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Jags HQ | Discussing Gameplan, Execution & Future Improvements w/ Boselli & Gladstone · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Jags HQ. Brian Sexton and former Jaguar Jeff
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  Speaker 1: Loggeman sit down each week with the decision makers of
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  Speaker 1: your Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to bring you a product that you all
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  Speaker 2: can be proud of. With that.
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  Speaker 3: Game on.
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  Speaker 1: Jags HQ starts right now.
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  Speaker 4: All right, here we go. Brian Sexton along with Jeff
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  Speaker 4: Loggaman as we pick up the entire Jaguars radio network
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  Speaker 4: for Jags HQ. We are inside the Hyundai Studios, inside
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  Speaker 4: the Miller Electric Center, and we will be joined by
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  Speaker 4: the Jaguars Vice President of Football Operations, Tony Buscelli. I
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  Speaker 4: forgot executive. Executive Vice President.
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  Speaker 3: And EVP. EVP.
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  Speaker 4: And the General Manager, James Gladstone, will be along as well.
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  Speaker 4: Tony would say this just because it's the next one,
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  Speaker 4: but big one on Sunday because you've got the defending
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  Speaker 4: AFC champion New England Patriots. The team that represented your
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  Speaker 4: conference in the Super Bowl is here.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and I think they're all big from the standpoint
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  Speaker 3: of that you're right in the middle of a stretch
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  Speaker 3: in your schedule that's not very easy. And the upcoming.
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  Speaker 4: Opponents are not very– Forgiving.
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  Speaker 3: Favorable, forgiving, whatever term you want to use it, because
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  Speaker 3: you've got, what, Cincinnati lying in wait, and then you've
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  Speaker 3: got two road games, one against the Eagles.
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  Speaker 4: And the Texans.
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  Speaker 3: Texans, which, by the way, they play pretty good defense still.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we can talk a lot about the Texans, and
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  Speaker 4: we probably will at some point in time. We're talking
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  Speaker 4: about the Patriots here this evening on Jags HQ. They
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  Speaker 4: come in on the heels of a 20-3 win over
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  Speaker 4: the Pittsburgh Steelers. And, Jeff, which, honestly, I don't know
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  Speaker 4: that I've seen a Steelers front win get handled like
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  Speaker 4: they did. In all the years that we've played the
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  Speaker 4: Pittsburgh Steelers, I don't know that I've seen them get
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  Speaker 4: beat like they did.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they're playing good defense in New England right now.
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  Speaker 3: And that's their calling card. They've got some guys that
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  Speaker 3: can play pretty stout up there in the middle. And
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  Speaker 3: two linebackers played really well against Pittsburgh as well. And
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  Speaker 3: the outside guys are, I don't know if they're stars,
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  Speaker 3: but they were pretty productive.
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  Speaker 4: James Gladstone is here.
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  Speaker 3: How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Life is good.
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  Speaker 4: Tony Buscelli.
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  Speaker 5: Great.
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  Speaker 4: So let's talk a little bit about the Patriots defensive
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  Speaker 4: front for just a moment. As Jeff just mentioned, Milton
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  Speaker 4: Williams and Christian Barmore pretty much make it go.
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  Speaker 3: Don't they?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, obviously, as you look back to a
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  Speaker 5: year ago, what that group in particular looked like and
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  Speaker 5: added to in order to get them all the way
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  Speaker 5: to the Super Bowl was notable. They drove the ship
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  Speaker 5: on that front, but you got a back end that
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  Speaker 5: paired up with them pretty well, and now the highest
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  Speaker 5: paid corner included in that, and You know, it's a
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  Speaker 5: good group from front to back. And obviously, it's going
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  Speaker 5: to present some challenges that, you know, coming off the
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  Speaker 5: heels of this last week's game, that we'll have to
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  Speaker 5: continue to find ways of improving and attacking.
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  Speaker 3: I always like to kind of get your perspective on
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  Speaker 3: where guys are at. And the guy that's most notable
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  Speaker 3: in that back end is Christian Gonzalez. You talked about
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  Speaker 3: the highest paid corner in the league. I don't know
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  Speaker 3: what that number is, but it's pretty big, I'm sure.
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  Speaker 3: Who are the top corners in the league right now,
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  Speaker 3: in your opinion?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, we're coming off the heels of one and right
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  Speaker 5: into the face of another. And, you know, I think
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  Speaker 5: that those two are certainly worthy of that conversation. And,
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  Speaker 5: you know, that market in particular has continued to inch up. And,
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  Speaker 5: you know, we've had it reset, you know, twice over
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  Speaker 5: the last month and a half.
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  Speaker 3: What's the going rate on that?
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  Speaker 5: You're looking just north of 30, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: $ 30 million for top corner. I mean, that's... That's right
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  Speaker 3: up there with the highest paid positions in the league.
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  Speaker 5: Undoubtedly.
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  Speaker 2: Undoubtedly.
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  Speaker 5: And you see it, obviously, with quarterback receivers. Those are
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  Speaker 5: starting to jump. But also DNs and IDLs are starting
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  Speaker 5: to climb. And right now, those are the spots that
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  Speaker 5: are really impacting plays and really impacting games and really
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  Speaker 5: showing up when you consider which teams make it the furthest.
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  Speaker 5: Having people who impact the game from those spots are
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  Speaker 5: certainly ones that jump out when you look at the
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  Speaker 5: teams that are lasting the longest.
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  Speaker 4: So to speak you've been talking all day about the
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  Speaker 4: way that mike brable is able to use gonzalez you
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  Speaker 4: use the term cool because they do things that other
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  Speaker 4: teams don't do with players they don't have.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah that's pretty unique uh is there because you know
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  Speaker 3: like sir tan traveled but when gonzalez travels he could
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  Speaker 3: end up.
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  Speaker 5: Anywhere he'll be in the slot a little bit yeah
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  Speaker 5: as a part of that for sure.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah corners slot um I'm sure they even rotate him
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  Speaker 3: and roll him to safety at times. I mean, it's
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  Speaker 3: pretty unique. I mean, because if he does that, then
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  Speaker 3: the back end on the Patriots, the other guys have
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  Speaker 3: to be able to.
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  Speaker 4: Do something similar, right?
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  Speaker 3: Versatile and smart, undoubtedly. Got to be hard on a quarterback.
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  Speaker 5: Well, you think about it with Denver, right, just because
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  Speaker 5: it's who we played most recently. They play a heavy
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  Speaker 5: volume of man. And Riley Moss is a guy that,
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  Speaker 5: just like Sertain, is going to be asked to do
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  Speaker 5: some very challenging things.
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  Speaker 1: At a regular basis.
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  Speaker 5: And that's cover the guy in front of you who
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  Speaker 5: knows where they're going without knowing where they are headed.
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  Speaker 5: And so that puts a strain on the full group.
