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Mac & Bone Show - JJ Jansen Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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Speaker 1: He is the Ironman of your Carolina Panthers, America's long snapper.
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Speaker 1: He is J.J. Jansen, who joins us on the Mac
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Speaker 1: and Bone Show. J.J., congrats on the dub, man. How
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Speaker 1: you doing?
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Speaker 2: We're doing great. Yeah, it was a fantastic, fantastic night
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Speaker 2: in Charlotte. I feel like. the entire like Carolina's area
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Speaker 2: has figured out a night games in Carolina between the
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Speaker 2: playoff game, between the blackout, uh, on Sunday night, I
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Speaker 2: feel like we've figured out that vibe pretty darn well. Uh,
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Speaker 2: so maybe a Sunday night football and Monday night football
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Speaker 2: starts showing up here a few more times.
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Speaker 1: Hell yeah.
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Speaker 2: It was, it was rock and it was fun.
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Speaker 1: No doubt about it. And I wanted to ask you,
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Speaker 1: like you, you know, I'm, I don't know. I don't
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Speaker 1: know how many of you guys in the locker room
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Speaker 1: pay attention to to all the yappers like us and
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Speaker 1: others on the outside. But like the task felt pretty
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Speaker 1: daunting for you guys because of all the injuries, the O-line,
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Speaker 1: the cornerback injuries, the weapon injuries. How did you guys
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Speaker 1: feel going into the game? Like, like, do you hear
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Speaker 1: any of that noise? And does it feel daunting? Like
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Speaker 1: we have to do something, a huge task to win
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Speaker 1: this game? Or do y'all not think like that at
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Speaker 1: all or pay attention to any of that?
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, you, you certainly get questions in the
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Speaker 2: media portion of the week. So whatever is sort of
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Speaker 2: being talked about outside of the building naturally sort of
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Speaker 2: leaks into, you know, locker room availability on Wednesday and Thursday,
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Speaker 2: maybe even a Monday after the game, because injuries become
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Speaker 2: a big storyline every week. But this particular week, you know,
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Speaker 2: having not having a Jalen out there to play and
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Speaker 2: losing Mike Jack and and JC amongst others, certainly that
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Speaker 2: conversation probably showed up more in the locker room, more
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Speaker 2: in the media, not necessarily during install time or as
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Speaker 2: we're handling it. But the thing that I've tried to
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Speaker 2: impress upon everyone the last handful of years is the
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Speaker 2: way the rules are built up for the rosters. You
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Speaker 2: really aren't playing with a 53-man roster. You're playing with
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Speaker 2: a 69-man roster, including your practice squad. We actually get
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Speaker 2: a 70th because of the international player program. So you
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Speaker 2: have 70 guys on your roster and when guys get
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Speaker 2: thrust into duty, they've been here for six months playing,
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Speaker 2: you know, at wide receiver or at corner or whatever
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Speaker 2: that is. And what that actually helps is the coaches
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Speaker 2: as well. They know the skill sets, of the guys
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Speaker 2: they have. And so coaching becomes a really big deal
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Speaker 2: when you start losing starters, because you may have to
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Speaker 2: adjust some scheme to fit the skillset of the backups.
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Speaker 2: The backups are rarely as good as your starters. That's
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Speaker 2: the reason why JC is getting paid a ton of money.
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Speaker 2: And Mike Jack's been fantastic. Coker has been awesome. They're,
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Speaker 2: they're the starters for a reason, but other guys have
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Speaker 2: different skillsets that, And so you really lean on the
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Speaker 2: coaches to put all those guys in good, positive situations.
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Speaker 2: I think that's what you saw on Sunday night. A
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Speaker 2: lot of guys played really, really well, but that's in
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Speaker 2: part due to them, but also in part due to
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Speaker 2: the coaching and setting up a new plan each given week.
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Speaker 3: JJ, how much has the game from your vantage point
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Speaker 3: that we don't have, how much has the game slowed
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Speaker 3: down for Bryce Young here in year four?
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Speaker 2: Well, for clarity's sake, our vantage points are very similar
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Speaker 2: because we're both not on the field. Most of the game.
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Speaker 2: So how does the game slow down? I don't know
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Speaker 2: that the game has slowed down for him. I think
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Speaker 2: that he has always had this temperament. What I, what
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Speaker 2: I see more of with Bryce, and this is a great,
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Speaker 2: a credit to him, but also to Brad Isaac and
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Speaker 2: to the entire offensive coaching staff is we have really
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Speaker 2: leaned into the things that in my opinion, he is
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Speaker 2: exceptional at. He's got as quick a hands as anybody
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Speaker 2: in the league. He is easily a top three quarterback
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Speaker 2: throwing on the move. So as we've introduced a lot
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Speaker 2: more RPO, a lot more play action keeper, we're leaning
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Speaker 2: into the things that he's really, really good at. He's
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Speaker 2: got a quick trigger. He's got, he's a very decisive player.
