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Jags HQ | Talking London Logistics with 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.
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  Speaker 3: With that.
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  Speaker 4: Game on.
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  Speaker 1: Jags HQ starts right now.
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  Speaker 5: Game on, Loggie. 3-1 atop the AFC South and taking
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  Speaker 5: the show on the road to London. Sunday at Tottenham.
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  Speaker 5: The following Sunday at Wembley, the Eagles and the Texans.
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  Speaker 3: Why not?
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  Speaker 5: Let's play to it.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I'm looking forward to it because this is the
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  Speaker 6: first time the Jaguars will have ever had a home
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  Speaker 6: game at Tottenham. That's always kind of been the league's game,
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  Speaker 6: and the Jaguars were always.
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  Speaker 7: The visiting team.
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  Speaker 6: So looking forward to seeing kind of how that works
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  Speaker 6: and how that looks. And then the game at Wembley
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  Speaker 6: is always exciting just because it's one of the coolest
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  Speaker 6: things that you'll ever see. And Tottenham's the same thing
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  Speaker 6: because both of these stadiums, the fans.
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  Speaker 7: Arrive in different ways. At Tottenham... The bus.
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  Speaker 6: Station is a pretty good piece away from it. So
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  Speaker 6: everybody's just, this massive humanity is walking the streets to
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  Speaker 6: get to the stadium.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, there's no parking lots.
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  Speaker 3: No, nothing.
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  Speaker 5: It's not like America where people tailgate.
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  Speaker 7: It's a stadium that's literally, it's like on a city street.
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  Speaker 6: An old street in Pittsburgh that has bars and saloons
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  Speaker 6: and stuff, right?
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  Speaker 5: Or if you've been to Lambeau Field, you understand. You
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  Speaker 5: come around the corner in the neighborhood and there's Lambeau Field.
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  Speaker 7: Very similar.
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  Speaker 6: With Wembley, you got train stations that are all right there.
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  Speaker 6: And so when they arrive it's like wow where did
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  Speaker 6: all these people come from and there's no parking and
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  Speaker 6: then all of a sudden when the game is over
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  Speaker 6: it's like where did everybody go they're good they move
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  Speaker 6: people in and out it's uh but it's cool it's
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  Speaker 6: a it's a great experience and i'll just remember the
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  Speaker 6: first time that we were there and i remember exercising
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  Speaker 6: in the hotel because we were staying in that hotel
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  Speaker 6: that was right outside of wembley the hilton there the
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  Speaker 6: hilton and there was very little um It was kind
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  Speaker 6: of a– Wembley at that time was like a big
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  Speaker 6: commercial area, right?
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  Speaker 5: Well, not like it is now. They've obviously transformed it.
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  Speaker 7: Totally different.
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  Speaker 6: Now it's residential and there's– There's a college there, an
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  Speaker 6: outlet mall.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, happenings of all kinds.
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  Speaker 6: It's gotten developed so much. But back then, I remember
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  Speaker 6: working out in the Hilton, looking out the window and
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  Speaker 6: seeing every jersey from every team in the National Football League.
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  Speaker 5: A kaleidoscope of NFL colors.
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  Speaker 6: And from players that played way back to current players.
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  Speaker 6: And I just kept looking and kept looking and kept looking.
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  Speaker 6: I was like, you know what? I hope I see
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  Speaker 6: a Jaguars jersey.
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  Speaker 5: Somewhere there's a 56 out there. Somewhere there's a Lagerman jersey.
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  Speaker 6: But it was like it took a long time to
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  Speaker 6: see it. And then it's amazing how the transition through
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  Speaker 6: the years has taken its effect. And you see a
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  Speaker 6: lot of Jaguar jerseys now. That's the prevalent jersey.
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  Speaker 5: Well, when you do something over and over and over,
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  Speaker 5: which they have since 2013– The Jaguars have built a
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  Speaker 5: following there, and they consider it a home game. By
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  Speaker 5: the way, in case we haven't introduced ourselves, Brian Sexton
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  Speaker 5: along with Jeff Lagerman. This is Jags HQ from the
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  Speaker 5: Hyundai Studios. And at some point here in this hour,
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  Speaker 5: we will be joined by the general manager and the
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  Speaker 5: executive vice president of football operations, Tony Buscelli. We'll talk
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  Speaker 5: about the lift. What it takes to take a team
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  Speaker 5: across an ocean. Now, the Jaguars, obviously, they got some
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  Speaker 5: equipment over there. They got some staff over there. It
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  Speaker 5: isn't what it was the first year where they're loading
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  Speaker 5: things up in the summer on boats to get everything
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  Speaker 5: over there because you don't bring it on the airplane.
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  Speaker 5: But still, you got to bring everything else with you because, well,
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  Speaker 5: they don't have the same equipment anymore. There that they
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  Speaker 5: do here.
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  Speaker 6: No, and because it's not the first rodeo, I think
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  Speaker 6: there's a level of performance that is up here. There
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  Speaker 6: was a learning curve at the very beginning. Now they
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  Speaker 6: have a lot of equipment that they actually leave over there.
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  Speaker 6: And the place where the team stays at, the Grove,
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  Speaker 6: it's a perfect setup.
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  Speaker 5: They fine-tuned it to get it just the way they
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  Speaker 5: want it.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, perfect setup. The food is great. The facility is great.
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  Speaker 6: The practice field is great. They have a tent setup
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  Speaker 6: that becomes a locker room with a weight room.
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  Speaker 7: And it's literally a short walk right out of the hotel.
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  Speaker 6: The only thing that the players don't really have is
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  Speaker 6: they don't have this grandiose locker room with showers.
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  Speaker 7: And everything else.
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  Speaker 4: Right.
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  Speaker 6: But it's a really, really, really nice facility. And it's also,
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  Speaker 6: if you're a golfer, you can play a little golf
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  Speaker 6: while you're there.
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  Speaker 5: Listen, it's a full-fledged resort. You can throw axes if
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  Speaker 5: you'd like.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm not going to do that.
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  Speaker 6: Every time I think about maybe throwing an axe, I
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  Speaker 6: think of keep on chopping wood.
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  Speaker 5: Chris Hansen.
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  Speaker 7: And I don't want to have an accident with an axe.
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  Speaker 5: We're going to leave that one alone. Before Tony and
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  Speaker 5: James walk in the door, let me get your take
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  Speaker 5: on what's going on in Philadelphia. A ton of injuries.
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  Speaker 5: Two key players. Devonta Smith, Saquon Barkley, Dallas Goddard. They
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  Speaker 5: lose their starting right tackle, one of the best in
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  Speaker 5: the game. One of the best in my 33 years
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  Speaker 5: of covering this league, in Lane Johnson, who doesn't play
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  Speaker 5: last week because of a personal issue. And then retires
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  Speaker 5: on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 7: That was not expected.
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  Speaker 5: No, it wasn't at all. And then also equally unexpected. Today,
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  Speaker 5: they traded their two-time Pro Bowl center, whom they had
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  Speaker 5: moved out to guard, Cam Juergens, to the Baltimore Ravens.