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  Speaker 5: But it's also done for a reason. And it's done
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  Speaker 5: to make it so a quarterback's got to hold the
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  Speaker 5: ball for a click longer. And it can be feast
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  Speaker 5: and famine to some degree. But when you've got guys
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  Speaker 5: who are closer to stop signs than speed bumps, it
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  Speaker 5: can really help the cause of a defense.
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  Speaker 4: Couple of storylines this week. Where do you want to start?
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  Speaker 2: Where are we going? Okay.
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  Speaker 4: The Brett and Strange, Jacoby Myers conversation, right? Getting those
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  Speaker 4: two guys involved. I think they combined have just eight targets.
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  Speaker 4: Your thoughts on where the offense is and how you
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  Speaker 4: get two big playmakers like those guys involved.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think anytime that you consider how we operate offensively,
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  Speaker 5: you're going to start with the idea that it'd be
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  Speaker 5: spreading the ball around. We don't ever want to fall
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  Speaker 5: into the line of operating where it's only going to
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  Speaker 5: a single one or two players, and that's through the
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  Speaker 5: air or on the ground. Like the balance that our
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  Speaker 5: offense operates with, and I know that that's the way
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  Speaker 5: that Liam appreciates call and plays, is when you're not
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  Speaker 5: stuck in one track mind. And so I think that
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  Speaker 5: that's certainly a point of emphasis. And when we are
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  Speaker 5: spreading the ball around, that's when we feel like we're
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  Speaker 5: in our greatest state of flow and most effective. And
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  Speaker 5: I think that we certainly saw that in week one
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  Speaker 5: to have four different pass catchers walk away with a
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  Speaker 5: touchdown reception. The volume at which those guys are getting
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  Speaker 5: targets is a different conversation, but also it's week two,
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  Speaker 5: and you've got to understand that it's probably better to
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  Speaker 5: assess these things over the course of a quarter rather
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  Speaker 5: than just a couple of games and then continue to
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  Speaker 5: find means of assessing and addressing things. And this first
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  Speaker 5: quarter of the season in particular is one where which
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  Speaker 5: teams identify problem areas and attack them rapidly enough to
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  Speaker 5: fix and solve for those and put them into practice
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  Speaker 5: in a way that doesn't hinder you too much in
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  Speaker 5: the early going.
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  Speaker 3: But you've got to have time, Tony.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but before we go any further, let's level set, too.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of narratives that get started.
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  Speaker 2: It's week two.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They've actually played– we've played six quarters of– we had
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  Speaker 2: a 31-0 lead where we ran the ball, so there
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  Speaker 2: was no targets, really, in the second half of that
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  Speaker 2: Cleveland game. So you're looking at six quarters of football.
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  Speaker 2: Everything James said is 100% true. That's how Liam wants
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  Speaker 2: to operate. That's when we're at our best. But I
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  Speaker 2: also think you look at it, and it's easy, and
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a mistake to make too many generalizations or– Overreact.
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  Speaker 2: Overreact to anything at this point of targets, production, good
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  Speaker 2: or bad. Because, listen, you can make the numbers say
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  Speaker 2: whatever you want this time of year to get excited
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  Speaker 2: or to get depressed. No doubt that we want Brenton
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  Speaker 2: and Jacoby to be a big part of the offense.
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  Speaker 2: They're huge players for us. They're very good players. And
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  Speaker 2: if anything, the other side of the story, you can say, man,
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  Speaker 2: they are the most efficient receivers. In the NFL. Jacoby's
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  Speaker 2: three of three, right. With the number of targets.
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  Speaker 4: 22.7 per target.
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  Speaker 5: Between Josh, Jacoby, and Brenton, they're nine for ten.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe we should just throw to them every time.
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  Speaker 4: With three TDs, no drops.
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  Speaker 3: What are we doing?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I always bring it up about this time of
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  Speaker 2: year because it happens. We all do it. Is that
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  Speaker 2: you can overreact either way. Think you got it figured
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  Speaker 2: out or think the world is ending. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: neither is happening. We played two football games. We didn't
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  Speaker 2: play good enough to win last week. And so anytime
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  Speaker 2: you lose a football game, you evaluate. And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: after you win a football game, you evaluate what you're
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  Speaker 2: doing and how you can get better. And no doubt
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  Speaker 2: about it, if you look at last year, When we're
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  Speaker 2: at our best, as James said, is when we're spreading
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  Speaker 2: the ball around and everybody is involved because it stresses
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  Speaker 2: the defense so much more in the passing game when
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  Speaker 2: you can do that. But I do think... There's a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of a storyline there that I think is
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  Speaker 2: manufactured after just two games.
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  Speaker 4: Well, and I think it was driven in part because
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  Speaker 4: Brian had a tough day and had a couple of drops.
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  Speaker 4: So it's easy to look at him and say.
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  Speaker 2: That's a whole different subject, though, in my opinion. I
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  Speaker 2: would agree with you.
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  Speaker 4: It just kind of one led to the other. It
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  Speaker 4: just was a natural evolution there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, possibly. But I think it's two different storylines. We've
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  Speaker 2: got to catch the ball when it's thrown to us,
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  Speaker 2: no doubt about it. Nobody knows that more than Brian.
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  Speaker 2: And so he's a pro. He's a guy who takes
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  Speaker 2: it very seriously. just like a lot of our guys,
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  Speaker 2: disappointed with the result and how certain plays went. That's
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  Speaker 2: part of football.
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  Speaker 4: I give credit. He stood in the locker room and
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  Speaker 4: answered the questions. Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: He's a stand-up guy. He's doing, like, listen, he's going
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  Speaker 2: to be out there. He's going to play football for us.
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  Speaker 2: We're excited about it. We need BTJ to be at
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  Speaker 2: his best for us to win football games and looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to him having a big day on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: So the distribution about how the ball gets spread around
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  Speaker 3: is great, but you got to have time. And this
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  Speaker 3: past game, I thought was a very unique set of
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  Speaker 3: circumstances because, you know, watching the offensive line, it seemed
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  Speaker 3: like everybody was taking a turn and messing up. But
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  Speaker 3: when you really looked at it on the film, there
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  Speaker 3: were multiple instances where you could tell that the silent
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  Speaker 3: count was a huge factor. And the crowd noise was
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  Speaker 3: a huge factor. And I wanted to get, Tony, your
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  Speaker 3: thoughts on this because there was one play that really
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  Speaker 3: stuck out in my mind. And at Cole Van Lannen,
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  Speaker 3: right tackle, and he's looking at the ball because you've
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  Speaker 3: got to watch the ball to know when to go.
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  Speaker 3: And so when the ball is snapped, he sets, but
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  Speaker 3: he almost oversets and the defensive end literally just loops
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  Speaker 3: right up underneath of him. People don't really understand how
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  Speaker 3: big and how hard disadvantage or how hard it is
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  Speaker 3: To handle that when you're on the road in that
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  Speaker 3: type of environment with the level of players like they have,
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  Speaker 3: like an Allen, even on the inside when you're staring
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  Speaker 3: at the ball and you've got to come back and
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  Speaker 3: focus on him, that ain't easy to do.
