control. You can't control the defense, you can't
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  Speaker 2: control the physical mistakes, but the mental part you can control.
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  Speaker 2: So anyone who needs extra work there with me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: on the off time, so when it's time to go,
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  Speaker 2: they're ready to go. Because you don't know what you're doing,
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  Speaker 2: you can't play fast and you're not gonna You're just
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  Speaker 2: not gonna do well in between the whistles. But technique wise,
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  Speaker 2: you already know what you're gonna do. Yeah, I'm a
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  Speaker 2: huge technician because that's how you better. You get starts
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  Speaker 2: of the line and then the break appointmentchanks. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we coach it all from pre snap, reading the defense,
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  Speaker 2: to the release to getting open. I mean, so I'm both.
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  Speaker 2: I try to give them everything I can and again
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  Speaker 2: I'm trying to get better every day as well. Whatever
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  Speaker 2: I can learn from other people, I'm trying to learn
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  Speaker 2: as well.