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Jags Broadcast Week in Review: March 18 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Jaguars Broadcast Weekend Review podcast presented by
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Speaker 1: t I A A Bank. It's Friday, Mark j teen,
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Speaker 1: JP Shadrick with the best of the week from Jaguars Radio,
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Speaker 1: Jaguars dot Com and all our streaming platforms Jags, Twitter, Facebook,
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Speaker 1: and YouTube. The Jaguars were among the most active teams
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Speaker 1: during the negotiation period leading into the start of the
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Speaker 1: league year. Seven players agreed to terms with the Jaguars
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Speaker 1: and free agency, and the Jags spent just over one
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Speaker 1: d fifty five million guaranteed dollars. Six of those players
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Speaker 1: arrived in Jacksonville Thursday for physical stadium tours, initial meet
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Speaker 1: and greets with the coaching staff, and yes, press conferences.
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Speaker 1: Let's start with the biggest splash signing in terms of
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Speaker 1: guaranteed money. Wide receiver Christian Kirk are reported four years
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Speaker 1: seventy two million dollar contract that includes thirty seven million
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Speaker 1: dollars guaranteed in four seasons when the Cardinals. Kirk has
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Speaker 1: not been over a thousand yards, but he's confident of
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Speaker 1: how he fits in the offense and doesn't care about
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Speaker 1: any outside criticism. Well, you know, I like to validate um,
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Speaker 1: knowing my ability and what my peers and what my
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Speaker 1: coaches and the people that um, you know make those decisions,
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Speaker 1: and uh that believe in believe in me. Um, I
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Speaker 1: like to validate that, you know, over you know, any
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Speaker 1: other's opinions. And so for me, you know, that's the
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Speaker 1: most important. I know what I can do. You know,
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Speaker 1: I know the value that I bring and um, you know,
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Speaker 1: the coaches in the organization see that, and you know,
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Speaker 1: to me, if that's all that matters. Christian Doug mentioned
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Speaker 1: yesterday that you know, in his offense, all the receivers
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Speaker 1: are really going to be moved around and play all
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Speaker 1: the spots and depends on the game plan. How exciting
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Speaker 1: is that for you as a receiver to know you
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Speaker 1: won't be like pigeonholting that just one spot. You know,
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Speaker 1: it's great, you know, especially for somebody like me. UM.
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Speaker 1: You know, I you know like to think that I'm
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Speaker 1: I'm very versatile, and I like to hang my hat
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Speaker 1: on that. And being able to stretch the field. Um,
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Speaker 1: you know, you know, tough catches, you know, in the
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Speaker 1: middle of the field, and uh, you know, just be
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Speaker 1: able to stretch the field vertically and horizontally, and so
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Speaker 1: UM to have a coach that's going to be able
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Speaker 1: to put his guys in the in the best area
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Speaker 1: to to make an impact and make those plays. Is
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Speaker 1: uh is a confidence builder and UH, you know, I'm
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Speaker 1: just really excited to see, you know, what he has
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Speaker 1: playing for us weekend and week out. On the Huddle
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Speaker 1: Up Podcast Wednesday, NFL Network analyst Bucky Brooks joined John
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Speaker 1: Osan and me to explain the role of receivers and
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Speaker 1: Doug Peterson's past offenses. I think anyone who watch the
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Speaker 1: Jaguars played last season saw that look ahead pass catches,
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Speaker 1: but not a lot of speed and playmaking on the outside.
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Speaker 1: And so people will look at the numbers that Christian
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Speaker 1: Kirk has put up and they would say that he
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Speaker 1: is not, uh, necessarily a number one playmaker. But what
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Speaker 1: I will say is when you watch him play, he's
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Speaker 1: a guy who has versatility. He has the ability to
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Speaker 1: play inside and outside in this offense. And you have
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Speaker 1: to remember, Doug Peterson is bringing in a pure version
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Speaker 1: of the West Coast offense that well will move people
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Speaker 1: round to every spot on the perimeter. Meaning, Uh, in
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Speaker 1: this offense, you have an X, you have in Z
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Speaker 1: you have what is called an eagle position, that's the
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Speaker 1: E position, that's your third receiver. Well, in a perfect world,
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Speaker 1: you would like receivers who could play all three spots.
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Speaker 1: That enables you to be able to mix and match,
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Speaker 1: create and exploit mismatches, and it allows you to kind
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Speaker 1: of dictate where you want the ball to go. But
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Speaker 1: Christian Kurk has shown that he can not only play
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Speaker 1: in the slot, but he also can play outside. And so,
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Speaker 1: having known Christian Kirk for a long time, having watched
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Speaker 1: him from his high school days, having worked with him
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Speaker 1: or whatever, this is an a level route runner and
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Speaker 1: out standing pass catcher, and he quickly will become Trevor
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Speaker 1: lawrences um best friend. And then when you think about
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Speaker 1: the other editions that kind of compliment what they're doing,
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Speaker 1: Za Jones and Evan Ingram, you now have the versatility
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Speaker 1: to kind of maneuver and mismatching, kind of use the
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Speaker 1: field like a chessboard, trying to create advantageous situations for
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Speaker 1: your top pieces. What Christian is is more quick than fast.
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Speaker 1: The explosives. The explosiveness that you're pointing to and alluding
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Speaker 1: to is about short area quickness, quick area like sudden separation, uh,
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Speaker 1: the ability to get from zero to sixty in a
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Speaker 1: hurry and small spaces. That's what Christian Kirk is able
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Speaker 1: to do. The other thing that you have to look
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Speaker 1: at this and I think, um, we probably should mention
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Speaker 1: the other guys because it's probably easier to do an
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Speaker 1: overall analysis on what the Jaguars have done with the
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Speaker 1: wide receiver corps as opposed to Christian Kirk. But I
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Speaker 1: would say this about Christian Kirk, and a lot of
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Speaker 1: people are caught up in the amount of money that
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Speaker 1: it costs to bring him in. I would say this
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Speaker 1: I learned a long time ago. Hey, the cost of
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Speaker 1: doing business is the cost of doing business. But how
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Speaker 1: he plays and how he's utilized that can necessarily be
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Speaker 1: a consideration. So and playing in this offense under Mike
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Speaker 1: home when where when Mike McCoy was a practice squad quarterback,
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Speaker 1: when Doug Peterson was a backup, and I was at
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Speaker 1: the beginning stages of beginning to move over to dB
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Speaker 1: but still practicing that wide receiver. Coach Honger, you used
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Speaker 1: to always say this, I don't necessarily need AI's to
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Speaker 1: be able to make this offense function and operate at
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Speaker 1: a high level. But I can do a lot of
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Speaker 1: damage with B plus receivers. And so when you look
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Speaker 1: at this in total, you talk about a high end
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Speaker 1: number two ish in Christian Kirk, who may be deemed
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Speaker 1: to be the number one because people are gonna see
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Speaker 1: the price tag, high end complimented receiver and Zay Jones.
