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Trent Green on Breakout Season and Franchise Quarterbacks | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to Kickoff continues. The Jaguars and the Miami Dolphins
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  Speaker 1: kickoff weekend of the National Football League, and the analyst
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  Speaker 1: for CBS Sports on the telecast this week. He's been
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  Speaker 1: with CBS since twenty fourteen, fifteen years as an NFL
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  Speaker 1: quarterback for five different teams. It's our first chant to
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  Speaker 1: visit with Trent Green, and what a way to start, Trent,
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  Speaker 1: how are you?
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you what, JT. I was fired up when
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  Speaker 2: the assignments go out and to see this matchup in
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  Speaker 2: week one. We're really lucky to be covering this game
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  Speaker 2: because I think it's two of the teams that are
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  Speaker 2: going to be right in the hunt not only for
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  Speaker 2: the playoffs, but to make a splash in the AFC.
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  Speaker 2: Two young quarterbacks that just got new contracts. Two teams
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  Speaker 2: they got new defensive coordinators because they wanted to change
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  Speaker 2: up that side of the ball. Third year head coaches.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of excitement around both of these organizations,
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  Speaker 2: both of these teams, and plenty of star players in
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  Speaker 2: both both rosters. So yeah, we're excited for this one.
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  Speaker 1: Let's start with one of those quarterbacks, Trevor Lawrence. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: fifty five million dollars per year annual salary on average.
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  Speaker 1: So it's his third year with Doug Peterson. Right, we
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  Speaker 1: know what happened in his rookie year. We've seen him
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  Speaker 1: grow last year though he's banged up a lot. Why
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  Speaker 1: is this the right time for him? Can he take
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  Speaker 1: that next step? And why will he?
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  Speaker 2: Well? I certainly think that the Jaguars hope so, and
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  Speaker 2: shot Con definitely does because he agreed to pay that contract.
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  Speaker 2: So I do think he's ready for that next step.
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  Speaker 2: I think Doug has proven himself as someone not only
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  Speaker 2: as a player and a coach, but someone that knows quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 2: knows the position, is a good play caller, has you know,
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  Speaker 2: put guys in position to have success, having won a
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  Speaker 2: super Bowl in Philadelphia, and you know, you look at
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  Speaker 2: the even though it's the same record in year one
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  Speaker 2: and year two, you know, winning a playoff game, having
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  Speaker 2: that type of experience, having guys on the roster that
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  Speaker 2: know what that's like, and I think it's important when
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  Speaker 2: you look at the talent that's around Trevor, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's no reason why this can't be his best season.
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  Speaker 2: I think last year, you know, you brought up the
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  Speaker 2: fact that he was dealing with some injuries, and you
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  Speaker 2: look early on in the season, prior to those cumulative
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  Speaker 2: effect of those injuries, you know, he was he was
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  Speaker 2: having a heck of a season, and I do think
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  Speaker 2: he'll continue to get better. I think that there'll be
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  Speaker 2: an emphasis in the off season about the turnovers. I know,
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the NFL and the rest of the
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  Speaker 2: country likes to talk about the fumbles and the interceptions
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  Speaker 2: and and all that stuff. And that's part of growing
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  Speaker 2: as a quarterback. I know. I know my first couple
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  Speaker 2: of years, and I was much older by the time
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  Speaker 2: I got done. It took me five years to get
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  Speaker 2: on the field. You know, the game's faster. Things are happening.
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  Speaker 2: You know, defenses are trying to confuse is. You know,
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  Speaker 2: as I've tried to prep this week, getting ready for
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  Speaker 2: the game, seeing some of the things that the defenses
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  Speaker 2: were doing to him a year ago, trying to cause
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  Speaker 2: confusion giving his own look, but being manned a man,
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  Speaker 2: having manned a man with a deep safety zone, but
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  Speaker 2: then also having a couple of robbers in the middle
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  Speaker 2: of the field. I mean, they were really trying to
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  Speaker 2: confuse him. And there were times that he was confused
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  Speaker 2: based on I think it's pretty obvious from a turnover standpoint.
