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How Jaguars can capitalize on division opportunity in Week 14 | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: With the call of the game on CBS Sports guests
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  Speaker 1: wo Andrew Catalan is back for the Jaguars and the
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  Speaker 1: Titans at an FC South battle. Always a pleasure, Andrew JP.
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  Speaker 1: I was thinking about it recently. There there have been
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  Speaker 1: losses that I've called with the Jaguars, but there have
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  Speaker 1: been some memorable winds as well in my time calling
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  Speaker 1: games at CBS, and I'm gonna put that win over
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  Speaker 1: the Ravens right up there. That was a great scene
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  Speaker 1: and it was a lot of fun down the stretch
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  Speaker 1: call in that game. Great calls at the end by
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  Speaker 1: you as well. By the way, on the touchdown catch
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a catch, don't know they called in a touchdown.
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  Speaker 1: I thought that was perfect. And then the two point
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  Speaker 1: play was a bullet So those are big moments for
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  Speaker 1: this team, a lot of fun. I thought Tucker may
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  Speaker 1: rain on the parade down there when he trotted out
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  Speaker 1: on the field. But it was a great win for
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  Speaker 1: Doug Peterson and the Jaguars for sure. It would have
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  Speaker 1: been an all time field goal, that's for sure. All right,
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  Speaker 1: let's move along here to this Titans Jaguars matchup, and
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  Speaker 1: let's start with the news out of Tennessee this week,
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  Speaker 1: all of a sudden, John Robinson whacked. He's gone as
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  Speaker 1: the general manager. Mike Rabel has been there for a
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  Speaker 1: while now, you know, he's the guy that's kind of
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  Speaker 1: the face of that group, it feels like, but Robinson
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  Speaker 1: got the X. What gives and what next for Tennessee. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I was really surprised by the timing of the decision.
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  Speaker 1: If you had told me after the year, Tennessee might
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  Speaker 1: want to look in another direction, Okay, I understand that.
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  Speaker 1: I just find it very surprising to do that in season,
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  Speaker 1: when you're in first place, you're on the verge of
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  Speaker 1: winning potentially your third straight division title. I know all
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  Speaker 1: the moves haven't panned out specifically A. J. Brown. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: and obviously that's who they played last week. Who knows
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  Speaker 1: if that was a catalyst. Um, but I'm really surprised. Um.
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  Speaker 1: I think that when you have as much success as
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  Speaker 1: the Titans have had in their division and making the
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  Speaker 1: playoffs and the number one seed a year ago, oh
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  Speaker 1: in the a f C. I didn't see that one coming.
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  Speaker 1: And Uh, we'll have to see how Tennessee responds. I
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  Speaker 1: wonder how much that trickles down into the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think if a coach gets fired, there's
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  Speaker 1: probably more of an immediate impact on the players. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know how much a move like this impacts the players.
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  Speaker 1: Be curious to ask James Lofton on the broadcast that
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  Speaker 1: but uh, definitely a surprise. I am very surprised by
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  Speaker 1: the in season firing. Does this strengthen Mike Vrabel's position
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  Speaker 1: in the organization or was it already strong as as
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  Speaker 1: it is right now? Yeah? I think both. I think
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  Speaker 1: the answer to boat your questions is yes. I think
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  Speaker 1: he was already a strong figure in that organization, and
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  Speaker 1: he probably takes on even more power right now. Um
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  Speaker 1: So you know, I think that See, they're probably seeing
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  Speaker 1: it as we got to get ready for the draft,
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  Speaker 1: right so they gotta have whoever they want in place.
