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Press Pass | Parker Washington on Offseason Growth and Earned Respect · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: What progress have you seen in yourself just from going
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  Speaker 1: back from last year You're dealing with injuries things like that.
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  Speaker 1: Now this year kind of sort of like a fresh start.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, definitely off season being able to get
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  Speaker 2: some good work in. I mean, I was coming off
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  Speaker 2: an injury coming into my rookie year, so I've been
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  Speaker 2: just trying to build from that and grow and develop
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  Speaker 2: and continue to get more healthy. So that off season
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  Speaker 2: time was good for me. So it does feel like
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  Speaker 2: a fresh start being all pretty much fully healthy and
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  Speaker 2: just ready to row.
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  Speaker 3: Trevor mentioned you last week it's kind of a young
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  Speaker 3: receivers kind of step forward this training camp. What does
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  Speaker 3: that mean to get that trust and confidence from the quarterback?
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  Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying, everything's earned, you know, respect
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  Speaker 2: is earned. You know, put a lot of good work
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  Speaker 2: in this off season, and I just wanted to put
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  Speaker 2: my best foot forward each day during OTA's and now
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  Speaker 2: to start a training camp, and that's what it's all about.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you want to earn trust from your teammates
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  Speaker 2: and continue to build that trust as you continue to go.
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  Speaker 2: So it's been exciting and I just want to continue
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  Speaker 2: to build on that and continue to grow.
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  Speaker 4: I know the I mean what happened Saturday night with
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  Speaker 4: the kickoff return, but in general just the rule change itself.
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  Speaker 4: How challenging has that been for the team to adjust
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  Speaker 4: for a returner, to adjust to the blocking and everything.
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  Speaker 2: Oh no, it's definitely different. I don't know if it's
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  Speaker 2: like a punt return backyard playground, Like I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. It's just it's kind of crazy. You
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  Speaker 2: feel like players are just all over the place. But
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  Speaker 2: it's exciting to because I feel like it's more excited.
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  Speaker 2: You can make more exciting plays and it's like it's
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  Speaker 2: no more fair catching. So it's gonna be fun. But
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  Speaker 2: like I said, we're still trying to figure that process out.
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  Speaker 2: But it's been real fun.
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  Speaker 1: Really Sad Cooks.
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  Speaker 5: Obviously he's a boy. From what we talked about a
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  Speaker 5: three weeks ago. What depth does he have? I mean,
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  Speaker 5: the wide receiver room is massive and he doesn't get
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  Speaker 5: obviously as much plain time. But tell me about his
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  Speaker 5: potential in your eyes?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, dub, I'm about to say, even from last year.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he catches everything. Like if we talk about
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  Speaker 2: who I want to catch the go route or fadebar
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  Speaker 2: at the end, of the game, gaming online. I'm picking
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  Speaker 2: eat cooks. About to say I wish I could catch
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  Speaker 2: like that, or I wish I was six four six '
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  Speaker 2: five like that, But that's what he does. He catches everything,
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  Speaker 2: and he's always looking to grow, he's always looking to develop,
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  Speaker 2: asking questions, learning from the vets. I mean, we've both
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  Speaker 2: done a good job with that. I'm excited for him.
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  Speaker 4: Next question, I appreciate