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Jags Drive Time: Wednesday, September 5 · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jeffuars, Did you don't talk about Jack Warris? Did you?
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  Speaker 1: Jeanck Guars, Drive Time, Brian sextexst Jan Days Ashley, Jeffuarris,
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  Speaker 1: Drive Time starts right now? Oh right now? Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: How are you little in tech? Jokay? Uh, it's Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: John isn't here and we're all kind of confused. Um,
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  Speaker 1: we won't be for long. John will be here tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: because I have a speaking engagement. So today it's just
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  Speaker 1: you and me, kid, you're ready. I'm ready, John and I. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Well it's not just John and you. You've got a
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  Speaker 1: special guest tomorrow too. Yes, Judy Batista, who's one of
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  Speaker 1: the very best and she is based out of New York,
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  Speaker 1: had covered the Giants when Tom was there, and so
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  Speaker 1: we'll we'll have lots of insight. So big, big show tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Until then, it's the first Wednesday of the regular season
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  Speaker 1: and that matters. But hold that thought, because first we
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  Speaker 1: have a Twitter pool for you this morning, and it
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  Speaker 1: goes a little something like this. I put my glasses on,
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  Speaker 1: which other matchup interests you on Sunday? Besides right, I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: that's that's the one that's getting all the oxygen. No
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  Speaker 1: matter what Paul Dottino said yesterday. That's the one that
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  Speaker 1: I think is going to have all of the attention
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  Speaker 1: around it. But there are a couple of others that
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  Speaker 1: are interesting. Um sae Kwon Barkley, the rookie from Penn
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  Speaker 1: State who had that one great run, just one thirty
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  Speaker 1: nine yard run against Cleveland in the preseason. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: look special. We can show it over and over everyone.
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  Speaker 1: The linebackers are gonna have to be fast and quick.
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  Speaker 1: I mean they're going to have to be able to
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  Speaker 1: catch that guy and powerful to bring him down because
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  Speaker 1: he has no lightweight at all. So Telvin and Miles
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  Speaker 1: against se Kwan Barkley. The next one is unique and
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  Speaker 1: go Way versus Nate Solder, the highly paid left tackle
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  Speaker 1: who came from the Patriots to protect Eli Manning as
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  Speaker 1: the left tackle. Now, he won't always be matched up
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  Speaker 1: against him, but unique if he had trouble against anyone
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  Speaker 1: last year, and he didn't have much trouble, but when
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  Speaker 1: he struggled, it was in the a f C Championship game.
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  Speaker 1: Because Solder is so big almost six ft nine, massive,
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  Speaker 1: great length, So he's a guy that even if he
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  Speaker 1: gets beat by the first move, and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: guys do when they're facing nine one. He's got the
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  Speaker 1: length of arm and the size of hand to be
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  Speaker 1: able to redirect and get back. And so Unique who
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  Speaker 1: worked on a couple of different moves with von Miller
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  Speaker 1: and Crew. He's gonna need him against Nate Solder. And
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  Speaker 1: then the other one is a defensive one, and that's
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  Speaker 1: the two guys in the middle against Eli Manning. Look,
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  Speaker 1: Eli Manning is not a mobile quarterback. He's not a
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  Speaker 1: guy that gets outside the pocket hardly at all. He's
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  Speaker 1: very patient and will stand in the pocket. So what
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  Speaker 1: do you do to that guy? You push the pocket
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  Speaker 1: pressure yep, and that you don't pressure, You're gonna pressure
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  Speaker 1: from the outside, but he'll step up into the pocket,
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  Speaker 1: which means you can't have a pocket there. That's on
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  Speaker 1: Malie Jackson and Marcel Darius. So which of the other
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  Speaker 1: matchups interests you on Sunday? Those are three really good ones,
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  Speaker 1: and of course there's always the option to comment with
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  Speaker 1: another interesting to see what everyone else thinks. Which one
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  Speaker 1: do you think? I like the linebackers, and I think
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  Speaker 1: Miles jack and Talvin Smith quicknesses their asset. So I
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  Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna have a problem with that matchup,
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  Speaker 1: but that's probably the next matchup I'm looking at. Besides
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  Speaker 1: the obvious with Odell, it's very difficult to run against
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  Speaker 1: this team when those two are playing well. Barkley, a
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  Speaker 1: two and thirty pounds is a very difficult back to
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  Speaker 1: bring down. I mean that is strength on strength. So
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  Speaker 1: we'll see. Plus, don't forget if there's another key to that,
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  Speaker 1: it's that they went and rebuilt the offensive line. They
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  Speaker 1: probably will Hernandez the big offensive guard from you, tip Um,
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  Speaker 1: when they describe you as a road grader at guard,
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  Speaker 1: you must be pretty good. So he's a guy. Now
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  Speaker 1: he's going to face Marcel Darius, he's going to see
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  Speaker 1: Jackson Abrick Jones um. And he's a rookie, right, He's big.
