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Jags Drive Time: Thursday, November 11 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Jacks Drive Time. Dick Ashlyn sell Off selling
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Speaker 1: John Oceans, Bryan Sex Jacks Drive Time, and it starts
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Speaker 1: right now. Welcome in Jaguar's Drive Time. It is Thursday morning,
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Speaker 1: getting ready for a big game against the Indianapolis Cold
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Speaker 1: State Division matchup coming here this weekend, traveling to Indy
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Speaker 1: on Saturday, and coming off a big win against the
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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. There's some positivity around here, some pep in
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Speaker 1: your if you will. Yeah, that happens when you win, yes,
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Speaker 1: but it only lasts a week. Well to do it again.
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Speaker 1: And what's been interesting is and we heard this on
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Speaker 1: Sunday in the post game, and then yesterday the head
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Speaker 1: coach talked about getting his team right back to work
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Speaker 1: as opposed to you're having to shut it down for
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Speaker 1: the bye week and then try to pick it back
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Speaker 1: up and go to Seattle. So I'm interested to see.
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Speaker 1: And momentum is so fleeting, especially in professional football, but
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Speaker 1: I'm interested to see how this team responds early on
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Speaker 1: to a Colts team that's coming off a ten day layoff.
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Speaker 1: And they, I mean, they just beat up on the Jets.
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Speaker 1: So it's a distinct challenge. These guys have some momentum.
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Speaker 1: Let's see what they do with it. I got to
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Speaker 1: back it up. It's in it. It is a I
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Speaker 1: would say, a rare opportunity for a team that has
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Speaker 1: not been very good, which is Jaguars to what lost
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Speaker 1: twenty in a row and now all of a sudden
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Speaker 1: beat two legitimate teams back to back. I don't know
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Speaker 1: when the last time they beat two teams that came
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Speaker 1: into the game believing they were going to the playoffs,
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Speaker 1: and the Colts still do believe that, and it's legitimate.
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Speaker 1: Colts win their five and five and they're back in it. Uh,
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Speaker 1: that's beating two teams where it matters, and that's uh,
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Speaker 1: you have to go back to when they did that. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: and I guess they did, but the schedule, you know,
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Speaker 1: I'm assuming they did. But it's been that long since
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Speaker 1: you felt legitimate victories back to back for this team.
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Speaker 1: So we'll see a big opportunity. I don't think they're
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Speaker 1: gonna do it, but I hope they do it because
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Speaker 1: are brutal matchup, absolutely, because of their balance, and but
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Speaker 1: just it was just so a matter of fact. It
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Speaker 1: just to answer the question, the last time they went
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Speaker 1: back to back games was the last two weeks of
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Speaker 1: October Week seven and Week gate of twenty nineteen, so
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Speaker 1: it's been just over two years since we've seen that,
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Speaker 1: and John's right distinct challenge against a team that is surging.
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Speaker 1: But let's get the big Nettie Negative thinks they're going
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Speaker 1: to play well, Maggy Negative. Okay, I think they're going
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Speaker 1: to play well. But I know I've got a lot
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Speaker 1: of time. Let's talk about it. Let's do it. Big
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Speaker 1: Thing one is James on a first name basis here
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Speaker 1: in Jaguars Drive time, James as in Robinson. He's most
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Speaker 1: consistent offensive performer and the key to opening things up
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Speaker 1: on the offensive This week, Robinson will keep the Colts attention,
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Speaker 1: which should allow a receiver, maybe a tight end like
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Speaker 1: Dan Arnold, to get open somewhere further up the field.
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Speaker 1: This guy is key. He did not practice yesterday, so
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Speaker 1: we'll see what happens with getting him back on the
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Speaker 1: field this week. Big thing too is Josh as in Alan.