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  Speaker 5: Even the backup, Tank Bigsby, a guy that we know,
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  Speaker 5: had surgery to repair a core muscle. He's gone as well.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, what can you look at and count on
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  Speaker 5: when you look at your game board there?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I think in that scenario, if that were... the
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  Speaker 6: jaguars case you just sit there and go well nobody's
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  Speaker 6: going to feel sorry for us.
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  Speaker 7: And and thank goodness every team's dealing with injury.
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  Speaker 6: Yes thank goodness that we have the practice squads as
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  Speaker 6: to what they are nowadays because it's uh you know
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  Speaker 6: thankfully with covet and everything now it gives you the
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  Speaker 6: ability to at least play players that have been practicing
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  Speaker 6: all along as opposed to hey look we got to
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  Speaker 6: go out and get this guy off the street and
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  Speaker 6: get him ready to play in a game maybe compared
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  Speaker 6: to the old days where practice squads were smaller. And
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  Speaker 6: also the rules were different. Remember, you didn't have veterans
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  Speaker 6: and everything on practice squads. So it's a little bit
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  Speaker 6: easier to manage that. It doesn't mean it's easier to
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  Speaker 6: keep the level of performance at the same level when
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  Speaker 6: you have injuries.
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  Speaker 5: When the schedule came out in May, You looked at
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  Speaker 5: the Eagles at Tottenham, followed by the Texans at Wembley,
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  Speaker 5: and you said, the league is challenging you, young Jaguars.
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  Speaker 5: You performed well last season. Let's see if you're ready
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  Speaker 5: to do it this season. And all of a sudden,
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  Speaker 5: you've got, my words, you've got chaos on the Eagles
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  Speaker 5: roster this week. And the Texans are 0-4.
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  Speaker 3: I get it.
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  Speaker 5: They're very talented. They're not going to stay 0-4. Well,
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  Speaker 5: they play the Titans this week. That certainly helps them.
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  Speaker 5: But they've got the ability to turn things around and
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  Speaker 5: be a much better football team because of their extreme
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  Speaker 5: talent on the defensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 6: But the defense is not playing at the level that
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  Speaker 6: it was either. Now, the two guys on the outside
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  Speaker 6: are still playing at a level that's just fantastic. But
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  Speaker 6: the defense overall, not playing at the level that they
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  Speaker 6: were last year.
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  Speaker 5: So you go into this game with an opportunity.
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  Speaker 7: You're 3-1.
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  Speaker 5: You have an opportunity these next two weeks to really
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  Speaker 5: separate yourself in the AFC South.
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  Speaker 6: Well, and you hope you can take advantage of it
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  Speaker 6: because the scenario with both of these games in reality
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  Speaker 6: are setting up like trap games. And I'm not saying
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  Speaker 6: that the Jaguars are going to fall into the trap.
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  Speaker 6: I'm just saying that the scenarios are looking like that.
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  Speaker 6: I expect the Jaguars to be able to handle business.
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  Speaker 5: All right. Tony Buscelli and James Gladstone are on their way.
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  Speaker 5: Let's get a break out of the way before they
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  Speaker 5: walk in. We're talking ball here on Jags HQ. The
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  Speaker 5: Jaguars headed to London tomorrow for the Eagles this week
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  Speaker 5: and the Texans the following Sunday. We're back after this
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  Speaker 5: on the Jaguars Radio Network.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
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  Speaker 5: Jags HQ from the Hyundai Studios inside the Miller Electric Center.
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  Speaker 5: Tony Buscelli and James Gladstone are here. All buttoned up,
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  Speaker 5: ready to go?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, let's go.
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  Speaker 5: Planes getting ready to take off. You guys have this
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  Speaker 5: one down, though, right? I mean, the logistics of this,
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  Speaker 5: as long as the franchise has done it, you've got
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  Speaker 5: it where you want it?
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  Speaker 3: I'll say this. We never go into any of these situations,
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  Speaker 3: whether it's travel, game day. a weekly practice thinking we
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  Speaker 3: got it because as soon as you say you got it,
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  Speaker 3: you don't. And something comes up that. And so I
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  Speaker 3: think the message to the building and it's always the same,
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  Speaker 3: regardless of what we're doing is communicate, think ahead, work together.
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  Speaker 3: Let's make sure we're identifying issues. I'm going to go
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  Speaker 3: back to lack last week and not to get into specifics,
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  Speaker 3: but last week our support staff did an outstanding job.
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  Speaker 3: There were things that they, on their own, as a team,
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  Speaker 3: worked together, identified going into the travel to Cincinnati. Some
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  Speaker 3: we knew about, some that popped up late, and worked
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  Speaker 3: together on two major issues to make sure they were
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  Speaker 3: not an issue for that trip. Because if you just
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  Speaker 3: go in and say, oh, it's just another trip. We've
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  Speaker 3: been to Cincinnati. I mean, Jeff, we've been going to
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  Speaker 3: Cincinnati since we were there. Excuse me. And human nature
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  Speaker 3: is it's very easy to get comfortable. And it's one
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  Speaker 3: of the things that James and I and Liam talk
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  Speaker 3: about all the time. James and I with the, you know,
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  Speaker 3: called the front office support staff and everything we're doing
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  Speaker 3: there is making sure that as a team, as an organization,
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  Speaker 3: that we are reviewing everything we do on a constant basis.
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  Speaker 3: After action reports, working up to an event, making sure that, hey,
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  Speaker 3: we don't got this. Let's make sure we got everything
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  Speaker 3: tied together. Everything's, buttoned up. No different than London. This group,
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  Speaker 3: long before James and I ever sat in these seats,
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  Speaker 3: have been operating going to London. And they've done a
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  Speaker 3: great job as an organization under multiple head coaches, multiple GMs,
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  Speaker 3: multiple front office personnel. So we have a great support staff.
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  Speaker 3: With that said, we challenge them every time, like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: Is everything ready? Are we communicating? Have we thought about this?
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  Speaker 3: You know, and there's a thousand things of moving pieces
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  Speaker 3: and parts that you have to pay attention to, and
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  Speaker 3: you don't want any of them because our main job
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  Speaker 3: is to make sure that our players and coaches are
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  Speaker 3: ready to play on Sunday because all that matters is
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  Speaker 3: what happens on Sunday, and we've said that since the
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  Speaker 3: day we got here. Well, if that's your job, you
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  Speaker 3: better make sure that nothing comes up that impacts our
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  Speaker 3: players or coaches as they prep to go beat the
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  Speaker 3: Philadelphia Eagles.
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  Speaker 6: But as a general manager and handling personnel, it's not
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  Speaker 6: like you can fly a guy in from two states over.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, not from two states over.
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  Speaker 3: Just a few countries over.
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  Speaker 6: So as a general manager, I mean, how do you
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  Speaker 6: prepare to be in London for two weeks, you know,
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  Speaker 6: in the event something comes up?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that one's, you're going to have to remain fluid.