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Speaker 1: People are trying and figure out is your two is
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Speaker 1: your three? What does it mean when he comes over
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Speaker 1: high end pass catching tied end in Evan Ingram. Well,
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Speaker 1: now what you've assembled is, let's just say three B
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Speaker 1: plus is in that UM receiver corps around Trevor Lawrence.
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Speaker 1: The other thing that you want to do when you're
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Speaker 1: the Jaguars, it's important that you bring the type of
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Speaker 1: receivers on board that accinuate what the quarterback does really well. Well,
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Speaker 1: let's go back to the last time we saw Trevor
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Speaker 1: Lawrence play really well. That would be in Clemson. Will
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Speaker 1: you look at Clemson. Clemson kill people on short intermediate passes,
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Speaker 1: a ton of uh what we call now screens to
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Speaker 1: wide receivers um the ball is out of his hands quickly,
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Speaker 1: and those guys were able to turn those short passes
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Speaker 1: in the bigger games. And so there needed to be
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Speaker 1: a level of explosiveness and elusiveness to be able to
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Speaker 1: play that kind of offense and that kind of style.
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Speaker 1: And so a lot of this is the Jaguars going
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Speaker 1: all in on making sure that the quarterback flourishes as
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Speaker 1: opposed to building the prototypical wide receiver cord that people
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Speaker 1: talk about in these standard traditional NFL offenses. This is
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Speaker 1: more cater to making sure that Trevor Lawrence has what
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Speaker 1: he needs to play at his best, and at his
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Speaker 1: best is what we saw at Clemson. More from Bucky
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Speaker 1: Brooks coming up another receiver in the fold for the Jags.
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Speaker 1: Z Jones from the Las Vegas Raiders. He was the
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Speaker 1: second round pick originally by the Bills, been was trained
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Speaker 1: to the Raiders. It's been a long journey and a
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Speaker 1: free agency. I feel as I've been very fortunate because
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Speaker 1: I've been a part of milestone moments and organizations, um
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Speaker 1: you know timeframe. So it would be the Buffalo Bills
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Speaker 1: in the drought for the playoffs and we went to
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Speaker 1: the playoffs and we we ended that and had that
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Speaker 1: that blessing or that opportunity. Then coming into the Oakland
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Speaker 1: situation where it's like we're leaving a great city, who's
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Speaker 1: adored football for a long long time and get to
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Speaker 1: be a part of their last game. Then entering Las Vegas,
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Speaker 1: another great city or fabulous city that uh you know
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Speaker 1: it is starting the franchise there, so the inaugural season there,
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Speaker 1: and to now come down here and just to be
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Speaker 1: a part of an organization that is on the rise
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Speaker 1: and moving forward. I just feel very fortunate and blessed
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Speaker 1: to be a part of it. What do you think
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Speaker 1: you bring to this offense? And sort of have you
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Speaker 1: taken a look at Trevor Lawrence. I'm sure you you've
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Speaker 1: heard of him, you know you know about him, But
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Speaker 1: just what do you think you bring to his offense
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Speaker 1: and how well you're gonna end up working with him? Sure,
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Speaker 1: I think I'd bring great versatility as far as playing
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Speaker 1: inside and outside explosiveness, um, great hands, great great catching,
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Speaker 1: smart mind, and ultimately I think the best thing is
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Speaker 1: just a character of a teammate just trying to be
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Speaker 1: the best teammate that I could possibly be. Just be
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Speaker 1: one of the guys, enjoy it. As far as Trevor
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Speaker 1: is concerned, though, um tall, powerful, can throw, can run,
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Speaker 1: has all the intangibles were promising in my opinion, not
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Speaker 1: too much pressure all of fame career, and I think
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Speaker 1: he's he's a fantastic football player. UM. Excited to see
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Speaker 1: the things that he does moving forward. Ultimately, I just
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Speaker 1: want to be a weapon for him and just learned
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Speaker 1: from him and try to teach him some things if
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Speaker 1: I know some things, and uh, just grow not only
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Speaker 1: just with him with this this offense in this team,
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Speaker 1: we stay on offense. And of course, over recent years,
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Speaker 1: the Jags have spent all kinds of money to try
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Speaker 1: to fix the tight end room without much success. Now
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Speaker 1: the Jaguars bring in former first round pick An Ingram.
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Speaker 1: He has quite an experience with a quarterback situation with
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Speaker 1: his previous team, the New York Giants. Is Trevor a
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Speaker 1: big enough draw for players around the league to go, hey,
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Speaker 1: you know what, I'd love to play with the young
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Speaker 1: quarterback that's ascending hopefully, I mean definitely, I mean look
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Speaker 1: at look at the impact across the league that these
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Speaker 1: young quarterbacks are having, um and and and with Trevor,
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Speaker 1: he has that, he has that talent, he has that
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Speaker 1: um that ability. Um. Even just I've been a big
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Speaker 1: fan of him through college and I know he went
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Speaker 1: through a lot last year and for him to be
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Speaker 1: able to be a leader here and make an impact
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Speaker 1: that he did. Um. That that that stands out to me. So,
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Speaker 1: Um that was another big decision playing with the playing
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Speaker 1: with a young quarterback, a big quarterback that had come
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Speaker 1: in and relate to and a better relationship with and
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Speaker 1: um and and and transfer that relationship to success on
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Speaker 1: the field. Uh, Evan, when you know you got there,
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Speaker 1: Eli Eli Manning was so your quarterback and when he retired,
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Speaker 1: I think you had six different quarterbacks since in New York.