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Speaker 1: He's been unstoppable the past couple of games. The Jaguars
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Speaker 1: are gonna have to disrupt the Indianapolis Colts offense that
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Speaker 1: is running for a hundred and thirty seven yards per game,
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Speaker 1: and Josh Allen is a big part of that. He
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Speaker 1: has to keep it going and the defense has to
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Speaker 1: continue to keep playing as one unit. Every level. Everyone's
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Speaker 1: kind of, you know, doing their job. I would definitely
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Speaker 1: say that back in they're they're kind of finding their way.
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Speaker 1: They're finding exactly the coverages that work best for the
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Speaker 1: people that's on the field, and um, it's been working.
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Speaker 1: A lot of Russian coverage has been working very well.
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Speaker 1: And the interior push it helps me and Johnthon Will
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Speaker 1: We're gonna make him step up all day. So if
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Speaker 1: we have the interior push, it's gonna be a lot
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Speaker 1: of sticks out there. Big thing three is plus two
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Speaker 1: as in takeaways. The Jaguars won the turnover battle for
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Speaker 1: the first time this season and beat the Buffalo Bills.
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Speaker 1: Extra possessions, short fields all good things for quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
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Speaker 1: But the key is you have to do something with
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Speaker 1: those extra possessions, and this offense feeds to get going early.
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Speaker 1: We have an opportunity just making the play we had
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Speaker 1: even towards I know we're really about on third down
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Speaker 1: this past week, and um, I know I had two
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Speaker 1: plays at the end where I'm still kicking myself as
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Speaker 1: after the game. I gotta hit two of those and
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Speaker 1: those would have, you know, put the nail on the coffin.
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Speaker 1: So those players we gotta hit. You know, we had
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Speaker 1: some other ones throughout the game that were there that
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Speaker 1: we didn't make for whatever reason. Um, everything goes together,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's up front, it's in the backfield. You know, communication,
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Speaker 1: it's you know, me and the wide outs be on
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Speaker 1: the same page, all that, and we just gotta we
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Speaker 1: gotta get better and um obviously being more efficient, no,
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Speaker 1: you have it. That is big things. Let's go back
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Speaker 1: up to big thing one, which is James Robinson and
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Speaker 1: hopefully able to play this week. And that's key. You
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Speaker 1: need him to play because we just heard from Trevor
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Speaker 1: Lawrence this team isn't getting enough big plays, they aren't
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Speaker 1: converting enough third downs. You need James Robinson on the field. Well,
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Speaker 1: let me give you a different way to look at it.
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Speaker 1: When the Jaguars used to go and play Peyton Manning's Colts,
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Speaker 1: right uh, you know the mid two thousand's, they knew
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Speaker 1: they had to run the ball to keep Peyton Manning
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Speaker 1: on the sideline when they were competitive in those games.
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Speaker 1: It was Fred Taylor and then Fred Taylor and Maurice
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Speaker 1: Jones Drew who were keeping manning their watching right. They
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Speaker 1: didn't often win those games up there, but they were
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Speaker 1: able to keep them close because they could run the ball.
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Speaker 1: You want to keep the ball out of Jonathan Taylor's
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Speaker 1: hands or Michael Pittman's hands. Those guys are game changing players.
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Speaker 1: The best way to do it is to go back
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Speaker 1: to James Robinson and Carlos Hide, who had a couple
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Speaker 1: of nice runs last week and be able to, I
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Speaker 1: don't know, play Princeton. If you remember the Princeton Georgetown
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Speaker 1: game from the n C Double A Tournament, you remember
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Speaker 1: that one. I'm sure specificly she wasn't even born. You
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Speaker 1: slow it, you slow it down, you limit the number
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Speaker 1: of possessions, you score when you can, and you try
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Speaker 1: to keep it from Carson Wentz and that offense. That's
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Speaker 1: why James Robinson is so important. Yes, you'd like a
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Speaker 1: sixty yard run or four touchdowns, but if he can
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Speaker 1: just help dictate the tempo, that can be enough. Well,
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Speaker 1: I'm concerned he he didn't practice yesterday. Um urban Meyer
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Speaker 1: sounds very optimistic, and there's no question that urban Meyer
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Speaker 1: believes in this kid and believes in his toughness. Uh,
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Speaker 1: he couldn't play on Sunday. He hasn't practiced legitimately since then.
