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Press Pass | Zay Jones: “Losses will tell you a lot about yourself… This is a special group.” · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: But all were you were able to do whatever you
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  Speaker 1: wanted to do out there. Yeah, doing what I can.
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  Speaker 1: It's a process to get back healthy. But training staffs
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  Speaker 1: don an unbelievable job as well. Uh, you know the offense.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel like the oneness have set up forward
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  Speaker 1: yesterday from the Houston game? Yeah, I mean, obviously we
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  Speaker 1: didn't perform the way we wanted to the Houston game.
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  Speaker 1: Another divisional opponent in the Colts coming up, so we
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  Speaker 1: knew had to be on our game. Um, proud of us,
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  Speaker 1: but ultimately we didn't get the job done in winning,
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  Speaker 1: and uh, you know that's that's the greatest statistic that
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  Speaker 1: counts as winning. So I just kind of trying to
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  Speaker 1: find where we can can excel more as an offense.
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  Speaker 1: Treffer talked about I'm sorry Trevor talked about the other
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  Speaker 1: today that in that last drive, that is the confidence
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  Speaker 1: that everybody felt in the huddle before we we played
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  Speaker 1: next year that he said he wouldn't have wanted to
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  Speaker 1: stand by any other guys. Talk. Wasn't that kind accomplished
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  Speaker 1: when you guys there definitely was there. Definitely was Trevor
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  Speaker 1: really set the tone. Um, you could just tell you
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  Speaker 1: could see it in his eyes, the intensity that he
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  Speaker 1: had to finish. UM, encouraging voice, inflection, everything that that
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  Speaker 1: he was speaking was very very authentic and raw and UM,
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  Speaker 1: I think some guys just an experience of football can
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  Speaker 1: give fake raw rob but he really he really set
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  Speaker 1: the tone for that last drive and I think everyone
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  Speaker 1: was in one of cord just working together and truly
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  Speaker 1: we felt the zolle we were gonna We're gonna finish
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  Speaker 1: in the end zone. So really proud of that group
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  Speaker 1: in that moment. I think was a step for us
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  Speaker 1: as a as a team in that space with that situation,
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  Speaker 1: time on the clock, very methodical drive to to go
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  Speaker 1: down and put points on the board. I don't get
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  Speaker 1: talked about finding ways to finish shames and I know
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  Speaker 1: he didn't finish completely as a team, but in the
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  Speaker 1: offense really had been in that spot to guys did
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  Speaker 1: in that ten minute drive. So was that a step
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  Speaker 1: forward from that from that learning how to finish the
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  Speaker 1: just to reiterate, Yeah, I think definitely, just because of
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  Speaker 1: we knew it was at stake. UM. You know, some
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  Speaker 1: people may view as pressure as a pressure like situation
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  Speaker 1: where we had to make something. UM, but just from
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  Speaker 1: O T A S to training camp. The previous games
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  Speaker 1: of just putting plays together in a drive consistently all
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  Speaker 1: across the board where they're running, throwing third down, converting
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  Speaker 1: fourth down, whatever it is, and to have that type
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  Speaker 1: of result was was really good for us, I think
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  Speaker 1: as a unit to say, Okay, now we can go
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  Speaker 1: back in the film when we have a piece of
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  Speaker 1: stepping stone that shows that it can be done, and
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  Speaker 1: UM moving forward just executing like that continuously. But what
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  Speaker 1: do you guys ran in the ball yesterday? It was dominant? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean you've got some mulos plays coming out and
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  Speaker 1: running into I mean, how helpful was that when you
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  Speaker 1: get your rump runway to completely. That's a good front.
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  Speaker 1: We knew who we had, who they had up front.
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  Speaker 1: We want to control their box and control their d line.
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  Speaker 1: UM to establish the run game like that in sixty
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  Speaker 1: one yard runs, you know, twenty whatever, you know, you
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  Speaker 1: know the runs that we had. It's really good to
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  Speaker 1: see UM credits to our offensive line up front, Coach
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  Speaker 1: Phield putting those guys in the best position to be successful,
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  Speaker 1: our tight ends coming in having some really key blocks
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  Speaker 1: and thirteen personnel receivers getting in there. Christian Kirk had
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  Speaker 1: a really really good block in the beginning of the game,
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  Speaker 1: the spring Travis on the towards their sideline down the field.
