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Jags HQ | Boselli, Gladstone Reflect on the Jaguars Through Week 1 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Jags HQ. Brian Sexton and former Jaguar Jeff
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  Speaker 1: Loggeman sit down each week with the decision makers of
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  Speaker 1: your Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to bring you a product that you all
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  Speaker 2: can be proud of.
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  Speaker 3: With that, game on.
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  Speaker 1: Jags HQ starts right now.
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  Speaker 4: HQ, Brian Sexton along with... Jeff Lagerman here for the
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  Speaker 4: next hour. We'll be joined shortly by Jaguars Executive Vice
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  Speaker 4: President of Football Operations, Tony Buscelli, and the General Manager,
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  Speaker 4: James Gladstone. Sunday afternoon, the return game, back to Mile High.
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  Speaker 4: The Jaguars were there December 21st last year, five regular
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  Speaker 4: season games ago. They put it on the Broncos that day, 34-20,
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  Speaker 4: and the NFL said, ooh. We've got a rematch coming
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  Speaker 4: next year. So let's make this one happen. By the way,
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  Speaker 4: How are you?
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  Speaker 5: Good.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 5: I'm a big fan of Paramount +.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: It's nice to listen. I can remember the time, and
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  Speaker 4: you can too, where if you weren't in front of
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  Speaker 4: a television, you didn't see what was happening in the
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  Speaker 4: National Football League. And now your phone is in your
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  Speaker 4: pocket at all times. You can be plugged in on Sundays.
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  Speaker 4: Your iPad.
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  Speaker 5: Technology is crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I was telling somebody the other day, we used to
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  Speaker 4: get on the airplane to come home, and Dan Edwards,
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  Speaker 4: the longtime public relations guru, would talk to the pilot
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  Speaker 4: who would ask the different towers that we were crossing
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  Speaker 4: on our way home, hey, what are the scores? And
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  Speaker 4: Dan would have his pencil, not a pen, his pencil,
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  Speaker 4: writing his little four-by-six card. And he'd write it on
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  Speaker 4: the scores. And then he would go over and he
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  Speaker 4: would announce the scores.
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  Speaker 2: Hey.
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  Speaker 5: On the intercom. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: Pittsburgh's winning. Cleveland's losing. You know, whatever it may be.
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  Speaker 4: And that was how we kept touch. We were working.
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  Speaker 4: Now everyone's watching the games on the way home.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Wi-Fi.
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  Speaker 4: Because the plane has Wi-Fi.
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  Speaker 2: Wi-Fi.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. So it's a different world. Don't mind us. We're
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  Speaker 4: just marveling at the world we live in. Don't let
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  Speaker 4: it go by without you appreciating the things that you
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  Speaker 4: have that makes life easier on a daily basis.
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  Speaker 6: No, the Wi-Fi is a very nice convenience when it
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  Speaker 6: comes to getting back home.
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  Speaker 4: You've been in this thing an awful long time, player
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  Speaker 4: and broadcaster. Is there a better place, as a road team,
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  Speaker 4: is there a better place to go for a big
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  Speaker 4: game Then at Power Field at Mile High. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: the atmosphere there is so good.
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  Speaker 6: It's one of the top five. I mean, just because,
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  Speaker 6: you know, the fans are loud, but they're not rude. Buffalo,
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  Speaker 6: I would put up there in the top. Seattle up
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  Speaker 6: there in the top. Minnesota up there in the top.
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  Speaker 5: That's dangerous.
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  Speaker 6: Buffalo throws snowballs at you and everything else, but it was,
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  Speaker 6: you know.
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  Speaker 5: You like those environments. The louder, the better. The more raucous,
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  Speaker 5: the better.
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  Speaker 4: But Sally's from there as he sits down. Hello, Tony.
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  Speaker 2: Hello.
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  Speaker 3: Did you say the louder, the better? You don't play offense.
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  Speaker 5: I don't play offense a lot. It doesn't matter to me.
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  Speaker 5: I don't have to go silent, Cal.
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  Speaker 1: It's fine.
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  Speaker 3: Great environment, though.
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  Speaker 5: One of the best.
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  Speaker 3: Great environment.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know if there's a better environment in the
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  Speaker 4: NFL when they've got it going.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, I think there's a handful when you think
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  Speaker 7: about it. I think Denver– Kansas City is out of control.
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  Speaker 3: Buffalo.
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  Speaker 7: The loudest place I ever played in my life was
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  Speaker 7: the Buffalo playoff game in 96.
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  Speaker 3: The loudest.
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  Speaker 7: The only time in my entire career that I'm first, second,
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  Speaker 7: and third down, whether we're under center or in shotgun,
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  Speaker 7: had to watch the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Could not hear Reneau.
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  Speaker 4: Well, Robert Hainsey was talking this week, James, about how
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  Speaker 4: he's practicing reading Trevor's lips this week. On the practice field,
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  Speaker 4: practicing making sure he knows what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: He hadn't been doing that ever since being here?
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  Speaker 4: He made a point to say this week, I'm practicing
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  Speaker 4: reading lips.
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  Speaker 3: You know what?
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  Speaker 2: It seems like all those nuances surface as a part
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  Speaker 2: of a weekly game plan. Stuff that you may not
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  Speaker 2: even have at the top of your mind begin to
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  Speaker 2: come into the conversation. It's amazing what some of this
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  Speaker 2: stuff can sort of bring with it, like that of
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  Speaker 2: just trying to read the lips of a quarterback or
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  Speaker 2: a play caller and try to get familiar with that
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  Speaker 2: along the way. But, gosh, there are plenty of instances where,
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  Speaker 2: you know, even what you're trying to anticipate that setting
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  Speaker 2: looking like, it ends up being drastically different. And that, like,
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  Speaker 2: even the Superdome, another– great environment and when it's really
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  Speaker 2: rocking can be.
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  Speaker 3: It was loud. I mean, we had issues this preseason
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  Speaker 3: at the Superdome.
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  Speaker 4: You did?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it was so loud.
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  Speaker 2: So you get into that and shoot, just imagine this.
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  Speaker 2: You got Sean McVay and Jared Goff and there's actually
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  Speaker 2: no coach to quarterback communication throughout the first quarter of
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  Speaker 2: an NFC championship game. And so now how are you operating?
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  Speaker 2: How are you pivoting? And so those in-game nuances that
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  Speaker 2: happen to surface that you can't even really prepare for
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  Speaker 2: that you just got to remain agile with. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: all the, all the body language, all the nonverbal communication
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  Speaker 2: becomes such an important piece to the puzzle in this. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, there are some things that you just got
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  Speaker 2: to say, screw it. I may have to be a
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  Speaker 2: step slow on my set and just look at it.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you got to figure it out.
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  Speaker 7: And I think Liam has done a great job since
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  Speaker 7: day one, but even last year as we, You know,
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  Speaker 7: started winning football games and the games became bigger and
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  Speaker 7: bigger and going into this year. But I think a
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  Speaker 7: constant message is, hey, listen, stuff is going to happen.
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  Speaker 7: Like something is going to pop during the game. We
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  Speaker 7: have no idea what it is. Good, bad, indifferent. There's
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  Speaker 7: going to be adversity. They're going to make plays. I mean,
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  Speaker 7: that's a good football team. We're going to go play
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  Speaker 7: in their home stadium coming off a tough loss.
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  Speaker 3: They're going to be ready. And it's how you respond.
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  Speaker 7: And I think that's what James is speaking to is
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  Speaker 7: like there's stuff that we just don't know. in the
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  Speaker 7: course of that game of getting into that stadium and
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  Speaker 7: playing football that really I think the teams that are
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  Speaker 7: successful are the teams that can respond to the adversity.