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Speaker 1: So I don't know what's gonna happen. I think today
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Speaker 1: is a huge day for that. Um. You know, I
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Speaker 1: hate to keep harping on the receivers with nothing deep,
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Speaker 1: but that's so overwhelming that I just don't really believe
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Speaker 1: that they're going to be able to be consistent offensively
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Speaker 1: without James Robinson the field. It's not the Carloside can't
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Speaker 1: do it. It's just the James Robinson once every quarter
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Speaker 1: will pop it outside and get extra. They need something
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Speaker 1: extra from this offense right now. You know, I went
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Speaker 1: and looked at Michael Pittman a little bit, and he's
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Speaker 1: averaging thirteen point one yards per reception, which, by the way,
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Speaker 1: is but that's not game breaking. Right. When Jimmy Smith
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Speaker 1: was a game breaking receiver, he was at seventeen point
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Speaker 1: six that that's only two yards more per reception than
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Speaker 1: Marvin Jones. And yet the distinction between where those two
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Speaker 1: guys are right, the difference is Jonathan Taylor, Right, Jonathan
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Speaker 1: Taylor's runs set up passes that are manageable, and then
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Speaker 1: Michael Pittman goes and beats guys to the football. I mean,
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Speaker 1: he's tremendous, great equation. I try to use the math
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Speaker 1: where I can. The point that I'm making is is
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Speaker 1: that James Robinson can make Lavisca Chennauld and Marvin Jones
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Speaker 1: and La Kwan Treadwell and John Brown if he gets
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Speaker 1: onto I mean, any of these guys, he can make
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Speaker 1: them much much better. It's remarkable that we're talking about
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Speaker 1: a guy who was undrafted a year ago, right, But
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Speaker 1: but he is because that guy can set up one
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Speaker 1: on one pass opportunities and guys like Marvin Jones and
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Speaker 1: Lavisca can make something happen. But it's on him and
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Speaker 1: they need him. They need his particular, even peculiar blend
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Speaker 1: of size and quickness and suddenness. And he's he's different.
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Speaker 1: He's tough to describe, even if he doesn't say anything
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Speaker 1: up on the outside. Uh. I believe most of their
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Speaker 1: successful dry at this point of the season, from the
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Speaker 1: end of the season on, are going to be plotting drives.
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Speaker 1: I don't say there's an insult, but they're gonna be drives.
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Speaker 1: They go ten to four team plays and they're gonna
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Speaker 1: go seven yards. Well, Robinson needs to be in the
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Speaker 1: game to have those kind of drives successfully because he
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Speaker 1: sets up short the artist, he sets up manageable. Once
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Speaker 1: a drive, I mean, once they drive on a series
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Speaker 1: like that, he is going to make a run where
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Speaker 1: you say, oh, well, I didn't think he was gonna
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Speaker 1: get the first down, but he squeeze it out. He's
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Speaker 1: got to play for this offense to be successful when
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Speaker 1: it's playing that style, which I think right now is
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Speaker 1: the only style they can play now. The flip is
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Speaker 1: if we go to plus two. And I think I
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Speaker 1: said this on Monday, but it bears repeating. The Titans
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Speaker 1: were overmatched in a sense when they went out to
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Speaker 1: Los Angeles because the Rams had this explosive offense and
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Speaker 1: they were scoring at a prodigious rate. And yet it
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Speaker 1: was the takeaways, right the interception that set up the
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Speaker 1: touchdown to pick six in the first half that bury
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Speaker 1: the Rams and all of a sudden, made him one dimensional.