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  Speaker 1: Just an overall group effort of everyone being hands on
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  Speaker 1: inefficient in the run game and that ultimately will lead
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  Speaker 1: us to have more UM production, I believe in the
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  Speaker 1: passing game as well in the future. Where's the it's
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  Speaker 1: always gonna be when your introduced system or whatever. It's
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  Speaker 1: different in camp and all of those. So what do
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  Speaker 1: you get into games and you're in the system. Probably
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  Speaker 1: a little bit of learning. So where are you guys
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  Speaker 1: in that progression at this point right now? That's a
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  Speaker 1: good question. Um, it's hard to say. I think, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: I think we can run the football. I know we
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  Speaker 1: can run the football for to be true. With James,
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  Speaker 1: Travis and even Jamichael getting in there, I mean, that's
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  Speaker 1: pretty awesome to see that guy have have a phenomenal
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  Speaker 1: game like that. Um. I think collectively we're putting pieces together. UM.
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  Speaker 1: I want to sound like we're far far behind, because
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  Speaker 1: we're really not. We've been in these games battling into
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  Speaker 1: the end with you know, a touchdown to go, three
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  Speaker 1: points to go, possession we just gotta finish these these
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  Speaker 1: drives out. And when we're all playing on the same um,
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  Speaker 1: the same track offense, defense and special teams, not defense
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  Speaker 1: had a good game but offense struggled or vice versa.
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  Speaker 1: When we can put it all together, I think we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna see more WS in that the column at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the games. And ultimately that's what we want.
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  Speaker 1: Our coaching staff believes in that as well. How not
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  Speaker 1: having Marvin change whatever dealings receivers. Marvin's a special talent.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he's been like that for the majority of
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  Speaker 1: his his career, all of his career really, whether it's
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  Speaker 1: one hands or two hands, whatever it is. Um. But
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  Speaker 1: guys had to step in and fill in. And then obviously,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Jamal had his little hiccup in there, so
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  Speaker 1: guys had to kind of get shuffled around. I thought
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  Speaker 1: that Tim Jones did a good job of stepping up
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  Speaker 1: and being ready to go. I know it didn't show
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  Speaker 1: maybe as far as like a lot of catches and
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  Speaker 1: things like that, but he was put in position to
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  Speaker 1: run some routes that he didn't practice all week. I
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  Speaker 1: ran some routes I didn't I didn't get the chance
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  Speaker 1: to practice all week. But it's not an excuse. But
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  Speaker 1: that's why being in those meetings is important. The walkthroughs
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  Speaker 1: are important. Listening when coaches talking to one player, UM.
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  Speaker 1: Press could be talking to Christian about a specific route,
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  Speaker 1: but Christian may have to move to another spot, and
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  Speaker 1: I might might have to move to another spot. Um.
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  Speaker 1: But you can't really replace the type of guy that
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  Speaker 1: Marvin is. Um. But if we can play collectively as
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  Speaker 1: a whole, then I feel as though that drop off
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  Speaker 1: will be minimized. October has been kind of a rough
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  Speaker 1: month for the team. How how confident are you that
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  Speaker 1: you guys can get it turned back around finish off
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  Speaker 1: the month strong in the rest of the season. October's
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  Speaker 1: and spooky to say the least. Um, But you want
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  Speaker 1: to play your best football in November and December, and
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  Speaker 1: um you know you don't want to peak too soon.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel as though this team is on pace
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  Speaker 1: to do something special down the road. Coming up. We
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  Speaker 1: have an unbelievable opportunity this week against the Giants. Too
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  Speaker 1: good football team. They run the ball well, great challenge
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  Speaker 1: for our defense. We know who they have on defense
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  Speaker 1: as we get into them a little bit more. But
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  Speaker 1: November December, and when we start clicking at that moment
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  Speaker 1: and we gain that momentum, I think that's what makes
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  Speaker 1: a dangerous team. And hopefully we can put ourselves in
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  Speaker 1: that category moving forward. I know you never want to
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  Speaker 1: take losses, but can with such a young roster. These
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  Speaker 1: would be good learning lessons to kind of prepare you
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  Speaker 1: to play that best ball late in the year. I
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  Speaker 1: think it can for sure. UM, losses will tell you
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  Speaker 1: a lot about yourself, a lot about yourself as a
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  Speaker 1: man and in adversity and the type of character that
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  Speaker 1: you have instilled. And I think we're at a good
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  Speaker 1: point in our season now, UM as a new Jaguars
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  Speaker 1: team to decide are we gonna turn the table and
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  Speaker 1: be something new or are we gonna fall into old habits?
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  Speaker 1: And I truly believe that this is a special group
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  Speaker 1: that moving forward, UM, I believe in this group to
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  Speaker 1: win football games, as coaching staff does. I think our
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  Speaker 1: coaching staff comes with the phenomenal game plan each and
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  Speaker 1: every week to allow us to be successful. Man, I
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  Speaker 1: take a lot of ownership and myself to now it's
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  Speaker 1: my job to execute. So looking forward, I think it's
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  Speaker 1: a great opportunity for us. Oh good, yeah, all right,
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  Speaker 1: thank you guys, appreciate you. Thank thank you.