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  Speaker 7: respond to you know momentum shift and how does you
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  Speaker 7: know how do you as a team handle it how
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  Speaker 7: does your body language how does your communication what is
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  Speaker 7: the overall response and if you can respond the correct
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  Speaker 7: way it gives yourself a chance to overcome those tough moments.
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  Speaker 6: And you go back to last year and the one
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  Speaker 6: thing that really kind of stands out in my mind
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  Speaker 6: of that game last year is that you go on
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  Speaker 6: the road and things aren't great to start out with
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  Speaker 6: especially offensively but uh All of a sudden, you get
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  Speaker 6: a big completion of Parker Washington, and you start putting
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  Speaker 6: some plays together, and the next thing you know, you're
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  Speaker 6: in the end zone. And then things just kind of
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  Speaker 6: rolled from there, and I thought the way that the
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  Speaker 6: offense and the team as a whole kind of just
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  Speaker 6: had this, I don't want to say never say die attitude,
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  Speaker 6: but just this focus and intensity. Hey, look, it's a
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  Speaker 6: 60-minute game, and at the end of the day, they
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  Speaker 6: just kind of kept fighting and clawing.
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  Speaker 4: I loved it.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, no doubt.
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  Speaker 2: That was an intense and tight first quarter there. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we were having a hard time, offensively in particular, moving
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  Speaker 2: the ball, getting open, and finding easy completions. And ultimately,
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  Speaker 2: throughout the entire course of that game, there was nothing
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  Speaker 2: easy about it. And guys executed at a really high level,
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  Speaker 2: guys that went down, the gaps were filled with those
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  Speaker 2: right behind them in a real way. And that's the
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  Speaker 2: stuff that is going to have to come into play
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  Speaker 2: at some point here. And you can't flinch when those
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  Speaker 2: opportunities present themselves. And obviously walking into an adverse situation here,
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  Speaker 2: it's certainly one where we know we're going to get
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to do it.
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  Speaker 6: Before we kind of get too focused on Denver, I
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  Speaker 6: want to go back a little bit and ask the
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  Speaker 6: both of you guys, what was the thing that you
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  Speaker 6: liked the most about the week one victory against the
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  Speaker 6: Cleveland Browns?
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  Speaker 7: I mean, to me it was easy. I think just
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  Speaker 7: that we came out and played our style of football.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, I think Liam has challenged the entire– building
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  Speaker 7: team everybody how we operate like hey this is who
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  Speaker 7: we are we're going to be a tough physical team
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  Speaker 7: and and mentally tough mentally and that's our play style
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  Speaker 7: that's who we are that's how we want to play
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  Speaker 7: and so to see the guys come out it was
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  Speaker 7: not perfect by any means we have areas we need
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  Speaker 7: to get better but i think if you look at
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  Speaker 7: all three sides you know all three phases of the
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  Speaker 7: game i thought our guys played hard i thought they
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  Speaker 7: played physical from the first snap and uh and that's
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  Speaker 7: what i think what.
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  Speaker 2: I was most proud of yeah i think To piggyback there,
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  Speaker 2: week ones are always a little wonky. They're not always
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  Speaker 2: a real indicator of what the remainder of the season
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  Speaker 2: is actually going to be. You think about where the
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  Speaker 2: New England Patriots were in week one of 2025. It
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  Speaker 2: was a home loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. And
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  Speaker 2: there were other teams that showcased something different on the
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  Speaker 2: opposite end of that. But obviously, New England was able
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  Speaker 2: to have a very different back half of the season
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  Speaker 2: and finish the playoffs. And ultimately make it to the
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  Speaker 2: Super Bowl. But from where I sit and in conjunction
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  Speaker 2: with what Tony said, the fact that you saw clean
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  Speaker 2: operation on both sides of the ball, command in all
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  Speaker 2: three phases, it.
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  Speaker 4: Was a really clear.
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  Speaker 2: Piece of emphasis that existed over the course of this
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  Speaker 2: offseason to add to our level of physicality, both mentally
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  Speaker 2: and physically. And I think the sharpness to the operation
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  Speaker 2: is certainly something that we can you know feel feel
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  Speaker 2: good about but obviously still knowing that there's a ton
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  Speaker 2: to to get to work.
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  Speaker 7: On yeah I think that's the key is as we
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  Speaker 7: start looking to the big game we have coming up
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  Speaker 7: and James said this I believe it was last week
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  Speaker 7: even instead of multiple times last year the the the
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  Speaker 7: teams that ultimately have success in this league throughout the
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  Speaker 7: year are the teams that continue to improve so as
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  Speaker 7: much fun as that was last week in getting that win,
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  Speaker 7: and that's a good team win, we have to get better.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we have to improve.
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  Speaker 7: There's so many areas that we've got to step our
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  Speaker 7: game up because the challenge in front of us is
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  Speaker 7: much more difficult in that environment, quality team, a team
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  Speaker 7: that was in the AFC Championship game last year, one
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  Speaker 7: of the best coaches ever. in the history of the NFL.
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  Speaker 7: But that's a good, so we have to get better.
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  Speaker 7: And I think the key for us is can we
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  Speaker 7: continue to improve throughout the season so we're playing our
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  Speaker 7: best football at the end.
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  Speaker 4: All right, we'll focus on the Broncos. Look ahead, Jaguars
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  Speaker 4: on the road Sunday at Empower Field at Mile High,
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  Speaker 4: a 4.05 Eastern time kick. You'll hear right here on
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  Speaker 4: the Jaguars Radio Network. We'll take a break and return
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  Speaker 4: with James Gladstone and Tony Buscelli, Jeff Loggaman alongside. You're
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  Speaker 4: listening to Jags HQ on the Jaguars Radio Network.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
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  Speaker 4: And we're back on Jags HQ. I'm Brian, along with
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  Speaker 4: Jeff Lagerman, Tony Buscelli, James Gladstone. And is 4.85 yards
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  Speaker 4: per carry enough to win week in and week out
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  Speaker 4: in the NFL? Because we've been talking about the running game.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'd like to have five.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: I kind of knew you were going to say that.
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  Speaker 4: That's why I asked it.
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  Speaker 3: Is it enough? I think the question is.
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  Speaker 7: I thought the running game was efficient for the most
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  Speaker 7: part against the Cleveland Browns, and they did a nice job.
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  Speaker 7: I think our backs did a great job of executing
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  Speaker 7: the calls and good job by the line and the
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  Speaker 7: tight ends. And it was fun to see, you know,
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  Speaker 7: Bork get his first action as a rookie and going
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  Speaker 7: out there against a very good player in Jared Verse.
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  Speaker 7: So I think as a unit, they did a good job.
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  Speaker 7: I think there's, again, you guys know this. This is
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  Speaker 7: the game of football. Regardless of what happens... whether it's
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  Speaker 7: 4.8 or 5.8 or 3.8, there's always corrections to be
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  Speaker 7: made and you always feel like there's more that you
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  Speaker 7: can do, more left on the bone, there's more you
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  Speaker 7: can do. And the run game's gonna be very important
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  Speaker 7: this week. One of the great equalizers anytime you go
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  Speaker 7: on the road, and speaking from an offensive lineman's perspective,
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  Speaker 7: is when it's loud and you have great pass rushers,
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  Speaker 7: and they have great pass rushers. Benito's one of the
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  Speaker 7: best pass rushers in the NFL. And that crowd is
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  Speaker 7: his advantage. the way you help yourself is you go
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  Speaker 7: run the ball and you play physical and you control
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  Speaker 7: the clock and you stay ahead of down and ahead
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  Speaker 7: of the sticks.
