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Jags A.M. Podcast Ep. 242 | Jaguars Week 1 Hot Takes and Fan Questions · Jags A.M.

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  Speaker 1: Welcome into Jag Zam.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Hanani Stevens, Brian Sexton, John Ogier with me, and
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  Speaker 2: we are back for our first episode of the 2026
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  Speaker 2: regular season. Jaguars are going to play football this week,
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  Speaker 2: and we are very, very excited about it. Today's show
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  Speaker 2: brought to you by Lowe's, but let's get into our
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  Speaker 2: big things brought to you by GEHA.
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  Speaker 1: Government Employees Health Association.
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  Speaker 2: Big thing number one is finally, we've been here for
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  Speaker 2: weeks doing training camp, preseason, but Brian, they're going to
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  Speaker 2: play real football on Sunday in week one.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I don't think anybody can wait. You know, last
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  Speaker 3: season ended with just such a, it just felt like
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  Speaker 3: a letdown because they'd been building, John, for eight weeks.
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  Speaker 3: And we saw the offense go from one that was
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  Speaker 3: struggling to get its footing to one of the best
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  Speaker 3: in the league. We saw a defense that two years
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  Speaker 3: ago couldn't get a takeaway. And last year, was second
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  Speaker 3: in the league with 31. It was building with such
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  Speaker 3: great momentum. And then like that, it was over. So
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  Speaker 3: I know personally for me, I can't recall the last
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  Speaker 3: time that I went from the end of one season
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  Speaker 3: to the beginning of the next. So looking forward to
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  Speaker 3: see where this would be, because as all the coaches said,
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  Speaker 3: you don't leave the rock at the top of the hill.
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  Speaker 3: It goes back down. You got to push it all
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  Speaker 3: the way back up. And that process starts this week
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  Speaker 3: against the Browns.
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  Speaker 4: All right, ready? Put it on. Let's go. Football, baby.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's real. I mean, it is exciting. Everything
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  Speaker 4: Brian said is exactly true. I thought the tone was
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  Speaker 4: set all offseason by Liam Cohen immediately realizing last year's over.
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  Speaker 4: They have to get back to the top. All that stuff.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, more importantly, you never felt the vibe in
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  Speaker 4: the building. You never felt the vibe talking to players
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  Speaker 4: that there was a danger of them thinking, well, we
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  Speaker 4: did this last year. It's a year-to-year league, but I
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  Speaker 4: got some more things to say later on in the
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  Speaker 4: show about how people perceive this team, the weirdness of it.
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  Speaker 4: But it's week one. We're ready to go, Kai.
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  Speaker 1: Let's do it. Our second big thing is get ready.
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  Speaker 2: Now, they had an extra week this year, kind of
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  Speaker 2: a bye week of sorts before the regular season starts.
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  Speaker 2: That makes us all the more excited to actually see
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  Speaker 2: them out there. But it gives a little extra time
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  Speaker 2: for some of those guys that are banged up right now. So, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: Colvin Landon coming off that knee surgery in the offseason. And, John,
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  Speaker 2: also LaQuinn Allen, who's been dealing with a soft tissue injury,
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  Speaker 2: helps him get a little bit more ready. You think
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  Speaker 2: we'll see either of those guys in week one?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I talked to Buscelli right before this last weekend,
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  Speaker 4: and he voiced sort of the opposite of what you
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  Speaker 4: just said. He was a player in the 90s, Brian,
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  Speaker 4: so he was ready to go because once that cut
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  Speaker 4: list is gone. So, he said, John, I did. It
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  Speaker 4: almost makes me a little nervous. But the second side
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  Speaker 4: of that is it does give a chance to get
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  Speaker 4: guys ready. And I think we'll find out about Cole
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  Speaker 4: Van Lannen on Wednesday when he practices or doesn't practice.