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  Speaker 1: You know, how many more moves do you make in
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  Speaker 1: the last five five weeks of the regular season. And
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  Speaker 1: you know, they claimed a guy off the Atlanta's practice
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  Speaker 1: squad this week, they got Terrell bash him, And I
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  Speaker 1: mean those are the things that, um, you know, probably
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  Speaker 1: aren't going to shape the future of the organization. You
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  Speaker 1: want to have your guy in place, I would say
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  Speaker 1: by January one or thereabouts Andrew Catalan with a CBS Sports, Well,
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  Speaker 1: we know very well that when it comes to a
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  Speaker 1: Titan Jaguars matchup, priority number one is that big running back,
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  Speaker 1: of course, Derrick Henry in the backfield. He's killed this
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  Speaker 1: organization so many times over the years, a couple of
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  Speaker 1: two hundred yard plus games over the last five or
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  Speaker 1: six meetings. But over the last few games he hasn't
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  Speaker 1: gone over a hundred the last four in the last
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  Speaker 1: two under forty yards total in the games. He's still
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  Speaker 1: right up there near the top of the league in
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  Speaker 1: the yards because they hand it to him so much
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  Speaker 1: and it just kind of adds up over the time.
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  Speaker 1: But is there anything that sticks out over the last
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  Speaker 1: few weeks as to why he's not running as effectively?
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  Speaker 1: A couple of things. In talking with the Tennessee offensive
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  Speaker 1: coordinator Todd Downing, you know, he said that they haven't
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  Speaker 1: really gotten in a rhythm on drives a lot of
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  Speaker 1: three and ounce I think there was five of them
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  Speaker 1: last week against Philadelphia. And when they can't get in
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  Speaker 1: a rhythm play calling, they can't repeat plays that work.
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  Speaker 1: They just haven't really been in a good groove these
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  Speaker 1: last few weeks. I think that's part of it. I
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  Speaker 1: also think that they're really uh undermanned offensively. Tannehill has
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  Speaker 1: been playing on a bad ankle. Now he's got two
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  Speaker 1: uh Burke's got hurt on his touchdown catch. Um. You
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  Speaker 1: know they miss h J. Brown. They they do that.
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  Speaker 1: You look around and they just don't have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of weapons offensively. They're hoping they're rookie tight end Shigo
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  Speaker 1: Konquo can turn into more of a threat in the
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  Speaker 1: past game. I think a lot of that is setting
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  Speaker 1: up the run and then using play action off it.
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  Speaker 1: That's what Tennessee has done for years. They haven't had
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  Speaker 1: the run, they haven't had play action. They just they've
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  Speaker 1: been very flat offense of lee. Their offensive line has
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  Speaker 1: not been great, especially at left tackle. There's some issues
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  Speaker 1: there on the offensive side of the ball. And I
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  Speaker 1: think if it all revolves around Derrick Henry, if he
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  Speaker 1: can get the ball rolling, if he can get them
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  Speaker 1: into a rhythm, then they can do the other stuff
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  Speaker 1: that we know they do well. Andrew Catalan with us
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  Speaker 1: all right to the Jaguars and the performance last week
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  Speaker 1: in Detroit. Um, the Jaguars defense did not get off
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  Speaker 1: the field obviously eight scoring drives by the Lions, and
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  Speaker 1: then the Lions knelt down in their ninth and final
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  Speaker 1: possessions in the game. And we're kind of in that
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  Speaker 1: weird spot this season. Yes, the Jags are still alive
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  Speaker 1: technically five games to go down three two against Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: You need some help, you need to start with it.
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  Speaker 1: But the way the defense has played this year, it
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  Speaker 1: kind of starts you thinking, Okay, what do they need
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  Speaker 1: for the future. How do they bolster this group different areas?