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  Speaker 3: And so the run game was great last week.
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  Speaker 7: It accomplished what we needed to, but we've got to
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  Speaker 7: get better because it's going to be a big part.
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  Speaker 7: And this is a very good defense who, frankly, shut
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  Speaker 7: us down in the run game last year. They did
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  Speaker 7: a great job against our run. We weren't very effective.
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  Speaker 2: And ultimately you've got to score some points to win
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  Speaker 2: the game. We didn't have any rushing touchdowns. So there's
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  Speaker 2: still more.
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  Speaker 3: That's a good point.
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  Speaker 2: There's still more to be done.
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  Speaker 4: I just want to give the numbers on that real quick.
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  Speaker 4: Last year, December 21 out there, Jags averaged three yards
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  Speaker 4: per carry from the primary running backs, except if you
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  Speaker 4: take the 24-yard run out that Travis Achan had, it
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  Speaker 4: was 1.8 yards per carry.
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  Speaker 3: No, we didn't run it.
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  Speaker 4: So clearly that defense is pretty good against the run.
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  Speaker 7: They are a very good defense. I mean, they are
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  Speaker 7: a stout defense. And everyone's going to point to the
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  Speaker 7: Kansas City game and what Kenneth Walker did.
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  Speaker 5: Well, it was week one.
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  Speaker 7: There was a lot of broken tackles. We saw that
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  Speaker 7: across the league. The way camp is, sometimes it takes.
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  Speaker 5: A little bit.
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  Speaker 7: But those are good football players. That's not going to
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  Speaker 7: happen again. They're not going to miss 28 tackles. They're
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  Speaker 7: not going to miss 28 tackles. So we've got to
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  Speaker 7: be better because we weren't good enough last year. And
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  Speaker 7: we've got a big test in front of us. And
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  Speaker 7: it starts up front. with our offensive line and our
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  Speaker 7: tight ends, and those guys got to do a good job,
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  Speaker 7: and they got their hands full with that defensive front.
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  Speaker 6: The one guy that seems to have taken a huge
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  Speaker 6: step is Basial Toot and James. I mean, the confidence
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  Speaker 6: and the speed at which he's hitting the hole this
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  Speaker 6: year compared to last year, and I know it's only
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  Speaker 6: one week. I mean, I don't want to give myself
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  Speaker 6: a speeding ticket here, but the way he's hitting the
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  Speaker 6: hole just looks like he's so much more confident.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's fair, and I think that tends
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  Speaker 2: to come with time, and there's this earned confidence that's building.
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  Speaker 2: You don't just generate that through thin air. It's actually
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  Speaker 2: through executing plays with the intent and then even in
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  Speaker 2: as many instances as you can, going beyond what the
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  Speaker 2: play allows for or presents. He was able to do
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  Speaker 2: some stuff that was beyond just what was given and
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  Speaker 2: bounced off of a few different tacklers, gained yards when
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  Speaker 2: they should have been tackles for loss and Those are
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  Speaker 2: the types of plays that we're going to need over
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  Speaker 2: the course of a season. But it wasn't just him
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  Speaker 2: in the run game, and I think we all know that.
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  Speaker 2: There were some efficient runs across the board. You've got
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  Speaker 2: to look at somebody like Amir Abdullah, who's in his
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  Speaker 2: 12th year in the NFL, and you go watch the
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  Speaker 2: plays that he was in the game. Those were really
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  Speaker 2: important runs, really effective runs. And so I think that
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  Speaker 2: group as a whole is really working off of each
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  Speaker 2: other really well and at an extremely high clip. And
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  Speaker 2: obviously that momentum has got to continue to build and
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  Speaker 2: sort of show itself throughout the course of this next
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  Speaker 2: game and beyond. But I certainly feel like that confidence
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  Speaker 2: doesn't just come out of thin air. It's because of
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  Speaker 2: a lot of preparation, a lot of earned results, and
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  Speaker 2: obviously a process that was behind it.
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  Speaker 6: I think the exciting thing about him is that a
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  Speaker 6: lot of people don't realize that he's a 4-2-8 back.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, how many backs run 4-2-8?
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: Well, that's an interesting piece because just his natural capacity
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: is to go. And so a lot of the work
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: behind the scenes is on, okay, how do you tempo
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: in a way that allows holes to present themselves as
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: opposed to getting ahead of where they would open up?
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: And things of that nature in the approach versus the
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: capacity to, let's say, pop the top, right? And I
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: think that if ever really given a clear runway, that
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: stuff will certainly... be able to show itself in a
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: real way. But how often do guys get to run
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: 40 yards straight in an NFL football game? Not frequently.
• 15:55
  Speaker 5: I think he's going to have a couple this year.
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: Time will truly tell. But, yes, obviously that is certainly
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: a superpower of his.
• 16:02
  Speaker 4: Porkature was sensational, I thought, in the running game. I
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: thought he moved people. He did exactly what you brought
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: him here to do, right?
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, that was definitely an intended path for him. And,
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: you know, as any rookie– They're going to have their
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: blemishes to go along with what you would hope is
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: some positive plays to build off of. But in conjunction
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: with that offensive line, other tight ends, there was a
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: lot of chemistry in that work. And the physical demeanor
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: certainly showed up. But him and Emmanuel working on a
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: double team to the second level, that was a really
• 16:39
  Speaker 2: cool sign for two young guys to connect and work
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: in tandem to produce what was ultimately a strong block
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: and a strong finish and present a runway for the backs,
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: but also to get his hand on the ball and
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: catch a pass and get close to a first down
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: there was a net positive. But the fact that our
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: offense is showing signs of being multiple in personnel usage
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: and distributing the ball across pass catchers and runners, that
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: gives us a lot of flexibility, versatility, and a lot
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: to plan for in any preparation. knowing that there's a
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: lot of stuff we can activate.
• 17:14
  Speaker 6: Even Quentin Morris on that one block on the edge.
• 17:17
  Speaker 6: Cans got a little bit on the outside. He didn't
• 17:19
  Speaker 6: get called for it, but it was a physical.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: Hold on.
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: It's not a hold if they don't call it.
• 17:24
  Speaker 5: Well, they called the one on board.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: Well, unfortunately, I disagree with you.
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: That was the opposite.
• 17:33
  Speaker 5: I knew you would say that.
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: I disagree with it.
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: I knew you would say that.
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: I've never seen a hold in my life.
• 17:37
  Speaker 5: Got a little bit on the outside.
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: Never seen one.
• 17:40
  Speaker 4: How about Colt Van Lander and the way that he performed?
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: How cool was that?
• 17:43
  Speaker 7: I thought it was just great to have him back.
• 17:45
  Speaker 7: And he played good. He played some really solid football. But,
• 17:48
  Speaker 7: I mean, this is a guy who had ACL reconstruction mid-January.
• 17:55
  Speaker 7: Most guys don't come back and start opening day. And
• 18:00
  Speaker 7: I know what that feels like. Well, he did it
• 18:01
  Speaker 7: after the 99th season. And so the– it's not just physical.
• 18:06
  Speaker 7: There's a mental, and anyone who's had an ACL, whether
• 18:09
  Speaker 7: you come back as fast as Cole did, or it
• 18:11
  Speaker 7: takes a little bit longer. That first game, there's a
• 18:14
  Speaker 7: physical aspect to it, getting back on the bike and riding,
• 18:16
  Speaker 7: no doubt about it. But there's a mental aspect of
• 18:18
  Speaker 7: just trusting, because the last time you were on the field,
• 18:21
  Speaker 7: you hurt yourself. And I thought Cole handled the whole situation.