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  Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it. And you may very well
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  Speaker 2: have to find yourself in a situation where you are
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  Speaker 2: flying somebody across the pond. And I can tell you
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  Speaker 2: the day we took off a year ago, you know,
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  Speaker 2: had our football admin group and football operations group planning
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  Speaker 2: for killings of years, travel from San Francisco to London
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  Speaker 2: because he was joining our practice squad and meeting us
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  Speaker 2: over there. So that was in real time, first exposure
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  Speaker 2: to an example of, Look, as things unfold, you're going
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  Speaker 2: to have to react and respond appropriately. We've got a
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  Speaker 2: great group of folks that are diving into their roles
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  Speaker 2: and dominating those in order to make those challenging situations
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  Speaker 2: and the dynamics attached to them seem very seamless, especially
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  Speaker 2: for the players themselves as they get acclimated to our team,
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  Speaker 2: if that's in fact going to be something we'll have
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  Speaker 2: to do. But it's also some of the conversations that
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  Speaker 2: we have ahead of departure around, hey, if this happens,
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  Speaker 2: here's an action plan for the response to it. And
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  Speaker 2: then the unknowns, you just got to be prepared for
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  Speaker 2: and respond in the right ways.
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  Speaker 6: Does it change your approach with injuries? Because you're getting
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  Speaker 6: ready to sit on a plane for a long, extended
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  Speaker 6: period of time and going somewhere else. Does it change
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  Speaker 6: your approach with injured players before you go and kind
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  Speaker 6: of what you're going to do from a roster management
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  Speaker 6: standpoint leading up to this?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it does.
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  Speaker 2: And especially for some of the guys that we don't
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  Speaker 2: talk about during the majority of the time that they're
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  Speaker 2: on IR, whether or not to travel with the team
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  Speaker 2: or stay back and maintain routine as a part of
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  Speaker 2: the rehab process or go ahead and come across and
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  Speaker 2: put your body through the toll of travel and stick
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  Speaker 2: with the performance staff and support staff that's going over
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  Speaker 2: or not. But In terms of actually prepping for departure
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  Speaker 2: and any roster mechanics that have to take place over there,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to have to just be agile and operate
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  Speaker 2: on your feet. And there's going to be transactions that
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  Speaker 2: occur between the date that we leave and the date
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  Speaker 2: that we return that happen in London. It's going to
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  Speaker 2: have to happen. It happens every week following a game
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  Speaker 2: and even beforehand that we're just going to have to
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  Speaker 2: do it on different soil.
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  Speaker 5: Does your football, does the coaching staff work ahead this week?
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  Speaker 5: Or do you stay... Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, same stuff. Different
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  Speaker 5: location on Friday.
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  Speaker 3: I think they probably had to maybe spend a little
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  Speaker 3: bit more time in the office this week just because
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  Speaker 3: tomorrow night we're going to be on a plane and
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  Speaker 3: we want everyone to sleep so we wake up fresh
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  Speaker 3: in London. You miss out on your full Thursday night prep.
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  Speaker 2: They are treating it like a version of a short.
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  Speaker 3: Week as coaches. Monday through Wednesday are a little bit
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  Speaker 3: longer days. Knowing that on a Thursday when, you know,
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  Speaker 3: as we planning way ahead, okay, that Thursday we're going
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  Speaker 3: to be on a plane. So we can't do X, Y,
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  Speaker 3: and Z, whatever portion of the game plan they work
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  Speaker 3: on that night. So the staff has been aware of
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  Speaker 3: that for since last year and they plan accordingly. We
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  Speaker 3: have a Thursday night game coming up. This is a
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  Speaker 3: staff that's been around the league a long time and
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  Speaker 3: have coached other places and been in these situations and
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  Speaker 3: understand the mechanics. And yes, is it out of their
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  Speaker 3: rhythm a little bit, the normal week?
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  Speaker 2: Sure.
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  Speaker 3: But nothing to the point that, anyone is stressed about it.
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  Speaker 3: I think Liam and our staff do a great job
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  Speaker 3: of communicating and working together and making sure everything's ready
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  Speaker 3: to go so that when we land Friday morning, we'll
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  Speaker 3: be ready to go and be prepared to go play
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  Speaker 3: the Philadelphia Eagles. I mean, you only get 17 chances
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  Speaker 3: in the regular season. It's all you're promised. And we
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  Speaker 3: talk a lot about, you know, this is the most
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  Speaker 3: important game in the history of the franchise. And people laugh,
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  Speaker 3: but it is because it's the next one. And so
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  Speaker 3: our coaches, our players, our whole entire building and support staff,
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  Speaker 3: everyone's operating as, hey, we are preparing to go to London.
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  Speaker 3: It doesn't matter if it's London or San Francisco or Cincinnati.
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  Speaker 3: It does not matter. It is another destination where we're
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  Speaker 3: playing a football game. And so we will go there.
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  Speaker 3: Now we're there for a longer time. So we move
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  Speaker 3: all of operations to London. so that when we are there,
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  Speaker 3: our coaches can operate like they're in the building.
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  Speaker 6: I'll never forget the first trip over, and the food was, like,
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  Speaker 6: not great. And I'll just remember there was constant pizza
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  Speaker 6: deliveries being made to the hotel that first year. And
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  Speaker 6: then fast forward to now, like last year, the food
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  Speaker 6: and everything that's over there is so incredibly good.
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  Speaker 7: It's almost too good. Well, it is.
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  Speaker 2: The venues have done it a long time now.
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  Speaker 3: That's right. And get the NFL credit saying, hey, we've
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  Speaker 3: got to up our game over here.
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  Speaker 2: The communication lines between club and venues have continued to grow,
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  Speaker 2: and those relationships get stronger. And that plays a significant part.
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  Speaker 2: But I can understand why that first exposure was below
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  Speaker 2: the line, so to speak, and now after years. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: how many years– since the first 2013 was.
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  Speaker 3: The first year so this is the year 14 yeah
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  Speaker 3: take one out of coven so 13th time.
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  Speaker 4: If it hadn't gotten better that would be concerning that
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: would be bad they also give i give mindy and
• 16:32
  Speaker 4: jackie our nutritionist a ton of credit they've been working
• 16:36
  Speaker 4: on this since the spring i mean this is.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: Not something hey this week we're going to london let's
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: get ready i mean we've been operating season ends our
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: first staff meeting we start talking about Hey, what's coming up? Okay,
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: here's the schedule. This is, you know, we knew we
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: were going to London, didn't know exactly when, but we
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: have a whole group of people that are working on
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: making sure we're sending things over early, so on and
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: so forth. We've already had people leave earlier in the
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: week to go over there from a technology standpoint, from
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: a nutrition standpoint. Mindy does a great job of working
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: with the chef over there saying, here's the menu. Here's
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: what dietary restrictions. This is what we want. This is
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: what we don't want. And so it's a group effort.
