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Press Pass | Mac Jones on Starting, Challenge Ahead vs. Titans in Week 14 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: So the fourth quarter last week, you had some success
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  Speaker 1: in your best stretch since you started to in the lineup.
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  Speaker 1: Did that give you some confidence? They give you a
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  Speaker 1: sense that you've got some good football in front of you. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I think. I always say every game is different, and
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you want to want
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  Speaker 1: to be in it at the fourth quarter. So defense
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  Speaker 1: did a good job just getting us the ball back
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  Speaker 1: and give us a chance at the end. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: to get there, you know, and that's part of it.
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  Speaker 1: It's playing as a team, special teams, offense and defense.
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  Speaker 1: So we just got to get there in each game
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  Speaker 1: and try and play in the fourth quarter to win.
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  Speaker 1: He wanted you to just be you, And what does
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  Speaker 1: that mean. I think it's pretty straightforward. The people that
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  Speaker 1: know me know, you know, I love this game, love
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  Speaker 1: that fun and I feel like I did that at
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  Speaker 1: times on Sunday, and I'm gonna carry that to the
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  Speaker 1: next you know game here and hopefully the guys around
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  Speaker 1: around me know that. I think since I've been here,
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  Speaker 1: just they know when I'm in the huddle, it's it's
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  Speaker 1: about having fun and letting it loose. So that's what
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna do again. How much do you think the
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  Speaker 1: whole up tempo thing is connected to having success? Because
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  Speaker 1: obviously when it works, right everybody, why don't you do
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  Speaker 1: that all the time? And then and of course they
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  Speaker 1: don't talk about the times when it doesn't work and
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  Speaker 1: then back on the field for sure, right a way,
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  Speaker 1: But but how much do you for you is it?
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  Speaker 1: Does it just make does it in any way make
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  Speaker 1: you feel more comfortable? Or is it just something different? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's it's definitely different. And I always say
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  Speaker 1: a play is a play, So whether you're going fast
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  Speaker 1: or slow, you want to have a really good play
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  Speaker 1: on And in that situation, we were going up tempo and
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  Speaker 1: it was it was working. So it depends on the game.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes it's a substitution thing. Sometimes it's maybe it's not
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  Speaker 1: as much blitz when you're going fast, But you know
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  Speaker 1: a lot of teams are catching on to that. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of been a trend in the NFL since
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  Speaker 1: I've been and when I was a rookie we went
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  Speaker 1: up tempo a lot and stuff like that, So everyone
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  Speaker 1: does it. But it just depends on the week and
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  Speaker 1: the scheme and and everything. So I enjoy it, but
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  Speaker 1: like I say, a play is a play, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it should affect an offense either way. You
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  Speaker 1: should execute that play whatever the call is. You know,
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  Speaker 1: it could be a call in the huddle, it could
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  Speaker 1: be up tempo. I'm I'm not sure how much you
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  Speaker 1: you talked with Trevor about what happened on Sunday, But
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  Speaker 1: I mean, uh, what is your observation on just how
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  Speaker 1: he's handled leaving, actually having to leave the game because
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  Speaker 1: of something like that. Yeah, I mean, Trevor's very tough
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  Speaker 1: person and I've learned a lot from him just from
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  Speaker 1: the way he leads and how tough he is. And
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  Speaker 1: for him to be in that game fighting every play
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  Speaker 1: is awesome. And honestly, the the play that happened, it's
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  Speaker 1: really unfortunate for everybody. But I know Trevor's doing a
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  Speaker 1: little bit better, which is awesome, and that's all you
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  Speaker 1: can ask for. It's just we definitely had his back
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  Speaker 1: and now it's time to to continue to play for
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  Speaker 1: him and and move forward. And you know, I talk
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  Speaker 1: with him as much as I can. Like I said,
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  Speaker 1: we're always together from like six am to eight pm,
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  Speaker 1: so we're we're definitely together a lot and I feel
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  Speaker 1: like we've become really good friends. So I'm you know,
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  Speaker 1: always there for him. You have Johnny, you know, yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: he was a little Bishop Kenny legend, you know. So
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  Speaker 1: it's a little older than me. But I remember watching
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  Speaker 1: you'd throw for like eight hundred and seventy five yards
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  Speaker 1: a game or something and Bishop Kenny. But I don't
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  Speaker 1: think they ever beat Bulls, so but I don't know,
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  Speaker 1: they wouldn't play us when when I was in high school.
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  Speaker 1: But no, I think, you know, I've known him and
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  Speaker 1: he's a great player and good to have him, you know,
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  Speaker 1: on our team, and he's played played a good amount
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  Speaker 1: of football. So it's just kind of funny. We were
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  Speaker 1: laughing this morning at like six am. It's like, who
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  Speaker 1: would have thought we would have been here? It's like
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  Speaker 1: in the locker room. So it's just kind of funny.
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  Speaker 1: It's national Did you do anything big? Good? Oh? That's today?
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  Speaker 1: H yeah today? Yeah, not really. I think we just
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  Speaker 1: did a little ceremony and yeah, it's a great day
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  Speaker 1: for for athletes kind of opening up that next next
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  Speaker 1: phase of their life. And it's a lot different now
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  Speaker 1: than when even when I was there. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: I definitely love that day because you know, I look
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  Speaker 1: back on it. I went to Alabama and stayed there
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  Speaker 1: and finished there. So hopefully a lot of guys can
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  Speaker 1: have a little bit of stick to its. What do
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  Speaker 1: you see time defense, They're really good. Uh, they got
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  Speaker 1: great players. Been fortunate to play against you know, some
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  Speaker 1: of those guys over there. But statistically they they don't
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  Speaker 1: give a lot, you know, give up a lot of
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  Speaker 1: yards and their their yard per play is really low.
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  Speaker 1: So they do a great job past defense, like number
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  Speaker 1: one I think. So they have a great defensive line obviously,
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  Speaker 1: and the scheme is really good, you know a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of the Ravens scheme too, with some blitzes and things.
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  Speaker 1: So it'll be a big challenge. And they've they've been
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  Speaker 1: playing well on defense. So been really impressed with you know,
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  Speaker 1: the coaching and the players over there. Cool. Thank you,