• 18:26
  Speaker 7: And hats off to Ferg and his staff and Chris
• 18:29
  Speaker 7: Bach and Eric Siano and Mindy and her team, the
• 18:34
  Speaker 7: entire sports science team.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: Did a great job in conjunction with Cole.
• 18:39
  Speaker 7: Now it takes Cole to put the work in, but
• 18:41
  Speaker 7: that group did, man, what great work because from day
• 18:46
  Speaker 7: one they attacked it and he doesn't get a play
• 18:49
  Speaker 7: opening day if they don't start and have the right
• 18:52
  Speaker 7: mindset and the right approach and the right plan from
• 18:54
  Speaker 7: nutrition to strength training to the rehab, the whole process,
• 19:00
  Speaker 7: and then have a guy like Cole who's mentally tough
• 19:03
  Speaker 7: and is willing to dive in there and trust them
• 19:05
  Speaker 7: and do what it takes.
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: And then I think you saw the result.
• 19:08
  Speaker 7: You go out there and he plays the first half
• 19:10
  Speaker 7: as planned and did an outstanding job. And listen, we're
• 19:14
  Speaker 7: a better football team when Cole Van Lannen's on the field.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: And he's earned that. He's earned that right.
• 19:18
  Speaker 7: He earned it last year and earned the trust of
• 19:20
  Speaker 7: his teammates and his coaches and the whole organization. So
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: to have him back was great.
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: I was told he didn't miss a day.
• 19:27
  Speaker 6: The entire offseason, from the day of the surgery until
• 19:30
  Speaker 6: didn't miss a day.
• 19:32
  Speaker 7: I think it started probably before the surgery because he
• 19:33
  Speaker 7: was tore up that he couldn't play in that Buffalo game.
• 19:36
  Speaker 7: He wanted to play. He tried to play with the ACL.
• 19:40
  Speaker 7: And we're going through the whole process. And maybe if
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: we could have got that win, he could have been
• 19:43
  Speaker 7: ready the following week.
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: Who knows? But I think what it speaks to is
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: you have a guy who cares. He's a true pro.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: And when that didn't work out, it was like, hey,
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: let's get this thing fixed. And I'm ready to go.
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: And by the way, he switched without practicing at right tackle,
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: switched from left tackle to right tackle.
• 20:01
  Speaker 7: I mean, James will tell you. And James called this
• 20:03
  Speaker 7: from day one with him. And he said it a
• 20:06
  Speaker 7: lot before he became our starting left tackle. He started
• 20:09
  Speaker 7: at four different positions and played four different positions last year.
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: I mean, the guy is a Swiss Army knife.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 20:14
  Speaker 7: And he really can do it. And that was a
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: great process, too, of how that decision was made. It
• 20:19
  Speaker 7: was a group effort. It was with Cole. It was
• 20:21
  Speaker 7: with our coaching staff. It was with James. It was
• 20:24
  Speaker 7: with Anton. Like, what's the best for us as a team?
• 20:27
  Speaker 7: And I think it speaks volumes to both guys, both
• 20:31
  Speaker 7: Anton and Cole. And our coaching staff of thinking about, OK,
• 20:34
  Speaker 7: how can we be the best version of ourselves instead
• 20:36
  Speaker 7: of getting dug in and saying, yeah, this is where
• 20:38
  Speaker 7: I play and this is best for me. But what's
• 20:41
  Speaker 7: best for the team? And I think that was Cole's
• 20:43
  Speaker 7: approach from day one. Obviously, he wanted to play selfishly,
• 20:46
  Speaker 7: which he should. but I think it speaks just to
• 20:49
  Speaker 7: who he is as a person and also kind of
• 20:52
  Speaker 7: the process that it went through when you talk about
• 20:54
  Speaker 7: switching positions and how that whole thing went down.
• 20:56
  Speaker 4: Let's get another break in. We'll come back one more
• 20:58
  Speaker 4: segment with James Gladstone and Tony Buscelli here on Jags HQ,
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: and we're back after this quick pause on Jaguars Radio.
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: Final segment with Tony Buscelli and James Gladstone. 41-44. Those
• 21:18
  Speaker 4: two defensive ends on Sunday were outstanding. Give me an
• 21:23
  Speaker 4: adjective to describe two guys that each had a sack
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: and a half, multiple pressures.
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: They're really good football players. That's all I'll say about them.
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: They're really good.
• 21:31
  Speaker 4: How many teams have guys like that? Or one on
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: either end.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: I know they're strong fits for us.
• 21:38
  Speaker 7: They fit what we want to do in our style.
• 21:40
  Speaker 7: You talk about wanting to be tough and physical. Pretty much,
• 21:44
  Speaker 7: if you just put those two words up, I think
• 21:47
  Speaker 7: those guys' pictures are pretty close to right next to
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: those definitions. I mean, that's how they play. I think, again,
• 21:55
  Speaker 7: everyone wants to talk about the sacks with Trayvon and Josh.
• 21:58
  Speaker 7: And everyone talks about, you know, Trayvon's numbers were down
• 22:01
  Speaker 7: last year. Maybe it was hurt or not, whatever. because
• 22:04
  Speaker 7: of the hand, and then Josh only had eight sacks,
• 22:07
  Speaker 7: and he had a down year.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: People aren't watching.
• 22:12
  Speaker 7: These guys impact the game of football on three downs.
• 22:17
  Speaker 7: It's not just, hey, they got a sack. Great, that's
• 22:19
  Speaker 7: one play. They play a high percentage of snaps. They
• 22:22
  Speaker 7: play over 75% of the game. And every snap they're
• 22:26
  Speaker 7: out there, they are someone you have to account for.
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: And so they impact the game in so many more
• 22:31
  Speaker 7: ways than people talk about. And I don't know where
• 22:35
  Speaker 7: they compare to other guys.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: I don't really care. I just know I'm glad they're Jaguars.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: They're strong fits for us. And, man, we both looked
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: at each other when Trey. So Deshaun ends up kind
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: of getting outside, and Trey was engaged.
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: Got cut.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Got cut.
• 22:50
  Speaker 4: And he pounced off the ground.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: Pounced. And the close. Like, can you imagine?
• 22:55
  Speaker 7: I said, what if that guy was chasing me?
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: 280.
• 22:58
  Speaker 5: 280 running like that.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: Can you imagine that?
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: I'm like, man, I'm not letting him hit me.
• 23:04
  Speaker 4: And full extension to get Deshaun, who's a big guy,
• 23:07
  Speaker 4: to run out of bounds two yards shy.
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: That was extremely impressive. But that says a lot about
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: who he is, the physical capacity, but also the urgency,
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: the tenacity, the aggressiveness, the will, the interest.
• 23:20
  Speaker 4: Like, to get up.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Off the ground, off of a cut, and just go,
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: that is a man on a mission.
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: They are hunting.
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: You talk about two guys that we talk a lot
• 23:32
  Speaker 7: about what it means to be a Jaguar, and there's
• 23:34
  Speaker 7: a standard. And Liam has set that standard and what
• 23:38
  Speaker 7: it means. We talk about being tough, physical, loving football, caring,
• 23:42
  Speaker 7: playing with passion, all the words we talk about. If
• 23:48
  Speaker 7: you really want to know what it means and what
• 23:50
  Speaker 7: we're looking for, I can give you a lot of guys.
• 23:52
  Speaker 7: I'm not going to go through everybody because we brought
• 23:54
  Speaker 7: up Trayvon and Josh. That's what we're looking for. That's
• 23:57
  Speaker 7: why James says they're a fit for us. Guys who care.