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Speaker 1: This team was able to win on Sunday even though
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Speaker 1: they were mismatched because of the takeaways. If the Jaguars
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Speaker 1: do anything well on Sunday, man take the bowl away.
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Speaker 1: Let that be a bunch thing where they come in
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Speaker 1: bunches back to back to back to back weeks. The
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Speaker 1: Jaguars ability to win some ball games in this very
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Speaker 1: difficult stretch to me, is on their ability to take
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Speaker 1: the ball away and then of course be in the
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Speaker 1: positive category. I mean, you don't give it away. The
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Speaker 1: best in the league taking the ball. But last week,
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Speaker 1: last week, the best team was the Bills. Right, last
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Speaker 1: week they had the most take that negative Nelly, I'm
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Speaker 1: just saying, well, I'm just saying last week the Bills
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Speaker 1: came in with you know, eighteen takeaways and this week
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Speaker 1: it's the Colts with I think twenty. So you've done
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Speaker 1: been done before. And while we're at it, the Bills
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Speaker 1: came in averaging thirty six points over their last four
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Speaker 1: games and the Colts come in averaging thirty five points.
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Speaker 1: I mean, the similarities are there. Here's the difference. I
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Speaker 1: think the Bills looked at the Jaguars and said, looked
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Speaker 1: at the Seattle performance in particulars, and we at this
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Speaker 1: one right. The Colts will not do that. They will not.
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Speaker 1: Their head coach members. What happened here in opening day
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Speaker 1: last year and the culture. Team that has a chance
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Speaker 1: because I don't think the Titans can keep it going,
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Speaker 1: not like they did, has a chance to get close
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Speaker 1: to the Titans and maybe make a run depending on
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Speaker 1: how they do. Yeah, a team that needs to win,
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Speaker 1: so they're they're very, very motivated for sure. So you're
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Speaker 1: going to have to take the ball away and play
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Speaker 1: your best and we will see what happens. We'll have
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Speaker 1: more about that Coltskin coming up. Lara Overton from Colts
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Speaker 1: We're about Jaguars Drive Time, getting ready for a divisional
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Speaker 1: matchup on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts, and no better
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Speaker 1: to come on this show than Lara Overton, who is
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Speaker 1: Colts dot Com reporter and produce Sir, thank you for
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Speaker 1: waking up somewhat early for us. Thanks for having me on.
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Speaker 1: It's great to get to see you guys and preview
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Speaker 1: this awesome divisional matchup. Colt certainly excited to be back
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Speaker 1: at home after getting that mini by week following the
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Speaker 1: win over the Jets on Thursday Night. I love it,
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Speaker 1: and yes, tell me about this offense. We've been talking
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Speaker 1: about Jonathan Taylor and how the Jaguars defense really needs
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Speaker 1: to bring their a game with this running back. What
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Speaker 1: is this offense looking like great now? And what are
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Speaker 1: they doing well well? And it's not only Jonathan Taylor.
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Speaker 1: You have to put nineteen Hinds in that conversation as well.
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Speaker 1: Certainly Jonathan Taylor is leading that group. He is your
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Speaker 1: bell cow, but it was all set up in that
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Speaker 1: Thursday Night game by that initial touchdown Nahehnes. It was
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Speaker 1: a career long touchdown for him. But you mentioned this
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Speaker 1: rushing attack, the two headed monster that they have led
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Speaker 1: by Jonathan Taylor, and then, in compliment with night Minds,
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Speaker 1: two and sixty rushing yards on Thursday Night, most by
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Speaker 1: any team this season. And I think what is likely
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Speaker 1: more impressive is it's eight point six yards per kerry,
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Speaker 1: which is the most in single game franchise history. Coming
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Speaker 1: off of that Thursday Night game, We're starting to see
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Speaker 1: such effective, dominant production for Jonathan Taylor, and you know,
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Speaker 1: a lot of yards after contact as well, That's one
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Speaker 1: of the things where in his sophomore year, Jonathan Taeler
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Speaker 1: has developed not only in his speed, but also in
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Speaker 1: his powers, breakaway ability, and his ability to take tacklers
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Speaker 1: with him. He is an absolute powerhouse in this run game.