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: And give the venue, the Grove, where we stay, give
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: them a ton of credit. They've done an outstanding job.
• 17:23
  Speaker 3: They've earned to be the place that everyone wants to stay.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: We're fortunate to stay there. Praxfield's right there. We have
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: a weight room brought in, all set up. It's a
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: fabulous facility. And if you have to be gone from
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: home for 10 days, it's not the worst place to
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: be gone from.
• 17:36
  Speaker 5: Washington was there last week. Last year, the Vikings were
• 17:38
  Speaker 5: there the week before we were there. So they know
• 17:40
  Speaker 5: how to do it.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: They do. They did a great job.
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: Final thought before we take a break. And it's very general, but...
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: you've done it since 2013, not you guys in particular,
• 17:47
  Speaker 5: but the Jaguars have done it. Is there an advantage
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: to having been over there a year in and year
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: out more than any other? No team has played internationally
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: more than this team.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: I'll give, I think from a operation standpoint, probably. Okay.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: Here's my theory. And everyone asks, and I've been asked
• 18:03
  Speaker 3: this week, much talked about the Rams, how they traveled
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: to Australia, how they traveled last year. The Eagles were
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: doing what the Rams did coming in Friday night, getting
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: their Saturday morning. Um, We went early last year. We've
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: gone late. I mean, we've done it every which way.
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: At the end of the day, the best team wins.
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: So we've got to go be our best. Like, we've
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: got to, yes, the things we can do to travel
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: properly and to prepare our players and everything else, absolutely.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: There's no doubt about it. We'll do everything we can
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: to give them that advantage. But this game will be
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: decided on the, quote, unquote, pitch. In London. Pitch. That's
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: what they call it. It can't be called a pitch. No,
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: I'm just saying what they call it.
• 18:43
  Speaker 5: When we get out on the pitch as opposed to
• 18:45
  Speaker 5: when we get out on the grass.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: The grass. I use the air quotes.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: Try to be funny.
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: It was a joke. Didn't hit. Didn't miss. They missed
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: the whole thing. But anyways, on the field, on the grass.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: That's when this game is going to be decided. Not
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: who traveled first or last or second or anything else.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: Our team is going to go on the field against
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: a very good Eagles team. A team that's won multiple
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: Super Bowls in recent years. Very well coached. Great organization.
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: Our team is going to go out there and we
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: have to go beat the Eagles. And they've got to
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: play us. And that's what's going to decide this game.
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: All right. Let's take a break. More to come with
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: Tony Buscelli, James Gladstone, and Jeff Loggaman here on Jags
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: HQ as you're listening to Jaguars Radio.
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 19:29
  Speaker 5: But 10 more minutes with Tony Buscelli and James Gladstone
• 19:32
  Speaker 5: here on Jags HQ. Jaguars 932 Eastern kickoff on Sunday
• 19:36
  Speaker 5: from Tottenham Stadium against the Philadelphia Eagles. This would seem
• 19:41
  Speaker 5: to be a great week for focus because Philadelphia has
• 19:45
  Speaker 5: anything but focus going on up there with all their
• 19:47
  Speaker 5: injuries and things on their roster. It would seem to
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: be the perfect it's all about us week.
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: Oh, there's no doubt.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: Mental toughness has been a topic of conversation and really
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: the emphasis going into this week. And, you know, we're
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: at a point in the season, and this is across
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: the league, where, hey, you're a quarter of the way through.
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: Guys are banged up. You're dealing with attrition. Got to
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: take care of yourself physically. Let's really hone in and
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: sharpen the mental focus, the mental toughness and resilience that
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: comes with just by default this time on the calendar.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: But also, hey, we're playing a game in a different country.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: So how do we prep for whatever obstacles we know
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: we're going to face that impact our routine ahead of
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: time and put in different techniques, different proactive approaches to
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: make sure that that stuff is minimized or doesn't get
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: in our way? We're not the only ones that are
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: going to have to navigate those waters, drop us off
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: any time, anywhere, versus anybody, and we're ready to play football. Nonetheless,
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: it has been something we've tried to be at least
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: somewhat pointed in our awareness, communication at this point, knowing
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: that that's where, really, it's got to fall. And it
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: falls internally. It falls on us. Can't worry too much
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: about what is going on across the way, because I've
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: seen plenty of instances when there's a lot of stuff
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: going on, very chaotic. That can also be a real
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: dangerous group that you're facing off against in those instances.
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: People are still trying to win football games across from you,
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: and when they've got nothing to lose, so to speak,
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: or there's not this overwhelming expectation because, hey, we don't
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: have all of our guys, so what do you expect
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: is going to happen? We can just let it rip.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: That kind of stuff can make for some interesting games,
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: interesting situations. plays, all that kind of stuff, performances.
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: The injuries are obviously talked about a lot, and Tony,
• 21:43
  Speaker 6: I want to go to Lane Johnson a little bit
• 21:44
  Speaker 6: because I know that you've talked with him on numerous occasions.
• 21:48
  Speaker 7: He's a hell of a football player.
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: I mean, in my opinion, he's a future Hall of Famer.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: He's one of the greatest guys to ever play in
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: the position.
• 21:54
  Speaker 6: And obviously unexpected retirement for personal reasons and not.
• 22:00
  Speaker 7: To get into any of that, but talk about him.
• 22:02
  Speaker 6: And the level of player that he has been. I mean,
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: in 14 years, he's just been arguably the best right
• 22:10
  Speaker 6: tackle in football.
• 22:11
  Speaker 3: You could go his impact on the team, look at
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: winning percentage when he plays and when he doesn't. I mean,
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: he's a guy that if you're game planning as an
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: offense coordinator, you basically say, okay, he takes the left
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: defensive end out of play. He's that good. You don't
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: have to chip for him. You don't have to worry
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: about him. He's stable. He's– when I say stable– that's
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: the greatest compliment you can give an offensive lineman. It's like,
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: he is like, guys, you don't worry about. You just
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: go play football, and he takes care of his business.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: And I got the utmost respect for Lane, the way
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: he played the game, the physicality, the toughness, just the approach,
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: ultimate offensive line guy. And selfishly, I'm bummed he's retiring
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: because you never want to see great ones leave, but
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: you understand it's going to happen. He played 14 years.
• 23:00
  Speaker 3: I think people forget a lot of times because, and
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: I get it, you see them on their helmets on,
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: their pads, and going and playing football, and you think
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: that's all they go do is to play football. But
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: guys have lives. They have families. They have things going
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: on in their lives that are heavy. And I know
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: Lane's been struggling and fighting through a lot of different things,
• 23:20
  Speaker 3: like with family and stuff, and he's human. And, man,
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: I got the utmost respect of him saying, listen, I
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: can't go do this the way I need to do
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: it for my team. And it's almost like he's falling
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: on the sword saying, I'm going to get in the
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: way right now because I can't be who I need
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: to be. And I got a ton of respect for him.
