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Jags A.M. Podcast Ep. 159 | LIVE from Jaguars - Dolphins Joint Practice · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Brian Section, John Osier, we are in sunny, sunny southern Floridas.
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Speaker 1: We're getting ready for joint practice with the Dolphins today,
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Speaker 1: and it's always nice to actually see some competition against
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Speaker 1: another team that's not your own in practice.
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Speaker 2: Is Sonny come a sunny code for it. It's really hot.
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Speaker 2: It is really hot, and it's gonna be a really
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Speaker 2: challenging day, John, for these guys out here, because there
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Speaker 2: is not an outsome shade or wind. So not only
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Speaker 2: do you get the chance to compete against the Dolphins,
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Speaker 2: who have been a pretty good team the last couple
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Speaker 2: of years, but you're gonna have to battle your mental
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Speaker 2: state and the heat. So this is a really good
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Speaker 2: opportunity for Liam to get a lot of good work in.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's challenging, it's important, and it's interesting how the
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Speaker 3: league has changed where these joint practices. I get emails
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Speaker 3: from fans all the time talk about what they saw
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Speaker 3: in preseason games, and it sort of feels like a
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Speaker 3: disconnect almost because the coaches, the players, they consider a
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Speaker 3: lot of these practices as.
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Speaker 4: Important for evaluation and for preparation.
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Speaker 3: This is really important because it's the Jaguars only one
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Speaker 3: and it's in conditions that will test.
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Speaker 2: Them and if they get a lot of good work done,
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Speaker 2: I don't thinkny of us expect to see many starters
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Speaker 2: or even key backups on Saturday night.
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Speaker 5: Today is essentially the third preseason game.
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Speaker 1: Big day, all right, to do our big things, and
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Speaker 1: big thing number one is joint practice. We talked a
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Speaker 1: little bit about it just now, but Coach Camp talked
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Speaker 1: earlier this week about what's important about joint practice and
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Speaker 1: what the coaches get out of it.
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Speaker 6: I think it's a great anytime he's going against somebody else,
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Speaker 6: you know, it definitely raises the level of intensity. And
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Speaker 6: I don't care what anybody says. You're out there competing
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Speaker 6: against somebody else. You've got the opportunity to see your
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Speaker 6: team against a different opponent you all, and that excites
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Speaker 6: the guys. I think it always had practice is always
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Speaker 6: have a great energy. In my opinion, you know, or
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Speaker 6: use your physical or exciting and the guys are always
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Speaker 6: excited to get out there and competing at somebody else.
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Speaker 4: I like that, you know.
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Speaker 6: I think it's a good thing.
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Speaker 7: Right, you touched on it a little bit.
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Speaker 1: I think just going against some other people that aren't
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Speaker 1: your teammates that you've been looking at for three straight
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Speaker 1: weeks is helpful. Also, coach cam familiar with the setup
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Speaker 1: down here is coach here before coming to the Jags,
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Speaker 1: So hopefully a decent dynamic.
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Speaker 7: We know the Dolphins have been doing a lot of.
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Speaker 1: Joint practices, so not sure what they're going to bring
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Speaker 1: to the table on their end because they might be
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Speaker 1: a little tired.
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Speaker 2: Oft the sure, I'm sure they are. It's the chance
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Speaker 2: to get a matchup that you can't get at home.
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Speaker 2: So you've got Tyson Campbell, who's your lead corner, Well,
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Speaker 2: we gonna match him up against today. If everything works,
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Speaker 2: if he practices, we're going to give him a shot
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Speaker 2: at Tyreek Hill, right. I mean there's there's matchups like
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Speaker 2: that that every coach wants to get between their key
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Speaker 2: players and a really good player on the other side.
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Speaker 2: So I don't want to say it's contrived, but it's
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Speaker 2: controlled and they're going to look at these specific matchups
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Speaker 2: and be able to gauge where their guys are.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, pass rushers have used their move on their teammates
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Speaker 3: for a couple of weeks. Now now it's time to
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Speaker 3: use it on somebody else. So that's an area always
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Speaker 3: to watch his one on one pass rush. Good work
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Speaker 3: in that area for guys who really don't get that
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Speaker 3: much of it outside training.
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Speaker 4: Game.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna our big thing number two, which is swap.