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  Speaker 4: I think that'll be a good indication. It's hard to
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  Speaker 4: imagine him playing if he doesn't practice after all this time.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: I kind of get the idea. I haven't asked about
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  Speaker 4: LeQuint specifically. I kind of get the idea that maybe
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  Speaker 4: a couple of weeks out, But that's what the injury
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  Speaker 4: report on Wednesday is about. Those are my guesses, Brian.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and I'm with you, especially, listen, if you don't
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  Speaker 3: practice during the week, it doesn't matter what position you play,
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  Speaker 3: you are not up to speed and ready to go
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  Speaker 3: on Sunday. And, Kai, we're talking about a guy that
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  Speaker 3: didn't do any teamwork at all during training camp. So
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  Speaker 3: I wouldn't be surprised if he was a guy that
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  Speaker 3: was two or three weeks away as well, John, because
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  Speaker 3: they've got depth. They can put Walker Little, who really
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  Speaker 3: had a good camp. He had an injury in there
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  Speaker 3: that slowed him down at the first week with the Saints–
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  Speaker 3: and the Saints' preseason game. But overall, I thought he
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  Speaker 3: was very good against the Panthers and the Buccaneers and
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  Speaker 3: is a guy that they feel very comfortable with. So
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  Speaker 3: there's no need to rush it. Colby and Lynn isn't
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  Speaker 3: ready to go. It isn't like the Jaguars have a
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  Speaker 3: problem stopping Myles Garrett.
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  Speaker 1: It's a good problem.
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  Speaker 2: It's not a good problem to have. I mean, excuse me,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to find a way to do that no
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  Speaker 2: matter who is out on the field. And our final
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  Speaker 2: big thing today is going to be keep it going.
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  Speaker 2: We talked a ton about what the Jaguars did the
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  Speaker 2: back end of last season, and a lot of that
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  Speaker 2: was due to Trevor Lawrence's play. Brian, Trevor stepped it up.
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  Speaker 2: He got himself into the MVP conversation almost. But how
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  Speaker 2: do they pick up that offense with a lot of
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  Speaker 2: different moving parts now? Obviously, Travis Etienne no longer here.
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  Speaker 2: How do they get that going from week one?
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  Speaker 4: It's Trevor.
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  Speaker 3: And John can speak to this more precisely because he
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  Speaker 3: was there through all of the iterations around Peyton Manning.
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  Speaker 3: But he's the straw that stirs the drink, and everything
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  Speaker 3: they do is going to be generated around him. And
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  Speaker 3: it's part of my hot take for later in the show,
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  Speaker 3: so I won't go too far on it, other than
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  Speaker 3: to say that I was super impressed with the way
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  Speaker 3: that Trevor was ready for camp every day. It seemed
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  Speaker 3: as if he was in control last year in that
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  Speaker 3: eight-game stretch, John. He really just seemed poised and in
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  Speaker 3: control yesterday. at every moment of training camp. And the
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  Speaker 3: thing that I like the most is if he had
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  Speaker 3: a bad drill, if he had a bad day, the
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  Speaker 3: next opportunity, he was really good. He was resilient and
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  Speaker 3: rebounded from any difficulty during camp. He's the guy that
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  Speaker 3: will pull it all together.
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  Speaker 4: He's the core of it. The fact that you, I
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  Speaker 4: believe after watching last season, if I thought his floor
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  Speaker 4: was here before, I now think it's here, meaning even
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  Speaker 4: if he doesn't have MVP year, He's going to be
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  Speaker 4: a good player that they can build around that's going
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  Speaker 4: to make plays. Sometimes how you're lauded changes year to year.
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  Speaker 4: He was lauded last year, maybe won't be this year.
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  Speaker 4: But I think he's going to be good. I think
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  Speaker 4: the other side of that is they believe they're going
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  Speaker 4: to be a better, more solid running offense, therefore a
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  Speaker 4: more balanced offense. I thought this offense was as good
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  Speaker 4: as any I've covered since the Colts, meaning the last
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  Speaker 4: 15 years. Maybe best in Jaguars history. And I think
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  Speaker 4: it's going to be better this year. I don't see
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  Speaker 4: why it wouldn't be based on what I think they're
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  Speaker 4: trying to do. Arrow's up, and the big reason is 16.
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  Speaker 2: All right, that's Jags AM's start for you today. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to continue throughout, answer some of your fan questions
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  Speaker 2: after the break.
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  Speaker 3: This broadcast is ozone friendly.
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  Speaker 4: The Ozone.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to Jags AM.
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  Speaker 2: And of course, we've got to answer the fan questions.