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: And it's not an easy decision. I don't know Lane
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: really well, but I know him enough that he loves
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: the game of football. He loved his teammates. He loved
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: the offensive line room. And he understands what that means,
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: what that brotherhood means, and how guys count on each other.
• 23:57
  Speaker 3: I can't imagine the weight that is on his shoulders
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: to make this type of decision. And anyone who questions
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: them or says a comment that is sideways about what
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: he did, then they don't understand what goes on in
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: that room. They don't understand what it means to put
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: that helmet on and go on the field and do
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: what you do and love to do. The weight of
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: that is enormous. And I feel for him and hope
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: whatever he is dealing with, I don't have the specifics.
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: I hope that he has good people around him and
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: the people that help him fight through it and he
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: can be there for his family and that it all
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: comes out the right side because Lane Johnson is one
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: of the greatest guys to ever put a football helmet
• 24:37
  Speaker 3: on and play the game at that position.
• 24:39
  Speaker 6: I think he came from being a quarterback to a
• 24:41
  Speaker 6: tight end to an offensive line, which is amazing.
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: He's a giant of a man. You can see the
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: athletic ability. You can see that He had the ability
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: at some point in his life to play quarterback. And
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: him being a tight end is not a stretch, watching
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: him move and how he operates. And just never stopped growing,
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: never stopped getting big.
• 25:00
  Speaker 7: Speaking of never stopping.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: Tony was telling me the other day, he was like, yeah,
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: I used to be a quarterback. Oh, yeah, and then
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: they moved me to tight end. And then I showed
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: up for training camp one day, and they gave me
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: a bigger jersey number and said, hey, you're playing tackle.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: And so it all started because we were making comments
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: about someone throwing the football in the field. I'll leave
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: that person unnamed. And I was joking around about him,
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: and James looked at me and said, you can't throw
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: the ball. I said, give me a ball. And I
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: proceeded to throw passes to him.
• 25:27
  Speaker 4: Dots.
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: Dots.
• 25:28
  Speaker 7: I said, where do you want it? You can put
• 25:31
  Speaker 7: it right here. Star Wars.
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: Speaking of growing into a bigger role, I've never seen
• 25:38
  Speaker 6: a human being as big as Jordan Maialata.
• 25:41
  Speaker 7: The left tackle of the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: And what a story.
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: Have you guys ever seen anybody of that size that
• 25:48
  Speaker 6: looks naturally big?
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: It's not like it's puffed up.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: Well, when did we play last up there, two years ago? 24. 24.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: So I was on the sidelines and talking to Lane.
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: And I had never met Jordan before and got introduced
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: to Jordan and started talking to Jordan. And very few humans...
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: I'm playing it, making me feel.
• 26:07
  Speaker 5: You said the exact same thing in the first hour.
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: Very small. And I just looked at him. I'm like,
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: I don't know. How do you get around this guy?
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: And the best story about Jordan is he didn't play
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: football growing up. Rugby. He played rugby. Obviously, to play
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: rugby at his size, that's probably not a fun day
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: at the park trying to tackle him.
• 26:26
  Speaker 7: Are we scouting rugby players, James?
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Every year there's a few that pop up.
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: You never know, right?
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: Philadelphia has seemingly been the ones to tap that well,
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: most notably. Obviously, we had one here a couple years ago.
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: I guess it was up until about August of last year.
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: Louis. Boy, he's a fun one. He's built himself into
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: one of the best left tackles in football. Kudos to him.
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: Kudos to the Philadelphia Eagles organization for identifying him and
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: then to have the patience because it didn't happen right away.
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: It took a couple years on practice squad and And
• 27:02
  Speaker 3: he was very well coached.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: Oh, that's a needle in a haystack. Yeah. And everybody's
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: on the hunt for another.
• 27:08
  Speaker 7: Yeah, they're like, this is a 365.
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: It moves like he's not a big man because he's
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: fleet of foot. And watch it tape on him today.
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: I mean, he can move. He can take a human
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: being where they don't want to go. And that's a
• 27:22
  Speaker 3: skill set that's pretty important in this game. By the way,
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: we talked last week about how big the tackles were
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: in Cincinnati. With this guy, and if Markel Bell has
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: to step in the starting lineup, 6'9, 346 with 36-inch arms.
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: He wakes up every day, and he has the reach
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: advantage over whoever he's playing. And he was a fun
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: one to watch last year. We liked him. Had a
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: lot of respect and a lot of appreciation for Markell
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: Bell's game. Because you look at someone that size, and
• 27:49
  Speaker 3: before you start watching too much, you're like, ah, he's
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: just going to be a big guy, just kind of
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: get in the way. And I'll never forget, I was
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: watching the, I believe it was the national title game
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: or the semifinal game, and he goes out on a
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: wide receiver screen to go block the corner. And this
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: big man at 6'9, 350, is a dead sprint and
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: about kills the poor corner and the fact that it's
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: not an easy block for any tackle i've done it
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: because you got to get on your horse and you
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: got to go to get that guy and i'm like
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: huh uh this is more than just a big person
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: getting in the way this is an athlete a guy
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: who can play and uh and he started last week
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: because of injuries and for his first start in the
• 28:28
  Speaker 3: nfl was not easy to get around. He did a
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: nice job, and he's only going to get better.
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: Fred Johnson was here for a short stint, and he's
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: no small hero.
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: Fred was injured last week on the injury report and
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: was inactive, but he's another guy.
• 28:44
  Speaker 5: They got a type.
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: They have a type they like. And listen, none of
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: them are Lane Johnson.
• 28:50
  Speaker 7: But here's the funny thing. Don't look down on them.
• 28:53
  Speaker 7: They have a type, right? But then you've got Willie Lampkin.
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: Let's talk about Willie Lampkin.
• 28:59
  Speaker 6: Okay, Willie Lampkin, who, by the way, is probably going
• 29:02
  Speaker 6: to be your starting left guard this week from the
• 29:04
  Speaker 6: University of North Carolina, second-year.
• 29:06
  Speaker 7: Player, 5'11, 290. How does that happen?
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: Intangibly rich, there's no doubt.
• 29:13
  Speaker 3: I'm just telling you right now. I'll be careful what
• 29:16
  Speaker 3: I say here because I've loved him coming out. I'm
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: just telling you right there, that's a football player. That
• 29:24
  Speaker 3: dude right there, don't fall asleep on Willie Lampkin. And
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: don't think, oh, he's 5'11. He's too small to play
• 29:30
  Speaker 3: this game. You turn on the tape in college, he
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: is moving human beings that are much bigger. And he
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: can get up to the second level. He can move like.
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: nobody's business. You watch preseason this year, I'm like, yep,
• 29:44
  Speaker 3: it's amazing. You watch tape in college, and they go
• 29:48
  Speaker 3: block people. Guess what they're going to probably do in
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: the pros?
• 29:51
  Speaker 7: Block people.
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: Block people.
• 29:54
  Speaker 7: So what do we got to be careful about here?
