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Press Pass | Doug Pederson: "It's a Matter of Just Staying in the Moment." · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Just injury update, guys like Jay Jones walk a little
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: and Dre Cisco and Tyson Campbell, uh for this week
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: and how they sort of made it through the buy.
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  Speaker 2: All of them except they.
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  Speaker 3: Is are are doing really well, should be okay, you know,
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  Speaker 3: for this week. We'll see how the week progresses. Obviously
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  Speaker 3: no setbacks, but both Walker, I should say Walker, Cisco.
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  Speaker 2: Tyson did really well.
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  Speaker 3: Uh they Zay is just gonna be day but day
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  Speaker 3: to day, you know, gotta got a little workout in today.
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  Speaker 3: Feel a little bit better, but we'll we'll well again,
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  Speaker 3: we'll just monitor him day by to day, but he's
• 0:41
  Speaker 3: getting better.
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  Speaker 1: Is Ay a candidate for I R at this point
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  Speaker 1: or now?
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  Speaker 3: We we just got to see, you know, we we've
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  Speaker 3: we've we're getting close, you know. Uh, but but yeah,
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  Speaker 3: that's something we'll we'll evaluate if if it looks like
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  Speaker 3: any further than you know, or any longer than what
• 1:02
  Speaker 3: it already is.
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  Speaker 1: And just last question for me. You know, obviously during
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  Speaker 1: the bye week you get time to sort of evaluate
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  Speaker 1: your team. I'm curious what you thought of your team
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  Speaker 1: through the first eight weeks of the season now that
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  Speaker 1: you're back.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, obviously we did some we did some
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  Speaker 3: good things. Definitely some things we can improve on, you know,
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  Speaker 3: this back half of the year. You know, we can
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  Speaker 3: improve our third down, both offensively and defensively. Even though
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  Speaker 3: defense defense got better, I think as the season has progressed.
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  Speaker 3: You know, red zone is another area that offensively that
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  Speaker 3: we have to continue to improve in. You know, we
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  Speaker 3: looked at a lot of different you know, look at
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  Speaker 3: the you always look at like the top teams right
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  Speaker 3: in the red zone and just kind of see what
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  Speaker 3: they're doing compared to what we're doing and see if
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  Speaker 3: things fit and all that. But really we wanted to
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  Speaker 3: take a look at at our offense and defense and
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  Speaker 3: special teams and and see see what's happening. You know.
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  Speaker 3: The turnovers are obviously, uh, it can't happen, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And and the other night, you know, in Pittsburgh, we
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  Speaker 3: had we had two of those that were obviously taking
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  Speaker 3: taking points.
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  Speaker 2: Off the you know, off the scoreboard.
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  Speaker 3: So those are just some areas that that we looked
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  Speaker 3: at that we definitely have to have to improve. You know. Defensively,
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  Speaker 3: the takeaways, obviously it's a big positive. You know, the
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  Speaker 3: offense has been been getting points on their opening drives
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  Speaker 3: things of that nature, which are which are things that
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  Speaker 3: we can continue to improve on. And also you know
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  Speaker 3: the start of the third quarter is another area that
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  Speaker 3: we can we can definitely do better.
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  Speaker 2: So enough work, you know, as we as we move forward.
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  Speaker 2: Excuse me, thank.
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  Speaker 4: You, Jamal Hey, coach, we haven't talked to eas since
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  Speaker 4: you guys made the trade. What'd you know about as
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  Speaker 4: for Cleveland before before you found out he was going
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  Speaker 4: to be a part of your team.
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  Speaker 3: You know, obviously you know Ezra, we knew good player.
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  Speaker 3: You know, started the first six games from Minnesota this
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  Speaker 3: year and then he had a he had a set
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  Speaker 3: back with an injury and it's kept kept him out
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  Speaker 3: of the last couple of.
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  Speaker 2: Games there in Minnesota.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, anytime that you can add you can
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  Speaker 3: add depth, you can add value, you can add a
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  Speaker 3: talent like Ezra to the offensive line really at any position.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's something that that Trent and I and
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  Speaker 3: uh the guys looked at, you know hard. You know,
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  Speaker 3: definitely a lot of different scenarios out there. You look
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  Speaker 3: at you look at pass rushers, you know, maybe even
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  Speaker 3: defensive backs, and you look at olignment and obviously Ezra
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  Speaker 3: uh is somebody that can come in and really provide
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  Speaker 3: the necessary you know, uh backup guard, very capable, smart, talented,
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  Speaker 3: you know, left guard and you know he played some
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  Speaker 3: right guard his rookie year, had been been primarily left guard,
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  Speaker 3: uh since and to good value for us and and
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  Speaker 3: really uh solidifies an offensive line that you know is
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  Speaker 3: already pretty good.