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  Speaker 1: He's a massive, massive guy. Remember us talking about him
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  Speaker 1: draft talk? Yeah, very big all right, time for that's
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  Speaker 1: our twitter powl is okay, So time for big things? Yes,
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  Speaker 1: big thing. One is Wednesday. This is the official first
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  Speaker 1: start of the regular season, the first game week, so
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  Speaker 1: Monday was a holiday. Tuesday's as players days off. Today
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  Speaker 1: is the day everyone's back in the building game prep
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  Speaker 1: for the Giants begins a full practice and the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: are setting the tone today and for the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to have Dug Moro own availability, and then
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  Speaker 1: Blake Boardles and Telvin Smith, two captains starting off the
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  Speaker 1: regular season game weeks. When you say availability for those
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  Speaker 1: people who are not broadcast professionals and I forget, it
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  Speaker 1: means they're going to talk. They're going to shed some
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  Speaker 1: insight onto the Giants. Although this is really the first
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  Speaker 1: day that these guys see the Giants, right, They were
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  Speaker 1: here Monday, but Monday was working on what they're all about.
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday is game planning day during the National Football League
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  Speaker 1: work week, so it's the big day where the coaches
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  Speaker 1: grind all day on the opponent. And then this morning,
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  Speaker 1: in a meeting that probably started about fifteen minutes ago,
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  Speaker 1: maybe a little longer ago. Uh, they lay out the
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  Speaker 1: game plan, right, so they start offense, defense, special teams.
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  Speaker 1: After Doug addresses the team. So Doug talks and we're
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  Speaker 1: carrying that live, right, we are, right, and then this
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  Speaker 1: afternoon we will have for you Blake Bortles and Telvin Smith,
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  Speaker 1: both captains, both guys who are being counted on to
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  Speaker 1: have big seasons and both guys who Blake can be
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  Speaker 1: a little dry sometimes and he's not well, he's not
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  Speaker 1: you feel me like telvin is Um. But both of
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  Speaker 1: them are a candid So it should be a fun
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  Speaker 1: time today to get in on those guys and really, look,
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  Speaker 1: we talked about Monday being the first day, but today
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  Speaker 1: is really the first day. Tomorrow's the day where all
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  Speaker 1: the stories come out, right, because it's the first time
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  Speaker 1: that players and media are to either in the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: They'll be talking about storylines and they talk about matchups.
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  Speaker 1: Then tomorrow you'll open up. You don't put the paper anymore.
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  Speaker 1: You open up your your laptop, your mac book, your phone, uh,
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  Speaker 1: and the headlines will will come from today. So today
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  Speaker 1: is that first really big day of the work week.
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  Speaker 1: They'll be out on the practice field grinding. You only
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  Speaker 1: get fourteen fully padded practices from here on out, so
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  Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to see how Doug Marone uses those.
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  Speaker 1: I would think today would be a padded practice, fully
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  Speaker 1: padded practice, because you know what the giants, it's about
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  Speaker 1: tone setting. They're going to run the ball and he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna want this to be a really efficient and get
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  Speaker 1: a lot of things done with this practice without a doubt.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, big thing too is offensive line. We know
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  Speaker 1: that this running game is the key to a successful
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  Speaker 1: season and the key to winning games. So we only
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  Speaker 1: seen the offensive line together once and that was the
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  Speaker 1: third preseason week against the Falcons, Andrenoil was hurt the
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  Speaker 1: first two preseasons. Brandon Linder was hurt at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the preseason, so this is really the first time
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  Speaker 1: that everyone is really healthy as an offensive line and
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  Speaker 1: working together. So really the only injury that the Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: suffered in the preseason was Markisley, and you would think
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  Speaker 1: that would have us talking about the receiving group. Plus
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  Speaker 1: Allen Robinson is in Chicago now so and Alan Herns
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  Speaker 1: is in Dallas, so that trio receivers, the Allen's and
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  Speaker 1: Marquees had been It's hard to say bedrock because really
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  Speaker 1: the passing game with the three of them never was whatever.
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  Speaker 1: Um you know, I mean Allen's and Allen had a
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  Speaker 1: big season, but that didn't result in winning. So you
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  Speaker 1: think we talked about that group, but really it's this
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  Speaker 1: group that we're focused on because they've got to be
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  Speaker 1: able to create lanes for the running game. They've got
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  Speaker 1: to be able to fulfill their potential for this team
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  Speaker 1: to fulfill, it's because the team's personality is run the ball.