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  Speaker 2: No, you're trying to use your peripheral vision the best
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  Speaker 2: you can, and it is difficult. And that just shows
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  Speaker 2: it's a topic for our home field. Fans matter. Atmosphere matters.
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  Speaker 2: It stresses the offense. It's harder to communicate. It's harder
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  Speaker 2: to audible. We can play to change the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 2: You're trying to communicate when they're blitzing protection changes. Those
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  Speaker 2: are all out of, you know, it's hard enough when
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  Speaker 2: you can hear. And now you're trying to use hand
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  Speaker 2: signals and pass things down the line of scrimmage. And
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  Speaker 2: so that's a. Hey, to all our fans, come out.
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  Speaker 2: Be loud.
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  Speaker 3: It matters.
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  Speaker 2: It impacts the game. And as an offensive tackle, you're
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  Speaker 2: trying to peripheral the ball and the player. And I
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  Speaker 2: give Cole a ton of credit. Jeff, you know what
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  Speaker 2: it's like to come back after an ACL. First road game,
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  Speaker 2: still working through things. I thought he did a great
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  Speaker 2: job of settling in. You could tell early he was
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  Speaker 2: getting a feel for it. With the silent count against
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  Speaker 2: good pass rushers, not an easy job. Hats off to
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  Speaker 2: Cole because he handled it like a pro. Had a
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  Speaker 2: couple issues early, but settled in and did a nice job.
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  Speaker 2: For all our offensive line, they're trying to communicate. Hainsey's
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  Speaker 2: trying to communicate. At the same time he's communicating, we're
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  Speaker 2: going through the silent count cadence, and as an offensive lineman,
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  Speaker 2: you got a guy like Zach Allen and you're trying.
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  Speaker 3: To, he's a good football, make sure you get off
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  Speaker 3: the ball and have a good set.
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  Speaker 2: And now you have to deal with one of the
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  Speaker 2: better three techniques in football, rushing to the quarterback. So, uh,
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  Speaker 2: all challenges. Um, and we just didn't do a good
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  Speaker 2: enough job and hats off to Zach Allen. He had
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  Speaker 2: a big day.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Quick question for you, James, where does Zach
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  Speaker 3: Allen rank amongst defensive tackles as pass rushers go?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, he's top tier.
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  Speaker 5: And I will say it's a, that's a fun one.
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  Speaker 5: Cause even last week, I do wonder, did he log a,
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  Speaker 5: Did he technically log a sack?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, but he impacted the hell out of that game.
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  Speaker 3: I don't even think he had– he had multiple pressures
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  Speaker 3: and hits.
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  Speaker 5: That's right. Trevor did a great job in some of
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  Speaker 5: those instances of avoiding what would have been a sack.
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  Speaker 5: In the same breath, it goes to show that those
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  Speaker 5: sack numbers may not always be the telltale sign of
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  Speaker 5: impact performance.
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  Speaker 3: But they get you paid.
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  Speaker 5: They do get you paid.
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  Speaker 4: But in that game in particular– No doubt.
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  Speaker 5: Those that really focused on our offense versus their defense
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  Speaker 5: would have walked away saying Zach Allen just played his
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  Speaker 5: part in influencing the outcome of this game. And he
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  Speaker 5: didn't log a sack.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 4: We'll take our first break when we return more with
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  Speaker 4: James Gladstone and Tony Buscelli. This is Jags HQ from
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  Speaker 4: the Hyundai Studios in Jacksonville, and you're listening on the
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  Speaker 4: Jaguars Radio Network.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
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  Speaker 4: Well, Sunday's game against the Patriots is presented by our
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  Speaker 4: the Jacksonville Jaguars. Big question we've been asked. I'm sure
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  Speaker 4: you guys have, too. How the Jaguars respond this week?
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  Speaker 2: Come on. Find out. I'll let you know about 430
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 2: I think we're sitting here Thursday afternoon. We've had a
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  Speaker 2: couple days of practice. Obviously, Monday, film review. I had
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  Speaker 2: a good sense immediately after the game that our guys
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  Speaker 2: would respond the right way. Just the attitude in the
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  Speaker 2: locker room. Guys taking accountability. It carried into Monday. Nobody
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  Speaker 2: was happy. I think this is a team that a
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  Speaker 2: group of guys that are confident but also understand what
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  Speaker 2: it takes to play at their best and didn't feel
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  Speaker 2: like they did that And so I thought the approach
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  Speaker 2: by them has been great. Liam's done an outstanding job
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  Speaker 2: of communicating what the standard is, how we operate. But
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  Speaker 2: I think to a man, people taking accountability, that's all
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  Speaker 2: you can ask them to do and go out and
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  Speaker 2: get back on the grass and work their tails off.
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  Speaker 3: And they have.
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  Speaker 2: Now we'll see what that translates to Sunday because ultimately
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  Speaker 2: all that matters is what happens between 1 and 4
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  Speaker 2: or 7 or whatever time that game's going to end.
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday. Sitting here at this time of the week,
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  Speaker 2: really happy with how the team, how the guys have responded,
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  Speaker 2: and I think our coaching staff's done a great job.
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  Speaker 3: You've got to give credit, too, and sometimes it's kind
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  Speaker 3: of hard to do. Denver played good football. They played
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  Speaker 3: well in the second half, and I give a lot
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  Speaker 3: of credit to Bo Nix and the way that he played,
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  Speaker 3: especially that second half. I think it was like 17...
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  Speaker 3: unanswered points and doing large part to Bo Nix.
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  Speaker 5: Undoubtedly and you know here's the thing our defensive performance
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  Speaker 5: in the first half really did a great job of
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  Speaker 5: responding when being in some tough spots down in the
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  Speaker 5: red zone you know getting a stop in short yardage
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  Speaker 5: and then forcing a turnover you know they were in
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  Speaker 5: position to capitalize in some of those moments and we
• 16:00
  Speaker 5: didn't allow them to do that and in the second
• 16:02
  Speaker 5: half their offense came through and certainly there were some
• 16:06
  Speaker 5: good things that they had dialed up and that they
• 16:09
  Speaker 5: executed on and made plays around. And we got to
• 16:12
  Speaker 5: look back at even our prior experience there in Denver when,
• 16:17
  Speaker 5: you know what, we came through on some big time plays.