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  Speaker 1: John does a wonderful job of answering every single day.
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  Speaker 4: I do a job.
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  Speaker 1: They pay you to do it. So let's not oversell it.
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  Speaker 2: But we do appreciate you sharing all your wisdom as always.
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  Speaker 2: So let's get to our first question, which is a
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  Speaker 2: little bit about the new stadium renderings that have come out.
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 2: Roscoe from Southside says, thanks to the Jags for the
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  Speaker 2: new renderings in the stadium in the future.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit more of what it's actually going to
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  Speaker 1: look like, right?
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  Speaker 2: So I still have a concern about the heat and
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  Speaker 2: the temperature in the stadium during those 1 p.m. September-October games.
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  Speaker 2: Are they going to have A.C. in the general seating
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  Speaker 2: areas or the boxed premium seating areas?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, if I've got one question about this, Brian, I
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  Speaker 4: get it all the time. It's not going to be
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  Speaker 4: air-conditioned in the main area, but the covering and the
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  Speaker 4: wind flow is going to be designed to take care
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  Speaker 4: of that. I'm not an engineer, so I don't have
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  Speaker 4: a little rendering of the stadium at home where I
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  Speaker 4: can test this. But there's really smart people involved.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, there are.
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  Speaker 4: Who, as I wrote, this is not Spicoli's dad with
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  Speaker 4: his ultimate set of tools working on this.
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  Speaker 3: Fast Times reference.
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  Speaker 4: I think the people involved with this, it's been done
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  Speaker 4: in Miami. Not their stadium, but another facility down there.
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  Speaker 4: This is the way things are going. I'm not smart
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  Speaker 4: enough to explain why it's going to work. I just
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  Speaker 4: kind of trust it's going to work because that's how
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  Speaker 4: they're going.
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  Speaker 3: I have a couple things to add to it. You
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  Speaker 3: always like to talk about the air-conditioned press box.
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  Speaker 4: I love the air-conditioned press box.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. So I can tell you that when the
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  Speaker 3: window was open for the broadcast during the preseason, It
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  Speaker 3: was noticeable, the airflow. They had cut out those corners already.
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  Speaker 3: And you could feel it. And listen, it was warm
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  Speaker 3: in the beginning of the broadcast in the front of
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  Speaker 3: the booth because the sun was out. But you could
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  Speaker 3: still feel the air moving. So there's a noticeable change already.
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  Speaker 3: And when Mark Lamping came during the Panthers broadcast, he's like,
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  Speaker 3: did you guys feel that? Absolutely. Both Bucky and I did.
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  Speaker 3: So there is airflow that was not there before because
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  Speaker 3: there's four corners of the stadium that are open. And
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  Speaker 3: the other thing is the difference between, I'm told, a
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  Speaker 3: roof and a canopy, which is what they're calling this,
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  Speaker 3: is a roof would mean it's completely enclosed and would
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  Speaker 3: be temperature regulated, air conditioning. But this is more like
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  Speaker 3: SoFi in Southern California, where it's going to be outdoors,
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  Speaker 3: but it's going to have that canopy over the top
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  Speaker 3: that's going to cut the heat load and the wind
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  Speaker 3: flow through there, which I just told you is already there.
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  Speaker 3: You can feel it. I think it'll be fine. You
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  Speaker 3: know what it's like when you step from the sun
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  Speaker 3: into the shade, which we do a lot, it's going
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  Speaker 3: to be markedly cooler. But there is considerable airflow. We
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  Speaker 3: felt it on a night where there wasn't that much
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  Speaker 3: wind against Carolina.
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  Speaker 2: Just being out of the sun alone, that's what gets
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  Speaker 2: me in September, October, those games. And I'm sure the
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  Speaker 2: fans feel it over three hours sitting in seats that
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  Speaker 2: are in the baking sun.
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  Speaker 4: People have brutal memories. Look, I joke about the air
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  Speaker 4: conditioning press box, but it's hot inside that bowl in
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  Speaker 4: September with the sun beating down on you. They're addressing it.
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  Speaker 4: I have faith it's going to work.