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  Speaker 1: And last year, when they wanted to run the ball
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  Speaker 1: the ten point lead in the fourth quarter, and I
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  Speaker 1: know they're tired of hearing it, they couldn't. So they
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  Speaker 1: went and spent the money on Andrew Norwell thirteen million
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  Speaker 1: dollars a year for a guard. Right the year after
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  Speaker 1: they gave Calais Campbell a thirty million dollar guarantee, they
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  Speaker 1: give another thirty million. I mean they're putting the money
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  Speaker 1: where their mouth is. They've got to be able to
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  Speaker 1: run the ball this year, and that means they've got
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  Speaker 1: to be able to use this guy and Brandon Linder. Now,
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  Speaker 1: one of the things that I think would be interesting,
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  Speaker 1: Linda was always helping Patrick Omama, who ironically will be
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  Speaker 1: starting for the Giants. Don't think the Jaguars aren't focused
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  Speaker 1: on that. Somewhat um maybe a lot, but Norwell should
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  Speaker 1: handle his own business. A j can looked like he
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  Speaker 1: could handle his own business based on the preseason, which
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  Speaker 1: means Lenda gets to do what Lender does. And this
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  Speaker 1: week Linda gets Damon Harrison, whose nickname is snacks for
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  Speaker 1: obvious reasons. It says he's three forty one. Come on,
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  Speaker 1: when they list you at three forty one, they're telling
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  Speaker 1: you he's well over three pounds, which means that Lynda
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  Speaker 1: is going to have to be on his game. But
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  Speaker 1: he said in the locker room when you spoke to him,
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  Speaker 1: I'm healthy, I'm ready to go. And for Linda to
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  Speaker 1: be positive in the locker room and want to speak
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  Speaker 1: to the media means he must be feeling I think
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  Speaker 1: it says a lot. Yeah, I think this is ready
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  Speaker 1: to go and excited about the team. Now. Even asked him, hey,
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  Speaker 1: are you excited because he's so even keeled, um, but
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  Speaker 1: you could tell by the look in his eye that
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  Speaker 1: he was so. The offensive line is really the group. Look,
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  Speaker 1: we can look at the defensive side. It's they're a
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  Speaker 1: little thin it linebacker, They've only got a couple of
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  Speaker 1: guys they know. Yeah, but that's every team in the league,
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  Speaker 1: right the secondary, the defensive line. Um, you know, we
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  Speaker 1: know what Blake Bortles is, we know about the depth
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  Speaker 1: that running back. I think we know what with the
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  Speaker 1: tight end group is. The offensive line is right now,
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  Speaker 1: they've got to be who this team thinks they are
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  Speaker 1: in order for the team to do what it thinks
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  Speaker 1: you can do. Right with this keys to winning? When
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  Speaker 1: you're asking you know this week, what is the key
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  Speaker 1: to winning? What do you want to see for the
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  Speaker 1: Jaguars to overcome the giants, You've automatically think running game.
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  Speaker 1: You want to see that running and come out and
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  Speaker 1: be so strong, and that includes the offensive line. Of course.
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  Speaker 1: Now we could be wrong. They could decided to throw
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  Speaker 1: the ball over the place, but I don't think they will.
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  Speaker 1: We are wrong quite often and that's okay, alright, big
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  Speaker 1: thing three matchups, so that's our Twitter fall matchups doesn't
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  Speaker 1: really exist though, Are we blowing this up? Or blowing
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  Speaker 1: up the Jalen Ramsey versus Odell Beckham match up? Really?
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  Speaker 1: You gotta think about it. We haven't talked much it is.
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  Speaker 1: I didn't get it until you pointed it out in
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  Speaker 1: my camp. What's on his gloves? And then when he
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  Speaker 1: pointed out that he has some sort of an endorsement
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  Speaker 1: deal with Marvel or d C or whoever Batman is from,
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  Speaker 1: he does. He is the Joker. He has Joker gloves,
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  Speaker 1: Joker clicks. It is now confirmed he is the Joker.
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  Speaker 1: So we haven't really talked much about that guy, a
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  Speaker 1: J boy a Chillie Jackson did the other day. He did,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm sure he wants his shot. Yeah, we have
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  Speaker 1: spent so much time talking and of course when Jalen
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  Speaker 1: tends to tweet out it, it lets everybody know what
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  Speaker 1: he expects on Sunday. But we don't know the defensive
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  Speaker 1: game plan. And Malik pointed out yesterday, I'm sorry Monday
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  Speaker 1: that that guy right there wants his shot at him
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  Speaker 1: to UM Pro Bowl player should probably have been an
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  Speaker 1: All Pro corner and he thinks he's more than up
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  Speaker 1: to the task. We focus so much on Jalen and
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  Speaker 1: whether Jalen will travel and go everywhere that O'Dell Beckham Jr.
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  Speaker 1: Goes or whether they'll pass him off and let a
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  Speaker 1: J carry him too. I don't know that the last
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  Speaker 1: their nickel back to cover him. Maybe d J. Hayden
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  Speaker 1: gets a couple of snaps against him as well. UM
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  Speaker 1: Paul Doatino told us yesterday that they're really high on
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  Speaker 1: the young receiver from Oklahoma, Sterling Shepherd. But let's be honest,
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  Speaker 1: Sterling Shepherd is not not you know, and he's not
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  Speaker 1: going to get the attention of these other guys. And
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  Speaker 1: you know that a J boy wants his snaps against
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  Speaker 1: Beckham because he likes the chance to prove himself against
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  Speaker 1: the very absolutely. And the thing I love about a
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  Speaker 1: J is he's never going to tweet that. He probably
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  Speaker 1: won't say it much unless you directly ask. After the game,
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  Speaker 1: he will, Yeah, that's the thing. The interesting part about
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  Speaker 1: him is that he talks after the game. He doesn't
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  Speaker 1: get into the hype and doesn't get into all the
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  Speaker 1: trash talks before, but after the game he'll point out
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  Speaker 1: what he thinks needs to be known. Yes, so today
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: after practice off the field, I'm going to interview him
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  Speaker 1: and I'm of course going to ask that question, and
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  Speaker 1: he probably won't say much about it, but that's telling
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  Speaker 1: of a J boy. No, he will not say much
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  Speaker 1: about it, except you can tell by looking in his
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  Speaker 1: eyes that he wants to play absolutely as he should.
