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J.P. Shadrick Podcast: Rashean Mathis · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the J P. Shadrick Podcast. Happy Monday, Today's
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  Speaker 1: July night. I hope you all had a great Fourth
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  Speaker 1: of July week. It's the heat of the summertime still,
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  Speaker 1: of course, and we're in the midst of a series
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  Speaker 1: on Jaguars dot Com called eleven on eleven. It's a
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  Speaker 1: visit with former Jags players for a thought on the
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  Speaker 1: organization's success, their former position groups now and what they're
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  Speaker 1: doing currently. This week, we start off with a guy
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  Speaker 1: who was raised in Jacksonville. He went to Bethune Cookman
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  Speaker 1: in Daytona and was drafted by the Jaguars. He had
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  Speaker 1: a long career here in Jacksonville before spending a couple
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  Speaker 1: of years with the Lions at the end. This week,
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  Speaker 1: it's former cornerback Raschine mathis finally some success on the
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  Speaker 1: field for this Jags team after a long time of
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  Speaker 1: not having a lot of success around here. As a
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  Speaker 1: former player here for I mean for most of your
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  Speaker 1: career and being from this region, what did it mean
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  Speaker 1: to you to see the Jags relevant nationally again? It
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  Speaker 1: was good. It was It was impressive to see so
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  Speaker 1: it was good to see um being that it was
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  Speaker 1: only my second year being removed. Um I was probably
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  Speaker 1: less a fan than most, but more supportive than most
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  Speaker 1: as well, because this is this is roots. My roots
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  Speaker 1: is here, um I. I was born well pretty much
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  Speaker 1: raised here, not born here, but raised here. So it
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  Speaker 1: was awesome to see the guys come together and play
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  Speaker 1: well when you grew up around the stadium and going
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  Speaker 1: to games and begin in the city and and that
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  Speaker 1: that doesn't happen for most players who come to the
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  Speaker 1: jack So it means a little bit more to you,
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  Speaker 1: right exactly, because this is this is community for me,
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  Speaker 1: um and community is family is life. Um So to
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  Speaker 1: see the community rally together, it just goes to show
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  Speaker 1: how much an impact sports have um throughout the city
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  Speaker 1: and how positive it can be. Um So, the support
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  Speaker 1: is the support of the community was bigger than people realize,
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  Speaker 1: and the players appreciate it more than people realize. And
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  Speaker 1: I think that's one thing the fans don't really realize.
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  Speaker 1: They don't think we appreciate him as much as we do.
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  Speaker 1: Um So, it was great to see the city rally
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  Speaker 1: together and support the team. Your old position group had
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  Speaker 1: a first team All Pro and a second team All
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  Speaker 1: Pro at cornerback for the Jags last year. Um. First
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  Speaker 1: of how how many of the games did you watch
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  Speaker 1: last year? Did you? Were you paying close attention to him?
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  Speaker 1: Normally I don't watch football, but I will say that
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  Speaker 1: I watched more last year than I've done my thirteen
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  Speaker 1: years playing are even being retired for two years. But
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  Speaker 1: last year I did. I did watch a lot of
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  Speaker 1: a lot of football. So yeah, I was able to
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  Speaker 1: see see what all the fuss was about, and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of the fuss was about Jalen and what he
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  Speaker 1: did in his second season. Um talks to talk, but boy,
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  Speaker 1: he can back it up, Kenny. Yeah, he's a player, um.
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  Speaker 1: And and here he knows he's a player, but he
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  Speaker 1: also knows he has dogs in front of him. UM.
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  Speaker 1: So the d line and the linebackers they allow, they
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  Speaker 1: allow us, as cornerback speaking as to do their job
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  Speaker 1: and to do it very well and do it very fast. UM.