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: And in those types of games, that's what you're going
• 16:21
  Speaker 5: to need to rely on. And when one team, especially
• 16:24
  Speaker 5: down the stretch, shows signs of a higher clip of
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: making plays to that degree, they're going to typically end
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: up with the dub. And I think from our perspective, it's,
• 16:34
  Speaker 5: been a week that's been intense, a week that's been
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: very focused and focused on the right response. And like
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: Tony alluded to, there were a lot of good looks,
• 16:45
  Speaker 5: a lot of good conversations that came off the heels
• 16:49
  Speaker 5: of that result. And we'll see whether or not that
• 16:52
  Speaker 5: leads to what we would all want it to look
• 16:55
  Speaker 5: like on Sunday. But in comparison to many of the
• 16:58
  Speaker 5: other examples that we can draw back on up until
• 17:01
  Speaker 5: this point of some version of setbacks, this is one
• 17:04
  Speaker 5: of the immediate responses that we can feel good about
• 17:08
  Speaker 5: in our approach.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: But ultimately, I mean, and James talked about Denver and
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: how they responded. Look at the response they had after
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: their loss. And give Davis Webb a ton of credit.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: He had a guy who got beat up in the
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: press all week as offense coordinator, and they had a
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: great plan, and they executed it.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: Got boot in the first half.
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: And their players executed it, and they did a nice job.
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: When you have two good teams playing each other, and
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: especially when you're the road team, you've got to make
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: the plays that are there and you've got to defend
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: the plays they're making. At the end of the day,
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: this comes down to... Guys on the field winning one-on-one matchups,
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: making plays when it counts. And that's what's going to
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: happen again this week. We're playing another very good New
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: England team. This is a team that represented the AFC
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: in the Super Bowl. Very well coached, very good players.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: We've talked about some of those players. A good young quarterback,
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: same draft class as Bo Nix. So here we go.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: And so what a great opportunity for our guys to
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: go out, win their one-on-one matchups, execute when it matters,
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: make plays– And hopefully it turns out the way we
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: want it to turn out.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: So we needed you in the booth this week.
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: Why's that?
• 18:15
  Speaker 3: We had a little bit of an issue.
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: What happened?
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: We had like five or six guys in front.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: Oh, no.
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, some booths, James, I mean, and
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: the broadcast booths are like right open. Right there. And
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: you'll remember the Cleveland one from a few years ago
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: got a little exciting.
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: Baltimore, yeah. What occurred?
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: There's words exchanged.
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: It was a little lively.
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: A little lively. Jeff and I are going back to
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: our playing days. Okay, let's go. Let's tap in.
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: We had like five or six guys in front of
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: us this week, and they were drinking beer at a
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: rate that arguably has never been seen before. And I
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: was very concerned because I said, you know what, as
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: we get in the second half here, if they keep
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: that pace up, it's probably not going to be very
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: good for us. And so we had a moment where
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: They were having those 17 unanswered points, and I don't
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: know if you guys noticed, they gave away free orange
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: towels at the game. So there was a lot of
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: towel waving going on. And there was some intentional towel
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: waving that was directed behind over their shoulder a little bit.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: You handled that well, I'm sure.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: I actually handled it very well. Really? But JD, and
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: that's not Johnny Deneen, but another JD, got a little
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: irritated by it and went down there to explain to
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: the gentleman that, look, that's our equipment. Don't touch our equipment.
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: And one hand was touched, and the guy reported him
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: to security.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: Oh, let's go.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah, but the good thing is that there's cameras that
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: reveal the truth. Look, there was nothing ever done, and
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: they were being a little bit belligerent. But, yeah, we
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: needed you. We would have sent you down out the window.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: By the end of the game, I think both James
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: and I were ready for it. To engage anybody at
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: that point. But, yeah.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: You would have been proud of me, though.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: That's a first, Jeff.
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: All I had was a right. I'm not quite ready
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: with my left.
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: Hey, listen, I'm not encouraging drinking beer at that rate,
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: but I go back to atmosphere matters. You go to
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: Mile High, and I know that place well. I grew
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: up going to those games as a little kid. It's
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: a great atmosphere. It's a great fan base. We have
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: a great fan base, but we need that atmosphere. I
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: know it's a You know, construction's going on, but 42
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: strong can still get that place cranked up and going.
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: You see the weather, too. It's going to be absolutely perfect.
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: 84 degrees, low humidity. It's going to be perfect weather.
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: You're going to see a good crowd on Sunday.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: And so we need that place rocking because, hey, trust me,
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: as an offensive lineman.
• 20:56
  Speaker 5: Yep.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: And as a quarterback, trying to communicate to your offensive lineman.
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: It's hard enough to block Josh and Trayvon and Gardak
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: and those guys coming, and then Campy dialed the blitz,
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: and all of a sudden you've got Antonio and Jordan
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: Lewis coming from nowhere. You've got to communicate that sometimes
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: at the last minute. And if it's loud and you're
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: on the silent count and you are using hand signals,
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: advantage to us. That was an advantage to Denver. They
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: took advantage of it.
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: Huge advantage.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: And, hey, that's part of the NFL. We need that
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: on Sunday here.
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: All right, we've got one more segment with James and Tony.
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: Let's go ahead and take our final break with these guys,
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: and we will return to the Hyundai Studios in Jacksonville
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: for more Jags HQ here on Jaguars Radio. We're rolling
• 21:40
  Speaker 4: right along here on a Thursday evening. Brian Sexton along
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: with Jeff Lagom and Tony Buscelli and James Gladstone. Fans
• 21:47
  Speaker 4: on Tuesday the 29th. This next Tuesday, find the Publix
• 21:50
  Speaker 4: at 13170 Atlantic Boulevard from 6 to 7 in the evening.
• 21:54
  Speaker 4: There'll be some players there. Jackson DeVille, members of the Roar. Publix,
• 21:58
  Speaker 4: where shopping is a pleasure. All right, Patriots roll in here.
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: Drake May, we were talking about Bo Nix.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 22:04
  Speaker 4: Right? How do you play this guy?
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: Well.
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: I mean, he played super football last year. What do
• 22:10
  Speaker 4: you see when you watch him?
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: He did.
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: He can do a lot. And really, he was the
• 22:14
  Speaker 5: guidepost for their offensive operation and really having it be
• 22:17
  Speaker 5: an explosive outfit. And he's somebody not all that different
• 22:23
  Speaker 5: than Bo Nix that can extend the play beyond just
• 22:25
  Speaker 5: what the intent is. And when that's the case, it's
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: going to make it so that you got to guard
• 22:30
  Speaker 5: for quite a few more seconds than you typically would.
• 22:34
  Speaker 5: And at this point in time, I know that There's
• 22:37
  Speaker 5: a point of emphasis for them to continue to be
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: more efficient and find means of being, you know, sort
• 22:45
  Speaker 5: of in flow and in rhythm as opposed to just
• 22:47
  Speaker 5: some of the backyard play. But those backyard plays are
• 22:49
  Speaker 5: what keep people up at night, you know, and I
• 22:52
  Speaker 5: think that's what he has to offer and certainly something
• 22:55
  Speaker 5: that we're going to have to find ways to stop. And,
• 22:57
  Speaker 5: you know, they got back Henderson last week and you
• 22:59
  Speaker 5: saw right away the explosive element that he offers to
• 23:02
  Speaker 5: that offense by popping a long run for a touchdown.
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: So this is an offense that has a lot of
• 23:09
  Speaker 5: buttons that it can push, and we'll have to try
• 23:12
  Speaker 5: and find ways to minimize those and limit those.
