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Shad Khan talks London, development and the state of the Jaguars | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: With Jaguars owners shot con The Jaguars are back in London,
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  Speaker 1: this time facing the Denver Broncos at Wembley. First of all,
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  Speaker 1: full them off to an outstanding start as we speak
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  Speaker 1: on this Saturday, where a few hours away from a
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  Speaker 1: match over at Craven Cottage. Seventh on the table and
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  Speaker 1: I know you have to be happy with the start
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  Speaker 1: for full of so far. Absolutely delighted and UM obviously
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to the rest of the season. But we're
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  Speaker 1: hoftil great start alright, the Jaguars two and five, trying
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  Speaker 1: to get things going at four games skid right now,
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  Speaker 1: but getting the organization back on track after a difficult
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  Speaker 1: couple of years on the football side. Um, how did
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  Speaker 1: the relationship with your relationship with the players go into
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  Speaker 1: some of the changes of the offseason and what have
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  Speaker 1: you seen after those changes so far? Well, I think
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  Speaker 1: what we've seen obviously is much more competitive games. I
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  Speaker 1: think the players have grown, UM and the coaching staff
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  Speaker 1: Doug all the assistants have really done a great job
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  Speaker 1: developing him. Um. I think, uh, six of the seven
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  Speaker 1: games we lead in the fourth quarters, so they're highly competitive.
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  Speaker 1: The last drive pretty much has determined what our win
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  Speaker 1: loss record is and how we close him out uh
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  Speaker 1: and turn that into a w I think is uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, is the next stage. Doug Peterson has been
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  Speaker 1: at this for a long time in the NFL. Step one,
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  Speaker 1: he was a player when he first came into the league,
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  Speaker 1: So he's been at this for obviously a long time.
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  Speaker 1: It understands how, um the cadence of the league and
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  Speaker 1: how every week should feel, and how to talk to
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  Speaker 1: different types of people in the league. And that's a
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  Speaker 1: huge step when you have a leader like Doug Peterson
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  Speaker 1: in there too to start it and set the tone
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  Speaker 1: each week. That gives the steam a chance. Well, it
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  Speaker 1: does that and obviously he's won the Super Bowl, so uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's been to the summit and UM and obviously I
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  Speaker 1: think you know, he's been absolutely phenomenal as a person
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  Speaker 1: as a coach. So Jaguar's owner Shotgon with US, Trent
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  Speaker 1: Balky and Peterson working together as a team to stockpile
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  Speaker 1: the talent this offseason. What have you seen from that
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  Speaker 1: relationship so far on the football side, Well, it's collaborative,
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  Speaker 1: it's transparent, um, and it is literally teamwork on evaluating
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  Speaker 1: what our needs are and then identifying and UM getting
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  Speaker 1: the talent. What are you most excited about on the
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  Speaker 1: team itself? Trevor's second year young defensive players. What do
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  Speaker 1: you want to see on Sunday? Well, what I want
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  Speaker 1: to see is obviously the team to reach its full potential.
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  Speaker 1: What I'm excited about is every game before the game
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  Speaker 1: during the week they believe they can win. Jags owner
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  Speaker 1: shot con with us. It's the ninth London game for
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars, the eighth at Wembley. The footprint in the
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  Speaker 1: UK for the team has grown over the years. Of
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  Speaker 1: course there's full time staff on the ground here, but
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  Speaker 1: now a different step operating the event and the facility
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  Speaker 1: itself for the game. That's a huge step for this
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  Speaker 1: organization and it should be pulled off well. And when
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  Speaker 1: it is that, could you know, move forward the idea
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  Speaker 1: of doing this UM obviously in running it year to year. Absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: London game is a big part of Jacksonville Jaguars UM.
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  Speaker 1: I think we're expecting over eighty five thousand fans UM,
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  Speaker 1: so it's really going to be a historic game in
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  Speaker 1: many different ways. You want to do this for a
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  Speaker 1: long time, right, this is this is going to stick
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  Speaker 1: around for a while. The London idea here. Absolutely. I think, uh,
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  Speaker 1: it's part of our DNA now and we'll be continuing it.
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  Speaker 1: And of course that means that Jaguars are content and
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  Speaker 1: are staying in Jacksonville for generations to come as well,
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  Speaker 1: and that Miller Electric Center is a big piece of that.
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  Speaker 1: The facility is going up. We walk in the building
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  Speaker 1: every day and you walk in the morning. This is
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  Speaker 1: how construction works. I get it. You walk in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: something hasn't happened. You walk out, it's done, and it's
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  Speaker 1: moving quickly. And that's got to be exciting to see
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  Speaker 1: it is. You know, our goal was to have a
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  Speaker 1: state of the art facility. That's what we'll have. Then
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  Speaker 1: it goes across the street of course, to the shipyards area,
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  Speaker 1: the Four Seasons property, everything that's starting to go there.
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  Speaker 1: Once that begins, then downtown can really start maximizing that potential. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Jacksonville has a great river front and it's taken a
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  Speaker 1: few years to get the overpassed down and really maximize
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  Speaker 1: um that great natural asset we have um So you know,
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  Speaker 1: I'm really kind of excited to see that come to fruition.
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  Speaker 1: Al Right, whatever're what Game eight into the season. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the message for the Jaguars fans now halfway through this season,
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  Speaker 1: it's a close football team right there on the edge.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of development around the stadium and things
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  Speaker 1: are looking up for this organization right absolutely. And I
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  Speaker 1: think you know, we got to remember the two critical
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  Speaker 1: parts of the modern NFL team as the head coach
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  Speaker 1: and the quarterback, and we're blood to have em both
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  Speaker 1: who can help shape this team into a consistent winner.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for the time, appreciate privilege, my privilege. Thanks