• 24:01
  Speaker 7: You go into a place like Denver and you're playing
• 24:03
  Speaker 7: a quality, high-end team. Again, in the AFC Championship game
• 24:07
  Speaker 7: last year. You know, in a game that, hey, we
• 24:10
  Speaker 7: talk about every week, most important game in the history
• 24:13
  Speaker 7: of the franchise coming up.
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: The guys you want to.
• 24:15
  Speaker 7: Go into that stadium with are guys like Trayvon and Josh.
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: And that's what we got. We're trying.
• 24:21
  Speaker 7: We got a group of guys on this team across
• 24:24
  Speaker 7: the board and on both sides of the ball that
• 24:26
  Speaker 7: just embody that type of style. And I think that
• 24:29
  Speaker 7: play that James just described. I mean, here we are
• 24:31
  Speaker 7: opening day. Jeff, you played the position. A lot of
• 24:34
  Speaker 7: guys get cut. And what I would say most guys
• 24:37
  Speaker 7: in that play, they're out of it. They're on the ground.
• 24:40
  Speaker 5: I probably would have stumbled.
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: I mean, but the quarterback's out of pocket.
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 24:45
  Speaker 7: And Trayvon, in talking to him, I remember talking about
• 24:47
  Speaker 7: the play. He's like, man, I didn't know if the
• 24:48
  Speaker 7: guy was coming to cut me. And all of a sudden,
• 24:50
  Speaker 7: next time he was cutting, he.
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: Goes, I got to get up.
• 24:52
  Speaker 7: And the urgency with which he played that snap, that's
• 24:56
  Speaker 7: what it means. That's what we're looking for. That's what
• 24:58
  Speaker 7: it means to play the game the right way, the
• 25:00
  Speaker 7: way we want to play as a team.
• 25:01
  Speaker 6: Yeah, the conditioning level of those two guys, you know,
• 25:04
  Speaker 6: it's like 110.
• 25:06
  Speaker 5: Real feel out there on the field.
• 25:08
  Speaker 4: Definitely.
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: You know, so.
• 25:10
  Speaker 7: You talk to Trayvon after the game, Mike, he's like, man,
• 25:13
  Speaker 7: I was feeling that.
• 25:14
  Speaker 6: I give him a lot of credit, you know, and
• 25:16
  Speaker 6: also along the lines of that same position. I mean,
• 25:18
  Speaker 6: Danny Strigo had a good game.
• 25:20
  Speaker 5: No doubt.
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: Strigo had a nice, you know, some open field stuff,
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: closing speed as well. You know, good day.
• 25:26
  Speaker 7: It's amazing what happens is you find people who care
• 25:29
  Speaker 7: and guys who want to strain.
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: Campy's line.
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: God rewards those who run to the football.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: That's exactly right.
• 25:37
  Speaker 4: That sounds like something that needs to be on the wall.
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: Oh, he says it's in the very back of the Bible.
• 25:41
  Speaker 5: I try to look real hard for.
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: It, but that's what he says.
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: Before we let you go, one of the guys that,
• 25:48
  Speaker 6: and there's not many guys in the league that are
• 25:51
  Speaker 6: like this, Ventrell Miller, when he hits offensive linemen, you
• 25:56
  Speaker 6: can watch them all going back to the huddle, adjusting
• 25:59
  Speaker 6: their helmet and adjusting their chin strap. I mean, he's
• 26:03
  Speaker 6: one of the most downhill, physical, hammerhead linebackers that's.
• 26:08
  Speaker 5: Fun to watch.
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: I love it. You know, you probably heard the term thumper,
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: and that is certainly the genre that you can categorize
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: Ventrell in. The best part about it is there has
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: been a ton of expansion to his game over the
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: course of this offseason, and I think that truly showed
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: up through certainly my lens and some of the some
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: of the other folks, Lenz, who post-game got a chance
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: to catch up with because he saw it so clean.
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: He was really in command of what runs were coming
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: at him, what plays were coming at him in coverage.
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: The aggressiveness to pursue and punch, that's an innate piece
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: to his game. It's certainly one that we're happy to
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: see show up in the way it did week one,
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: but got to be really happy with the improvements from
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: him that's something that he attacked he went about it
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: the right way and you know obviously it showed up
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: in in the results for his performance individually on.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: On Sunday because I think this is an important point.
• 27:12
  Speaker 7: In a world where everyone wants immediate gratification like hey
• 27:17
  Speaker 7: I you know whether it's any level of sports today
• 27:22
  Speaker 7: and we want it now like hey I deserve this
• 27:25
  Speaker 7: I'm entitled you know I get drafted or I'm in
• 27:28
  Speaker 7: I get a scholarship whatever Ventrell's a guy who's been here,
• 27:31
  Speaker 7: this is his fourth year, competed for the starting job
• 27:34
  Speaker 7: last year and ultimately got beat out. Came into camp
• 27:38
  Speaker 7: this year competing for a job, the starting job, and
• 27:41
  Speaker 7: won the job and started his first game in the
• 27:44
  Speaker 7: NFL and then proceeded to go out there and play
• 27:47
  Speaker 7: at a high level. Like that's what it's about. I mean,
• 27:50
  Speaker 7: you talk about a lot of guys that Might feel
• 27:52
  Speaker 7: sorry for themselves, pout, look down, you know, give up
• 27:56
  Speaker 7: or whatever. But this is a guy who's been here,
• 27:58
  Speaker 7: fought through injuries, tough times.
• 28:00
  Speaker 5: Achilles, by the way.
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: You know, not getting a chance.
• 28:02
  Speaker 5: Major injury.
• 28:03
  Speaker 7: Losing the starting job last year. Just kept on playing.
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: Told he's going to compete again. Comes and competes, does
• 28:10
  Speaker 7: everything James says, and then goes out, first start in
• 28:13
  Speaker 7: the NFL. And goes out and puts that performance on tape.
• 28:17
  Speaker 7: That's a lot of fun, and that's what it's about.
• 28:19
  Speaker 7: Looking forward now, here's the thing, though.
• 28:21
  Speaker 4: If you're Ventrell, the.
• 28:22
  Speaker 7: Challenge is bigger this week because now you get a
• 28:24
  Speaker 7: first chance to go start on the road in a
• 28:26
  Speaker 7: place in Denver.
• 28:26
  Speaker 5: It's loud. Now you have to, hey, another aspect.
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: You set a standard.
• 28:29
  Speaker 7: Well, you set a standard, but also another aspect of
• 28:32
  Speaker 7: your game is going to have to show up. Can
• 28:33
  Speaker 7: you communicate now when you can't hear? And now their
• 28:37
  Speaker 7: fans are pretty good at being quiet when they're on offense.
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: So maybe, but it's going to be a different environment.
• 28:42
  Speaker 7: It's going to be, it's going to be going, it's
• 28:43
  Speaker 7: going to be loud and it's going to be a
• 28:45
  Speaker 7: lot of fun. So, but I just got, I got
• 28:47
  Speaker 7: a ton of respect for guys like that that go
• 28:50
  Speaker 7: through the process and keep working the process and don't
• 28:53
  Speaker 7: give up and go through injuries and competitions where it
• 28:56
  Speaker 7: doesn't work out the way they're hoping. And then end
• 28:59
  Speaker 7: up going out there and proving, Hey, I can do this,
• 29:01
  Speaker 7: and I'm going to show you I can do it.
• 29:02
  Speaker 4: We can keep going. You've got a lot of guys
• 29:03
  Speaker 4: like that. Antonio Johnson pops to mind. But we're due
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: for a break, and you guys have to get back
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: to work.
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: You've got to go to work.