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  Speaker 4: So the plan is for him to start off as
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  Speaker 4: a backup.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, oh yeah, Walker Little is the left guard. There's
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  Speaker 3: no I don't want to I want to be as
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  Speaker 3: clear as I can. Walker is the left guard. That's
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  Speaker 3: been communicated to everybody. Cam's the left tackle. So that's
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  Speaker 3: that's our plan, you know, and and that has never changed.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate the coach, you bet.
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  Speaker 1: All right, We're gonna go to Gene and then d Rock.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, Doug, did you talk a little bit about you
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  Speaker 5: You had mentioned to it earlier about third down efficiency,
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  Speaker 5: how you'd like to be better in that area. Does
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  Speaker 5: it does it? How much does it bothersome to you that,
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  Speaker 5: particularly in third and even long situations, which we know
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  Speaker 5: are not great conversion HyG percentages, But you guys are
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  Speaker 5: really struggling badly in that area. And I'm just I'm
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  Speaker 5: just wondering what you feel like you guys can do
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  Speaker 5: to get those numbers up a little bit in the
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  Speaker 5: second half.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, Jeane, like I, you and I both know,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you've got to do better on first and
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  Speaker 3: second down and it keeps you out of those third
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  Speaker 3: and longs, I mean, other those are hard, hard downs
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  Speaker 3: to convert. And when you look at it from what
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  Speaker 3: what we've put ourselves in, whether it be a penalty,
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  Speaker 3: a sack, something of that nature, that gets it's in
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  Speaker 3: those third and you know, twelve pluses.
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  Speaker 2: You know, your quarterback has to hold the ball.
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  Speaker 3: We've we've obviously gone up against some really talented edge
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  Speaker 3: and pass rushers and you know, it's just it's hard,
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  Speaker 3: it's extremely hard. And then execution, you know, we've we've
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  Speaker 3: had some drops, you know, we've had we've had some
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  Speaker 3: missed opportunities, you know, misthrows things. So you know, when
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  Speaker 3: you look at it, it's it's opportunities that are there.
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  Speaker 3: But but again it's it's us being better on first
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  Speaker 3: down and second down that keep keep us out of
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  Speaker 3: you know, those situations when you look at the you know,
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  Speaker 3: some of the third downs where you know, at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the game where you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, we were pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: We stayed in the more third mediums, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: shorts and and the you know, that's where Trevor is
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  Speaker 3: able to use his legs a little bit more and
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  Speaker 3: and and convert. So you know, the goal obviously is
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  Speaker 3: to stay out a third down completely excuse me, but.
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  Speaker 2: It just comes down to execution and and quite frankly,
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  Speaker 2: you can you know, throw.
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  Speaker 3: The ball underneath and let your receiver go get the
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  Speaker 3: first down too, so it doesn't always have to be
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  Speaker 3: you know, a pass that's uh, you know, down past
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  Speaker 3: the stakes.
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  Speaker 5: When you look at one follow up if I, if
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  Speaker 5: I may, when you look at at Trevor having the
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  Speaker 5: same amount of touchdown passes right now that he had
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  Speaker 5: at this point last year, do you feel like that's
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  Speaker 5: kind of a little in any way of misleading stat
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  Speaker 5: when you watch the tape and consider how he's performed overall.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. You know, we've been able to
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  Speaker 3: rush the ball pretty well. You know, ETNS had had
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  Speaker 3: some good, good touchdown rushes as well.
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  Speaker 2: It's sort of.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's obviously gonna take a take a touchdown
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  Speaker 3: pass away from Trevor, but you know, the bottom line
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  Speaker 3: too is if you end up winning the football game.
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  Speaker 2: And the other thing too.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you look at it. You know a lot
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  Speaker 3: of these games too, we've jumped out to leads. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we're playing from ahead and not from behind, so maybe
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  Speaker 3: you don't have to throw as much and say the
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  Speaker 3: second half and you can rely on your run game
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  Speaker 3: a little bit. But there's also some opportunities that we've missed,
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  Speaker 3: you know, some interceptions that that Trevor's thrown in the
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  Speaker 3: red zone that that has you know, kept us from
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  Speaker 3: from scoring touchdowns there. So you know, it's everybody has
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  Speaker 3: a little bit of a hand in it, but you
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  Speaker 3: know it can be a little misleading, you know, especially
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  Speaker 3: based on you know, the win loss record.
