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Press Pass | Heath Farwell Debriefs on Pro Bowl Selections, Jaguars' Special Teams in 2024 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Tell us about Ross and Logan kind of seasons they've
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  Speaker 1: had to make. They both been outstanding. You know, they're
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  Speaker 1: the way they work every single day, they work together.
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  Speaker 1: They care about each other. You see the work they
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  Speaker 1: put in and then it shows up on the field. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: they've been outstanding. I mean they've been, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: best in the game. I'm not surprised at all, but
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  Speaker 1: I see him every day, So that's a big part
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  Speaker 1: of it. Logan had a fantastic year. His ability to
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  Speaker 1: control the the returners with all those different punts he has. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's you know, it's a problem for other coordinators. I
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  Speaker 1: have more people come up to me in pregame and
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  Speaker 1: talk about, you know, talk about Logan. So Uh, it's
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  Speaker 1: a it's a respect he gets across the league. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: And both those guys are just fantastic players. Uh. That
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  Speaker 1: were It's it's great to have him here. They're great
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  Speaker 1: to work with. I think one of the cooler things
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  Speaker 1: they've done is taking Cam under you know, under their wing.
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  Speaker 1: He's like a little brother to him. They brought them along.
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  Speaker 1: It was something we had talked about when we first
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  Speaker 1: you know, we first drafted them. I said, you guys
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  Speaker 1: are gonna I'm gonna challenge you, guys, you're gonna have
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  Speaker 1: to help this kid. And they they've done it in
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  Speaker 1: more and you know, they they get along great. They
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  Speaker 1: have them over for dinner, They do all these things
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  Speaker 1: with them off the field, and then when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to playing, they set the table for them. Perfect snaps,
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  Speaker 1: good hold and all those things show up. That really
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  Speaker 1: gives him the best chance to be successful. And he's
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  Speaker 1: been outstanding as well. So three of the best specialists
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  Speaker 1: in the league. Uh, I'm very fortunate. I mean, this
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  Speaker 1: is a great group, you know, that group, those three guys,
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  Speaker 1: and then even the core guys. I'm very lucky Daniel Thomas,
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  Speaker 1: Tim Jones, Caleb Johnson. Uh, covering for covering for those guys, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, covering those punts, controlling the net, all that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, all that stuff is a big part of
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  Speaker 1: what they're doing. So again, I love the group. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: They just they play hard every play. They just do
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  Speaker 1: it the right way. Smart enough. Didn't swing a snappers
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  Speaker 1: what sits ross apart, because clearly he's the guy that
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  Speaker 1: will lead respects. Why, I mean, let's start out with
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  Speaker 1: a snap. I mean, he's had great snaps all year.
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  Speaker 1: He's been fantastic in that and that's a that's a
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  Speaker 1: big part you don't want to overlook. Uh. I think
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  Speaker 1: what separates him from most snappers is coverage. His you know,
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  Speaker 1: him covering down, covering down the field. It's like a
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  Speaker 1: linebacker on a punt team, Uh, covering down the field.
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  Speaker 1: He's a you know, he's an actual tackler where teams
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  Speaker 1: have to account for him. They have to block you
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  Speaker 1: literally have to block him. And across the league there's
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  Speaker 1: not very many snappers, if any, that really get blocked.
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  Speaker 1: You know, that's the freed up player. Uh. That that
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  Speaker 1: that kind of let they let run free and if
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  Speaker 1: he makes the tackle, great, but Ross gets accounting for.
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  Speaker 1: So that's it just shows you the respect of him
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  Speaker 1: being a factor in coverage and and and it's a
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  Speaker 1: big part of our coverage. You know, he's a he's
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  Speaker 1: saved the day a million times for us of just
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  Speaker 1: guys spread in the net. And then he's a big
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  Speaker 1: part of the tackle and has made some cool plays
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  Speaker 1: for us, uh since we've been here. So he's that's
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  Speaker 1: what separates me. Were you part of letting them know
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  Speaker 1: or it dog just call them? Or how were you notified.