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Speaker 1: We're seeing him run with confidence. We're also seeing a
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Speaker 1: much healthier offensive line. This was an offensive line that
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Speaker 1: had a lot of injury issues early on in this season.
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Speaker 1: We had the best and most positive injury report that
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Speaker 1: we've seen. Brandon Smith was on the injury report. Uh,
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Speaker 1: he did not practice on Wednesday, but head coach Frank
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Speaker 1: Craich so that he is optimistic that you could have
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Speaker 1: Brandon Smith back. But it's been a really great local rotation.
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Speaker 1: You had a lot of depth on that offensive line,
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Speaker 1: and you're starting to see those guys get confident playing
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Speaker 1: next to one another as they have worked in. Chris
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Speaker 1: Read alongside Mark Luinsky in that spot as well, and
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Speaker 1: then you've had Matt Prior as well over there on
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Speaker 1: the outside when Braden Smith has not been available. Good morning, Laura.
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Speaker 1: You know this defense that you have very talented and
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Speaker 1: obviously great at taking the ball away, But I just
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Speaker 1: get the sense reading between the lines listening to some
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Speaker 1: interviews that there's a greater expectation for this unit. Tell
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Speaker 1: me what the overall sentiment in Indianapolis is about this
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Speaker 1: Colts defense. Well, they've certainly been vulnerable in the secondary.
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Speaker 1: That's one of the ways that we have seen teams
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Speaker 1: really exploit this defense. They're fantastic in takeaway so I
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Speaker 1: heard you guys note that they of course had two
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Speaker 1: takeaways on Thursday night. They lead the league in force
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Speaker 1: turnovers with twenty. They have seventy seven points off turnovers
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Speaker 1: as well, So that's been one of the things that
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Speaker 1: has been imperative, is this offense being able to capitalize
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Speaker 1: on those takeaway opportunities when your defense has been able
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Speaker 1: to force them. But when you give up thirty points
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Speaker 1: to a New York Jets he who's playing with their
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Speaker 1: third string quarterback, there is some concern there with how
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Speaker 1: this team has lacked the ability to close out games
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Speaker 1: and be dominant in the second half. When you look
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Speaker 1: at those losses, the loss on Monday night to Baltimore
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Speaker 1: in which you had a nineteen point lead, like, yes,
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Speaker 1: it's Lamar Jackson and that you know, explosive, dynamic offense
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Speaker 1: that they had a fourteen point uh lead that you
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Speaker 1: had at home against Tennessee Titans that you allowed to evaporate.
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Speaker 1: Those are some concerns with how this defense has lacked
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Speaker 1: that what they call a killer instinct. That's in their
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Speaker 1: own words, that they have needed to cultivate a killer
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Speaker 1: instinct and dominate the second half of games. We've seen
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Speaker 1: it in certain opportunities. You look back to Sunday Night
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Speaker 1: Football playing the Niners. That was the most complete game
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Speaker 1: we saw from this defense of the entire season. And
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Speaker 1: part of your work concerns with that secondary come down
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Speaker 1: to injuries at the safety position. Cory Willis is currently
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Speaker 1: on I R, so you will not have him, and
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Speaker 1: then Julian Blackman touris Achilles and practice. He's out for
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Speaker 1: the year. So it has been by committee effort with
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Speaker 1: Anderson Dajo and George Odom in that safety spot. One
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Speaker 1: encouraging note for the Indianapolis Calls defense is you could
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Speaker 1: get t j Carry back off of I R. There's
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Speaker 1: a possibility that he could return to practice this week,
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Speaker 1: and he is a very versatile, valuable piece of that group.