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Speaker 1: So how difficult was that? And is that part of
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Speaker 1: the reason why you want to be here now knowing
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Speaker 1: that there's a franchise quarterback? Um, it was. It was
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Speaker 1: an adjustment. Um. You know this league, A lot of
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Speaker 1: things in this league are difficult. So um it's our
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Speaker 1: job to to adjust our job. You'll compete at the
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Speaker 1: highest level no matter what the standard is. So I
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Speaker 1: played with a lot of good quarterbacks and a lot
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Speaker 1: of good talented people, UM in that room, and Eli
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Speaker 1: Um was was a big part of my development as
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Speaker 1: a young player. UM. So I always have gratitudes towards him,
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Speaker 1: the way he played and the way he carried himself
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Speaker 1: and UM and honestly, like I said earlier, I mean
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Speaker 1: Trevor's his leadership qualities pop out even from afar UM
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Speaker 1: and and and that being and from a young player already.
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Speaker 1: UM and obviously the talent he has and the arm
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Speaker 1: of talent and the upsidet he has UM and I
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Speaker 1: know the staff coming in UM that can help him
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Speaker 1: develop in that department. Um. It was a huge It
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Speaker 1: was a huge plus from me and a huge attraction
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Speaker 1: of mine coming here. Finally, on offense, guard Brandon Sheriff
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Speaker 1: joined Jeff Logerman and me on Jaguar Happy Hour Radio
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Speaker 1: Thursday afternoon. He's been in five Pro Bowls in seven
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Speaker 1: NFL seasons and he should help solidify the offensive line.
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Speaker 1: So a free agent process, is this the first time
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Speaker 1: that you actually ever got into free agency as a
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Speaker 1: as a pro. What what was the experience like for you? Uh,
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Speaker 1: you know, I worked out on let's see Monday, and uh,
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Speaker 1: my agent called me a couple of times and uh
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Speaker 1: he said, I'll do all the negotiating and just just
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Speaker 1: sit by your phone and he says, we agreed the terms. Congratulations,
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Speaker 1: So we're excited. Didn't that crazy? It is? I mean
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Speaker 1: it's just all of a sudden. I mean, back in
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Speaker 1: the day, there used to be UH at least a
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Speaker 1: little bit of a period of time where they'd fly
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Speaker 1: in and they'd wine and dine you. And nowadays it's
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Speaker 1: like like the draft. You know, that's what you have
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Speaker 1: your you know, your not your official visits, but your visits,
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Speaker 1: and you go wine and dine with the coaches and
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Speaker 1: have your top five or whatever that you think you're
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Speaker 1: gonna go to, and you go to somebody absolutely completely different.
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Speaker 1: So we we, Brandon and I were talking kind of
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Speaker 1: kind of chuckling because Brandon has done a charity of
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Speaker 1: van up in Iowa, which is called Aiming for a Cure,
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Speaker 1: which I actually have done a couple of different times.
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Speaker 1: And we had a mutual friend who recently passed away,
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Speaker 1: Mr Tim Anderson of moss Yoak and UH and Brandon
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Speaker 1: played with the Redskins. I grew up in Sterling in Virginia,
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Speaker 1: which growing up as a kid, that's where the Redskins
12:17
Speaker 1: training facility was located at. Well now it's in Ashburne,
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Speaker 1: Virginia where wich is where I lived at for a
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Speaker 1: period of time when I was playing with the Jet
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Speaker 1: So we have a little bit of a connection there.
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Speaker 1: But how is your time in Washington? That was great?
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Speaker 1: You know, I met a lot of great people. I
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Speaker 1: got coached by a lot of great coaches, and those
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Speaker 1: are you know, members that are gonna last forever for me. So,
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Speaker 1: you know, taking a small kid out of Iowa to
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Speaker 1: go to big d C, you know, I wouldn't having
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Speaker 1: any other way. So I appreciate everybody that, you know,
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Speaker 1: made an impact on my life. All the coaches, UH
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Speaker 1: coach Gruden is one that drafted me, Coach Callahan, UH
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Speaker 1: coach Phil Uh, Coach Rivera coach, matsco coach Travelle. You know,
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Speaker 1: I had some amazing coaches. So I'm grateful for for
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Speaker 1: all of them. Doug Peterson yesterday talked about when when
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Speaker 1: they're signing you, they wanted you in here as part
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Speaker 1: of this culture build. What does that mean to you?
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Speaker 1: A culture build? I mean I spoke about on a
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Speaker 1: little bit earlier. I think it's just just doing it
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Speaker 1: everything the right way. Um, you know, I think, uh,
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Speaker 1: you know, my dad instilled that in me. And then
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Speaker 1: coming into Iowa, you know, coach Farren's, UH coach Doyle
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Speaker 1: was a strength coach, and then coach Ray was the
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Speaker 1: assistant strength coach there Reese Morrigan, just to laid the
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Speaker 1: foundation on how to be a man and how to
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Speaker 1: practice and how to how to conduct yourself inside and
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Speaker 1: outside of football. Um. So I think it's just a
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Speaker 1: compliment that you're doing everything the right way and people
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Speaker 1: see that. So, you know, that's one of the goals
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Speaker 1: that I've ever had in my life is to just
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Speaker 1: um lead the way that um people can look up
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Speaker 1: to you and you know, just kind of you're doing
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Speaker 1: the right thing, so they appreciate that. And and part
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Speaker 1: of being a leader is wearing the sea captain of
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Speaker 1: a football team. And you were a captain with the Redskins.
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Speaker 1: How many years were you were captain for the Redskins?
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Speaker 1: And were you a captain in Iowa? Uh? Three years?
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Speaker 1: And then I don't think they had captains. I think
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Speaker 1: they just picked one. But yes, iwa, yeah, coach appointed
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Speaker 1: game day captains. I hate when they do that. Coffin
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Speaker 1: used to do that here in early days. He'd picked captains.
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Speaker 1: He would never actually have anybody a name captain. But whatever,
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Speaker 1: But congratulations on the contract, Congratulations on being a Jaguar.
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Speaker 1: And uh, I know that the first time that I
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Speaker 1: got to free agency was in about your seven and
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Speaker 1: it's different, you know, you know you're you're seven for
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Speaker 1: you and so it's uh, it's it's fun and it's exciting.