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  Speaker 1: All Right, first block in the books, folks. When we
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  Speaker 1: today's schedule and will have all of this live for you,
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  Speaker 1: starting with Doug Morone at ten forty Eastern time this
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  Speaker 1: morning and followed by two of the captains, Kelvin Smith
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  Speaker 1: and Blake or. You had an interesting conversation about captains
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  Speaker 1: the other night on a radio shore you were on
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  Speaker 1: right I did helmets and heels, and they were asking,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm surprised that Malik Jackson or Jalen Ramsey
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  Speaker 1: aren't captains, and I was saying, you know, it's an
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  Speaker 1: NFL rule, but you can only have six. And when
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  Speaker 1: you look at that list, who are you going to
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  Speaker 1: take a captain spot away from to give it to Jackson?
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  Speaker 1: He just came and the players talk about it being
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  Speaker 1: an honor and it is, but there's no more money
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  Speaker 1: in it, and professional football is about the money. Yes, Um,
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  Speaker 1: they would be jockeying for it if there was a
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  Speaker 1: bonus in their in their contract that said fifty dollars
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  Speaker 1: for being named the team captain, but there's not so um.
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  Speaker 1: And plus, look, Malik, he just he's going to be
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  Speaker 1: himself captains. There's a decorum that comes with being a
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  Speaker 1: captain as well, um, And Malik is going to be
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  Speaker 1: Malik and Jalen is going to be Jalen. We were
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  Speaker 1: talking to Calais Campbell dot Community event yesterday, and he
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  Speaker 1: was talking about, you know, I've been a captain my entirely.
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  Speaker 1: I've been a captain in high school. I've been a
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  Speaker 1: captain in college. It never gets hold, though, he said.
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  Speaker 1: And I do think he's being truthful when he says
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  Speaker 1: that it is a to an honor to him that
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  Speaker 1: these guys in the locker room voted for me to
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  Speaker 1: represent this team. Absolutely all right, Um, so I don't
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  Speaker 1: I you know, I'm not a big college football guy. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I just it's not as good a game. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: let's just say for what it is, it's just not
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  Speaker 1: as entertaining as the pro game. And it shouldn't be.
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  Speaker 1: You have thirty two teams here with fifty three players.
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  Speaker 1: You have hundreds and thousands of college football players. But
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  Speaker 1: we'll leave that on the line. Um. The reason I'm
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  Speaker 1: really not is that the ranking system. I don't like
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  Speaker 1: voting for who your champion is going to be right,
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  Speaker 1: I never have. I always wanted to see a played
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  Speaker 1: out on the field. So when power rankings came into
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  Speaker 1: the NFL a few years ago, what are we doing
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  Speaker 1: here that we don't want to be like college football?
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  Speaker 1: We played on the field. Leave college to leave it
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  Speaker 1: to the boys, the men they played on the field. Um,
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  Speaker 1: although as different people got engaged and started doing power rankings,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't read them for where they rank, because who cares.
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  Speaker 1: But I did read them for the comments as to
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  Speaker 1: why they were there, and that became interesting. So we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna do something with it. We're still figuring out how
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  Speaker 1: we're going to play this one, because do you really
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  Speaker 1: need another power ranking on Tuesday? But this is Pete
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  Speaker 1: Prisco and you all know Pete. He's on Happy Hour
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  Speaker 1: on Mondays. And then you know, not a local guy anymore,
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  Speaker 1: but has a local field to him. This was his
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  Speaker 1: and and we're going to use his because well, Pete
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  Speaker 1: has a biting, a serbic edge to him. Right, He's fun. Um,
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is back and number one. Right, find another
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  Speaker 1: power ranking that has the Packers at number one. Right,
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  Speaker 1: So let me just explain this one for those of
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: you don't know Pete. The Packers are coming in with
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: a brand new defensive coordinator. They've got a couple of
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: rookie cornerbacks who are going to step into play for
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: Mike Patton. They've reshuffled a bit on the defensive side.
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: The defense was a liability last year, but he puts
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: some number one because Aaron Rodgers is now well, he's back,
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: he's healthy, and he's paid and he's happy. And for Pete,
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: it's about the quarterback and it's about the money. So
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: to throw him up there like that is a really
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: strong point by Pete. He thinks the best quarterback in
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: the game. It's hard to argue with that. I mean,
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: you can look at Tom Brady and say five super Bowls,
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: but if you're looking at the guy who absolutely is
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: at the top of his game right now, Aaron Rodgers
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: goes right there to a lot of respect for the
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: local team from him. Pete was here during training camp,
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: and you know, Pete is never scared to take a
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: swing at what he believes, no matter what anybody else says. Um.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: And he really thinks that this defense and this roster
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: is a bigger story than the quarterback. And the quarterback
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: was good enough last year, so we'll find out if
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: he is this year. Um. It's hard to argue with
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: any of those five teams. And so here's the thing
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: about power rankings. They create conversation. That's what you can
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: argue with. Well, that's it that's what they're about. They're
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: about creating a conversation. And as long as the teams
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: are generally in the area, so are the Jaguars the
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: top five team? Absolutely? Right now? The question that you
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: could ask is are the Falcons the top five team
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: based on where they were at the end of last
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: season or based on the moves that they made? So
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: he's got that one in there, but I think he
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: picked the Falcons to win tomorrow night. Did the Eagles
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: belong at number five champions power ranking their number one? Right?