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  Speaker 3: I think one of the reasons for your faith is
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  Speaker 3: also they knew that this was the biggest issue with
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  Speaker 3: the new stadium. And they've known it for years and years,
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  Speaker 3: predating Mr. Kahn and Mark Lamping. The Weavers knew that
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  Speaker 3: this was something, but it was just such a big lift.
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  Speaker 3: And Kahn, Lamping, and the crew decided it had to
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  Speaker 3: be done, came up with a plan. They wouldn't do
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  Speaker 3: it halfway so that it didn't have a significant impact.
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  Speaker 3: Because guess what? Then you have people that go, it's
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  Speaker 3: too hot to go there in September.
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  Speaker 4: And October.
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  Speaker 3: This is all designed to fit within the framework of
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  Speaker 3: a deal that works good for Jacksonville and the Jaguars
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  Speaker 3: and for you when you're sitting in those stands. You'll
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  Speaker 3: feel it.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to our second fan question. It's not G.I.
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  Speaker 1: Joe from Jax.
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  Speaker 2: He says, do players on injured reserve with designation to
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  Speaker 2: return get paid while on injured reserve? If so, is
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  Speaker 2: the amount the regular paycheck that they would get from
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  Speaker 2: their contract, or is it another figure due to them
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  Speaker 2: not being on the active roster?
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  Speaker 4: They get paid their check. I mean, it's whatever contract
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  Speaker 4: they agree to, if you get put on injured reserve,
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  Speaker 4: for as long as you're on injured reserve, you get that.
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  Speaker 4: I caused a little bit of a stir in the
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  Speaker 4: ozone because I said you don't. penalize a guy for
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  Speaker 4: being hurt. And I got a million examples of people
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  Speaker 4: in other walks of life who get penalized for being hurt. Well,
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  Speaker 4: I'm talking about the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Where people get hurt.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. If you're on injured reserve, you get paid.
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  Speaker 3: There is a split contract that they use with lower
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  Speaker 3: round draft choices for guys that end up on injured reserve,
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  Speaker 3: but that's in the contract.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 3: So they are paid. You're right. They're paid what their
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  Speaker 3: contract says they are paid. It all also revolves around
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  Speaker 3: the salary cap. Can you imagine the games that people
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  Speaker 3: would play? With the salary cap, with guys on injured reserves,
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  Speaker 3: it's cut and dry. There is a formula. It's in
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  Speaker 3: the contract, and they get their check.
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  Speaker 2: There's also those players that get cut with an injury
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  Speaker 2: settlement if that comes to that.
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  Speaker 3: And that comes against your cap, too. Any dollar that
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  Speaker 3: you pay to a player goes against your cap.
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  Speaker 2: So let's do our final fan question. Johnny from Jax.
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  Speaker 2: Will the Jaguars wear the rivalry uniforms in both games
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  Speaker 2: against the Colts, home and away? Do both teams wear
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  Speaker 2: them at the same time?
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  Speaker 4: My understanding is the Jags are wearing them November 1st.
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  Speaker 4: The Colts, I don't think, will be wearing anything except
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  Speaker 4: their normal uniforms. And then you wear them once a
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  Speaker 4: year in a designated time by the league. This is
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  Speaker 4: not my wheelhouse. I'm not a big uniform guy. but
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  Speaker 4: I think that's right.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I understand. Someone told me they would wear them
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  Speaker 3: at least twice, but once this year and then once
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  Speaker 3: at some point. The league is unveiling these rivalry uniforms
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  Speaker 3: two divisions at a time, so over four years, I
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  Speaker 3: think you'll wear them at least twice. I have to say,
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  Speaker 3: I've seen some of the merchandise that's been out. I
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  Speaker 3: really like the script.
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  Speaker 4: It's pretty cool.
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  Speaker 3: I know people don't like them. They may have a
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  Speaker 3: problem with the spots on the pants or the color
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  Speaker 3: of teal, but I think the script is outstanding.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: I'm a big fan of it.
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  Speaker 4: It's cool. I mean, I just... I don't get obsessed
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  Speaker 4: with uniforms. I liked the color rush 10 years ago.
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  Speaker 3: Are you serious?
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  Speaker 1: Hottest of takes.
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  Speaker 4: Look at you.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, that is a hot take. You're done.