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Speaker 2: And so now we, we get to explore a part
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Speaker 2: of offensive football that most teams don't have access to, right?
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Speaker 2: Like just look at the juxtaposition between Bryce and Jared golf,
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Speaker 2: Jared golf played fantastic over the course of last Sunday
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Speaker 2: night's game. He threw for over 400 yards, but when
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Speaker 2: there was pressure in his face, he got rid of
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Speaker 2: the ball, just boom ball has gone a lot of throwaways,
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Speaker 2: a lot of incompletions. Bryce is able to accept those
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Speaker 2: pressures and allow one more step for TMAC to find
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Speaker 2: a void. maybe Chuba to find a blitz pickup because
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Speaker 2: he's willing to stand in there because he can get
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Speaker 2: rid of the ball so quickly. And so what I,
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Speaker 2: what I've seen is, you know, every player is developing, right?
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Speaker 2: He's Bryce is in year four, but the skillset and
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Speaker 2: how we marry that to the scheme is probably the
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Speaker 2: best it's been since, since we've all been together. And
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Speaker 2: that was really what came alive. And then again, the
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Speaker 2: big catch by T-Mac, the big runs by Chuba. Once
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Speaker 2: you get that feeling from a quarterback that he's kind
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Speaker 2: of into the flow of the game, it just feels
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Speaker 2: like everybody else's game steps up, and that's what I
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Speaker 2: think we saw on the offensive side of the ball
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Speaker 2: on Sunday.
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Speaker 1: I love it. And to your point about Bryce dealing
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Speaker 1: with pressure, the third highest-rated pass grade on PFF went
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Speaker 1: under pressure. He has been just.
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Speaker 2: it was really something kind of interesting. Even going back
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Speaker 2: to last year, if you go back and look at
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Speaker 2: those numbers, Bryce has always been excellent under pressure. You
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Speaker 2: don't want your quarterback to be under pressure, but you,
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Speaker 2: some of those pressures are, are him extending the play.
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Speaker 2: So you get a pressure grade and it's like, oh,
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Speaker 2: that's Bryce under pressure. Well, Bryce, because of his skillset
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Speaker 2: is actually allowing some of that pressure to come to him,
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Speaker 2: which gives a little bit more room for a receiver.
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Speaker 2: Like I said, to find a void or make one
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Speaker 2: more move to get open. So it's not all like, well,
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Speaker 2: was he pressured or not? Bryce is actually Inviting some
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Speaker 2: of that. It's a little bit of a rope-a-dope. And
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Speaker 2: that's where his skill set really comes alive.
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Speaker 1: Dude, I'm so glad you said that because I made
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Speaker 1: a comment yesterday. I didn't know if I knew what
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Speaker 1: I was talking about. But I said it anyway, JJ,
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Speaker 1: like always. Clarify what day that was?
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Speaker 2: Clearly didn't stop you, bud.
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Speaker 1: No, it never does. I just throw it out there.
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Speaker 1: I hope I do. But I said there were times
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Speaker 1: with rushers where I almost felt like He was almost
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Speaker 1: like a soccer midfielder where it's like I draw the
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Speaker 1: defense in and then I release the pass. My guy
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Speaker 1: makes a run. I draw the defense. Now it's time
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Speaker 1: to release the pass. I almost wondered if Bryce was
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Speaker 1: that in control where it's like, I see you coming.
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Speaker 1: My guy needs another two steps. And now and like
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Speaker 1: it seemed like he invited those hits, but they were dimes, man.
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Speaker 2: I always, I always kid him. Cause he's got so
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Speaker 2: many different arm angles. I always said, Bryce, it's amazing.
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Speaker 2: You didn't play baseball. I feel like this is a
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Speaker 2: baseball game to you with all the different arm angles.
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Speaker 2: And he's, he's literally warming up laughing. Cause he's dribbling
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Speaker 2: a basketball. And he, and he looked at me and
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Speaker 2: he's laughing. He goes, no, it's basketball. Like I'm a
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Speaker 2: point guard. Like that's all the, all the, all the
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Speaker 2: different passes and his footwork. If you see it as
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Speaker 2: a basketball player, It's probably one of the greatest in Charlotte.