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: So the key to a successful power ranking is not
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: getting the teams ranked correctly because it doesn't matter until
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: the end of the season, but getting the right mentality,
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: getting the right rationale for why they might belong there,
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: and and all five of those do right. Um? So
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: I kind of ranked and I put numbers next to them.
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: I had the Jaguars as the fifth best team, right um.
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: I had the Texans as twelve, the Titans is fourteen,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: and I have the Colts. I think their defense is
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: going to be a major liability. Now Andrew Luck see here, Well,
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: here's the thought process though, with Andrew Luck comes out
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: and lights it up and they play the Bengals this week. Okay, well,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: then I gotta move him up because then all of
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: a sudden, Luck can carry this team against a pretty
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: talented Bengals group. Right. Um, But if Luck struggles at
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: all and they need that defense to I don't think
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: they can can that defense. Let me ask you who's
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: their best pass rush? Conference? Yeah, who's the pass rusher?
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: We were talking about it yesterday. You look down the
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: list they're in the division. You should be able to
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: tell me who's their pass rush. You don't know. I
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: don't know who's their best cover corner. I don't know.
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: That's a problem. Can you name one talented young star
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: on defense? Don't looking to come on? Lee Cooker there
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: the pick in the draft, the safety, the free safety
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: from Ohio State. But he didn't finish last year. So
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: it makes my point, and it's I'm not picking on you,
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: but that's the point. But but I could go down
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: the hallway and ask people in this building on the
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: non football side, right over on the business side. They
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: wouldn't know. Nobody does. The cold Steen is going to
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: be bad bad? Um? Their offensive blind shoot better? Why
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: you have? Well? Yeah, and now again, if Luck comes out,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: boom up they go, and I think that the Titans
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: could surpass the Texans because Marcus Mario to beat this
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: team and this defense twice last year. It's a bad
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: matchup for this team. He's just so subtle. Um and
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: if DeShawn Watson and j. J. Watt and Um Whitney
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: Merciless are not completely healthy, well, I mean they might
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: not be as good as everyone thinks they are. You know,
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: where's their running game come from? Where? How much better
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: is their offensive line? This year? They spent some time
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: and attention, but did they really get the guys they
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: need to make them better? They've all got big questions.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: The division, I think is an interesting one for us
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: to look at because we focus on it so much,
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: absolutely every week, and we always talk about the division,
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: and it seems like we really only mentioned three teams
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: for that obvious reason, about the Colts and the defense,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: and really only focusing on Andrew Luck. Every time we
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: bring up the Colts, it's what's Luck doing? Is he healthy?
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: How is he playing? That's really the only conversation we have.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: You know, the last couple of years, we could talk
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: about the division and we almost had to go, yeah,
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: it's not the best division because it hadn't been very good.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Now all of a sudden, if everything flows right, if
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: Andrew Luck comes back and we're moving them up that
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: chart on a weekly basis because he's that good. Um,
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: if DeShawn Watson is back and the defense is back,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: then the Titans are what they were last year. Um,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: it could be the best division of football without it out,
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: it could be the best division in football. And you
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: could see all of these teams climbing until they start
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: knocking each other off late in the year. Um, the
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: a C South is gonna be a fun division to
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: watch their ships. Whenever you hear people national media, people
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: that really aren't in the division talking about the a
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: f C South, you always hear the word close competition.
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: You don't really know. You can't really pick who's gonna
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: win the division because between the Titans, the Texans, the Jaguars,
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: and the Colts, you never really know who's gonna come
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: away with that. All Right, So there's a little stab
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: at power rankings. UM, climbing in my vision more valuable
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: than I thought. They were. Nothing against college football, but
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: ranking the teams. Yeah, but sentiment about why I'm really
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: interested in all right, coach. We take a break. There
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• 23:48
  Speaker 1: to Jags Drive Time on this Tuesday morning. A look
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: at our Twitter pool and what people are saying. What
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: other matchup interest you the most on Sunday, Say the
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: linebackers against Sae Kwon Barkley. Now looking at comments, I
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: have a funny one here from Donovan Harris. The battle
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: in the heads of the CBS announcers trying not to
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: mention Tom Coughlin's ties to both clubs every five minutes. Well,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: you can mention that a little bit. But Tom's not
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: talking this week. I mean he's maintaining a low profile.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: He might have something to say on the plane ride home,
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: but he isn't going to sit with the CBS crew
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: on Saturday morning. He's not going to get in the
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: way of Doug Maron's team. No way. Uh. He's done
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: a really and look, I mean that was always his thing.
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: One voice he's done. Did I say CBS it's on Fox?
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: Um Donovan Harris. Yeah, Um, normally it's on CBS when
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: the a f C team goes in, but those those
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: rules have changed with crossing, we can't. Yeah, well, so
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: I should look it up. Um, he's not gonna sit
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: with the announcers. He's done a great job at sitting
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: back and letting Doug take the forefront and holding to
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: his long held belief of one voice. He's not going
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: to let it be the story. But again, those of
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: us who know him and have worked with him over
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: the years will attest to the fact that he wants
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: to win this game. Usual the video on Monday, but
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: I think pregame it'll definitely be mentioned. You got to
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: make the connection before they without it out, and they'll
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: make the connection early in the game, but they won't
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: have much to work with. Hey, did you know he
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: was in both places and way right? And I wouldn't
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: be surprised if he sits back from the window a
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: little bit, you know, or finds a place out of
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: the camera shot where he can I can always find
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: him against that class. They're very clever that way. Top
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: tweets all right, Top sweets, and it would not be
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: missing up the start Top tweets saying it I'll get
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: it one of these days. It's Wednesday, all right. It
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: wouldn't be Top Sweets without Jalen Ramsey. Of course, a
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: photo shoot. He's had a lot of these pictures lately.