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Speaker 1: We have official details of that trade from earlier in
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Speaker 1: the week that we've heard about as a new player
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Speaker 1: comes to town. Liam Cohen talked a little bit yesterday
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Speaker 1: two days ago. Excuse me about the trade and why
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Speaker 1: they made the move.
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Speaker 8: Just look at the guy that we played against twice
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Speaker 8: last year in Tampa that I've got, you know, respect
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Speaker 8: for as a vet that's you know, played a lot
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Speaker 8: of meaningful downs in this league, has won Super Bowls.
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Speaker 8: You know, he's been on teams that know how to win.
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Speaker 8: And also there's no question he can help us in
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Speaker 8: the middle there at times. So you know, he's hard
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Speaker 8: to double team and move in there at times, and
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Speaker 8: also has some ability to kind of redirect and has
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Speaker 8: some initial quick So I do believe he'll help add
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Speaker 8: some some meaningful competition and depth in that.
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Speaker 1: So that sends offensive lineman Luke Fortner to New Orleans.
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Speaker 1: We get Colin Sanders in return. Defensive tackle John went
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Speaker 1: through right after the game couldn't get it done in
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Speaker 1: time to swap him before the plane left. But it's official.
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Speaker 1: Now Saunders is in town. What does that bring to
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Speaker 1: the defense.
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Speaker 3: He was playing Fortnite with his boys. Look, it gives
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Speaker 3: you space, seating in the middle, It gives you bulk
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Speaker 3: in the middle for and it was a I'm gonna
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Speaker 3: say this right, it's not an insult to Luke Fortner,
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Speaker 3: but within the context of this team, it was something
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Speaker 3: for nothing because Luke Fortner was probably not gonna I
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Speaker 3: don't know if he was gonna make it, but he
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Speaker 3: wasn't gonna play significantly. So they got depth on the
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Speaker 3: defensive line. Good trade and no matter what it gives you,
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Speaker 3: it gives you something.
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Speaker 2: Well, it gives you a player that brings a lot
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Speaker 2: of energy. And that's one of the things that Liam
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Speaker 2: Cohen's been talking about.
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Speaker 5: Energy joy.
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Speaker 2: I mean, you saw the press conference he talked about,
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Speaker 2: you know how glad he was to be there and
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Speaker 2: how much he likes Teal now and he's one where
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Speaker 2: he's been and it helps to have a guy like
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Speaker 2: that on your defense who whatever role he plays, certainly
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Speaker 2: brings a winning perspective and a lot of energy and.
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Speaker 1: A good emphasis on the fact that it's going to
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Speaker 1: take everybody if you want to have a winning team.
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Speaker 1: As he touched upon, it's not just the stars. It's
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Speaker 1: got to be everybody pulling them in the same direction.
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Speaker 1: So it's good to have another person like that in
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Speaker 1: a locker up.
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Speaker 4: Final.
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Speaker 1: Big thing today is going to be the preseason finale.
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Speaker 1: As we mentioned, we don't know exactly what we're going
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Speaker 1: to see out there in terms of players. For I
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Speaker 1: believe the Dolphins are going to play some starters. We're
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Speaker 1: not probably playing much of any right.
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Speaker 5: They haven't announced it, but so I think it's clear.
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Speaker 3: Well, anybody who's seen preseason Week three lately, yeah, knows
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Speaker 3: there are moments where you look out there and you're
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Speaker 3: seeing guys who're not gonna be on the team.
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Speaker 4: Feels like that's going to be the case.
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Speaker 2: A while on Saturday, I noticed when with Liam Cohen
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Speaker 2: talked this week a lot about the running game, When
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Speaker 2: the quarterback talked a lot about the running game, When
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Speaker 2: wide receivers talk a lot about the running game, I
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Speaker 2: think we're getting the idea they're going to get through
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Speaker 2: this preseason game. They're going to run the ball a
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Speaker 2: lot and get onto the regular season.
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Speaker 1: It's time at this time, Saya here on jack Zam,
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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about some names you need to know
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Speaker 1: dot com. Welcome back in. We're at joint practice in
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Speaker 1: Miami today and before the break I said, we're gonna
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Speaker 1: give you some names on the roster that you need
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Speaker 1: to know in terms of importance. There's a lot of
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Speaker 1: new faces. Not all of them are new, but you
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Speaker 1: might need to know because their role might be different. So, Brian,
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Speaker 1: who's someone on the roster you wanted to talk about?