• 29:57
  Speaker 7: There's some hidden information here. What is the deal?
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: He just plays football.
• 30:02
  Speaker 7: No, no, no.
• 30:02
  Speaker 6: There's more to this story that's being hidden here.
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: No, he just plays football.
• 30:08
  Speaker 6: He's got this grin on his face like you just
• 30:12
  Speaker 6: ate something.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: I mean, here's the deal with Willie Lampkin. If you
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: like football, you like Willie Lampkin. It's fun to work
• 30:18
  Speaker 3: with people you respect.
• 30:19
  Speaker 5: But people that amuse you, that you respect as much
• 30:22
  Speaker 5: as you appear to be amused right now. I just
• 30:25
  Speaker 5: get the impression.
• 30:26
  Speaker 2: That he's– The way that Philly actually got him to
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: was an interesting one.
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: It was great.
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: So he starts his career as an undrafted college free
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: agent with the Rams, gets hurt in preseason after an
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: amazing performance.
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: Oh, my gosh.
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: Amazing performance in preseason.
• 30:41
  Speaker 7: With the Rams. Yeah.
• 30:43
  Speaker 2: Gets hurt, so the Rams wave him injured. typically what
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: happens in those instances is the player reverts to that
• 30:52
  Speaker 2: team's reserve. Well, the Eagles claimed his injured contract. So
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: he comes in as an injured player, which typically doesn't happen.
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: So they got him while he was injured and had
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: him go through the recovery process before joining the team.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: joining their team and had a great offseason, had a
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: great preseason that looked very similar to his performance with
• 31:21
  Speaker 2: the Rams a year.
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: Prior to that.
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: But he's got a lot of stuff that isn't measurable.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: While his height, his length, his weight are, there's a
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: ton of stuff that isn't measurable that makes him so
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: appealing to those football lovers.
• 31:37
  Speaker 5: If you're interested in watching him on Sunday, he wears
• 31:40
  Speaker 5: number 61. Oh, it's going to be great.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 31:42
  Speaker 5: Fellas, thanks so much. Appreciate your time.
• 31:45
  Speaker 7: Wait a minute. They came in late. They've got to
• 31:46
  Speaker 7: stay another segment.
• 31:47
  Speaker 5: You're going to have to speak in, like, brief three-word
• 31:50
  Speaker 5: sentences the rest of the way if we don't take
• 31:52
  Speaker 5: a break right now.
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: He can't do that.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 31:55
  Speaker 5: Why do you think I'm trying to.
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: Get a break so desperately?
• 31:57
  Speaker 7: You're confusing me with yourself.
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: No, no, no. I know I can't.
• 32:01
  Speaker 5: I just have more self-awareness than you because you can't either.
• 32:04
  Speaker 5: Nobody in this room has a problem talking. It's stopping.
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  Speaker 5: We'll take a break and come back after this on
• 32:10
  Speaker 5: the Jaguars Radio Network.
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
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  Speaker 5: And I'm excited. I haven't seen a 5'11, 290-pound guard,
• 32:23
  Speaker 5: and I think I've mentioned I've been in this league
• 32:25
  Speaker 5: more than three decades.
• 32:26
  Speaker 6: Well, the former offensive lineman, Tennessee Titans, now the starting
• 32:31
  Speaker 6: center for the Miami Dolphins, Aaron Brewer, is like the
• 32:35
  Speaker 6: smallest-statured offensive lineman that I recall in the National Football
• 32:40
  Speaker 6: League until... I saw this Willie Lampkin guy when I
• 32:44
  Speaker 6: was doing the board for the game, which you have
• 32:46
  Speaker 6: right there in front of you. And I did a
• 32:49
  Speaker 6: double take because I'm typing in, you know, on the
• 32:52
  Speaker 6: Microsoft Excel. And I go, okay, second-year guy, UNC, 5'11, 290.
• 32:58
  Speaker 6: And I went, wait a minute, let me cross-check this.
• 33:00
  Speaker 6: And so I went to ESPN because I was on
• 33:02
  Speaker 6: the Philadelphia Eagles website.
• 33:04
  Speaker 7: I went to the ESPN.
• 33:06
  Speaker 6: I said, all right, let me look at the height weight,
• 33:07
  Speaker 6: see if that's actually true and not a typo. And
• 33:10
  Speaker 6: I was like, oh, my God, he's really 5'11, 290. Right.
• 33:14
  Speaker 5: I saw that. When we first started talking about him
• 33:16
  Speaker 5: in our production meeting earlier today, I went, no way.
• 33:19
  Speaker 3: No way.
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  Speaker 7: I can't wait to watch him play.
• 33:22
  Speaker 6: I mean, Tony's talking about how good he was at UNC,
• 33:24
  Speaker 6: and I kind of remember a little story that was
• 33:26
  Speaker 6: done on him, and I don't remember exactly where I
• 33:29
  Speaker 6: saw it at, but they were talking about how good
• 33:31
  Speaker 6: of a player he was leading.
• 33:34
  Speaker 7: Up to the draft, and then he went undrafted. Obviously, 5'11, 290.
• 33:36
  Speaker 7: 5'11 turns off a lot of people.
• 33:40
  Speaker 6: But good football players are good football players, like Tony said.
• 33:44
  Speaker 6: And so I'm looking forward to watching them play.
• 33:46
  Speaker 5: So Jalen Hurts is playing behind a completely restructured offensive line.
• 33:51
  Speaker 5: Landon Dickerson was the left guard when the season began.
• 33:54
  Speaker 5: He's on IR. Cam Juergens is now gone. So Willie
• 33:58
  Speaker 5: Lampkin will probably start. Then you get Drew Kendall. Tyler
• 34:00
  Speaker 5: Sheen is your right guard. Lane Johnson's retired. So you
• 34:03
  Speaker 5: either get Fred Johnson or Markel Bell. What can you
• 34:07
  Speaker 5: count on from Philadelphia? You always knew they could run
• 34:10
  Speaker 5: the ball behind the best offensive line in football.
• 34:12
  Speaker 7: That's not going to change.
• 34:14
  Speaker 6: I mean, they're going to go back and really double
• 34:18
  Speaker 6: down on that philosophy, even though they're not the same
• 34:22
  Speaker 6: up front, because the reality is that that's what you
• 34:26
  Speaker 6: have to do with an offense that's struggling, and especially
• 34:29
  Speaker 6: a quarterback who's is not exactly lighting the world on fire.
• 34:33
  Speaker 6: So you go back and you try to help the
• 34:35
  Speaker 6: passing game. Um, probably going to be missing one of
• 34:39
  Speaker 6: your top wide receivers once again. So you try to
• 34:43
  Speaker 6: establish the, the ground game and then, uh, have a
• 34:46
  Speaker 6: little balance.
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  Speaker 5: Will Shipley though is a fur cry from. He's a
• 34:52
  Speaker 5: good back though.