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: Maybe they think accomplishments and accolades should cool off competitive fire.
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: Maybe they think the mind of a champion is too
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: intense for the casual of server. Regardless of what they think,
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: you know, if you're looking for greatness, you're in the
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: right place. That's good. That's good. His confidence level is
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: justified by his by his performance. Um. You know what
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: I think people like about so much is he says
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: what people don't think they'd have the courage to say, right.
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: I mean, who who among us here? And we've got
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: a lot of people in this building who are very
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: good at what they do. When you get to the NFL,
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: whether you're in finance or legal or sponsorship or ticketing,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: you're among the best at what you do in the
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: entertainment world. Um, I don't know anybody to walk down
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: the hallway and say, y'all are in the presence of greatness.
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: You're the presence of me. Right, And if they did,
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: I don't know how it would, we would react right,
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: and yet he pulls it off so effortlessly. I don't
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: know whether it's it's the look on his face or um,
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: you know, the posture his body language that just seems
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: so effortlessly. Uh. He is unique and fun and you
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: know what. I watched him line up out there by
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: himself on the island against the best receiver the other
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: team faces every week, and I think I can't imagine
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: being that guy, knowing that the rules are stacked for
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: the guy in front, and that everybody's looking at me
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: and opening his mouth and saying, hey, everybody look at
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: me anyway, and then going out and performing like that. Um.
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: He is great and and and great is a word
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: that I don't want to use here all that often,
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: to be honest with you, because we just go great, great, great,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: great great. The uniforms are great, popcorn is great, the
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: trip is great, the plane is great, great, great, great,
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: great great. Forget great. Um, we use it way too often.
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: It's overused, like the word celebrity. He's a celebrity. UM.
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: I don't want to use great all that often, But
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: with Jalen, you have to, you have to. Yeah, he
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: is truly a great performer on Sunday, great athlete. All right.
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: The next one comes from our own William tutt Wiler
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: in finance, part time ball boy. He's in Publix yesterday
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: and look look at this nice picture. Isn't that awesome?
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: He says at Pepsi at public, letting everyone know football
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: season is here. So in Kansas City they still talk
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: about the five World Series when Don Denkins are the
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: first base umpire, blew a call against the St. Louis
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: Cardinals and gave the Royals a man on first, kept
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: the game alive. They won Game six, then they won
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: Game seven. In Kansas City they still talk about it
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: because hey, there was one of the World Series, and
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: across I seventy in St. Louis, they still talk about, well,
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: we should have nineteen championships, right, it should have been
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: that one, regardless how long ago exactly. So you know,
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: sometimes those moments in sports is which is why I
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: bring it up. You know, the first base Garth Org
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: you know he was out but he was safe on
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: first in it still lives in those two cities. I
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: think thirty years from now, this moment we'll still live
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: in this city. I think that they'll still be talking.
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: Let's we'll have be old. Uh yeah, I might still
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: be around. Um, you'll be around, will still be talking
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: about Miles Jack not being down. Yes, I wish the
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: Jaggers had played in the Super Bowl. But the side
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: benefit of it is you had a moment that galvanized
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: the fans. Let me ask you something. The Patriots are
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: here a week from Sunday. How many Miles Jack was
• 29:18
  Speaker 1: not down? References, signs, tattoos, big board messages. Do you
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: think you're gonna fill a whole quarter just going around
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: the stadium the amount of poster boards? I mean, you
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: see probably game. How many did you see this offseason
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: with it? I got one with Jeopardy right, m space
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: L space s was not down, right, I mean it was,
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: it was. It was awesome. I got one. Had you
• 29:45
  Speaker 1: see the one with the A County line? Right, he said,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: welcome to Douval County. Miles Jack was not down. And
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  Speaker 1: then you see this in public. Forget that their sponsor, right,
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  Speaker 1: they're letting their personality out. I love it. It's great.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: It would be fine to have to be talking about
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. But the next best thing is we've
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: got something we can hang our hat in and I
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: think it's going to be ridiculous here against the patrol.
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: It absolutely will. Okay, last one, in light of NFL
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: headlines coming up, David Spade, comedian, Hey, Levy on Bell,
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: I know this is a stressful time for you, but
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: as I'm sure you've heard, I drafted you, so I
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: can't have this right now. I need you to get
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: in the game. I feel like this money combo can
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: wait till January. I can float you whatever, but let's
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: get on the field, thinks Bud. I would think that
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: Levan Bell will show up today or tomorrow and sign
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: the tender because the tender that stroking his name on
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: that contract is worth almost fifteen million dollars. Take the money, Yes,
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: take the money. I know news around the league is
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: he's supposed to show up today, but that's all up
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: to him. Easily. Don't show up if you want players
• 30:57
  Speaker 1: to kind of get aggravated there at the shopping mall
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: or there walking around and someone says, hey, I need
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: you to do This's like I think it was Leonard
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: last year who responded via Twitter about fantasy football owners.