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Speaker 2: Antonio Johnson Two reasons. He's had a great camp. He
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Speaker 2: came on at the end of twenty three is rookie season,
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Speaker 2: had a really big game in Cleveland, and then last
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Speaker 2: year was lost, like so many guys were in that defense.
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Speaker 2: But he's had a terrific training camp. Whether it's coming
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Speaker 2: into the hole and stuffing the run or in coverage,
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Speaker 2: I think he's had a terrific camp. But I think
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Speaker 2: more than that, he's emblematic John of the young players
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Speaker 2: have it to this point developed on the roster, and
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Speaker 2: I think that Liam and his coaching staff have done
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Speaker 2: a nice job.
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Speaker 5: At getting something from some of those.
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Speaker 2: Caliber of players that we quite honestly, we're sure they
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Speaker 2: had left and you know, they.
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Speaker 3: Had Antonio coming in, and they feel like they've got
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Speaker 3: a guy who if they put him in the right
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Speaker 3: situation with his eyes on the quarterback, which is what
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Speaker 3: you can do in this defense, it's in Trantonio's advantage.
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Speaker 3: They feel like he's a playmaker. I don't think he starts,
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Speaker 3: but he's gonna have a role and all the people
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Speaker 3: who've sort of been waiting for the life to come
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Speaker 3: on might be a chance for light to come on
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Speaker 3: for this guy.
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Speaker 5: He's had one of a handful of guys that you
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Speaker 5: could talk about in that role.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I went with Hunter Long.
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Speaker 3: You know, I don't know that he's a guy who
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Speaker 3: fans at the end of the season are gonna look
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Speaker 3: back and say, yeah, John, remember that guy. You know,
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Speaker 3: I don't think he's gonna stand out to that degree,
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Speaker 3: but people have been looking, Okay, who's the second tight
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Speaker 3: end Hunter Long? You guys have seen it once every
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Speaker 3: few practices makes a play down field. He can matter
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Speaker 3: in the receiving game. He's not gonna be bretton Strain,
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Speaker 3: but he gives them an element.
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Speaker 4: You know, people sort of.
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Speaker 3: Thought they overlooked that spot because they hadn't heard of
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Speaker 3: some of these guys long in month.
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Speaker 4: I think they're okay in the backup.
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Speaker 2: Tight end ere If he had the over the shoulder
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Speaker 2: catching redcone in New Orleans, it was beautiful.
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Speaker 5: If you get that from him eight or ten times,
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Speaker 5: get here, Yeah, you're being thrilled with that.
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Speaker 7: Absolutely tremendous to see from him.
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Speaker 1: I went TB as well, I went went jarr And Jones,
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Speaker 1: and that's because partially Tyson Campbell has been dealing with
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Speaker 1: an injury. We know he's dealt with injuries in the
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Speaker 1: past couple of years. In terms of cornerback, especially with
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Speaker 1: Travis Hunter splitting time, Jardon Jones' role is going to
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Speaker 1: be important. He's going to play outside, I think some
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Speaker 1: more than we've seen him do before.
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Speaker 7: He's moved around. He's certainly capable.
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Speaker 1: He's got the energy for it, the the personality to
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Speaker 1: play CB, that's for sure. And I think given this opportunity,
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Speaker 1: I think he'll take advantage of it.
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Speaker 2: He made a great play on the practice field the
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Speaker 2: other day against Brian Thomas Junior.
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Speaker 5: Talk about standing up right against that guy.
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Speaker 2: And he got up just with the biggest smile on
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Speaker 2: his face and you could see it through the face
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Speaker 2: mask and the visor.
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Speaker 5: His confidence level, kay is really high.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's another guy they didn't know what they had
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Speaker 3: coming in because you don't know what you have coming
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Speaker 3: in on guys.
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Speaker 4: I don't know that they knew if he was going
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Speaker 4: to fit.
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Speaker 5: Uh.
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Speaker 3: He has been in Jordan Lewis's pocket. He's going to
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Speaker 3: learn from the right guy. I think he has shown
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Speaker 3: them to borrow the phrase that he's intangibly rich and
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Speaker 3: wants it.
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Speaker 4: Uh.
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Speaker 3: He has become a guy that they look at and say,
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Speaker 3: this is the kind of guy you need to improve
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Speaker 3: a program. Right, the guys that you don't know what
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Speaker 3: they're going to be coming in and fit you better,
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Speaker 3: You've got to have that if you're going to turn
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Speaker 3: things around quickly.