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: Along the way. To your point, Brian, I think, and
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: James said it, you've got to keep him in the pocket.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Not that it's easy when he's in the pocket, but
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: he's at his best when he is extending plays and
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: working outside. Because now he stresses your secondary because he
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: is such a run threat. He's a great athlete. And
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: so now all of a sudden he's running around out there.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: Do you come up and come tackle him? stay sticky
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: in coverage. So you're in this no man's land and
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: it's hard to cover that long when he is using his,
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: his feet. So if we can, I think, you know,
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: we gotta be good up front. We gotta get pressure.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: We gotta get more pressure interior up the, up the middle,
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: make him uncomfortable and force him out of on rhythm football.
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: And so that's a big thing. And obviously always you
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: gotta stop the run, but that's a given. And I think, um,
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: a guy like Drake may, uh, If he is outside
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: the pocket, advantage Patriots.
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: It's obvious to suggest Eric Armstead needs to play better
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: up the middle to give you guys more pressure. But
• 24:12
  Speaker 4: who else can contribute there? Where else can you get minutes,
• 24:15
  Speaker 4: pass rushes from guys?
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: I mean, I thought Rook had some nice rushes on
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: Sunday against Denver. And, you know, he continued to get
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: reps and continued to go win and do what he
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: can do and pressure the quarterback. You know, Trayvon coming inside,
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: you know, he had probably more wins on the edge
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: than on Sunday, but him getting going, because we know
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: what he can do from that three technique. We saw
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: it last year. We saw it in camp and get
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: him going a little bit. It's not any one person.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: You mentioned Eric Armstead. I think as a group, they
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: need to rush. We need to do a better job
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: rushing the quarterback. At the same time, early in that
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: game against Denver, they were getting the ball out quick.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: You have to marry the coverage and the rush. Get
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: stickier in the coverage and force him to hold the
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: ball that extra half second, and so that the rush
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: can get home. It's never just one guy or one
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: position group. It's 11 guys on defense playing, being assignment sound,
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: playing tight coverage, winning one-on-one battles up front. That's how
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: you get pressure. I mean, we talk about Zach Allen. Now,
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: he had a couple really quick wins, so we like those.
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: We want to get some quick wins like that. But
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: the majority of their pressure is they had good coverage
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: on the back end, so now Trevor is having to
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: work through a progression. That first guy's not there. All
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: of a sudden he has to hold it a click longer. Well,
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: that allows that rush to get home. So it's both
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: the back end and the front end got to work
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: well together.
• 25:42
  Speaker 5: It can't be thought of any different than how you
• 25:44
  Speaker 5: described the offensive line.
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: That's right.
• 25:46
  Speaker 5: Guys taking turns at coming short. It was the same
• 25:50
  Speaker 5: way defensively down the stretch in the second half. Taking
• 25:53
  Speaker 5: turns at which the front or the back end was
• 25:56
  Speaker 5: coming short, the obligation. And when that's the case, you're
• 26:00
  Speaker 5: going to feel the pains of that.
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: Hence the term Russian cover.
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: Vladimir. Yeah, Russian coverage, you know.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: Say that again, what did you call it, James?
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: That one right there.
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I never want to miss that. You got to
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: say it again.
• 26:12
  Speaker 5: Russian coverage, Vladimir.
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: Vladimir. Russian coverage. I got you. I like it. I
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: got you.
• 26:20
  Speaker 4: I got you.
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: It took me a minute on that one there, but
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: I got it. One of the guys that, you know,
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: because we're– We're all critical somewhat of, hey, we want
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: this to be better, we want that to be better.
• 26:31
  Speaker 3: One area that I thought was really good in that
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: game and the game before was defensive tackle, Devon Hamilton's
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: level of play. Talk about his level of play for
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: a minute. Can he be– I asked this to Tony already,
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: so I'm asking you. Can he be a guy that
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: could give you inside pass rush?
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: Possibly.
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: Possibly.
• 26:54
  Speaker 5: I think last week he was arguably the most dominant
• 26:57
  Speaker 5: player across our front. Our defensive philosophy starts with stopping
• 27:02
  Speaker 5: the run, and it starts with Devon Hamilton. Those guys
• 27:05
  Speaker 5: all working in conjunction to build a wall and make
• 27:08
  Speaker 5: it so that there isn't much room to run, and
• 27:10
  Speaker 5: you force teams to become one-dimensional and have to drop back.
• 27:13
  Speaker 5: That's a big piece of the puzzle, and his capacity
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: to assist in that regard is notable, and it was
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: certainly showing up in a real way against Denver in particular.
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: What does he weigh?
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: Gosh, I wish I could tell you.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: I wish I could tell you.
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: I got him down here, and this is off of Jaguars.com,
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: Flipkart and all that, 335, but I swear he is
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: not 335.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: I'll say this about Devon. Devon is one of the
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: more powerful, large men in the NFL. And that's saying
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: something when you think across 32 teams. No doubt.
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: No doubt.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: There are very few people as strong and as powerful
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: and as big as Devon Hamilton. And we always talk about,
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: you know, one gap player or two gap player. Devon
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: Hamilton's a three gap player. He is a guy who
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: can cover up. And it's not just, he's not just
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: eating blocks. He's defeating blocks. And we saw it multiple
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: times in the game against Denver. We're coming off double
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: teams and swallowing the running back at the line of scrimmage.
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: and even when he's not making plays as far as
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: the tackle himself, he is taking double teams, and now
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: all of a sudden Foyer and Ventrell are running free.
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: He's a very, very good player. He's outstanding at his job.
• 28:30
  Speaker 4: And people don't see him.
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: Well, they should.
• 28:32
  Speaker 4: When Jeff highlights him.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: James said it. He's as dominant as any player. Like
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: everyone will talk about Zach Allen. Because of his pass rush.
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: Because of his pass rush, no doubt about it. Just
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: as dominant in the day that Zach Allen had in
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: the pass game was how dominant Devon Hamilton was in
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: the run game.
• 28:51
  Speaker 5: Not as colorful, splashy, whatever it is. I will say this.
• 28:56
  Speaker 5: The play he had against Cleveland, it's a wide run,
• 29:01
  Speaker 5: perimeter run. He stands up out of his three-point stance
• 29:06
  Speaker 5: and just sprints to the sideline. Didn't engage with the blocker.
• 29:12
  Speaker 5: eats up a pulling guard and allows Eric Murray the
• 29:17
  Speaker 5: freedom to insert to.
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: Make the play. How big a play that was in
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: that game, Cleveland dialed up a very good play.
• 29:26
  Speaker 5: They had a schematically outmatched.
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: At some level, it out-leveraged us. A little slow in
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: the flow over the top of the linebackers. They had
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: us circled. And Devon Hamilton read it so fast in
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: dead sprints. And the guy that was responsible for Eric
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: Murray gets taken out by Devon. And now all of
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: a sudden it's a one-yard game because Eric Murray comes
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: up free and makes a play. Those are the plays
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: that Devon Hamilton makes.