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Speaker 2: It's one of the greatest lessons for kids is go
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Speaker 2: play multiple sports. Cause the, the starting quarterback for the
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Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers is out there passing a ball. Like he's
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Speaker 2: Steve Nash or Chris Paul. Some of us know Chris
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Speaker 2: Paul better than others. And that's what he's, that's how
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Speaker 2: he's playing. So I mean, that's, That's how he's playing.
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Speaker 2: And it's pretty cool to see that he's bringing in
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Speaker 2: a unique skillset to our offensive side of the ball.
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Speaker 1: Speaker 0 5,0 It's funny. You bring that up, JJ.
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Speaker 3: I went to high school at Chris Paul.
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Speaker 2: I had never heard that before. That's brand new information
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Speaker 2: to all of us for the last 20 years.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I just thought it was coincidence that you brought
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Speaker 3: it up there. Hey, my Uncle Joe sent in a text, JJ,
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Speaker 3: for you. It's a good question. Please ask JJ about
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Speaker 3: the post-game locker room celebration that was posted where it
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Speaker 3: appeared that Canal was called on you to wrap things up,
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Speaker 3: but the video then cuts you out of it.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah. Unfortunately, they cut out the post game prayer
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Speaker 2: and giving thanks. Uh, so yeah, that, that was, I usually,
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Speaker 2: I wind us down with giving praise to God and, uh, and, uh,
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Speaker 2: thank you. Not only thank you, uh, to Jesus for, for,
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Speaker 2: for a victory, but also hopefully healing mercies on everyone
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Speaker 2: that got hurt. And maybe that hadn't worked in the
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Speaker 2: first three weeks. Cause we had a few more guys
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Speaker 2: hurt than we would like, but we're going to keep praying.
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Speaker 2: But yeah, I got cut out. Unfortunately.
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Speaker 1: Speaker 2 05,0 What more do you need from a
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Speaker 1: player on the team? And this guy, what does JJ
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Speaker 1: not do over there? I need to know the answer.
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Speaker 1: Cause I haven't heard anything yet.
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Speaker 2: Speaker 3 05,0 I don't play quarterback. I don't play quarterback,
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Speaker 2: which is a good thing for everybody. even if I
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Speaker 2: do so in my own brain.
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Speaker 1: By the way, JJ, there is a cart talk knockoff
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Speaker 1: out there. I don't know if you're aware of this.
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Speaker 1: Middle Tennessee State University Athletics does a thing where they
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Speaker 1: ride around on a cart and they ask athletes questions. Oh,
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Speaker 1: go find a tractor. Get off your cart. NC State
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Speaker 1: does the tractor. Stop it. We've got family on the line. JJ,
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Speaker 1: I say you get your lawyers, you file a dang lawsuit.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 2: You know what? That's a good point. I think I
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Speaker 2: should feel honored. It's the old flattery is the highest
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Speaker 2: compliment you can have. I'll take that one.
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Speaker 1: Imitation is the highest form of flattery, right?
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Speaker 2: Oh, is that what they say?
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Speaker 1: That's what you're looking for.
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Speaker 3: JJ, I have a question. Do you ever see the
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Speaker 3: victory dances that we do, JJ?
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Speaker 2: I do see them. I don't know if I watch
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Speaker 2: them all the way to the end. You know how
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Speaker 2: you watch something and there's a cringe factor? It's like,
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Speaker 2: I can't watch this anymore. That usually ends somewhere around
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Speaker 2: the fifth or sixth second of the whole thing.
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Speaker 3: Well, no, I get it. You don't want to get
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Speaker 3: too hyped up, though, because you don't want to. It's
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Speaker 3: like reading headlines. Positive stuff there. It's rat poison or dancing.
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Speaker 2: It was a little bit like Bryce said in the
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Speaker 2: locker room. We got like 24 hours to celebrate this,
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Speaker 2: and then we're on to the next thing. When it
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Speaker 2: comes to your victory dances, I give myself about six seconds.
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Speaker 3: And then I'm on to the next thing. The average
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Speaker 3: on Facebook is 3.4 seconds, so you're double.
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Speaker 1: Just give us a click, y'all. Give us a click.
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Speaker 2: I've always been double the average fan for you guys.
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Speaker 1: J.J. Jansen is with us. All right, let's get to
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Speaker 1: a couple of these texter questions. We're going to do,
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Speaker 1: by the way, montage of misery, Detroit style. How are
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Speaker 1: the Detroit fans, radio hosts, podcast hosts, how are they
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Speaker 1: handling that L yesterday? We're going to let you hear
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Speaker 1: it coming up in a few minutes. J.J., so this
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Speaker 1: is a great question. You were shown on the screen
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Speaker 1: during the broadcast talking on the sideline to Coach Canales.