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  Speaker 4: But I don't care. I mean, look.
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  Speaker 3: We started getting questions about 2028. Oh, he's been had them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, about five years ago. Yeah, I mean, so it's fine.
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  Speaker 4: They'll wear a uniform. They'll play football. I'll be fired up.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that means the end of the Prowler either.
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  Speaker 2: The rivalry is its own thing to my understanding, so
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  Speaker 2: nobody panic.
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  Speaker 3: I haven't seen anything about the Prowlers, and normally they
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  Speaker 3: market that. Are they not wearing Prowlers this year?
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  Speaker 4: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have to check in with the big boss. But
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  Speaker 1: that doesn't mean they're going away forever. That's all I
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  Speaker 1: meant by that. But stay with us here. We're going
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  Speaker 1: to have some hot takes for you after the break.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome back into Jags AM and this weekend's matchup, week
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  Speaker 2: one against the Browns brought to you by Publix, where
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  Speaker 2: shopping is a pleasure. We're finally getting to watch some
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  Speaker 2: real football, and that means we're going to give you
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  Speaker 2: some hot takes for this season as well as we
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  Speaker 2: look ahead.
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  Speaker 1: Brian, I know you touched on it a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: but what's your hot.
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  Speaker 3: Take for us? I'm all in on Trevor Lawrence. He
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  Speaker 3: was an MVP candidate last year, and John, you've seen
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  Speaker 3: MVP candidates. We have not had that in Jacksonville very often.
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  Speaker 3: I thought the way that he played last season, He
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  Speaker 3: had clearly taken that step. You mentioned his floor higher.
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  Speaker 3: He's there and climbing. I thought he had a great camp.
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  Speaker 3: I know he wasn't perfect, but on those days where
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  Speaker 3: he wasn't perfect, he was better in the next drill
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  Speaker 3: or better the next day. He looked controlled, in command, poised.
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  Speaker 3: Last year, the MVP was Matt Stafford, who had 46
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  Speaker 3: total touchdowns. And the number two was the year before's
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  Speaker 3: Josh Allen, who had 39. Trevor came in third with
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  Speaker 3: 38 touchdowns, nine of those rushing. I think he takes
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  Speaker 3: the leap this year. I think the offense, with as
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  Speaker 3: many weapons as are established, and with an improved running game,
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  Speaker 3: and one more year with Grant Udinski and Anthony Campanile,
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  Speaker 3: I think this is the year that he vaults and
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  Speaker 3: becomes the MVP of the league as the Jaguars make
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  Speaker 3: a deep run.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: It wouldn't surprise me. I mean, it's hard to predict that.
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  Speaker 3: Sure.
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  Speaker 4: But you did predict it, and I don't disagree with
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  Speaker 4: the concept at all. I'll go back to what I
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  Speaker 4: said earlier in the show. To me, right now there's
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  Speaker 4: no question in my mind that over the next 10
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  Speaker 4: years he's going to be good every year and give
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  Speaker 4: them a chance. He has become a guy that when
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  Speaker 4: you're sitting around planning each year, you go, oh, we've
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  Speaker 4: got a quarterback. And that's the first step, and he's
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  Speaker 4: going to be good. He's going to give you a chance,
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  Speaker 4: and you can be secure that if he's on the field,
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  Speaker 4: you can build around that. So I'm there. I'm a
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  Speaker 4: little ticked, though, overall. Uh-oh, ticked off. And my take
• 15:15
  Speaker 4: is that the Jaguars should make a deep playoff run.
• 15:17
  Speaker 4: I really couldn't think of any other way to put this,
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: but I'm not big on reading about what other people
• 15:23
  Speaker 4: say about the Jags.
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: It's never a good thing to do. Unless you want
• 15:26
  Speaker 1: to get ticked.
• 15:28
  Speaker 4: I happen to be putting together... the power rankings that
• 15:31
  Speaker 4: I do for the website, which is the most unimportant
• 15:33
  Speaker 4: thing I do each week, which is a big competition
• 15:36
  Speaker 4: because I do a lot of unimportant things. But that's
• 15:39
  Speaker 4: up there. And so in sort of looking around at
• 15:42
  Speaker 4: other people and saying about other teams, nobody thinks this
• 15:46
  Speaker 4: team's any good.