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: Um boy, he thought the NFL was big and then
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: fantasy football came along and it transcended the NFL. Right,
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: I know players were talking about you know, I don't
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: need to do anything for you just because I'm on
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: your fantasy football team. But then I I know a
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: certain former coach who had a fantasy football team of
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: his own. You know. I mean those guys love it
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: as well. Those guys have their own and they're they're
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: they're twidling and poking each other. Hey, I got you
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: this week, So it does it makes it fun. And
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: when you see someone like David Spade, funny guy, he's
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: a celebrity, right, we can use the word with him.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: He's a comed He's got the blue check next to him.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: I don't think that means anything. I do too, um,
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: but this guy when he's talking about fantasy football and
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: Wednesday talking about Levan Bell Wednesday before the opener the NFL,
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: still king, yeah, still king. Can't argue it. All Right,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: We are done with top tweets, NFL headlines, and a
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  Speaker 1: Fox cross flexing. I'm told, um, I thought cross flexing
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: was what Jalen did after making a big play, but
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: apparently not. There's two meetings. Yeah, but yeah, and it's
• 33:58
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  Speaker 1: I'm at the Ponavida Rotary Club for they straight year
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  Speaker 1: on a Thursday before the open to get you excited.
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  Speaker 1: It does. That's a great group and and it brings
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people out. It's a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 1: I um, I normally would not want to miss the show.
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  Speaker 1: But you're in good hands tomorrow. Yeah. Yeah, we won't
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  Speaker 1: be worried just a little bit. No, you'll be fine.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: You don't know what John's gonna say. No, you don't
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: know what John's gonna say. Um. Speaking of saying things,
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: let's go to NFL headlines. So yesterday, your social media,
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: I'm sure it was inundated like mine with the Colin
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  Speaker 1: Kaepernick Nike ad and the college you know, you know
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  Speaker 1: the ad and so people were either you know, for
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  Speaker 1: it or against it, fires, burning with shoes and shirts
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  Speaker 1: and things like this. So the NFL weighed in, and
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  Speaker 1: this is the NFL's comment about it. I'll read it
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  Speaker 1: for it says, the NFL believes in dialogue, understanding, and unity.
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  Speaker 1: We embraced the role and responsibility of everyone involved with
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  Speaker 1: this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities.
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  Speaker 1: The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes
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  Speaker 1: have raised deserve our attention and action. That's the official
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  Speaker 1: statement from the National Football League on Colin Kaepernick and
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  Speaker 1: the NFL's ad. Now, the interesting part for the NFL
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  Speaker 1: here Ashland is that the special master in the arbitration
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  Speaker 1: case between the NFL and Colin Kaepernick ruled that Kaepernick's
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  Speaker 1: complaint against the NFL for collusion can now go to trial.
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  Speaker 1: So here's the NFL in effect supporting Colin Kaepernick and
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  Speaker 1: Nikes comments and not comments pardon me advertising campaign with
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  Speaker 1: that comment. At the same time, they're trying to balance
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: out the idea that they're going to trial over the
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: entire thing. Um. Say what you want about Colin Kaepernick,
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  Speaker 1: can agree with him or disagree with him, Um, but
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  Speaker 1: he has created a movement here and the movement is
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  Speaker 1: going forward that Nike has has grabbed ahold of it
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  Speaker 1: and has taken it and gone forward. Um it is
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  Speaker 1: it's he got NFL owners at the meeting's last fall,
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  Speaker 1: got a bunch of rich guys right to talk about
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  Speaker 1: helping people poor people in these players communities and to
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: help the players help them. So if nothing else, he
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  Speaker 1: started that ball in motion. And Nike has their own
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  Speaker 1: reasons for doing what they did. Um, but Kaepernett got
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  Speaker 1: that ball moving and now the NFL is moving with it,
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  Speaker 1: and UM and the players I think um Klai's Campbell
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  Speaker 1: had a comment about it too, And people see more
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: and more guys who maybe take action. It would be
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: interesting to see. Here's calais is and I'll read it
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  Speaker 1: for you, says. The fact that racial inequality is back
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  Speaker 1: in the forefront of political discussions makes me appreciate Kaepernick
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  Speaker 1: even more. I look to a day when people will
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  Speaker 1: not be judged by the color of their skin, but
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  Speaker 1: by the content of their character. Martin Luther King Um
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: the flag issue and the kneeling issue and the social
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: justice issues aren't necessarily married at the hip. UM and
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick and Nike's advertising campaign is an interesting one
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  Speaker 1: at that it is, and we always talk about you know,
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  Speaker 1: players make complaints and they don't like things, but they
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  Speaker 1: never really do anything about him. That's the biggest complaint
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  Speaker 1: we here in America. Yet Colin Kaepernick and now Clais
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  Speaker 1: Campbell are speaking out and making a movement about I
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  Speaker 1: like people who we'll put their money where the mouth
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  Speaker 1: is and we'll take action and not just speak. And
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: even though I don't agree with everything he said, I
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: don't agree with the socks that he wore, I admire
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  Speaker 1: the fact that he has in fact sacrificed his NFL
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  Speaker 1: career and put his own money into the effort. And
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: for that I can say it's a very interesting time
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  Speaker 1: to be covering the National Football League. It is, and
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  Speaker 1: we talk about players making movements forward and doing something
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  Speaker 1: in their community. Yesterday, Calais Campbell went to Rains High
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: School where the tragic shooting was a few weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: at a high school football game. And he didn't really
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: go there to talk about gun violence and you know,
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: how to solve this. He just went there to listen.