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Speaker 1: And I think the one thing that it did for
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Speaker 1: me and and I don't know if you need the
14:32
Speaker 1: same thing or not, but it kind of re energized
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Speaker 1: me as a player because where I came from, we
14:38
Speaker 1: didn't win a lot and uh and I know you
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Speaker 1: have the struggles in Washington, but also now the new environment,
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Speaker 1: the new teammates might kind of make things new and
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Speaker 1: fun again, right, you know. I had, like I said,
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Speaker 1: I had a blasting uh in Washington, and I you know,
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Speaker 1: some of my most favorite memories are just hanging out
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Speaker 1: at the house, you know, I said. I always speak
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Speaker 1: about O TS being one of my favorite, uh favorite
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Speaker 1: parts of the season because that's where you get a
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Speaker 1: real the figure out who your teammates are, you know,
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Speaker 1: just not as football players, but you know you get
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Speaker 1: to see their families or wives or girlfriends or kids,
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Speaker 1: so you get uh, you know, I always say Courtly
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Speaker 1: Constriger was my center. We'd have a race from O
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Speaker 1: T A S to his house because the girls will
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Speaker 1: be out of the pool, kids to be running around,
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Speaker 1: and then we just played volleyball offense versus defense for
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Speaker 1: ten hours, you know, and that was what everybody looked
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Speaker 1: forward to as a race of Corey's house. So just
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Speaker 1: just doing that and then you know, we'd have game
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Speaker 1: nights at our house with whoever wanted to come. Last year,
15:27
Speaker 1: we had oh, I don't know, forty people over for
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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving at our house last year. So we had Logan
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Speaker 1: Thomas and all the online helped pitching for a meal.
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Speaker 1: So we catered meal in for families. Say and I'm
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Speaker 1: available if you guys need an extra you know, I
15:41
Speaker 1: can take a plate. Oh, I thought you're gonna say
15:42
Speaker 1: you're gonna pay for about that? I don't know about that.
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Speaker 1: over to the defensive side. Linebacker Foyer A. Luikan is
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Speaker 1: a former sixth round pick by the Falcons out of Yale.
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Speaker 1: He led the NFL and tackles last season and explained
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Speaker 1: what he brings to the Jaguars defense. I think there's
16:32
Speaker 1: a lot of upside to this organization. Uh, at the
16:35
Speaker 1: end of the day, these guys, you know, definitely put
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Speaker 1: a lot of trust in me. Um. That's why they
16:39
Speaker 1: came in and got me in free agency, and I
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Speaker 1: just want to bring it, you know. I definitely work
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Speaker 1: hard to definitely bring a lot of you know, intelligence
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Speaker 1: and UH to the defense and really just trying to
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Speaker 1: bring people along with me is what I talked about
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Speaker 1: a lot today with some of the coaches. So get
16:53
Speaker 1: everybody on that kind of hard and hard working mentality,
16:55
Speaker 1: kind of have you know, some great chip on his
16:58
Speaker 1: shoulder and being able to kind of work to get
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Speaker 1: better every day, UH, to get more winds here. This
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Speaker 1: team is sort of lacked playmakers defensively in terms of
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Speaker 1: being able to turn the ball over. Obviously, I think
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Speaker 1: you've had around five five interceptions and six sports moments
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Speaker 1: or whatever the past couple of seasons. So is that
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Speaker 1: something you take pride in? Being able to turn the
17:16
Speaker 1: ball over? For being able to get the ball is
17:19
Speaker 1: very important on defense, and that's kind of been hammered
17:22
Speaker 1: into me by my previous coaches. Um, you know, stealing
17:26
Speaker 1: possessions for your offense to go down and do what
17:28
Speaker 1: they do with the ball. Um, you know, and it's
17:31
Speaker 1: definitely a mentality. Um, if you're not picking it off,
17:34
Speaker 1: you can do other things to get it, you know,
17:36
Speaker 1: force and bumbles or whatever. So just having that ball
17:39
Speaker 1: mentality as a defense in general, h will definitely bring
17:42
Speaker 1: you the ball more just being opportunity opportunistic about it.
17:46
Speaker 1: On the Huddle Up Podcast Wednesday, Bucky Brooks, John Ozan
17:49
Speaker 1: and I got into what a Louikan brings to the team,
17:51
Speaker 1: plus the departure of veteran linebacker Miles jack Boy. Alui
17:55
Speaker 1: Khan is coming in from the Falcons twenty eight million
17:59
Speaker 1: guaranteed dollars for him, a former six round pick out
18:01
Speaker 1: of Yale, but he was the league's leading tackler in
18:05
Speaker 1: one Well, I mean that's a that's a big time
18:08
Speaker 1: edition linebacker buck you for four Yeah, big time edition.
18:11
Speaker 1: When you watch him play, Uh, it's not only speeding athleticism,
18:14
Speaker 1: outstanding the instincts. This is a self made man when
18:16
Speaker 1: it comes to the position. And I think the one
18:20
Speaker 1: thing that we are seeing and all of the free
18:23
Speaker 1: agent moves, very dynamic and explosive athletes coming on board.
18:27
Speaker 1: This is a team that needed to up the anti
18:29
Speaker 1: when it came to uh the speeches on both sides
18:32
Speaker 1: of the ball, because when you have great speed on defense,
18:36
Speaker 1: that's when you're able to generate turnal. Great speed leads
18:39
Speaker 1: to more of alosty on hits, the ball begins to
18:42
Speaker 1: fly out, it leads to tips and takeaways because you're
18:45
Speaker 1: getting balls off overthrows and deflections. And so it was
18:49
Speaker 1: a concerted effort by the Jaguars to up to any
18:52
Speaker 1: when it comes to the speed and the playmaking ability.
18:54
Speaker 1: If you want to improve and close the gap on
18:56
Speaker 1: your competitors, you have to have more players, more playmak Bucky.
18:58
Speaker 1: We have mentioned the show you had been Those people
19:00
Speaker 1: listening know that Miles Jack was released. Is this a
19:03
Speaker 1: case of both guys not having room in the defense
19:06
Speaker 1: or not really. You know, like, look, man, it's one
19:09
Speaker 1: of those things where you think you could have worked
19:11
Speaker 1: with Miles Jack. I mean, Miles Jack has played at
19:13
Speaker 1: a high level. He hasn't got the recognition that he
19:15
Speaker 1: necessarily deserved. He should have been a Pro Bowl particularly
19:18
Speaker 1: two years ago. He should have been a Pro Bowl player.