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Speaker 1: Let's talk quickly about joint practice. Obviously they're getting underway
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Speaker 1: here behind us with the Dolphins.
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Speaker 4: Uh.
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Speaker 1: The last time we were in Miami felt like a
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Speaker 1: bit of a turning point. Unfortunately for the season, because
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Speaker 1: it felt like.
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Speaker 3: When your turning point is weak, you got to point
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Speaker 3: it out.
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Speaker 5: People boiler alert. It wasn't good in twenty twenty three.
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Speaker 2: They were They showed no resilience down the stretch at all,
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Speaker 2: and then they when when Travis heat again fumbled into
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Speaker 2: the they still had a lead a two touchdown.
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Speaker 7: That was it mentally right, but you.
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Speaker 2: Could I remember saying, oh, I think this is it.
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Speaker 2: And of course the rest of the season went that way.
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Speaker 5: So it was a turning point. You're exactly right.
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Speaker 1: So let's make it the turning point the other way
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Speaker 1: this time around. How things Let's put it this way,
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Speaker 1: how things have changed in the year. This is completely
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Speaker 1: different spot this team is in.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it feels like there's hope everything so far in
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Speaker 3: the preseason, Brian, there's been enough things that you like
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Speaker 3: their strides.
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Speaker 4: Forward that you feel like they're on course.
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Speaker 3: I'm not going to predict a regular season, right, but
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Speaker 3: it feels like the direction we all thought it was
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Speaker 3: going right when they hired the guys in January February.
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Speaker 4: They still feel like they're striding in the right direction.
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Speaker 3: I don't know if this day's gonna make me feel
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Speaker 3: differently or forward. It's not that big a day, but
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Speaker 3: you feel like they're going in the right direction on
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Speaker 3: a lot of fronts.
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Speaker 2: I didn't know what to make of the coaching staff
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Speaker 2: when they hired. I knew what Liam Colwan was, but
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Speaker 2: I didn't know a staff. But you know, Kyle Is,
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Speaker 2: we've gone through this course of the pre season, I've
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Speaker 2: just been more and more impressed listening to him, watching
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Speaker 2: him and watching his team. I think this coaching staff
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Speaker 2: is the reason that I have such great hope for
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Speaker 2: where this team is capable.
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Speaker 5: It's a better roster. It's not the best roster.
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Speaker 2: In the AFC, but it's good enough that if this
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Speaker 2: coaching staff gets from them what I think we could
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Speaker 2: be after Thanksgiving talking about if this, then that scenarios
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Speaker 2: of how the Jaguars are competing for the AFC South title,
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Speaker 2: and I know, coming off four and thirteen, some people
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Speaker 2: would say, how's that possible.
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Speaker 5: It's entirely possible.
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Speaker 7: The South is always in hand.
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Speaker 1: I feel like a little bit, at least right now,
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Speaker 1: say with us one more break and then we'll tell
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Speaker 1: from Jags am on location in Miami for joint practice.
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Speaker 1: So hopefully we'll get a little little action here in
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Speaker 1: team segments against the Dolphins. See a little bit of
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Speaker 1: something from the starters, because John, as far as we know,
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Speaker 1: we're not going to see a ton of the starters,
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Speaker 1: if any standard read.
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Speaker 4: We don know that for sure, but.
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Speaker 3: History says that's the trend that you just don't play
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Speaker 3: a lot of guys in that final game. So yeah, Brian,
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Speaker 3: I think you want to see I think they'll run
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Speaker 3: a little bit today within the context of what you
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Speaker 3: can do in this sort of thing. You want to
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Speaker 3: see the Edgreshers win a little bit and you want
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Speaker 3: to see Trevor look at confident like you have so far.
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Speaker 3: I guess you just want to sort of see the
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Speaker 3: steps continue.
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Speaker 2: I want to see the running game, like you just said,
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Speaker 2: because the last two years that's been a storyline that
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Speaker 2: we have just hammered. And the other side of it is,
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Speaker 2: I think the defensive line. I don't know how many
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Speaker 2: snaps that Eric Armstead's gonna get or Mason Smith, both
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Speaker 2: of them practiced yesterday, but to watch those guys work
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Speaker 2: up front, especially Treyvon and Josh, I'm excited to watch
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Speaker 2: the defensive mind today.
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Speaker 1: All Right, we'll have our reports on Jaguars dot Com
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Speaker 7: And enjoy the final preseason game of the season.