• 29:08
  Speaker 4: Thank you so much for stopping by. Appreciate the conversation.
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: Looking forward to it.
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: Sunday afternoon, 4.05, right here on the Jaguars Radio Network.
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: Jeff and I are back with more of Jags HQ
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: right after this.
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 29:24
  Speaker 4: Well, normally this time we would give you our UF
• 29:27
  Speaker 4: Health injury update, right? The injury report comes out. That's
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: brought to you, by the way, by UF Health, the
• 29:32
  Speaker 4: official health care provider of the Jacksonville Jaguars. But it's
• 29:35
  Speaker 4: kind of different this week because there's UF Health. Thanks, fellas.
• 29:38
  Speaker 4: We appreciate your help. with the injury report. It has
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: to go out. 4 o'clock local time. So the Jaguars
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: get to hold theirs a little bit longer, too. They
• 29:47
  Speaker 4: don't have to put theirs out until 6 o'clock local
• 29:49
  Speaker 4: time when you play different time zones. So we don't
• 29:53
  Speaker 4: have anything. We'll follow Marvin Mims, their kick returner, and R.J. Harvey,
• 29:56
  Speaker 4: their running back, who are the two most notable names.
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: And the Jaguars' report should be pretty light. I mean,
• 30:01
  Speaker 4: you've got a couple guys that are dealing with a
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: little bit of injury. But overall, B.J. Green notwithstanding, because
• 30:08
  Speaker 4: he's now on injured reserve, Pretty healthy football team going
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: into Week 2.
• 30:11
  Speaker 5: Did they fill the roster spot? They did.
• 30:13
  Speaker 4: They brought in a former second-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals, B.J. Ogilari.
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: Okay, so he's active roster.
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: No.
• 30:20
  Speaker 4: No, they brought Jack Kaiser up.
• 30:22
  Speaker 5: Kaiser's up.
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: From the practice squad.
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  Speaker 5: Ogilari's practice squad.
• 30:25
  Speaker 4: Ogilari goes to the practice squad. And Mark Duffner was
• 30:29
  Speaker 4: in here earlier, a longtime linebackers coach. Looked at him
• 30:31
  Speaker 4: a couple years ago when he was still coaching. And
• 30:34
  Speaker 4: he was coming out of LSU and really liked him.
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  Speaker 4: Thought he could not only help in terms of pass rush,
• 30:39
  Speaker 4: but special teams. And that's important because that's what B.J.
• 30:42
  Speaker 4: Green does. And if you're going to be without B.J.
• 30:43
  Speaker 4: Green for a while.
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  Speaker 5: Well, and that's what Jack Kaiser does well. Okay. So...
• 30:49
  Speaker 5: Hence the elevation from the practice squad there. Got it.
• 30:52
  Speaker 5: Have some problems on kickoff coverage?
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  Speaker 6: Okay, bring a guy in off the practice squad or
• 30:56
  Speaker 6: the active roster that can help.
• 30:58
  Speaker 4: He had a knee during training camp and didn't get
• 31:00
  Speaker 4: to practice at all. Which is why he didn't make
• 31:03
  Speaker 4: the active roster and went to the practice squad. So
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  Speaker 4: perhaps we'll see him this week as a solution to
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  Speaker 4: kickoff issues.
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  Speaker 5: Well, you hope.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, you hope he helps. One guy is not
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  Speaker 6: going to be the solution, though. On kickoff coverage, there's
• 31:16
  Speaker 6: multiple people that have to have an impact and play better.
• 31:19
  Speaker 4: Hey, this is interesting. I was just sent this by
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  Speaker 4: an informed source. Actually, it's on X now. Alumni flag plant.
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  Speaker 4: A Bronco legend makes his return to Empower Field for
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: the first time since creating playoff mile-high magic. Tim Tebow,
• 31:37
  Speaker 4: Jacksonville's own, will be the alumni flag planter for the
• 31:40
  Speaker 4: Jaguars versus the Broncos on Sunday. A little gamesmanship. Perhaps
• 31:45
  Speaker 4: they've been looking at this?
• 31:46
  Speaker 5: Maybe. Does it matter? I think it's great.
• 31:49
  Speaker 6: I mean, it's... I think the term legend gets bandied about.
• 31:53
  Speaker 6: I mean, they actually call me and Mike Hollis and
• 31:56
  Speaker 6: Brian Barker.
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  Speaker 4: I think maybe you're a little.
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  Speaker 5: They call us all legends.
• 32:02
  Speaker 4: Well, that's because the alumni program has been rebranded as legends.
• 32:05
  Speaker 5: It has been as legends.
• 32:05
  Speaker 6: And so we actually kind of scoff at the term
• 32:07
  Speaker 6: legends because we're like.
• 32:09
  Speaker 5: Yeah, in our own minds.
• 32:10
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 32:10
  Speaker 4: Well, listen, I would say that as well. Former first-round pick, though,
• 32:14
  Speaker 4: and he did have that throw to Demarius Thomas. That
• 32:16
  Speaker 4: he will always have as his own.
• 32:18
  Speaker 5: He's had some interesting throws other than that one, too.
• 32:22
  Speaker 4: You're going to have Jacksonville going, he's our favorite son.
• 32:26
  Speaker 4: And he is. He does great work here with the
• 32:28
  Speaker 4: Tim Tebow Foundation.
• 32:28
  Speaker 5: He's a great guy. Absolutely. I love his Heisman. The
• 32:32
  Speaker 5: commercials that they do now, the Heisman. I mean, they're
• 32:34
  Speaker 5: like epic.
• 32:35
  Speaker 4: Well, listen, what he does with... with fighting child trafficking. And,
• 32:41
  Speaker 4: I mean, he is a tremendous human being. I would
• 32:43
  Speaker 4: have him back.
• 32:43
  Speaker 5: Major asset.
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: Yeah, major asset to this community, and they're trying to
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: make the connection there. So just a little gamesmanship on
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: the part of the Broncos. He is going to plant
• 32:53
  Speaker 4: the Bronco flag on Sunday against the Jaguars. Let's take
• 32:56
  Speaker 4: a break. We'll come back and get back to real football.
• 32:58
  Speaker 4: When we return, you're listening to Jags HQ on the
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: Jaguars Radio Network.
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
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  Speaker 4: We're rolling right along here on a Thursday evening. And
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• 33:29
  Speaker 4: High Stadium. I still call it Mile High Stadium. It's
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: in Power Field at Mile High. It's not even the
• 33:32
  Speaker 4: same building as the old Mile High, which was an
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: erector set. They talk about it shaking now. You should
• 33:37
  Speaker 4: have been in the old building.
• 33:39
  Speaker 5: Well, aren't they talking about building another one? They are.
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: They've already got a new one.
• 33:42
  Speaker 5: Already started?
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: Well, I don't know if they've started Broken Ground, but
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: they've got all the funding in place. So it's going
• 33:47
  Speaker 4: to be a way. It's going to be over on
• 33:48
  Speaker 4: the other side of I-25. If you know Denver, you
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: have I-25 that runs north-south from Cheyenne down to Colorado Springs.
• 33:55
  Speaker 4: And then you have I-70 that sort of intersects crossing
• 33:57
  Speaker 4: the entire country. It's going to be sort of on
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: that northeast quadrant, north and east of downtown.
• 34:03
  Speaker 5: So.
• 34:04
  Speaker 4: By the way, a lot.
• 34:05
  Speaker 6: Of times when you have a new stadium that's built,
• 34:08
  Speaker 6: you can lose a little bit of the luster of.
• 34:11
  Speaker 5: Kind of that feel. The lore, yeah.