• 29:50
  Speaker 5: Doesn't show up in his stat sheet.
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: Right. But it helped us win that game. Just like
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: Allen having no sacks this past year. That's right.
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: No sacks, but guess what? Look at the tackles for you.
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: Did he impact the– Zach Allen, no sacks. Did he
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: impact the past game for us?
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: Yes.
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 30:06
  Speaker 3: And he's still a young man.
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: And Devon Hamilton is in his prime, and he's a
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: very good player.
• 30:12
  Speaker 4: In 75 seconds, can you address Travis Hunter? Just because
• 30:15
  Speaker 4: he's been a big guy. Travis Hunter plays corner and
• 30:18
  Speaker 4: wide receiver for us. You know he's been a story
• 30:20
  Speaker 4: this week. He has played a total of nine games
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: in the NFL. He will play his 17th game the
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: Sunday before the Giants.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: His last game last year before he had a very
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: serious knee injury, he had 120 yards and two touchdowns
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: on offense and had a PBU on defense. He missed
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: all of offseason because he was rehabbing his knee. Did
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: a great job. Came back in camp for the first time.
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: And now he's played two NFL games, had a PBU,
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: has had catches in the NFL.
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: Like, is he perfect?
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: No. Are any of our players perfect?
• 30:54
  Speaker 4: No.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: Do we have, like, he's one of 53 that's trying
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: to help us win football games. And he's doing a
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: heck of a job. And we love Travis. And happy
• 31:01
  Speaker 2: he's a Jaguar. I don't know what the concern is
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: and the freak out mode is about Travis Hunter. He's
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: played nine games in his entire NFL career. It's the
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: world we live in today. Well, it's ridiculous, but that's okay.
• 31:11
  Speaker 2: Jump up and down on it.
• 31:12
  Speaker 4: I'm just making sure.
• 31:13
  Speaker 2: I mean, he's one of 53 guys that we love.
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: I'm glad you guys are here so you can answer it.
• 31:19
  Speaker 2: Well, I'm just glad that Travis Hunter is on our team.
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: No different than I'm glad that Devon Hamilton is on
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: our team. I'm glad that Trevor Lawrence is our quarterback
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: and Parker Washington is doing what he does. And I
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: can go down the list of 53 guys. They are
• 31:30
  Speaker 2: here for a reason.
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: To beat the Patriots on Sunday.
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: Because Liam Cohen, James Gladstone, and myself think they can
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: help us win football games in the most important game
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: in the history of the franchise that's coming up this
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  Speaker 2: Sunday against the New England Patriots. And we need all 53.
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  Speaker 2: I like it.
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  Speaker 4: That was 106 seconds, but I appreciate you trying.
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  Speaker 5: I tried.
• 31:47
  Speaker 4: That was great. Oh, we've got to keep it going.
• 31:48
  Speaker 5: You're just getting warmed up.
• 31:51
  Speaker 4: Talking isn't his problem. Stopping is. But you have things
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: to do. We know it. Tony, James, thanks for your
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: time this evening. Appreciate it. We've got more ball to
• 31:58
  Speaker 4: talk when we return here on the Jaguars Radio Network.
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
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  Speaker 4: Time for a UF Health injury report brought to you
• 32:12
  Speaker 4: by UF Health, the official health care provider of the
• 32:14
  Speaker 4: Jacksonville Jaguars. Really, the Jaguars look to be in good shape.
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  Speaker 4: Jeff Lagerman, LaQuinta Allen Jr., Robert Hainsey, Devon Hamilton, Jacoby Myers,
• 32:21
  Speaker 4: Cole Van Lannen. Limited participation, but they participated today. Branson Combs,
• 32:26
  Speaker 4: the only one of note, not injury-related. A personal matter,
• 32:29
  Speaker 4: did not participate today. Looking at the New England Patriots,
• 32:32
  Speaker 4: a couple of guys in particular on defense where Draymond Jones,
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: their outside linebacker, has not practiced yet this week. Did
• 32:40
  Speaker 4: not practice today. Same thing with Craig Woodson. The safety
• 32:45
  Speaker 4: did not practice yesterday or today with a shoulder. And
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: the only other one of note, a guy who caught
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: a touchdown last week, Eli Rairdon, the rookie tight end
• 32:53
  Speaker 4: from Notre Dame, did not participate today. That is your
• 32:56
  Speaker 4: UF health injury update.
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  Speaker 3: Nothing stands out. I mean, look, the Patriots' safety with
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  Speaker 3: the shoulder is something maybe to keep an eye on
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  Speaker 3: with a young player missing two consecutive practices.
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  Speaker 4: They're pretty good on the back end. They're good on
• 33:13
  Speaker 4: all three levels. But their secondary is really pretty highly regarded.
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  Speaker 4: They're good tacklers.
• 33:17
  Speaker 3: Well, and if the safety, Woodson, can't go, they just
• 33:20
  Speaker 3: put last week Pettis on IR.
• 33:23
  Speaker 4: So that's two guys who were starters at one point.
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so now you're looking at missing two guys at
• 33:28
  Speaker 3: one position. That could be something of concern.
• 33:32
  Speaker 4: And Draymond Jones, they brought him in. He was a
• 33:34
  Speaker 4: guy that Vrabel had been familiar with. We knew him
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  Speaker 4: from his days in Tennessee.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and he's a veteran guy, more so than the safety, Woodson.
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: So I have a tendency to be a little bit,
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: Slow to get on that train that he might miss
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: this game. Yeah, he knows how to get ready. A
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: guy that's up there in years, you have a tendency
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: to trust him a little bit more. As far as
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: tomorrow will be a big tell on both of those guys,
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: but really with Draymond Jones.
• 34:01
  Speaker 4: The thing I keep hearing, before we take our next break,
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: the thing I keep hearing about this defense is they're
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: good on all three levels, and they are fundamentally sound
• 34:09
  Speaker 4: and good tacklers.
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  Speaker 3: And that's exactly right. And they play a lot of man,
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: and they bring a lot of blitz, similar to last week.
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  Speaker 3: Great thing is that there's a little bit of carryover
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: from last week to this week as far as the
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: amount of pressure packages that you'll see because Vance Joseph
• 34:25
  Speaker 3: is a guy that loves to bring the blitz, and
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: the Patriots are bringing the blitz at a rate of
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: like 41% or something of that nature against drop-back passes.
• 34:34
  Speaker 3: I mean, that's a tremendous amount. So last week is
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: also somewhat of a tune-up for this week.
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: All right, when we come back on Jags HQ, we'll
• 34:41
  Speaker 4: talk about the Jaguars at quarterback. We'll talk Trevor Lawrence,
• 34:44
  Speaker 4: and we're back. After this on Jaguars Radio.
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: Brian Sexton, Jeff Lagerman with you from the Hyundai Studios
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: in Jacksonville. This is Jags HQ on the Jaguars Radio Network.