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  Speaker 1: And when they're giving up as many points a game
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  Speaker 1: as they're giving up and as much money in draft
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  Speaker 1: picks as they spent on that side of the ball
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  Speaker 1: in the last couple of years, that's not the performance
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  Speaker 1: you're looking for. I guess the Detroit Lions are really
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  Speaker 1: any team in the NFL. So it's a weird spot
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  Speaker 1: right now for this Jags defense, right especially on that
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  Speaker 1: on that side of the ball. But how do they
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  Speaker 1: fight through that and finished strong but then build the
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  Speaker 1: thing for the future. That's just a weird spot. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's frustrating. I mean, I look at Josh Allen, I
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  Speaker 1: think he's such a talented player, but now eight straight
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  Speaker 1: games without a sack. I mean he hasn't add one
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  Speaker 1: since Week four at Philadelphia. UM, that's not something that
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  Speaker 1: I think even games into the season you would have
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  Speaker 1: saw coming. UM. And you're right, they the numbers are
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  Speaker 1: not pretty. I do think the Lions are pretty talented
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  Speaker 1: offensive team. I'm sure Jaguars fans don't want to hear that.
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  Speaker 1: I get it. I think Detroit actually is coming on.
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  Speaker 1: But there's no excuse for you know, not forcing a punt.
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  Speaker 1: There's no excuse for some of these numbers here on
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  Speaker 1: the defense. As you pointed out, JP that has spent
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  Speaker 1: a lot of money, spent a lot of high D
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  Speaker 1: picks on UM. It's a great question. I think that
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  Speaker 1: they're gonna probably have to make some more changes in
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  Speaker 1: the off season. I do think they have. I think
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  Speaker 1: Andre Cisco is gonna be a really good player in
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  Speaker 1: the league. I think Tyson Campbell is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a really good player in the league. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: do think they have some pieces of Luicon. I mean
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  Speaker 1: the numbers, if you want to look at numbers, they
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  Speaker 1: don't lie. I mean, he's making a ton of tackles,
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  Speaker 1: so you know, I think first year with Caldwell, it's
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  Speaker 1: been a little bumpy here down the stretch. Let's see
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  Speaker 1: if they can write this ship and at least finish
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  Speaker 1: on a positive note. All Right, we're on big toe
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  Speaker 1: watch this week for the quarterback. So um, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know much about big toes or any of that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: He was wearing a kind of a sandal type contraction
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  Speaker 1: this week to limit his mobility and all that, but
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  Speaker 1: it seemed in good spirits and we'll see what happens
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  Speaker 1: obviously this weekend. But the fact that he was rolled
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  Speaker 1: up like he was Trevor Lawrence last week, that looked
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  Speaker 1: a whole lot worse and nobody really knew going into
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  Speaker 1: halftime what was going to happen. And then that long
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  Speaker 1: hair is flowing coming out of the tunnel in the
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  Speaker 1: third quarter and here he comes on the field and
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  Speaker 1: is running the football and they get like a sixteen
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  Speaker 1: play drive and get in the end zone. Tells you
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  Speaker 1: a lot about the quarterback, right, I mean that he
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  Speaker 1: could have folded it up. No, I'm not gonna go
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the day. Let's get this thing right. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: they got within two scores, they didn't get they didn't
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  Speaker 1: get the game. But you gotta love that from your
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  Speaker 1: franchise quarterboy. I agree. I think that even there was
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  Speaker 1: a game last year when he got knocked out, we
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  Speaker 1: weren't sure if he was gonna come in, and and
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  Speaker 1: Bethard came in for a couple of plays, and then
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  Speaker 1: Trevor came back out. You want to see that toughness
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  Speaker 1: in your quarterback. I don't know much about big toes either.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you were asking me if you
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  Speaker 1: wanted some toe advice, I don't have that. But I
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  Speaker 1: would say that he's got the makeup to fight through
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  Speaker 1: something like that to be able to be out there,
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  Speaker 1: and certainly we hope we see about there for the
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  Speaker 1: rest of the group around him though. Yeah, we're talking
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  Speaker 1: about defense not playing well. Offensive guys didn't play well