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  Speaker 1: I was notified the other day. Uh. It was hard
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  Speaker 1: to keep it as a secret. Uh. We brought Cam
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  Speaker 1: in and and and kind of worked with him. Uh
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  Speaker 1: did in a special teams meeting. Cam did a little
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  Speaker 1: presentation and the only way Cam could do uh. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: But at the end of it, once he got to
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  Speaker 1: the point, Uh, it was a special a special part
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  Speaker 1: of it. And uh, you know, I mean you could
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  Speaker 1: see how excited how much they had worked for it,
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  Speaker 1: you know they were. It was so emotional for for
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  Speaker 1: Logan and Ross because it is important to him. These
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  Speaker 1: guys work so hard, you know, to be a probow
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  Speaker 1: to be honored by you know, across the league. It's
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  Speaker 1: such a big deal. So to have Cam, who was
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  Speaker 1: a big part of their success as well, Uh, to
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  Speaker 1: present it to him. It was cool for the group,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in the middle of the special teams meeting,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it happened, and then of course everybody coming,
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  Speaker 1: you know, giving them hugs and all. That was really
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  Speaker 1: cool because it kind of brought brought it all together
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  Speaker 1: of Hey, these guys are a big part of why
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  Speaker 1: they're there. Uh, And it was just it was a
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  Speaker 1: cool moment for for the group. Are you surprised, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: this is Logan's first rouble. I am. I am, because
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  Speaker 1: he's you know, he's had some fantastic years in the
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  Speaker 1: past and and and he could have gone other years,
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  Speaker 1: I believe, Uh, But you know, sometimes that's just how
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  Speaker 1: it works out, and sometimes it takes a year or two.
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  Speaker 1: We've you know, you've had some good players that don't
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  Speaker 1: exactly get it right away, and sometimes you just got
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  Speaker 1: to keep working at it and keep improving and keep
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  Speaker 1: doing all those things, and keep doing it consistently consistently,
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  Speaker 1: which he has so uh something it takes longer than others.
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  Speaker 1: But you knew eventually he would do it and be honored. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, I get more coaches across the league
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  Speaker 1: telling me how, you know, how good he is and
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  Speaker 1: how talented he is, and you know, and I even
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  Speaker 1: had some coaches say I'm voting for him that kind
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  Speaker 1: of thing. So I'm not surprised. How press have you
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  Speaker 1: been with Cam and just what he's been able to
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  Speaker 1: do this year. Sometimes it could be tough for uh,
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  Speaker 1: for for rookies to come in and have that success.
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  Speaker 1: It is tough, and I think a lot of you
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  Speaker 1: here with rookies, you get the rookie wall and some
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  Speaker 1: of those things. And it happens with kickers as well,
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  Speaker 1: just like any other position. We haven't seen that he's
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  Speaker 1: been great, but he's locked in. That's one thing he is.
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  Speaker 1: He's very focused. Uh. He cares so much. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he still comes up every day and watches film and
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  Speaker 1: all those things. He's still working like he did in
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  Speaker 1: the spring. And so I'm not surprised he's so consistent.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to be great. It's important to him. Those
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  Speaker 1: are great traits, uh, to be a good kicker, and
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  Speaker 1: and and just the mindset he has hasn't waivered since
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  Speaker 1: he's been here. Yeah, go ahead, Sorry, did you get
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  Speaker 1: a scooter? No, no scooter for me. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: they trust me on one. No scooter for me for
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  Speaker 1: the most part. Right generally, Yes, where's Cam fall in
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  Speaker 1: the different scale there among the guys you worts with,
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  Speaker 1: Cam is quirky and I mean this that in a
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  Speaker 1: great way. But what he's different, I think is the
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  Speaker 1: guys love him. He's just himself all the time. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: So he's one of the you know, one of the
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  Speaker 1: favorite guys on the team. Even as a rookie. Some
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  Speaker 1: of the things he does. He just fits in just
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  Speaker 1: with his quirkiness and and just playful young you know,
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  Speaker 1: young rookie. Uh that he that he's well liked. You know,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes kickers don't quite fit in as much. That's not
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  Speaker 1: the case with Cam. The players all love him, from
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  Speaker 1: the specialist to the offensive defensive line. Uh. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's just fits in to this team as good as anybody.
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  Speaker 1: So he's different in that way. Change your head and
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  Speaker 1: just like, hey, we gotta like can we like brain
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  Speaker 1: that in a little bit at all? Or no. From
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  Speaker 1: the moment I met him, you know, when I flew
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  Speaker 1: out to Arkansas, I saw that same you know, that
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  Speaker 1: same uh you know energy in him and just the
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  Speaker 1: excitement and the passion in him. Uh and and I
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  Speaker 1: think he embraced that. I think that's what I loved
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  Speaker 1: about him. I knew the mindset and and and and
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  Speaker 1: where he was headed. And he was a guy that
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  Speaker 1: uh you know, I had him as the top kicker
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  Speaker 1: in the in the class for a reason. I really
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  Speaker 1: felt that it was part of his talent was there,
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  Speaker 1: but it was the mindset. It was all the other
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  Speaker 1: things that he did that that I believed he was
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  Speaker 1: the best kicker, and I still believe that he is.
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  Speaker 1: He's so talented and but it's the mindset