19:20
Speaker 1: But it hasn't necessarily worked out. And so it's one
19:24
Speaker 1: of those things where sometimes, man, when you're changing the guard,
19:27
Speaker 1: you kind of just change everything out. You know, it's
19:31
Speaker 1: like a new house. You paint the walls, you change
19:33
Speaker 1: the drapes, you remove the carpet, put new carpet in
19:36
Speaker 1: or maybe hardwoods. And I think for Doug Peterson um,
19:39
Speaker 1: they want to make sure that they kind of flipped
19:42
Speaker 1: the script when it comes to Jacksonville. And that's why
19:44
Speaker 1: you're seeing so many new faces come in and we'll
19:46
Speaker 1: continue to see probably a roster turnover in terms of
19:49
Speaker 1: getting this roster to look the way that he wants
19:52
Speaker 1: to look. Haven't been a championship coach? How good is uh?
19:56
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna botch his name, so JP, you take
19:58
Speaker 1: his name. Foyer O Louk come a Lucan Alukan. I've
20:01
Speaker 1: been practicing I had no confidence. There's multiple name guys
20:04
Speaker 1: that were just I had no confidence in myself. Bucky I,
20:07
Speaker 1: I had no comments. But you know, I see the stats.
20:10
Speaker 1: I also see sixth round pick. So is he this good?
20:14
Speaker 1: Tell fans something about him. I haven't a chance to
20:17
Speaker 1: watch the Falcons. I like the numbers. I like the
20:19
Speaker 1: leading tackler part. Uh, how good is this guy? Uh? Impactful?
20:24
Speaker 1: Impactful in terms of his tackles are not like tackles
20:27
Speaker 1: got down the field. The Falcons haven't played great defense
20:29
Speaker 1: the last few years, but this guy shows up on tape.
20:33
Speaker 1: One thing that you're looking for when you're watching defensive table,
20:36
Speaker 1: who are the guys that are flying to the ball.
20:38
Speaker 1: This guy shows up because he is flying to the
20:40
Speaker 1: ball sideline sideline making plays great instincts. And sometimes, you know,
20:45
Speaker 1: we can get um fooled by draft position. Because someone
20:49
Speaker 1: comes in as a sixth round pick, we think they're
20:51
Speaker 1: not a really good player. Uh, sometimes scouts miss, you know,
20:55
Speaker 1: sometimes scouts miss and they think a guy's a developmental guy,
20:58
Speaker 1: and you don't know how well he can play until
21:01
Speaker 1: he actually plays. He got an opportunity to play early
21:04
Speaker 1: in Atlanta, and he outplayed his draft status, and so
21:08
Speaker 1: when you put up the kind of numbers that he
21:09
Speaker 1: put up from a tackling standpoint, man, you have to
21:13
Speaker 1: have a strong nose for the ball to be able
21:14
Speaker 1: to put up the kind of numbers that he was
21:16
Speaker 1: putting up as a top tackler. So, uh, he's a
21:18
Speaker 1: good player. He's um, He's gonna bring some different energy,
21:22
Speaker 1: and I think that's also some of the stuff Mike
21:24
Speaker 1: call will hold new defensive staff. You're kind of trying
21:28
Speaker 1: to bring your own guys in and so a lot
21:30
Speaker 1: of times it's kind of out with the old end
21:32
Speaker 1: with the new and we'll see how it all comes together.
21:35
Speaker 1: But I do know that the Jaguars is certainly more
21:37
Speaker 1: dynamic on defense due to a kana coming in Alukonlukhan.
21:42
Speaker 1: That's right, that's all right, I got it's muscle memory now.
21:46
Speaker 1: J On the defensive line, the Jaguars added run stopping tackle.
21:50
Speaker 1: Fully Fakasi, the former Jets defensive captain, explained the culture
21:54
Speaker 1: of a team, You're supposed to be a pretty good
21:56
Speaker 1: culture fit. Can you you know where does that come from?
22:00
Speaker 1: You take a lot of pride in that and what
22:01
Speaker 1: have you learned from the culture here? Maybe watching the
22:04
Speaker 1: Jags from Afar of what you kind of bring to
22:07
Speaker 1: the table in that regard. UM, when I when I
22:09
Speaker 1: when I look at this team, UM, I see a
22:13
Speaker 1: lot of fighters, you know, and you can you can
22:17
Speaker 1: go far with people that fight to the very end.
22:19
Speaker 1: So and I feel like I fit that perfectly, because
22:23
Speaker 1: when you when you're facing adversity, when you're facing issues,
22:25
Speaker 1: when you're facing problems, are you're able to look at
22:27
Speaker 1: and and you're able to say, all right, yo, let's
22:30
Speaker 1: keep going. Let's keep going. Let's keep going. Let's keep going.
22:32
Speaker 1: Another punch, It'll take you far. And when you look up,
22:35
Speaker 1: you realize that you actually didn't. You actually didn't. You
22:40
Speaker 1: actually didn't take as big a step back as you thought,
22:43
Speaker 1: you know. And I think that's important, you know what
22:46
Speaker 1: I mean, for especially for me to be a part
22:48
Speaker 1: of this group, and for allowing the brotherhood too to
22:51
Speaker 1: accept me in this group. H Shoot, listen, I speak
22:58
Speaker 1: from the heart and I speak on my mind, and UM,
23:01
Speaker 1: I just pray that the people that listen to me
23:03
Speaker 1: and hear me, UM can feel my my my genuineness,
23:06
Speaker 1: and that I'm trying to be pure on my heart
23:08
Speaker 1: and hopefully everyone just follows each other in that way.
23:12
Speaker 1: And finally, a discussion about cornerback Darius Williams, who comes
23:16
Speaker 1: in from the l. A. Rams. He's a Creekside of
23:19
Speaker 1: high school product, and Bucky Brooks explained what he could
23:23
Speaker 1: do for the Jaguars defense player. He's a really good player.
23:26
Speaker 1: He made a ton of plays for the Rams. Uh.
