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Darious Williams on the Identity of the Secondary | 1on1 Interview · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: All right, sixth NFL season for you, thirty years of age,
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  Speaker 1: salty vet really of this defensive back room, how have
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  Speaker 1: you kind of take him to that mentorship role for
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  Speaker 1: a lot of these young guys like Greg Junior over here,
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  Speaker 1: getting balls after practice, doing the extra.
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  Speaker 2: Things, right, I mean, that's what it takes to win.
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  Speaker 2: So that's obvious. Our goal is to be a championship team.
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  Speaker 2: The only way we're gonna do that is if we
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  Speaker 2: at depth at every position. So anything I can do
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  Speaker 2: to help all the young guys, Greg, any rookies, any
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  Speaker 2: guys Tyson, even Tyson even though he's going into his
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  Speaker 2: third year, anything I could do to help these guys
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  Speaker 2: get to where we want to be at the end
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  Speaker 2: of season.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna do this cornerback room, there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of confidence, right. Tyson talked the other day about he
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  Speaker 1: wants to be the best corner of the NFL. But
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  Speaker 1: you have to have that mindset as a defensive back, right,
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  Speaker 1: You're the best guy out here no matter who you're
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  Speaker 1: going up against. That mindset is something that a lot
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  Speaker 1: of young guys have to learn too, right.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, So I mean that's our thing. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: talked all the time. We want to be the best
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  Speaker 2: duo in the league. Obviously he's really underrated, you know,
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  Speaker 2: his his sky's the limit. But that's that should be
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  Speaker 2: everybody's mindset in our whole secondary to be the.
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  Speaker 3: Best in the NFL. And I think we got that.
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  Speaker 2: I think we got even receivers on our offense end
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  Speaker 2: that are gonna help us reach out achievements.
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  Speaker 3: So I mean we got good things going.
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  Speaker 4: You said, that's the sky is his limit? What about
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  Speaker 4: your limit? You're right there too.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, I'm still going.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I just look out from other guys, I
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  Speaker 2: speak from other guys, but you know my you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm always pishing to be the best.
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  Speaker 1: Take us just rewind quickly through last season. How you
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  Speaker 1: progressed this year? Went along your first year in Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 1: new scheme, new look, and how do you carry and
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  Speaker 1: build upon that personally this year?
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  Speaker 4: Right?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I mean last year, you know, it was
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  Speaker 2: what it was. We were trying to figure out, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we had new coaches, everybody was new, so just trying
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  Speaker 2: to figure out where you fit in. But I think
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  Speaker 2: towards the end of the year we kind of figure out,
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  Speaker 2: you know, where the where the pieces are and we're
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  Speaker 2: just trying to carry on after that.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we we ended up bawling at.
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  Speaker 2: The end of the season, you know, so that's where
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to take off from this year.
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  Speaker 1: Give us see if you had to say the calling
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  Speaker 1: card of this secondary, what what will people think of
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  Speaker 1: outside of this group?
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  Speaker 4: It's early in campus week two.
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  Speaker 1: I get I haven't played a preseason game yet, but
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  Speaker 1: what will this entire secondary as a collective being.
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  Speaker 2: Known for just ballhawks and and just detailed That's what
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  Speaker 2: That's what I think this group is gonna bring. I
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  Speaker 2: think we're all gonna be really communicated. We're gonna be
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  Speaker 2: really uh geled together, really synchronized, and that's all we're
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  Speaker 2: hoping to bring.
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  Speaker 3: So just a whole unit.
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  Speaker 2: Of of of just just everybody playing is one.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 1: So you're from jacks Man Creekside High. I mean, obviously
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  Speaker 1: you've been here for a year now back. But are
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  Speaker 1: you used to that yet? I mean, what are is
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  Speaker 1: it strange being backed in your hometown?
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  Speaker 3: I mean no, I'm not. I'm not so I'm used
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  Speaker 3: to it by now.
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  Speaker 2: Last year you know, it was it was kind of cool, actually,
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  Speaker 2: you know, waking up and still realizing you could just
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  Speaker 2: drive back down through the whole city that you grew
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  Speaker 2: up in. But I mean, I'm used to it now,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm pretty pretty moved in.
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  Speaker 4: Were you a fan? Did you go to games?
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  Speaker 5: Like?
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  Speaker 4: What was that?
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  Speaker 3: I mean back in the day. Yeah, we used to.
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  Speaker 3: We used to buy some tickets.
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  Speaker 2: You know, by the time I got my car, get
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  Speaker 2: some tickets, and a couple of home boys come down here,
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  Speaker 2: jump some seats.
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  Speaker 3: But I mean it's been a little minute.
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  Speaker 1: So tell us about Foyer looking and his role in
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  Speaker 1: this Jack's defense.
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  Speaker 2: Well, number one, people don't realize that this man is
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  Speaker 2: a bully and and it displays on the field, high
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  Speaker 2: character guy, but he a bully inside, you know, and
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  Speaker 2: it's showing the field.
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  Speaker 3: But nah, and everything.
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  Speaker 2: Man, he awesome dude, awesome leader, and we need guys
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  Speaker 2: like him around.
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  Speaker 3: That's gonna make us better.
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  Speaker 4: Boy, tell us about Darius Williams. Is a corner.
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  Speaker 5: It's cool, calling collected. I like when I can look
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  Speaker 5: out there, he never phased by anything. No, no, moment
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  Speaker 5: of the game is too big. So you know, he
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  Speaker 5: goes out there. I'm like Dan making breaks and making
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  Speaker 5: plays on the ball. So it's always cool to see.
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  Speaker 5: Also another Vet I can lean on to make sure
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  Speaker 5: everybody got their head straight back there. Good good defensive
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  Speaker 5: leader as well.