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Walker Little on Getting Used to Guard Position | 1on1 Interview · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Jag Warris tackle Walker little with us. All right, so
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  Speaker 1: we're seeing you move around. This is that time of
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  Speaker 1: camp where guys plug in different places. So how is
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  Speaker 1: it at guard? How is it tackles so far?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean both have been great offensive doing well
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  Speaker 2: in general. Still a getting used to guard a little
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  Speaker 2: bit obviously, you know, I haven't played there really ever,
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  Speaker 2: but it's a great challenge and I have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of great guys on the team who have been there.
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  Speaker 2: Bringdon Tyler, Ben Barte, just guys who have played, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of meaningful games that are helping me out
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  Speaker 2: a lot. So, uh, you know, I'm really lucky to
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  Speaker 2: have those guys and obviously coach Rosher helping me along.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously it tackled around the edge, but it's just the
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  Speaker 1: traffic inside the biggest difference at guard.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think it's just you know, moving
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  Speaker 2: your eyes around. There's a lot of different variables. You
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  Speaker 2: kind of got to play both sides of the ball
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  Speaker 2: with you know, defensive lineman looping from the other side
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  Speaker 2: back and forth. So uh, it's just a little bit
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  Speaker 2: different the game. At the same time, though, there's definitely
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  Speaker 2: plays where you can still just kind of grip it
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  Speaker 2: and rip it like you can't tackle. So just getting
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  Speaker 2: used to variables and just train my eyes to be
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  Speaker 2: where they need to be.
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  Speaker 1: The last month of the season last year, how much
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  Speaker 1: did that carry over into your offseason prep? And not
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  Speaker 1: that you were a lack of confidence before, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: but but the way you played down the stretch had
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  Speaker 1: to give you a lot of motivation moving ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it was a great opportunity for me
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  Speaker 2: to be able to step in for Cam and play
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  Speaker 2: in some meaningful games there obviously, you know, big time
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  Speaker 2: playoff games that definitely give me a lot of confidence
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  Speaker 2: down the stretch and coming into this season. So you know,
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  Speaker 2: I was lucky for that. And it was really great
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  Speaker 2: too that we were able to win a lot of
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  Speaker 2: those games. So my confidence kind of belt as the
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  Speaker 2: teams too, so that was fun.
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  Speaker 1: Doug Peterson the other day talked about the communication, just
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  Speaker 1: the open communication with everything that has gone on this
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  Speaker 1: offseason with Cam and then you jumping into that role
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  Speaker 1: at least the first four weeks. That's huge for players
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  Speaker 1: to hear it straight from the horse's mouth, for lack
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  Speaker 1: of a better term, right, and there's no guessing game
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  Speaker 1: at all about what's happening in this situation. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, I mean Doug's been great communicator ever since I've
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  Speaker 2: been here, and as well as the whole coaching stuff
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  Speaker 2: all the way down, you know, to fill our offensive
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  Speaker 2: line coach. So I feel like that's been a really
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  Speaker 2: great part of the camaraderie around this team is just, uh,
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  Speaker 2: there's no secrets and everyone kind of knows where they stand,
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  Speaker 2: and that's just a good way to build an organization.
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  Speaker 1: What was the number one priority for you this offseason?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think strength is always someone I've
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  Speaker 2: been working on, just building a stronger player. I think
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  Speaker 2: just being all to sit down balls, especially in this league,
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  Speaker 2: in our division, there's some really strong players, So that
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  Speaker 2: was something I definitely worked on. And then just quickness
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  Speaker 2: and then just working on my set just being confident
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  Speaker 2: in it and being able to you know, trust it
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  Speaker 2: in those you know, really crucial moments late in the season.
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  Speaker 2: So those are probably the biggest things.
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  Speaker 1: Can you hear a difference maybe a growth in Trevor
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  Speaker 1: in the huddle this time around second year in this offense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he's definitely He's doing a great job
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  Speaker 2: for us. He's a great leader, always has been, but
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  Speaker 2: he's really grown in this role, one as a leader
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  Speaker 2: and just too as a really good quarterback for us.
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  Speaker 2: He's you know, throwing the ball again, the ball quick,
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  Speaker 2: making quick decisions, you know, coming into the huddle with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of confidence. So we're obviously really happy to
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  Speaker 2: have him and he's a phenomenal player for us