23:29
Speaker 1: I'll speak about his skill set. His skill set is
23:32
Speaker 1: terrific because he's a guy that can play off. I mean,
23:35
Speaker 1: he doesn't always have to be nose and nose on
23:37
Speaker 1: the wide receiver. There's a great job of reading rouse
23:40
Speaker 1: and recognizing what's happening in front of him. He will
23:42
Speaker 1: make plays. He made a ton of plays throughout his
23:44
Speaker 1: time with the l. A. Rams. Uh. He could play outside,
23:47
Speaker 1: but he also can bump inside. I think this is
23:50
Speaker 1: a move where people have to understand. The nickel position,
23:53
Speaker 1: particularly the slot corner position is another starting position. Um
23:57
Speaker 1: the twelve starters on the defense, the nickel back counts
24:00
Speaker 1: is that and you need to have three high end
24:03
Speaker 1: corners to be able to play in this league. And
24:05
Speaker 1: so he gives them a guy who can play outstanding
24:10
Speaker 1: nickel coverage and it gives them maybe some versatility and
24:14
Speaker 1: flexibility in terms of how they deploy their stuff. This
24:17
Speaker 1: is a team that I would anticipate being a heavy
24:20
Speaker 1: zone blitz team, meaning where they're bringing UH five maybe
24:24
Speaker 1: six defenders that sometimes were playing zone with the eyes
24:27
Speaker 1: on the quarterback. And to succeed in that, you have
24:29
Speaker 1: to have guys that are very comfortable playing in space,
24:32
Speaker 1: being able to sort out all the stuff that happens
24:34
Speaker 1: in front of them. Williams is a guy that does that. Um.
24:37
Speaker 1: I do wonder for Tyson Campbell Um Chad Griffin as
24:42
Speaker 1: they continue to evolve this UH defense how these guys
24:47
Speaker 1: are best suited to play because those guys are better
24:49
Speaker 1: knows the notes and so I'm curious to see what
24:51
Speaker 1: it all looks like when they put it together. But
24:54
Speaker 1: this is a team that's gonna be aggressive, but they're
24:56
Speaker 1: gonna do it with a lot of smoking mirrors and deception.
24:59
Speaker 1: But you have to have guys who have a lot
25:00
Speaker 1: of tools in the toolbox to be able to do
25:02
Speaker 1: what Williams says that is it important for a nickel
25:05
Speaker 1: because of the complexity position to have a veteran as
25:08
Speaker 1: opposed to you can play a rookie, you can play
25:11
Speaker 1: a kid outside because there's maybe not as much Uh,
25:16
Speaker 1: it's not as complex. Is there any truth to that?
25:18
Speaker 1: A lot of truth to a john. And in fact,
25:19
Speaker 1: you've been around the game long enough to know that
25:22
Speaker 1: the way the things used to work is your best
25:25
Speaker 1: corner and and nickel downs would move inside to the
25:29
Speaker 1: nickel and your most inexperienced corner would play right corner,
25:34
Speaker 1: meaning on the defensive right the offensive left, which is
25:36
Speaker 1: the backside of most right handed quarterbacks. Um, that's where
25:41
Speaker 1: you will hide your inferior player. And so um, what
25:46
Speaker 1: you want to do is you want to make sure
25:47
Speaker 1: that you have someone who has seen a lot of
25:49
Speaker 1: the game, who's kind of gone through a bunch of
25:51
Speaker 1: different situations and understands how to play it from a
25:55
Speaker 1: situational standpoint, from an experienced standpoint, he has a level
25:58
Speaker 1: of expertise. And playing inside, Yeah, nicol is not necessarily
26:02
Speaker 1: a spot where you want to put a young guy
26:04
Speaker 1: because it's it's tough in there. It's it's a lot
26:06
Speaker 1: you have to kind of be able to tackle like
26:08
Speaker 1: a linebacker. You have to play in space and handle
26:11
Speaker 1: all of these adjustments. And so it's a high i
26:14
Speaker 1: Q very technical position and I think it requires some
26:19
Speaker 1: experience to be really, really good at JP. One of
26:21
Speaker 1: the most underrated players in that seventeen defense to me
26:24
Speaker 1: was always Colvin. Yeah, and I was gonna say at
26:26
Speaker 1: high level, Aaron Colvin told me one time that you're
26:28
Speaker 1: gonna have some dogging, you gonna play nel too. Um so,
26:32
Speaker 1: oh yeah, because when you're talking about that like JP,
26:35
Speaker 1: he's talking about when you're the nickel. Remember you're removing
26:38
Speaker 1: a linebacker to put the nickel corner in. So the
26:40
Speaker 1: nickel corner has to be tough enough to handle the
26:43
Speaker 1: run responsibilities when they run it at you. He needs
26:45
Speaker 1: to be able to be courageous enough to make blitz
26:48
Speaker 1: is off the edge. Because a lot of defense coordinators
26:50
Speaker 1: like to use slot pressures UH to impact the quarterback.
26:54
Speaker 1: He has to be able to cover slot receivers and
26:57
Speaker 1: occasionally a tied end depending on what the personnel is.
27:00
Speaker 1: And so this guy has to be a little different.
27:02
Speaker 1: So the toughness is definitely there. He almost has to
27:05
Speaker 1: be a decathlete. He has to be able to bring
27:07
Speaker 1: a bunch of different things to the table to be
27:09
Speaker 1: able to succeed inside in the slot. We'll return with
27:12
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27:54
Speaker 1: Time to hear from the Jaguars. Head coach Doug Peterson
27:57
Speaker 1: joined Jack's Drive time Wednesday afternoon at the start of
28:00
Speaker 1: the new league year and talked through some of the
28:02
Speaker 1: offensive editions. You know, that's one of the things that
28:05
Speaker 1: that Trent and I and the staff really focused on
28:08
Speaker 1: being aggressive this time of year, you know, in free
28:11
Speaker 1: agency and really um you know, with with the amount
28:14
Speaker 1: of resources that we have at our disposal using them,
28:17
Speaker 1: you know, and and uh, I thought we did a
28:19
Speaker 1: We did a nice job getting the guys that we targeted.
28:22
Speaker 1: So I don't know whether you'll tell us this or not.