• 34:13
  Speaker 6: I don't think that they ever lost anything going from
• 34:16
  Speaker 6: the original Mile High to the stadium they're in now,
• 34:18
  Speaker 6: Empire Field.
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 34:20
  Speaker 5: No, I don't. I mean, there's a lot of stadiums
• 34:22
  Speaker 5: that I think that like three rivers. The old Three
• 34:26
  Speaker 5: Rivers was like magical.
• 34:27
  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
• 34:28
  Speaker 5: And then Hines Field is not the same.
• 34:30
  Speaker 4: I don't think so. And any old-time Steelers fan will
• 34:32
  Speaker 4: tell you it's not the same. That was a bull ring,
• 34:34
  Speaker 4: and you felt like you were trapped.
• 34:35
  Speaker 5: But Mile High and the new Mile High, I think
• 34:39
  Speaker 5: it took a step up.
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: Speaking of Colorado football, you have a former Colorado Buffalo
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: making his first trip back. Because remember, he was on
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: injured reserve last year and didn't play in the game
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: on December the 21st. Travis Hunter, what did you see
• 34:53
  Speaker 4: from him on Sunday, and what do you expect from
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: him going forward?
• 34:57
  Speaker 6: Well, it was kind of surprising that he didn't get
• 35:01
  Speaker 6: a ton of snaps, but I think the game flow
• 35:03
  Speaker 6: kind of dictated the number of snaps that he got.
• 35:06
  Speaker 6: Coming back from an injury and you're playing multiple guys,
• 35:10
  Speaker 6: I expect him to have a bigger dose on defense,
• 35:14
  Speaker 6: and I also expect him to have maybe a bigger
• 35:17
  Speaker 6: dose on offense, depending on game flow. If it's a
• 35:20
  Speaker 6: competitive game, I think both of those numbers will increase significantly.
• 35:24
  Speaker 6: And if there was a game you'd like to have
• 35:26
  Speaker 6: him at cornerback, this would be it. Zutton's a very
• 35:30
  Speaker 6: good football player. Jalen Waddell's got speed to burn. And
• 35:34
  Speaker 6: so I think he'll be a person that you can
• 35:37
  Speaker 6: put on either one of those guys and man and
• 35:41
  Speaker 6: have supreme confidence with.
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: Can he play either side? In other words, will they
• 35:44
  Speaker 4: ask him to travel?
• 35:45
  Speaker 6: I think he can. I think that wouldn't even be
• 35:48
  Speaker 6: a question. But is it something that they want to
• 35:51
  Speaker 6: do with the other guy?
• 35:52
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know.
• 35:53
  Speaker 5: You know, because, I mean, if you do.
• 35:55
  Speaker 6: That, then you're also factoring in, well, can the other
• 35:58
  Speaker 6: guy that we're asking to switch sides do the same thing?
• 36:00
  Speaker 5: I don't know. But we'll see.
• 36:04
  Speaker 4: Did you see anything that stood out, though, in terms
• 36:06
  Speaker 4: of his just natural ability? I know the Browns don't
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: have many threats.
• 36:12
  Speaker 6: The gap that he allows in coverage, whether it's zone
• 36:16
  Speaker 6: or man– is just so much tighter than others. And
• 36:21
  Speaker 6: the reason why is because he's got, I mean, just
• 36:24
  Speaker 6: high-end makeup speed. And so he has no fear of
• 36:28
  Speaker 6: getting run past. For example, like the one to Monteric
• 36:32
  Speaker 6: at the end of the ball game. The chance of
• 36:34
  Speaker 6: that happening on Travis is pretty small just because he
• 36:39
  Speaker 6: can close that gap in an instant because he has
• 36:43
  Speaker 6: elite speed. And nobody really knows how fast he runs
• 36:46
  Speaker 6: because he never times.
• 36:47
  Speaker 4: Well, we had that clip of video of him running
• 36:49
  Speaker 4: 22.6 miles an hour, if you recall, right before training
• 36:52
  Speaker 4: camp because they blew it up all over social media,
• 36:54
  Speaker 4: and it was the first thing he wanted to talk
• 36:56
  Speaker 4: about when he came over to the media is 22.6.
• 36:57
  Speaker 4: That's pretty fast.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, listen. I think the highest I had was like 22.1,
• 37:02
  Speaker 5: you know? Just joking.
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: I was going to say, when?
• 37:05
  Speaker 5: When? Never.
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: Bring it, big boy.
• 37:07
  Speaker 5: On my moped.
• 37:08
  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, driving, driving in your truck. Let's take a break.
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  Speaker 4: We'll come back. We've got a couple more segments here.
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  Speaker 4: You are listening to Jags HQ. And you are listening
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: here on a Thursday evening on the Jaguars Radio Network.
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 37:29
  Speaker 4: Well, you can cheer on the Jaguars. They'll travel to Denver.
• 37:32
  Speaker 4: You travel to Ponte Vedra and Mr. Chubby's Wings for
• 37:36
  Speaker 4: the official away game watch party against the Broncos. You'll
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: have the best wings in town, plus members of the Roar.
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: Jackson DeVille will stop by. You can win autographed items
• 37:45
  Speaker 4: and game tickets, all while soaking up a lively atmosphere.
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: with fellow Jags fans, Mr. Chubby's Wings, proud partner of
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: the Jacksonville Jaguars. And it doesn't say it, but I'll
• 37:54
  Speaker 4: add it. Jeff Lagerman can't enjoy the Wings this week.
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: He'll be in Denver. But you can. So go and
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: do that.
• 38:01
  Speaker 5: Yeah, game day.
• 38:01
  Speaker 6: Get you some of them and pony up right in
• 38:04
  Speaker 6: front of the TV and let's go.
• 38:05
  Speaker 4: Here we go. With the radio on.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: Of course.
• 38:07
  Speaker 4: All right, let's do that one. A couple more segments here.
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  Speaker 4: We have just touched on the offensive line briefly. We
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: talked about the tackles. How about the interior three in particular?
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  Speaker 4: The rookie, you were one of the first people to
• 38:19
  Speaker 4: tell me, watch 75 when training camp opened. How did
• 38:22
  Speaker 4: Emmanuel Pregnon do through your eyes, and what's the matchup
• 38:25
  Speaker 4: look like for him this week?
• 38:26
  Speaker 5: Well, he had a real good first game.
• 38:28
  Speaker 6: I think there was a couple things on pulls that
• 38:31
  Speaker 6: he would probably like to have back. But, I mean,
• 38:33
  Speaker 6: for the most part, his pass protection and the movement
• 38:36
  Speaker 6: that he gets is exceptional. Ezra Cleveland is, I think,
• 38:42
  Speaker 6: playing better than he ever has at right guard.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 6: And so it's kind of the benefit is twofold in
• 38:50
  Speaker 6: that you have a hell of a player in Emmanuel
• 38:52
  Speaker 6: Pregnon that can move people. And then you got to,
• 38:56
  Speaker 6: a nasty guy that's playing at the right side that's
• 38:59
  Speaker 6: playing as good as he ever has for this football team.
• 39:01
  Speaker 4: Have we told the story already about the touchdown pass
• 39:04
  Speaker 4: to Parker Washington and Cole Van Lannen was set for
• 39:08
  Speaker 4: the bull rush? You started that. I don't know whether
• 39:09
  Speaker 4: you finished the story or not.
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  Speaker 6: So, anytime you have a guy that's coming back from
• 39:14
  Speaker 6: a significant knee, a defensive lineman, if he's got any
• 39:17
  Speaker 6: sense about him, is going to try to power rush
• 39:19
  Speaker 6: the guy coming back from a knee injury just to
• 39:22
  Speaker 6: see if the guy has confidence that he can do it.