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: I know.
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: Which is negligent, lazy. I don't know how the season's
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: going to play out. But to not have this team
• 15:59
  Speaker 4: in a conversation of good teams in the NFL going
• 16:02
  Speaker 4: into this season is... I was a media guy. A
• 16:07
  Speaker 4: lot of my friends are media guys, so I know
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: they're lazy at heart. Because what I want to do
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: during the day is go home. Most media people are
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: like that. This is the perfect example of that. For
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: this team not to be considered one of the best
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: 6-7 teams going into this season... is absurd. I think
• 16:24
  Speaker 4: they make a deep playoff run. I don't know what
• 16:26
  Speaker 4: injuries happen, but, you know, at least read a little
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: bit before you rank this team. I saw one where
• 16:33
  Speaker 4: it was 17th in the NFL. Are you kidding me?
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: Listen, I just.
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: They won their last eight games last... I mean, it's absurd.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: I was just on a reading, a capsule of every team, right,
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: by a national writer who I respect, and everybody has
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: a chance at the Super Bowl except a few teams, right?
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: The Dolphins and the Cardinals, they're pointing out those teams.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: The Jaguars were just lauded for being competent, and I thought,
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: hold on a second. Did you watch this team last year?
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: Do you not see the level of talent? Talking about Buscelli, Cohen,
• 17:02
  Speaker 3: and Gladstone is great in their competence level, but that
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: was what they were conferring on this team, that this
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: team is merely all of a sudden competent. A podcast
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: that I love, that I listen to all the time.
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: I'll give you an example. They were talking about the Texans,
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: and I get it. The Texans' defense is generational. Then
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: they were talking about the Texans' offense, and there was
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: a guard, Keelan Rutledge. He's a rookie, by the way.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: And they're saying he's the best offensive lineman they've got,
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: and he's the reason why that offensive line is going
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: to turn around in one year's time. A rookie guard.
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: And then they talked about the Jaguars and Emmanuel Pregnant,
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: and they said, well, here's the problem. They think he
• 17:38
  Speaker 3: might be their best, and he's just a rookie.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: Right?
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: So just the way that people look at this team—
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: Through one lens, Houston's got a rookie guard. He's their best.
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: They're set on offense. The offense will keep up with
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: the defense. They're going to the Super Bowl. Jaguars have
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: a rookie left guard, and they think he's the best.
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: That means their offensive line isn't any good. They're not
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: going to make the playoffs this year.
• 17:59
  Speaker 4: When you rank teams... It's so subjective. You sort of got.
• 18:05
  Speaker 4: You only have so much mental energy to put into
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: this thing and consider 32 teams.
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: Then there's a lot to cover.
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: I think what generally happens is people are just like, okay,
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: it's Jacksonville. They just don't feel like putting the effort
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: into looking at it and going, oh, this team's pretty,
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: this team beat Denver on the road. They beat San
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: Francisco on the road. They beat the Chargers. They beat
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: the Texans. They should beat the Texans twice. I mean,
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: anybody would tell you they outplayed them in both games.
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: So they're a good team who belongs in the conversation.
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: The nice thing about the NFL is it's not the
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: Southeastern Conference. It's decided on the field.
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: And, as Liam said, keep waiting for the respect because
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: it's never coming. It's never coming. And that makes it
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: fun to be a Jaguars fan, cover this team, because
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: this team has an edge, and it's interesting.
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: It'll be fun. It's just kind of silly. It is
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: a little bit silly.
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: Mine is similar in the sense of I think this
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: is going to be a better team than last year,
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: but I don't know if the record's going to be
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: as good because this is a tough schedule. So they
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: were 13-4 last year. That's very difficult to duplicate, especially
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: with now a first-place schedule that they have. And it's
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: important to note they're only going to play six games
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: here in Jacksonville, which is kind of crazy. And anytime, anywhere, anyplace,
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: they will play wherever they have to. But that's still
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: tough at the end of the day. So what I
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: think will actually kind of benefit them a little bit
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: is they're going to have this tough schedule. They're going
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: to get to the postseason, and they're not going to
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: be phased at all. And I think while maybe they'll
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: have not as good of a record as last season,
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: I still think they can win the division. But I
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: think that will propel them going forward because I think sometimes–
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: And not that they had an easy schedule by any means.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: Last year, when you get a higher, you know, higher record,
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: you just think, oh, we kind of waltz into things.