• 34:53
  Speaker 7: Look, he's a good back. He runs hard.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, watching a little bit that I have seen
• 34:57
  Speaker 6: him on so far. I mean, he's, But against the
• 35:00
  Speaker 6: number one run defense. He's not Tank Bigsby, and he's not, obviously,
• 35:03
  Speaker 6: you know, the all-pro guy that hurdles people while he's
• 35:07
  Speaker 6: eating breakfast, Saquon Barkley.
• 35:10
  Speaker 7: But, look, he's a good, capable back.
• 35:13
  Speaker 5: Guys, I like the Jaguars' run defense against.
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: So do I. Yeah. So do I.
• 35:19
  Speaker 5: It brings me to the question, and I'm going to
• 35:21
  Speaker 5: ask you after this quick break, how do you attack
• 35:23
  Speaker 5: Jalen Hurts? Hold the thought. We'll come back. You are
• 35:27
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• 35:31
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• 35:35
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 35:40
  Speaker 5: U of Health is the official healthcare provider of the
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  Speaker 5: Jacksonville Jaguars. Brian Sexton and Jeff Lagerman back with you
• 35:47
  Speaker 5: here on Jags HQ. Jeff, last week, the Los Angeles
• 35:53
  Speaker 5: Rams blitzed. the Eagles quarterback, Jalen Hurts, unmercilessly, 61% blitz rate,
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: and Hurts struggled mightily. He was only 5 of 16.
• 36:06
  Speaker 5: That's a 32% completion rate. And every third down, they
• 36:12
  Speaker 5: came after him with everything. Is that something you think
• 36:15
  Speaker 5: Anthony Campanile might embrace?
• 36:16
  Speaker 6: Okay, so when you blitz, this is kind of elementary
• 36:20
  Speaker 6: football 101 for a lot of people that don't know.
• 36:23
  Speaker 7: Okay, when you blitz... That means you're bringing.
• 36:26
  Speaker 6: Extra people to get after the quarterback, which means you're
• 36:29
  Speaker 6: having less.
• 36:30
  Speaker 7: People to cover.
• 36:33
  Speaker 6: So if you have less people covering, you typically are
• 36:37
  Speaker 6: doing that for one of two reasons. One, you don't
• 36:40
  Speaker 6: believe the quarterback can stand in there and make a throw.
• 36:43
  Speaker 6: Or number two, the receivers don't scare you. Okay, look
• 36:46
  Speaker 6: at the receivers of the Philadelphia Eagles that.
• 36:48
  Speaker 7: Played in that game. Did any of them scare you?
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: No.
• 36:52
  Speaker 7: Does Jalen Hurts scare you?
• 36:55
  Speaker 5: I think with his multi-dimensional abilities, his ability to run perhaps,
• 37:02
  Speaker 5: but I don't think he's got that right now.
• 37:04
  Speaker 6: Yeah, and I look at him as, I mean, when
• 37:06
  Speaker 6: you start talking about running quarterbacks that instill fear, it's
• 37:10
  Speaker 6: Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson.
• 37:13
  Speaker 7: Who else is in that category? The quarterback in Minnesota now. Oh,
• 37:19
  Speaker 7: Kyler Murray. With his legs.
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  Speaker 5: Without a doubt.
• 37:21
  Speaker 7: Okay.
• 37:22
  Speaker 5: Yeah, he'll make you pay.
• 37:23
  Speaker 6: But when I think of Jalen Hurts anymore, I remember when–
• 37:25
  Speaker 6: Josh Allen.
• 37:26
  Speaker 7: I remember exactly.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, he'll make you pay.
• 37:30
  Speaker 6: When Jalen Hurts was a younger player, he was willing
• 37:34
  Speaker 6: to take a little bit more chances and to be
• 37:36
  Speaker 6: a runner. I don't see him doing that anymore or
• 37:40
  Speaker 6: being that player anymore. I see the guy that is
• 37:43
  Speaker 6: more apt to want to get down quicker to avoid
• 37:46
  Speaker 6: any kind of contact whatsoever. to not put himself at risk.
• 37:50
  Speaker 6: He views himself as a passer and not as a
• 37:56
  Speaker 6: kind of a two-dimensional player anymore. And so I wouldn't
• 37:59
  Speaker 6: be scared to blitz him, and I would definitely not
• 38:02
  Speaker 6: be scared to blitz him when he's missing his top
• 38:04
  Speaker 6: tight end, his top wide receiver, his top running back.
• 38:08
  Speaker 6: Did I miss any other tops?
• 38:10
  Speaker 7: His top right tackle. Tight end. Former starting left guard.
• 38:15
  Speaker 7: I mean, I'm bringing heat.
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 38:18
  Speaker 7: If the Rams were at a clip of 61. 61%.
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  Speaker 6: I'm thinking that I'm going to probably be.
• 38:26
  Speaker 7: Somewhere in that same neighborhood.
• 38:28
  Speaker 6: Of pressure, not just blitz, man coverage. I'm not playing
• 38:32
  Speaker 6: cover zero, though. Cover zero, for people that don't know,
• 38:35
  Speaker 6: that means you're blitzing everybody that you possibly can, and
• 38:39
  Speaker 6: you're playing man-to-man everywhere, and there's nobody free to help
• 38:43
  Speaker 6: to make a touchdown saving tackle anywhere.
• 38:45
  Speaker 7: I'm not playing that. I don't like that.
• 38:47
  Speaker 5: Jaguars, um, had a 34.5 pressure rate against Cincinnati. In fact,
• 38:53
  Speaker 5: both interceptions came off of quarterback pressures. And the guy
• 38:56
  Speaker 5: who led the way was Eric Armstead.
• 38:58
  Speaker 6: Well, he got the pressure on Foyer's interception, but on, uh,
• 39:03
  Speaker 6: Jay Luce, Jordan Luce's interception, you had two guys. You
• 39:06
  Speaker 6: had Josh Heinz-Allen that was actually hitting Joe Burrow as
• 39:10
  Speaker 6: he was trying to release it, and then you also
• 39:11
  Speaker 6: had Gardeck tipping the ball as it was coming out.
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: Right.
• 39:15
  Speaker 5: We need a break. We'll take it now. In return,
• 39:16
  Speaker 5: on the Jaguars Radio Network.
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 39:23
  Speaker 5: Share the Jaguars as they travel to London to take
• 39:25
  Speaker 5: on the Eagles this Sunday at the official away game
• 39:28
  Speaker 5: watch party.
• 39:29
  Speaker 3: Mr.
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: Chubby.
• 39:30
  Speaker 5: Ponte Vedra location. Indulge in the best wings in town
• 39:32
  Speaker 5: with appearances by the Roar in Jacksonville. There's autographed prizes
• 39:36
  Speaker 5: to win, tickets as well, all while soaking up the
• 39:38
  Speaker 5: lively atmosphere with fellow Jags fans and Loggie's favorite, Mr.
• 39:43
  Speaker 5: Chubby's wings. Proud partner of the Jacksonville Jags.
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: Jaguars.