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Speaker 1: He can play corner, he can play in the nickel,
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Speaker 1: he can play safety for you so he could be
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Speaker 1: one of those options that you have to reinforce that group.
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Speaker 1: You've also had Isaiah Rodgers, second year guy who has
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Speaker 1: stepped up behind Xavier Rhodes. Because Xavier Rhodes has been
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Speaker 1: battling at cafe cafe injury for the majority of the season.
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Speaker 1: It limited him early on. He was out in periods
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Speaker 1: of that game against New York Jets over on the
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Speaker 1: sidelines getting treatment. He's battled through a lot this season
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Speaker 1: to make himself available when he can be. But been
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Speaker 1: a lot of young guys who have stepped up at
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Speaker 1: that position group, Laura Carson Wentz obviously the huge story
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Speaker 1: in the offseason. How has he been? Has he been
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Speaker 1: what they hoped? Absolutely? I think he certainly. I mean
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Speaker 1: he came off of that Thursday night game career high
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Speaker 1: in passer rating, and I think when you look to
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Speaker 1: the second quarter now into the third quarter of the season,
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Speaker 1: as Carson Wentz has gotten healthier. You know those ankle sprains,
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Speaker 1: you know, one on each ankle, not just one, but
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Speaker 1: we had to dual, dual um ankle sprains coming out
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Speaker 1: of that game against the Rams. And when you look
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Speaker 1: to the difference in when Carson Wentz played the Titans
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Speaker 1: in Nashville versus his playing you know, at home against
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Speaker 1: the Titans, you saw much greater mobility. Of course, you
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Speaker 1: you he would love to have those interceptions back. Those
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Speaker 1: were just the absolute killer in that second game against
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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. It was a must win opportunity for
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Speaker 1: the Colts. But his mobility has certainly increased. He's getting
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Speaker 1: much more comfortable behind this offensive line, and he's gaining
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Speaker 1: confidence in his receivers. One of the most impressive things
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Speaker 1: I saw on Thursday night was not just of course
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Speaker 1: you're rushing attack, but the way he spread the ball around.
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Speaker 1: You had touchdowns to Michael Pittman Jr. Jack Doyle, a
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Speaker 1: touchdown to the offensive lineman Danny Pincer as well. And
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Speaker 1: when you look back to that impressive win over the Niners,
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Speaker 1: when Carson was throwing the ball much more so than
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Speaker 1: anyone anticipated due to those adverse conditions that they were
17:24
Speaker 1: playing in, you know, at an atmospheric river storm. He
17:28
Speaker 1: was asked about what made him so confident to be
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Speaker 1: able to throw the ball when everyone was thinking they're
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Speaker 1: just gonna pound it, They're just gonna run the game
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Speaker 1: and run the ball uh, the entirety of that game,
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Speaker 1: and he instead have You've seen the guys that I'm
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Speaker 1: throwing to, namely Michael Pittman Jr. Has who has exploded,
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Speaker 1: you know as a number one wide out for this
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Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts offense, one that has not had the availability
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Speaker 1: that they would have liked to have seen from t
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Speaker 1: Y Hilton due to multiple injury issues. Uh. T Y
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Speaker 1: did practice in a limited capacity yesterday. He's coming off
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Speaker 1: of a concussion, so he is trending upward where he
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Speaker 1: could be of oble for this divisional game on Sunday.
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Speaker 1: But I do think Carson Wentz has certainly met expectations
18:06
Speaker 1: or exceeded them, aside from just a couple of you know,
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Speaker 1: those errant grows that he would have liked to have
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Speaker 1: back when you point to um, you know, the Rams
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Speaker 1: game and that loss to the Tennessee Titans. But overall,
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Speaker 1: the production that you've gotten from him, I think has
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Speaker 1: been exceptional and you are starting to see, I mean,
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Speaker 1: you know, this offense scoring thirty plus points and four
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Speaker 1: consecutive games, and that's really encouraging for what you needed
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Speaker 1: to see, what you hoped to see in this reunion
18:32
Speaker 1: of Frank Reich and Carson Wentz. I think he's going
18:35
Speaker 1: to continue um progressing. I do not think we have
18:39
Speaker 1: seen the best football yet from Carson Wentz. Well Jaguars
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Speaker 1: defensive and Josh Allen said, we have to pressure Carson
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Speaker 1: Wentz if we want a chance to win. This is
18:48
Speaker 1: a big game against the Colts and Jaguars and Lara,
18:51
Speaker 1: thank you so much for breaking it down for us.