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  Speaker 2: But I think all those things, as you continue to
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  Speaker 2: grow and learn in this league, those things start to
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  Speaker 2: slow down. You start to see things better, and I
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  Speaker 2: think that's what kind of culminates and puts him in
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  Speaker 2: position to have success. Trent.
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  Speaker 1: We know this offense runs really through Christian Kirk and
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  Speaker 1: Evan Ingram. That's where they would like it to go
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  Speaker 1: a lot. But they've got two new pieces this year
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  Speaker 1: at wide receiver and Gabe Davis and Brian Thomas Jr.
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  Speaker 1: How difficult can it be to bring two new pieces
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  Speaker 1: of your offense in at the skill positions, and you
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  Speaker 1: know how they like to throw this football around, So
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  Speaker 1: you know how difficult is that for a quarterback to
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  Speaker 1: get those guys in the same page.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's important once again, I'll go back
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  Speaker 2: to the health. You know, these guys have had all
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  Speaker 2: off season, They've had you know, training camp, just like everybody.
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  Speaker 2: Not many people play in the preseason, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: you get that work. You just need to continue the
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  Speaker 2: timing of it. You know, going back and looking at
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  Speaker 2: last year's film, breaking down some of the late season
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  Speaker 2: interceptions and turnovers that Trevor had and some of the
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  Speaker 2: things defenses are doing. There was also some miscommunication with
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  Speaker 2: the receivers at that time, with Calvin Ridley, wiz Day Jones,
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  Speaker 2: and and you know, some of the balls that weren't
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  Speaker 2: I wouldn't necessarily say his fault, but I gotta be
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  Speaker 2: careful to protect quarterback because I'm always looking at protect quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think that's an important part of it
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  Speaker 2: because I know the timing of it, getting the ball
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  Speaker 2: out of your hands on time, guys, being in the
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  Speaker 2: right spots, all those things are important. Gave Davis has
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  Speaker 2: proved himself a big playmaker, huge playmaker for Josh Allen
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  Speaker 2: up in Buffalo, So I think he's going to add
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  Speaker 2: a nice dimension to this. And then you never know
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  Speaker 2: with rookies. I know they're hoping that he jumps in
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  Speaker 2: and Thomas jumps in and makes us splash right away.
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  Speaker 2: I think there could be some growing pains, you know. It's,
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  Speaker 2: you know, trying to learn the league and learning defenses
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  Speaker 2: and the way the DB's are going to defend him
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  Speaker 2: and the way coordinators are going to defend him. It
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  Speaker 2: helps having the talent around him to get some one
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  Speaker 2: on ones. But but I don't remain to be seen
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  Speaker 2: how how much he's involved, and I know they want
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  Speaker 2: to get him involved, but you know, it's it's nice
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  Speaker 2: having a running back like Etn also that you can
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  Speaker 2: rely on the run game a little bit as well.
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  Speaker 1: Brent Green CBS Sports with us twa tongue of by
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  Speaker 1: Low another one that got a contract of the offseason.
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  Speaker 1: He's got an injury history, that's one side of this thing,
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  Speaker 1: but he also has a history in the recent history
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  Speaker 1: of putting a lot of yards with some speedy receivers
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  Speaker 1: around him. So this was one where was this a
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  Speaker 1: toss up for you? Is this the right time to
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  Speaker 1: pay Tua?
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  Speaker 2: You know? I think I think it was for Tua
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  Speaker 2: as well. I think when you look at the type
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  Speaker 2: of quarterback that Tua was, and and a lot has
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  Speaker 2: been made of this just because of the recent comments
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  Speaker 2: that Tua had about Brian Flores and and the previous
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  Speaker 2: regime and what Mike McDaniel has meant to him. I know,
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  Speaker 2: having covered Miami, you know for the last ten to
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  Speaker 2: eleven years, the different coaches, and and I was there
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  Speaker 2: when when Tua was with Brian Flores and and his
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  Speaker 2: personality change substantially. When Mike McDaniel came in. He uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he would come into our meetings as a
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  Speaker 2: different player. And I remember him leading that first year
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  Speaker 2: with Mike McDaniel and and just say, gosh, that's a
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  Speaker 2: he's carrying himself differently. He's feeling differently about his game.