• 39:25
  Speaker 6: And If I was approaching a game, I'd probably bull
• 39:28
  Speaker 6: rush the first three or four times.
• 39:30
  Speaker 5: On a guy.
• 39:31
  Speaker 6: And one of the guys for the Cleveland Browns comes
• 39:35
  Speaker 6: to bull rush Cole on that very drive. And he
• 39:40
  Speaker 6: started knocking Cole back. And Cole was actually starting to
• 39:43
  Speaker 6: set the anchor pretty well. And here comes the guard
• 39:47
  Speaker 6: from inside out and Ezra Cleveland just smoked the guy.
• 39:51
  Speaker 5: And it was cool.
• 39:52
  Speaker 6: Because it was almost as if Ezra was aware that
• 39:57
  Speaker 6: that may happen and And he never really took his
• 40:01
  Speaker 6: side vision off of that guy because he's trying to
• 40:04
  Speaker 6: protect and help Hainsey and Cole. But he had his
• 40:09
  Speaker 6: eyes somewhat glued on the guy that was going after Cole.
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: He declated him.
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  Speaker 5: He crushed him.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, he almost dead roached him.
• 40:16
  Speaker 5: He crushed him.
• 40:16
  Speaker 6: And the great thing about something like that is that
• 40:19
  Speaker 6: now for the next 100 reps that this guy tries
• 40:22
  Speaker 6: to bull rush Cole Van Lannen, what's he thinking?
• 40:25
  Speaker 5: Ezra Cleveland's going to come and smack me in the ribs.
• 40:29
  Speaker 6: And it's going to slow you down. And so I
• 40:32
  Speaker 6: thought that was cool. And it was cool because it
• 40:34
  Speaker 6: was like, hey, don't do that to my guy.
• 40:38
  Speaker 4: That's what you expect for an offensive line.
• 40:39
  Speaker 5: Absolutely.
• 40:40
  Speaker 4: Tell me about his pass protection. Not Ezra. Pregnant. How
• 40:43
  Speaker 4: do you do a pass pro?
• 40:44
  Speaker 5: He's just so balanced.
• 40:47
  Speaker 6: And I had concerns about him from watching his college film.
• 40:51
  Speaker 6: I was like, boy, is he going to have the
• 40:53
  Speaker 6: feet to do it? But he reminds me a lot
• 40:57
  Speaker 6: of the old veteran savvy guy that just never gets
• 41:01
  Speaker 6: off balance, that just keeps his balance and his spacing
• 41:05
  Speaker 6: in such a way that he's never out of position.
• 41:09
  Speaker 6: And because he's so strong, he can stay upright without leaning.
• 41:14
  Speaker 6: He sets the anchor incredibly well. He's got so much
• 41:18
  Speaker 6: to offer, and I think he's only going to get better.
• 41:21
  Speaker 6: But it's a very rare trait. that he has and
• 41:25
  Speaker 6: that he can move people. There's a lot of offensive
• 41:28
  Speaker 6: linemen that don't get the movement that he gets in
• 41:31
  Speaker 6: this game.
• 41:31
  Speaker 4: How do you think he fares against Zach Allen?
• 41:34
  Speaker 5: That's a great test.
• 41:36
  Speaker 6: Zach Allen is a very accomplished pass rusher in the middle.
• 41:39
  Speaker 6: He gets more hits on the quarterback than arguably anybody
• 41:43
  Speaker 6: in the National Football League.
• 41:45
  Speaker 4: He got 47 last year.
• 41:46
  Speaker 6: I think some of them are borderline late, like I
• 41:48
  Speaker 6: said earlier. But that will be a test. Wouldn't be
• 41:51
  Speaker 6: a bit surprised if they put him right over Emmanuel.
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: And I think E-Man can handle it, but it's going
• 41:57
  Speaker 6: to be a great test.
• 41:59
  Speaker 4: Hey, let me just go through one thing real quick.
• 42:01
  Speaker 4: The injury report is out a few minutes before 6 o'clock.
• 42:05
  Speaker 4: For the Jaguars, LaQuinta Allen was limited for the second
• 42:08
  Speaker 4: straight day. Jacoby Myers, limited. Foye, limited. Pardon me, limited.
• 42:14
  Speaker 4: Brian Thomas, limited, and Colvin Landon, limited. So nothing's changed
• 42:18
  Speaker 4: for the Jags. Full participation for Jonah Ellis, a linebacker,
• 42:22
  Speaker 4: and Troy Franklin, a wide receiver. R.J. Harvey did not practice,
• 42:26
  Speaker 4: the running back from UCF. He did not practice yesterday,
• 42:30
  Speaker 4: limited today. And Marvin Mims, the elite return man with
• 42:35
  Speaker 4: a foot. Consecutive days, did not participate.
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  Speaker 5: That's a big one.
• 42:39
  Speaker 4: That's one to follow.
• 42:40
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a big one.
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: We'll take a break. Come back and wrap up Jags
• 42:43
  Speaker 4: HQ here on a Thursday in advance of the Jaguars
• 42:45
  Speaker 4: trip to Mile High. Back after this on Jaguars Radio.
• 42:54
  Speaker 4: And we're back to finish up Jags HQ. Brian Sexton
• 42:57
  Speaker 4: along with Jeff Lagerman. And you know, over the course
• 42:59
  Speaker 4: of this hour, we have talked about every player, I think,
• 43:02
  Speaker 4: except the quarterback.
• 43:05
  Speaker 6: Well, I mean, we've I think there's been so much
• 43:08
  Speaker 6: conversation about him and he's been exceptional and he's playing
• 43:11
  Speaker 6: at a high level. I mean, he's been tremendous and
• 43:15
  Speaker 6: it's going to be a very difficult challenge for the
• 43:17
  Speaker 6: Denver Broncos to have an answer to Trevor Lawrence just
• 43:20
  Speaker 6: because the way he's playing and the number of weapons
• 43:22
  Speaker 6: that he has and the balance that the offense is
• 43:25
  Speaker 6: playing with.
• 43:25
  Speaker 4: That's where I was going. He has so many options.
• 43:28
  Speaker 4: Grant Udinski and Liam Cohen have so many options in
• 43:31
  Speaker 4: play design and we really haven't even seen them really
• 43:36
  Speaker 4: break anything out they didn't have to they had such
• 43:37
  Speaker 4: a big lead you know why show anybody anything.
• 43:40
  Speaker 6: Yeah the uh here's the question is i think this
• 43:42
  Speaker 6: is going to be pretty cool because i mean right
• 43:44
  Speaker 6: now the jaguars are the afc west champions from last.
• 43:47
  Speaker 4: Year that's right they went undefeated that's.
• 43:49
  Speaker 6: Right so we have a match-up of the two afc
• 43:53
  Speaker 6: west champions again.
• 43:55
  Speaker 4: Here we go we should put that on a meme
• 43:57
  Speaker 4: and put it out there right next to the tebow
• 43:58
  Speaker 4: stuff jeff logan Thanks so much. Have a great broadcast
• 44:01
  Speaker 4: on Sunday. We'll talk to you from Empower Field at
• 44:04
  Speaker 4: Mile High for James Gladstone, Tony Buscelli for our entire
• 44:07
  Speaker 4: broadcast crew. We appreciate you joining us and we will
• 44:11
  Speaker 4: talk to you on Sunday, 10 a.m. Eastern time for
• 44:14
  Speaker 4: the Publix Tailgate Show. Here we go. Week two, Jaguars
• 44:18
  Speaker 4: and Broncos. Enjoy it, folks. Talk to you Sunday.