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Press Pass | C.J. Beathard on State of the QB Room · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Sleep for a long time, So you know, how big
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  Speaker 1: are these next two weeks for you personally? Just to
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  Speaker 1: put some more things out there on tape to the sidecons.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, yeah, I don't try to make a
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  Speaker 2: bigger deal than what it is. I think every day
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  Speaker 2: you're just trying to do your best and put your
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  Speaker 2: best foot forward. But the bigger the moment you make it,
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  Speaker 2: I feel like the more stress you bring upon yourself.
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  Speaker 2: And there's just no need for that. Yeah. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: being eight years eight years in, I've seen a lot,
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  Speaker 2: been through a lot, so I feel like I'm mature
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  Speaker 2: in that sense. But yeah, you're.
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  Speaker 1: Still competing for the second three job with Mac. I
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  Speaker 1: want to know your mentality. How do you balance right
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  Speaker 1: that competition but also knowing this is a teammate of
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  Speaker 1: years and there's a lot to go forward.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just the same that I've done literally
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  Speaker 2: my whole life. I mean since you I was in
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  Speaker 2: high school. It's they're your friends, you know, He's there's
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  Speaker 2: no bad blood. It's like, I'm I'm boys with Mac.
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  Speaker 2: I'm boys with Trevor, and you know, we we we
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  Speaker 2: get along really well together. We laugh a lot together.
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  Speaker 2: So it'd be a lot harder if it was a
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  Speaker 2: tough situation as far as like personality wise. But Max
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  Speaker 2: are great dude, He's easy to get along with. So it's, uh,
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  Speaker 2: it's we're just having fun. I mean, we're going out.
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  Speaker 2: We're all putting our best foot forward each and every day,
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  Speaker 2: trying to be our best and you know, whatever happens happens.
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  Speaker 2: That's all you can do. Have the slide receiving room.
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  Speaker 1: Just compared to the times you've been around here last couple.
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  Speaker 2: Of years, what does what does this group as a
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  Speaker 2: whole feel like that? Yeah, I mean I think it's
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  Speaker 2: definitely well rounded, well put together group.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: We we got gave in the off season drafted BT obviously,
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  Speaker 2: and I think those two guys are gonna help us
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  Speaker 2: a lot. And he even below them, the guys that
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  Speaker 2: that we have that have that have been here a
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  Speaker 2: year in the system are going to be that much
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  Speaker 2: better just being in the offense and uh understanding their
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  Speaker 2: their role and the routes and the offense better. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's, you know, a much better well oiled machine
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  Speaker 2: than it was a year go. For sure.
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  Speaker 1: Max, obviously through a lot were you wondering what his
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  Speaker 1: head would be like when he got here, would he
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  Speaker 1: be you know, upset, you know what I mean? And
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  Speaker 1: how was he and how impressive was it that he's
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  Speaker 1: just sort of kind of water off the ducks back
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  Speaker 1: with that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I definitely wasn't like wondering that, but
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  Speaker 2: like I when he got here, I was kind of
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  Speaker 2: just wondering what kind of guy was because I had
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  Speaker 2: never never met him, never knew anything. And I mean
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  Speaker 2: he's just a great dude, easy to get along with,
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  Speaker 2: has fun, I'm really happy, go lucky out there, and
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  Speaker 2: it's cool to see that. And yeah, like you said,
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  Speaker 2: a guy that's been through a lot, I can understand,
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  Speaker 2: you know, uh, certain situations. You know, you know, we've
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  Speaker 2: both been through things in our careers and to be
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  Speaker 2: able to handle it and just kind of kind of
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  Speaker 2: go with the punches and roll with it's it's impressive point.
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  Speaker 1: Any significant difference at all in Trevor this year, I
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  Speaker 1: mean compared to this year, compared to this time line year,
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  Speaker 1: what would you say it is?
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  Speaker 2: I think just his uh confidence in the system, you know,
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  Speaker 2: being three years in, I think he's taken more ownership
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  Speaker 2: in the offense and what he likes and what he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't like. He's not afraid to tell Press or Doug
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  Speaker 2: that he doesn't want that play called. He doesn't like
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  Speaker 2: that play, whereas maybe an years past he would he
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  Speaker 2: would run a play just to up peas you know,
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  Speaker 2: coaches or whatever. But now he's, Uh, I think he's
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  Speaker 2: taken more ownership of it and tell him guys how
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  Speaker 2: he wants certain routes run this way or else you
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  Speaker 2: won't get the ball type of thing.
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  Speaker 1: You've been in the league for a while and you've
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  Speaker 1: been in different positions, right, how important is that mentorship
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  Speaker 1: for a guy like Mac from you he's a little
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  Speaker 1: younger who might still have a rejuvenation for careers still
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  Speaker 1: left the head.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. And I think it's it's uh, it's a lot.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think, you know, I feel like I'm
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  Speaker 2: at a place in my life, in my career where
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  Speaker 2: whatever situation I put in, I'm just trying to do
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  Speaker 2: the best that I can, wherever that is, however that is.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, like like you said, Trevor and Mack
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  Speaker 2: are both going on to your flour and they're younger,
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  Speaker 2: and I you know, I feel like I have some
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  Speaker 2: I guess veteran veteran role model type things that I
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  Speaker 2: can try to teach him. I just kind of I mean,
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  Speaker 2: but at the same time, it makes me sound.
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  Speaker 1: Old, you know. I don't.
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  Speaker 2: I don't like looking at myself like that. I don't
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  Speaker 2: feel old, you know. I don't feel like I'm that
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  Speaker 2: much older than those guys when I'm in the in
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback room with them. But yeah, anytime that I
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  Speaker 2: can add any value to to anything, I'll definitely try
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  Speaker 2: to do that. Thanks.