28:24
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's hard to be completely entirely honest,
28:26
Speaker 1: but um, did you get everyone you wanted? Yes, we did,
28:31
Speaker 1: We did, we did, and and you know, we got
28:33
Speaker 1: seven free agents. And we actually you know, as we
28:36
Speaker 1: met as a staff and and put put our you know,
28:39
Speaker 1: put our heads together and had a lot of a
28:41
Speaker 1: lot of long conversations not only with us, but with
28:43
Speaker 1: Trent and his team and the personnel guys. You know,
28:45
Speaker 1: we we targeted, we targeted a group you know of players,
28:49
Speaker 1: and and we hit. We hit all our benchmarks. And
28:52
Speaker 1: and it's rare that you can do that there listen,
28:55
Speaker 1: and there's good players in free agency every year. You know,
28:57
Speaker 1: some some obviously you know, want more than others. But
29:01
Speaker 1: but we had, uh the ability to to target you know,
29:04
Speaker 1: seven guys and and we hit all seven. And so
29:06
Speaker 1: it was really good with money off the talks with
29:09
Speaker 1: free agency obviously, but was it a hard sell for
29:11
Speaker 1: some of these guys? I mean, Jacksonville hasn't had a
29:13
Speaker 1: lot of success. Did you find yourself having to sell
29:15
Speaker 1: or did the idea of what you're building here and
29:18
Speaker 1: the money combined. You know what I'm gonna I'm gonna
29:20
Speaker 1: tell you this that that um, it's not a hard
29:23
Speaker 1: sale to come to Jacksonville and a lot of the
29:27
Speaker 1: players that we did talk to, uh want to be here,
29:30
Speaker 1: which is which is a credit to I think even
29:33
Speaker 1: though on the field the win loss record hasn't been there. Um,
29:37
Speaker 1: I think it's a credit to the current players on
29:40
Speaker 1: this football team. What what what Trent and now myself
29:44
Speaker 1: and what we're trying to build as an organization here
29:47
Speaker 1: and then and then some of the current staff that
29:49
Speaker 1: I have who have relationships with some of these players,
29:52
Speaker 1: sort of enticing them, you know, to to show up
29:54
Speaker 1: here in Jacksonville all kind of play a big part
29:57
Speaker 1: into you know, what we've been able to do. And
29:59
Speaker 1: and that's the exciting thing is that, you know, we
30:01
Speaker 1: want this to be a destination spot for for for
30:05
Speaker 1: top players and and you know, we had to start
30:07
Speaker 1: somewhere and felt like we did that. I'm gonna talk
30:10
Speaker 1: receivers because I just made the catch of the Year
30:12
Speaker 1: on Brian's water bottle that thing. But uh, you said
30:15
Speaker 1: something fascinating upstairs to me about how you plan to
30:19
Speaker 1: use your receivers, not necessarily how people always think of
30:22
Speaker 1: receivers as as a one to slot use them differently,
30:27
Speaker 1: talk about that, Yeah, we do. And and you know,
30:28
Speaker 1: you're always gonna have you know, on paper, you're gonna
30:31
Speaker 1: have you know, the X, the Z, the Y, the F.
30:34
Speaker 1: Just yeah, you're gonna have these letters. And so we
30:36
Speaker 1: have to plug bodies into those into those spots. And
30:39
Speaker 1: people ask like, hey, you know, as Christian Kirk going
30:41
Speaker 1: to be a be a slot receiver, and the answer
30:44
Speaker 1: is like, um, yes, he's gonna be a slot, but
30:46
Speaker 1: he's also going to be an outside target as well.
30:49
Speaker 1: And and and having guys that have, you know, position
30:52
Speaker 1: flexibility within your system gives you the freedom to really
30:57
Speaker 1: move guys around and how they understand your your terminology,
31:00
Speaker 1: how they underscan understand your schemes. And that's the benefit
31:04
Speaker 1: that you have, uh with with multiple players on offense,
31:08
Speaker 1: especially at the receiver position that you can't move around. Coach,
31:11
Speaker 1: tell us about your offensive line, the state of it.
31:13
Speaker 1: Right now. You have Cam Robinson, you add Brandon Schurf,
31:16
Speaker 1: you have a lot of moving pieces, some depth there
31:18
Speaker 1: where do you feel this offensive line is right now?
31:20
Speaker 1: It's hitting in the right direction, and it's something that
31:22
Speaker 1: we had to you know, take a strong, hard look at,
31:24
Speaker 1: you know, obviously to protect the quarterback, protect Trevor and
31:27
Speaker 1: and and not so much in the passing game, but
31:29
Speaker 1: also the ability to run the football. You know, we
31:31
Speaker 1: feel like the running back room when healthy is is
31:33
Speaker 1: a dynamic group. We feel like the tight ends are
31:35
Speaker 1: a dynamic group and they're all part of the run game,
31:38
Speaker 1: you know as well. So you know, we took some
31:40
Speaker 1: really good uh steps forward in that direction. Um with
31:44
Speaker 1: with keeping keeping can Cam and and obviously getting getting
31:48
Speaker 1: uh you know, Brandon Schurff, and you got Juwan, you
31:50
Speaker 1: got Walker Little mean, we've got guys shot Lee back.
31:52
Speaker 1: So you know there's guys there now that we're putting
31:54
Speaker 1: the pieces together and we still have you know, the
31:56
Speaker 1: ability in the draft to to add some more depth
31:59
Speaker 1: and add some more value at that position. You're so
32:02
Speaker 1: known for tight ends. Uh, how to Ingram Arnold in
32:05
Speaker 1: that room work together? Now? Well, I've always felt, um
32:09
Speaker 1: prior to being hired here that that room was one
32:11
Speaker 1: of the strengths of the football team, quite honestly. And
32:13
Speaker 1: and I know Dan missed games last year and was injured.
32:16
Speaker 1: But when healthy again, he's a dynamic tight end. And
32:19
Speaker 1: now you add another element with with Evan and um,
32:23
Speaker 1: you know, it can become it can become an issue,
32:25
Speaker 1: you know, for for opponents to to match up to
32:27
Speaker 1: our twelve or thirteen personnel. And and that's that's encouraging
32:31
Speaker 1: because that's you know, my background has been always been
32:34
Speaker 1: about tight ends and and and those guys over the ball,
32:37
Speaker 1: you know again they can be that comfort for the quarterback.
32:40
Speaker 1: And so I'm excited to get you know, Evan, and
32:42
Speaker 1: get all the guys and you know, really to start
32:44
Speaker 1: working next month and see where see where all these
32:46
Speaker 1: pieces fit. Later in the show, general manager Trent ball
32:50
Speaker 1: Key on some of the defensive players added and how
32:53
Speaker 1: the salary cap feels moving forward. You believe in big
32:57
Speaker 1: and physical on the offensive line. I know you also
32:59
Speaker 1: believe that in the defense. How much better do you
33:01
Speaker 1: feel about your run defense, your interior that right now
33:04
Speaker 1: than you did on Sunday? Well, I think we feel
33:06
Speaker 1: obviously feel better. I think if you look last year,
33:08
Speaker 1: there were stretches of games where we were very good upfront,
33:13
Speaker 1: and we've got some good football players on this roster
33:16
Speaker 1: that can stop the run, uh, and adding fully to
33:20
Speaker 1: the mix just increases our ability to do that. And
33:23
Speaker 1: if you want to win this division, you got it
33:25
Speaker 1: starts up front. You gotta be able to win the
33:26
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage both sides of the ball. I can
33:29
Speaker 1: imagine this is a whirlwind of a week. To put
33:33
Speaker 1: it lightly. You have the excitement of bringing new guys in,
33:35
Speaker 1: but then you also have the tough decisions to have
33:37
Speaker 1: to let some guys go that have been here a while.
33:40
Speaker 1: With Miles Jack for example, how tough is that conversation?
33:43
Speaker 1: And I can imagine you've got to take the personal
33:45
Speaker 1: opinion out of it and just look at CAP and
33:47
Speaker 1: football as a whole, right, Yeah, And that's hard to do,
33:50
Speaker 1: you know, to take the personal side out when you
33:53
Speaker 1: know the hard part is to separate the yourself from
33:56
Speaker 1: the professional and the personal right and this business. And
34:00
Speaker 1: Aisles is a wonderful young man, uh and he was
34:03
Speaker 1: a heck of a player for for this organization and
34:06
Speaker 1: really an ambassador within the community. So anytime you got
34:10
Speaker 1: to make that decision or those types of decisions that
34:12
Speaker 1: are difficult, but unfortunately, in the job that I sit in,
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Speaker 1: those are the decisions that have to be made to
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Speaker 1: get home for dinner. Now, the free agencies done with
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Speaker 1: the draft. The draft now is it's only one thing
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Speaker 1: you gotta focus on because for the last couple of
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Speaker 1: weeks you've been on draft and on free agency. Well,
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Speaker 1: you just get to worry about the draft, right yeah,
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Speaker 1: Well say right, come on, we got we got through
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Speaker 1: free agency, all right. But you know the funny thing
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Speaker 1: is this morning when we signed Darius I think it
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Speaker 1: was about nine thirty five when we got that done,
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Speaker 1: we totally switched gears and went flipped on the film
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Speaker 1: and we started on the college side. So now it's
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Speaker 1: draft prep here we go. Was it important to have
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Speaker 1: three guys with experiencing your secondary meaning nickel corner. I'm
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Speaker 1: not sure exactly where Darius So play, but he'll be
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Speaker 1: a factor. They better to have a veteran in that spot.
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Speaker 1: Considering the nature of the nickel position. Well, when you
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Speaker 1: look at our our roster currently, we only have three
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Speaker 1: veteran players in the secondary at the corner position. You know,
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Speaker 1: Trade being the third, and and you know, obviously Tyson
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Speaker 1: and shock, Uh, we had to add to that room,
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Speaker 1: you know, and there's no guarantee that you're gonna be
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Speaker 1: able to add to that room in free agency or
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Speaker 1: in the in the draft, so when you have an
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Speaker 1: opportunity and one falls your way. Darius is an interesting story.
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's local. You know, he's from Jacksonville,
35:36
Speaker 1: grew up in Jacksonville. He knows Jacksonville better than I
35:39
Speaker 1: know Jacksonville. So you know, it's it's it was just
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Speaker 1: a situation where a young man wanted to come home.
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Speaker 1: He's a good football player, an excellent football player, and
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Speaker 1: how he fits in that room, you know, that's up
35:51
Speaker 1: to the players. Is I always say this. You know,
35:54
Speaker 1: we get the players here and it's up to the
35:56
Speaker 1: players and coaches to decide, you know, what happens out
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Speaker 1: on the field. That's you know, it's it's it's up
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Speaker 1: to them and the role that he builds for himself
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Speaker 1: as one he's gonna earn very cool. It was interesting
36:09
Speaker 1: to hear Doug Peterson talk about I feel like us
36:11
Speaker 1: as media members we always try to say, okay, well,
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Speaker 1: Christian Kirk, for example, put him in a box, going
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Speaker 1: to be a slot receiver. Maybe he's gonna be outside,
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Speaker 1: and Coach Peterson was like, no, we want versatility at
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Speaker 1: all positions, and we don't know where he's gonna play
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Speaker 1: right now. It could be all of that. How important
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Speaker 1: was that? Versatility is critical? You know, the more they
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Speaker 1: can do, the more positions they can align in, the
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Speaker 1: more if they can play in bass and they can
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Speaker 1: play in nickel, they can play in dime. The more
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Speaker 1: things they can do, the more value they have to
36:37
Speaker 1: the organization, to the team itself. So we're always looking
36:41
Speaker 1: for players, whether it's an offensive lineman, Can they play inside,
36:44
Speaker 1: can they play guard, tackle, guards, center? You're you're really
36:48
Speaker 1: not looking for one dimensional players unless they're really dominant
36:51
Speaker 1: in that one dimension. You spent a good bit of money.
36:54
Speaker 1: How do you feel about you salary cap going forward?
36:56
Speaker 1: And you're able to structure these deals so that over
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Speaker 1: the next three or four years you may tain cap flexibility. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: we feel really good about where we're at on the cap.
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Speaker 1: We haven't kicked anything forward at all. We're working off
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Speaker 1: of a set number for this year and we were
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Speaker 1: able to stay within that. UH. Next year's cap, by nature,
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Speaker 1: is going to be a little tight. UH and then
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Speaker 1: it opens up again the following year, but we feel
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Speaker 1: really good with where we're at. From a cap standport
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