• 35:03
  Speaker 4: We really haven't touched much on the quarterback. He's all
• 35:06
  Speaker 4: we talked about last week. I mean, just a run
• 35:09
  Speaker 4: of incredible performances. How did you grade him this week?
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: What did you see good? And what did you see
• 35:14
  Speaker 4: that this week, especially against another pressure package? he's going
• 35:18
  Speaker 4: to have to improve on.
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought that there were some things that he
• 35:21
  Speaker 3: did that were really good, like that one he sidestepped
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: the rush, and I think it was Allen, and then
• 35:25
  Speaker 3: throws a great ball to Brian Thomas Jr. across the field.
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: Great job of handling the pressure. Then he misses Brenton
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: Strange on the throw. The one last possession of the game,
• 35:36
  Speaker 3: he's got Brian Thomas Jr. down the field, and I
• 35:39
  Speaker 3: thought Brian should have been able to make that catch.
• 35:41
  Speaker 3: A deep out to Brian, that should have been a catch.
• 35:43
  Speaker 4: I think everybody thought.
• 35:44
  Speaker 3: You know, so there's some things that he did that
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: were really good. And I like the play design on
• 35:51
  Speaker 3: the one where they kind of used Travis Hunter as
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: the decoy. Trevor keeps it going to the right. Had
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: one guy to beat for a significant gain. Wasn't able
• 35:58
  Speaker 3: to do that. I thought he was okay. Wasn't his
• 36:03
  Speaker 3: best game. But considering the environment, I thought they did
• 36:07
  Speaker 3: a really good job of managing the game. And I
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: expect him to be back amongst the elite quarterbacks this
• 36:14
  Speaker 3: week at home.
• 36:15
  Speaker 4: In his last four games at home, he has 15 touchdowns,
• 36:18
  Speaker 4: 14 passing, one rushing. His quarterback rating, for what that's worth,
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: and it's worth something, 136.4. I mean, he has played,
• 36:27
  Speaker 4: by the way, no interceptions. 14 touchdown passes, one touchdown rushing,
• 36:32
  Speaker 4: no interceptions. He's been unbelievable. And as we know, over
• 36:35
  Speaker 4: the last four regular season games at home, They've averaged
• 36:38
  Speaker 4: 40 points a game.
• 36:38
  Speaker 3: Well, I said it at the beginning of our broadcast
• 36:41
  Speaker 3: last week, you know, when the game started. I said, look,
• 36:44
  Speaker 3: the Jaguars have one of the hottest quarterbacks in the league.
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: And when you go on the road against a defense
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: like the Denver Broncos and it's in a very, very
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: hostile environment, that elite quarterback all of a sudden doesn't
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: become non-elite. He's still elite. And he's going to have
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: the advantage of playing at home this week. I expect
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: his performance to be top of the chart once again
• 37:06
  Speaker 3: like it has been.
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: How about the offensive line?
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: They'll be better. Yeah, they'll be better.
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: Antoine Harrison played well week one.
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: The noise is such a big factor. And obviously, when
• 37:16
  Speaker 3: you go on a road and you deal with the
• 37:17
  Speaker 3: noise and then you're dealing with a pressure defense like
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: Vance Joseph, it's very difficult. You'd love to have the
• 37:23
  Speaker 3: confines of home to be able to do that. And
• 37:25
  Speaker 3: so I think they'll be much improved this week at home.
• 37:28
  Speaker 3: And take advantage of the home opportunity while you can.
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: It's like 35 days later, you don't have another game. Yeah.
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: And the weather's going to be beautiful. I mean, just
• 37:38
  Speaker 3: to give the... You know, Jaguar fans, a little bit
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: of an idea. I mean, the weather's going to be perfect.
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: The next home game is 35 days away from Sunday.
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: So get it while you can.
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: Just to give you my weather forecast here.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: It's 84 degrees and beautiful.
• 37:53
  Speaker 4: 84 degrees on Sunday. You're going to wake up that
• 37:56
  Speaker 4: morning and the temperature's going.
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: To be 60. High 50s.
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah, high 50s.
• 37:59
  Speaker 3: I'm thinking 50 now. Just because it sounds better than 60.
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: 50s is even better.
• 38:05
  Speaker 4: Anything sounds better than 78, which we've been waking up
• 38:07
  Speaker 4: to lately here in North Florida. Let's take a break.
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: We'll come back with one more segment. This is Jags HQ. Actually,
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: we have two more segments. And you are listening to
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: the Jaguars Radio Network.
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 38:25
  Speaker 4: Brian and Jeff continuing on here with Jags HQ to
• 38:28
  Speaker 4: the top of the hour. And we will obviously be
• 38:30
  Speaker 4: with you on Sunday, 10 o'clock Eastern time. For those
• 38:33
  Speaker 4: of you listening to the flagship 1010XL in Jacksonville, then
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: we'll pick up the network starting at noon. We'll hear
• 38:40
  Speaker 4: from Jeff and Frank and then we've got all kinds
• 38:42
  Speaker 4: of coverage. The broadcast kicks off 102 Eastern time, by
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: the way, the official kickoff time. And then we'll have
• 38:48
  Speaker 4: postgame Fred Taylor will be here. Mark Duffner will be here.
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: By the way, if you are not with us for
• 38:53
  Speaker 4: the happy hour of this fine Thursday evening, you're missing
• 38:57
  Speaker 4: out on Duff. He is fantastic. It's so great to
• 39:00
  Speaker 4: have a veteran coach like that around.
• 39:02
  Speaker 3: He's awesome.
• 39:02
  Speaker 4: A guy who loves it.
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: He's got great perspective. He does his homework. He's prepared.
• 39:08
  Speaker 3: And that's all you can ask. And he's got great delivery.
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah, he does.
• 39:12
  Speaker 4: And we've got a segment on Jags AM, which I'll
• 39:15
  Speaker 4: just kind of promote here.
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: And that is.
• 39:18
  Speaker 4: It's him, and we call it Jaguars win if, and
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: he does a three-point coach's perspective, sort of like a
• 39:25
  Speaker 4: standing there kind of Gene Hackman thing in Hoosiers, and
• 39:28
  Speaker 4: he's great at it. And today he threw out this
• 39:30
  Speaker 4: one that I think you'll appreciate. And he said, and
• 39:33
  Speaker 4: when Moses came down the mountain with the 11th commandment,
• 39:36
  Speaker 4: and I looked over at John Osher and I thought,
• 39:37
  Speaker 4: do you know what the 11th commandment is? And the
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: 11th commandment is, thou shall attack the quarterback. And we
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: just lost our minds. It was so funny. But when
• 39:49
  Speaker 4: you talk to a linebacker's coach, it's always about the quarterback.
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: Well, it brings back memories of Tom Coughlin in front
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: of the room with keys to victory. How many did
• 40:01
  Speaker 3: he have? Well, you would think that there would be
• 40:05
  Speaker 3: 7 to 10-ish on the high side. Coughlin usually had
• 40:09
  Speaker 3: about 60 to 70.