18:52
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Speaker 1: he'll be the leading receiver. I think he might be
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Speaker 1: the leading receiver in terms of targets the rest of
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Speaker 1: the way. Clearly he and Trevor Lawrence have formed a
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Speaker 1: strong working relationship. UH. Trevor indicated that yesterday. Um, you
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Speaker 1: know he won't. He won't get down the field and
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Speaker 1: make a fifty five yard play. I mean, that's just
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Speaker 1: even though Trevior said yesterday, he's deceptively quick, he's got length,
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Speaker 1: he can make things happen. Um. The play we saw
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Speaker 1: last week is about the limit of it. I think. Um,
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Speaker 1: but he might be the guy that gets you two
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Speaker 1: touchdowns and keeps it close because if you can get
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Speaker 1: into the red zone and they haven't been able to
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Speaker 1: really exploit this yet. He's got great length and can
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Speaker 1: go up bring the ball down. And Laura mentioned that
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Speaker 1: they had some issues in the secondary there might be
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Speaker 1: some mismashed opportunities. So perhaps he's a guy who can
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Speaker 1: keep you in the game. I like it. I Uh,
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Speaker 1: I went with Rudy Ford. Uh, Rudy Ford, will I
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Speaker 1: believe be the nickel or the safety, the extra defensive
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Speaker 1: back the rest of the season. He did that very well. Uh.
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Speaker 1: His speed, his ability to make plays, I think surprise coaches.
20:27
Speaker 1: This is not a guy they brought in to necessarily
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Speaker 1: be the nickelback. But in searching for answers to give
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Speaker 1: the coaches credit here, they have gone around this year
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Speaker 1: and solve problems with the personnel at hand. Uh. So again,
20:41
Speaker 1: credit to the defensive coaches for putting him in the game. Uh.
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Speaker 1: He won't be overwhelmed by this. He Uh, he's a
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Speaker 1: guy he's been waiting three or four years for this opportunity. Uh.
20:54
Speaker 1: It's a rare story to have a guy who is
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Speaker 1: purely a special teams guy. Asked this much. Talk to
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Speaker 1: me yesterday for a feature that's running on Jaguars dot Com. Um.
21:04
Speaker 1: Usually special teams guys go to new teams and the
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Speaker 1: storyline is always, well, I'm more than a special teams guy.
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Speaker 1: You've heard a million times, and as a reporter I
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Speaker 1: special teams guy because that's what they hired you for.
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Speaker 1: This guy has transcended that, and that's a rare thing.
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Speaker 1: It's pretty cool. Uh. He might wind up being the
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Speaker 1: difference for this secondary going forward. It's not a coincidence
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Speaker 1: that this defense has played it's best stretches of football
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Speaker 1: since he's been in the game. They love his speed
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Speaker 1: back there. They need speed in the defensive backfield. Credit
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Speaker 1: loved that one, John, And yes, you're talking about Rudy
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22:37
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Speaker 1: Jaguars Drive Time. Predicting Monday's headlines today after a game
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Speaker 1: against the Indianapolis Colts in Indy. What will the headline
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Speaker 1: be on Monday? Brian, It'll be hashtag finished strong. Uh? Well,
24:18
Speaker 1: I always say pounds signs anyway, right exactly. But if
24:22
Speaker 1: you remember a couple of years ago when Chuck Begana
24:24
Speaker 1: was their coach and got cancer, Uh, it was Chuck
24:27
Speaker 1: Strong and they kind of started that trend. So in
24:29
Speaker 1: a nod to the Colts and Chuck Bagana, who's one
24:31
Speaker 1: of the really good guys in the coaching circuit, uh,
24:33
Speaker 1: finish strong. I think the Jaguars will go and play well.