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  Speaker 1: last week either. Like five drops in the game, three
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  Speaker 1: from Zay Jones. I fumble the ball on the second
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  Speaker 1: play of the game. Um, that's gotta get clean for
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  Speaker 1: any of this to matter. Yeah. I think that that
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  Speaker 1: Travis c Tn fumble on the second play. Watching that
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  Speaker 1: game just totally changed the course of that first half
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  Speaker 1: and therefore the game. I thought that was a really
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  Speaker 1: big loss, A big fumble there. Yeah, Za Jones, who
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  Speaker 1: couldn't drop anything against Baltimore to come back in a
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  Speaker 1: game like that, and with the drops, there wasn't You're right,
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  Speaker 1: there wasn't a lot there. It wasn't a lot of
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  Speaker 1: positive to take away from that game. I was. I
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  Speaker 1: was very surprised, again giving credit to Detroit, but very
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  Speaker 1: surprised that on both sides of the ball there wasn't
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  Speaker 1: more energy, buzz. They're just something was missing in that
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  Speaker 1: Detroit game. And you know, maybe that's a lesson for
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  Speaker 1: a younger team that you have a great win like
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  Speaker 1: you do against Baltimore. You know, you gotta you gotta
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  Speaker 1: bring it every week in this league. And I know,
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  Speaker 1: again Jaguars fans don't want to hear that, but there
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  Speaker 1: are a lot of young guys and it takes some
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  Speaker 1: time to learn how to win, to learn how to respond.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're a Jacksonville fan, you hope that that
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  Speaker 1: was a great lesson last week and that they can
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  Speaker 1: get back to the football they were playing before the
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  Speaker 1: Lions game here going forward? Are you asking Syracuse alum,
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  Speaker 1: you know, new houses the greatest thing since sliced bread,
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  Speaker 1: But they don't teach pedetry at Syracuse apparently. I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I thought you would have somewhere as a minor or something.
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  Speaker 1: I did take three PREBD TOE classes, but I failed
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  Speaker 1: out of all of them. So I cannot offer my
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  Speaker 1: medical opinion on Trevor. Sorry, yeah me either. Alabama didn't
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  Speaker 1: come close to offering that. I'll say. Alright, final thought here,
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars have not one in Nashville since so there's nobody
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  Speaker 1: on this team. Um, that was a Jaguar that was
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  Speaker 1: on that team. So there's only three guys in the
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  Speaker 1: whole roster that have won in Nashville, and they all
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  Speaker 1: three came from outside in the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 1: So how do you break through that? I mean, this
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  Speaker 1: is this is a house of horrors for the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 1: Is because the Titans are a really good, powerful team.
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  Speaker 1: The Jags have been on the bottom. But at some point,
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  Speaker 1: if you're gonna make a name in this division, somehow,
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  Speaker 1: you got to go up there and actually compete and
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  Speaker 1: win a football game. It's not just losses, it's blowout losses.
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  Speaker 1: They're getting blasted in Nashville. How do you stop them? Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a great point. I think if you
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  Speaker 1: want to send a message, maybe maybe it's too late
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  Speaker 1: this year, but not not necessarily, But if you just
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  Speaker 1: want to send a message that you know, this is
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  Speaker 1: a team, and I think if you look, I know
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  Speaker 1: that Jags have had the Colts number over the last
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  Speaker 1: few years, but look at Week eighteen last year, Colts
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  Speaker 1: with a chance to get in, Jags beat them and
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  Speaker 1: then shut them out week too this year. I think
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  Speaker 1: there is some type of carry over when you play
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  Speaker 1: a division opponents. So you go up there and you
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  Speaker 1: win a game in Tennessee, which I think is a
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  Speaker 1: very winnable game. Tennessee's banged up. They they have lost
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  Speaker 1: two games in a row. I mean, this is a
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  Speaker 1: this is an opportunity for Jacksonville. I really believe, to
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  Speaker 1: not only win a game in the short term, but
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  Speaker 1: maybe send a message for the long term. And that's
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  Speaker 1: how I would praise it if I was in that
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  Speaker 1: locker room. Andrew, you're the man. Appreciate the time as always,
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  Speaker 1: enjoy the call. We'll talk to you next time, all right, JP.
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy