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Press Pass | Christian Kirk: “We persevered... ” · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I think we've obviously made tremendous strides. Um.
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  Speaker 1: The month of October was tough for us. UM, but
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  Speaker 1: when you look back to it all, for all of us, it's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, something that we went through. We persevered, and
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  Speaker 1: we came out on the better side of And since
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  Speaker 1: we you know, went through that, I think whenever we
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  Speaker 1: get in these type of games and things may not
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  Speaker 1: be going right, momentum is kind of not going our
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  Speaker 1: way and you know we may be down. Nobody blinks,
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  Speaker 1: you know, nobody hesitates, you know, no no negative thoughts
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  Speaker 1: you know go into our minds, and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we just know that if we just keep chipping away
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  Speaker 1: at it, you know, things will go our way. And um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, personally, I think that tonight wasn't our best performance,
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  Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, it's all about
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  Speaker 1: how you finish and getting wins, you know, especially this
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  Speaker 1: late in the season. So just so happy and proud
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  Speaker 1: of everybody the way that they fought and um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just glad that we were able to get this way
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  Speaker 1: to get in And Christian, can you, if possible describe
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  Speaker 1: for us what it was like walking into that locker
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  Speaker 1: room after this game, the emotion and and you know
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  Speaker 1: just sort of the picture being the champs after being
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  Speaker 1: so far behind the A ball. Yeah, unbelievable. Just um,
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  Speaker 1: you can just see all the joy and you know
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  Speaker 1: that type of energy comes from all the amount of
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  Speaker 1: hard work and dedication and sacrifice you know, by each
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  Speaker 1: and every person you know in this building to get
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  Speaker 1: to this point and for it to pay off. It's
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  Speaker 1: just it's it's an incredible feeling. And to be able
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  Speaker 1: to share that moment um, you know, everybody in this
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  Speaker 1: building that's a part of this, uh deserves to feel that.
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  Speaker 1: And like I said, just um, you know so happy
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  Speaker 1: that uh, you know, we get to enjoy that, enjoy
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  Speaker 1: this moment and um, you know, start start keep working
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  Speaker 1: towards our goals that you know we've put in front
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  Speaker 1: of us. Congratulations Christian. The Cowboys game, you guys are
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  Speaker 1: able to win and walk off fashion defensively, and it
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  Speaker 1: looks like tonight the defense led to the final points again.
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  Speaker 1: So this team is found proved only putting that they
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  Speaker 1: could do well offensively to win games. But what about
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts about the way the defense has been able
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  Speaker 1: to pull off game winning points and to enable you
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  Speaker 1: to come away with these triumphs. Yeah, I mean you
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  Speaker 1: said they want us the game tonight. Um. They've been
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  Speaker 1: incredible these past couple of weeks. And you know, tonight, offensively,
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  Speaker 1: we had our struggles. Um didn't put our best foot forward,
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  Speaker 1: but uh, defense just kept chucking away and they put
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  Speaker 1: us in position and kept us in the game the
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  Speaker 1: whole entire time. And you know, they got so many
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  Speaker 1: guys over there that just make plays and their energy
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  Speaker 1: and you know it's for us offensively, just you know,
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  Speaker 1: watching them and feeding off of their energy. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they set the tone tonight and you know just uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, obviously very glad to to to be on
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  Speaker 1: their team and just to be able to watch them work.
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  Speaker 1: And like I said, they want us the game tonight. Um, Christian, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you and s Jones were the first Jaguar Whiteout teammates
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  Speaker 1: since two thousand one Jimmy Smith and Kenny McCardell to
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  Speaker 1: both have eighty receptions in the same season. How are
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  Speaker 1: both of you able to develop such synergy and chemistry
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  Speaker 1: with Trevor Lawrence Um this year to be able to
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  Speaker 1: do that, Yeah, I mean Trevor is such a mature guy,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, the communication part was really easy. UM,
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  Speaker 1: just connecting with him and you know, me and Za
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  Speaker 1: have had you know, a private relationship to to coming here,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, just Za's work ethic and his approach
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  Speaker 1: and his his unique ability to be able to communicate
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  Speaker 1: what he's seeing and uh, you know, just have relationships
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  Speaker 1: throughout the locker room has just been amazing and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just really happy for him and all the personal success
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  Speaker 1: he's had and you know, just being able to you know,
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  Speaker 1: connect with Trevor and make the plays when they're supposed
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  Speaker 1: to come to us. UM. That's why we're here, and
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  Speaker 1: that's you know, we're we're here to help you know,
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  Speaker 1: us in games like this, and uh, you know it's
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  Speaker 1: been great to see. Yeah, Christian Um. Obviously you weren't
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  Speaker 1: here Um last season. But something Doug was talking about
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  Speaker 1: when you know, taking this job was having to kind
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  Speaker 1: of rebuild the rebuild the trust, kind of regain the
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  Speaker 1: trust to that locker room. UM. And he feels like
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  Speaker 1: that trust has grown from your perspective as a player
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  Speaker 1: and one who was on a different team last season.
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  Speaker 1: What has Doug or his staff been able to do
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  Speaker 1: to cultivate trust, Um and buying um in in your
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  Speaker 1: in the locker room. Yeah, you know, I just think
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  Speaker 1: Doug's an incredible leader. And uh, you know, when you're
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  Speaker 1: an incredible leader like that, there's a lot of traits
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  Speaker 1: that you have to possess, and you know, one of
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  Speaker 1: the ones that he has is just connecting with everybody.
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  Speaker 1: You know, he connects with everybody within the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: He treats us fair, and he sticks to his word.
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  Speaker 1: He's always thinking about us, and he puts us first.
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  Speaker 1: And to have a coach like that, and you know
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  Speaker 1: who's always gonna put you in the right position to succeed,
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  Speaker 1: it's he's pretty easy to buy into. And then you
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  Speaker 1: know when he keeps manifesting and and telling us it's
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  Speaker 1: it's always gonna be about us, and it's gonna come
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  Speaker 1: down to week eighteen, and you know, he's saying these
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  Speaker 1: things that you know, maybe in other times, you know,
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  Speaker 1: guys may not believe, but when it's coming to fruition
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  Speaker 1: and it starts happening, it's pretty easy to buy into that.
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  Speaker 1: And you just know that if you just stick to
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  Speaker 1: the course and stick to what we're trying to do here,
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  Speaker 1: you know, all the all the goals and all the
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  Speaker 1: things we're trying to accomplish. What happened, So you know,
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  Speaker 1: he's done an incredible job. And you know, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: he's just an easy guy to buy into. And I know,
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  Speaker 1: you know, everybody in this locker room is, you know,
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  Speaker 1: very grateful to be able to play for him. Thanks,
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  Speaker 1: Thanks guys,