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  Speaker 1: And that was the biggest thing I took away from it,
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: as he gave these kids their time to shine and
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  Speaker 1: heard their complaints and heard the issues in the community,
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  Speaker 1: and for about thirty minutes just sat there and listened
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: to what was going on, just him and the kids.
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  Speaker 1: It was really powerful. He was giving them ways to
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: solve their issues. No, the biggest thing he took away
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: from it, and I think the biggest thing the message
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: was you have a voice, use it, go to your principle,
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  Speaker 1: make a petition, go do something about it. And I
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: think he gave these kids the courage to go move
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: forward when they didn't think they have anything. All right.
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: So that's the NFL statement on it. Two other headlines
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  Speaker 1: for you today. UH, Safety Earl Thomas, Pro Bowl All
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: Pro safety for the Seattle Seahawks. He said he wasn't
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: coming to camp until he got a new contract. He said,
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: trade me if you don't want me. In other words,
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: if you're not gonna pay me what I think I'm worth. Uh.
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: He has held to it. At some point you thought
• 38:51
  Speaker 1: he would come in because he is a very highly
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: paid player under his current contract. Nope, not going to
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: report and the Seahawks are not interested in trading him,
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: it appears, unless they get exactly what they want, which
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: is the second round pick, and no one's offering anything
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: more than a third. He's not reported either. All the
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: talk about Levian Bell, who's a star and deserves it.
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: Same thing for Earl Thomas, but he's out in Seattle
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: and it's kind of just drifted into the background. We
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: don't much about it. He's the last remaining member of
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: the legion of Boom, that great secondary out there. Apparently
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: the shift to Russell Wilson's team is complete because they're
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: letting that go. All the great names on that defense
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: are now gone and it's Russell Wilson's team. Seahawks and
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: Broncos one of the games that I'm excited to see
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: this week, absolutely, And we think about what would that
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: be like this week if one of your star players
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: wasn't here, How would you talk about anything else? You wouldn't,
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: especially not somebody who is as good as Earl Thomas,
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: is as good as Levian Bell. One. Safety and the
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: fact that we're talking about safeties here right um. It
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: used to be safety was like guard safeties and guards.
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: You didn't draft him too high, you didn't pay him,
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: you went and found another one. But safety has become
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: such a premier position in Passing League Tyrone. Matthew right,
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: the longtime Arizona cardinal who is now with the Houston
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: Texans for the first time in his career. We'll face
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Tom Brady on Sunday when the Texans play the Patriots,
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: and he says, I'm excited about it. Could be well
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: or at some point you say, wow, Tom Brady opening Day.
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: I gotta face that. Guys. Yeah, I doubt he's nervous.
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: But boy tell you what, I don't know that I'd
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: be jumping up and down from that on opening Day,
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: but Matthew is. And it's interesting that you finally get,
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: you know, great player on great player, especially they play well.
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: He didn't play he played in Arizona in the NFC,
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: and the one time that he was supposed to play
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: him last year he was Brady was suspended and so
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: Matthew didn't get to see him, and now he gets
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: the chance to see him. So that'll be one of
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: those matchups. Yeah, it'll be one of those matchups. And
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: the Patriots, they're receiving corps is sort of a Who's
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: that instead of Who's who? Absolutely, so a couple of
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: their notes for you games that we'll talk about you
• 40:55
  Speaker 1: may talk about him tomorrow. We absolutely gonna talking about Friday.
• 40:58
  Speaker 1: As you look at the schedule this weekend, the ones
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: in the division, Cincinnati in Indianapolis, Uh, Tennessee at Miami,
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: Houston and New England, and then these two or three
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: stand out. How about San Francisco at Minnesota. We saw
• 41:11
  Speaker 1: in Minnesota. We saw San Francisco last year. Uh yeah,
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: they look like the potential to really go somewhere. We
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: could see Patrick Mahomes in l a right in his
• 41:21
  Speaker 1: debut as the starting quarterback for the Chiefs against the Chargers,
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: and Joey Bosa. And then finally and this one, look,
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: this one's always good. Chicago at Green Bay. It's always
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: good because it's the biggest rivalry in the NFL in
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: terms of number of times the game has been played. Um.
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: But now you've got Klum Mac and Rocan Smith and
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: the Bears have a little swagger going in there. Knows
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: what they're doing scheduling these big matchups. They're good at it.
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: So we got two more days of drive time tomorrow,
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: Ashland John and Judy Batista from the NFL Network, and
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: then on Friday, Doug Moron joins us for coffee with
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: the coach. We'll talk about big matchups over the weekend.
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: We'll give you more on the Jaguars and the Giants
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: on Sunday from Netlife Stadium on Fox. Thank you, Cross Flex.
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: Hey years have been doing this now and I'm not
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: used to the fact that an a f C team
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: goes into an NFC UH team and doesn't bring CBS
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: with him. So brave new world that we live in.
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: Brave new world all right. Thanks for joining us this
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  Speaker 1: morning on Jacks Drive Time, and thanks to the good
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: folks at the Duval Motor Company. See you