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  Speaker 2: Now, thank you, hey, Doug.
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  Speaker 6: I know you guys usually just go one day at
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  Speaker 6: a time, one game at a time, but is it
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  Speaker 6: hard not to look ahead and talk to these guys
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  Speaker 6: about the next month six games that are coming up,
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  Speaker 6: you know against some playoff caliber teams, you know, like
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  Speaker 6: the Bengals and and the Ravens and stuff, and kind
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  Speaker 6: of just how important that next month is going to be.
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  Speaker 3: Now, you know what I avoid that with this football team. Listen,
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  Speaker 3: we've got a great football team coming in here on Sunday, and.
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  Speaker 2: And and our focus is just on that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I've mentioned to them, Hey, we've got a
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  Speaker 3: nine game schedule, you know, coming up. We got five
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  Speaker 3: home games coming up, things of that nature of the nine.
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  Speaker 3: But but I don't I don't look it down the
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  Speaker 3: road as far as you know, circling games.
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  Speaker 2: Or opponents that we have coming up.
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  Speaker 3: It's it's a matter of just staying in the moment,
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  Speaker 3: staying in the in this week, getting prepared later in
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  Speaker 3: this week for San Francisco, who you know, we know
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  Speaker 3: as a.
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  Speaker 2: Dangerous football team.
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  Speaker 3: They've they've obviously, you know, dropped a few games here lately,
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  Speaker 3: but they they're coming off thereby just like we are,
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  Speaker 3: and they're gonna be They're gonna be gassed up and
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  Speaker 3: ready to go. So you know, we just we just
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  Speaker 3: live in the moment and it's one game at a time.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, good bet.
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  Speaker 1: All right, We're gonna go ahead with John Shipley and
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  Speaker 1: then finish up without him.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, do I appreciate you doing this?
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to Walker, I left guard is that's
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  Speaker 1: just the case of everything that you guys have seen
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  Speaker 1: from him this year.
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  Speaker 2: You just feel like that's the best vibe you can
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  Speaker 2: put out there.
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  Speaker 3: Walker's earned that spot, you know, and and and his
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  Speaker 3: his ability to move inside, his versatility that way has
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  Speaker 3: been been a plus for him being a plus for
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  Speaker 3: our offensive line. You know, he's uh the time that
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  Speaker 3: he and Can we're together, that short time that he
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  Speaker 3: and Can we're together. You know in that Buffalo game,
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  Speaker 3: they played well, they played well together. And you know
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  Speaker 3: this was our plan you know, all along when Cam
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  Speaker 3: came back. So you know, getting these guys working together,
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  Speaker 3: you know this week will be will be good. And
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  Speaker 3: you know, again he's earned that spot, and he's earned
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  Speaker 3: that right to uh to start in that in that position,
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  Speaker 3: and and.
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  Speaker 2: You know he's done. He's done a good job there.
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  Speaker 5: Appreciate that.
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  Speaker 2: Go ahead, Adam.
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  Speaker 7: Uh, you know you give up I know this is
• 10:37
  Speaker 7: more of an off season thing, but you give up
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  Speaker 7: a draft pick for a player you kind of envision
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  Speaker 7: him kind of being a long term piece. Is Ezra
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  Speaker 7: Cleveland a guy that you envisioned being a part of
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  Speaker 7: this franchise, you know, years from now? Or is this
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  Speaker 7: just you know, an immediate addressing the depth?
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  Speaker 2: No, I think you have to look at that.
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  Speaker 3: I think you have to look at long term as well,
• 11:01
  Speaker 3: you know, And and obviously the age of our offensive lineman.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Brandon Shurff is as great as he's been playing,
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  Speaker 3: He's not getting younger. Tyler Shatley's not getting younger, you know,
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  Speaker 3: And you got to have guys that that are that
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  Speaker 3: are very capable, that are gonna be on your roster.
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  Speaker 3: So you definitely have to look at long term, I
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  Speaker 3: think in in situations like this, and and definitely, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the player himself, Ezra himself knows he's in a you know,
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  Speaker 3: basically a contract year as well, so you know he's
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  Speaker 3: willing to uh to come to Jacksonville and and and
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  Speaker 3: you know, be a backup for now and and you
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  Speaker 3: know understanding that that you know, there are no guarantees
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  Speaker 3: right in this business. But I do think that it's
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  Speaker 3: a it's definitely a could turn into a long term,
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  Speaker 3: you know situation for him where he could he could
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  Speaker 3: definitely compete and uh be in a position to help us,
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  Speaker 3: you know, moving forward,