24:37
Speaker 1: I don't know that they've got enough. Not scoring nine points.
24:39
Speaker 1: Can I say you're gonna go up there and be
24:41
Speaker 1: a team that's averaging thirty five? Um? But I think
24:43
Speaker 1: they'll play well, and I think we'll be talking about
24:46
Speaker 1: a strong finish with eight games left, and the schedule
24:49
Speaker 1: looking ahead is an opportunity for them to play well
24:52
Speaker 1: and finish strong. Yeah, I agree. Mine is looking with
24:54
Speaker 1: a little possible looking, not I MG, but a little
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Speaker 1: I an apostrophe looking. Yet I think they're gonna look better. Uh.
25:02
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a game, and
25:05
Speaker 1: I fear for this team. It will be the first
25:06
Speaker 1: of a few where they play well defensively, they do
25:10
Speaker 1: okay offensively, and they just don't have the firepower to
25:13
Speaker 1: get over the hump and gets a really good team.
25:15
Speaker 1: I see sixteen something like that where you just can't
25:17
Speaker 1: quite get the points because of what they know is
25:20
Speaker 1: a lack of explosiveness. But I do think this defense
25:23
Speaker 1: and all the colts are under let's they'll feel good
25:25
Speaker 1: about it. I think you will feel good about the
25:29
Speaker 1: direction of this team after you look at what the
25:32
Speaker 1: last ten quarters. I think that's what you'll feel out
25:35
Speaker 1: of this. But I'm not sure you feel a victory.
25:37
Speaker 1: I like that. I'm thinking not there yet, and it's
25:39
Speaker 1: very similar to you guys. They'll play well. I think
25:41
Speaker 1: the disorganization and the penalties and all the craziness that
25:45
Speaker 1: we saw in Seattle it seems to be we've gotten
25:47
Speaker 1: past that playing well competitive. But yeah, you can't go
25:50
Speaker 1: and predict that I're going to beat the Colts. Remember,
25:52
Speaker 1: the goal for this season was to finish the season,
25:55
Speaker 1: you know, with the arrow pointing up and we're going
25:57
Speaker 1: upwards and and well we've seen this the last couple
25:59
Speaker 1: of weeks, and with a challenging schedule in front of them. Now,
26:02
Speaker 1: it's going to take some work, but I think that
26:04
Speaker 1: we will be talking like this. You know, it would
26:06
Speaker 1: be awesome. It would be awesome if as if we're
26:08
Speaker 1: sitting here on Monday with egg on our face and
26:12
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones and Leviska have both caught a sixty five
26:14
Speaker 1: yard path because they came close a couple of times
26:17
Speaker 1: the other day. Remember, it would be cool if they
26:20
Speaker 1: just stuck it in our face on the receiver thing.
26:22
Speaker 1: That would be because I'm tired of talking about it.
26:24
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're tired of talking about it. It's it's
26:27
Speaker 1: there a couple of times close. If this is the
26:29
Speaker 1: weekend that happens, then maybe they pull it out. Yeah, okay,
26:33
Speaker 1: I like that, but that has to happen, and we're
26:35
Speaker 1: gonna have an egg on our face you've never heard that.
26:39
Speaker 1: She had never heard of the Georgetown of Princeton game.
26:44
Speaker 1: What a great game, the great games of all time.
26:46
Speaker 1: I should go back and watch it. And Dogs, Princeton,
26:48
Speaker 1: Go Princeton, Go Tigers. Oh goodness. And that is Jaguars
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