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  Speaker 2: And and you know, to see the comments that happened
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  Speaker 2: this year, you can you can see. All you got
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  Speaker 2: to do is turn on the tape and look at
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  Speaker 2: the type of player he was three seasons agoing what
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  Speaker 2: he's been the last two years. I think that Mike
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  Speaker 2: has instilled that confidence in him. I think the the
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  Speaker 2: play scheming and the design of the offense uh fits
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  Speaker 2: well into what Tua likes to do. If you look,
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  Speaker 2: see the ball gets out of his hands as quick
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  Speaker 2: as anybody in the league. So a lot of that
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  Speaker 2: is play designed. And then when plays don't break down,
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  Speaker 2: you know, having a world class sprinter like ty Reef
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  Speaker 2: back there, uh, you know, tends to tends to help
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  Speaker 2: things a little bit. So I do think it was
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  Speaker 2: the right time to pay to it. And uh, and
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  Speaker 2: I just think he fits well into what Mike McDaniel
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  Speaker 2: wants to get done. And I know there were people
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  Speaker 2: you know that weren't really excited about it. But I
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  Speaker 2: think based on what he's done the last two years,
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  Speaker 2: the fact that he was able to stay healthy a
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  Speaker 2: year ago for the most part, and the way he
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  Speaker 2: fits in what Mike wants to get done, I think
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  Speaker 2: this all makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Tyree Jalen Waddell can fly, Rahiem Moster can fly.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Devin a Chan can fly. So how do
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  Speaker 1: you recommend defending this group with all these speed guys.
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  Speaker 2: Trim, Well, it's you know, it really kind of comes back.
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  Speaker 2: It's one of two ways. You're either going to rush three,
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  Speaker 2: drop eight, cause confusion. Right, You've seen defenses cause problems
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  Speaker 2: for Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs offense right when they
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  Speaker 2: drop three, or a rush three drop eight, try and
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  Speaker 2: put pressure on him with three if you can do that,
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  Speaker 2: or rush four drop seven. You know, when you decide
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  Speaker 2: to bring pressure, you better make sure you don't give
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  Speaker 2: up the big play. And I think that's the thing
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  Speaker 2: is the timeliness of it. Okay, it's like you got
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  Speaker 2: to pick which way you want to attack it. You
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  Speaker 2: got to continue to cause confusion. You got to contin
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  Speaker 2: you to mix things up, because if you go, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: this is what we're doing. We're gonna bring five six
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  Speaker 2: man pressures, we're gonna go man a man, Eventually you're
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  Speaker 2: gonna get it burned because you can't match up with
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  Speaker 2: all that speed, all those guys you just mentioned. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: if you decide to go zone the whole time, they'll
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  Speaker 2: sit there and that's when they get the the hm
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  Speaker 2: mostt thing going and the screens and the quick bubbles
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  Speaker 2: and all that kind of stuff. And yeah, you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: you're gonna keep it under control, but your time of
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  Speaker 2: possession is gonna be two to one. So I think
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  Speaker 2: the biggest thing, you know is really just is mixing
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  Speaker 2: it up. Teams have had success against Miami doing that.
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  Speaker 2: Teams have had success against some of the other high
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  Speaker 2: powered offenses around the league doing that. You can't just
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  Speaker 2: stick to one formula because of because of those types
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  Speaker 2: of weapons. Been great stuff. Appreciate the time.
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  Speaker 1: Looking forward to kickoff weekend, Man, let's do it again
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  Speaker 1: down the road. That means the Jaguars are in a
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  Speaker 1: good place of you and Kevin Harland are on the game.
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  Speaker 2: I must say, you know, I hope so I hope
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  Speaker 2: we do because I think, uh, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: the Jaguars have a special season coming up and this
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  Speaker 2: is gonna be exciting Week one, and hope to see
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  Speaker 2: a bounce down the road.