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  Speaker 1: So once you have a talent such as Jalen and
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  Speaker 1: you have these guys getting out the quarterback and put
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  Speaker 1: him on the time clock, you know, all he has
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  Speaker 1: to do is know that this technique is good that day,
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  Speaker 1: and he can believe what he sees. And that's the
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  Speaker 1: best thing for a cornerback is believing what you see
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  Speaker 1: and knowing that the quarterback is not gonna have all
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  Speaker 1: day to throw the ball, and the quarterback knows he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't have all day to throw the ball, so the
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  Speaker 1: clock is ticking. So it was it was impressive to
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  Speaker 1: see him him and buy on the other side. So
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  Speaker 1: I I like what I saw from the guys. An
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  Speaker 1: undrafted dude who's worked his way up, got a big
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  Speaker 1: contract here, still has that chip on his shoulder, if
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  Speaker 1: you will, and just wants to be you know, the
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  Speaker 1: second team All pros. He's mad about that, and that's
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  Speaker 1: you gotta have that attitude as a corner. Yeah, you
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  Speaker 1: definitely have to have it to be successful as a
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  Speaker 1: as a UM, as a successful corner, you definitely have
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  Speaker 1: to have it. You have to have that chip on
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  Speaker 1: your shoulder. Um. Jalen has it and he's first round
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  Speaker 1: draft you know, he was the first round draft pick.
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  Speaker 1: So um it just goes to show the competitiveness that
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  Speaker 1: it takes to be successful at this level. And you know,
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  Speaker 1: you just have to know you never arrived because it's
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  Speaker 1: a new year. It's year in and year out. So
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  Speaker 1: if I can say anything to the guys, I say,
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  Speaker 1: keep plugging away. UM. Old old veteran James Trapped asked
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  Speaker 1: me the question are you real still showing? Um? And
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  Speaker 1: and it means are you still hungry to get better? UM?
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  Speaker 1: So that that would be my that would be my
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  Speaker 1: UM input to the guys, like keep your real showing
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  Speaker 1: because there's more to be done. Um. The city needs it,
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  Speaker 1: um and you need it as an individual, So to
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  Speaker 1: help the team, to help the team win. Um, what
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  Speaker 1: are you doing now? What what do you how do
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  Speaker 1: you you know, keep your time? And what are you
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  Speaker 1: up to these days here here in chapel Well, first,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Dad um So, yeah, I have a five year
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  Speaker 1: old who's playing All Star baseball and I'm the coach. Um.
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  Speaker 1: So all Stars have taken over my life. UM. But
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  Speaker 1: it's it's fun to see um and but baseball was
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  Speaker 1: my first love. So it's it's it's fun to get
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  Speaker 1: out there and teach technique and fundamentals to my son.
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  Speaker 1: But also I partnered with ff C j UM an
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  Speaker 1: initiative called Bridge the Divide. We're trying to get people
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  Speaker 1: across these seven bridges in Jacksonville and come together and
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  Speaker 1: realize that we're all one. Community, not seven different communities
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  Speaker 1: UM and also have a community lunch and come in
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  Speaker 1: June downtown FFC J Campus UM and we're putting on
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  Speaker 1: the community Lunch is June from eleven to one. So
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  Speaker 1: trying to have serious talks, serious conversations about you name it, health, disparities, economics,
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  Speaker 1: you name it, everything that's impacting our community. So it's
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  Speaker 1: it's been fun just so's trying to stay plugged, plugged
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  Speaker 1: in the in the community because, like I said, community
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  Speaker 1: is life's family. How do you find time to play
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  Speaker 1: golf with all that? Well, you know, my son gets
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  Speaker 1: out of school every day at two forty five, so
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  Speaker 1: I have like a small window that I get out
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  Speaker 1: before I have to pick him up every day, So
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  Speaker 1: I find time. I try to find time at least
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  Speaker 1: to keep the swing smooth. Thanks to Rachine, Mathis for
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  Speaker 1: his time earlier this summer. Coming up later this week
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  Speaker 1: on the website, Written visits with Pridor of the Jaguars,
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  Speaker 1: wide receiver Jimmy Smith and former defensive end Reggie Hayward.
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  Speaker 1: Next week, written visits with Donovan Darius and Brian Schwartz,
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  Speaker 1: with a written and audio conversation with the Big Man
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  Speaker 1: former tackle Leon Seriously. Our thanks to Jack's manager of radio,
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  Speaker 1: Joe Fortunato, and we'll catch you next week on the
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  Speaker 1: J P. Shadrick Podcast