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Speaker 1: It was while the referees were having discourse over what
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Speaker 1: happened on a play and what the penalty was. Were
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Speaker 1: you explaining to Coach Kanellis what was going on, being
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Speaker 1: the rules guru?
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Speaker 2: I don't even remember what I was saying. I was
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Speaker 2: probably telling him, hey, this game's going so well, you
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Speaker 2: think we can just get off the whole bye week?
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Speaker 2: That was probably a good time to just start negotiating
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Speaker 2: with Coach. If it was after a special teams play,
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Speaker 2: there may have been– trying to figure out, they had
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Speaker 2: hit a ball out of bounds and we had had
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Speaker 2: a holding penalty. And I thought there was a, at
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Speaker 2: least a chance that they were going to repunt. So
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Speaker 2: probably working through that, I did not realize that ended
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Speaker 2: up on, on TV, but yeah, it's never, it's never
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Speaker 2: too early to start negotiating the bi-week plans if you're,
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Speaker 2: if you're winning the week before. So I was just
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Speaker 2: trying to get the conversation started.
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Speaker 1: I respect it.
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Speaker 3: 6 0 as a referee. I mean, I'm sure in
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Speaker 3: your career it has, but do the referees ever get
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Speaker 3: annoyed by you talking or are you always kind of
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Speaker 3: welcome for discussions?
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Speaker 2: Speaker 4 05, 06, 07, 08, 07, 08, 09, 010, 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 018, 019, 020.
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Speaker 2: It's both like, even in, even in this game, we had,
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Speaker 2: we had a full conversation over the Sam Martin roughing play.
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Speaker 2: And then with like two 20 left, I tried to
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Speaker 2: Okie dope them into a pumping the play clock so
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Speaker 2: we could go down to the two minute warning and
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Speaker 2: they all kind of rolled their eyes at me. And
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Speaker 2: I said, it never hurts to ask. So Uh, there's a, again,
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Speaker 2: there's an ongoing negotiation that's happening between me and, and
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Speaker 2: all of the officials. I think they somewhat tolerate me
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Speaker 2: because on some level they assume that in my next career,
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Speaker 2: I will be an official. So maybe they worry, like
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Speaker 2: I might be like kind of part of their group.
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Speaker 2: So they're a little bit nicer to me. But other
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Speaker 2: than that, it's just, again, look, we're out there for
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Speaker 2: three and a half hours, and this isn't going to
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Speaker 2: shock you, but I need people to talk to. So
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Speaker 2: sometimes the officials are just the people that are going
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Speaker 2: to get that feedback from me.
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Speaker 1: Now, they never hit you with an FU like the
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Speaker 1: guy did to Trey McBride and got suspended two games,
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Speaker 1: did they? I think they're nicer to you.
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Speaker 2: They're nice to me now. I'm not swearing at them. So,
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Speaker 2: you know, that probably probably goes a little bit of
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Speaker 2: a little bit of a way in terms of the niceties.
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Speaker 2: I tell them when they're wrong. And sometimes the good
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Speaker 2: officials will even respond to you and be like, yeah,
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Speaker 2: I missed that one. So I always appreciate that. Eventually
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Speaker 2: those kind of come back around. So I, again, I,
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Speaker 2: the officials have a tough job. Those guys on the
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Speaker 2: side get yelled at the entire game. If you ever watch,
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Speaker 2: they actually switch sides at halftime. And I'm convinced part
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Speaker 2: of it is because at some point when the entire
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Speaker 2: bench is just yelling at the down official on the,
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Speaker 2: on their particular side, you just need a break and
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Speaker 2: just move over to the other side. So they have
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Speaker 2: a tough job. And yes, we don't need to be
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Speaker 2: swearing back and forth. Label got hit with a penalty
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Speaker 2: this week for swearing at an official. So, Uh, usually
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Speaker 2: you don't see penalties, but there's a lot, there's a
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Speaker 2: lot of, uh, there's a lot of French being spoken
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Speaker 2: from time to time on the NFL. I believe it's shocking.
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Speaker 2: Part of the reason I have to play at the
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Speaker 2: end of the game.
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Speaker 1: Please Lord, forgive us. Forgive us for all this sinning.
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Speaker 1: We just did on the field.
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Speaker 2: All right, brother.
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Speaker 1: Congrats on the level. Congrats on the win. Have a
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Speaker 1: great bye week, man. Thanks for coming on.
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Speaker 2: Appreciate it guys.