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: He was detail-oriented. In today's NFL, right, everything's in threes.
• 40:17
  Speaker 4: Give me three.
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: Give me three things. Three big things. There was no being,
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: what's the word, economical. With the number of keys? What
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: you're saying was he was loquacious. He just let... Tom
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: had to cover everything.
• 40:29
  Speaker 4: He let it roll. I did his radio show for
• 40:31
  Speaker 4: nine years. I knew exactly what I was getting.
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: Did he ever give you keys to victory?
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: He would tell me keys to a good show.
• 40:36
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 40:36
  Speaker 4: Brian, here's what I need. Here's what I need you
• 40:38
  Speaker 4: to have ready for me.
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: And I did.
• 40:40
  Speaker 4: I never failed that. He was a great motivator as
• 40:44
  Speaker 4: far as I was concerned. It's great to have a
• 40:45
  Speaker 4: guy like Mark Duffner around. So if you're in the
• 40:47
  Speaker 4: area and you could check us out, or you can
• 40:49
  Speaker 4: check us out on YouTube from 4 to 5 Eastern Time,
• 40:52
  Speaker 4: no matter where you are. Mark Duffner joins us. I
• 40:55
  Speaker 4: would ask you for keys to victory, but I think
• 40:57
  Speaker 4: you've covered it. I mean, I think you look at
• 41:00
  Speaker 4: this Patriots team. You've got to win the line of scrimmage.
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: Well, you've got to win the line of scrimmage, but
• 41:06
  Speaker 3: protecting the ball is always kind of at the top
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: of the list, especially when you're talking about an elite
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: defense that plays a lot of man. They bring a
• 41:14
  Speaker 3: lot of pressure. You don't want to have a lot
• 41:17
  Speaker 3: of unforced errors in that situation, so protect the ball
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: is always at the top of the list. And if
• 41:22
  Speaker 3: you can have balance, look, I think Basial Tootin is
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: primed for a major breakout game. I mean, I'm talking
• 41:30
  Speaker 3: big-time breakout game. And look, I get it. The Patriots
• 41:32
  Speaker 3: are one of the best defenses in the league, number
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: one scoring defense. But Basial Tootin, I think, is ready
• 41:39
  Speaker 3: for one of those 100-yard gains.
• 41:41
  Speaker 4: Is this a gut feeling all your years around football?
• 41:43
  Speaker 4: Are you looking at a number?
• 41:44
  Speaker 3: He's so close to having the breakaway runs. And the
• 41:50
  Speaker 3: way he's running right now, he's running with power, he's
• 41:54
  Speaker 3: running with purpose, and he's running with speed. It's just
• 41:58
  Speaker 3: a matter of time for him to get a crease,
• 42:01
  Speaker 3: and then he's going to be gone.
• 42:02
  Speaker 4: All right, folks, we'll take our final break, come back
• 42:04
  Speaker 4: and wrap up Jags HQ here on a Thursday evening
• 42:07
  Speaker 4: from the Miller Electric Center inside the Hyundai Studios. Jeff
• 42:10
  Speaker 4: Loggaman is here, I'm Brian Sexton, and we're back after
• 42:12
  Speaker 4: this on Jaguars Radio. Well, I gave Tony Buscelli 75
• 42:20
  Speaker 4: seconds to extol the virtues of Travis Hunter. What do
• 42:25
  Speaker 4: you say about the AFC South in its current variation?
• 42:28
  Speaker 4: And as of this moment, you have about two minutes.
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: All right, well, the only team with a win is
• 42:31
  Speaker 3: the Jaguars, right?
• 42:32
  Speaker 4: First place, baby.
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: Look, I expect the Texans to be back in the
• 42:36
  Speaker 3: hunt at some point just because that's kind of their MO.
• 42:39
  Speaker 3: They've been there, they've done that, and they're going to
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: do it again.
• 42:42
  Speaker 4: They missed the running game. Two years ago when Joe
• 42:44
  Speaker 4: Mixon was running for 1,000 yards, C.J. Stroud was great.
• 42:48
  Speaker 4: Then last year, that defense rises, but they don't have
• 42:51
  Speaker 4: Joe Mixon and C.J. Stroud sort of waffled. And now
• 42:54
  Speaker 4: you've got Stroud who's playing okay, but no running game again.
• 42:57
  Speaker 3: No, and that's too much pressure on Stroud. He's struggled
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: with all of that pressure. Watching his performance two weeks
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: ago in the opener, he didn't give that team a
• 43:11
  Speaker 3: chance to win at the end. I mean, he took
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: a sack, which was totally unnecessary, then takes another sack
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: at the end of the game.
• 43:16
  Speaker 4: 90 seconds left. Tell me about the Colts. Did you
• 43:19
  Speaker 4: see any of that game against the Chiefs the other night?
• 43:21
  Speaker 3: I did not. But Daniel Jones is going to be
• 43:24
  Speaker 3: getting back healthier as he goes. And so I expect
• 43:27
  Speaker 3: the Colts to get better as he gets more healthy
• 43:30
  Speaker 3: and more comfortable with his own play.
• 43:33
  Speaker 4: The reason I bring it up is because those two
• 43:34
  Speaker 4: teams are playing on Sunday. So it's kind of an interesting,
• 43:39
  Speaker 4: someone's going to get a win.
• 43:40
  Speaker 3: Well, and look, we're not going to ignore Tennessee. Tennessee's
• 43:43
  Speaker 3: got some issues. I mean, they've got some personnel issues
• 43:46
  Speaker 3: that they've got to work through over the next couple
• 43:48
  Speaker 3: of years. I think they're a ways away.
• 43:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah, it sure does seem like they are. The quarterback
• 43:52
  Speaker 4: rebounded this week after a poor performance against the Jets.
• 43:54
  Speaker 4: He played better against the Eagles. Didn't give them enough
• 43:57
  Speaker 4: to win. We'll find out on Sunday as we will
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: with the Jaguars and the Patriots. Jeff, looking forward to it.
• 44:01
  Speaker 3: Me too.
• 44:01
  Speaker 4: Have a great rest of your week.
• 44:02
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 44:03
  Speaker 4: Thanks for Jags HQ and thank you for joining us, everybody.
• 44:06
  Speaker 4: We're here every Thursday in Jacksonville. We start at 4
• 44:09
  Speaker 4: with Jags Happy Hour and across the Jaguars Radio Network,
• 44:13
  Speaker 4: we pick up Jags HQ at 5 with Tony Buscelli
• 44:17
  Speaker 4: and James Gladstone. Jaguars kickoff 1-0-2 on Sunday afternoon. We'll
• 44:22
  Speaker 4: start in Jacksonville at 10 a.m. and roll all the
• 44:26
  Speaker 4: way through the postgame, probably 6 p.m. in the evening.
• 44:28
  Speaker 4: Have a great rest of your weekend, everybody. We'll see
• 44:30
  Speaker 4: you Sunday at Everbank Stadium.