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: And I think this is going to be a case
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: where they're going to get every single week everybody's back.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: and that will benefit them come playoff time.
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: Yeah somebody asked me uh why i think they have
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: a chance to be good and i i think the
• 19:58
  Speaker 4: reason that i have faith or why i have faith
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: they're going to be good this is i'm holding a helmet.
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: Here football guy john or football.
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: Guy they're Showed me last year they're very good at
• 20:12
  Speaker 4: not letting a slippery stretch turn into a season-ruining stretch.
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: The Houston game in Houston last year.
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: Well, and they lost two going into the bye. But
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: they didn't lose two in a row. They pulled out
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: of tough situations. I think that is solely because this
• 20:30
  Speaker 4: team believes in the direction and they believe in Liam Cohen.
• 20:34
  Speaker 4: And that's why I believe it's going to be tougher, but...
• 20:39
  Speaker 4: And the record may not be 13-4, but I believe
• 20:41
  Speaker 4: they'll land somewhere between 11-13 because of that belief. And
• 20:46
  Speaker 4: that's not something you can even see on a depth chart.
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: But don't you kind of feel that, that this team,
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: when things go bad, it doesn't go awful? That's the
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: key to contending in the NFL.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: I'll tell you when you'll be able to read something
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: and you'll be like, okay, finally someone sees what's going
• 21:00
  Speaker 3: on here.
• 21:00
  Speaker 4: Week two.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: When Sean Payton talks to the media on Wednesday, he
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: won't talk about that small market team, right? His team
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: got walloped by this team last year in Denver, and
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: they respect what this team has done. They will be very,
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: very aware if they weren't last year based on what
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: happened in December in Denver.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: We're certainly all aware here, and we're excited to see
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: real football on Sunday. Stay with us here through one
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: more break. We'll tell you what's coming up the rest
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: of the week.
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: What's the message, right? When these guys get in the building,
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: what are they gonna feel from us? Anyone, anytime, anywhere.
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna be that guy, you know, that's bringing everyone up,
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: the energy.
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: Training camp is here, oh my God. This game's a
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: mental game, and it is physical, obviously, but the greats
• 21:53
  Speaker 4: is the ones that are mentally strong. You know them
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: dog days gonna happen. When those days happen, you gotta
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: be mentally sharp.
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: If you want Jaguars content, we got you.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: That's the preview for the latest episode of The Hunt,
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: recapping all the preseason and training camp. All the shows
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: are back, too. So Jags AM is with you three
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: days a week. Happy Hour Monday and Thursday. John, the
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: pod's back.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: We're firing on also.
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: There's nothing fair to say. We're ready.
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: We're laboring on Labor Day as well.
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: A little bit of a normal week in terms of
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: Liam Cohen will talk today, but the players are here,
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: they're practicing all of that. Um, what's the biggest thing
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: in terms of practice health, John, right now, trying to
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: see what we see on the Wednesday and then kind
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: of go from there.
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: Yeah. I think there, you know, as we talked about,
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: you've had a long time now to get all the
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: little stuff right in terms of health. Um, I think
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: it's watching Cole and it's watching, uh, LaQuinta Allen and, uh,
• 22:47
  Speaker 4: That's Wednesday's story.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Listen, training camp is expansive. You have long days. You
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: don't have that when you get into the regular season.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: So there's an efficiency part that has to come in now.
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: The time is limited. You have to use it wisely.
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: Players are in a bit today, then they're in Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Kai,
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: you guys know the schedule. You've got to get the
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: most work done in the limited time you have on
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: the field and then maximize your time in the classroom,
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: in the weight room, sleep, eat, all of that stuff.
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: The intensity level completely changes because your time.
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: Is so restricted.
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: We're going to hear from the head coach in about
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: 15 minutes. So check that out. Jaguars.com, Jaguars YouTube.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: And then we'll be back here on Jags AM on
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Wednesday as we start looking ahead to week one against
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: the Browns.