• 39:48
  Speaker 7: Can't wait. What do we got to wait now? It's
• 39:50
  Speaker 7: like 20, 28 days.
• 39:54
  Speaker 6: You got to wait a long time until the next
• 39:57
  Speaker 6: time you get Mr. Chubby's at the home game.
• 39:58
  Speaker 5: Yeah, that'll be November 1st.
• 40:00
  Speaker 7: That's the next time I get cheeseburgers and wings.
• 40:03
  Speaker 5: Against the Indianapolis Colts.
• 40:04
  Speaker 7: Not counting the times that I go to Mr. Chubby's
• 40:06
  Speaker 7: in front of you.
• 40:07
  Speaker 5: So you're going to starve for the next 28 days
• 40:09
  Speaker 5: and come in weighing 190 pounds for the first time
• 40:11
  Speaker 5: since fourth grade.
• 40:12
  Speaker 7: I'm not going to starve. You know me.
• 40:14
  Speaker 5: Have we talked about Travis Washington?
• 40:15
  Speaker 3: Travis Hunter?
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: Hunter?
• 40:17
  Speaker 5: I'm looking at Parker.
• 40:17
  Speaker 7: Washington's name next to Travis.
• 40:18
  Speaker 6: I don't think we have here on HQ, but all
• 40:21
  Speaker 6: pro-level performance, the swagger, the confidence, the ball skills. And
• 40:31
  Speaker 6: this guy is, you know, there's this, the game that
• 40:35
  Speaker 6: we just saw. absent the offensive performance, was exactly what
• 40:41
  Speaker 6: I expected when I watched the film on him as
• 40:44
  Speaker 6: a defensive player. And we still haven't seen what I
• 40:49
  Speaker 6: expect out of him as an offensive player yet. But
• 40:52
  Speaker 6: I think that is evolving. It's coming.
• 40:55
  Speaker 5: He shows you things you just can't teach.
• 40:59
  Speaker 6: I mean, look, the thing that he did with T. Higgins,
• 41:01
  Speaker 6: that move and the ball skills, that's not– There's very
• 41:06
  Speaker 6: few people on the planet that can do that.
• 41:10
  Speaker 5: He won't play his 17th NFL game. It's his second
• 41:12
  Speaker 5: year in the NFL, but he won't have reached his
• 41:14
  Speaker 5: first season worth of games until the Sunday before Thanksgiving
• 41:17
  Speaker 5: when they play the Giants.
• 41:18
  Speaker 7: Which is amazing.
• 41:20
  Speaker 5: And to see those traits now start to come out
• 41:23
  Speaker 5: gives you a whole lot of optimism for what he
• 41:25
  Speaker 5: can become because the guy across from him, despite people
• 41:29
  Speaker 5: may have heard that he has the fifth most targets
• 41:32
  Speaker 5: in the NFL, Jarrion Jones is playing really good football today.
• 41:36
  Speaker 5: The opposing quarterbacks are only completing 55% of their passes
• 41:40
  Speaker 5: against him, and their passing rating is sub-70 against him,
• 41:43
  Speaker 5: which means he's doing a really good job.
• 41:45
  Speaker 7: Yeah, he's doing a solid job.
• 41:46
  Speaker 6: But it's going to be because now you had a
• 41:50
  Speaker 6: game that clearly showed that Travis is an elite player
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: as a quarterback. You hadn't really seen that yet, right?
• 41:59
  Speaker 6: I mean, you hadn't seen the play time. You hadn't
• 42:01
  Speaker 6: seen the performance at that level. So now what's going
• 42:03
  Speaker 6: to be interesting is, How will offensive coordinators treat him
• 42:08
  Speaker 6: and how will they adjust?
• 42:09
  Speaker 5: And we will find out starting Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 42:12
  Speaker 5: We'll take our final break and come back to wrap
• 42:14
  Speaker 5: up the show before we head to London here on
• 42:16
  Speaker 5: Jaguars Radio.
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: Welcome back. Jags HQ continues right now.
• 42:23
  Speaker 5: Less than two minutes until this fine program is off
• 42:26
  Speaker 5: the air and we are in it on our way
• 42:29
  Speaker 5: to London. Loggie, how about a quick thought on the
• 42:31
  Speaker 5: Jags running game? I see Basial Tootin has a 56.7%
• 42:35
  Speaker 5: success rate, and he's doing that, which means, by the way,
• 42:39
  Speaker 5: that he is moving the chains and staying ahead of
• 42:42
  Speaker 5: the down in distance more than 50% of the time,
• 42:45
  Speaker 5: which is good. And he's doing it without a lot
• 42:47
  Speaker 5: of the explosive runs.
• 42:49
  Speaker 7: Yeah, which is impressive.
• 42:50
  Speaker 6: And I think the thing that really impressed me this
• 42:53
  Speaker 6: past game was that we were kind of expecting the
• 42:55
  Speaker 6: flash around the outside, which we did see. And it
• 42:58
  Speaker 6: was a shame that the penalties took away touchdowns and
• 43:01
  Speaker 6: yardage that he gained. But how he moved the middle
• 43:05
  Speaker 6: when rushing against those two big guys in the middle,
• 43:09
  Speaker 6: I think he did an exceptional job.
• 43:11
  Speaker 7: He does have great vision. He's learning more patience, which
• 43:14
  Speaker 7: is really great to see.
• 43:15
  Speaker 6: And I can't wait for him to have that game
• 43:19
  Speaker 6: to where.
• 43:20
  Speaker 7: He has those explosive runs. And maybe this is the week.
• 43:25
  Speaker 7: We saw it last week, but they got called back.
• 43:26
  Speaker 5: Yeah, they did, right? 46 yards. Tootin keeps the Jags
• 43:31
  Speaker 5: ahead of the chains, and Rodriguez helps them move. I
• 43:33
  Speaker 5: think he's 4 of 5 on third down conversion runs.
• 43:36
  Speaker 5: I mean, just the power.
• 43:37
  Speaker 6: Well, and I think what really– I really was kind
• 43:41
  Speaker 6: of shocked on that 25-yard run because of the burst.
• 43:44
  Speaker 7: You know, I wasn't expecting that kind of a burst from– Rodriguez.
• 43:48
  Speaker 7: I mean, it's just like, I was like, whoa, wait
• 43:50
  Speaker 7: a minute.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: Okay.
• 43:50
  Speaker 6: I didn't know he had that. So that was really
• 43:53
  Speaker 6: good to see. And I think the Jaguars have a
• 43:56
  Speaker 6: really good one, two punch.
• 43:57
  Speaker 5: Jags three and one headed to London. See you over there,
• 43:59
  Speaker 5: my friend.
• 44:00
  Speaker 3: See you there.
• 44:01
  Speaker 5: Have a great night, everybody. Thanks for joining us. Talk
• 44:02
  Speaker 5: to you Sunday from Tottenham. The Jaguars take on the Eagles.
• 44:06
  Speaker 5: It's a 9.32 AM kickoff on Sunday morning.